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our top story. a man has been charged in the us state of florida in connection with a series of letter bombs to prominent critics of president trump. is accused of transporting and mailing explosives, and threatening former presidents. mr trump condemned what he described as "terrorising acts" and called for americans to unite following the attacks. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. armed with forensic evidence against cesar sayoc, the police moved in. their target, this white van emblazoned with stickers praising president trump and denouncing the democrats. a registered republican whose political allegiances were on display for all to see. he was active on social media, supporting the president and in person, at a trump rally. donald] trump, next president of the united states. cesar sayoc is now facing charges

that could result in a prison terms of up to 48 years. let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will bring the full force of law against anyone who attempts to use threats, intimidation and outright violence to further an agenda. the authorities say there could still be devices in circulation that have not been detected. the latest packages were discovered in new york city, 1 cent to the former of national intelligence, james clapper, a forthright critic of the president. though we are still analysing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices. at a campaign rally in north carolina, president trump said political violence must never be allowed in america. in recent days, we have had a broader conversation about the tone and civility of our national dialogue. everyone will benefit if we can end the politics of personal destruction. with less than two weeks to go

until america's midterm elections, the events of the past week highlight once again the polarised and divisive political atmosphere in the country. peter bowes, bbc news. the chancellor is expected to set out a £1.5 billion pound package to support britain's struggling high street in the budget next week. philip hammond is due to announce plans in monday's statement to help small retailers with business rates. it is expected there will be money to improve high street transport access. joe miller reports. the shuttered casualty of a bruising year for britain's retailers and a familiar sight on high streets across the country. on this north london road, one printshop is still going strong, designing posters from local schools and theatres. but its founder, who started in his parents‘ living room 23 years

ago, says an increase in the taxes he pays on the property is forcing him to downsize. our rates have risen from £7,000 to £12,000 which has a real effect on us. we are making less money and employing less people because we can't afford to keep open because the government have taken money from us. 200 shops in the local area have closed since the tax known as business rates was rejigged last year, and they have not been replaced. critics of the government say it's notjust the little man who is losing out. they say the troubles at house of fraser and debenhams are made worse because they pay higher business rates than online competitors like amazon. while these measures are welcome, particularly for small businesses, on their own, they are just not enough. closures and job losses of businesses of all sizes being affected up and down the country. we have a business rate system

that is unsustainable and what we need to seek is less tinkering and more wholesale reform of the system. other business groups have been more positive about the announcement but all agree that more support is needed to bring the high street back to life. joe miller, bbc news. the billionaire, sir philip green — who's facing claims of sexual and racial harassment — has accused the labour peer, peter hain, of breaching the house of lords code of conduct by revealing his identity. lord hain has defended his decision to use parliamentary privilege to name the tycoon, defying a court of appeal injunction. sir philip denies all the allegations against him. simon jack has more. lord hain used special privileges enjoyed by members of parliament to speak freely without fear of being sued to identify sir philip despite the fact the court of appeal had issued a gagging order

preventing the daily telegraph revealing his identity because the claimants had signed nondisclosure agreements. it was an ingterm order pending further legal proceedings. in a statement issued exclusively to the bbc, sir philip green said: lord hain has denied he knew that gordon dadds were representing the newspaper. lord hain‘s actions have divided opinion. some, like sir vince cable, leader of the liberal democrats, have supported his decision to name sir philip as being in the public interest, while other like former attorney—general dominic grieve have criticised his decision to take the law into his own hands. if mps do this, it undermines the rule of law because the courts are there to decide whether injunctions should be granted or lifted and determine the difficult issues that can often arise between private rights, contractual rights, and the public

interest. that is what we put courts there to do. sir philip doesn't deny that nondisclosure agreements were signed and money paid to complainants, but he insists they received independent legal advice and he strenuously denies any allegations of racial or sexual harassment. he said he'd be lodging formal complaints against lord hain with the relevant authorities in the house of lords. simon jack, bbc news. fracking is due to resume in lancashire later today after it was suspended because of a small earthquake. yesterday, the energy firm, cuadrilla, halted operations at the uk's only active shale gas excavation site for 18 hours — this after a tremor of zero—point—eight magnitude was recorded. fracking was stopped in 2011 and didn't resume for seven years after being linked with earthquakes. campaigners say plans for a million new homes in central england would damage the countryside forever. they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge in a scheme that has the backing of the transport secretary, chris grayling. our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. in oxford and cambridge, pedestrians

and cyclists reign supreme. the absence of cars helps both places attract some of the top brains in the world, but the government's infrastructure advisers say that to stay competitive, these cities need many more new homes and better connections with each other. the government is now planning a great arc of high—tech development encompassing milton keynes and northampton as well as the two great university cities. a major road will be built from east to west. environmentalists say that will just generate more traffic but the government is in favour. it is government policy to have this scheme. we see the development of that corridor for economic and housing reasons as essential. we think that you can't have proper development in that area without improved transport and that's why the expressway and the new railway line are an essential part of what we are trying to do.

the new plan would mean 3—4 times more housebuilding than at the moment. green groups say the project would eat fields and woods the size of birmingham and transform central england. a decision on this scheme is expected in next week's budget. roger harrabin, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex will attend the closing ceremony of the fourth invictus games in sydney later. the sporting event which was set up to inspire recovering soldiers and help them deal with the traumas of combat has seen more than 500 competitors from 18 nations take part. let's speak to our correspondent, phil mercer who is in sydney for us. so this is the end of what everyone is saying has been a successful occasion. it's been a cracking week of competition for the invictus games. it means undefeated or

unconquered in latin and that is alive and well in sydney. the duke and duchess of attended the final of the wheelchair basketball. they received what ——a rockstar welcome and werejoined received what ——a rockstar welcome and were joined by david received what ——a rockstar welcome and werejoined by david back received what ——a rockstar welcome and were joined by david back and the australians pry minister, scott morrison. prince harry will officially close the invictus games. it has been a fantastic week for competitors. megan and harry will leave sydney tomorrow and will go to new zealand, the cattle —— the capital wellington their next destination, and this long, 16— day royal tour will finally come to a conclusion in new zealand on wednesday. the welcome here in australia, bg and tonga and new zealand has been pretty good. the royal couple would be very pleased with their efforts so far. in sydney, they will be taking the

closing ceremony. we should be able to see a little bit of that. will try and have a look afterwards. clock is going back tonight. you do not get the extra hour of sleep if you are in morocco. the country has decided to scrap wintertime but it all happened the last minute. the authorities say the move would save an hourof authorities say the move would save an hour of natural light. it's a bit confusing. darren is going to have the weather price of that later. michael have sported around 20 minutes. nondisclosure agreements have become the legal weapon of choice for the rich and powerful and are at the centre of the allegations against sir philip green. designed to stop employees sharing trade secrets when they changed jobs, more recently, ndas have become synonymous with hushing up claims

of sexual harassment and bullying. let's talk about this now with the lawyer, mark stephens who represented harvey weinstein‘s former pa, zelda perkins, who accused the film mogul of sexual assault. mark, it's important we we make a distinction between the nda in the weinstein case, and the agreements sir philip put in place, isn't it? they are pretty much the same. they area they are pretty much the same. they are a contract, just like any other contract, where on the one hand, the man invariably who is rich and against whom the allegations are made pays lump of money to the person making the allegations and says, in return for this money, a cove na nt says, in return for this money, a covenant that you will never speak

of these allegations. and on the face of it, and it's relating to something. which is perhaps a civil wrong. gender discrimination, racial discrimination. morally reprehensible, maybe, you can legally buy one of these harsh agreements if you wish to. the rub comes agreements if you wish to. the rub co m es really agreements if you wish to. the rub comes really where you try to cover up comes really where you try to cover up as comes really where you try to cover up as was comes really where you try to cover up as was the case. reporting matters, criminality or allegations of criminality to the police. that is the real problem we have here, but rich and powerful individuals have started to use these agreements, as they were originally agreed, but to stop confidential information between one another but

to buy themselves out from scrutiny for law enforcement and environmental enforcement. that is discreditable and inappropriate. i was going to say, that is why the prime minister says they are not fit for purpose. these nondisclosure agreements, sir philip green, this isa agreements, sir philip green, this is a partial gagging order. also, we had to accept that the judges upheld the nda should remain private. what do you then make of lord hain‘s decision to use parliamentary privilege and name sir philip green? we have always thinks the 16th hundreds had the power in parliament to speak fearlessly without repercussions for libel or contempt of court outside, but it is very much a reserve power. as a lawyer, you would expect me to say that the rule of law is the important thing

here, thejudge has heard all the evidence. but the key thing here i think is that this was intended to be an interim injunction, it was intended to preserve his anonymity until the trial. the problem with this particular case, was sir philip green had already spent half £1 million on seven lawyers, obtaining his anonymity. but the women who we re his anonymity. but the women who were supposed to have the trial with him couldn't even enter the field of combat because they didn't have the money to retain her lawyer, and as a consequence, the trial would never ta ke consequence, the trial would never take place, and so this interim injunction would have been a permanent injunction, and that is the vice, and that is why i think that sir hain felt it is one of those rare occasions where the reserve power of parliament had to come into play. there are occasions where people like ryan giggs have been named and i don't think that

that was an appropriate use of the parliamentary privilege on that occasion. but we have had occasions when it has been appropriate. the debate is i suppose that we are drawn into his one between whosejob easy uphold morality and whose job is it to respect the law? if a decision has been passed down in law looking at contracts, then surely that should be enough. surely it is not up to, for example, in ryan giggs, it wasn't broke it, in this case you are not sure. it is a sliding scale. you are right. the problem we have got though is nondisclosure agreements have become not fit for purpose as acknowledged by theresa may in the prime minister's questions this week, and you have to look at the form of nondisclosure agreements for example in america, particular post weinstein. companies cannot use the

shareholders money, public companies can't use taxpayers money is except the civil service or universities, and there has to be a transparency report. if there is a hotspot around a particular individual who is the beneficiary of ndas, the human resources department knows. we do not have that in this country and we should. thank you very much going through that and explaining it. lovely to talk to you this morning. i should just say that sir philip green has categorically and wholly denied any allegation of unlawful behaviour. lets ta ke lets take a look at the weekend weather. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. ithink good morning. i think we should do what they are doing in morocco and do away with winter entirely, especially as the summer lasted for so long. this weekend it feels more like winter. we have a cold winds making it feel cold. it is coming

from the north and bringing sunshine and showers. the showers could be wintry over the high ground in the northern half of the uk, but rain likely elsewhere. we also have icy conditions this morning, that is across the northern half of scotland and across northern ireland. quite a few showers at the moment and northern ireland. they will be pushed away towards the west this afternoon as will a lot of those showers in the wales and south—west of england. more showers into northern and eastern scotland and pushed down the eastern side of england and into the midlands. the showers could be on the heavy side as well. 0utside showers could be on the heavy side as well. outside of the showers, some sunshine. some strong and gusty winds particularly near the heavier showers around coastal areas. these are the temperatures today. these are the temperatures today. these are maximum temperatures. it will feel quite a bit colder. good weather to have an extra hour in

bed. got goes back to night. those showers keep going. into the eastern side of the uk some strengthening winds in the south—east and here it should actually not be too cold. temperatures about five degrees. the winds become lighter in the north—west and we may have a touch of frost, but the icy patches. higher pressure and lighter winds, lower pressure towards the south—eastern half of the uk and this is where the wind will be strongest on sunday. it is where it will feel cold. more showers across eastern scotland, as as today. frequent showers coming in across kent, essex and into the channel islands, but further north. showers and lighter winds in ireland. temperatures on the low side.

falling lower overnight into monday morning. more likely to have crossed here and there. temperatures could be down to —2 minus three celsius. the weather can change moving into next week. very unsettled conditions, some rain at times in the east because we will have a north—easterly winds. gradually it will become a little bit less cold. the weather we are having this weekend should come as no surprise after what we have had, but after last week and comic comes as a shock to the system. thank you very much. we are forewarned. the number of newborn babies in england taken into care at birth has more than doubled in the last decade according to research by the nuffield family justice 0bservatory. while the government says any decision to remove a child at birth is in their best interests, the study‘s author says both mothers and their children are being failed. fiona lamdin has been to meet a woman who was seperated from herfive children. the children are the first thing i think about when i wake up, the last thing i think about before i go to bed.

abby, not her real name, has had all five children removed from her. her story, like many in her position, is a complicated one. but it wasn't always this way. three years ago, she was a busy mum. it would be school run, back, sports, back, scouts, back, horse riding, back, piano, back. i loved it, i loved having to run around after them. but in a short space of time, abby suffered with post—natal depression, a marriage breakdown and her business collapsed. struggling with poor mental health, she started to drink. i went from living a fairly luxurious life in a nice a—bedroom house to sleeping in a car park stairwell with nothing. i literally had the clothes i had my back. whilst living on the streets, she became pregnant and just as social services had removed her older four children,

they also put her newborn baby into care. it was the worst pain ever, not seeing my children. to have someone take your child and you not to be able to see them. new research shows that in the last 10 years, there's double the number of newborns coming before family courts. abby wanted to keep her baby, but she wasn't given any help when she was pregnant. we're certainly getting it wrong if we leave women who want help right until the last minute and then we remove a baby. there's no clear planning, mum doesn't know what's happening, why the family aren't involved. that situation has to be unacceptable. but pause is one organisation trying to help by stopping thousands more children being taken into care each year. women sign up to 18 months of contraception

whilst being mentored. what sort of message do you want to write to them? after years of silence, today they're helping abby reach out to her family once again. i just want to be part of the family once again. tell them that i love them and i miss them. the day i met her, she was very intoxicated — in fact, she couldn't even string a sentence together, but we knew we needed to keep going to try and engage her because she was so high priority for having another baby removed if she got pregnant again and we knew that was likely. abby has come so far in the last nine months, and while there's no promise she'll ever get her children back, she's doing everything she can in the hope that one day, she will. i've missed out on so much already. i don't want to miss any more. fiona lamdin, bbc news. time is important.

when the clocks go back tonight, some of us will get an extra hour in bed. if you're a night shift worker, you may well work an extra hour. the tuc is now calling for greater protection for these employees. analysis by the union suggests people working nights has risen by more than 150,000 since 2013. we'll discuss this in a moment. but first, let's hear from workers on a night shift in london. it never stops. everyone things when rush—hour has finished and when the ticket office is closed on the station is closed that livestock. doesn't stop. it is another little world. i do thinki doesn't stop. it is another little world. i do think i would be able to work all day from nine till five. we start a lot earlier. they started at 12 o'clock. i used to start at 430. it has gradually gone back. when the alarm goes off, it is awful, terrible. steel. the market is a

very exciting place. when you have got out of there then got here, as sooi'i got out of there then got here, as 50011 as you got out of there then got here, as soon as you get here, the customers knew straightaway. if you are times you have been separated. you are married, you see pictures of your kids and wife and everything else. but sometimes i don't see them, depending on what shift. let's discuss this now with professor andrew louden from the centre for biological timing at the university of manchester. good morning. those comments, that last one was very emotive, really talking about the impact, notjust the way you work, but your family life. there is a different side to it. it is really profound and deep. people are starting to realise now that the science we are doing is we are all basically prisoners of our biology and we evolve with his

biology and we evolve with his biology many hundreds of thousands of years ago and we have suddenly confronted ourselves with a totally new set of environmental figures for which we are not adapted. what is commonly called the body clock is a mechanism that we all have enough to keep our ribbons and think ritchie with light dark cycle. we are seeing warehouse workers and this is a common experience, starting work at midnight, shifts that go back and back and back. what you are saying is there is no weight you can adapt to that. you deal with it in the short term but you can't make it work. it is very difficult. we need to look at ways to alleviate of these problems. if you are starting work at midnight, it is a bit like flying to japan and trying to adapt immediately. a few days later, flying back. then the shift changes. it isa flying back. then the shift changes. it is a very severe shift on our human system. it twists the internal

clockwork mechanism, which is quite rigid. it has to be a bit rigid in order to reliably tell the time every day. when you go into a shift pattern, it takes several days or your internal mechanisms in your body and brain and elsewhere to reset. the fact is that nightshift worker has to happen. we are a 24—hour economy, it is not going away. what can people do to help themselves? i was saying before with again the interview, i am an annoyingly lucky people that doesn't need much sleep, i complete any place any time anywhere, i can sleep in daylight. i can manage the hours we go. it is difficult though. what can you do to make it easier for yourself? there is not an awful lot. you can do a lot about lighting at work, because our clock is entrained by light, and that is at the beginning of the day. if you have

someone beginning of the day. if you have someone going to work in the dark and working through the dark and going home at dawn and going straight to bed, they will have some serious problems in training to that abnormal shift. there are ways in which you can do something about office lighting and environmental lighting at work in order to try to get people trained quickly to the new schedule they have to work. more importantly, we need to look very carefully at the shift patterns of people. if somebody is doing three orfour people. if somebody is doing three or four days of night and then three or four days of night and then three orfour or four days of night and then three or four days, that is a disaster. the human clock cannot adapt at that speed. there may be a need to look at rethinking how shift patterns are organised so that we have a chance to re— synchronise. organised so that we have a chance to re- synchronise. as you were talking, you can hear people at home who work or have lives that revolve around those patterns going, that is my life, that is what it is. it is such an emotive issue that affects

so many people. lovely to speak to you this morning. the headlines are coming up. we will see you shortly. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. president trump has called for america to unify following the arrest of a man suspected of sending parcel bombs to leading liberals critical of his presidency. during a campaign speech, mr trump accused the media of driving people apart. 56—year—old cesar sayoc, who was arrested in florida faces five charges including mailing explosives and threatening ex—presidents. the chancellor is expected to set out a £1.5 billion package to support britain's struggling high street in the budget next week. philip hammond is due to announce plans in monday's statement to help small retailers with business rates. business groups welcomed the plans but labour said the rates relief did not go far enough. the billionaire, sir philip green —

who's facing claims of sexual and racial harassment — has accused the labour peer, peter hain, of breaching the house of lords code of conduct by revealing his identity. lord hain has defended his decision to use parliamentary privilege to name the tycoon, defying a court of appeal injunction. sir philip denies all the allegations against him. fracking is due to resume in lancashire later today after it was suspended because of a small earthquake. yesterday, the energy firm, cuadrilla, halted operations at the uk's only active shale gas excavation site for 18 hours — this after a tremor of 0.8 magnitude was recorded. fracking was stopped in 2011 and didn't resume for seven years after being linked with earthquakes. campaigners say plans for a million new homes in central england would damage the countryside forever. they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge in a scheme that has the backing of the transport secretary, chris grayling. a decision on the project is expected in next week's budget. more couples could be allowed to marry outdoors or at home, as part of a shake—up of the law

in england and wales. the government will announce a review of wedding venues including lifting restrictions on venues and bringing the law in line with scotland. ministers say the changes could cut the cost of weddings and boost the hospitality sector. sure that many people have experiences. use a table for four, and then wedding and that price rises. the average price for a cake, £330. that is a lot. you can't have your cake and eat it. we are talking about an amazing success story. lewis hamilton, preparing to win his fifth world title. why are we showing pictures of two dogs? you said earlier. people have only heard

you saying that just said earlier. people have only heard you saying thatjust now. he has been warming up, getting ready to this big weekend. who is that? is throwing a party this week for his dogs. bosco on the left, and little cocoa there are, because it was bosco's birthday. they fly everywhere with him in private jets, they are part of the team. he put that on the cushions. roscoe does earn £700 a day as a model. you asked me earlier. how does this relate to michael schumacher? you wa nt relate to michael schumacher? you want his fifth world title in 2002 when he was 33. lewis hamilton is 33. he won his seventh in 2004. it's another huge weekend in the career of lewis hamilton. qualifying for the mexican grand prix is this evening...hamilton's within touching distance

of his fifth formula one world title, an achievement that would take him second in the all—time rankings. patrick gearey reports. smooth acceleration with some well taken corners. do that with a bit more horsepower behind him and lewis hamilton will be world champion. of course, a formula 1 car is more complicated beast, especially on a scorching track in mexico city. hamilton wasn't happy with his pace in second practice. 0nly managing to go seventh fastest but if he finishes seventh in the race, that will be enough to win the title. that's because he leads sebastien battle by 70 points in the driver standings. even if hamilton finishes outside the top seven, sebastien battle will need to win in mexico to have any chance of catching him. still, hamilton wants to win the and the championship, and at session with victory that was their even as a blue peter boy racer. we won the race! well done. the phrase has been repeated on team radios in 71 grand prix is.

and at session with victory that was their even as a blue passing graham hill andjim clarke's two titles each and accelerating beyond the great jackie stewart as the most successful britain in formula 1. breaking the lap record time and again. tomorrow he could be alongside juan manuel fangio, an iconic figure in the sport. while michael schumacher is still out in front on seven titles, he won his last aged 35. hamilton is still only 33 and slowing down is not in his nature. in football, liverpool could go top of the premier league table, if they beat struggling cardiff city at anfield, today. it's a game that will see two of the premier league's most expressive managers — neil warnock and jurgen klopp — meet for the first time. i like the way that he is, really.

he cares, he is passionate, he pulls some places. he's got everything, really. it must be lovely to be in charge of a team like that but he is great at it. he saw what weaknesses there were in the last two years and he showed that up this year. i'm really looking forward to meeting him. i've heard a lot about him and he's obviously... he is very talented. it will be a big pleasure to meet him. not sure during the 90 minutes but after, i'm sure, so it would be so cool it that's the truth, but it's not. the whole atmosphere around that,

really fun. tottenham had hoped to be playing in their new stadium, for over a month by now, instead they now won't move in until, next year. the 62,000—seater ground has been delayed by safety issues and more work is needed before spurs can play there. their chairman daniel levy says they'll continue to play home games at wembley until the new year at least. it's not been a good morning for england's netballers. they've been up against, malawi, in the fast 5s. basically 5 a side netball in shorter games. so this was in the last hour, in australia england taking a one goal lead, with 23 seconds to go, but malawi then got the ball up the other end to score and because it was in their powerplay time, it was worth double, so it meant england lost, 27-26. the roses have played now 2 out of their 3 games today, losing to new zeland in match one. . .they face south africa later. after thrashing toulon, last week in rugby union's champions cup, edinburgh suffered a disapointing loss away at zebre last night. the scottish side, who were without several players because of international call—ups, blew a 13 point half time lead, to lose 34—16 in parma. scarlets, ulster and 0spreys all won though.

england's rugby league team take on new zealand in hull, this afternoon, in the first of a three match series. and they are in for a stern test. new zealand beat world champions australia just two weeks ago. and because of injuries, there are a number of new faces in the england squad, including hull's jake connor. the world cup is the next biggest thing and i'm sure they want to build that and bring some other players through. some of the other ones won't make it but in my mind, i'm taking each game as it comes. it's important to keep that consistency and back the game up because if you got one slipup, you can be out of the team so we will take one game each game. kiki bertens, was a late replacement for tennis‘s

wta tour finals, but the belgian is through to the last four in singapore. american sloane stephens will take on karolina pliskova in the second semi—final. that's after she beat world number 2 angelique kerber in impressive fashion... in straight sets. now he did it at the olympics — with two golds in rio, and now max whitlock is on course for more success. he qualified top, for the final of the pommel at the world gymnastics championships in doha. he's aiming to win that title for the third time. dom, cunningham and james hall are in the all—around final. meanwhile the four—time olympic gold medallist, simone, biles, had to go to hospital, suffering from kidney stones, less than 24 hours before qualifying, for the women's, all around event. she tweeted ‘this kidney stone can wait. doing it for my team.‘ as the players get bigger and the challenges get even more bone crunching in full contact rugby, it's perhaps no wonder that more are turning to the tag version of the sport. before the 88—strong british team took off for australia for the tag world cup, i went to train with them. it is also a good way of worried parents not been so concerned.

australia is free much the favourite. i am demonstrating why the full contact game can be a bit painful. if you want to play more rugby but don't want to get flattened, well, there is an alternative. this version of the game that has boomed over the last decade. the worst that can happen in this game is that you get your tags taken off. a bit like rugby league, you get six phases, six tackles before you see possession. that is a tackle. taking you down in a normal game of rugby. you can get the luxuries of rugby.

everything that rugby brings to foster great workout and playing the game that you love without having to come out with a black eye. it's mixed, so it's men's and women's, which makes it a nice, all—engaging sport. when i left school, i went to play pro men's rugby club and people were 65" and then there is me, five foot nothing. it's quite daunting. there is a bit of a contact but it's fairly minimal. it suits people like me who are a bit on the lighter side. by this form of tag rugby was invented by an australian rugby league team in 1992 that wanted to keep players fit in off—season and there is a lot focus on the shorts. mike, tuck your shirt in, please. safety, apparently. cheating! but don't be lulled into thinking the lack of tackles makes it

easier to play. it's virtually non—stop for 20 minutes per half. it's a whirlwind. it is so fast. it's furious. the ball doesn't go to ground, there is no line, slowing things down. it's consistently go, go, go. you don't know what's happening half the time but you get such a thrill playing it to make those tags and catch those balls. a lot of different skill sets you can bring into it. the kicking and the shoulder height is really good. having arrived in the uk just nine years ago, more than 20,000 players are now involved in league matches every week and the pick of the players are heading to the world cup in australia this weekend to pave the men's, women's and mixed great britain teams.

i come from a netball background so quote, unquote, they wanted girls who can throw and catch so i was thrown into a tournament one day and it went from there. it's gone from social grading 2012 up to gb in 2018. maybe the gb players were saving themselves. maybe they were bamboozled by my wiggling hips so eventually, i jibed my way through to score points with my shorts untouched. shortly after that, i've never been so glad to hear a final whistle. i've never done anything as exhausting. running and sweating, the mental tactics and positioning skill. standing in good stead. training to the world cup. well done. it was very quick. good luck. world cup.

all the best. well played. wish to do a breakfast tagteam thing. we would need a few more. i think that would be great. that— second batches. iwill think that would be great. that— second batches. i will bring the ball. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. it is good weather attack rugby. —— tag rugby. is that what it is cold? yes, it is good weather for running around, because if you don't, you will feel cold. now being completely out of the ordinary, but a bit of a shock to the system. sunshine and

showers, rain feeding down in this northerly winds. the air coming from the arctic the moment which is why it feels those chilly. icy patches across the northern half of scotland and england northern ireland following the earlier showers. still quite a lot of showers at the moment across northern ireland. those will ease off during the afternoon and we will lose some of these showers. the eastern side of the uk will see the winds picking up then we will see bands and showers moving south, a bit of winter over the hills and into the pennines from a while before the sunshine returns as those showers move down towards the south—east in the afternoon. strong winds likely to be near the coastal areas and these are the maximum temperatures. they may not look maximum temperatures but i assure you they are. a good night for wrapping up well, and hopefully if you are like me, you can stay in bed foran

you are like me, you can stay in bed for an extra hours a night. winds picking up across east anglia and the south—east. here, it shouldn't be too cold in terms of the temperatures overnight. as you have further west and north into scotland and northern ireland, a touch of frost. the winds are falling lighter and the skies will be clearing. a ridge of high pressure building here. away from the north—west towards the south—east, the winds will be stronger and quite a few showers feeding into kent and essex, a few across east anglia in the morning. tending to ease off and there will be fewer showers than today. further west, a good chance of eight completely dry day and a lot of sunshine around as well. if you get out of the winds, not too bad. temperatures are still struggling and feeling quite chilly with the strong winds and showers in the south—east. the showers can fade away overnight so that averages will

get down to — two. as we had further into next week, things are looking very much more unsettled —— —2 and -3. very much more unsettled —— —2 and —3. we will have a north—easterly winds. badly those directives will rise. probably best to describe it as turning left cold. darren, we are saying that buy now. i am paying attention now. it nail on the head. i will have a little break and just regroup. she latterly what is happening? i don't know. what is happening? i don't know. what is happening now is news watch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. did bbc news get it right next to last weekend's peoples vote march in london? and why did other demonstrations and

protests go relatively unreported? first, tuesday's accusation of sexual harrassment set off a torrent of speculation after the court of appeal issued an injunction preventing the newspaper from revealing that person's identity. when he was named, the bbc news channel reported the fact under the rules of qualified privilege. lord hain has used parliamentary privilege to name retail billionaire sir philip green as the businessman. lord hain's comments have now been widely reported across the media. the bbc cannot confirm the allegations and sir philip green has made no comment. reporter: in a statement, sir philip said he would not comment on what had been said in parliament, but he added to the extent that it suggested that i have been

guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour... studio: with the injunction remaining in force, not everyone was happy that the bbc reported sir philip's name. here's michael williams. last saturday saw the gathering in central london of a large number of people with a point to make. the peoples vote march later that day's bbc one bulletins, with this report from chris mason. reporter: they came from every corner of the uk and beyond. it's a campaign that wants what it calls a peoples vote. in other words, another referendum. (chanting) when do we want it? now! you might recognise faces here. but the vast majority were ordinary people still deeply angry about brexit. studio: of course, pretty much everything about brexit is disputed

and the priority bbc news gave to the march was no exception. michael ryan thought the extent of the coverage was not warranted, writing: but many more complaints came from the opposite perspective from those who thought the demonstration should have been given greater prominence. and who objected to the inclusion later in chris mason's report of this. reporter: the march on monday wasn't the only brexit related event today, though. here in north yorkshire, and much smaller gathering, but one of a series from ‘leave' campaigners. studio: some people, including joe burns, wondered: it's not unusual for us

on newswatch to hear from those who have been on a rally or demonstration and have been disappointed by the lack of coverage devoted to it by bbc news. another example came a couple of weeks ago when protesters from the women against state pension inequality campaign blocked roads outside of the houses of parliament and protested again in large numbers when the bbc failed to report the demonstration. joy e—mailed: well, to discuss how bbc news assesses the news value of protest and demonstrations,

i'm joined byjohn zilka, controller of bbc news channel. thank you for coming on. let's start with the peoples vote last weekend. the vote march. what made that one deserving of coverage? i think in the first instance, its sheer scale. 700,000 people, probably the largest march since the protest against the iraq war 16 years ago. something that is clearly noteworthy. the second is this is clearly the greatest issue facing the country at the moment, the future of the brexit negotiations and what kind of future relationship we're going to have with the european union. on both of those criteria, this was clearly going to be a major news story and one that would have a considerable amount of coverage that day. so numbers — the turnout is significant in the bbc‘s assessment? numbers will be one of the key factors, but not the only one. it is fair to say that not all demonstrations are going to be covered as a network news story or a national news story. but on this occasion, the national significance, the fact that this is still considerably still one of the most debated matters in

national discourse means that inevitably it was going to be higher on news running orders that day. some viewers are wondering why didn't nigel farage's very small event in comparison in harrigate, get coverage? so it was a way of getting extra context to what was not just the scale of the march but the argument the march was seeking to raise. those people who were marching that they were campaigning for a second fold or a further referendum on the final brexit deal. there are many people would disagree that such a vote is necessary. and chris mason's report and eight clip of six seconds duration we gave voice to that by simply saying through nigel farage's words that there are those that think such a further referendum is not needed. that does not mean to say that the two events were given editorial equivalence by any means. clearly, the vote in london was far larger but there was no equivalence given to those two things. interesting you use the word equivalence. to those viewers who complain, they thought it looked like the bbc

was trying to balance something that did not need balancing and that there was a false equivalence putting farage in there at all. it is not about false equivalence, but saying is there another argument. the other argument is there are many people who do not believe a further referendum is necessary in a 6—second clip is a way of amplifying that, especially given that campaigners on that side of the argument continued to make their argument and all it really demonstrates is just how polarising and divisive this issue remains 2.5 years after the referendum. newswatch gets a lot of complaints that the bbc too often ignores demonstrations. and the women's pension protest was a recent example. they say the bbc is consistently ignoring them. there are a number of factors that will come to bear on how we decide or not to cover a particular march. the fact of a march or a demonstration is not necessarily news. but the demonstration

it had to take place alongside other news stories that day. no—one is saying that this affects many millions of people and the campaign is not worthy of coverage. we have covered it in some depth. on that date, it was covered for at least ten minutes. the day before, politics life also cover that issue. not covering a demonstration does not mean you do not think a story is worthy of coverage. actually, covering it is not always the most effective way to cover an issue. that particular issue is one we have covered before, and i'm sure we will cover it again. i must stay in the past, as a abc news correspondent myself, in the 1990s, i regularly got sent out to report on marches, to explain what the issues were and the waspi protesters are the exact time i would've been sent on. it seems rarely happens these days, and viewers say you get a few pictures of the march and you do not get analysis. is that fair? there are a number of factors about how you would decide whether or not to cover a protest

or a march or a demonstration. scale is one, is it a matter of national significance is another, is it a live issue is another. could there be an outcome as a result of the demonstrating, will it change anything is another. in the end it will be how does the figure on our running orders in any given day. there may be any number of stories that are competing for attention and we have to weigh the significance of them nationally, internationally as to whether they should be included in the bulletin. the fact that a demonstration is taking place or disrupting traffic is not something that will necessarily bring it air time. jon zilkha, thank you. it's clear now that the washington post journalist who walked into the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul on 2 october was murdered. though the exact circumstances of his death remain unknown. but just what exactly was the victim's name? here are a couple of versions seen recently on bbc news. ..reportedly led the saudi team suspected of doing the head on khashoggi.

five days ago, jamal khashoggi arrived at this consulate building. john sweeney pronouncing the name with a hard g at the end. but should it be a g than a gee like this? jamal khashoggi walked through this door 11 days ago, and was never seen again. bill there with a g at the end, and emphasising in the final syllable of the name, unlike chris buckler. behind these walls, jamal khashoggi was lured to his death. but the variations don't end there. was the harde k at the name there, khashoggi, correct? or should be more of a soft sound as demonstrated here by james mandell and frank gardner. these are the latest pictures ofjamal khashoggi and his fiancee. lurid details ofjust how khashoggi died have been leaked to turkey's pro—government media. all this inconsistency did not impress a viewer called lindy loo. but what is the right version?

this telephone caller was pretty clear. this is a friend of the khashoggis and can you change the pronunciation. it is not kah—show—gee. thank you. however, the name advised to be said in the last two examples we played reflecting a gulf arabic rather than a standard arabic pronunciation. one final thought on the reporting of his death comes from kevin west, who posed this question. thank you

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