this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at nine. the bbc understands the thai owner of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed last night outside the club's stadium. a man suspected of killing 11 people at a synagogue in pittsburgh has been charged with murder. president trump called the attack a wicked act of mass murder. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on humanity. glenn hoddle, the former england manager is said to be "responding well" to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition on saturday. and nose to nose with with maori elders, the duke and duchess of sussex arrive in new zealand. big crowds came out to meet the royal couple as they began the final leg of their their commonwealth tour with a traditional greeting.

rowing into the record books. we hear from the 60—year—old hoping to row solo across the atlanticjust months after learning how to swim. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35 — this morning's reviewers are robert fox and henry bonsu. the bbc has been told the owner of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames only minutes after taking off from the king power stadium last night. it's understood vichai srivaddhanaprabha was flying home after watching his team play west ham when the helicopter came down. he had bought leicester city eight years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club and watching it win the premier league. it's not yet known how many other

people were on the helicopter. our correspondent simon clemison has the latest. good morning what is a sombre warning that the stadium. good morning what is a sombre warning that the stadiumm good morning what is a sombre warning that the stadium. it was just behind me that the helicopter crashed and burst into flames. it has done what it has done all along, the ritual of the helicopter landing on the pitch, and leaving after the match. witnesses said it cleared the stadium and it went silent. and then it fell and crashed. it has been absolutely heart—wrenching this morning with people bringing flowers from every direction. there is a toddler to my left, laying flowers

and people have been doing that all morning. a sombre night because after the game, they had gone, they came back, and they came to be here, because they were extremely anxious. vichai srivaddhanaprabha is a huge figure in the city, taking the team and pouring millions into it and that has meant the team has done extremely well. a lot of people here wanting to get a sense of what has happened. the shock... oh, my god. a helicopter‘s just crashed next to the stadium. the confusion. all we've seen was the helicopter above the football ground, spiralling, like out of control. and then we've just seen it hit the floor, a big ball of fire just went up. it was absolutely awful. some even thought they may be able to help. i tried to get in there, but i couldn't see anyone. about an hour after the match, this was the scene in the car park to the rear of leicester city's football ground.

the owner's helicopter had just taken off from inside, as it does following every home game. moments later, eyewitnesses said the aircraft cleared the stadium but then everything fell silent and it came down like a stone. leicester city has been riding high recently. in 2016, the foxes won the premier league from odds of 5000—1. their owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, has poured millions into the club. watched him take off, literally walked up the road, bit of a...bit of a boom. probably the darkest day in leicester city football club's history. match of the day presenter and former leicester player gary lineker said last night's programme was the most difficult he had ever hosted. and leicester's start striker jamie vardy sent this tweet. leicestershire police said the air accident investigation branch would be leading the inquiry into the circumstances of the crash, adding that a cordon would remain in place while inspectors examine the scene. everywhere i look there are fans in

such a sombre mood, gradually walking towards where flowers are being laid. it is a sign of vichai srivaddhanaprabha's affection, being laid. it is a sign of vichai srivaddha naprabha's affection, they have a huge affection for him and he has a huge affection for them. you can see that in the way he buys them a pint on his birthday and buys their mince pies at christmas. i was a reporter in leicester to almost 20 yea rs a reporter in leicester to almost 20 years ago and the team was doing well then, but a different place now and a lot of people say it is because of him and the money he has poured in. to go from 5000—1 odds to win the premier league really is something. the fans are extremely anxious. i was on a train heading back to london last night with some of the west ham fans and they were

sending leicester city very much their thoughts and prayers today. the problem for people here is they do not know exactly what has happened, there is no official confirmation of who was on board and now the bbc understands that vichai srivaddhanaprabha was on board that crash, that awful crash, that took place overnight. simon, thank you very much. we are also hearing leicester city women's team's game against manchester united has been cancelled as a mark of respect. let's speak to former leicester mercury football reporterjames sharpe who was at yesterday's game. this was really routine for the owner, to leave the game in a helicopter, from the stadium. and go back home. yes, it is a site we have

seen at the king power stadium cou ntless seen at the king power stadium countless times. the helicopter would arrive before the game and leave afterwards with the chairman on itand leave afterwards with the chairman on it and whoever was with him that day. the site of the helicopter leaving is nothing new, it is the awful, shocking news that followed that has taken everyone by surprise. it has been described as the darkest day in leicester city's history. how are the fans reacting to this dreadful news this morning? there was a sense of shock, that this could happen and we are awaiting confirmation as to what his condition is. i know you announced he was on board. we have seen fans at the stadium, they are laying flowers a nd at the stadium, they are laying flowers and shirts. there is a sense

of sadness, because he is notjust any football owner. he has come into the club and city of leicester and embraced it. he has respected traditions of the club and ploughed hundreds of millions of pounds in and written off the club debt. donated to charities in the city, hospital and university charities. this is leicester getting behind someone this is leicester getting behind someone they feel is one of their own. we have seen so someone they feel is one of their own. we have seen so many big money football owner is coming into the game but not all of them go to every game, not all of them plough money not only into the club, but the community, and not all of them are loved as he has been. community, and not all of them are loved as he has beenlj community, and not all of them are loved as he has been. i remember when he took over in 2010 there was excitement around leicester being bought by a billionaire businessman.

it also came with trepidation. would he look to change the name of the team? he look to change the name of the team 7 to he look to change the name of the team? to change the colours? would he plough money in and get bored and ta ke he plough money in and get bored and take it away again? none of that happened. he came into the club and treated it with respect and respected the tradition. as i said before, the fans feel like he is a member of the community. he is one of us. if this is the darkest day in le i ceste r‘s of us. if this is the darkest day in leicester's history, i suppose the greatest day was winning the premier league and it was he and his money that help the club to do that. without the money of vichai, leicester city would not get close to contemplating what they have gone on to achieve. eight years before he joined leicester was in administration. fans were worried there might not be a club to

support, let alone one that would win the premier league. since he has come in we have been on an upward curve and they have won the championship, the premier league, been to the quarterfinals here. he was looking to extend the stadium, build a new training ground. this would not have happened without him being chairman of leicester city. james sharp, who has been a football reporter with the leicester mercury many years and he was at the game yesterday. thank you. prosecutors in the united states have charged a man with 29 offences — including hate crimes and murder — in connection with a mass shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. 11 people died after a gunman opened fire during morning service. six others were wounded. the suspect has been named as 46—year—old robert bowers. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue reports. just a few short hours after the hate—filled murder

of 11 jewish worshippers, hundreds of people from this community came to grieve and to comfort one another. some chose to speak up, some to stand and remain silent, all still in shock and disbelief over the horror of what had taken place. all day, the police were at the scene of the shooting, meticulously gathering their evidence. the sheer scale and brutality of the crime becoming clearer by the minute. later in the evening, robert bowers was indicted with 29 separate charges laid against him. many accusing him of murder motivated by religious hatred. announcer: donald] trump! donald trump was out election campaigning in illinois, announcing his intention to travel to pittsburgh in the coming days. he's also ordered flags to be flown at half mast at the white house and other federal buildings

for the next four days. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it's an assault on humanity. later, the names of those who died will be released. and the fbi are expected to answer questions about how someone with such a flagrantly anti—semitic online presence wasn't picked up. the authorities here sayjustice will be swift and severe. but for the jewish community of squirrel hill, it's going to take a long, long time to come to terms of how someone could commit such a hate—filled crime. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. the former england and tottenham manager glenn hoddle is "responding well" to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition yesterday. hoddle, who won 53 england caps and was celebrating his 61st birthday, is considered to be one of the finest players of his generation.

he was taken ill after appearing as a pundit for bt sport. we'll have more on that in our sport bulletin just after 9.30 this morning. the chancellor, philip hammond, is to follow through on a promise made by his predecessor george osborne and — for the first time — devote the money raised from vehicle tax to major roads across england. mr hammond is expected to announce more than £25 billion will be made available for motorways and a roads between 2020 and 2025, when the budget is unveiled in the commons on monday. there'll also be an extra 420 million earmarked for repairing potholes in local roads. joining me in the studio to talk more about the budget is our political reporter pete saull. a lot is being trailed ahead of the

budget. you mentioned the road ‘s announcement, £3.5 billion of new money, for major roads, following through on a promise made by his predecessor as chancellor george 0sborne. what about potholes? £420 million extra on top of 300 million already announced. already, some people saying it is a drop in the tarmac so to speak with experts putting the cost of repairing local roads at more like £9 billion. a lot more these to be spent in their view. the other thing looked at todayis view. the other thing looked at today is a crackdown on payday loa ns. today is a crackdown on payday loans. the government is set to announce a review in the budget into announce a review in the budget into a possible interest free loan scheme. and speculation in the papers about what else might be in the budget. theresa may i think rather gave philip hammond a

hospital pass when she announced in the party conference speech that austerity was over and this is very much the bar it will be judged against and since the conference, ministers have been knocking on the chancellor's door, demanding extra money for their departments. reportedly the defence secretary has secured extra cash for his department which has not been confirmed yet. we hear potentially extra money for social care will be announced and also potentially investment in superfast rural broadband. the big thing people will look out for is a potential announcement on universal credit, the government flagship welfare policy with conservative mps upping the pressure on the chancellor to do something on that. we live in volatile political times, could it be his last budget? the theory in

westminster is that had theresa may not lost the majority in the snap election, philip hammond may well have been replaced. that is speculation, but it is a difficult moment for the chancellor. he has to find extra money for the giveaways, to make it seem like austerity is not over. we have unpredictable months ahead of us and probably every bone in his body is telling him to rein in the spending. we expect tax risk —— tax risk —— receipts will be higher. if he announced tax rises it would not go down well with conservative backbenchers among whom he is unpopular because of his stance on brexit. he is treading delicate political tightrope at the moment.

it is unusual for a budget to take place on monday. it was supposed to ta ke place on monday. it was supposed to take place on wednesday, which is halloween. i think the chancellor will be hoping to avoid having too many frights this week. we can all anticipate what the halloween headlines would have been if it were on wednesday. thank you. just to tell you that tomorrow on bbc news we'll be joined by financial journalists to answer your questions about the chancellor's plans. to get involved , you can text your questions to 61124, email to askthis at bbc dot co dot uk — or on twitter using the hashtag bbcaskthis. that's tomorrow evening at 8.30 on bbc news the headlines on bbc news... a helicopter belonging to the owner of leicester city football club has crashed and burst into flames shortly after a home premier league game. the bbc believes the thai owner of the club was on board at the time. a man suspected of killing 11 people

in a synagogue in pittsburgh has been charged with murder. it is believed to be the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history. glenn hoddle, the former england manager, is said to be "responding well" to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition on saturday. the number of hit and run crashes has risen by almost half in the past four years, the bbc has learned. there were more than 28,000 cases last year in england and wales and road safety campaigners are calling for longer prison sentences. john maguire reports. his family described him as a gentle giant, but alfie 0'keefe hedges was just 16 years old when he was knocked off his moped by a hit—and—run driver in north london two years ago. they just left my son. they basically got out of the car

and ran, and didn't even go out and hold his hand, sit with him, theyjust ran. theyjust ran and left him there to die. nine days after the collision, alfie died in hospital. the driver pleaded guilty to careless driving and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. dangerous driving is what he should have been charged with and he should have got a lot longer sentence, but he didn't. i think it would've made a bit of difference to me, obviously, not my heartache, because that's never going to go away. but i would have felt something was... justice was done, something was done for my son, for him having his life taken like that. 27 of the 44 police forces in england and wales responded to a freedom of information request from the bbc. the figures show the number of times a driver or rider failed to stop after a collision rose from just over 19,200 five years ago to around 28,000 last year.

that's an increase of 46%. but the total number of crashes has stayed broadly similar during the same time. the road safety charity brake says there needs to be a change in sentencing policy. last year, the ministry ofjustice announced life sentences will be introduced for those who cause death by dangerous driving and said the government is committed to making sure the courts have sufficient powers to deal with driving offences. sir philip green has again denied allegations he racially and sexually abused former employees. the businessman told the mail on sunday newspaper there had only been, in his words, some banter, which had never been offensive. he had been granted an injunction banning the publication of the allegations but the labour

peer lord hain named him in parliament. sir philip says the last week has been the worst of his life. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is with me now. what else has he been saying? he has broken his silence for the first time infourdays, broken his silence for the first time in four days, describing it as the worst week of his life. he is at a health resort in arizona. he said he never set out to cause offence. he described the situation as a horror story and said he was very upset and felt he was being used for target practice, whatever that means, saying it is injuring his businesses also. interesting he went on to say during his time at the top of his businesses, there has been from time to time some banter, as he called it, and a bit of humour, but he said if he caused offence, he was happy to apologise. thank you. a 60—year—old who only learned to swim a couple of months ago

is hoping to become the oldest woman to row the atlantic solo. shirley thompson set herself the challenge after reaching the birthday milestone and, if she succeeds, she'll be the oldest woman ever to cross any ocean solo. hugh schofield joined her for her first training session at sea. dawn over the bay of cannes and an ulster woman is already out and at the oars. just a few weeks before her big adventure, shirley thompson needs all the training she can get. until earlier this year, she'd never once been inside a rowing boat. sea dog, she ain't. so why on earth is this 60—year—old woman about to take on 3000 miles of unforgiving ocean? i'm 60 years old and i'm going for two records. one is the oldest woman ever to row any ocean solo and also the first irishwoman. you're not of water woman, though, i mean, this is what's so extraordinary, this is not your natural medium at all?

no, hate getting my hair wet and i didn't swim up until about six weeks ago. but i wanted a challenge that was really, really tough for me. and so this is, it doesn't get any tougher than this. at sea, she'll need to get out of the boat to clean the hull, for example. for a new swimmer, that will be a challenge. what you're seeing here, amazingly, is the first time that shirley has ever been out of her depth. 0verseeing is coach niall bates. himself, a transatlantic veteran. he says that for all her inexperience, she's got what it takes. she's doing things in a very short space of time in terms of the learning curve. can she do it? absolutely. that's the way she is, she will do this, she will be ready. there is no knocking herfrom that and that's the attitude that will get her across. back in the marina, the boat is being fitted out with all the stores, technical and safety equipment needed for more than 100 days at sea.

friends who drop by find the whole adventure baffling. many times i have said to her, nobody will mind if you pull out of it. just say, i'm sick, i'm not feeling up to it. she said, no, i'm doing it. shirley is a super—fit extreme sportswoman, on land. at sea, it's a new world. here, there's the risk of storms, ships, whales, technical breakdown. all this, she knows. i'm doing this because i want to, so any of my fears i'm trying to put to the back of my mind and i will deal with everything. i hope i have a strategy for things, and i will deal with everything when i encounter it. the fear is almost part of the pleasure. you know, i want to have this challenge so i'm looking forward to enjoying all the good bits and all the less—good bits because it's part of the journey. shirley thompson, a sexagenarian land lubber who has

chosen the high sea for the challenge of a lifetime. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in new zealand which is the last stop on their 16—day tour. harry and meghan will visit wellington and auckland over the next four days, where they will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the couple, who are expecting their first child, have already visited australia, fiji and tonga on their first official tour. well, here outside the national war memorial, the response, you can see, has been enthusiastic to the couple. they have been in the country for a couple of hours and were greeted by the prime minister at the airport and then they made their way to the governor general‘s residence — that's the queen's representative in new zealand. there there were two traditions on show — there was a traditional welcome, a hangi followed by a blood—curdling haka, the kind of thing that we normally see with the all blacks rugby team.

then a more traditional welcome from the new zealand armed forces where prince harry made a tour down the line of the military and inspected the guard of honour whilst the band played. they then came to the national war memorial and laid a wreath here while the last post was played. and any moment now, they will come out and make a walkabout with the thousands who have come out here on a rather chilly sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of, and if they're lucky, have a chat with the royal couple. they've had a very warm reception in australia, in fiji and tonga, but at the moment, it looks like that will be outclassed by the reception they get here in new zealand. she might be the oldest person in the world, butjulia flores hasn't tired of blowing out her birthday candles just yet. the 118—year—old celebrated her birthday with live music, cake and herfavourite pasta dish. she is from bolivia and was thrown

a party in her honour at city hall, where she was given a certificate recognising her long life. her family is hoping she will now secure her place in the guinness book of world records. congratulations to her. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. another cold day with sunny spells and a scattering of showers, fewer showers in the afternoon across eastern scotland and england, one or two probably getting into the midlands. wales, northern ireland, north—west england and many parts of scotland, it should be dry and sunny. in the northwest the wind is lighter. stronger wind in the south east bringing showers which will ta ke east bringing showers which will take the edge off the temperatures. the temperatures will fall this evening under clear skies. showers bumping into the north sea coasts

and a chance of a shower coming into the far north—west but between, clear skies, and the widespread frost likely. 0n the whole, monday should be dry. showerfrom frost likely. 0n the whole, monday should be dry. shower from the cloud in the western isles and showers running into the north sea coasts. fog in wales and the west country. many places dry with spells of sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... a helicopter belonging to the owner of leicester city football club has crashed and burst into flames shortly after a home premier league game. the bbc believes the thai owner of the club was on board at the time. prosecutors in the united states have filed hate crime charges against the suspect in the murder of 11 people at a synagogue in pittsburgh on saturday. robert bowers is accused of opening fire at the tree of life synagogue during its sabbath service. glenn hoddle, the former england manager is said to be "responding well" to treatment

after being taken to hospital in a serious condition on saturday. hoddle was taken ill after appearing as a pundit for bt sport earlier in the day on his 61st birthday. local councils in england will get an extra £420m to tackle a growing number of potholes. the chancellor will make the announcement in monday's budget, budget, alongside a multi—billion pound fund to upgrade england's motorways. the duke and duchess of sussex have been welcomed to new zealand with a traditional maori greeting. the royal couple rubbed noses with maori elders,