good morning, welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: the final budget before brexit, but did it really signal the end of austerity? we'll ask the chancellor, philip hammond. turning on the taps, the chancellor plans the biggest spending spree in eight years. the debate will start in westminster today. we are here in sheffield in the winter garden to find out what it means for you. police investigating the murder of the estate agent suzy lamplugh in 1986 carry out a search of a garden in the west midlands. donald trump sends 5,000 troops to the us border with mexico as thousands of migrants head towards it from central america. in sport, a book of condolence opens at leicester city this morning. members of vichai srivaddhanaprabha's family as well as the leicester first team squad have paid their respects at the king power stadium. plus, a stark warning about our wildlife. a report says populutions

are plummeting across the planet. we'll find out why. and it is another cold start out there this morning, but the frost is mainly out west, with one or two flurries, and i will have your full forecast coming up right here on brea kfast. hello, a very good morning to you. it's tuesday, october 30. our top story: labour has attacked philip hammond's pre—brexit budget, describing it as a series of half measures and quick fixes. but the chancellor has insisted that austerity is "coming to an end" as he announced extra money for social care and universal credit, as well as a surprise cut to income tax. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. public service workers have called for it, the opposition have said if elected they would do it, but it is a conservative chancellor, philip hammond, who is now claiming he will

end austerity. there will be more, much more money for the nhs in england, one—off cash injections for defence and schools and extra help for those moving on to universal credit as part of wide ranging welfare reforms. but labour say the government can't keep its promise to end austerity while freezing benefits for some of the least well off. many people will look at these conservative claims that austerity is ending with a huge amount of scepticism. actually we are not going to be seeing the additional police on the streets that we really need, we are not going to be seeing any change really to the situation for social care because we have seen 7 billion being pulled out in funding and the government saying it might start to move towards backfilling i billion of that. might start to move towards backfilling1 billion of that. the government has been arguing that austerity is not just government has been arguing that austerity is notjust about putting austerity is notjust about putting a squeeze on spending and ending it isn't just about giving a squeeze on spending and ending it isn'tjust about giving public services more money. we are addressing both issues with this budget, first of all we are giving people a tax cut and increasing the amount that families on universal

credit get, so that is putting more money into families' pocket, and we are also addressing where there are issues in public services. there will be clear dividing lines between the government and opposition when the government and opposition when the budget is debated in parliament today, but there are divisions in the chancellor's party, some mps don't think he put enough money to universal credit, others question the timing of his tax cuts. philip hammond. there probably won't be too much dissent because the bigger divisions are rover brexit, the potential rebels are likely to keep their powder dry unto the shape of a deal with the eu becomes clear. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent leila nathoo. leila, iam leila, i am legend philip hammond will be pleased with the reaction this morning. —— i imagine philip hammond will be pleased. everyone was watching and following how he would redraw the political map to

neutralise labour's message, so there were spending promises and tax cuts in the budget, the rise in spending for the nhs, for mental health, the rollout of universal credit, more money for defence, the rise in the income tax threshold for basic and higher rate taxpayers, so there was more money in his budget no doubt, so this was his attempt to try to signal a direction of travel, what could come ahead. so labour is saying this is a quick fix budget for half measures and don't be in any doubt that there are still cuts and freezers working their way through the system and there will be tough choices ahead for the big spending decisions that will come in the spending review next year. the chancellor did choose to spend a windfall from better than expected public finances on this budget, but he has been clear that all the forecasts are based on is assuming a good smooth orderly brexit deal so

thatis good smooth orderly brexit deal so that is all to play for. still the budget could be completely ripped up depending what happens with the negotiations with the eu. but certainly there was some loosening of the purse strings if not a com plete of the purse strings if not a complete reversal of the cuts over the last eight years. leila nathoo, thank you very much. we'll be speaking to mr hammond, and to the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, a little later in the programme. yes, just after 7am. officers from scotland yard have begun searching a garden in the west midlands in connection with the murder of estate agent suzy lamplugh more than 30 years ago. it's thought the house in sutton coldfield is the former home of the mother of the prime suspect in the case. 0ur correspondent lauren moss reports. the parents of suzy lamplugh said she followed the motto that life was for living. but hers was tragically cut short. suzy‘s disappearance sparked a huge search, and it became one of the highest profile missing person cases. now, 32 years later, forensic teams are searching the back garden of a property in sutton coldfield. suzy was last seen in july 1986

when she went to fullham to meet a man known only as ‘mr kipper‘. suzy was presumed murdered and declared dead six years later. her body was never found. in 2002, police took the unusual step of naming convicted killer john cannon as the main suspect. he's always denied any involvement and has never been charged. it's reported the property that's being searched by specialist officers from the metropolitan police used to belong to cannon's mother. there is no suggestion that she is involved or that the current occupants have any connection with the investigation. suzy‘s parents set up the suzy lamplugh trust, which supports victims of violence. they've both since died, but speaking two years ago, suzy‘s father said he had little hope of finding out what had happened to her. it's not something that i dwell on very much. it would be good to know what did happen. but...| still miss suzy enormously. after three decades of questions,

it's hoped this latest turn in the investigation could now lead to some answers. lauren moss, bbc news. the us says it is sending a further 5,000 troops to its border with mexico, as large numbers of south—american migrants continue to head north. the announcement by the pentagon comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to boost votes ahead of next week's mid—term elections. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. plodding onwards through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to cast the caravan as an imminent threat to his country. this is an invasion, he says, and "our military

is waiting for you." despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful patriot. by the end of this week we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we will continue to adjust the numbers and inform you of those but that is in addition to the 2092 already employed from the national guard that has been so effective. the us has already beefed up security at the frontier. this is the crossing between el paso in texas and mexico. troops will be deployed with helicopters, aeroplanes and miles of razor wire. the military says the soldiers will be used to support, not replace, border patrol agents. mr trump clearly hopes the issue of immigration will galvanise his core voters but opponents say the armed forces are being used to fan the flames of fear for political gain. a british academic who's been

held in the united arab emirates on charges of spying, has been released on bail. matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he must remain in the uae until a further court hearing next month. a book of condolence for the victims of saturday night's helicopter crash at leicester city's stadium will open later this morning. five people, including the club's owner, were killed when the aircraft spiralled out of control. navteonhaljoins us from outside the stadium. we saw pictures from there yesterday and the tributes have grown so much since then. just tell us what the atmosphere is like. the atmosphere has been one of mourning, it has been solemn and sombre in leicester over the last few days, but today

was expected to be a typical match day for leicester city before the events saturday night unfolded. today they were supposed to be playing southampton in the efl cup, that has been postponed following the tragic helicopter crash on saturday which claimed the lives of the club owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, two of his staff and the pilot and the pilot's partner too, so instead the club is opening a book of condolence today. this morning outside the stadium at around eight o'clock, there will be an online version of the book too, allowing fans to pay tribute to the victims of the crash. they have been laying flowers here, shirt and scars as you can see behind me, over the last few days and the club's 0hno's wife, son and the first—team squad we re wife, son and the first—team squad were here to pay their respects and pay their respects. and investigators will be here until the end of the week at the very least. the city of leicester will be mourning for long after that. we

have heard over the last few days the tales of generosity and kindness about mr srivaddhanaprabha, also his impact on the city of leicester as a whole, and they will all form now pa rt whole, and they will all form now part of his legacy that he has left here at the club and in the city of leicester. thank you very much, thank you. it is 6:11am. excluded schoolchildren are at serious risk of becoming involved in knife crime, according to mps and the charity barnardo's. their report found that one in three local authorities in england had no vacant places in the pupil referral units which are supposed to look after excluded children. the government said a review of school exclusions and their impact on children was ongoing. so we know for some children they will be having really minimal education, maybe even an hour a day, others will be having an at all and that's really unacceptable. those children are then at risk of criminal gangs, of exploitation, of not getting an education and not having a future and that is

unacceptable for children in this day and age for children to not get that support. drones and sonar technology have been deployed in indonesia to search for a passenger plane which crashed into the sea yesterday. the lion air plane went down minutes after taking off from jakarta with 189 passengers and crew on board. there has been no sign of survivors but debris and personal belongings have been collected from the water. there's a warning that the global wildlife population has plummeted by almost two thirds since 1970. a report by the conservation charity, wwf, blames globalfood production for devastating wildlife and destroying land. the group has called for an international treaty to prevent further devastation. elephants, orang—utans and whale sharks are among the declining animal species. beautiful picture of the elephants. the duchess of sussex showed off some unexpected talents overnight — she emerged triumphant in the unusual skill of welly wanging. harry and megan's gumboot throwing contest took place just north of auckland on the latest stop of their marathon royal tour.

i don't think i have ever done it. you are missing out. what do you have to do? you have to throw a welly. when i do it you just have to try to throw it as far as you can. the duchess through it a little bit further than her husband when they played in auckland. it looks quite fun. it is really satisfying. just lobbing a welly. yes, it is really satisfying. anyway, a different kind of sport, sally is here. and the back pages injust a sally is here. and the back pages in just a second. we are going to start this morning with the latest news from leicester, as we have been reporting already. and in sport, the tributes continue to pour in for leicester chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash on saturday night. members of his family and the leicester first team squad paid their respects at the king power stadium. you can see them laying the wreathg.

former leicester winger rihyad mahrez scored the only goal as manchester city returned to the top of the premier league by beating spurs. mahrez described his former chairman as like a father to him. real madrid have sacked julen lopetegui after a poor start to the season. the european champions were beaten 5—1 by barcelona in last weekend's el classico. kyle edmund's season is over. the british number one has been advised to rest following an mri scan that showed fluid behind his left knee. that is a real blow for him but hopefully he will be on the mend. yes, it sounds painful. yes, very and an update on glenn hoddle, which is good news. 0h, and an update on glenn hoddle, which is good news. oh, that is good news. as we talk yesterday he was saved, possibly. absolutely, yeah. his family made a statement and it is all looking good. that is good news, sally. it is cold this morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. the particularly across western

areas. we have seen temperatures in the this hour, —6 in parts of mid—wales. a time in country. it averages have lifted recently. in eastern areas, damages higher. the showers eating cold air across parts of central and southern scotland, north—west england and maybe north east wales will see flurries or snow. rain towards the eastern coast. showers keep coming in with sunny spells in eastern scotland. always cloudy towards the south—east corner, more persistent rain across east anglia and the far south—east. west is best for the sunshine today. more cloud compared with yesterday. showers through the irish sea, running down into some coastal areas. most will stay for i light winds. the wind is strong across the eastern coast of england, close to gale force around the coast of east anglia in particular. temperatures will be in double figures, but

tempered somewhat by the breeze. another single finger —— figure temperature day four most areas. in the east tonight, the rain will clear off into the northern north sea. then we turn to western areas. the wind direction has changed, bringing airof the the wind direction has changed, bringing air of the atlantic. across western areas cloud will increase, outbreaks of rain will develop. eastern areas, clearer and cooler, while two spots could get close to where frost again. there is a shift tomorrow. instead of bringing the air infrom tomorrow. instead of bringing the air in from the east it is coming from the west of the south. things will turn milder. it is western areas most prone to seeing weather front and outbreaks of rain. not a com pletely front and outbreaks of rain. not a completely soggy day. for a moment in the west. showers will come and go. will dispel the the rain potentially in western parts of wales and the far north west of scotland. eastern areas having a better day compared to today. some good sunny spells, offshore breeze, it will feel that bit warmer as

well. temperatures could peek around 12 or 30 degrees in the south—east corner. single figures further north and west. wednesday night on thursday, thursday we had this weather front, it will move across eastern areas. we could see rain in the east, a ridge of high pressure mes incorporated. back to a frosty start. sunshine by date. —— somchai mayday. there will be stormy weather. nothing like you have seen in venice. it was underwater yesterday as heavy rain and swollen rivers combined with high tides and winds pushing the adriatic into a produced scenes like this. in spain they had an early taste of snow. at least our weather will not be as severe. back to you. both sets of dramatic pictures. you would not think that was spain. wind has come early for them. it certainly has. thank you. -- winter. i feel really cold today. unusual for me. typically we get away with

putting jumpers on? shall we go for it and tenby heating up once? you have to put another 50p in metre though. let's take a look at today's papers and the budget dominates many of the front pages. "hammond's giveaway gamble" is the headline in the times, which says the chancellor went on a spending spree in the budget, but adds the injection of cash is in lieu of running a budget surplus over five years. the daily telegraph calls the chancellor's announcement "one of the biggest giveaway budgets in recent history". the mirror is far more pessimistic. "is that it? " it asks in the headline. it says the £400 million extra given to education is not enough for one teaching assistant per school. there's also a photo of 11—year—old ella, who was given a pride of britain award last night. "phil—good factor" is the headline in the daily mail. the paper says the budget was a "dramatic shift in strategy" for mr hammond, and beckoned the biggest increase in public spending since the 2008 financial crash. there are only three of us did any

papers. that is ok. steph would normally be there. i can move around. do business and front pages. i have something in the telegraph, thatis i have something in the telegraph, that is interesting for spurs fans. last night the spurs played at wembley. against manchester city. they were beaten 1—0. there is mauricio pochettino on the sidelines, on the d—rings bottle container looking really quite hacked off. —— drinks bottle. not surprising, really. the pitch was dreadful, the game was not particularly good, but mauricio pochettino is talking quite openly about not being happy with the situation at spurs. he says it has been a difficult time. he is admitting it. he has said it is

strange. if you look at this paper, down here, you will see that real madrid have just sacked their manager. well, they really want him. confusing the cameraman. they really wa nt confusing the cameraman. they really want him. these two stories good in the end be very much linked. real madrid really... that is absolutely why they have put it on the same page. could they chew a -- or they doa page. could they chew a -- or they do a job page. could they chew a -- or they doajob swap? page. could they chew a -- or they do a job swap? possibly. page. could they chew a -- or they do ajob swap? possibly. mauricio pochettino is being courted by real madrid at the moment. spurs are building in you said in, it is not ready yet, it will have cost £1 billion —— building a new stadium. they have not been able to spend as much on players. it is all very well having a new stadium, but you need players. pochettino has been blamed for the steady not being ready and the cost of it. i think it's getting better. we always talk about them at this time of year. they will not be many of them again. the restaurants swapping the sprout is for kayal. ——

kale. kale phil smith... -- kale feels a bit. the long freezing winter followed feels a bit. the long freezing wi nter followed by feels a bit. the long freezing winter followed by a feels a bit. the long freezing winterfollowed by a record—breaking heatwave left many plants parched. farmers have reported low crops of many vegetables including brussel sprout is. carol was out and about with pumpkins, but the giant pumpkins, not so many of those around either. you only need two brussel sprout seach. around either. you only need two brussel sprout seachlj around either. you only need two brussel sprout seach. i wonder why kale is doing so well. the only thing ifound kale is doing so well. the only thing i found interesting kale is doing so well. the only thing ifound interesting about kale is doing so well. the only thing i found interesting about that was that you can make them taste like crisps. i knew exactly how to pitch that to you. and then a picture of a world leader. nearly twice the height of the statue of

liberty. it makes nelson's colin back there molehill. —— nelsons column. i have lost my glasses today... do you want mine? 597 feet high. compared to 305 feet for the statue of liberty. nelsons column is only 160 known for it. it is about four times bigger. —— 160 known for it. it is narendra modi as well. when you say unveilings... given it is that high... you would need quite a blanket over that. look at his foot. there are people there. absolutely extraordinary. thank you very much. you can have them. it's five years since the final remploy factories closed, ending almost 70 years of state—run sheltered employment for disabled people in the uk. nowadays the idea of segregated employment seems outdated to many, but new figures show the number of people with learning difficulties who manage to get a job is woefully low.

breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has more. are you ready? i think so. five yea rs are you ready? i think so. five years ago, the last remploy factories were closed. we are devastated? yes. when he was filmed leaving the job should opt for the last ten years. it means a lot, struggling on my own were two kids. it is not fair. they just struggling on my own were two kids. it is not fair. theyjust said they could not make it work. it wasn't making a profit, it was making a loss. do you think it was the right decision? no. but this wasn'tjust a financial decision. segregation was deemed inappropriate and old—fashioned. have you worked since? no. not a single day. there

it is nothing out there for any of us. but head up the m62 to leave than these former workers tell a different story. here one stuff like wayne and claire pulls redundancy to reopen as a cooperative. are they a good team? yeah. you were singing earlier. # high on a hill... they have doubled their workforce since opening and are in profit. because unlike remploy there are no management salaries to play —— bay. everyone here are the same hourly rate. we are aiming to break even. the more money we make the more people we can help. that is what we do with the money. we put it back in. applause. john tells me this is not feel like segregation, it feels like opportunity. if ever i've got a problem they help me out. and this place is brilliant. i love it. if

this place was and he had difficulty think you would find in finding work? i was looking before i came here and did not get the job, because the way i am and you have got to get your chance. and i have met my husband at remploy. 0h got to get your chance. and i have met my husband at remploy. oh my goodness! there are about four office romances here. yes. this is about much more than just a salary. the government told us remploy‘s lota had widespread support and allowed them to help more people with disabilities into mainstream jobs. but the employment gap for people with learning disabilities is growing, with only 6% in work in england. and the organisation which five years ago advise government to close the factory is today say ministers should set statutory recruitment targets which force targets to close that gap. people with learning difficulties have the same rights to equality of life and work as everybody else. so that

means we to help them all to get a foothold on the ladder. when he is still waiting for that one elusive opportunity —— jayne mccubbin. still waiting for that one elusive opportunity -- jayne mccubbin. -- wendy. it would make me a different person than what i am now. a better mum for the kids. fingers crossed. yes. fingers crossed opposition is out there for you. a massive fingers crossed for us as well for us. that was jayne mccubbin reporting. so the chancellor called it a budget for the "strivers, grafters and carers" but what will it mean for you? victoria's been taking a closer look. morning. good morning everyone. the debate really starts in westminster today when mps are going to be combing through some of the details that were announced in the chancellor's budget. the debate around kitchen tables, coffee tables like these ones in sheffield, that has already started. i am joined by

somejournalism has already started. i am joined by some journalism students, has already started. i am joined by somejournalism students, politics students, and businesses as well. we are going to be looking at what this means for you. does your quick take on headlines like this, is that the headline for you? not really. i think the money set aside for mental health is the important thing in the budget. you follow politics very closely, what was the standout announcement for you? mental health, which i agree with. but hopefully it will lead to services and the businesses paying up. that is the hope. what about you? be mental health tax. and you run a small business about ten minutes from here, down the road. what is the big thing for you, for the chancellor? it isa thing for you, for the chancellor? it is a cautious it for me. we will be going through some of these headlines. austerity coming to an end. what you statements like that really m ea n end. what you statements like that really mean and what does it mean for your pocket? i will be joined by a team of experts throughout the morning to be looking at what it

means for you. but first the news, travel, and whether where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a professor of surgery at imperial college london, says students have spent so much time in front of screens — and so little time using their hands they've lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. roger kneebone, who teaches medical students, explains young people have so little experience of craft skills they struggle with anything practical. he'll be addressing the v&a museum of childhood in east london tonight, calling for more creativity in the curriculum — to help deal with the long—term problem. the children's charity, barnado's is warning excluded schoolchildren are at ‘serious risk‘ of becoming involved in knife crime. it adds they‘re also at risk of "being groomed and exploited by criminal gangs". the charity said 47 councils, had no spaces in pupil referral units, which look after excluded children. the government said a review of school exclusions and their impact on children was ongoing. uber‘s long—running appeal

against a ruling that its drivers should be treated as ‘workers‘ rather than ‘self—employed‘ will be heard in the court of appeal later. the taxi—hailing app argues that its drivers shouldn‘t be treated as ‘workers‘ — which would mean they are entitled to paid holiday and the minimum wage. unions calculate it could be worth 18 thousand pounds per driver — if uber lose. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. jubilee line has no service between stanmore and wembley park. it‘s due to a faulty train at queensbury. 0n the roads, burst water mains seem to be issue of the morning. we‘ll start on hampstead road, which is closed northbound from the euston road because of a burst water main. southbound is open. next, the mineries is closed southbound

between aldgate high street and tower hill. and the final burst water main to tell you about, effects alexandra park road. it‘s closed near ‘alexandra palace‘ station. now the weather with lucy. hello. good morning. another chilly day on the way today with temperatures and few degrees below average for the time of year. unlike you say, however, we have cloudier skies and with the chance of one of two showers. we start off with some fairly cool temperatures, not quite as cold as yesterday. plenty of cloud around and the risk of honour two towers. going through the day, the chance of seeing right areas developing, for southern and western areas, tempered as with a maximum of nine or 10 celsius. the blustery north—westerly breeze. as we go through the evening and overnight then we will see the skies clearing. undercliffe as we are looking at another chilly night. temperatures falling close to freezing —— as we

go through the night. a bright but cold start to the day tomorrow. some sunny spells. the cloud will tend to increase as we move through the day. temperatures a touch warmer than today. a high of 13 celsius. late in the day into the evening the growing chance of seeing some rain. if you have evening plans for halloween you might need a number a lot. that is it for now. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and steph mcgovern. it‘s 6:30am. we‘ll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: with america‘s mid—term elections kicking off within days, we‘ll be live in the halloween capital of the world to hear about the scare tactics being used on both sides of the political divide. we‘ll hear about the mindblowing global wildlife crisis which has seen 60% of the natural world wiped out since the ‘70s. and best—selling authorjodi picault will reveal why she‘s chosen to write about abortion in her new novel.

good morning, here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news: businesses have welcomed philip hammond‘s pre— brexit budget but it has been attacked by labour as a series of half measures and quick fixes. but the chancellor has insisted that austerity is coming to an end as he announced extra money for social care and universal credit, as well as a surprise cut to income tax for more than 30 million workers. the snp mp kirstie blackman criticised the budget and attempts to improve public services. he hasn‘t ended austerity, he has continued austerity. we have a situation where the universal credit cuts are continuing to be passed onto people he hasn‘t lifted the two child cap, he hasn‘t improved public services to the level we would like

to see improved. officers from scotland yard have begun excavatting a garden at a property in the west—midlands in connection with the murder of suzy lamplugh more than 30 years ago. it‘s thought the house in sutton coldfield is the former home of the mother of the prime suspect in the case. the estate agent was 25 when she vanished in 1986. her body has never been found. the us is deploying a further 5,000 troops to its border with mexico as large numbers of south—american migrants continue to head north. the announcement comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to boost votes ahead of next week‘s mid—term elections. president trump has described the migrants as a threat to security. by by the end of this week, we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border, that is just the start of this operation, we will continue to adjust the numbers and inform you of those, but please note that in addition to the 2092 that

are already employed from our national guard, operation guardian support, that‘s been so effective. a british academic who‘s been held in the united arab emirates on charges of spying, has been released on bail. matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he must remain in the uae until a further court hearing next month. excluded schoolchildren are at serious risk of becoming involved in knife crime, according to mps and the charity barnardo‘s. their report found that one in three local authorities in england had no vacant places in the pupil referral units which are supposed to look after excluded children. the government said a review of school exclusions and their impact on children was ongoing. so, we know for some children they will be having really minimal education, maybe even an hour a day, others will be having none at all, and that‘s really unacceptable. those children are then at risk of criminal gangs, of exploitation, of not getting an education and not having a future and that is unacceptable in this day and age for children to not get that support.

drones and sonar technology have been deployed in indonesia to search for a passenger plane which crashed into the sea yesterday. the lion air plane went down minutes after taking off from jakarta with 189 passengers and crew on board. there has been no sign of survivors but debris and personal belongings have been collected from the water. the duke and duchess of sussex have gone head—to—head in the first sporting competition of their tour down under, as meghan emerged triumphant in the unusual skill of welly wanging. i wonder if she knew that she was going to be any good at this? the duchess threw a pink spotted wellington — i wonder if spots help — boot a little further than her husband, as they played the game with schoolchildren in auckland. it looked to me like they were trying to hit a particular target. you have never played that game. no,

i haven‘t, to be honest. you have never played that game. no, i haven't, to be honestlj you have never played that game. no, i haven't, to be honest. i can't believe you haven‘t played this. yes, totally. on what occasion have you welly wanged ? yes, totally. on what occasion have you welly wanged? normally camping. if someone threw my wellies at me i don‘t think the camping trip would be going well. your wellies are kind of high vizjacket wellies... be going well. your wellies are kind of high viz jacket wellies. .. steel capped boots! we are going to get you the rules! now we all know the fairy tale where the pumpkin magically turns into a glass carriage, but just look at this — a pumpkin that really did turn into a boat! 0h, brilliant! yeah! yesterday, tom pearcy from york paddled his makeshift floating vegetable down the river 0use in what you‘d have to call an enthusiastic show of halloween spirit. he claims it‘s the world‘s largest ever pumpkin boat. i bet it is. i bet they‘re not many pumpkin boats are doubtful starters. that is such a good idea. i love that much more than welly wanging. how do you know it is the world's

largest, maybe the worlds largest that has been sailed down the river 0use. that has been sailed down the river ouse. maybe don't try this at home. yes, exactly. sally, talking about leicester as well. we have seen so many tributes. it is incredible, the leicester city story over the last few years hasjust been like a leicester city story over the last few years has just been like a film script. it has almost been an real. and when the terrible crash happened on saturday night, it felt like it wasn't a real thing, on saturday night, it felt like it wasn't a realthing, it on saturday night, it felt like it wasn't a real thing, it felt like, how could this possibly happen to a clu b how could this possibly happen to a club that had such a fairytale? understandably, the response from the fans has been huge, as you can see, flowers are everywhere. leicester‘s players visited the king power stadium to see for themselves the tributes left in memory of the club‘s owner. the family of vichai srivaddhanaprabha paid their respects at the ground where he and four others were killed in saturday‘s helicopter crash. mr vichai‘s wife and son met players inside the ground before laying a wreath on the centre circle of the stadium. tonight‘s scheduled efl cup match with southampton has been postponed.

former leicester striker gary lineker says the owner completely transformed the club. this guy is seemingly was one of those people who gave so much to the football club, who also gave so much to the city, you know, invested huge amounts of money into hospitals. he treated fans like he cared, you know, whether it be a free beer in the game, whether it be a number of season tickets given away to supporters. he invested in the club massively. he turned leicesterfrom a kind of run—of—the—mill club to a clu b a kind of run—of—the—mill club to a club that‘s not all around the world. before manchester city‘s win over tottenham at wembley, players and fans paid their respect to those who lost their lives in the leicester tragedy. before the match, a one‘s minute‘s silence was held and events also commemorated the incident at half time and it was riyad mahrez, who played for leicester up until the summer, who scored the only goal of the game early on. he later paid tribute to his former chairman.

i was very close to him, very, very close. he was like a dad for us, for me. i spent many, many memories with him. it was... shocking and heartbreaking. to hear this news and... it is difficult to speak about it, but, you know, it is sad. the family of former tottenham manager glenn hoddle say they are overwhelmed by the messages of support since he was taken ill on saturday. the ex england boss suffered a heart attack. he‘s recovering in hospital and his family said "it has been a huge comfort to have your support and memories to lift us all at such a difficult time, so thank you." real madrid have sacked their managerjulen lopetegui afterjust 11.5 months in charge. he replaced zinedine zidane injune and has overseen their worst start to a season in 16 years. they were beaten 5—1 by bitter

rivals barcelona at the weekend, a result which sees them languishing in ninth place in la liga. leadership woes at the bernabeau. at twickenham, england are bolstering their backroom team with a familiar face. former captain will carling will take up a part time role mentoring senior players. he‘lljoin eddiejones‘s squad next week, with hisjob to develop the skills of the leadership group. you can see from how of these pictures are, 20 odd years old. carling won three grand slams and a world cup runners up medal as england skipper in the ‘90s. so he is potentially coming back into eddiejones‘s set up and... so he is potentially coming back into eddie jones's set up and...” can remember those days. into eddie jones's set up and...” can remember those dayslj into eddie jones's set up and...” can remember those days. i do too. i feel really old. the interesting thing is that since he retired he really did get out of the spotlight quite significantly. so they are going to bring him back to days a

week which sounds like an excellent job. it does. what do you think they will bring? what they want from him is that kind of leadership quality that he was known for in his heyday. the ability to lead the team. that is what i think they want him to show examples of to the current squad. they are going to see how he goes until november and if it works he might continue and he might keep thejob he might continue and he might keep the job with he might continue and he might keep thejob with them. he might continue and he might keep the job with them. that is what eddiejones feels the job with them. that is what eddie jones feels that they need, a leader, someone to show them leadership qualities. british number one kyle edmund will not play again this season. he‘s been advised to rest after an mri scan showed a small amount of fluid behind his left knee. it means he has also been forced to withdraw from this week‘s paris masters. now, you are either going to love or hate this story. it makes me go a little bit toe curly. reddy? yes. to see the perfect proposal? yes, perhaps! —— ready? and finally, the perfect proposal can take months of planning and preparation.

but for this footballer, the perfect time was right after he scored a goal. eduard bello netted in the second minute for deportes antofagasta in the chilean league and he ran to stands to pop the question after he was handed the ring by a member of staff on the bench. 0h, oh, there is his girlfriend. so he was carrying it in his pocket? good question. no, it was all arranged and a member of staff had the ring in his pocket and if he scored he planned to go out into the stand and do this. what if he didn't score? good question, i don‘t know. do this. what if he didn't score? good question, i don't know. that was a quick yes as well. you would have to, though, wouldn't you? public proposals, ugh! i am have to, though, wouldn't you? public proposals, ugh! iam not have to, though, wouldn't you? public proposals, ugh! i am not sure about that. anyway, congratulations to the happy couple. it is great. thank you very much, see you later. thank you very much, see you later. thank you very much, sally. in his last budget before we leave the eu the chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond said wanted to help the "strivers, grafters and carers". so what do people out in the real world make of it? victoria is in sheffield this morning guaging reaction to some

of yesterday‘s announcements. good morning to you. you are at the winter gardens, aren‘t you? good morning to you. you are at the winter gardens, aren't you ?m good morning to you. you are at the winter gardens, aren't you? it is absolutely gorgeous, you would love it. good morning. yes, 2500 different species here from across the world, and it is the biggest greenhouse in europe as well, it is an amazing structure that we will show you later when the sun comes up. it is only a few minutes away. we are here to debate was going on because they are talking about all of this in parliament today, the mps talking about it, but what does it really m ea n talking about it, but what does it really mean for people? people trying to work out business plans around the boa rd rooms trying to work out business plans around the boardrooms of the country and also the kitchen tables as well soiam and also the kitchen tables as well so i amjoined and also the kitchen tables as well so i am joined this morning by some businesses looking at the announcements, vicki, you have a business down the road. what did you make of the budget? did you get more confidence? absolutely. it was a good budget for small and medium businesses. we are particularly

happy about the capital allowances increasing. it means we can invest more. ok, tim, you run commercial property. was there enough in there? it was a very steady budget, there was a lot of holding things, from a positive point of view, the small business rates relief on small shops in city centres, hopefully it helps small smes start—up businesses to ta ke small smes start—up businesses to take the next step and prosper. yes, that was the heart of it, and you ee, that was the heart of it, and you agree, richard, this was a holding pattern, wait and see, the elephant in the room? brexit. exactly. the chancellor said it himself. for all of that there were some good things about business and it was geared for the future like the investment allowa nce the future like the investment allowance and some dealing with issues like high street. generally from a business point of view we are pleased. maria, you are down the road, you have headquarters in sheffield, creative agency, it was there enough for you? yes, we hope

it stimulates consumer confidence to spend a little bit more. we need that stimulation of the high street and for people to feel more confident with the brexit coming, so yes, i don't know enough was done particular, but the downgrade in growth, we will see how it plays out today. exactly. it is interesting to look at the headlines today like the yorkshire post running "austerity coming to an end" but what does it mean for people? i am speaking with vicky pryce, economist extraordinary, coming to the end of austerity, did the chancellor deliver? he found extra money, over £10 billion a year that he was getting in tax, that he didn‘t expect it, so he recycled that for the nhs and four mental health, which is good news, and he gave a little bit to the departments like the defence, the home office, and schools of course, and giveaways in terms of tax benefits to people. but what he‘s going to be doing is

looking at and departmental spending next year because he is doing a spending review, so whether austerity is over we will wait and see because cuts in government departments have been enormous so far so the question is what he does, but of course he is worried about brexit, it might force him to have another budget. and maybe he will ta ke another budget. and maybe he will take it back, or even give away more, but so far he had to deal with consumers being quite pessimistic and businesses being pessimistic so i think he‘s doing a little bit to ease the mood. kate, you work at the joseph rowntree foundation. we mentioned it earlier, it is supposed to be a budget for striders, earlier, it is supposed to be a budget forstriders, gratis, earlier, it is supposed to be a budget for striders, gratis, and carers. was it? one of the big matches we saw in the budget was putting 1.7 billion back to allowa nces putting 1.7 billion back to allowances and universal credit. what they mean is that people who are on the very lowest incomes and who are getting universal credit to help top up their earnings from work will be getting a bit more as a

result of that change. that is a really welcome change that helps to begin to unravel a big cut to universal credit we saw in 2015. really, it begins to take steps to address what is one of the biggest challenges of our time, we are seeing a rising tide of in work poverty in this country will stop most of the people in poverty in this country are in working households. that measure with the work allowa nces households. that measure with the work allowances was really important. does that mean that austerity is over for the lowest income families? not yet. certainly it shows that the government has been listening to some of those pa rents been listening to some of those parents who are working and who are struggling, but there are other groups out there, particularly those not working, who are finding it tough as well. we see things like the freeze to working age benefits coming forward into next year. exactly. austerity might be coming to an end, but certainly not over for any people. sarah, you will looking at is from a personal finance point of view. spreadsheet feel, as he likes to call himself, he would like us to believe there is

an end to austerity, but what was there for people‘s pockets. what does it mean for people. there was mention of a tax cut for 32 million people. that was the big change for most people. the personal allowance can amount of money you can before paying tax, that was promised to go up paying tax, that was promised to go up to 12,000 it was promised in 2020, but phil announced that he was moving at one year earlier. and a higher tax threshold. that is moving to £50,000 a year earlier. the basic taxpayer will be about £180 per year better off and the higher rate taxpayer will be better off as well. 0ne taxpayer will be better off as well. one thing he did not announce in the budget is that there is an small increase in national insurance. the higher rate taxpayer it will be about £530 barrel. there are things he did not announce in the budget —— better. one of those is changes to premium bonds. premium bonds, the minimum investment has gone down to

£25 to help people get into premium bonds. and different people can buy it, so you get family friends, aunts and uncles. it is to encourage a savings habit for children. a little bit for savers. thank you all so much. we will have plenty more coming up throughout the rest of the morning. we have lots of experts, lots of businesses, people can come and see is in sheffield as well to run for it what all of this means for you. but the biggest assumption for you. but the biggest assumption for all of the spending plans was that we would get a small, smooth exit from the eu next year. a big assumption, big elephant in the room, brexit was barely mentioned yesterday at all. does all of this get ripped up if there is a no deal and would spreadsheet phil perigoe back to the drawing board? we will wait and see. they give ramos, victoria. we are speaking to him later. he called it a budget for striders, grafters, and carers. get in touch. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. yesterday you did not have enough

players on. i hope you are all right today giving you are inside. players on. i hope you are all right today giving you are insidelj players on. i hope you are all right today giving you are inside. i am. they may have to put the heating up a little bit. chilly in here. chilly outside. good morning to you. a cold start. but as cold in eastern but certainly in the west. widespread frost. this is where we have the clearest of the skies. in the last hour we have dropped through two —7 in parts of mid—wales. lifting in other western areas. mild air in the eastis other western areas. mild air in the east is pushing eastwards will stop with it comes showers. some with some snow across parts of south—western scotland, north—west of england, and into the north—east of england, and into the north—east of wales. the showers will tend to fade a little bit. many in the west will stay dry. a fair amount of cloud. sunny spells towards the far south—west. in the east, rangers continue. east of scotland, nor the scotla nd continue. east of scotland, nor the scotland —— ranger was continue. with it we will see quite a breeze. the breeze remains in place until the afternoon as we head towards the end of the date and towards the

journey home. blustery along the eastern coasts. the rain will start to ease. it will turn drier and brighter. such an coming through. the best of the sunshine is south—west england, south wales. a few showers elsewhere. many will avoid them. and across scotland, the showers in eastern area should fade through the second half of the day. a good deal of sunshine. still not especially well. you have the breeze across eastern areas. temperatures in the high single figures. maybe 10 degrees in the south. that will be tempered by the strength of the wind. another chilly day after a frosty start in the west. changes tonight, we lose the rain from eastern areas. then we turn our attention to the west. this time it is the atlantic starting to influence the weather, bringing cloud and occasional rain. lifting temperatures. after a bit of a chilly evening, the further east, scotland, down through central and eastern england, a frosty start under this little ridge of high

pressure. as i said, we are changing things around tomorrow. the weather will come in from the west instead of the east. temperatures will slowly lift, a milder feel. 0utbreaks slowly lift, a milder feel. outbreaks of rain as well. not a wash of a day. have you burst of rain. some drier and wash of a day. have you burst of rain. some drierand brighter moments. rai today through eastern scotla nd moments. rai today through eastern scotland and eastern parts of england through tomorrow. with the wind coming in from the south—west it will feel mild as well. temperature speaking in the south—east corner at around 30 degrees. more throughout the morning. back to you. thank you. we will see later. in a week‘s time, americans will cast their votes in the crucial, mid—term elections. it‘s been a bitter campaign so far, with both democrats and republicans accused of using the politics of fear to sway voters. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler is travelling across the us to hearfrom people in key battleground states. today, hejoins us from minnesota, and the halloween capital of the world. tell us a bit about why. yeah. you

must realise that, just looking around me you can see this as a holiday that they really recognise. halloween is coming and they have the decorations out in all the streets. it was to encourage children not to miss behaved, so they put on a halloween parade almost a century ago. it has become almost a century ago. it has become a really, really big holiday. there is something else coming, the mid—term elections. there is no mistake about that either. president trump has been tweeting about minnesota, even within the past few hours. such is the importance of this state, because both democrats and republicans believe they can win here. as a result, they have been putting a lot of money into campaigning with what are called attack ads, basically political adverts at talk about the weaknesses of your opponent, rather than the strengths of your candidate. that gives you a sense that there is a politics of fear here. perhaps it is very timely indeed. in minnesota, scare tactics are

almost like a tradition. they are certainly a part of america‘s mid—term elections, which take place within days of halloween. that‘s an occasion that is taken very seriously. almost a century, a trick or treat parade has been held here. and this minnesota town is known as the halloween capital of the world. and yet what some of those phone truly frightful our politicians.” am kind of sick of them. why are you sick of them? i am sick of all the division. turney adds to be positive, rather than saying that this is what he does and he is going to take away insurance, how about say what you are truly going to do and what you are poor rather than what he isn't going to do. anoka's annual cresta run might be fm erase,

but this is not that. —— goes wrong. all suggest half of them are likely to be keenly contested. recent polling shows it is closer than people might have guessed. there was a sense that there was a blue wave coming in the election and that democrats would sweep very widely across the country, that often happens in mid—term elections. and with the controversy that surrounds president trump at all times that was the feeling, the polling shows it closer than people would have guessed. both democrats and republicans know how powerful fear can be. and they have used issues like immigration, healthcare, and the economy to try to scare voters into supporting them. other issues that really matter to you? me, not really, besides the border policies. all those much in this way right now, where do they go? so that a

genuinely worries you? that scares you? it does. they will ship them off to cities like saint paul, minneapolis. while the democrats have accused donnal drop of scaremongering, the republicans say they are unfairly butchering the president is a dangerous bogeyman —— donald trump. his influence as a president, with donald trump everybody is scared. nobody wants to say anything. and certainly, during this campaign, it is felt that politicians have spent more time kissing each other, rather than trying to cast a spell on the voters —— cursing each other. if you want to see how effective the politics of fear is, it is worth pointing out that one of the people we spoke to dad talked about the dangers of the border. that is the mexico border, thatis border. that is the mexico border, that is far away from here. we are actually beside the canadian border, yet still immigration is something that worries them. and therefore it is probably why president trump has

moved all of those trips to the mexico borderforfears moved all of those trips to the mexico border for fears that the migrants coming —— troops. the election is only one week away. it is fascinating. thank you very much. it is coming up to seven o‘clock. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m asad ahmad. metropolitan police detectives investigating the murder of estate agent suzy lamplugh — who was last seen when she went to meet a client in fulham more than 30 years ago — are searching a property in the west midlands. the 25 year—old was presumed murdered and declared dead in 1994, but her body has never been found. the metropolitan police excavations are taking place on premises in sutton coldfield, near birmingham. a professor of surgery at imperial college london, says students have spent so much time in front of screens — and so little time using their hands they‘ve lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. roger kneebone, who teaches medical students, says young people have so little experience of craft

skills they struggle with anything practical. he‘ll be addressing the v&a museum of childhood in east london tonight, calling for more creativity in the curriculum — to help deal with the long—term problem. the children‘s charity, barnado‘s is warning excluded schoolchildren are at ‘serious risk‘ of becoming involved in knife crime. it adds they‘re also at risk of "being groomed and exploited by criminal gangs". the charity says a third of councils, have no spaces in pupil referral units — which look after excluded children. the government said a review of school exclusions is ongoing. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. thejubilee the jubilee line has thejubilee line has no service between stanmore and wembley park due to a faulty train. the district

line has severe delays because of a signalfailure. circle line has severe delays because of a signal failure. circle line line has severe delays because of a signalfailure. circle line has problems because of that as well. on the ropes, hampstead road has reopened, but with temporary traffic lights at drummond street after a burst water main this morning. the minories is closed southbound up to tower hill. also because of a burst water way. and the final one affects alexandra park road which is closed the alexandra palace station. now for the weather. hello. good morning. another chilly day on the way today with temperatures and few degrees below average for the time of year. unlike yesterday, however, we have cloudier skies and with the chance of one of two showers. we start off with some fairly cool temperatures, not quite as cold as yesterday. plenty of cloud around and the risk of one or two showers. going through the day, the chance of seeing bright areas developing, for southern and western areas, temperatures with a maximum of nine or 10 celsius. the blustery north—westerly breeze. as we go through the evening and overnight then we will see the skies clearing.

under clear skies we are looking at another chilly night. temperatures falling close to freezing. we could see a touch of frost to start the day. a bright but cold start to the day tomorrow. some sunny spells. the cloud will tend to increase as we move through the day. temperatures a touch warmer than today. a high of 13 celsius. late in the day into the evening the growing chance of seeing some rain. if you have evening plans for halloween you might need an umbrella. as you know it was the budget yesterday and there is more analysis of the budget and what it means to people living in london with vanessa on radio london. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and steph mcgovern. 0ur headlines today: the final budget before brexit but did it really signal the end of austerity? we‘ll ask the chancellor, philip hammond. mps will be debating the budget later today, the chancellor announced the biggest

spending spree in eight years. the debate will start in westminster today. i am debate will start in westminster today. iam here debate will start in westminster today. i am here in sheffield to work out what all of this means for you. police investigating the murder of the estate agent suzy lamplugh in 1986 carry out a search of a garden in the west midlands. donald trump sends 5,000 troops to the us border with mexico as thousands of migrants head towards it from central america. in sport, a book of condolence opens at leicester city this morning. members of vichai srivaddhanaprabha‘s family as well as the leicester first team squad have paid their respects at the king power stadium. plus: a stark warning about our wildlife. a report says populutions are plummeting across the planet. we‘ll find out why. and it might be nine degrees at the moment in norfolk, but it is —7 in parts, wintry flurries too, we‘ve

got details on all of that coming out right here on breakfast. it‘s tuesday, 30 october. our top story this morning: the fallout from philip hammond‘s pre—brexit budget. the chancellor has insisted that austerity is coming to an end as he announced extra money for social care and universal credit, as well as a surprise cut to income tax. but labour has described it as a series of half measures and quick fixes. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. public service workers have called for it, the opposition have said, if elected, they‘d do it, but it‘s a conservative chancellor, philip hammond, who‘s now claiming he will end austerity. there will be more, much more money for the nhs in england, one—off cash injections for defence and for schools, and extra help for those who‘re moving on to universal credit as part of wide—ranging welfare reforms. but labour say the government can‘t keep its promise to end austerity while freezing benefits for some of the least well—off.

many people will look at these conservative claims that austerity is ending with a huge amount of scepticism. maybe we are not going to be seeing the additional police on the streets that we really need, we are not going to be seeing any change really to the situation for social care, because we have seen 7 billion being pulled out in funding and the government saying saying it might start to move towards backfilling 1 billion of that. the government has been arguing that austerity is notjust about putting a squeeze on spending, and ending it isn‘tjust about giving public services more money. we‘re addressing both issues with this budget, first of all we‘re giving people a tax cut and we‘re increasing the amount that families on universal credit get, so that‘s putting more money into families‘ pockets, and we‘re also addressing where there are issues in public services. there‘ll be clear dividing lines between the government and opposition when the budget is debated in parliament today, but there are divisions within the chancellor‘s party, too.

some mps don‘t think he put enough money to universal credit, others are questioning the timing of his tax cuts. philip hammond. but there probably won‘t be too much dissent, because the bigger divisions are over brexit — the potential rebels are likely to keep their powder dry until the shape of a deal with the eu becomes clear. let‘s get the latest now from our political correspondent leila nathoo. leila, unsurprisingly, there is loads of reaction to this, lots of mixed opinion on whether this is good or bad for different parts of society. how will philip hammond react to this? i think philip hammond‘s attempt to reorient conservative economic policy away from cuts, towards what he calls "disciplined spending" will be something he will be pleased with his attempt to do. he has been able to promise a lot of extra money, significant spending commitments for

things like universal credit, mental health, the nhs, defence, some money for schools, and he‘s been able to loosen the purse strings. he has chosen rather than to save the windfall that he‘s received from better than expected public finances, chosen to spend that money and this is a signal really of a direction of travel that the government wants to take in the future. now it is worth pointing out that there are still freezes and cuts working their way through the system and not all departments are benefiting from what was announced yesterday in the budget. labour as you heard calling it a budget of half measures and quick fixes. it is worth pointing out that the forecast on which this budget is based a smooth, orderly brexit deal, so all of this could unravel, given the outcome of the brexit negotiations. yes, there was loosening of purse strings but also an attempt to convince his party to back any negotiations and a deal that is

agreed with brussels and as it is to signal to the public that there are better days to come. leila, thank you very much. we‘ll be speaking to the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell in a few minutes, and we‘ll talk to philip hammond just after 7:30am. officers from scotland yard have begun searching a garden in the west midlands, in connection with the murder of suzy lamplugh more than 30 years ago. the estate agent disappeared in 1986 after going to meet a client in fulham but her body has never been found. our correspondent lauren moss has more. the parents of suzy lamplugh said she followed the motto that life was for living. but hers was tragically cut short. suzy‘s disappearance sparked a huge search, and it became one of the highest profile missing person cases. now, 32 years later, forensic teams are searching the back garden of a property in sutton coldfield. suzy was last seen in july 1986 when she went to fullham to meet a man known only as ‘mr kipper‘. suzy was presumed murdered and declared dead six years later. her body was never found. in 2002, police took the unusual

step of naming convicted killer john cannon as the main suspect. he‘s always denied any involvement and has never been charged. it‘s reported the property that‘s being searched by specialist officers from the metropolitan police used to belong to cannon‘s mother. there is no suggestion that she is involved or that the current occupants have any connection with the investigation. suzy‘s parents set up the suzy lamplugh trust, which supports victims of violence. they‘ve both since died, but speaking two years ago, suzy‘s father said he had little hope of finding out what had happened to her. it‘s not something that i dwell on very much. it would be good to know what did happen. but...i still miss suzy enormously. after three decades of questions, it‘s hoped this latest turn in the investigation could now lead to some answers. lauren moss, bbc news. the us says it is sending a further

5,000 troops to its border with mexico, as large numbers of central—american migrants continue to head north by foot. the announcement by the pentagon comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to boost votes ahead of next week‘s mid—term elections. here‘s our north america correspondent james cook. plodding onwards through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to cast the caravan as an imminent threat to his country. this is an invasion, he says, and "our military is waiting for you." despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful patriot. by the end of this week

we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we will continue to adjust the numbers and inform you of those but that is in addition to the 2092 that are already employed from our national guard, 0peration national guard, that has been so effective. the us has already beefed up security at the frontier. this is the crossing between el paso in texas and mexico. troops will be deployed with helicopters, aeroplanes and miles of razor wire. the military says the soldiers will be used to support, not replace, border patrol agents. mr trump clearly hopes the issue of immigration will galvanise his core voters but opponents say the armed forces are being used to fan the flames of fear for political gain. a book of condolence for the victims of saturday night‘s helicopter crash at leicester city‘s stadium will open later this morning.

five people, including the club‘s owner were killed when the aircraft spiralled out of control. navteonhaljoins us from outside the stadium. good morning to you. and this morning so many people coming to pay tribute and also this book of condolences. that's right, there has been plenty of people here at this time of day coming to pay their respects. and today was supposed to bea respects. and today was supposed to be a typical match day for leicester city. before the events saturday night unfolded. the team were expecting to play southampton in the efl cup. that match has been postponed after the helicopter crash which claimed five lives, the owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and the pilot‘s partner all died in the crash. so instead the club has opened and will open in an hour a

book of condolence outside the stadium in front of us and also an online version. and that will allow them to give fans an opportunity to leave a permanent tribute. you can see they have left plenty of shirts and scarves hear over the last few days and yesterday we saw the owner‘s wife and son and the team squad here playing respects to the chairman. meanwhile the air and air accident investigation branch has said that inspectors will be here until the end of the week investigating the crash site. the impact of the crash will be felt in the city of leicester for much longer after that. we have heard over the last few days the tales of generosity about mr srivaddhanaprabha, donations he gave to the local charities, the local hospital and the impact widely across the city at the club, including the famous 2016 premier league triumph as well and that will all form part of his legacy. thank

you very much indeed, and it is a sobering sight to see that this morning. thank you. 7:12am. drones and sonar technology have been deployed in indonesia to search for a passenger plane which crashed into the sea yesterday. the lion air plane went down minutes after taking off from jakarta with 189 passengers and crew on board. there has been no sign of survivors but debris and personal belongings have been collected from the water. the duke and duchess of sussex have gone head—to—head in the first sporting competition of their tour down under, as meghan emerged triumphant in the unusual skill of welly wanging. it is throwing a boot, if you didn‘t know what it was. no, i didn't know what it was, but yes, apparently welly wanging, i have a lot of fa cts , welly wanging, i have a lot of facts, thank you people for sending me these, also known as welly throwing and boot throwing, wang is

a yorkshire word for" throw" and john mcdonnell did genuinely laugh. he is laughing now. he has obviously played. we are going to interview him now about more serious things. you need to join in. yes, i need to get on the welly wanging. "a budget of broken promises," that was jeremy corbyn‘s verdict on philip hammond‘s statement to the commons yesterday. labour also rubbished the government‘s claim that austerity is coming to an end, and pledged it would boost public spending with tax hikes for high earners. let‘s get more detail on those plans from the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell. as we were just saying listening to us talking about welly wanging in the background. so thank you for joining us this morning. we heard from the budget announcement yesterday that there was more money for social care, health, yesterday that there was more money forsocial care, health, digital tax. you must be pleased with some of the things you heard yesterday? no, look, four weeks ago the prime minister promised that we would see the end of austerity in this budget

andi the end of austerity in this budget and i think people will be pretty disappointed that austerity is just grinding on, it is continuing on, andi grinding on, it is continuing on, and i would just give you some examples. if you are a police officer out there, there was no new money for neighbourhood policing. we have lost 20,000 police officers. the police federation have today the government court to get their pay award paid to them. there was nothing to support police officers. in schools i have had teachers contact me really angry. there was no new money for the day—to—day running of schools. the chancellor made a reference to money being given out for little extras. people have been really angered by that. they are saying we have just been laying off teachers and assistants. we can‘t afford the books, the pencils. they have been sent, head teachers have been sending out letters to parents to ask them to fund the day—to—day running of their schools. people were really angry

that there was nothing for schools. and the health service, we welcome the money, of course we do, it was announced four months ago, but at the moment it will be a standstill budget for the nhs because they are already, as a result of past cuts, they are in the red by around 11 billion, and the nhs foundation trust said that this isn‘t enough and we are facing possibly the worst winter crisis. so i think people are quite disappointed. so you think he is not reversing austerity, but it can‘t be done in one go, so what would you do and how quickly would labour stop austerity?” would you do and how quickly would labour stop austerity? i think we have to be honest with people. if we wa nt to have to be honest with people. if we want to and austerity, we have to have a fair taxation system. take the health service for example. we have said yes. we have brought this money forward. what we will do is we will add to that, exactly as you said in the last general election, we will add to that on the basis of afair we will add to that on the basis of a fair taxation system and that

means being honest and saying people have to pay more income tax, the top 596, have to pay more income tax, the top 5%, let‘s reverse some corporation tax cuts. if this government survives for the length of this parliament it would have given away £110 billion to the corporations and the rich in tax cuts. that can‘t be right when some of the poorest people in our country are having benefits cut. so how long will it ta ke benefits cut. so how long will it take for you to and austerity, how long would it take? we think a lifetime of parliament. we believe we can have a fair taxation system, grow the economy three investment, because austerity has held the economy back, and if you look at the figures, and i am sorry to go into the stats, it is important, the chancellor predicted two years ago we would grow the economy by 2.1%. the office of budget responsibility said it will be 1.6, dropping then toi.4, said it will be 1.6, dropping then to1.4, so we said it will be 1.6, dropping then to 1.4, so we are not growing the economy and if we don‘t we won‘t have resources to fund the public services, the whole economic strategy of this government has

failed. one of the biggest unknowns is obviously brexit and you have your six tests that have to be passed before you backed the deal, argue willing to make a compromise on that given we heard from the 0ffice on that given we heard from the office of budget responsibility saying that a no—deal brexit would be very damaging for the economy? no—deal brexit would be a nightmare and that is why it i said to philip hammond to stand up in cabinet now. he can‘t play both ends off against the middle as he has done for the last few weeks, supporting the no—doers and then saying he wants a deal, he has to come off the fence, we need a deal, and if this government cannot negotiate that deal we are saying to them in the interest of the country, move to one side and let us take over and let us negotiate a deal which will protect jobs in the economy. so you are not willing to compromise on your six tests, because then we will... then you won‘t back the deal? tests, because then we will... then you won't back the deal? we have said very clearly that those six

tests are based on what they promised us. it is... we are using their words in terms of exactly the same benefits under the eu. that‘s what theresa may and david davis secretary of state have promised us andi secretary of state have promised us and i don‘t think they can meet those tests. we have said if you bring back a deal to protectjobs in the economy of course we will support it. i don‘t think they can. the deal they will bring back i don‘t think they can get through their own channel. things have changed a lot, mr mcdonnell, so don‘t you have to compromise these six tests? we have said, bring back a deal, if it protects the economy and jobs, we will support it. i don‘t think theresa may can. i don‘t think she can get it through her own cabinet let alone her own party and asa cabinet let alone her own party and as a result of that she won‘t get it through parliament. so our view is simple, if you can protectjobs in the economy, you have our support. 0therwise, move to one side, let‘s have a general election and let the people decide. just coming back to

specifics in the budget, business has come out in support of what has been said, the federation of small business saying it puts the chancellor on the side of britain small businesses, the cbi says it brings more treats than tricks, do you agree? i think they are bringing a sigh of relief and they have something out of this budget but it isn‘t far enough. with small businesses he has given some money back. he is trying to sort out the mess he made in terms of the business rate revaluation and uprating only one year ago. the federation of small business are happy about it. i don't think they are completely happy. if you look at some of the guarantees about vat thresholds, they are for a couple of yea rs, thresholds, they are for a couple of years, then they could fall off a cliff after that so i don‘t think there is the security out there that there is the security out there that the prime minister and the chancellor has actually promised them. and we will see. the biggest thing about the problems yesterday was the economy is just not growing and that doesn‘t help businesses and it doesn‘t help families either. and that doesn‘t help businesses and

it doesn't help families either. mr mcdonnell, thank you very much for your time this morning. a reaction. we will be hearing from the chancellor in about 20 minutes that we have had a reaction. to send in your thoughts on that this morning. and we have a victoria up in sheffield this morning talking to businesses to get their reaction and lots of other people affected by what was that in the budget. shall we find out what is happening in the weather. this is was not out today. good morning. iam weather. this is was not out today. good morning. i am somewhere slightly warmer this morning. they chilly start again. a very good morning to you. more cloud around. this is where we have the clearest of the skies at the moment. temperatures below freezing in some spots. they have dropped to —7 in parts of mid—wales, further east, 60 degrees higher in norfolk, no degrees. there is more cloud and rhys —— 16 degrees. that mild air has pushed westwards in the past few hours. we have wintry showers,

south—west scotland, north midlands and north east wales. though show us will fragment further through the day. shell is for aries rampe irish sea into the afternoon. many northern and western areas have a dry day —— showers for areas around the irish sea. showers continue here. using a little into eastern parts of scotland where there are ranger was at the moment. this is where we see the strongest of the wins today. north avoca is close to gale force. elsewhere, temper it is not far from what we saw yesterday, around the high single figures. —— averages. it is nice where you have sunshine. in tonight, eastern areas, it pushes its way off into the north sea. there is a subtle change in the wind direction, coming from the west. that means western areas will see more cloud develop and outbreaks of rain to take us through the night and into tomorrow morning. not as

cold. midlands, eastern england, eastern scotland, a chilly start to tomorrow morning. that is where we see some frost and the odd patch of fog. for tomorrow, low see some frost and the odd patch of fog. fortomorrow, low pressure see some frost and the odd patch of fog. for tomorrow, low pressure to the north of us. there is a in off the north of us. there is a in off the odd heavy burst. some sunshine in between. across many eastern areas, a better day than today. still enough of a breeze. the sunshine will continue on and off throughout the day. it will feel milder. averages up to about 13. northern and western areas, not! million miles off what we had today. there will be sunshine between the showers we see. for the rest of the week, into thursday we bring up the weather front from the south, it will bring ranger is in parts of england in particular. brightest in the west. frosty start to friday with a ridge of high pressure into the weekend, you have to watch where this low pressure goes, it could bring windy weather to take us into the weekend. that dubai. thank you

very much. we will be watching. time to get the winter wardrobe out if you haven‘t already. it‘s five years since the final remploy factories closed, ending almost 70 years of what was known as "state—run sheltered employment" for disabled people in the uk. at the time many charities supported the decision to bring an end to segregated jobs, but five years on campaigners are raising concerns about the number of people with learning difficulties who are struggling to find work. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has more. are you ready? i think so. five years ago, the last remploy factories were closed. you were devastated ? yes. wendy was filmed leaving the job she‘d loved for the last ten years. it means a lot, struggling on my own with two kids. it‘s not fair. they just said they could not make it work. it wasn‘t making a profit, it was making a loss. do you think it was the right decision? no. but this wasn‘t just a financial decision. segregation was deemed inappropriate and old—fashioned.

have you worked since? no. not a single day. there‘s just nothing out there for any of us. but head up the m62 to leeds than these former workers tell a different story. here remploy stuff like wayne and claire pooled redundancy to reopen as a cooperative. are they a good team? yeah. funny. you were singing earlier. # high on a hill was a lonely goatherd. ..# they have doubled their workforce since opening and are in profit. because unlike remploy there are no management salaries to pay. everyone here earns the same hourly rate. we are aiming to break even. the more money we make the more people we can help. that is what we do with the money. we put it back in. applause. john tells me this does not feel like segregation, it feels like opportunity.

if ever i‘ve got a problem they help me out. and this place is brilliant to work for. do you love it? i love it. if this place wasn‘t here, how difficult do you think you would find in finding work? i was looking before i came here and did not get the job, because the way i am and you have got to get your chance. and i have met my husband at remploy. oh my goodness! there are about four office romances here. yeah. this is about much more than just a salary. the government told us remploy‘s closure had widespread support and allowed them to help more people with disabilities into mainstream jobs. but the employment gap for people with learning disabilities is growing, with only 6% in work in england. and the organisation which five years ago advised government to close the factory today say ministers should set statutory recruitment targets which force targets to close that gap. people with learning difficulties

have the same rights to a quality of life and work as everybody else. so that means we to help them all to get a foothold on the ladder. wendy is still waiting for that one elusive opportunity. what difference would it make to you? it would make me a different person than what i am now. a better mum for the kids. fingers crossed. yes. fingers crossed something‘s out there for you. such a heartbreaking story. such a heartbreaking storym really is. that was jayne mccubbin reporting. so the chancellor called it a budget for the "strivers, grafters, and carers" but what will it mean for you? victoria‘s been taking a closer look. good morning.

welcome to the largest urban glass housein welcome to the largest urban glass house in europe, we are in the wintergarden in sheffield. there are 2500 different species of plants in here. there are all individually watered, according to their individual needs. i suppose speaking of water let us talk about the self—styled nation‘s gardner, spreadsheet macro one who is turning on the taps. he has promised the most spending in eight years. he says austerity is coming to an end. i have a team of experts with the this morning who will be running through those numbers, talking about what it means for you. we will be getting the verdict from local businesses as well. is it a hit, miss, mixed? pretty mixed. we will be getting more reaction from people in sheffield as well. we need to. about the elephant in the room as well, brexit. it barely got a meeting yesterday. we‘ll all of this be thrown out if there is no deal on

brexit? we will be getting lots more of the answers, will spreadsheet phil how to go back to the drawing board? but first the news, travel, and whether where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. ajudge in ecuador has ruled against the founder of wikileaks, julian assangem who‘d contested the new rules imposed on him at the country‘s embassy in london, where he lives. the judge said a requirement to pay for his internet use, and clean up after his cat — did not violate his human rights. a professor of surgery at imperial college london, says students have spent so much time in front of screens — and so little time using their hands they‘ve lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. roger kneebone, who teaches medical students, says young people have so little experience of craft skills they struggle with anything practical.

he‘ll be addressing the v&a museum of childhood in east london tonight, to encourage schools to have more creativity in the curriculum — to help equip surgeons of the future — to be able to use their hands and sew. the children‘s charity, barnado‘s is warning excluded schoolchildren are at ‘serious risk‘ of becoming involved in knife crime. it adds they‘re also at risk of "being groomed and exploited by criminal gangs". the charity says a third of councils, have no spaces in pupil referral units — which look after excluded children. the government said a review of school exclusions is ongoing. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. jubilee line has no service between stanmore and wembley park. it‘s due to a faulty train. and the district line has minor delays because of a signal failure at tower hill — which is also effecting the circle line. 0n the roads, hampstead road has now reopened,

but with temporary traffic lights at drummond street after a burst water main this morning. the mineries is closed southbound between aldgate high street and tower hill. and the final burst water main to tell you about, effects alexandra park road. it‘s closed near alexandra palace station. now the weather with lucy. hello. good morning. another chilly day on the way today with temperatures and few degrees below average for the time of year. unlike yesterday, however, we have cloudy skies and with the chance of one or two showers. we start off with some fairly cool temperatures, not quite as cold as yesterday. plenty of cloud around and the risk of one or two showers. going through the day, the chance of seeing bright areas developing, for southern and western areas, temperatures with a maximum of 9—10 celsius. the blustery north—westerly breeze. as we go through the evening and overnight then we will see the skies clearing. under clear skies we are looking at another chilly night. temperatures falling close to freezing.

we could see a touch of frost to start the day. a bright but cold start to the day tomorrow. some sunny spells. the cloud will tend to increase as we move through the day. temperatures a touch warmer than today. a high of 13 celsius. later in the day into the evening the growing chance of seeing some rain. if you have evening plans for halloween you might need an umbrella. that is it. vanessa feltz has her brick the shell until ten a.m.. she is doing a paper review in a few minutes. hello. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and steph mcgovern. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. the snp mp kirsty blackman criticised the chancellor‘s budget and his attempts to improve public services. philip hammond‘s dump the chancellor has insisted that austerity is coming to an end as he announced extra money

for social care and universal credit. and a surprise cut to income tax for more than 30 million workers. the liberal democrat leader vince cable said brexit overshadow this year‘s budget. vince cable said brexit overshadow this year's budget. it was a bit of a nonevent. government clearly sees brexit as something hanging over the economy, not willing to commit. all the big decisions about how to pay for improved public services and the so—called and austerity is all being put off until next year so i am afraid it is a standstill. officers from scotland yard have begun excavatting a garden at a property in the west—midlands in connection with the murder of suzy lamplugh more than 30 years ago. it‘s thought the house in sutton coldfield is the former home of the mother of the prime suspect in the case. the estate agent was 25 when she vanished in 1986. her body has never been found. the us is deploying a further 5,000 troops to its border with mexico as large numbers of south—american migrants continue to head north. the announcement comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration

to boost votes ahead of next week‘s mid—term elections. president trump has described the migrants as a threat to security. by the end of this week, we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that‘s just the start of this operation. we will continue to adjust the numbers and inform you of those. but please know that‘s in addition to the 2092 that are already employed from our national guard, 0peration guardian support, that‘s been so effective. a british academic who‘s been held in the united arab emirates on charges of spying, has been released on bail. matthew hedges, a phd student at durham university, denies the allegations but has been told he must remain in the uae until a further court hearing next month. drones and sonar technology have been deployed in indonesia to search for a passenger plane which crashed into the sea yesterday. the lion air plane went down minutes

after taking off from jakarta with 189 passengers and crew on board. there has been no sign of survivors but debris and personal belongings have been collected from the water. the duke and duchess of sussex have gone head—to—head in the first sporting competition of their tour down under, as meghan emerged triumphant in the unusual skill of welly wanging. 0ur correspondent jonny dymond was there. i don‘t think it is unusual. i don't think it is unusual.” i don't think it is unusual. i do. it is traditional in some places. 0ur correspondent jonny dymond was there. this is the last big city on the four nation to that the duke and duchess of sussex have undertaken and the reception here has been enthusiastic, as enthusiastic if not a little bit more than all of the other places they have been. they started their day at welly wanging competition. i am told that welly wanging originated in england, some say the west country, but it has

become a popular pastime here in new zealand too. they went for the underarm approach, slightly controversial approach for welly wanging, perhaps not wishing to show the royal armpit to the world. after that it was a community event in aid of children whose parent or parents are in prison and then of course the royal walkabout, a very traditional pa rt royal walkabout, a very traditional part of any royal tour. what‘s notable about the royal walkabout now with harry and megan is that it is not just meghan now with harry and megan is that it is notjust meghan who is called out for. harry is hugely popular here. and of course he downs in with enormous enthusiasm. this is the point at which he really comes alive in contact with people who are waiting to see him. in the second thing to note is the numbers here. backin thing to note is the numbers here. back in wellington, here in auckland, good numbers turning out even on these rather blustery cold days to see the couple. it is a sign i think that the tour has been a success in terms of the enthusiasm generated here in new zealand for the duke and duchess or sussex. and steph has now been properly

tour. i have learnt all about it. it isa tour. i have learnt all about it. it is a great sport. i can‘t believe you haven‘t played it. is a great sport. i can‘t believe you haven't played it.” is a great sport. i can‘t believe you haven't played it. ijust didn't know what the aim was. there are regional variations. know what the aim was. there are regionalvariations. some know what the aim was. there are regional variations. some people, the boot has to be full of water. some you are allowed to run when you throw it. i have never done running. i have only dumb throwing. anyway. sometimes you have to make it land in an empty dustbin first. yes, somewhere specific. anyway, sally has played. yes, i have played. just that kind of standing still, throwing the welly, normally on a camping trip. yes and you are talking about other things as well. leicester city. it has been an extraordinary outpouring of grief and tributes. yes, incredible picture behind you of the floral tributes, that is actually the owner's wife and son lay in that

wreath today and this morning a book of condolence is opening in around 20 minutes' time and yesterday leicester's players the stadium to see the tributes left in memory of club's owner. the family of vichai srivaddhanaprabha paid their respects at the ground where he and four others were killed in saturday‘s helicopter crash. mr veechai‘s wife and son met players inside the ground before laying a wreath on the centre circle of the stadium. tonight‘s scheduled efl cup match with southampton has been postponed. former leicester striker gary lineker says the owner completely transformed the club. this guy is seemingly was one of those people who gave so much to the football club, who also gave so much to the city, you know, invested huge amounts of money into hospitals. he treated fans like he cared, you know, whether it be a free beer in the game, whether it be a number of season tickets given away to supporters. he invested in the club massively. he turned leicester from a kind of run—of—the—mill club to a club that‘s not all around the world. before manchester city‘s win over tottenham at wembley,

players and fans paid their respect to those who lost their lives in the leicester tragedy. before the match, a one‘s minute‘s silence was held and events also commemorated the incident at half time and it was riyad mahrez, who played for leicester up until the summer, who scored the only goal of the game early on. he later paid tribute to his former chairman. i was very close to him, very, very close. he was like a dad for us, for me. i spent many, many memories with him. it was... shocking and heartbreaking. to hear this news and... it is difficult to speak about it, but, you know, it is sad. real madrid have sacked their managerjulen lopetegui afterjust 4.5 months in charge. he replaced zinedine zidane injune and has overseen their worst start to a season in 16 years. they were beaten 5—1 by bitter rivals barcelona at the weekend, a result which sees them languishing

in ninth place in la liga. leadership woes at the bernabeau. at twickenham, england are bolstering their backroom team with a familiar face. former captain will carling will take up a part time role mentoring senior players. he‘lljoin eddiejones‘ squad next week, with hisjob to develop the skills of the leadership group. carling won three grand slams and a world cup runners up medal as england skipper in the ‘90s. such a surprise he hasn‘t been doing it already. can i say i am really disappointed because i had an update on the football proposal story, but we can‘t do it because the chancellor is waiting. a really good update on the football. remember the footballer proposing to his girlfriend? there was an interesting update. well, we are watching. thank

you. we are moving on to talk to the chancellor now. the chancellorjoins us now. thank you forjoining us. you have said that austerity is finally coming to an end. i suppose the first question is what you say to people whose benefits are frozen next year and it will feel, because of the rising cost of living, as a real terms cut. what we have had to do over the last few years is manage the public finances very carefully to get the country back from where we we re to get the country back from where we were after labour‘s great depression and it has taken us a while and we have had to take some tough measures. the good news is that we said at the general election last year that we don‘t have any plans for any further cuts to the welfare system, any further measures in that area. and now yesterday i was able to be clear that public spending will be growing in the

yea rs spending will be growing in the years ahead so we have turned a very important corner here in putting the public finances right and that means better news for the british people going forward. can we answer the question, what do you say to the people who it will feel like despite what you have said, it is a real terms cut? we have had to take some difficult measures in the past and those measures, some of them are still working their way through the economies. what we are now able to do, yesterday, is set out a better future — increases in the income tax allowa nce, future — increases in the income tax allowance, so 32 million people will pay less tax, £6.5 billion of extra money put into universal credit so it‘s more generous to people moving on to universal credit, supporting those on low pay. a higher national living wage, again putting more money in the pockets of the lowest paid in society so it is a budget that targeted its measures are across—the—board to that targeted its measures are across—the—boa rd to be that targeted its measures are across—the—board to be fair across—the—board to be fair

across—the—boa rd and i across—the—board to be fair across—the—board and i hope to get something to everybody. let's talk about the income tax threshold, so for basic rate taxpayers how much difference will it make? for someone on basic rate tax, who is in work, £130 a year, raising the threshold to £12,500, £130 a year more. someone on £50,000? they will get a bit more. these were commitments we made in the general election. that we would raise both thresholds. yesterday i have been able to announce. . . yesterday i have been able to announce... i am yesterday i have been able to announce... i am sorry yesterday i have been able to announce... i am sorry to interrupt. so you are giving a better deal to higher rate taxpayers? we are raising both thresholds. 0bviously, people who pay higher rates of tax, when the threshold increases, benefit from that, of course. 32 million people who are paying basic rate tax will be £130 better off.

1.7 million people will be moved out of paying higher rate tax altogether. these are people on middle incomes who you could say should not be in higher rate tax at all. but over the years, more and more people on middle incomes have been dragged into higher rate tax and raising the threshold gets any of those people who work in our schools, hospitals, police forces, back into being basic rate taxpayers again. you mentioned schools and you are going to give £400 million to schools, a one—off, you called it, "to buy the little extras they need", what do you mean by that, and do you want to correct the language? no, not at all. this is quite separate from the long—term schools funding, which will be dealt with in the usual way in the spending review going forward, on top of the 1—3p extra that we put into schools funding last year —— 1.3 billion

pounds. i was putting a little bit back some money for local authorities to do some urgent road repairs, a small amount of money for schools, so that if they need to buy a piece of kit, a whiteboard or something like that, they can do so in the year. it is quite separate from mainstream schools funding. it means that that small item that they might have wanted to buy but wouldn‘t be able to buy from their regular budget, here is an opportunity to do that. there are has been concern from the association of school and college leaders, saying this for 100 million you are talking about hardly scratches the surface, shows misunderstanding of the funding pressures , misunderstanding of the funding pressures, and we are getting stories here of parents... no, it doesn‘t at all. it doesn‘t show and misunderstanding at all. i understand perfectly well issues around schools funding and we will have that discussion as part of the spending review. what it shows is

that i have some money available in the year and i thought a nice way of using it would be to give every school a small grant which it can use for the priorities of that individual school, whether it is to buy some computers, a whiteboard, for a secondary school, maybe a minibus. why leave it to the spending review? that is the way we do these things, we set the overall amount of public spending for the next period, and in that period ahead that amount will be going up in real terms. 0ver ahead that amount will be going up in real terms. over the last two spending reviews we have seen public expenditure being squeezed. we have turned a corner now. in the spending review that takes place next year we will be planning to spend more in real terms on our public services over the coming years and we have to have a debate about how we want to spend that money. every now and again we need to look at the balance between spending on different things and decide what our priorities are. it could be health, schools,

defence, police and so on.” it could be health, schools, defence, police and so on. i want to know what you say to parents to have beenin know what you say to parents to have been in touch this morning who have been in touch this morning who have been asked by schools to provide basic equipment. well, look, we find schools to deliver education to our children, we have protected schools split was funding in real terms, and we will look at it again in the spending review. what i did yesterday was provide a little bonus to every school. and i hope that that will be welcomed. i understand that will be welcomed. i understand that there will be people who want to make political mischief out of this. but it is nothing very complicated. we have the money available, we will be sending a cheque to every school, certainly the schools i know, in my constituency, notwithstanding what they think about the broader issue of schools funding, will be quite happy to receive that cheque and spend it on things that will be useful to them, useful to their pupils. you have talked about this

digital tax. we know that companies in the uk, working in the uk, can make billions of pounds in sales. how would you make them pay this so—called digital tax? how would you make them pay this so-called digital tax? well, the large companies that are being targeted by this our global players. they are large, serious companies. they are large, serious companies. they are large, serious companies. they are people that we have contact with, hmrc have contact with. when we introduce a law that says they have to pay tax at a certain level of certain of their activities, they will pay. we are very confident that. these are not companies that are going to scuttle off and try to avoid that. at the moment, there is no obligation on them to pay tax in the uk. we don‘t have a tax that applies to them. that is why it is so important to introduce this digital services tax. now we a tax that they are required to pay in the uk. and just like all other large and established companies, they will pay the tax due. we are very

confident there will be a high level of compliance. just briefly, if there is a no—deal brexit, where does your budget go? well, my budget stands. the met as i said out yesterday at the right measures for britain. we will be enacting them in a finance bill —— the met as i said out yesterday. iron pot that we will get a deal with the european union. isaid get a deal with the european union. i said that if we get that deal, because there will be a benefit to the economy for getting the deal, we will do better than i set out yesterday, with more money for public services when we do our spending review next year, and perhaps more available going forward for somewhat tax cuts. chancellor phillip hammond, thank you for talking to us on breakfast this morning. thank you. to get in touch with us and let us know your thoughts on what the chancellor has said to us. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. another chilly start across parts of the uk. look at this. one of our weather watchers in

devon at the moment. quite a sharp frost on the ground. a single—storey across many western areas, temperatures are still below freezing. —— a similar story. we have seen them lift across parts of scotla nd have seen them lift across parts of scotland and north—west england as the milder air scotland and north—west england as the milderair in scotland and north—west england as the milder air in the east tries to push west. we have seen a lighter showers with it, producing at times. lots of scale that makes up with scotland, the west midlands, and north wales will stop that has fragmented into the irish sea. more persistent rain towards east anglia and the south—east this afternoon. it will continue into the afternoon and ranger was for east of scotland north—east england. but most of the country will have a dry day —— rain showers. particularly so towards south—west england in south wales, which should be fine. writing across the midlands and parts of the south—east into the afternoon. —— brightening. we should see the worst of the rain clearing away from east anglia. the breeze will make it feel

rather cool. host degale fotis —— gale force at times. breezy across the north sea coast. 0ne gale force at times. breezy across the north sea coast. one or two showers to the west of scotland and close to the coast of northern ireland. mostly it will be a dry and brad day. temperatures similar to yesterday —— bright day. tenryu 11 celsis. tempered across the south—east by the strength of the wind. in tonight, the rain we have sta rts wind. in tonight, the rain we have starts to nudge away even more, allowing clearer skies to the east. in the west we start to bring in atla ntic in the west we start to bring in atlantic air. that will lift temperatures after chilly and frosty start in some places. it will bring in more cloud and occasional rain. heavy bersin western isles, north—west england late in the night. eastern area is waking up tomorrow morning to some frost. —— eastern areas. in the west we have weather front link to areas of showers, all coming off the atlantic. we are bringing the air in

from the west instead of the east. that means it may feel milder for some of you. a better day in eastern parts. dry and sunny weather to come. in the west, we will see some brighter moments with sunshine, a lwa ys brighter moments with sunshine, always the chance of further heavy showers at times. clouding over towards the south—east corner by the end of the day. we could see highs around 13 celsius. single temperatures through scotland and northern ireland. the on that we have more rain to come in eastern areas for thursday. brightest in the west. by friday, the ridge of high pressure will mean most of you have a fine day after a frosty start. keeping an eye on what is happening in the atlantic. as we head into the weekend it could turn distantly windy. we will keep you updated. back to you. thank you. imagine a world without rainforests or rivers, where species like orangutans and seals have completely disappeared from the planet. it might sound far—fetched, but the stark warning from a group of global scientists this morning is that it could easily become reality if we don‘t act now.

the conservation charity, wwf, says there‘s been a 60% decline in mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970 — much of it as a direct consequence of human action. so is it too late to turn things around? tanya steele is the chief executive of wwf. thank you forjoining us this morning. it is quite staggering when you hear the statistics, isn‘t it? it is shocking. if we were to compare rates to human populations, this would be the equivalent of losing the entire human populations of europe, oceania, the americas, and china. this is an astonishing shift. it is a long—range 20 report. it is telling us that nature is dying. —— 20 report. we rely on nature. we are calling on people to start to fight for the world. we

need it for future generations and for the people alive. what particular species are you concerned about? it is a range of species, this covers all wildlife around the world. we have seen the shocking decline of the african elephant, 55 elephants killed every single day through poaching. we are seeing huge declines nearer home, this is not just a faraway problem. i remember growing up and putting a saucer of milk out for my hedgehog in the back garden, that doesn‘t happen any more. in urban areas in the past 12 yea rs we have more. in urban areas in the past 12 years we have seen a decline of 75%. what can we do to act now and act in a way that isn‘tjust what can we do to act now and act in a way that isn‘t just a what can we do to act now and act in a way that isn‘tjust a piecemeal individual thing is that leaders might do in different countries? we need a global deal, a global deal for nature that‘s not to put this on the map, but just for nature that‘s not to put this on the map, butjust to make the changes we need. what would a global deal look like? you have mentioned about poaching and the impact that has on elephants, we have talked about plastics and the problems that

can cause. but what would a global deal look like? the single biggest destroyer of wildlife is the food system, how we grow it and then how we consume it. we waste 30% of all food that we create and indeed throw into our recycling bins at home. reforming the food system is important, but we do need to tackle pollution and plastics, we expect to see more plastics in our ocean by weight than fish by 2050. what we‘re saying is these warnings are incredibly concerning. we need to act urgently and urgently on a global basis. is there the political will to do that? and that is what we are concerned about. this is why we are concerned about. this is why we are asking people to join to fight for our world. this is our world as pa rents, for our world. this is our world as parents, i don‘t want to point to picture books to my son. we need

business and global leaders to step up business and global leaders to step up as well. we have an opportunity in the coming years, in 2020, there will be a global meeting for the conventional biological diversity in china, and we need a paris agreement for nature. that is the scale of the threat we face. do you think things can be turned around? could we see the populations grow again? we can. we have seen some great stories, again, here in the uk, the great kite populations, otters are bouncing back, so we are optimistic it can be achieved. it is a significant commitment. we are arguably the first generation to know we are destroying our world, but the last that can do anything about it. you mentioned the paris agreement, but doesn‘t that in some ways help your cause? it does. but we need a paris agreement, but we need an agreement for nature. if we are going to feed a growing population around the world, potentially nine or 10 billion people by 2050, and we must feed the growing population, without warming

our climate and without destroying our climate and without destroying our natural resources, we need a plan and we need global leaders to step forward in order to deliver that plan. we rely on nature and we need to start respecting the resources and valuing those resources and valuing those resources for future generations. as you say, it will take a global agreement that impact. people watching at home, what can we do? there are things that consumers can do. whether it is how much meat we eat on a weekly basis, but also checking is the food we are buying coming from sustainable sources. this does not have to be food just for the rich, this needs to be for everybody, so that we know what we are putting on our plate isn‘t damaging the lies and the planet of people many thousands of miles away. iam people many thousands of miles away. i am completely distracted by that rather lovely hedgehog peeping at your shoulder. thank you so much. lots to think about there. tanya

steele from wwf. i like the idea of what is bouncing back as well. let us see what we can do. we will both be back at eight. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning. i‘m asad ahmad. ajudge in ecuador has ruled against the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, who‘d contested the new rules imposed on him at the country‘s embassy in knightsbridge, where he lives. the judge said a requirement to pay for his internet use, and clean up after his cat — did not violate his human rights. mr assange had argued it did — believing the rules were intended to force him to leave. a professor of surgery at imperial college london, says students have spent so much time in front of screens — and so little time using their hands they‘ve lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. roger kneebone, who teaches medical students, says young people have so little experience of craft skills they struggle with anything practical. he‘ll be addressing the v&a museum of childhood in east london tonight, to encourage schools to have more

creativity in the curriculum — to help equip surgeons of the future. the children‘s charity, barnado‘s is warning excluded schoolchildren are at ‘serious risk‘ of becoming involved in knife crime. it adds they‘re also at risk of "being groomed and exploited by criminal gangs". the charity says a third of councils, have no spaces in pupil referral units — which look after excluded children. the government said a review of school exclusions is ongoing. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. jubilee line has minor delays because of an earlier faulty train. the district line has minor delays because of a signal failure at tower hill — which is also affecting the circle line. the 0verground has no service between surrey quays and clapham junction, because of a trespasser on the tracks. it‘s affecting thameslink and southeastern services too. 0n the roads, in walthamstow,

the north circular is closed eastbound at the crooked billet underpass because of a crash. queues go back to the a10. eastbound, its slow from the m11. now the weather with lucy. hello. good morning. another chilly day on the way today with temperatures a few degrees below average for the time of year. unlike yesterday, however, we have cloudy skies and with the chance of one or two showers. we start off with some fairly cool temperatures, not quite as cold as yesterday. plenty of cloud around and the risk of one or two showers. going through the day, the chance of seeing bright areas developing, for southern and western areas, temperatures with a maximum of 9—10 celsius. the blustery north—westerly breeze. as we go through the evening and overnight then we will see the skies clearing. under clear skies we are looking at another chilly night. temperatures falling close to freezing. we could see a touch of frost to start the day. a bright but cold start to the day tomorrow. some sunny spells. the cloud will tend to increase

as we move through the day. temperatures a touch warmer than today. a high of 13 celsius. later in the day into the evening the growing chance of seeing some rain. if you have evening plans for halloween you might need an umbrella. in a few minutes time on bbc radio london, vanessa feltz has more on a labour councillor in haringey — who was found guilty of ‘possession with intent to supply‘ class a drugs. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and steph mcgovern. 0ur headlines today... the chancellor defends his final budget before brexit. speaking to us in the past few minutes philip hammond has insisted it does offer a fair deal. so it‘s a budget that targeted its measures across the board to be fair

across the board, to give, i hope, something to everybody. the chancellor promises the biggest spending spree in eight years. the debate will start in westminster today. i am debate will start in westminster today. iam in debate will start in westminster today. i am in sheffield looking at what it means for you. police investigating the murder of the estate agent suzy lamplugh in 1986 carry out a search of a garden in the west midlands. donald trump sends 5000 troops to the us border with mexico as thousands of migrants head towards it from central america. in sport, a book of condolence opens at leicester city this morning. it has just opened now. members of vichai srivaddhanaprabha‘s family, as well as the leicester first team squad, have paid their respects at the king power stadium. plus a stark warning about our wildlife. a report says populations are plummeting across the planet. we‘ll find out why. and we start the day at —7 in parts

of powys, plus nine in norfolk. rain in some eastern areas later. your full forecast later on breakfast. it‘s tuesday the 30th of october. our top story this morning — in the last few minutes, the chancellor philip hammond has defended his pre—brexit budget — telling breakfast it does represent a fair deal. the chancellor has insisted that austerity is coming to an end as he announced extra money for social care and universal credit, as well as a surprise cut to income tax. but labour has described it as a series of half measures and quick fixes. let‘s get the latest now from our political correspondent leila nathoo. iam sure i am sure you have been listening to the chancellor this morning, the shadow chancellor as well, what do you make of the analysis so far? philip hammond was very clear that he is promising better days ahead, he is promising better days ahead, he is promising better days ahead, he is repositioning the conservative economic policy away from the cuts of the last eight years and towards

a bit ofa of the last eight years and towards a bit of a spending spree, but the major spending decisions will come next year in the spending review, which will set out longer term plans. he is adamant he has given as much as he can, he has chosen to spend the unexpected windfall received by better—than—expected public finances on public services. you mentioned the roll—out of universal credit, smoothing money for the nhs. he was challenged on brea kfast for the nhs. he was challenged on breakfast about why he put relatively little money into schools. it doesn't at all, it doesn't... it doesn't show a misunderstanding at all. i understand perfectly well be issues around schools funding and will discuss that as part of the spending review. it shows i had some money available in the year and i thought a nice way of using it would be to give every school a small grant which it can use for the priorities of that individual school, whether that be buying some

computers, perhaps a whiteboard, in the case of a secondary school perhaps even a minibus or something. let‘s talk about the labour opposition, what have they said? labour‘s holah tag line on the government has been an anti—austerity message, and this budget in part was to try to neutralise that attack from labour —— labour‘s whole attack line on the government has been. labour says the government has not gone far enough, describing it as quick fixes and half measures. there are cuts and squeezes still working through the economic system, not all departments will receive a boost, but there is no doubt that philip hammond has turned on the spending

ta ps hammond has turned on the spending taps a little. this is all contingent on the brexit deal, all economic forecasts are linked to that, so if the negotiations go up in smoke, so too could many of these policies. thank you, leila nathoo. get in touch about what you think about the budget, you probably know how to do that, so do that, please. some of the other stories this morning... officers from scotland yard have begun searching a garden in the west midlands in connection with the murder of suzy lamplugh more than 30 years ago. the estate agent disappeared in 1986 after going to meet a client in fulham, but her body has never been found. 0ur correspondent lauren moss has more. the parents of suzy lamplugh said she followed the motto that life was for living. but hers was tragically cut short. suzy‘s disappearance sparked a huge search, and it became one of the highest profile missing person cases. now, 32 years later, forensic teams are searching the back garden of a property in sutton coldfield. suzy was last seen in july 1986 when she went to fullham to meet a man known only as ‘mr kipper‘. suzy was presumed murdered and declared dead eight years later. her body was never found. in 2002, police took the unusual step of naming convicted killer john cannon as the main suspect. he‘s always denied any involvement

and has never been charged. it‘s reported the property that‘s being searched by specialist officers from the metropolitan police used to belong to cannon‘s mother. there is no suggestion that she is involved or that the current occupants have any connection with the investigation. suzy‘s parents set up the suzy lamplugh trust, which supports victims of violence. they‘ve both since died, but speaking two years ago, suzy‘s father said he had little hope of finding out what had happened to her. it‘s not something that i dwell on very much. it would be good to know what did happen. but... i still miss suzy enormously. after three decades of questions, it‘s hoped this latest turn in the investigation could now lead to some answers. lauren moss, bbc news. the us says it is sending a further 5000 troops

to its border with mexico, as large numbers of central—american migrants continue to head north by foot. the announcement by the pentagon comes as both sides of the political divide are accused of using the issue of migration to boost votes ahead of next week‘s mid—term elections. here‘s our north america correspondent james cook. plodding onwards through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and poverty. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to cast the caravan as an imminent threat to his country. this is an invasion, he says, and "our military is waiting for you." despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful patriot. by the end of this week we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we will continue to adjust the numbers and inform you of those

but that is in addition to the 2092 that are already employed from our national guard, 0peration national guard, that has been so effective. —— 0peration guardian support. the us has already beefed up security at the frontier. this is the crossing between el paso in texas and mexico. troops will be deployed with helicopters, aeroplanes and miles of razor wire. the military says the soldiers will be used to support, not replace, border patrol agents. mr trump clearly hopes the issue of immigration will galvanise his core voters but opponents say the armed forces are being used to fan the flames of fear for political gain. drones and sonar technology have been deployed in indonesia to search for a passenger plane which crashed into the sea yesterday. the lion air plane went down minutes after taking off from jakarta with 189 passengers and crew on board. there has been no sign of survivors but debris and personal belongings

have been collected from the water. the duke and duchess of sussex have gone head—to—head in the first sporting competition of their tour down under, as meghan emerged triumphant in the unusual skill of welly wanging. i was thinking it was going to be some sort of race! the duchess threw a pink spotted wellington boot a little further than her husband, as they played the game with schoolchildren in auckland. have you lost the rules, steph you didn‘t even know what it was! i can‘t believe you have missed out on this. wang is a yorkshire word for thoreau, i knew that, because of welly hoying as well. there are regional variations.

sometimes you fill them with water, idid not sometimes you fill them with water, i did not know that. it is believed the sport originated in the west country of england and is played in lots of countries. iam is played in lots of countries. i am convinced i have seen mike busheu i am convinced i have seen mike bushell at the national championships, he must have done it. if he hasn‘t, why not?! apparently the current world record for the longest throw, 209 feet for men, set in finland in 1996. a long way. everything you ever needed to know about that! i could have gone on about welly wanging! in the last half—hour philip hammond has defended his budget to brea kfast. victoria is in sheffield and has been gauging the reaction to yesterday‘s announcement in the winter gardens. good morning to you, wanging all the way over to sheffield. we have suggested some of the comments, some

of the budget announcements made yesterday. the debate will rage in westminster today. whether you are ata westminster today. whether you are at a kitchen table or coffee table or wherever, people will try to work out what it means for them. i am with some students and businesses, show of hands, what do you think? we have more not sure than anything else. fran, you run a couple of businesses on high streets, you are a retailer, you want to invest more and open more, was there enough for you? we are saving £900 a month, it isa you? we are saving £900 a month, it is a start. there was a little bit of help when it comes to the high street, not very much when it comes to big business. does that mean people will not come to high streets if places like house of fraser are still closing stores? these stores are still anchor stores and we need to help them. the oxford street house of fraser pays more in business rates than amazon pays tax in the uk, for example. there is a

lot to be done, it is a start but does not go far enough. maria, you are a second—year politics student? yes, at sheffield hallam university. lots of people are hallam university. lots of people a re pretty hallam university. lots of people are pretty annoyed that he put more money aside for potholes than education? i guess that is a large problem, secondary schools are saying they are being stretched far enough, how much will go is money help them? i did not see a mention for university students at all. lots of people not sure what it means, the headlines about austerity ending, but what do those headlines really m ea ns ending, but what do those headlines really means for people? when will we really see that austerity? does he actually have the money for this? economist vicky pryce, where is this money coming from? there have been yea rs of money coming from? there have been years of scrimping and saving another policy seems different? there seems to be a lot more coming in from income tax and corporation tax, the chancellor did not expect that that it has materialised, over

£10 billion a year which can be recycled in the economy, he is to be back now. he has filled in some of the holes various departments have, such as in defence and the nhs, very, very important, he has pledged £20 billion a year by 2023 and he will get that. also good for schools, as we have heard. he has done some giveaways to make people feel more comfortable, consumer confidence has been quite low, investor confidence also. he has done a similar amount, but the underlying economy is still weak, productivity is weak, something will need to be done much more aggressively, if you like, in future. we are looking at the spending review next year, hopefully he will reverse the departmental cuts over a period of time so there will be an increase in the future, but we know brexiters coming, who knows what it will mean? we need another emergency budget in the spring, but let‘s wait and see.

let‘s talk to kate, you are from the joseph rowntree foundation. there was lots of pressure to make changes to universal credit. it is not working for lots of people. whether changes announced yesterday enough? it was a good step in the right direction, a bit more money going in to help people ease onto the system and the transition to the new benefit system, we also saw quite a large investment into what is known as work allowances, which puts money directly into the pockets of some of the very lowest earners in this country. we are living in a time where we are seeing a rising tide of in work poverty, most people in poverty in this country are in working households, so seeing some of that put into universal credit was really important. the budget yesterday shows the government has been listening to some of the problems coming up and what people are saying about universal credit, particularly those claiming universal credit, but into the

future we need the government to continue listening and involving people who are claiming universal credit in designing it to make it a better system, that way we can make sure it is a platform from which people can build a better life for themselves and their families. sarah coles, you were looking at the personal finance aspect of this. there were lots of headline grabbing announcements about a tax cut for 32 million people, some people will be better off than others, why? there will be benefits for any taxpayer, the personal allowance has increased, it will go up in april £212,500, which makes a basic rate taxpayer about £130 a year better off. for higher rate tax payers, the threshold has moved to £50,000, making them about 500 20p a year better off. everyone will have a bit ofa better off. everyone will have a bit of a boost. lots of people working for themselves, self—employed, people working out what changes might be

affecting them, can you run through some of the changes? the chancellor averted a synthetic self—employed, southern bred contractors who work predominantly for one single company and the chancellor would quite like them to be employed, everyone pays more national insurance. if you are self—employed and you have maybe one particularly good clients, it might mean they will question whether they should use you so much because then they have to worry about if they should employ you and their costs will go up, there could be problems on that front. 0ne will go up, there could be problems on that front. one of the positives is that the government has pledged how to get more self and play people saving into pensions, which will be good for their long—term future. sarah, vicky and kate, thank you for your thoughts. there is a lot to get through, lots to work out whether this will affect you. on the bbc website there is a budget calculator, plug in the numbers and work out what it means for you, but this is based on the idea that we will have a smooth exit

from the eu, that is what we will get in terms of brexit. there was barely any mention of the word yesterday. we‘ll all be spending plans be torn up if we don‘t get a deal with the eu next year? who knows? spreadsheet phil might have to go back to the drawing board. studio: thank you, victoria. shall we find out what is happening with the weather. i don‘t want to steal your thunder, not that there was thunder, but it was cold this morning! good morning. what a glorious start in haverfordwest, captured by weather watcher class. in western parts of wales, particularly mid wales, we have seen the coldest air this morning, temperatures dropping 2-7. much milder compared to yesterday further east,. the shrub rich amateurs dropping to —7. ——

temperatures dropping to —7. rainfall is dominating eastern scotla nd rainfall is dominating eastern scotland a north—east england. through the day, still some showers in and around the irish sea, most of the parts will be dry with sunny spells. a bit more cloud than yesterday and the crowd still remains across eastern areas with a strong wind into the afternoon towards easternmost parts, but the rain becomes less persistent than some of the eastern coasts. the breeze will make it feel rather cold even though we start milder. further west, sunshine on your back but temperatures still in single figures after what has been quite a cold start. we swa p start. we swap things around tonight, the raining eastern areas will push off into the northern and eastern north sea, clearer skies here but in the west we start to bring cloud from the atlantic. notice the shift in wind direction, outbreaks of rain will develop in the west, listing temperatures. midlands and eastern

england and eastern scotland, you will start the day frosty but bright into tomorrow and this ridge of high pressure. weather fronts in the west will bring shelby rain, not too persistent. some longer bursts, but hopefully drier and brighter weather at times. the odd splash of rain will make it eastern parts of scotland parts of the midlands and eastern england, much of the eastern half of the country has a dry yambere today tomorrow compared with today. up to around 13 degrees in the south corner, single figures in parts of scotla nd corner, single figures in parts of scotland and northern ireland. for the rest of the week, a bit more rain later on wednesday and into thursday across eastern areas, western areas back to drier and brighter. all should have a bright day on friday after a frosty start, potentially very windy weather into the weekend. this low pressure will not bring the impact low pressure across the mediterranean has done over the last 24—hour woods. venice, the city of canals, underwater. its worst flooding in

around ten years, all caused by something when strong winds push the tides inland, fighting against rivers already swollen by heavy rain inland. we have seen pretty severe weather in northern spain, they have had an early taste of winter, strong winds coupling with pretty heavy snowfall. back to coupling with pretty heavy snowfall. back to steph coupling with pretty heavy snowfall. back to steph and coupling with pretty heavy snowfall. back to steph and louise. coupling with pretty heavy snowfall. back to steph and louise. studio: thank you. in a week‘s time, americans will cast their votes in the crucial mid—term elections. it‘s been a bitter campaign so far, with both democrats and republicans accused of using the politics of fear to sway voters. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler is travelling across the us to hearfrom people in key battleground states. today he joins us from minnesota, and the halloween capital of the world. very a ptly, very aptly, you are stood around some of the decorations? it might be with you but it is very much witching hour here. that seems

appropriate for a place really associated with halloween. you will find lots of the houses around here decorated like this, they take halloween very, very seriously. it seemed an appropriate place to talk about the politics of fear. that is something president trump used very effectively during his election campaign to maghera years ago. he warned about his opponents, talked about scare stories in some cases, many people would argue. and you will get the impression that politicians have been trying to copy his success. republicans and politicians have put a huge amount of money into political attack ads. you turn on the tv and radio and you find them talking about what other candidate had problems with the law, there is even one, to carry on the halloween theme, that had bigfoot trying to search for a political candidate because he said he was not entirely sure if he existed. that

was bigfoot. it gives you a real sense that politicians are worried that election night could be fright night. in minnesota, scare tactics are almost like a tradition. they are certainly a part of america‘s mid—term elections, which take place within days of halloween. that‘s an occasion that is taken very seriously in anoka. for almost a century, a trick or treat parade has been held here. and this minnesota town is known as the halloween capital of the world. and yet what some of those here find truly frightful our politicians. i am kind of sick of them. why are you sick of them? i am sick of all the division. turn the ads to thee positive, rather than saying that this is what he does and he is going to take away insurance, how about say what you are truly going to do and what you are for rather than what he isn't going to do. anoka‘s annual ghost run might be a friendly race, but the midterm elections

are anything but that. all of minnesota‘s congressional seats are up for grabs. and the polls suggest half of them are likely to be keenly contested. recent polling shows it‘s closer than people might have guessed. there was a sense that there was a blue wave coming in the election and that democrats would sweep very widely across the country, that often happens in mid—term elections. and with the controversy that surrounds president trump at all times that was the feeling, the polling shows it closer than people would have guessed. both democrats and republicans know how powerful fear can be. and they have used issues like immigration, health care, and the economy to try to scare voters into supporting them. other issues that really matter to you? to me, not really, besides the border policies. all those marching this way right now, where do they go? so that genuinely worries you?

that scares you? it does. they will ship them off to cities like saint paul, minneapolis. while the democrats have accused donald trump of scaremongering, the republicans say they are unfairly portraying the president as a dangerous bogeyman. his influence as a president, with donald trump everybody is scared. nobody wants to say anything. and certainly, during this campaign, it is felt that politicians have spent more time cursing each other, rather than trying to cast a spell on the voters. you could argue that the scare stories haven‘t stopped, president trump is sending thousands of troops to the border with mexico, he says to the border with mexico, he says to try to ensure national security. lots of other people will say are

those really needed or resist playing politics? actually these migrants coming from the caravan to central america are weeks away from the border, perhaps even months. 0n the border, perhaps even months. 0n the other hand, president trump knows there is an election just a week away. it gives you an idea that, really, politicians here know they can play on people‘s fears. but they can play on people‘s fears. but the question for election night is will they find themselves getting a trick or retreat? studio: very interesting. thank you very much. it looks slightly spooky at this time of the morning. didn't of the morning. didn‘t chris deliver that in a certain boys, especially towards the end? here‘s probably influenced by the fa ct here‘s probably influenced by the fact it is the middle of the night for him and he is surrounded by halloween costumes. some crackers in that! you‘re watching breakfast, still lots to to come this morning. we‘ll be joined by the best—selling authorjodi picault who‘s going to tell us why she‘s chosen to write about gun violence and abortion in her new novel. it isa

it is a great novel but it is written in reverse, it starts at the end and then you read the novel and you‘ll understand why everybody got to the position they are in, a really interesting way of writing. actually, it is about an abortion clinic in america. very relevant for what is going on in america. we will talk about that later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. a cold and frosty start to many parts of the uk, in the east, more cloud moving in, this area of low pressure giving some u nsettled area of low pressure giving some unsettled weather across continental europe. you can see it brushing east

anglia and the saudis did england at the moment. hence all the cloud. some cloud in northern ireland, hazy sunshine for a time today. in between some sunny spells, some showers moving westwards, those well clear. staying quite wet especially across east anglia and the south—east of england this afternoon, a brisk north— north—westerly wind making it feel chillier. temperatures elsewhere between 8—10d. tonight, rain continuing for a time, clearing into the north sea, another band of rain spreading into western areas, preventing temperatures from falling too far, 4 degrees in northern ireland, patchy frost in central and eastern areas. 0n ireland, patchy frost in central and eastern areas. on wednesday this patchy rain fizzling out, not moving very far across north—west england through west wales, some show and to the west of scotland can‘t the best of the brightness on wednesday the

reverse of today. temperatures you will notice, 12—13d, not quite as cold as today. into thursday, another weather system coming from the south, giving more rain across many eastern areas during thursday. in the west, fairly dry, some sunny spells, some showers coming into the west of scotland. that rain clearing towards the east later in the day, maximum temperatures with some sunshine, getting up to date— 11 degrees. that‘s all from me. have a good day. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben bland. the oil giant bp doubles its profits in the last quarter. but what does fresh uncertainty over oil prices mean for the company and the sector? live from london, that‘s our top story on tuesday 30th of october. oil prices hit a four year high

during the last quarter — helping bp make bumper profits. those prices have dipped since then. we‘ll find out what this means for the big oil companies. also in the programme angela merkel says this is her last term as leader