this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: the chancellor is warned over his budget. an influential research group says he's taking a gamble and that many public services will continue to feel squeezed. we might be at the end of cuts, but we are not going to be offsetting the cuts that have happened over the last seven or eight years. if i was a prison governor, a headteacher, running a local authority, i wouldn't be breaking out the champagne just yet. president trump arrives in pittsburgh, where the first funerals are taking place for the victims of the synagague shooting. 32 years after estate agent suzy lamplugh went missing in london, forensic teams start digging up a garden in the west midlands. the search is taking place at a house once owned by the mother ofjohn cannan, the prime suspect in suzy‘s killing. a warning that "exploding human consumption" has caused a massive drop in wildlife populations in recent decades. good evening, and

welcome to bbc news. the chancellor has taken a bit of a gamble with his budget. that's according to the economic thinktank the institute for fiscal studies, which says it could lead to higher borrowing and debt in coming years. and despite his claim that austerity is coming to an end, philip hammond has acknowledged there will be no "real terms" increase in public spending apart from on the nhs. our economics editor kamal ahmed has been looking at looking at the impact of the budget, the spending pledges and the changes to income tax. picking the best fruit and veg in leeds the day after the budget. and who, if anyone, is looking forward to those tax cuts

the chancellor announced just a day earlier? he promised to leave people with a little more to spend. i;m a teacher on £29,000 a year, so it will help me about £10 a month, but overall i think, with the cost of food and whatever, it will probably mean that i'm no better off. i think it's a good thing. you know, the more the lower—paid don't have to pay before they pay a tax, the better it is. i would rather see it go towards schools, the national health service, all the things we all benefit from, because little amounts like that really have very little effect on me, anyway. and i suspect on several others. the institute for fiscal studies has compared yesterday's tax cuts with previous government announcements. people earning over £50,000 a year would be on average £156 better off. people earning between £12,500 and £50,000 would gain £21 per year. meeting apprentices

in lincolnshire, philip hammond in lincolnshire, philip hammond insisted that overall, with benefit increases, poorer people were being supported. if you look at the whole package of measures we delivered yesterday, notjust the personal income tax cuts, but all the other measures, and you analyse how they affect people across the income scale, it's people at the bottom end of the income scale that benefit the most. and the analysis clearly shows that. two fascinating figures in today's ifs report. in the year 2000, less than a quarter of all spending on public services went on health. by the year 2024, that figure will have risen to a0%. in the league table of public spending, all other departments have fallen way behind. the chancellor has used the better borrowing figures to provide more money for hospitals. the ifs said he was taking a gamble. the worry for him is that

if borrowing goes up next year, if tax revenues do not come in as expected, then what is he going to do? he's painted himself into a corner and cannot unannounce the end of austerity. i think what we'll see is borrowing ratcheting up. whether it's prisons, the police or schools, there are calls for more money. key areas of public service like schools, like police, local government, nothing for local government whatsoever. it's not the end of austerity for them, and on the departmental budgets, he said they will be protected. no, they won't. some will, others will then get bigger cuts. mr hammond will need the economy to perform well, will need that brexit deal to come good, if he's to hit his target of ending austerity over the next five years. kamal ahmed, bbc news. live to westminster and our political correspondent iain watson. in budgets and gone by on day two,

there has been a certain unraveling as the details come to light. is there any fraying at the edges as there any fraying at the edges as the details come to life. there is fraying at the edges but no unraveling as we have seen in recent yea rs. unraveling as we have seen in recent years. those people i think are relatively happy with the chancellor. if there'll be rebellions in the conservative pitches, that will save them for brexit and see what kind of deal might emerge then. talk afraid edge, i think the problems are stacked up in the future, not necessarily immediate for the budget. in the package from the institute for fiscal studies, they said that look at the money for the health services now, it gobbles up £4 out of every £10 sent in the long—term future. in the long term, that is unsustainable u nless the long term, that is unsustainable unless the chancellor is willing to except tax rises. we have a spending review next year and again the institute for fiscal studies one and

a lot more money goes to the nhs, roughly speaking, other departments would not see any increase that would not see any increase that would mean some areas might continue to seek cuts. so he still have this political argument to make that he is actually in the process of ending austerity. labour will so that isn't the case, government argument reiterated by the prime minister again today is that ending austerity is not simple giving department for money and public services more money, it is a putting more money into people's pockets. so they are also defending what they have had some criticism, minor criticism after seeing the backbenchers over timing of tax cuts and including the higher rate for taxpayers. what is interesting is traditionally the government budget phrase at the edges or unravel. this time, it is the labour opposition response that has been somewhat afraid because john mcdonald, the shadow chancellor, has said it would not be a priority to reverse these tax cuts abbott announced but people usually to his political right in the labour party people such as the greater

manchester merrick and governing from the centrist movement process says it is what wrong for labour two of the staff just to go says it is what wrong for labour two of the staffjust to go ahead and they should vote against those tax cuts for government is willing to u nfreeze cuts for government is willing to unfreeze benefits for people of working age. 0k, thank you very much indeed. well, teachers and parents have reacted with fury to the chancellor's announcement in the budget that schools in england will receive a one—off payment of £400 million to pay for what he called "little extras". england's school leaders have been campaigning for some time for more money, saying they're having to lay off teachers and can't afford to buy essential equipment. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has more. it was meant to be good news from the treasury, but calling it cash for "little extras" has dug a bit of a political hole. teachers took to social media with suggestions. a luxury car for a day, a few more glue or glitter sticks. some schools offered to dig potholes.

road repairs gotjust as much money. teachers' pay is the largest part of any school budget and this money won't help with those long—term bills, leaving headteachers feeling their concerns have been ignored. it's not good enough for the governmentjust to throw us a few thousand pounds and say, "be happy with that." i think they were trying to say that everything is fine in schools and just be content. well, we're not content, and it's not good enough. this will mean a little bit of extra cash. around £50,000 for a school like this, but in politics, language matters. use the wrong words and you risk looking out of touch. so what is the situation with school spending in england? between 2000—2010, spending per pupil rose by 65%. that's in real terms, taking into account the rising costs. since 2010, it's fallen by 8%. the first fall in four decades, economists say.

what is five multiplied by positive root two? schools say they're at the limit of the savings they can make. today, the chancellor said this wasn't about long—term funding, just a bit of cash to spend immediately. i hope all schools will be able to spend this money well, just to buy some extra item that perhaps they wouldn't otherwise have been able to buy. now, i'm not pretending for a moment that this addresses the longer term question of schools funding. we'll come to that in the spending review next year and we'll have a discussion, a debate, about how we fund our schools going forward. an extra £1.3 billion has gone into england's schools since last year, but when the government draws up its next spending plans, schools will be competing with other public services. branwynjeffreys, bbc news. kathryn pugh is the headteacher

of st marylebone school in central london. she was part of a delegation of head teachers who took a petition to 11 downing street before the budget calling on the chancellor to give schools more money. she joins me in the studio. you asked for more money. some would say you have got more money. well, £400 million is nice to have, cannot sniff at that. thank you to mr hammond for that. but regrettably it falls woefully short of meeting the huge funding crisis that schools are facing. and i'm sure schools will use that money wisely and will put it towards capital projects, it, refurbishment, renovations, the things that they actually cannot afford to do currently. however, the rhetoric is really telling and disappointing because the little extras, we have run out of extras

anyway. we are really stripping back to the bone now as to what we can actually afford to do in schools. what would you like to be able to do? isa what would you like to be able to do? is a matter of staffing? is it more teachers, more teaching assistants? what is it you have not the money to now was not i'm glad you mentioned teaching assistants because of this funding given to date might help us afford a school like ours to be one more teaching assistant. i realise that's not what funding is actually for. we would wa nt to funding is actually for. we would want to be able to retain and recruit teachers like many schools, we are a school that has to reduce staffing we have had to reduce staffing we have had to reduce staffing and we have added two redundancies or reduced staff and not replace staff when they leave. we won't be able to supply all the mental health and emotional well—being needs of our own people as well a really broad curriculum to sublime all the subjects we would like to. we are a school like many of our own people as well as give a really broad curriculum to sublime all the subjects we would like to.

we area all the subjects we would like to. we are a school like many other schools who have had a cut subject, reduced staff and not replace staff when they leave. you must be able to supply all the mental health and emotional well—being needs of our people as well as today really broad curriculum, sublime all the subjects we would like to. we are a school like many of the schools who have had a cut subject, reduce the curriculum offered. and when the school is only offering six lesson today and everyone goes home, not offering the enrichment, the trips, not offering deep pastoral support and all the crucial things around job protection. that is a really wonderful situation for us. you have been trying to get your message across to ministers. there was a unusual march from some head teachers to downing street. what is the reaction been of parents and are you one of the schools i has asked pa rents for you one of the schools i has asked parents for donations or money because i has been happening in some areas? our parent community are so supportive because they know that all we has a school what to do is provide an excellent education. for many years, we have asked parents for volu nta ry many years, we have asked parents for voluntary contributions to the opportunities we are providing and some of our parents are in a position to do that as some are not because we are a state school. we serve a comprehensive intake. and so when parents can give us,

reg retta bly when parents can give us, regrettably it is a state school and we are not in a position to run the whole thing on charity. it is just not possible. so we are very grateful to parents who are able to support us and many of our parents follow this news very closely to see what actual effects are taking place. as it school, we are looking at losing £100 per pupil over the next few years if things carry on as they are and that is just not sustainable. the chancellor has been a clear this was a one—off bit of cash that was there for you to spend on things you might not have planned to be able to get. but in the longer term, the government says there is more money going into england's schools and their asthma before and at £1.73 schools and their asthma before and at £1.3 billion was play last year. that is what they said that we're not seeing that. like many of the school, we are seeing reduce funding per pupil. there may be more money coming into local authorities, money is distributed but it does not come

down to the per—pupil funding received by the schools. and as i say, we are looking at £100 less per people every year over the next few yea rs. every people every year over the next few years. every five years, if they continue that is £1 million less on which we are trying to run his school. 0k, thank you very much for giving us your perspective on it yesterday's budget. and we'll find out how the budget, and many other stories, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight a re steven swi nford, the deputy political editor at the daily telegraph, and ayesha hazarika, who's a columnist for the london evening standard. in the past half—hour, president trump has arrived in pittsburgh to pay his condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the shooting at a synagogue on saturday. 11 people were killed, and six others were injured. 0ur correspondent jane 0'brien is in pittsburgh for us

now with the latest. it has been a solid controversial arrangement, this trip, some but not eve ryo ne arrangement, this trip, some but not everyone sank president trump should not be visiting there this soon after the tragedy. yes, this is a day where protests have been held across the city. some of them at this morning and sometimes to kill aside with his arrival here. a petition signed by somewhere around 70,000 people at this point also circulating saying that president trump should not be here. it is inappropriate and accusing him of using divisive language that has at least enabled an environment in which this atmosphere of hatred can thrive. so a very strong word against the president but then as you say, i has the imp to people over the last couple of days he said the he should be here. he is the president of the united states and it is fitting and appropriate that

he should visit the scene of the tragedy of this magnitude. and express his condolences to the survivors and the families of the victims. some do not want to see him, some do. and the rabbi here has said he is welcome. but i think regardless of that, a lot people are saying that they wished he related this visit because the focus today should be on the victims and some of those funerals have been taking place today. 0k, jane, thank you very much indeed, live from pittsburgh where president trump is due to arrive soon. the headlines on bbc news: philip hammond is warned over his budget. the influential institute for fiscal studies says he's taking a gamble with the public finances. president trump arrives in pittsburgh, where the first funerals are under way for the victims of saturday's shooting at a synagogue. forensic teams start digging up a garden in the west midlands 32 years after estate agent suzy lamplugh went missing in london. sport now, and for a full

round up from the bbc sport centre, here's azi. leicester city's premier league match at cardiff will go ahead this weekend following the death of owner wichai seewata napra paa in a helicopter crash. the thai billionaire and four others were killed in the crash outside the king power stadium on saturday. the club have opened a book of condolence outside the stadium "for the foreseeable future", with an online version also available. there will be a minute's silence before saturday's 3pm kick—off in cardiff and players will wear black armbands. but tonight's efl cup match against southampton tonight has been postponed. there are two other games underway in the fourth round of the efl cup. bournemouth are hosting championship side norwich city at dean court. while league 0ne's burton albion are in the fourth

round for the first time. they are up against four—time winners nottingham forest. both matches the goal is with around half an hour played. chelsea coach marco ianni has been fined £6000 after he admitted an fa improper conduct charge. ?the punishment is a result of his celebrations after ross barkley‘s equaliser against manchester united earlier this month, which sparked a scuffle between players and staff of both teams. ianni and manager maurizio sarri apologised to united boss jose mourinho after the game. england midfielder dele alli has signed a new deal to stay at tottenham until 2024. he's the latest player to commit his future to the club, after star striker harry kane, son heung—min and eric dier. alli has scored 48 goals in 153 appearances for tottenham since moving from mk donsjust over three years ago. wayne rooney says he's enjoying the pressure of playing in major league soccer. the former england captain joined washington's dc united in the summer

and has been a huge success. when he arrived, the club were bottom of the table, but his 12 goals so far this season have played a big part in helping them reach the play—offs. it is pressure for me to come out here and perform. yet, iam it is pressure for me to come out here and perform. yet, i am enjoying having that pressure and i am enjoying playing the games and obviously helping us get to the playoffs. bringing more success in the next couple of weeks for the team, but i am really enjoying it. i think the team are playing really well, playing good football. hopefully that continues. full—back mike brown has been left out of the england squad by eddie jones for saturday's autumn series opener against south africa at twickenham. he's returning home from the training camp in portugal this evening. number eight ben morgan has also been released, leaving bath's zach mercer in position to make his debut against the springboks.

lock courtney laws has been ruled out with a back problem. even a kidney stone couldn't stop simone biles as she helped the united states win women's team gold at the world gymnastics championships in qatar. just four days ago, biles was rushed to hospital, but she battled through the pain barrier to win her 11th world title. it is very special because i have trained really hard this whole entire year in the coming into world's, behold team is trained really ha rd so world's, behold team is trained really hard so we are very excited. i feel like i really hard so we are very excited. ifeel like i am immensely stronger and physically stronger as well and i know i am capable of whenever i on the mat. what is it me to get that fourth title? i think it would be really exciting so we will have to see what happens. after three successful matches at wembley this year, the nfl have announced they will stage four american football matches in london in 2019. wembley will host two of the games, with two more at the yet to be completed new stadium of tottenham hotspur.

next year's fixtures will bring the total number of nfl games played in london to 28 since the first match in 2007. it's been a tough toil for england's bowlers on the first day of their warm—up match for the sri lanka test series. a sri lankan board 11 racked up 392—9 injust 90 overs in colombo, as england's seamers in particular struggled. the visitors are likely to bat all day tomorrow in the hope of finding some form ahead of the first test that starts a week today. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. great, thank you very much indeed. forensic experts have begun digging up a garden in the west midlands 32 years after the disappearance of the estate agent suzy lamplugh. she went missing after going to meet a client in fulham. her body has never been found. police have been searching a property which used

to belong to the mother of the prime suspect. sima kotecha is there for us. it was one of the biggest crime stories of the 1980s. the disappearance of estate agent suzy lamplugh. but could this be where her remains are buried? more than three decades on, specialist police officers have been searching the garden of this house in sutton coldfield. it's a really surreal, bizarre world for a normal person who's not used to the media to be part of. it's like you've got your own private paparazzi on the door. it once belonged to the mother of the man suspected of killing her, john cannan, already serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of another woman. specialist police officers arrived here first thing this morning after receiving new information. but it's not the first time they've come here to search the premises.

the homeowner says they came here 15 years ago and searched the garden over several months. the estate agent went missing injuly 1986. she left her west london office to meet a client known as mr kipper. detectives began a murder inquiry. eight years later, suzy was officially declared dead. john cannan has always denied having anything to do with her murder. her parents, who've both died, launched a trust in her name to support victims of stalking and violence. it played an instrumental role in the protection from harassment act. we are really hoping that there's going to be some sort of a resolution, and our thoughts are predominantly with the family today. police have excavated other sites in the hunt for suzy‘s remains. this case gripped the attention of the nation. now, the question is whether a 32—year—old mystery will finally be solved. sima kotecha, bbc news, sutton coldfield. the lawyer for a man accused

of murdering two nine—year—old girls in 1986 says the police have spent "32 years building a case against the wrong man" and has instead pointed the finger at the father of one of the girls. former roofer russell bishop is on trial for the second time for the murders near brighton of karen hadaway and nicola fellows. 0ur correspondent daniela relph reports from the old bailey. for 32 years, the murder of karen hadaway and nicola fellows has been an open case. the bodies of the nine—year—old girls were found hidden in wild park in brighton in 0ctober1986. they were good friends, living just three doors away from each other on the nearby moulsecoomb estate. russell bishop is the accused on trial for their murders. but today, the defence said the police had been building a case against the wrong man. joel bannathan qc explained to the jury that there was someone else close to the girls

who had no alibi. he told the court... barrie fellows is not on trial here, and the jury was told they couldn't be asked to find him guilty or not guilty. nicola fellows' mother susan was one of the first witnesses to give evidence at the trial today. she described her daughter as a funny and happy child. but she was asked by the defence if she knew of an allegation that her daughter had been in a sexually explicit video. she told the court that she hadn't been aware of it until the police had told her in 1986. it will ultimately be for the jury of six men and six women to look at the evidence and the background to this case that has gone unsolved for so long. daniela relph, bbc news, at the old bailey. the american organised crime boss

james "whitey" bulger has been found dead in his cell at a prison in west virginia. the 89—year—old inspired the films black mass and the departed, which won the best picture 0scar. reports in the united states say a fellow inmate with mafia ties is now under investigation for bulger‘s killing. 11 people are now known to have died in italy as fierce storms batter the country, leaving roads blocked and thousands without power. in venice, flood waters have risen to near—record levels, a metre and half above sea level. officials say nearly three—quarters of the city is submerged and there's been widespread flooding and destruction across the region. in indonesia, an underwater search has started for the wreckage of the lion air plane which crashed into the java sea yesterday. there were 189 passengers and crew on board, but there's been no

sign of any survivors. 0ur correspodent rebecca henschke reports from jakarta. at the crash site, divers have been deployed to try to locate the plane's black boxes. finding that will help investigators work out what went wrong. presidentjoko widodo inspecting the wreckage and promising a full investigation. this was the first boeing 737 max 8 to crash. a technical log obtained by the bbc shows that there were problems on a previous flight, but lion air insisting that those problems were solved and the plane was given a full clearance to fly. here, what's left of the plane, as well as people's possessions, are being laid out here at the port. for the families, it's another day of waiting.

families have been told to come here to this police hospital where the remains that have been recovered from the wreckage of the plane have been brought. here families are being asked to give dna samples, pieces of clothing, anything that can help officials here come to identify people. this woman's family has flown in in the hope of getting some closure. her little sister was on the plane. translation: we just desperately want some news to give us a sense of peace. that is all. rebecca henschke, bbc news, jakarta. with us now is david learmount. he's an avation expert and the consulting editor at flight global, a website focusing on the aviation and aerospace industries.

thank you for coming in today. what do we know about this plane? it sounds like it was noted that there had maybe been some problems the previous day or the previous flight. yes, this was the 737 max, the latest iteration of the 737 series which has a pedigree going back 50 yea rs. which has a pedigree going back 50 years. so it is the latest version and it is full of computers like all aeroplanes are nowadays. but it is the very latest version of a well tried machine. so the fact that on a previous evening, people talked about it flying erratically and engineers have a few hours, it sounds like six hours maybe, to look at it. would that be noble practise when has maybe gone a little bit

wrong? at the end of every fly, including the previous one to this, the pilots, the crew right down in the pilots, the crew right down in the technical log anything that they found was wrong with the aeroplane. they had a problem with the reliability of the altimeter readings. and so they wrote that down. the chief executive of the airline said the engineers had dealt with that before this flight. however, now this is circumstantial evidence, it does not prove anything, but the actual tracking system whereby we were able to watch this short flight shows the aircraft flying at about 5000 feet over the seat, but it was not keeping its height accurately. so it is possible that the same thing occurred, that there was some disparity in the altimeter information. but that is no reason for such a modern, says a

well tried aircraft suddenly to go into a into the sea. do you think the authorities or the company are right not to withdraw similar aircraft, to carry on flying as normal? i think it is very reasonable that they should not do that. one thing i really must say it is just to sort of point out the context of all this. i do not know whether this with the conclusion here, but over the last... in fact, about 20 years, from time to time, about 20 years, from time to time, about once a year if not more, there have been incidents in which perfectly serviceable aeroplanes have had a minor stag which has com pletely have had a minor stag which has completely thrown the pilots who have then become fixated on something which was not the main problem and then an aeroplane that really did not need to crash actually did crash. the most famous is air france 447 in 2009, which

crashed into the south atlantic. that is a classic. i have no idea whether this is going to turn out that way but i have no reason to believe that there was anything seriously wrong with the aeroplane. so that ultimately would come down to training? yes, precisely, it would come down to training. at the moment, there is a huge focus on trying to measure the pilots are not just trade after additional pilots that they are trained as pilots for today's aircraft. today's aeroplanes may look like they did 20 or 30 yea rs may look like they did 20 or 30 years ago, but they are packed with computers. they are highly complex. they are very easy to plot. these systems a re they are very easy to plot. these systems are incredibly reliable, but nevertheless, they are so complex that pilots who are not brilliantly trained specifically for these aeroplanes can be confused by them. 0k, thank you very much indeed for

coming in. thank you for your expertise and insight. now, it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. another frost on the way for many of us tonight, and that means where we have had cloud and some outbreaks of rain towards eastern coast of england, that will pull away, skies will clear up and the temperature will drop, so it will turn out to be a colder night that it was last night. some cloud and rain moving in. for western scotland, cumbria, the western fringes of wales and perhaps the far south west of england. these are the temperatures at their lowest point during the night as we start the day tomorrow, the east of the uk will have some sunny spells, maybe the odd spell of mist and fog. 0ne one area of ranger northwest scotla nd one area of ranger northwest scotland pushing east to the day, another one in the western fringes of whales in the far southwestern inland. most places will stay dry but when the turning around to the

southerly so that means at least england and wales will be a bit milder asthma places jump back england and wales will be a bit milder asthma placesjump back into double figures. that is the latest. hello this is bbc news with: with vicki young. the headlines: there's criticism of the budget from the influential institute for fiscal studies. it says the chancellor is gambling with the public finances and his tax cuts will mainly benefit higher earners. president trump touches down in pittsburgh, amid some controversy over his trip. critics say the visit will draw attention away from the funerals taking place for the 11 victims of the synagogue shootings. police investigating the murder of london estate agent suzy lamplugh, who went missing more than 30 years ago, have spent the day searching the garden of a house in sutton coldfield. elephants, tigers and koalas are affected by an average 60% fall in wildlife populations since 1970. conservation charity wwf blames human overuse of natural resources.

more on our top story tonight, and the independent research group, the institute for fiscal studies, has said it believes yesterday's budget represents a gamble with the public finances. it said the chancellor, philip hammond, had left many fiscal questions unanswered, and it warned he might have to borrow more in the future. local councils are on the front line of spending in communities across the uk. what do they make of the budget? i've been speaking to lord porter, a conservative peer and chairman of the local government association. the first time i've been doing these budgets for eric eight years now and it's the first time i've got my members complaining the extra money was not enough as opposed to the

cuts were too deep. so on that basis it was a good budget. it's not a perfect budget but it's a good budget and most importantly, this year is spending review, this is a good sign and a good indication that the government to trust local governments and hope levy spending review will fix some of the more structural problems we have in the country. that has been one of the criticisms that this is a sticking plaster, children services, adults, service care, money for potholes, all welcome but actually does not allow you to plan long—term? all welcome but actually does not allow you to plan long—term ?ij all welcome but actually does not allow you to plan long-term? i think the £2 billion we have got a couple of years ago we termed as a sticking plaster because it was. because of the conference of nature of this band, this is more like plaster cast. it's still not making sure we did not break the bone in the first place, but at least it is more substantial than just the plaster. the money for adult social care we are receiving and each will be well

used and it will save the taxpayer money and save mums and dads and grandparents a lot of pain. money for children services again, this is a service that is a cinderella service at the moment but it is underan service at the moment but it is under an increasing amount of pressure, some recognition of that isa pressure, some recognition of that is a good move but it's the first positive move, nowhere near enough to completed growth on the problem. we have money for potholes, it would be more —— nice to see more on the table but it's happened billion pounds so that recognition of an issue, and that's the kind of ones that turns up in a prettier icons, the condition on the road, that's really good that they have actually started to recognise that and rather than spending too much on new roads, perhaps we should spend more on fixing the old ones. when it comes to business rates, the chancellor had a lot to say about the high street. we have all seen empty shops and empty promises, he's a busy helping those businesses by reducing their business rates, the that have a knock on effect for consoles for local authorities because they won't

be getting as much revenue? no, the strange thing with business rates is consoles collect them all, and we send that money to the treasury, and the treasury roughly gives us about half of that back. so, the money thatis half of that back. so, the money that is knocked off the small businesses yesterday, that would come out of our clocks, that will come out of our clocks, that will come out of the treasury caught. consoles won't know it's a difference in terms of pounds in their bank account. what we will know is hopefully a rejuvenated town centre structure because clearly people shop in pounds and not what they used to be, town centres of the future won't look anything like on centres of the past. if there was one real pinch point that you are particularly concerned about, what would it be given that consoles have complained of years they say of underfunding, is there one area which you think is going to take a long time to improve?” which you think is going to take a long time to improve? i think it's still going to be social service bending, that's on adults and children because of the scale of the money that's needed, it will have to ta ke money that's needed, it will have to take a longer—term strategy and

particularly adult services, it's been years building that programme up been years building that programme up and it will be years to fix but the government has got to get their green paper out to give us a range of options of what they consider. we have already published one from the local government association and i am quite happy if theyjust used to lift there is an use it as the starting basis for theirs, it will make it a bash quicker process. growing demand for cheap food is being linked to a huge loss of wildlife and deforestation across the planet — according to the world wide fund for nature. in brazil, deforestation is being partly blamed on soybean production intended for global consumption. britain imports over 75% of soybeans it uses from all over the world. 0ur correspondent adina campbell reports from brazil. it's as ancient and important as its neighbour, the amazon. brazil's cerrado savannah is often overlooked and undervalued. this is one of the world's oldest and most diverse eco—systems, home to thousands of plants

and animal species. but as each day passes, they're in danger from this. as fires burn, blighting swathes of vegetation, more and more of this precious land is being wiped out at an alarming rate. 0ver there is an example of the problem in the heart of the cerrado. the land has been deliberately set on fire and there is a good chance it is being cleared for soy production in future. legally, 80% of land in brazil is supposed to be for public use. we will move away from that story for one minute because president trump is arriving in pittsburgh where our correspondent is. 0ur correspondent jane 0'brien is in pittsbrugh for us

now with the latest. what kind of reception is he likely to get given there have been some controversy about his decision to come here so soon after that shooting? we have been on security lockdown for a while and this whole area has been cleared because there have been a number of protests across the city and not everybody is welcoming the president here. the rabbijeff myers welcoming the president here. the rabbi jeff myers is welcoming the president here. the rabbijeff myers is here welcoming the president here. the rabbi jeff myers is here and welcoming the president here. the rabbijeff myers is here and he welcoming the president here. the rabbi jeff myers is here and he says the president is welcoming and we are expecting him to get out of the carany are expecting him to get out of the car any minutes. he will be talking to the president and the first lady and it will be taken into the vestibule of the synagogue which is still a crime scene. he's not going to go into the actual synagogue itself and we can just see the first lady maloney a tram coming around the car now and they will like candles and say a prayer. jared

kushner is also with them, the president's son—in—law, he of course isa president's son—in—law, he of course is a due and president trump us buzz daughter yvonne has converted and she's also with them. i don't know if you can see them from behind the car, but they are just chatting at the moment, them —— the israeli ambassador is also there and there are no crowds, although local residents, people love been coming here throughout the day to pay tribute, they have all been asked to leave the area and we can now see president trump, melania, a bangkok, wearing a small hat, jared kushner has in his arm on the shoulder of the rabbi there, walking towards the vestibule of the synagogue. i'm just going in there. is not unusual is it

for a president to want to visit a city of an atrocity like this, a mass shooting but he has been accused of being divisive himself hasn't he? he has. it's not unusual and people here have been telling me that they do want to see him, many of them do want to see him and he think it's appropriate for the president of united states actually be that a scene like this after such an appalling tragedy. but they have pretty much all said they wish it was not this week, they wish it was not today because today we also saw the first funerals of some of the victims bare and the community here has felt very strongly that they should be a day of mourning. the focus should be on the victims not on the president and just the level of security, the resources that have been needed, they to this area in order to facilitate this type of visit has also put a strain on the city. that's what the mayor has been saying and so it would have been

better, many people think if he had just been made that visit. of course, a lot of people, thousands have signed a petition saying he should not be here at all because they're worried that his language, his rhetoric have created an environment in which the hatred that led to this crime has been allowed to flourish. live there in pittsburgh for us as we sawjust as resident trump arrived there, thank you room much indeed. a terminally ill iraqi woman, separated from her family, is trapped in the uk because she's too sick to fly home. 38—year—old areej altai, who has been here for five years, was studying for a phd at southampton university when she was diagnosed with cancer. she was due to return to iraq in september but her condition deteriorated. now her dying wish is to return to her home country and be reunited with her young son one last time. her friends are trying to raise more than £50,000 needed for a specialist medical flight to get her home.

edward sault has the story. this is everyday life for her, in her hospital room, in a gown, and with a tube to help her breathe. every breath and every word now a struggle. i accepted my destiny and i took the treatment. i became ok but now it's not, it's horrible now. she came to the uk in 2013 with her husband and son, both parents studying for a phd in linguistics at the university of southampton, something supported by the iraqi government. but her studies were cut short one year later. i had a lump in my breast, i had the surgery, i had radiotherapy. she got better, but then in a cruel twist of fate this year, she discovered that the cancer had aggressively come back. they said you might have cancer again so they checked me and it was again in the bones, lungs, yeah, different parts of the bones, in the

spine, in the pelvis, the legs, the ribs, and it's making me unable to breathe well all the time, it's horrible now. her husband had to go back to iraq with their son when he completed his doctorate, but she is too sick to travel home. her husband just wants to be able to take his wife back to iraq so their son can see his motherfor one last time. he is fine but you know, this is his mum, it's going to be difficult for him and we hope that we could be able to fly him back to iraq to be able to see his mum again. they made friends in southampton, and now those same friends are trying desperately to reunite this mother with her eight—year—old son. no parent i think wants to be separated from their child and she has heard a lot of people say no to her in the last few weeks, not in a mean way, but no there's no further treatment,

no, you can't go back to iraq. the family have nothing but praise for the treatment and care they had from southampton general hospital, if she is not able to go back to iraq, she faces being discharged into a hospice this weekend. her family are hopeful they will be successful so this wife, friend, and mother can spend her last precious days surrounded by those she loves. i don't want to die now before i see my son. the headlines on bbc news: philip hammond is warned over his budget, the influential institute of fiscal studies says he's taking a gamble with the public finances. president trump arrives in pittsburgh, where the first funerals are underway for the victims of saturday's shooting at a synagogue.

forensic teams start digging up a garden in the west midlands, 32 years after estate agent suzy lamplugh went missing in london. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. nato is holding its biggest military manoeuvres since the cold war, with a joint exercise around a mock invasion of norway. the 0peration called ‘trident juncture' started last week, and involves all 29 nato members, as well as finland and sweden, and it's taking place a few hundred miles from norway's border with russia. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. it is a rehearsal for war. 50,000 military personnel from 31 nations on land, on sea and air. all converging on norway for the next few weeks in nato's largest military exercise

since the end of the cold war. the scenario, the defence of a nato member that has come under attack. we are facing the most challenging security environment in a generation. and nato has responded with the biggest adaptation of a collected defence in a generation. because, when the world changes, nato has to change. it has notjust been a test of military power, but also of the speed of response to rush to the aid of an ally under attack by sea, road and rail. a british military convoy travelling across the channel through germany, denmark and sweden before arriving in norway. today, nato forces combined to carry out a simulated assault on an enemy position with landing craft backed by naval and air power. nato insists this is not evidence of a new cold war.

but the reality is the alliance is relearning the same military skills that were used during that era. and while the enemy in this scenario is meant to be fictitious, it is no secret that this is happening amid rising tensions with russia. moscow has already responded, calling this an anti—russian exercise. but it follows hard on the heels of russia's own biggest war games — vostok, which moscow says involved 300,000 troops. nato insists its exercise is not a provocation, taking place hundreds of miles away from norway's border with russia. but it wants to send a message that the alliance is ready to defend any ally. 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 reports from anoka in minnesota, a city which describes itself as the halloween capital of the world. in minnesota, scare tactics the almost like a tradition and it's certainly part of america's midterm elections which take place within days of halloween. that's an occasion that taken very seriously in anoka. for almost a century, a trick—or—treat parade is being held here, and this minnesota town is known as the halloween capital of the world. yet, what some of those

lining the streets here find truly frightful our politicians. i'm sick of them. why are you sick of them? i am sick of all the division that's coming across our country. just turned them to the positive rather than saying that this is what he does and he is going to take away insurance and he is going... say what you are truly going to do and what you are truly going to do and what you are for rather than saying what you are for rather than saying what he is not going to do. anoka's annual ghost run might be a friendly race but the midterm elections are anything but that. i'll of the congressional seats are up for grabs and polls suggest around half of them are likely to be keenly contested. it shows it's closer than people might have guessed, there was a sense that there is a blue wave coming in the election and democrats would sweep very widely across the country that often happens in midterm elections with the controversy that surrounds resident

trump at all times, that was the feeling. the polling shows its closer than people would have guessed. both democrats and republicans know how powerful beer can be and they have used issues like immigration health care, and the economy to try to scare voters into supporting them. are there issues that really matter to you? to me, not really besides the border policies. where do they go, all those marching busily right now? that genuinely worries you?m those marching busily right now? that genuinely worries you? it does. they will send them to cities like this. while the democrats have accused donald trump of scaremongering, republicans claim they are unfairly portraying the president as some kind of dangerous bogeyman. his influence as the president, i mean with trump everyone is kind of scared, nobody wants to say anything. uncertainty

during this campaign, it's felt that politicians have spent more time cursing each other rather than trying to cast a spell over voters. bbc news, in anoka in minnesota. the duke and duchess of sussex have gone head—to—head, in the first sporting competition of their southern hemisphere tour, welly—wanging. and meghan emerged triumphant in the unusual skill. 0ur correspondentjonny dymond sent this report from new zealand. which way? this way? 0h, this way. a lesson he'll never forget. this is welly—wanging. then it was meghan's turn. first, advice from expert wangers. and... oh, dear. i declare the red team the winner! still he was graceful in defeat as she took the unusual trophy. the build—up to the city

centre appearance drew onlookers from every quarter. 0n the ground, even the smallest fans got face time. this is the last big city of their four—country tour but despite the distinctly mixed weather there is an impressive turnout. enthusiasm for the royal family, headquarters 11 and a half thousand miles away, remains high. so, what is that draws the crowd? my grandmother and my mother always used to bring me out to see the queen or prince charles when they came to visit. we've done it with our children and kept up the tradition really. just exciting for someone to come to new zealand. come over here for once. enjoy the beautiful place. join the party. just the willingness to engage with new zealanders from all walks of life, particularly standing up and using... speaking maori at the beginning of speeches and at the end,

that shows, i think, a level of respect for new zealand that hasn't gone unnoticed here, and really appreciated. singing. quite a song and dance has been made of this royal tour, harry responded with heartfelt thanks and a bit of a joke. we are meeting little kiwis, we're meeting big kiwis are being treated to your fantastic food, culture and sporting activities. well, if you can call welly—wanging or gumboot throwing a sport. perhaps we should have a three test series and see who comes out on top. laughter. and then talks with some younger kiwis. the royal embrace of new zealand's future. jonny dymond, bbc news, auckland. now it's time for a look at the weather — nick miller

are we going to be needing our raincoats? a bit of patchy rain around in the next 24 hours or so but it will be winter, windier and milder to the weekend settling in for many of us tonight, across parts of wales and england, this morning it was a colder start in october morning since 1997. we've had a bit of rain today, eastern england, that's now putting away, because the weather fronts coming in to western parts. your temperature may not go down too far, it will be a bit of wet weather around what you can see where the blues are showing up as the night goes on, migrating across the night goes on, migrating across the eastern parts of the uk as we see temperatures drop under clearing skies. 0vernight these are temperatures at the end of the night, clearly where you see a bit of cloud and rain moving in temperatures will be staying above freezing. and we are going to see these week weather fronts affecting western parts of the uk tomorrow,

one from the western isles and northern ireland slowly heading a bit further east and southern parts of scotla nd bit further east and southern parts of scotland on through cambria, far west of wales and is up with england. rain will be very patchy, most of it is going to be like. elsewhere it will likely stay dry and you will see some sunny spells, wins coming in from the south, the weekend it was an ordinary, that will make a bit of a difference in how the weather feels mainly for england and wales after figuring wednesday, with temperatures rebounding back into double figures and on the eastern side of england that cold winter day, that's going to feel a bit better. for the trick—or—treaters out on wednesday evening, some outbreaks of rain across the western side of the uk in particular but some coming in towards the saudis as well, two areas of rain emerges as the night goes on into thursday and that leaves one area of rain slowed to clear up eastern england. sunshine on thursday, showers in the northwest, many western scotland and temperatures may come down again a few degrees and widespread frost on

thursday night going into the weekend we are watching this hurricane in the atlantic as the head north and gets caught up in the jet stream coming towards the british isles the coming hurricane as it moves over colder water, it pulled itself together, some windier weather on the way over the weekend but the flow of air around it means you will see some milder air coming in as well. could see some of disruptive wins in northern scotland and we will keep a close eye on that, in northern scotland will be closer to that area of low pressure. summer rae mane in the north and west going into saturday but there's temperatures getting back into the mid—teens, it will be windy across the uk. this is bbc news, i'm vicki young.

the headlines at 9pm: the chancellor is warned over his budget. an influential research group says he's taking a gamble and that many public services will continue to feel squeezed. we might be at the end of cuts, but we're not going to be offsetting the cuts that have happened over the last seven or eight years. if i was a prison governor, a headteacher, running a local authority, i wouldn't be breaking out the champagne just yet. president trump arrives in pittsburgh and visits the tree of life synagogue, where 11 people were shot and killed on saturday. 32 years after estate agent suzy lamplugh went missing in london, forensic teams start digging up a garden in the west midlands. the search is taking place at a house once owned by the mother ofjohn cannan, the prime suspect in suzy‘s killing.