hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2:00. the government pledges zero tolerance on violence — as attacks on nhs staff hit a five year high in england. we don't go to work to take abuse. we don't go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit, spat at — but all these things happen. yemen's humanitarian crisis — the united states calls for a ceasefire within 30 days. violent protests in pakistan as the death sentence is lifted on a christian woman accused of blasphemy. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh. and a welsh rugby great has hung up his boots. that's right after a record 129 wales caps and five test appearances for the british and irish lions, gethinjenkins has decided to call it a day after one final match — we'll have more on his choice later in the hour. now the weather. there are some

treats in the forecast and some tricks too. i'll have the forecast for halloween. it's halloween and many of you are carving up your pumpkins — but according to research, we'll be binning up to eight million of them. the pumpkin rescue campaign will be here later to us what we should be doing with our left—overs. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm nicholas owen. there are new plans to reduce the number of assaults on nhs staff in england. thousands of doctors, nurses and other workers are attacked or abused every year. a proposed new law would mean offenders facing tougher sentences,

while staff will be better protected under what is called the nhs violence reduction strategy. here's lauren moss. these are just some of the shocking incidents recorded against front line nhs staff. kicking, hitting and sometimes worse. nurse shelley pearce was taken hostage when a patient became hostile trying to leave the ward. she became quite distressed and broke an item in her room which was, in hindsight, plastic. i knew it was plastic because a part of it ended up next to my neck as she frogmarched me out of the ward. shelley did escape unharmed, but says no one noticed she was missing and despite her reporting what happened it was not logged properly. her account is by no means isolated. according to a recent staff survey, over 15% of nhs workers experienced violence in the last 12 months. that's the highest figure in five years.

from next month the maximum prison sentence for assaulting an emergency services worker will double from six months to a year. now the health secretary has announced a new violence reduction strategy which includes more punishment for offenders and better support for victims. we are making sure that we have a zero—tolerance approach to violence against nhs staff tougher sentences and stronger links between the nhs and police so that there is a presumption that if you are violent against a member of staff in the nhs, who is there to care for you, then you will be prosecuted. the royal college of nursing and the union unison are welcoming the plans. shelley says staff need to feel safer. behind the uniform is a human being. we are all valuable and the work we do is valuable. we don't go to work to take abuse, we don't go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit, spat at, but all these things happen.

it is hoped the new measures will help protect workers from violence and aggression that they are often exposed to every day. with me is sharon morris, she's a former mental health nurse who was attacked in a mental health unit where she worked. how long ago was this and what happened? this wasjust over how long ago was this and what happened? this was just over two yea rs happened? this was just over two years ago. i was working on a medium secure unit, for mentally disordered offenders. you work long term with these patients, i'd been working with them for about a year. i thought i was immune to being attacked, to be honest. we are very vigilant and highly trained in managing situations. on this occasion, we were having a garden break... you had been outside doing things? yes. most of the patients went in with a couple of my

colleagues. it was myself, a colleagues. it was myself, a colleague and a patient left in the courtyard. i saw him lunging towards my colleague, so i alerted her. she started to dock away and got a glancing blow to the side of her head. just physically, not with an implement? physically. then i made eye co nta ct implement? physically. then i made eye contact and said the name of the patient, that had worked a couple of weeks earlier when he had also lunged at me. on this occasion it didn't work. he jumped towards lunged at me. on this occasion it didn't work. hejumped towards me, i had a rockcorry feature behind so i couldn't move backwards, and he punched me about six times. in the face until i passed out. when i woke up face until i passed out. when i woke upi face until i passed out. when i woke up i was back inside. and you needed treatment? yes. i suppose in your case, that is a tricky situation, you are often going to find yourself

in as you said. but this was out of character for this particular person? not out of character but in a way you felt safer in that situation because you know who you've got in there, you know your staff are highly trained in managing violence and aggression, which is not the situation in a&e when you don't know who's walking through the door. we hear there are these new ideas or people want to do something about this violence throughout the health service. did you think, will that ever work? what were your thoughts? i think it's a really positive move and an acknowledgement of the dangers front line staff face. anything that streamlines the process would be really, really helpful. in my case, although i got incredibly good support from the royal college of nursing and my new tea m royal college of nursing and my new team and manager when i moved onto another placement, there were things that could have been done better,

such as you have to refer yourself for counselling which seems ridiculous, constantly fobbing off payroll and occupational health saying i'm not ready to return yet. these things could be streamlined. i think working better with the police and the cps to move forward with prosecutions were appropriate would be really helpful, particularly in terms of the new act coming out next month of the assaults on emergency workers, which will make it a specific offence. and your back, nursing, it hasn't put you off? i'm working in the community as a community psychiatric nurse, working for a substance misuse service. it has its own issues. we do home visits, things might happen, but i love myjob. i've been a nurse for 30 years. i wouldn't change that. thank you so much.

the united states is calling for a ceasefire in yemen and a resumption of peace talks within 30 days. the fighting there has left 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid. president trump's administration has faced growing pressure over its support for the saudi—led coalition, which has intervened in yemen's civil war with a controversial campaign of bombing. richard galpin reports. a saudi—led coalition has for the past four years been bombing yemen. the aim, to dislodge these rebel forces known as the houthi, who seized control of large parts of the country and have backing from iran. but more than 6,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far. this, the aftermath of an air strike in august which hit a school bus, killing 44 children who were on a field trip. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said in a statement overnight that the time is now for the cessation of all hostilities, including

missile strikes from houthi controlled areas. subsequently, he said coalition air strikes must ceace in all populated areas. yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the middle east. but now, with this conflict, the united nations says more than eight million people are on the brink of starvation so the us wants rapid action. 30 days from now, we want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire, based on a pull—back from the border, and then based on ceasing dropping of bombs, that will permit the special envoy, martin griffin, who is very good, he knows what he is doing, to get them together in sweden and end this war. apparently caught off—guard by the us announcement, today the government here said it backed the ceasefire call, but the prime minister added this warning. a nationwide ceasefire will only have an effect on the ground if it is underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties.

my right honourabe friend, the foreign secretary, discussed this matter with martin griffiths, the un special envoy, last night. they agreed that the uk will continue to encourage all parties to agree to de—esculation. this sudden us push for an end to the war in yemen will add to the pressure on saudi arabia and in particular its de facto leader, crown prince mohammad bin salman, who is already under intense international scrutiny following the murder of the prominent journalist jamal khashoggi. richard galpin, bbc news. well, speaking to bbc newsnight, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt welcomed the calls to end the fighting, and possibly ease yemen's humanitarian crisis. this is an extremely welcome announcement, because we have been working towards a cessation of hostilities in yemen for a long time. obviously, the united states has considerably more leverage with saudi than we have, but what we've been doing is trying

to bring together the saudi coalition on the one hand, the houthis on the other, backing the plans by the united nations envoy martin griffiths, who i met last night. this is a very positive moment. if we can land this, and we strongly support all efforts to do so, then we can create a humanitarian corridor and head off this terrible situation that we see in yemen where nearly half the population are now dependent on humanitarian food aid, and that's an incredibly worrying situation. the former foreign affairs committee chairman crispin blunt joins me from westminster. good afternoon. what did you think when you heard the united states has some might say rather belatedly that the fighting should end in yemen?

the timetable they put on it, it is in 30 days. the vital ground is the port of hadida. the united nations says a humanitarian emergency is now imminent. that should be impressed on all policymakers to make sure we avert that famine. that means control of the port which takes 70% of the aid that goes into the yemen is essential. back can happen in one of two ways. either the houthis who currently control the port take part ina currently control the port take part in a political process and allow the international community to get aid in there and stop in effect preventing aid getting in there by rating of money from all the people trying to get food and assistance in true that port, and again the saudi

coalition obviously lift the blockade on that port because they are trying to prevent themselves being attacked by uranium source weapons going over the borderfrom houthis controlled territory in northern yemen. this is a complex situation but we've got to keep in mind the need to relieve the famine and ensure it is averted. the question surely is does this american intervention push things ahead? american intervention push things ahead ? people american intervention push things ahead? people might say why has it taken them so long? also is of reasons involving the saudis and allies and so forth. it's taken a long time, hasn't it? inevitably, the behaviour of mohammed bin salman and the jamal khashoggi affair has affected quite properly the mood in congress as it has in the uk towards saudi arabia altogether. however, to a degree these issues are unrelated,

apart from the fact that the driving force and the author of these strategic approach towards the yemen is mohammed bin salman. mohammed bin salman in yemen was doing the bidding of the international community. state authority in yemen was usurped by the houthis, who were thenjoined by the ruler who was usurped by the houthis, who were then joined by the ruler who was ousted in the wake of the arab spring ina ousted in the wake of the arab spring in a rebellion against the recognised government. it was the saudi led coalition doing the international community's bidding with their unanimous blessing of the security council to try and restore lidded and order in yemen. since then, we've seen a total collapse of order in yemen and now the whole country is on the brink famine. it's that issue that has got to be the focus of international community's attention and how to deliver serious quantities of aid at pace through hudaydah. and britain's response,

would you rate it so far? of course, what has happened here is that all the major countries have been only too grateful to some degree that the saudi coalition has been trying to do the hard yards in restoring order in yemen. again, they haven't been prepared to put their ground forces on the ground in very difficult to rain in yemen in order to bring this houthi rebellion to heal. i've tried to conduct this operation largely from the air with consequences we've seen over from the air with consequences we've seen over the last two or three yea rs. seen over the last two or three years. something has got to give. they're either has to be a ceasefire oi’ they're either has to be a ceasefire oran they're either has to be a ceasefire or an agreement for aid to get in, or an agreement for aid to get in, or hudaydah port has to be seized, or hudaydah port has to be seized, or possibly by the international community, in order for aid or possibly by the international community, in orderfor aid to get in. one way or the other we've got to avert this famine. thank you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines new measures to protect nhs staff will be introduced

to try to reduce the thousands of assaults every year. the us calls for a ceasefire in yemen and an end to air strikes by the saudi—led coalition within 30 days. a christian woman convicted of blasphemy in pakistan has her death sentence overturned. and coming up — what are we to do with all our pumpkins tomorrow morning? with eight million of them binned, the pumpkin rescue campaign will be here to tell us what we should be doing with our left overs in sport, wales most capped rugby union international gethin jenkins has announced he will retire from the sport. he's appeared 129 times for his country and went on three lions tours. he's been back as a player before but now it's as a manager. frank lampard prepares his

derby county side to face chelsea in the efl cup last 16. leicester city will play in their premier league match with cardiff this weekend. the clu b match with cardiff this weekend. the club had postponed their efl cup match last night following the death of their own vichai srivaddhanaprabha. i'll be backjust after half past. it's a case that has divided pakistan — a christian woman convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death. well now pakistan's supreme court has overturned that sentence, but only after asia bibi spent nearly a decade injail for allegedly insulting the prophet muhammad during a row with her neighbours. but the ruling has sparked violent protests, as secunder kermani reports from islamabad. asia bibi has now spent nearly a decade injail. she lived in this small village to the west of lahore and was accused of blasphemy following an argument with two muslim women who refused to drink water from the same cup as her.

what began here as a local dispute rapidly escalated into an issue of international importance. the asia bibi case has become a symbol for the controversy surrounding pakistan's blasphemy laws. hundreds of angry protesters began gathering in cities across pakistan following this morning's verdict. the scenes here mean asia bibi's supporters are celebrating, but are also nervous about the future. now she is free, she can do whatever she feels like. she can enjoy her life as a free woman. will she stay in pakistan? i don't think so. anybody alleged with blasphemy can't live in this country. after she was first convicted, a prominent politician came to asia bibi's aid and called for pakistan's blasphemy laws to be reformed. his intervention though

outraged hardliners. he was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. his killer is seen by some as a hero. in asia bibi's village, the day before the verdict, the cleric who filed the blasphemy case against her had this warning. translation: if the court sets aside the previous two verdicts and frees her, it'll be a sign to people you should take the law into your own hands. protesters have begun constructing roadblocks. so far the unrest appears to be relatively contained but the country is bracing itself for more to come. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. i'm joined now by an advocate of the high court of pakistan and also a solicitor here in england, sulema jahangir, who is also the daughter of the late asma jahangir, one of pakistan's most prominent human rights lawyers.

thank you for talking to us this afternoon. deep shock at this whole business, of course. what did you think of the verdict that came in today? the verdict was a positive message. notjust for today? the verdict was a positive message. not just for religious minorities in pakistan, but for mainstream pakistanis who believe in the rule of law and believe that our judges should not be cowed down by hundreds of people who called strikes and threatened violence. these blasphemy laws, the moves in the last few years have been to tighten them up, making life quite restrictive for people. well, the blasphemy law, this particular section is widely drafted. it was brought in in 1986 by a military dictator who was unpopular for his own agendas. since then it's been very difficult for people to talk about it. those who've talked about

it, like the governor of the punjab, was gunned down. and then the person who gunned him down was executed. he's now a martyr and there's a huge memorial to him. he's now a martyr and there's a huge memorialto him. the problem seems to be getting worse. i think when there is also some kind of appeasement of groups who incite this kind of violence and use issues like that to build some kind of support, if you look at the last elections they did not win much support at all at the ballot box, but they had the kind of street power because of the threats of extreme violence. i think it is time the government stops appeasing them and actually sends them a decisive and actually sends them a decisive and clear message that this kind of incitement will not be tolerated any more, and the strikes that are happening across cities are not very well attended, they are only hundreds of people. the government should crack down on them and immediately. do you think there's a

chance of that happening?“ immediately. do you think there's a chance of that happening? if you look at the past track record, i don't think so. i hope so, because this is a new government and i hope they will understand mainstream opinion believes in the rule of law and ourjudges opinion believes in the rule of law and our judges came opinion believes in the rule of law and ourjudges came up with this judgment which respects that. the state has the duty to protectjudges and the lawyer for this woman asia bibi. one of the worrying aspects about this is the threats made about anybody who is connected with it, not only the defendant, presumably where she will have to leave the country, and the lawyers acting for her as well, maybe even the judges. of course. my work —— my mother did one of the cases for blasphemy and one of the cases for blasphemy and one of the lawyers was gunned down. we've seen that happen in the past andi we've seen that happen in the past and i hope there will be safe passage for asia bibi because i think her life and her lawyer's life

probably isn't safe any more in pakistani. thank you. some news that has been coming in in the last few minutes from istanbul, the last few minutes from istanbul, the istanbul chief prosecutor has been meeting the saudi chief prosecutor. although nothing solid has come out of those talks, we are hearing various things. the istanbul chief prosecutor saying the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi who went into the consulate in istanbul and did not emerge, and everything points to him having been murdered, now the istanbul chief prosecutor said he was actually strangled soon after he went in and that his body was then dismembered. i'm not sure we knew about the strangulation. a p pa re ntly we knew about the strangulation. apparently confirming he was dismembered. i'm reading some information coming in... forgive me,

this isn't pleasant but we should hear it. this is the turkish chief prosecutor. the body was cut into pieces and a premeditated plan, and the chief prosecutor's office saying the chief prosecutor's office saying the talks going on with the saudi chief prosecutor produced no concrete results on the killing of jamal khashoggi in october. with five months to go until the uk leaves the eu, plenty of questions remain about the relationship between different british industries and the european union. today, we're looking at what brexit might mean for sport — our reporter eleanor roper is at loughborough university to tell us more. when you think about brexit, sport might not be the first thing that comes to mind, but the free movement of people has a big impact on the

athletes who come to the uk and on our ability to host big sporting events. if you think about the england rugby team, they are training in portugal this week and on saturday they will take on south africa. it will take 2500 workers to get the stadium match ready and many of them are casual workers who travel around working on big events. here at loughborough university, there is a rugby match being played. we are here because it's a hub for british sport and it's where the likes of british swimming, athletics, triathlon, netball, all based themselves here. the issue of brexit is something that the government has been looking at when it comes to sport. the house of lords has been hearing evidence from a range of people to try and find out what it's going to mean come april. one of those who gave evidence was brendan batson from the professional players federation. while he said it's complicated, he said there are positives and it

could be a great opportunity for home—grown footballers to break through to the premier league. at every given saturday or wednesday night when the matches are on, only about a third of the players are eligible to represent england in football. so, there is a big problem with the free movement of players from the eu. any restriction, whatever that may be, and we just don't know may have a benficial effect for encouraging home grown talent and maybe they'll be given more time in first teams. as we say, we don't know how it is going to pan out. we arejoined by we are joined by doctor garcia. thank you forjoining us. you're an expert on european policy and law when it comes to sport, what is brexit going to mean for sport in the uk? it's going to mean a great deal because sport means a great deal. socially it's important, but also economically it's a major industry so it could be affected by

brexit. i think it's also going to be important because it is likely to affect not only the professional side of sport but also it's likely to affect grassroots, people less thought of such as ski instructors or physiotherapists. at the end of the day they are a big part of sport. are there any sports that are going to be worse off? that is difficult. team sports, especially those hiring a lot of european players, rugby, football, but also for example cricket, with those players that now enjoy freedom of movement because they are from a country that has an accession agreement to the eu. in terms of that, especially team sports at professional level but also sports that need to go training as well. what about skiing, what about sailing that needs to go in europe? i think those are likely to be hit

harder perhaps. the same way we see seasonal workers with farming or agriculture, you mention skiing and sailing, we see a lot of people travelling around europe with the weather for those sports. exactly. especially in the case of skiing, if english ski instructors want to work abroad where there are higher mountains, they will need to have their professional qualifications recognised. now it's easy because of freedom of movement, and the same thing will happen for example with any of the major sporting events between now and 2020. both need a lot of volunteers, many will be british but what about those who wa nt to british but what about those who want to come from outside britain? we are talking about elite sport but it's also going to impact grass—roots sport as well. it's also going to impact grass-roots sport as well. indeed. on the one hand, it could affect those who train in elite sports,

instructors, for example yoga instructors, for example yoga instructors or gym instructors. there may not be a shortage of those. the same for the brits who wa nt to those. the same for the brits who want to do the same thing abroad in the eu. also, i think we need to think about funding because at the end of the day grass—roots sport relies a lot on public funding, funding from local councils, from the government, from the lottery. if they're going to be less money for sport if people played the lottery less ? sport if people played the lottery less? will local councils have less money to spend? i think that's where most of us in this country are going to feel that. at the end of the day, you and i are not football players, but we probably are likely to go to a leisure centre, football pitch or by a leisure centre, football pitch or rugby pitch like this one here. thank you. will be back at loughborough university throughout the afternoon. people all across the uk

will be putting pumpkins outside their doorsteps as they prepare for halloween trick or treaters tonight — but what happens to the jack o'lanterns come november first? new research has found the uk will bin eight million pumpkins after halloween this year — the equivalent of enough pumpkin pie to feed the entire nation, as most people who buy them bin the leftovers rather than cooking them. 58% of britons now buy a pumpkin at this time of year. and an estimated ten million pumpkins are grown in the uk annually. 95% of these are carved out in lanterns for halloween and the rest used in recipes. but more than half of those who buy the orange coloured squash throw away the flesh rather than cooking or composting it. that's according to environmental charity, hubbub. with me is tessa tricks from hubbub — she runs an annual pumpkin rescue

campaign to encourage people to make the most of their halloween pumpkins. of course we have a pumpkin here in case you've forgotten what they look like! what's your favourite thought when we consider what we should be doing with these once halloween is over? once halloween is over if you have carved out your pumpkin, i'd think you'd be able to cook with the seeds, which are delicious. those are the seeds they are? yes, you can toss them in oil and approach them, they are a delicious snack. that sounds nice. as part of a salad? yes, whatever you like. they are very good for you, follow this link. you've got lots of pumpkin gets left here as well, you could buy all those and make a pumpkin spice, if

you've still got the insides, that you've still got the insides, that you scraped out earlier, those can go in anything. they are really delicious. soups, stews, curries, and in the shops they will be an abundance of different types of pumpkins and squash, they are round, so pumpkins and squash, they are round, so they are more petite and lend themselves well to kate and pies. the larger carving pumpkins are really good to eat and they are better for stews and currys. you mentioned pumpkin soup, one of my favourites, it's absolutely delicious, isn't it. why is it such a daughter. it's not a fruit, it's a squash, we have to get this right. people warmed to pumpkins, clearly, it's the grinning faces. waste is just part of a wider food waste problem. so we're trying to get

people to think about eating their pumpkins and other ways we could save on food bills. if we all plan ahead a bit more, frozen food we disabled to £810 a year. can you eat it raw? would you recommend that or not? i don't think it would kill you. this could be a first national television, all right. that's good. it's actually very nice. i've got a new rescue them! you are welcome to that one. pumpkins take an awful lot of water to grow in the first place, they aren't easy. they have a lot of natural ingredients to get them to this state. all of the energy and water that grows into growing pumpkins for halloween, you shouldn't just grows into growing pumpkins for halloween, you shouldn'tjust think of them as an accessory, let's eat them as well. you can head to the

website and we've got a plethora of pumpkin recipes for you.|j website and we've got a plethora of pumpkin recipes for you. i thought it was getting stuck in my teeth, but no. somebody mentioned to meet squirrels love pumpkins. so if you wa nt squirrels love pumpkins. so if you want squirrels in your garden, not everybody does, but leave presumably just the all pumpkin out. perfect, you could put it on the bird handler. or on your compost heap or food waste caddy. thank you, lots of good ideas there. and i'm being allowed to eat in the studio, that's good as well. what is it time for now? oh, that's right, the weather. but i have a problem. what's going on? sorry about this. here we go, time to do the weather. this place is filthy. look at the cobwebs. i'm going to have to go and get a

duster. i'll be back in a minute. across the land you'll feel the cold. wear something warm, you have been told. but check the forecast on app and tv, and local radio, take it from me. ben's coming back, so i must go. for a local forecast, you should know, there's one more place to check and see. the web, of course! that's it from me! some interesting place names there. places that should be on any national weather map. we've got ourselves sorted out. but thankfully mail is on hand now in the studio with the full forecast. i feel i need to clarify i'm not in fancy dress, in case you were wondering.

another frosty start for many areas across england and parts of wales. you may have been tricked into thinking it was another cold day but we have a southerly airflow and the temperatures have recovered a bit. we have got some rain around. too wea k we have got some rain around. too weak weather fronts, one we have got some rain around. too weak weatherfronts, one in northern ireland and three seconds down in south—west england up into southern scotland. it's fine, lengthy spells of sunshine. the temperatures are backed up in the low teens. as we head into this evening, if you are going out trick or treating their refute she was on the western side of the country. something a bit wintry. they few showers in north—west england, wales and the south—west. away from that, fine and dry. milder conditions by day some not so cold this evening. overnight

the two areas of rain start to merge together and work eastwards. another area of rain pushes up from the cells into parts of east anglia and lincolnshire. some rain at some point. that allowed one to be quite so point. that allowed one to be quite so cold as it has been, with the exception of northern ireland and north—west scotland. maybe some mist and fog first thing tomorrow morning. it clears up tomorrow, from the west, but the rain outstays its welcome through parts of lincolnshire and east anger. away from that, another fine dry day, spells of sunshine with one or two she was peppering the western regions. temperatures more or less in line with today. into friday, a ridge of high pressure settle things down, but under clear skies, another chilly night with widespread frost. we may see some mist and fog around first thing on friday. plenty of

sunshine around, you can't help but notice this area of rain starting to edge into northern ireland before the end of play on friday. that's courtesy of an area of low pressure spiralling in across the atlantic. here are the remnants of the ex—hurricane oscar. gusty winds for scotland, gusts widely around 65 mph. it will be a windy day throughout, but notice the temperatures back up into the mid—teens to routines on saturday and sunday. more now on news we've been getting in the last half an hour. the investigation into the death of jamal khashoggi, our turkey correspondent is in istanbul now. we've been hearing from the chief prosecutor there. but this seems like the first official confirmation

of details of his death. it's the first time we've heard from the turkish authorities about what happened to jamal khashoggi when he entered the saudi consulates on for weeks ago. the chief prosecutor says that as soon as he entered the building he was strangled, his body was dismembered and destroyed. that is in addition to comments that the prosecutors made saying that there we re prosecutors made saying that there were no concrete results in talks with the saudi prosecutor. he was in istanbul this week, and the turkish authorities still pressing the saudi authorities still pressing the saudi authorities to tell them where jamal khashoggi's remains are located. you get the sense that turkey is running out of patience with saudi arabia. there is a feeling that the government is not cooperating fully which is why the prosecutor has come out and officially stated the

results of this investigation. thank you very much indeed. a 93—year—old second world war veteran has travelled from canada to the uk to campaign for an end to pension freezes for some pensioners living abroad. anne puckridge is one of over 500,000 pensioners whose pensions have been frozen at the level they were when they left the uk rather than being uprated in line with payments for those who stay in the uk. i'm joined by anne puckridge now who joins us from westminster. good afternoon to you. now, this campaign, tell us first of all what pension you now receive, and if you had stayed in the uk what would it have been? at the moment my pension is £72 50 a week, if i'd stayed it would be at least £125.50 a week. what do you hope to do about this? obviously, i hope to persuade the

government that the policy of freezing certain pension is something that really needs attention. it's... i'm hoping that mps will lend their signatures to the end frozen pensions. awk website, and sign the petition. and help us to achieve what we badly need, afair help us to achieve what we badly need, a fair pension for the money that we paid in all our working lives. before you went to canada, where you aware that this would happen? no, i wasn't. and where you aware that this would happen? no, iwasn't. and that's where you aware that this would happen? no, i wasn't. and that's why we are so happen? no, i wasn't. and that's why we are so distressed about this. i informed the dwp before i went, exactly what my intentions were. at no time did they say, your pension will be frozen in canada. when i

arrived in canada, the first i heard that my pension would be frozen i got in touch and said how was i to know, they said, you should have taken advantage of the leaflets that we re taken advantage of the leaflets that were available. i asked them, i haven't seen a leaflet, would you send me one? 11 years later, after asking repeatedly for a site of the leaflet, 11 yea rs asking repeatedly for a site of the leaflet, 11 years later i got a letter from the dwp saying, we are sorry, we haven't been able to send you the leaflets, that you have been asking forfor 11 years you the leaflets, that you have been asking for for 11 years because we ceased printing them to save costs. are they are an awful lot of people in this position? i know there are over 500,000 uk pensioners whose pensions are frozen. at the rate they were receiving when they left they were receiving when they left the uk. have you had any indication

that the british government will be sympathetic? will try to do something? none whatsoever. i've been writing myself for 17 years, i've been writing to mps with other associations and consortia, we have been asking please, please remember how unfair it is that we have paid ourfull pension, full contributions, and are being denied afair contributions, and are being denied a fair pension. any supplies we get are from boilerplate its standard paragraphs, and they end up saying the government has no intention of making any changes. the government has no intention of making any changeslj the government has no intention of making any changes. i wonder if this applies to other pensioners from other countries, going from france or wherever, american? have you heard of this happening to other nationalities? no, my understanding

is the ua key is the only country that freezes pensions —— the uk is the only country that freezes pensions in the shabby manner. thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. thank you for giving me the opportunity. police investigating the deaths and illnesses of babies at a number of hospitals have charged a pharmaceutical company. in a statement the metropolitan police said: "ith pharma ltd, based at premier park, has been charged with seven counts of supplying a medicinal product which was not of the nature ith pharma says it will vigorously defend the charges. our health corresponent catherine burns told us how this story first came about in 2014. several babies became ill and got a

bacterial infection thought to be from a suspected contaminated feed. police have been investigating and that brings us up today with the met police have charged ith pharma, with several different counts. in a nutshell it is supplying a product that was not the quality specified on the prescription. they will be backin on the prescription. they will be back in court, in westminster, on the 17th of december. we'll have to wait and see, because we don't know which charges related which babies. in the past few minutes president trump has reiterated calls for a group of thousands of central american migrants who are making their way to the southern border of the united states to turn around. the us government is deploying thousands of troops to the southern border of the united states, to stop thousands the caravan. the 7,000 migrants, who've been on the road for more

than a fortnight and are currently in southern mexico. our correspondent will grant has been travelling alongside them. so far, they have refused to be blown off course. the remaining obstacles may prove much greater than the inclement weather. president trump has described these migrants as an invasion and the pentagon has announced more than 5,000 troops will be sent to the border to meet them when they arrive. at this rate, that's at least seven weeks away. most are adamant it will take more than soldiers standing guard 1,000 miles away to stop them. "if i went home now, i would be a coward", says this man, "because my wife and child are in the us and keep asking me..." daddy, when are you coming? even the mexican migration authorities admit they haven't seen this degree of commitment in the past. translation: in previous years, we have seen other caravans fall apart, but this one appears very strong, very large, and still united. there seems little doubt that with this troop deployment, the trump administration is trying to dissuade these migrants from

attempting the rest of their trip. however, they may have underestimated the sheer determination within the group to at least make it to the border and have their cases heard. yet for a minority, the military threat is working. already frustrated at the caravan's slow pace and missing his daughters left behind in honduras, the idea of a hostile reception from us soldiers was enough to make him turn back. translation: my family told me all about it. when i asked what was happening, they said the border is full of soldiers, so i figured, why go all the way to the border only to be turned away and told i can't come in? it is a difficult and personal decision to abandon the trip — almost as tough as leaving home in the first place. the remaining migrants believe their strength lies in their numbers and plan to ignore any more messages from washington telling them theirjourney is in vain. will grant, bbc news, mexico.

ina in a moment we will have all the businesses. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the murdered saudi general technical journalist jamal khashoggi was dismembered in istanbul according to tu rkey‘s dismembered in istanbul according to turkey's chief prosecutor. new measures to protect nhs staff will be introduced to try to reduce the thousands of assaults every year. the us calls for a ceasefire in yemen and an end to airstrikes by the saudi—led coalition within 30 days here's your business headlines on afternoon live. regulators are going to look into the way car insurance is priced. the financial conduct authority will examine if we're being charged according to loyalty, age — and whether we apply online.

sales at jaguar land rover plunged my more than 13% in the three months to september. it sold around 130 thousand cars during that period. that led to a pre—tax loss of £90million. shares in next have fallen after its third quarter results failed to impress investors. it reported a 2% rise in sales — that's a slight slowdown on the month before. but it's forecasting annual sales growth of 3% this year. we start with insurance. it's all about premiums at the end of the day, isn't it? yes, how much we pay. the financial conduct authority is launching a probe into whether they're his hidden discrimination and how much we are charged. they

will look at the extent of discrimination and how to root it out. they are particularly concerned about whether or not we pay more according to age, profession, and whether or not we live in a particularly desirable neighbourhood. so postcode discrimination, perhaps, if that's the way you want to look at it. earlier we spoke to the boss of the association of british insurers, and he said this is a the right direction. you've got to remember that motor and home insurance markets are fiercely competitive. many people shop around, many shop around to get the best deal. we readily admit, and have done before, that the market isn't serving existing customers who, for whatever reason, aren't shopping around, as well as it could. that's why we've been proactively taking action to make sure the market delivers the best

outcomes for all customers, regardless of whether they are a new customer or they've been with insurers for a customer or they've been with insurers fora numberof customer or they've been with insurers for a number of years. ok, interesting what you say about age and everything else, and yourjob? as journalists i wonder where we rank? let's talk about profits going that way for all sorts of reasons, but american fast food seems to be doing all right? the popularity of kfc and taco bell fast food chains has helped to boost revenue at yum brands. its total revenue fell 3% to $1.39 billion but thatjust beat analysts' estimates. sales fell slightly at its pizza hut chain but that was offset by more people visiting kfc and taco bell restaurants. joining us now is our north america business correspondent, samira hussain. how much of a surprise this figure?

bearing in mind that we are supposed to be more health conscious when it comes to what we eat. people are looking to be more health—conscious, but people really wa nt health—conscious, but people really want to save money. that's what was working for a brand in this quarter, that their value menu items that have done really well. they have brought people into the restaurants. they aren't the only fast food chain thatis they aren't the only fast food chain that is seen that success. mcdonald's recently reported earnings that have also seen successes with the dollar menu items. it increases the footfall into these restaurants, and gets people going in and eating will stop the weak spot, perhaps, is pizza hut. that's struggling a bit, isn't it? yes, they talked about that on the earnings call, and why it was struggling. one of the things that came out on the call was that they have specials for some of these

pizzas, personal pizzas, two toppings, but none of it really took with consumers. so that's something they are really trying to work on in they are really trying to work on in the next quarter, to find some way to offer consumers value, and try to get them into restaurants. there is a lot of competition when it comes to these restaurants, and people are looking for healthier options. people are also looking for a deal, a way to be able to feed themselves and their families for less money. and international sales are playing a big part in this? absolutely, it also shows that the idea of being able to eat at these american fast food restaurants ringside in internationally. these big american chains, big brands, still have power in emerging market. and we saw that in the most recent report. thank you very much. and the markets? yes,

let's have a quick look. good news on the footsie. that's picking up bond what's happened on the other side of the atlantic. not so much for next. their sales figures have been disappointed. good news for standard chartered, the backers had better than expected results and bp are still reaping the harvest from their doubling of profits announced yesterday. good news for them. thank you very much indeed. some more news we'vejust some more news we've just been getting. the chairman of leicester city football club, along with several other people died in that awful helicopter cross at the grounds on the weekend, his son has been putting out a statement, and i'm going to read a little bit of it

to you. he says this. i'd like to thank everyone for their support, there has been terrific support in leicester and loved the sporting world. what happened made me realise how important my dad was to many people all over the world and i'm touched by how many people kept him close to their hearts. i'm extremely proud to have had such an extraordinary father. today he left me with a legacy to continue, today he left me with a legacy to continue and i'll do everything i can to carry on his big vision and dreams. so many people talk fondly of his time at leicester city and my family andi time at leicester city and my family and i would like to thank each and every one of you for your sincere kindness and good intentions during this difficult time. i miss you, dad. with all my heart. now then, it's time to take a detailed look at the weather. after a brief

flirtation with a colder side of autumn, we see a return to the milder side as we approach the weekend. it was another frosty morning for many areas. through today we have a southerly flow lifting the temperatures back into double figures in some areas. many areas remain dry. two very weak weather fronts merged together to form a long spell of rain which will affect western areas as we had to do this afternoon. if you are out trick or treating they will be some rain in north—western scotland, down into north—west england and west anne western wales. and away from that, dry conditions. as we had to do the overnight period the rain will merge eastwards, and start to work its way towards another area of rain pushing into the south—east. that will stretch into east and the air. underneath the cloud, not quite as

cold, many temperatures will drop much lower than five or six celsius. a touch cooler for northern ireland and scotland, a touch of frost. maybe some mist and fog first thing tomorrow morning. here's the rain on thursday, gradually working its way eastwards and behind it she was follow on. once again a large slice of the uk will be dry with spells of sunshine. lincolnshire and east anglia hang on to the rain for much of the day. once again, temperatures not doing too badly. the rain clears away into thursday night and friday, clear skies mean temperatures fall away. another frosty night with mist and fog first thing. with the high—pressure things will be fairly settled for much of the uk on friday. some crisp autumn sunshine around. things are a little bit downhill towards the latter stages of friday, and that is courtesy of

the exoteric in working its way across the atlantic bringing a spell of wet and windy conditions. in scotla nd of wet and windy conditions. in scotland we could have gusts of wind up scotland we could have gusts of wind up to 65 mph. that south—westerly flow brings tempters back the mid—teens so noticeably milder on saturday. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm nicholas owen. today at 3:00. the murdered saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul, according to the city's prosecutor. the government pledges zero tolerance on violence — as attacks on nhs staff hit a five year high in england. we don't go to work to take abuse. we don't go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit, spat at — but all these things happen.

yemen's humanitarian crisis — the united states calls for a ceasefire within 30 days. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh, and a welsh rugby great has hung up his boots. that's right — after a record 129 wales caps and five test appearances for the british and irish lions, gethinjenkins has decided to call it a day after one final match — we'll have more on his choice later in the hour. the son of the leicester city owner has extended his thanks to fans for their support after the death of his father. thanks hugh, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. mel has all the weather. good afternoon. over the next few days there are some treats in store but also one or two tricks. i'll have the forecast if you're heading up have the forecast if you're heading upfor have the forecast if you're heading up for halloween. thanks, mel.

also coming up — it's halloween and pumpkin—carving time — but according to research, we'll be binning up to eight million of them. we find out what we should be doing with our left—overs. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm nicholas owen. the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was suffocated as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbulfour weeks ago, according to a statement in the past hour by the city's prosecutor. his body was then dismembered and disposed of. this is the first official confirmation of how jamal khashoggi was killed. our correspondent mark lowen spoke to us a short time ago. this is the first time we've heard

officially as to what happened exactly to jamal khashoggi after he entered the saudi consulate for weeks ago. the chief prosecutor has said as soon as he entered the building he was strangled. his body was dismembered and destroyed. that is in addition to comment the prosecutors made saying there were no concrete results in talks with the saudi prosecutor who was in istanbul this week. the turkish authorities still pressing the saudi authorities still pressing the saudi authorities to tell them where jamal khashoggi's remains are located. you get the sense turkey is running out of patience with saudi arabia, there isa of patience with saudi arabia, there is a feeling that the saudi government isn't cooperating fully in this investigation, which is why the istanbul prosecutor has come out now officially stating the results of this investigation. new measures have been announced

to try and reduce the number of assaults on nhs staff in england. thousands of doctors, nurses and other workers are attacked or abused every year. a proposed new law would mean offenders facing tougher sentences, while staff will be better protected under what is called the nhs violence reduction strategy. here's lauren moss. these are just some of the shocking incidents recorded against frontline nhs staff. kicking, hitting and sometimes worse. nurse shelley pearce was taken hostage when a patient became hostile trying to leave the ward. she became quite distressed and broke an item in her room which was, in hindsight, plastic. i knew it was plastic because a part of it ended up next to my neck as she frogmarched me out of the ward. shelley did escape unharmed, but says no one noticed she was missing and despite her reporting what happened it was not logged properly. her account is by no means isolated.

according to a recent staff survey, over 15% of nhs workers experienced violence in the last 12 months. that's the highest figure in five years. from next month the maximum prison sentence for assaulting an emergency services worker will double from six months to a year. now the health secretary has announced a new violence reduction strategy which includes more punishment for offenders and better support for victims. we are making sure that we have a zero—tolerance approach to violence against nhs staff tougher sentences and stronger links between the nhs and police so that there is a presumption that if you are violent against a member of staff in the nhs, who is there to care for you, then you will be prosecuted. the royal college of nursing and the union unison are welcoming the plans. shelley says staff need to feel safer. behind the uniform is a human being. we are all valuable and the work we do is valuable. we don't go to work to take abuse,

we don't go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit, spat at, but all these things happen. it is hoped the new measures will help protect workers from violence and aggression that they are often exposed to every day. let's go to westminster and talk to jonathan ashworth, the shadow health secretary. good afternoon. what do you think? something needs to be done, is this the right thing? i think this is a welcome start. i remember a year ago the meeting paramedics in halifax who were telling me harrowing stories about how they had been attacked when they were called out in their ambulance to go and help people in desperate situations. this isa people in desperate situations. this is a welcome move from the government, and it looks like they

have followed the lead we took out a labour opposition a year or so ago. it can only be the first part of the strategy. our staff are under intense pressure in our hospitals, mainly because we are so short of staff. we a re mainly because we are so short of staff. we are short of 40,000 nurses and 10,000 doctors. if you are imposing upon the nhs a tight funding squeeze and waiting lists are getting longer and longer, and you've got more people turning up, you'll see more tension in the hospitals and in the wards. this is welcome, but you've also got to start putting the money into our hospitals and start recruiting the staff as well. this seems a good week to talk about money, because we've just had the budget and we've heard the nhs will be the beneficiary. on the government's projections, it will get more money in 2023 but next year the health services in this country are going to be cut by about £1 billion.

there is no emergency money for the nhs this winter, and we are on the brink of yet again a desperate winter. winters have got so bad in the nhs that we've even had the red cross branding them a humanitarian crisis. the extra money coming on strea m crisis. the extra money coming on stream in 2023, good, we want more money, although lots of experts have said it's not good enough. what about now? what about now as we face about now? what about now as we face a difficult winter, and what about next year when health services are going to be cut by £1 billion? you've really got to examine the fine print, and when you do it turns out this health announcement isn't all that we were told. money and the nhs is always a struggle for whatever political party is in charge. going back to what's being announced today, more prosecutions, is that a route? we had a mental

health nurse telling off a harrowing story about how she was attacked by somebody who was never going to be prosecuted. we need a whole new approach, don't we? is part of the package. it's not the whole answer. we did say we wanted to strengthen the law. there was some legislation which went through parliament recently, it was instigated by a labourmp recently, it was instigated by a labour mp but the conservative government supported it as well. you've got to deal with the intense pressures other staff are facing on the front line. one of the reasons staff get attacked in wards is because of alcohol abuse. and yet we are cutting substance misuse services in our communities. we've cut back on alcohol treatment staff in our communities, and guess what happened? more and more people are turning up at a&e departments with alcohol abuse is the reason for them being there, creating all kinds of

problems for the star. you've got to look at the whole picture. when you ta ke look at the whole picture. when you take into account demand is increasing bus services are being cut, you lead to these. situations... i saw a story that somebody broke into an ambulance and stole equipment. this is an attack involving a member of the public. stole equipment. this is an attack involving a member of the publiclj think people who do that should feel the full force of the law. my point is we've got to go further and deal with the underlying issues as to why we are seeing with the underlying issues as to why we are seeing more with the underlying issues as to why we are seeing more attacks on staff. it's because there's so much pressure, so many vacancies it's because there's so much pressure, so many vacancies and the nhs simply hasn't been given the resources it needs to keep up with the demands on its. thank you. chief executive, alex mahon

and the channel 4 board have today confirmed that leeds will be the location of its new national hq and bristol and glasgow will be the locations of its two new creative hubs. annie lydford from the creative industries federation is with me. help me through this. most people would say channel 4, they click on channel 4 and that is fine. they may be aware the bbc and itv has regional centres. now channel 4 is copying that. so, channel4 is regional centres. now channel 4 is copying that. so, channel 4 is a company that serves the whole of the uk. people like to tune in across the uk, and therefore it's appropriate it represents the uk in where is based and its workforce as well. the move of channel 4 to leeds isa

well. the move of channel 4 to leeds is a really exciting opportunity for the area, and will likely have a positive impact on the creative industries in that area. also in the region more generally. are we thinking perhaps, as i'm sure we do at the bbc, that when we put a lot of extra muscle and people into sa lfo rd , of extra muscle and people into salford, that seems to help generate things in that part. yes. it's useful to know what the importance is of the creative industry sector to the uk, particularly to leeds and the region. it's the uk and accounts for one in 11 jobs. is this the media? no, the creative industries. the whole scope. any initiative that helps that sector to grow will have a really positive impact on the area asa a really positive impact on the area as a whole. one of the ways in which growth is seen to be unlocked in the sector is through these anchor organisations that can go in, collaborate with the amazing thing

is already taking place. i can't stress strongly enough that leeds is full of incredible organisations already, and this new organisation coming in helps those organisations that already exist to get new contacts, new skills, new work. basically, allows the centre to grow. creative hubs, did we say bristol and glasgow? yes. what is a creative hub? is the idea that creative hub? is the idea that creative companies benefit from being around other creative companies. there are a number of hops around the uk. looking at leeds and yorkshire, the yorkshire screen hub is one of the most amazing. that cluster in yorkshire accounts for 157 million, it employs almost 5000 people, and between 2009 and 2015 it grew by 250%. it a massive part of the economy in the area. london has a lwa ys

the economy in the area. london has always been the centre of things like broadcasting, does this mean channel 4 is leaving london altogether? i imagine there would still be a head office here or an office, but the problem always seems to be that when you tell people in the south—east there are jobs going in other parts of the country, a lot of them don't seem to want to go. it's always a challenge. the uk economy is so geographically unbalanced, i think we are the most unbalanced, i think we are the most unbalanced in europe. 40% of what comes out of the uk is from london and south—east, which is an issue. actually, the investment in areas outside london, areas already hugely attractive places to live in but may not yet be attracting people to move from london, these investments helped to turn them into areas that people want to move to and up ship and go. leeds is already somewhere, as is glasgow and bristol, that a tt ra cts as is glasgow and bristol, that attracts a great deal of people and i think it's another step that will

help make those places additional cities people want to live. thank you. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell has told the bbc labour will vote against the government's budget as a whole, but will abstain on changes to personal tax allowances. at prime minister's questions, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn criticised the government for giving "a tax break for higher earners", rather than ending the benefits freeze. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. just for a moment it sounded as though labour were in support of something in the budget but i bet it's not that simple. i'm afraid it isn't! join me on a voyage of discovery to find out where labour stand on important issues. labour was saying when the chancellor announced tax cuts that this was the wrong time and the wrong choice to give tax cuts especially to higher earners. thenjohn give tax cuts especially to higher earners. then john mcdonnell said give tax cuts especially to higher earners. thenjohn mcdonnell said he would propose this. there will be a

vote on tax measures in the commons tomorrow and i asked john mcdonnell what labour would do. we will vote against the budget overall. we've said to the government we don't think it's right you bring through these tax cuts when you're cutting benefits. we will most probably abstain because the real debate is about our tax measures. if we can go into government, we would introduce a new rate that would hit the higher earners, admittedly. they will pay a bit more which will enable us to have a fair taxation system. many labourmps, have a fair taxation system. many labour mps, some to the right of john mcdonnell, are pressing him to vote against the government's measures and tax. they think symbolically it will be sending the wrong message to abstain. his argument is that you can't hand—pick all the tax measures. if you were to vote against tax cuts for higher earners that would mean voting against tax cuts for low earners as well. we got more clarification on

this with officials from labour who said if there was a labour government, those earning more than £80,000 a year would have tax cuts clawed back from them but anyone earning between 50000 and 80,000 a year wouldn't. the official decision of the labour leadership is that they would not try and reverse those tax cuts, they will abstain. there's also the other issue of the benefits freeze. jeremy corbyn announcing at prime minister's questions that labour would have ended the benefits freeze. a lot of people scratching their heads because that commitment hadn't been in labour's manifesto. during that briefing there was quite a bit of toing and froing. effectively they were saying at the last election, although not in the ma nifesto, last election, although not in the manifesto, labour said they would move off the benefits freeze. they we re move off the benefits freeze. they were claiming that freeze was the same as ending it. there's a great deal of scepticism about that, but again forfurther deal of scepticism about that, but again for further clarification they say the position now is that labour is in favour of ending the freeze on

working age benefits. nonetheless, they couldn't commit themselves to operating those benefits in line with inflation. they'd simply said perhaps it could be done by degrees. as you said right at the beginning, we've got a bit of clarity but things aren't quite as clear as they perhaps could be. thank you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines murdered saudijournalist, jamal khashoggi, was ‘strangled and dismembered' as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul — according to istanbul's chief prosecutor. new measures to protect nhs staff will be introduced to try to reduce the thousands of assaults every year. channel 4 chooses leeds as the location for its new national national headquarters — 300 jobs will be relocated from london. after the death of his father at the weekend, the son of vichai

srivaddhanaprabha has thanked people for their kind words and said he will continue his father's legacy. he's taken them on as a player but now he's back as a manager, after putting his old bossjose mourinho out in the last round frank lampard is preparing to take his derby cou nty is preparing to take his derby county side to stamford bridge to face chelsea. wales most—capped rugby union international gethinjenkins has announced he will retire form the sport after his club cardiff blues match in the pro14 this weekend. he's appeared 129 times for his country and went on three lions tours. i'll be back with more on those stories later. the united states is calling for a ceasefire in yemen and a resumption of peace talks within 30 days. the fighting there has left 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid. president trump's administration has faced growing pressure over its support for the saudi—led coalition, which has intervened in yemen's civil war with a controversial campaign of air strikes. richard galpin reports.

a saudi—led coalition has for the past four years been bombing yemen. the aim, to dislodge these rebel forces known as the houthis, who seized control of large parts of the country and have backing from iran. but more than 6,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far. this, the aftermath of an air strike in august which hit a school bus, killing 44 children who were on a field trip. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said in a statement overnight that the time is now for the cessation of all hostilities, including missile strikes from houthi controlled areas. subsequently, he said coalition air strikes must cease in all populated areas. yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the middle east. but now, with this conflict, the united nations says more than 8 million people

are on the brink of starvation so the us wants rapid action. 30 days from now, we want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire, based on a pull—back from the border, and then based on ceasing dropping of bombs, that will permit the special envoy, martin griffin, who is very good, he knows what he is doing, to get them together in sweden and end this war. apparently caught off—guard by the us announcement, today the government here said it backed the ceasefire call, but the prime minister added this warning. a nationwide ceasefire will only have an effect on the ground if it is underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties. my right honourabe friend, the foreign secretary, discussed this matter with martin griffiths, the un special envoy, last night. they agreed that the uk will continue to encourage all parties to agree to de—escalation. this sudden us push for an end to the war in yemen will add to the pressure on saudi arabia

and in particular its de facto leader, crown prince mohammad bin salman, who is already under intense international scrutiny following the murder of the prominent journalist jamal khashoggi. richard galpin, bbc news. well speaking to bbc newsnight, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt welcomed the calls to end the fighting, which he said also offered the chance to tackle yemen's humanitarian crisis. this is an extremely welcome announcement, because we have been working towards a cessation of hostilities in yemen for a long time. obviously, the united states has considerably more leverage with saudi than we have, but what we've been doing is trying to bring together the saudi coalition on the one hand, the houthis on the other, backing the plans by the united nations envoy martin griffiths, who i met last night. this is a very positive moment. if we can land this, and we strongly support all efforts to do so, then we can create a humanitarian corridor and head off this terrible situation that we see in yemen

where nearly half the population are now dependent on humanitarian food aid, and that's an incredibly worrying situation. an armed robber who ransacked a supermarket before attacking a police officer has been jailed for 14 years. owen smith, who's 29, was sentenced at hove crown court. the robbery at a branch of tesco express in horsham, west sussex, was caught on cctv. pc ellie young was thrown from her police car as smith attempted to steal it. officers were able to taser and arrest smith but his accomplice is still on the run. police investigating the deaths and illnesses of babies at a number of hospitals have charged a pharmaceutical company. the babies were being fed

through drips in neonatal intensive care units. in a statement the metropolitan police said: "ith pharma ltd, based at premier park, has been charged with seven counts of supplying a medicinal product which was not of the nature or quality specified in the prescription on 27 may 2014." "it has also been charged with failing to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that patients were not infected by contaminants, in breach of the health and safety at work act, between one august 2009 and onejune 2014." ith pharma says it will vigorously defend the charges. our health corresponent catherine burns told us how this story first came about in 2014. several babies at a number of hospitals became ill. they got a bacterial infection and it was thought that was from a suspected contaminated hospitalfeed. police have been investigating, and now that brings us up to today, where the met police have actually charged the company, ith pharma. there are seven different

counts are, in a nutshell, it's supplying a product that was not the quality or the nature specified in the prescription. they will be back in westminster magistrates' court on monday the 17th of december. we will have to wait and see because we don't know which charges relate to which baby. with five months to go until the uk leaves the eu, plenty of questions remain about the relationship between different british industries and the european union. today, we're looking at what brexit might mean for sport — our reporter eleanor roper is at loughborough university to tell us more. the free movement of people has a really big impact on sport, whether that's the athletes who come to the uk to play and compete, whether it's the events we are able to hold, and it also affects the fans and their

ability to travel to big tournaments. at loughborough you can see there's a rugby game going on, also people warming up. we are here because it's a hub for british sport. it's where british swimming, athletics, triathlon, netball, are all based here. that means world —class all based here. that means world—class athletes like adam peaty are based here as well. with brexit looming, and following the success of london 2012, the government is keen to build on that and show we can hold these major tournaments. they've released a list of big events they are hoping to bid for including the likes of the football and rugby world cups, the ryder cup. we are going to hearfrom and rugby world cups, the ryder cup. we are going to hear from the and rugby world cups, the ryder cup. we are going to hearfrom the chair of uk sport dane katherine grainger. i think what we've seen over the last few years is all over the uk amazing international global sporting events which have inspired

people, showcased great athletes in great venues, and showed notjust how great the british public are in support but also how good we are at hosting events. i think we've got a lot of credibility. we are very much now not necessarily at the forefront but one of the four runners of countries hosting these events. we are joined countries hosting these events. we arejoined by countries hosting these events. we are joined by professor paul dunne would. talk to us about how brexit is likely to impact the economy of sports. is going to be quite a complex picture. perhaps what people don't understand is when we joined the eu back in the 1970s, sport essentially becomes regulated and treated just like any other industry. anything that currently exists in the way of free movement of labour, in this case it will be players and athletes, or maybe fans looking to visit and good champions

league matches or to watch catalan dragons or something like that, if any restrictions coming with respect to those sort of activities, then that's clearly going to produce the potential for the market —— that's clearly going to produce the potentialfor the market —— reduce the potential for the market. potentialfor the market —— reduce the potentialfor the market. it might be harder to actually recruit players. particularly if there is some restrictions and limitations placed on the level at which players are playing at. for example, if the premier league can't attract the international stars it currently does, in the longer term that would affect the market viability of the premier league. it's not always clear that that's going to be the case and it might depend on the sport you're looking at, because some of our sports recruit labour from other parts of the world are tickly the former commonwealth countries. —— particularly the former commonwealth countries. the

same with cricket. if we look at the leicester riders, you might have players coming from the united states. it's not a simple picture but to the extent there is some limitation on the movement of players and fans, that will have some effect on the economy of sport. you mentioned there is some uncertainty. are there any sports you think are going to face challenges, april? the answer goes back to the previous point. the more you're involved in trade with europe the more potential there is for an impact. i would expect the impact in the short—term to be relatively small. in time, if arrangements aren't made to facilitate the flow of players and fans, for example to negotiate pan—european media rights, that in the longer term those plans could start to get affected. as everybody is saying about brexit, the devil will be in the detail in

terms of what gets agreed. thank you. now — there are times when you just know it's not your day, as the captain of this passenger ferry must have realised as he tried to dock at barcelona. this footage shows him colliding with a loading crane, knocking it over and starting a fire that activated an alert for dangerous chemicals. thankfully nobody was injured in the accident, and the city's firefighters announced in a tweet that the fire had been put out hours after the ship crashed. a busy day at the office, dear? a chilly note to finish october but

the south of the uk is milder thanks to southerly air flow. many areas remain dry. that front moves as we head into the afternoon with persistent rain affecting western areas. lengthy spells of sunshine and temperatures reaching double figures. into this evening if you we re figures. into this evening if you were out trick or treating the rain works eastwards, and another area of rain edges scythes. that affects parts of lincolnshire. underneath the cloud temperature won't fall too far, with northern ireland and north west scotland are seeing a patchy frost first thing on thursday. the rain will linger through kent and east anglia, through the day tomorrow we hang on to a fair amount of cloud. away from that, fine and dry, if you she temperatures reaching double figures. this is bbc news —

our latest headlines. murdered saudijournalist, jamal khashoggi, was ‘strangled and dismembered' as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul — according to the cities chief prosecutor. punched, head—butted and even held hostage. the government pledges zero tolerance on violence as attacks on nhs staff hit a five year high in england. the conflict in yemen that's caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis — now the us calls for a ceasefire and an end to airstrikes by saudi arabia— within the next 30 days. channel 4 announces it's new national headquarters are moving

to leeds from london. scotland yard says the pharmaceutical company ith pharma has been charged with a number of offences, following the deaths and illnesses of babies at at several hospitals. sport now on afternoon live with hugh... good afternoon. the son of the leicester city owner killed in a accident at the weekend has posted an emotional tribute to his father on social media saying he misses him with all his heart. vichai srivaddhanaprabha and four others died when their helicopter crashed outside the club's stadium. tributes have flooded in and a book of condolence was opened yesterday. tributes were laid by a number of players including

strikerjamie vardy. in the statement he says... the derby county boss returns to stamford bridge for the first time as a manager. amazing career as a player in sw london, 211 goals in 648 games from midfield, winning a champions league, europa league, 3 pl titles, 4 fa cups, 2 league cups and 3 community shields... in 13 years with the club... he has played against chelsea before while at manchester city famously scoring a dramatic equaliser against them back in 2014... and got a warm reception that day...

he knocked out his former manager jose mourinho in the last round of the efl cup. with a manchester united shock at old trafford but can he replicate the same against a chelsea side that's unbeaten in the premier league this season? obviously, coming to manchester was one thing, but the opportunity to go so soon one thing, but the opportunity to go so soon it's big for me and the players. we've got a lot of young and experienced players here. they wa nt to and experienced players here. they want to play against premier league teams. they deserve the occasion and opportunity to go up against a fantastic chelsea side, no matter who they play on the night. jose mourinho has avoided a touchline ban for comments made after manchester united's comeback win over newcastle in the premier league early this month. he was found not guilty at an independent regulatory commission hearing today. written reasons for the decision will be published in due course and the decision is subject to appeal.

but bbc sport understands that united feel vindicated by the outcome. wales most—capped rugby union international gethinjenkins will retire from the sport this weekend. he'll call it quits after cardiff blues match in the pro14, after earning 129 caps for his country, and taking in five lions tours. credited with helping to shape the modern prop we see today — more mobile — more turnovers in broken play — a better runner and ball carrier in open play more creative with his hands — it was typified by the try he scored against ireland in the win which helped wales' seal the six nations grand slam back in 2005. the international cricket council (icc) has charged sri lankan cc anti—corruption code. mr zoysa has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect. he has 14 days to answer the charges. the news comes on the second and final day of england's warm—up match against sri lanka in colombo. england captain joe root

scored a century from 117 balls before retiring out against a sri lanka board president's xi. all—rounder ben stokes retired hurt in the afternoon, having being hit on the left arm, but returned to bat after tea and scored 31 while moeen ali made 60. (pres) brexit could lead to more home—grown football players getting an opportunity to play at the highest level. that's according to the professional players federation... which is the national organisation for professional player associations in the uk. they say any restrictions on free—movement of players from the eu could help younger, british players break through to first teams. the premier league is the most watched league in the world. it's been an enormous success. it's been one of the uk's great success stories. the reason for that is being able to get the best talent from around the world. with the best talent, you have the best league and

we've got the greatest breadth of top talent than any of the league, it's a huge success. that could be damaged. that's all the sport for now. i'm back in the next hour. more now on the investigation into the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. according to a statement in the past hour by istanbul's prosecutor — mr khashoggi was suffocated as soon as he entered the saudi consulate 4 weeks ago. his body was then dismembered and disposed of. this is the first official confirmation of how jamal khashoggi was killed. let's get reaction now from ajmal masroor — an imam who has been heavily critical of the saudi government. he spoke with mr khashoggi just days before he died. he isjoining me from his car, which is part in london. good afternoon. we are now getting these details,

what did you think when you heard the? drizzly, heinous, idon't the? drizzly, heinous, i don't know what words to describe my sheer disgust by what the saudis have done. i spoke to his fiancee a couple of days ago in london and she, her words were, it's like wrenching out her heart. they pushed us all in our stomachs. how could any human being do this to anybody? it's beyond description. you spoke to jamal khashoggi not long before he was killed, what was your conversation about? ididn't your conversation about? i didn't speak to him, but i know, i've got colleagues who have and he had been very afraid for his life. he was always worried about what was going to happen to him. that's why, when he came to the embassy he left his home with his fiancee. he told

her, if i don't return, called these people. he was afraid for his life. he knew if he went back to saudi arabia he would be killed. u nfortu nately, arabia he would be killed. unfortunately, he has been brutally murdered in turkey. i believe the solution now is that those who made the order, and we know who they are, they should be handed over to the turkish authorities to face the full brunt of the law. that crime happened in turkey. what chance do you think that saudi arabia would agree to that? the crown prince has said we will punish those responsible. lots of people have been arrested, but in reality what chance they would be sent to turkey for trial? there's a huge chance if britain, our country, and america anne western nations of work to squeeze very hard. there is a problem here, and that is, when you have the very

man at the centre of it all, mohammed bin salman, the suspect of the person giving the ultimate order. his fiancee, jamal khashoggi's fiancee said that it was mohammed bin salman's direct order that saw him being killed in this manner. i think they should do the most honourable thing and resign will stop he should hand himself over to the authorities, the kingdom and the real king should take over the role and assign somebody to investigate independently. i don't have any trust in mohammed bin salman's capacity. this is the guy who has waged war in yemen, who has wasted a lot of time and money on the international community doing silly things in saudi arabia. i don't trust him, and the international community say the same thing. we are very grateful to you and thank you very much indeed. we are very grateful to

you and thank you very much indeed. at least eleven people have died in italy after the country was hit by a third day of storms. heavy rain has caused flooding in venice — and earlier this week the water level in the city's iconic st mark's square peaked at more than one—and—a—half metres for only the fifth time on record. russia's anti—terrorist committee has said a blast at the headquarters of the fsb security service in the northern city of archangelsk was caused by a bomb. the committee said the bomber, who had entered the building with the device in his bag, was killed in the blast. three members of staff have been injured. indonesia's transport minister has ordered the grounding of all lion air flights after one of its boeing 737 planes crashed on monday shortly after takeoff, killing all 189 people on board. indonesian search and rescue workers believe they have found the fuselage of the plane after sonar technology located a large underwater object in the area of the crash. it's a case that has divided pakistan —

a christian woman convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death. well now pakistan's supreme court has overturned that sentence, but only after asia beebee spent nearly a decade injail for allegedly insulting the prophet mohammed during a row with her neighbours. but the ruling has sparked violent protests, as secunder kermani reports from islamabad. hundreds of angry protesters began gathering in cities across pakistan following this morning's verdict. asia bibi has spent nearly a decade injail. she lived in this small village to the west of lahore and was accused of blasphemy following an argument with two muslim women who refused to drink water from the same cup as her. what began here as a local dispute, rapidly escalated into an issue of international importance. the asia bibi case has become a symbol for the controversy surrounding pakistan's blasphemy laws. hundreds of angry protesters began

gathering in cities across pakistan following this morning's verdict. the scenes here mean asia bibi supporters are celebrating but are also nervous about the future. now she is free she can do whatever she feels like. she can enjoy her life a free woman. will she stay in pakistan? i don't think so. anybody alleged with blasphemy cannot stay in this country. asia bibi has spent nearly a decade injail. after she was first convicted, a prominent politician came to asia bibi's aid and called for pakistan's blasphemy laws to be reformed. his intervention though outraged hardliners. he was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. his killer is seen by some as a hero. in asia bibi's village, the day before the verdict, the cleric who filed the blasphemy case against had warning. translation: if the court sets aside the previous

two verdicts and frees her, it'll be a sign to people you should take the law into your own hands. protesters have begun constructing roadblocks. so far the unrest appears to be relatively contained. but the country is bracing itself for more to come. now, ina now, in a few moments we have what's hot and what's not in the business world. first, look at the headlines. murdered saudijournalist, jamal khashoggi, was ‘strangled and dismembered‘ as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul — according to istanbul‘s chief prosecutor. new measures to protect nhs staff will be introduced to try to reduce the thousands of assaults every year. channel 4 chooses leeds as the location for its new national headquarters —— 300 jobs will be relocated from london.

here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live regulators are going to look into the way car insurance is priced. the financial conduct authority will examine if we‘re being charged according to loyalty, age — and whether we apply online. sales at jaguar land rover plunged my more than 13% in the three months to september. it sold around 130 thousand cars during that period. that led to a pre—tax loss of £ 90million. shares in next have fallen by around 3% after its third quarter results failed to impress investors. it reported a 2% rise in sales — that‘s a slight slowdown on the month before. but it‘s forecasting annual sales growth of 3% this year. the city regulator is to

investigate how home and car insurance policies are priced afterfinding "hidden" discrimination between customers. a lot of people will say it‘s about time that how much we pay and how its calculator as looked into. and how its calculator as looked into. the financial conduct authority will study the scale of the issue, whom it affects, and possible solutions. insurance customers may pay different prices depending on how loyal they are, their age, and whether they are online. the fca also says that marital status, home postcode and employment may also have a hidden effect on prices. earlier we spoke to malcolm tarling is from the association of british insurers you've got to remember that the motor and home insurance markets are

fiercely competitive, and many people shop around to get the best deal. we readily admit and have admitted before the announcement today that the market isn't serving existing customers, who for whatever reason aren't shopping around as well as it could. that's why we've been taking action to make sure the market delivers the best outcome for all our customers. regardless of whether they are a new customer or if they've been with their existing insurer for if they've been with their existing insurerfora numberof if they've been with their existing insurerfora number of years. if they've been with their existing insurer for a number of years. we cleared away a pumpkin which was sitting here earlier on. you want that sort of chap, but halloween generally is big business, isn‘t it? it is, particularly in the us. i don‘t know if you‘ve ever been to the us at halloween, they take it very seriously. it‘s expected that people over they will spend about £9 billion to treble $9 billion on

halloween this year. around half of people will spend something on costu mes, people will spend something on costumes, sweets, trick or treating. we‘ve got a retail specialist with us now. we‘ve got a retail specialist with us now. what‘s behind this huge increase in the attention we pay to halloween? there is this huge increase in expenditure, because, actually, as retail festivals go, it's coming up on christmas. it's about the fun factor, compared to christmas which is a lot of obligations and well—intentioned, a lot of pressure. halloween is short and sharp, a celebration that is driven by spending on parties and food, much more than ever before. we are spending boozing and partying, more than the traditional activities. it seems like a bit of an import,

traditionally we are more into guy fawkes and christmas. this is a relatively recent festival for this country. absolutely, and social media has a lot to answer for. social media has made us as lot to answer for. social media has made us as consumers, lot to answer for. social media has made us as consumers, much more globalised and our behaviour. people are looking at what happens in the states, looking at parties and the that in america it's huge business. costumes are a big deal and people don'tjust dress costumes are a big deal and people don't just dress up, costumes are a big deal and people don'tjust dress up, it's the ghosts and ghouls, but they could be their favourite celebrity, reality tv stars, that's what makes this big business. is it detracting from other festivals like guy fawkes at christmas in this country? it is still sitting behind christmas and easter, but i think it will overtake easter, but i think it will overtake easter at some point. at the moment the fun factor is so high that a lot

of people feel it is an antidote to the sense of malaise we feel in other areas. thank you very much indeed. that wasn‘t scary at all. now let‘s have a look at the market. the ftse has had quite a good day. yes, it‘s taking comfort from the fa ct we yes, it‘s taking comfort from the fact we have seen sunrises in the us. next has, as i mentioned earlier, that‘s had some pressure. they have disappointing sales figures and the investors are punishing them for that. that's the story of so many high street retailers. yes, particularly with the onset of so much money being spent online. standard chartered on a huge bang and that‘s really pleased the market. and bp, they are

doing well, because yesterday we we re doing well, because yesterday we were reporting that profits had doubled. of course, that continues to please the market as we can see. indeed. that‘s all the business news. for the moment. as enlightening as ever. i‘ll see you again soon. millions of people across the uk will be putting pumpkins on their doorsteps as they prepare for halloween trick or treaters tonight —— but what happens to the jack o‘ lanterns come november 1st? new research has found the uk will bin 8 million pumpkins after halloween this year —— the equivalent of enough pumpkin pie to feed the entire nation —— as most people who buy them bin the leftovers rather than cooking them. 58 % of britons now buy a pumpkin at this time of year. and an estimated 10 million pumpkins are grown in the uk annually.

95% of these are carved out in lanterns for halloween and the rest used in recipes. but more than half (51%) of those who buy the orange coloured squash throw away the flesh rather than cooking or composting it. that‘s according to environmental charity, hubbub. so what should we be doing with our pupkins? tessa tricks from hubbub, who runs an annual pumpkin rescue campaign, told me. it really is called that! winds halloween is over if you‘ve carved out your pumpkin you would be able to cook with the seeds which are delicious. those are the seeds. you can delicious. those are the seeds. you ca n toss delicious. those are the seeds. you can toss them in oil and roast them at 180 to make a delicious snack

with spice and salt. as part of a salad, perhaps? yes, all with beer. they are very good for you full of sink. you‘ve got lots of pumpkin gertz. you could boil those and make a pumpkin mulling spice. but if you‘ve still got the inside is that you‘ve still got the inside is that you scraped out earlier, those can go in anything. pumpkins are delicious and versatile, soups, stews, carries. there is going to be an abundance of different types of pumpkin soi an abundance of different types of pumpkin so i encourage you to cook with those. the more petite pumpkins lend themselves to cake and pies, and the larger pumpkins which are good to eat better for stews and kerry. you mentioned pumpkin soup, one of my favourites. what is it about the pumpkin? why is it such

a... it‘sa about the pumpkin? why is it such a... it‘s a squash, not a fruit, i need to get the right expression. people have warmed to pumpkin. clearly, the waste is just part of a widerfood clearly, the waste is just part of a wider food waste problem. clearly, the waste is just part of a widerfood waste problem. trying clearly, the waste is just part of a wider food waste problem. trying to get people to think about eating them, and other ways to save on food bills, because if we planned ahead of the law, or frozen food, we could save up to hate to the great hundred and £10 a year. can you eat it raw? do you recommend that or not?|j don‘t think it would kill you! do you recommend that or not?|j don't think it would kill you! this could be a first on national television! it's good. it's actually very nice. ok, that‘s a new recipe them. the point about pumpkins is they take an awful lot of water to actually grow them in the first place. they are taking an awful lot

of natural ingredients to get them to the stage? that a good point. if all of the energy that grows into growing a pumpkin for halloween, we shouldn‘t just growing a pumpkin for halloween, we shouldn‘tjust think growing a pumpkin for halloween, we shouldn‘t just think of them growing a pumpkin for halloween, we shouldn‘tjust think of them as an a ccesso ry. shouldn‘tjust think of them as an accessory. let‘s see to them as well. you can head to the hubbub website where we have a plethora of pumpkin recipes for you.” website where we have a plethora of pumpkin recipes for you. i thought it was getting stuck in my teeth, but they aren‘t. somebody mentioned that squirrels love pumpkin. so if you want squirrels in your garden, then leave the old pumpkin out. perfect, you could put it on the bird handler. if not, on the compost heap or in the food waste khadi.. pumpkin rescuer who was talking to me earlier. time to look at the halloween weather. hello, after a

brief flirtation with the colder side of autumn, we‘ll see a return to its milder side as we approach the weekend but it was a frosty morning for many areas. a southerly flow lifts the temperatures back into double figures. many areas remain dry. we have got two week weather fronts merging together towards the early part of the evening if you are out trick or treating they will be some rain. parts of west wales and down towards the south—west of england too. away from that, dry conditions. as we head to the overnight period. the rain heads towards another area of in the south east. that will stretch into parts of east anglia. underneath the cloud, not quite as cold as it has been. temperatures

not dropping much lower than five or six celsius. parts of northern ireland and scotland will see a touch of frost. some missed first thing tomorrow morning. here is the rain first thing on thursday working its way eastwards. a few showers follow—on to western areas, once againa large follow—on to western areas, once again a large slice of the uk‘s dry with lengthy spells of sunshine. east anglia and kent hold off the rate for most of the day. the ring gradually edges away, clearer skies mean temperatures fall away and another frosty night with some fog around first thing. that ridge of high pressure means things are fairly settled for most of the uk on friday, some spells of sunshine and things turn a bit downhill as we head towards the latter stages of friday, that‘s courtesy of ex—hurricane oscar working its way

across the atlantic. that brings wet and windy conditions, particularly to the far north—west of scotland where we have gusts up to 65 mph. temperatures will be back into the mid—teens, so noticeably milder on saturday. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m nicholas owen. today at 4. the murdered saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul, according to the city‘s prosecutor. channel 4 chooses leeds as the location for its new national national headquarters — 300 jobs will be relocated from london. the government pledges zero tolerance on violence — as attacks on nhs staff hit a five year high in england. we don‘t go to work to take abuse. we don‘t go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit, spat at — but all these things happen.

coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh. where there‘s relief forjose mourinho? indeed. the manchester united boss was facing a touchline ban but he won‘t be punished by the fa after the club successfully contested a charge that he swore in portuguese during their win over newcastle earlier in the month. thanks hugh, and mel has all the weather. loads of pumpkins there! the sunshine in the east has proved a real treat for many of us. temperatures back up into double figures. the awful halloween forecast later on in the programme. thanks mel. also coming up — the uk grows ten million pumpkins a year — but up to eight million of them are expected to end up in the bin after halloween. we find out how to avoid a terrifying mountain of waste. hello, everyone —

this is afternoon live — i‘m nicholas owen. the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was suffocated as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbulfour weeks ago, according to a statement from the city‘s prosecutor. his body was then dismembered and disposed of. this is the first official confirmation of how jamal khashoggi was killed. i‘ve been speaking to ajmal masroor — an imam who has been heavily critical of the saudi government. he spoke with mr khashoggi‘s fiance just days ago. i spoke to his fiancee a couple of days ago in london, and her words we re days ago in london, and her words were it‘s like wrenching her heart,

many punches in our stomachs all in one go. how can any human being do this to anybody? it is beyond description. he‘s been very afraid of his life and always worried about what‘s going to happen to him. that‘s the reason why when he came to the embassy he left his phone with his fiancee giving instructions ifi with his fiancee giving instructions if i don‘t return, call these people. he was afraid for his life. when he was invited back to saudi arabia, he knew if he went back he would be disappeared or killed. very sadly he has been brutally murdered in turkey. i believe the simple solution now is they should be immediately handed over to the turkish authority where they face the full brunt of the law, because the full brunt of the law, because the crime happened in turkey. what chance do you have that saudi arabia would agree to that? the crown prince has said we will punish those responsible and all sorts of people have been arrested. what chance is

in reality that they would be sent to turkey for trial? there's a huge chance in britain, and if america and other western nations allied to saudi arabia were to squeeze very hard. there is a problem which is when you have the very man at the centre of it all, mohammed bin salman, also being suspected of being the person giving the ultimate order. in fact, being the person giving the ultimate order. infact, his being the person giving the ultimate order. in fact, his fiancee said it was mohammed bin salman‘s direct order that saw him being killed in this manner. i think he should do the most honourable thing which is resigned from his position, hand himself over to the authorities. the king should take over the role and assign somebody to investigate independently. i don‘t have any trust in mohammed bin salman‘s

capacity. this is the man who has waged a brutal war in yemen, who has wasted a lot of time and money of the international community doing silly things in saudi arabia and abroad. i don‘t have any trust in him and! abroad. i don‘t have any trust in him and i think the international community is saying the same things. our turkey correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. mark — this is the first official confirmation we‘ve had of his death isn‘t it? we‘ve heard so much about this case but this is official confirmation of some pretty grisly details. this is the first time turkish authorities have officially confirmed the manner ofjamal have officially confirmed the manner of jamal khashoggi‘s killing. have officially confirmed the manner ofjamal khashoggi‘s killing. pretty shocking, talking about strangulation. as soon as he entered the consulate he was strangled, his body was dismembered and destroyed. that‘s the first time we‘ve heard that. in the last few days there had been a rumour that a local collaborator was used to dispose of

the body somehow. the suggestion it was destroyed raises the idea that his remains will never be found. you get the sense that the turkish authorities are increasingly frustrated at the perceived lack of co—operation from saudi counterparts. the chief prosecutor making clear no concrete results came out of a meeting between the two sides, again urging the saudis to reveal who ordered the killing and urging them to reveal where the remains of jamal khashoggi and urging them to reveal where the remains ofjamal khashoggi were found. a western diplomat has told the bbc they have been told that jamal khashoggi was who did when he entered the building and he suffered a blow to the head. that could‘ve happened before he was strangled.- the back of all of this, there‘s the talk of the rivalry between turkey and saudi, the leadership in the muslim world. big politics also play their part in this, don‘t they?

ra rely their part in this, don‘t they? rarely has a story brought together not only the macabre essence of the crime but also such fascinating and important geopolitics. behind that you have a power play between turkey and saudi arabia that vied for influences. you have the personal rivalry between the turkish president and mohammed bin salman. the suggestion really that president erdogan‘s aim is to get the crown prince demoted. at the moment it seems like the saudi royal family is closing ranks. there are reports the younger brother of king salman has returned to riyadh, possibly to present a united front with his brother and saudi crown prince. it doesn‘t seem as though the crown

prince is going anywhere for the time being, and certainly while he maintains the staunch support of donald trump in the white house. thank you. leeds has been chosen as the location for the new national headquarters for channel four. greater manchester and birmingham had also been in the running. bristol and glasgow have been selected as new creative hubs for the organisation. some 300 staff will be moved out of london to the new hubs, although channel 4 will also retain its presence in the capital. our arts and entertainment reporter, ian youngs is in salford. you‘re in salford which i suppose might have been in the running, but there‘s a lot of creative industries particularly the bbc there. this is a good day for leeds. absolutely, yes. salford and birmingham were the other two contenders for this so—called national hq that leeds is setting up. but leeds is the city that channel 4 has chosen, so roughly 200 of the 800 jobs that

channel 4 currently has will be moving up to leeds and another 50 each to glasgow and bristol in their new creative hubs. so, the channel says those will include some of the key commissioning personnel who are responsible for some of the biggest shows on the channel. it‘s all being donein shows on the channel. it‘s all being done in an attempt to try and reflect the whole of the country better than they are at the moment. those who think that things should be moved away from london to places you‘ve been talking about make the point it encourages other industries around it. the creative industries benefit, and that is big business. yes. it‘s very big business. channel 4 say they are going to spend an extra £250 million outside of london over the next five years, and there are already some creative industries in leeds. of course, itv has quite a

big presence, emmerdale is leeds‘ most famous televisual export over the past few decades. there are lots of other independent companies based there who will be extremely happy at this news and this will be opening up this news and this will be opening up opportunities for lots of them. channel 4 also says they want it to open up opportunities across the north of england and especially further east. whereas manchester and salford have sizeable presence at the moment from the bbc and itv, there is a bit less as you go further east into yorkshire and the north—east. further east into yorkshire and the north-east. thank you. we hope to be speaking to the leader of leeds city council in the next hour. new measures have been announced to try and reduce the number of assaults on nhs staff in england.

thousands of doctors, nurses and other workers are attacked or abused every year. a proposed new law would mean offenders facing tougher sentences, while staff will be better protected under what is called the nhs violence reduction strategy. here‘s lauren moss. these are just some of the shocking incidents recorded against frontline nhs staff. kicking, hitting and sometimes worse. nurse shelley pearce was taken hostage when a patient became hostile trying to leave the ward. she became quite distressed and broke an item in her room which was, in hindsight, plastic. i knew it was plastic because a part of it ended up next to my neck as she frogmarched me out of the ward. shelley did escape unharmed, but says no one noticed she was missing and despite her reporting what happened it was not logged properly. her account is by no means isolated. according to a recent staff survey, over 15% of nhs workers experienced violence in the last 12 months.

from next month the maximum prison sentence for assaulting an emergency services worker will double from six months to a year. now the health secretary has announced a new violence reduction strategy which includes more punishment for offenders and better support for victims. we are making sure that we have a zero—tolerance approach to violence against nhs staff tougher sentences and stronger links between the nhs and police so that there is a presumption that if you are violent against a member of staff in the nhs, who is there to care for you, then you will be prosecuted. the royal college of nursing and the union unison are welcoming the plans. shelley says staff need to feel safer. behind the uniform is a human being. we are all valuable and the work we do is valuable. we don‘t go to work to take abuse, we don‘t go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit,

spat at, but all these things happen. it is hoped the new measures will help protect workers from violence and aggression that they are often exposed to every day. a brexit deal should be finalised by november 21st, the brexit secretary has said in a letter to the chairman of the house of commons brexit committee. dominic raab said the uk and the eu have resolved most issues, though the problem of northern ireland still remains. our assistant political editor norman smith has the latest. good evening. when one hears about brexit deals being done, we‘ve heard that once or twice before. it's time to hold your breath, even though dominic raab has set a load of hairs

running after he wrote back to the chairman of the brexit select committee labour mp hilary benn, saying i should be fine to appear before you on november the 21st. everyone thought, we‘re going to have a deal by then! maybe not. it seems talking to those around mr raab, this was simply an aspiration he was expressing. in other words, there‘s not been a key breakthrough, a meeting which has unlocked this vexed issue of the northern ireland backstop which is holding up a deal. it would still seem to be in a lull at the moment with both sides really just talking at a technical level. dominic raab and michel barnier seemingly not holding any conversations at the moment. there hasn‘t been a breakthrough in the negotiations, which means dominic raab can confidently go to the committee on november the 1st with a

deal done. it is simply a hope that he might have the deal done by then. from what i‘m hearing there has been no breakthrough, to mean we are now there to sign of that deal. when we are, you will be there for us i know. thank you. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines murdered saudijournalist, jamal khashoggi, was ‘strangled and dismembered‘ as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul — according to istanbul‘s chief prosecutor. channel 4 chooses leeds as the location for its new national headquarters — 300 jobs will be relocated from london. new measures to protect nhs staff will be introduced to try to reduce the thousands of assaults every year. and in sport, manchester united are left feeling vindicated as manager jose mourinho avoids a touchline ban for improper language having been

charged following their premier league win over newcastle earlier this month. a big ovation surely awaits frank lampard when he returns to his former club chelsea with his derby county side in the efl cup tonight. wales most—capped rugby union international gethinjenkins has announced he will retire form the sport after his club cardiff blues match in the pro14 this weekend. he‘s appeared 129 times for his country and went on three lions tours. more on those stories just after 4:30pm. the united states is calling for a ceasefire in yemen and a resumption of peace talks within 30 days. the fighting there has left 22 million people in need of humanitarian aid. president trump‘s administration has faced growing pressure over its support for the saudi—led coalition, which has intervened in yemen‘s civil war with a controversial campaign of air strikes. richard galpin reports. a saudi—led coalition has for the past four years been bombing yemen. the aim, to dislodge these rebel

forces known as the houthi, who seized control of large parts of the country and have backing from iran. but more than 6,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting so far. this, the aftermath of an air strike in august which hit a school bus, killing 44 children who were on a field trip. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said in a statement overnight that the time is now for the cessation of all hostilities, including missile strikes from houthi controlled areas. subsequently, he said coalition air strikes must cease in all populated areas. yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the middle east. but now, with this conflict, the united nations says more than 8 million people are on the brink of starvation so the us wants rapid action. 30 days from now, we want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire,

based on a pull—back from the border, and then based on ceasing dropping of bombs, that will permit the special envoy, martin griffin, who is very good, he knows what he is doing, to get them together in sweden and end this war. apparently caught off—guard by the us announcement, today the government here said it backed the ceasefire call, but the prime minister added this warning. a nationwide ceasefire will only have an effect on the ground if it is underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties. my right honourabe friend, the foreign secretary, discussed this matter with martin griffiths, the un special envoy, last night. they agreed that the uk will continue to encourage all parties to agree to de—escalation. this sudden us push for an end to the war in yemen will add to the pressure on saudi arabia and in particular its de facto leader, crown prince mohammad bin salman, who is already under intense international scrutiny following the murder of the prominent journalist jamal

khashoggi. richard galpin, bbc news. well, speaking to foreign affairs select committe in the past few minutes the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt welcomed the calls to end the fighting, which he said also offered the chance to tackle yemen‘s humanitarian crisis. we are strongly supportive of what the united states said yesterday, which is a cessation of hostilities. it's which is a cessation of hostilities. it‘s not the same as a formal ceasefire but in some ways it could be more effective than a ceasefire, because it‘s basically an agreement between the saudi coalition and the houthis, that the houthis will stop firing missiles into saudi arabia and the saudi authorities. attacks on civilian areas. it has the potential for something opening up

on civilian areas. it has the potentialfor something opening up a humanitarian corridor. we very much hope this will happen. we‘ve been doing a lot of work on yemen. i‘ve posted an important meeting on yemen and we want to give this initiative as fairwind as and we want to give this initiative as fair wind as we possibly can. more on the news that leeds has been chosen as the location for the new national headquarters for channel four. greater manchester and birmingham had also been in the running. bristol and glasgow have been selected as new creative hubs for the organisation. some 300 staff will be moved out of london to the new hubs, although channel 4 will also retain its presence in the capital. in our leeds newsroom is the leader of the city council, judith blake. good afternoon. it is a good afternoon to you, is it not?” good afternoon. it is a good afternoon to you, is it not? i can't describe it. we‘ve built such an incredible partnership putting the bid together and everyone was on

tenterhooks. we genuinely didn‘t know until we got the phone call at 2:30pm. we are delighted. we knew that we had put together an incredibly strong bid. we knew that we got on very well with everyone we worked with from channel 4, but you never know until the final announcement is made. i have to tell you, a lot of people are really celebrating in leeds this evening. for those not in the tv industry and following it, the point was you had to bid a bit like getting a city of culture or something and persuade them leeds was the place. what made it for you? i think we obviously put together a case built on our creative presence and digital footprint, working with all of the different companies out in leeds and the wider city region. i think it‘s important to stress this is about leeds in terms of location but also building on the strengths of our

city region, so bradford for example, the youngest profile city in the country. and the skills footprint, the future skills needed for the anticipated growth in the sector was a very for the anticipated growth in the sector was a very important consideration. i think we hit a chord, we got on and we understood each other. we knew what channel 4 are looking for and we are delighted that all of our partners really stepped up and put a huge amount of work in. we looking forward to channel 4 removing part of their hq up channel 4 removing part of their hq up to leeds next year.” channel 4 removing part of their hq up to leeds next year. i know it myself personally, i‘ve done quite a bit of work there, bbc and itv already in leeds, there‘s been some slamming back recently but now you get this expansion. —— slimming back. will this create jobs and also raise the profile of your part of

the world? that was an important pa rt the world? that was an important part of the decision, obviously a key decision for channel 4 to move out of london and look at areas that haven‘t got the same footprint. yorkshire as a whole but also looking up to the north—east, and we got support from right across yorkshire and up into the north—east for our bit. we know the numbers who will initially be moving up to the hq. will initially be moving up to the hq, but it‘s also the knock—on benefit in terms of growth in an already very dynamic sector in leeds. obviously, many people will know the footprint through the work of screen yorkshire for example, true north, other companies based here and do a phenomenal amount of work. i think it is that collective coming together of talent pool that proved attractive to channel 4 and their decision—making.” proved attractive to channel 4 and their decision-making. i was speaking earlier to our arts

correspondent in salford and i think a lot of people would say the bbc decision to move a big operation there had a transforming effect, you‘re hoping for the same in leeds? idid think you‘re hoping for the same in leeds? i did think you can overestimate the impactand i did think you can overestimate the impact and confidence for us as a city. it‘s such a statement of recognition of the phenomenal work that we do here in leeds and across the north. the contact we‘ve had in the north. the contact we‘ve had in the last couple of hours from right across the country, international interest as well, it really is absolutely phenomenal. we‘ve got a very, very strong base to build on here and we are looking forward very much to getting out there and really making sure that we all turned this into a major benefit fouler regions. congratulations. with five months to go until the uk leaves the eu, plenty of questions remain

about the relationship between different british industries and the european union. today, we‘re looking at what brexit might mean for sport — our reporter eleanor roper is at loughborough university to tell us more. when you think about brexit, it might not be sport that comes to mind at first. but freedom of movement has a big impact on sport, whether it‘s the athletes coming to the uk to compete with us, the tournaments we hold all the fans who wa nt to tournaments we hold all the fans who want to travel to watch matches and tournaments. we are here at loughborough university, the paula radcliffe stadium which is the home of british athletics, swimming, england netball, and triathlon. you any need to look at england rugby, they are training in portugal and as they are training in portugal and as they come to play south africa on saturday at twickenham, it‘s going to ta ke saturday at twickenham, it‘s going to take 2500 workers to get the

stadium ready. many of those workers from europe, they travel around working on events. the government has been thinking about it, the house of lords have been hearing evidence from range of people about what they think brexit could mean for sport. one of those giving evidence will brendan batson. he‘s from the professional players federation. we had a meeting to try and get a steer on what‘s going to happen in the future. the picture is unclear. what we‘re hoping for is there‘s not too much disruption, there‘s a nice balance between possible restrictions which could help home—grown talent. we don‘t want to see any restrictions on global talent, world—class talent. we want to make sure we can still freely host major events in this country without the bureaucracy of having visas and stuff like that. that‘s the aspiration but we just don‘t know. you are in charge of sport here for

the students union and you are a french student studying at loughborough. what do you think brexit is going to mean for students studying at loughborough? brexit is going to mean for students studying at loughborough7m brexit is going to mean for students studying at loughborough? is quite ha rd to studying at loughborough? is quite hard to tell at the moment, with no deal being announced or any plans up in westminster. the university relies on a lot of funding, quite a lot of that comes from the eu in terms of r&d. if that was to go, then potentially they would have to find funds from elsewhere which would mean a thin spread of resource and which could influence our sporting programme which we are keen not to happen. we are quite proud of our sporting programme here, a lot of people get involved, out of 17,000 students 4500 and nondomestic. it‘s about making sure they look to come here because not only does it mean on a recreational

level they are getting an offer but progressing through pathways is absolutely fundamental to the success of the university and them as individuals. so, funding the main concern for you. i know money is also a worry for you, you‘re worried about fees and how they are going to change as an international student. we are really worried that our tuition fees will increase. nowadays they are pretty much double the european fees. we really scared of that and it means that international students of view, we might be willing to reconsider where we are going to study which makes uk universities less attractive for international students. i think uk universities might lose a lot of international students in the future years. still a lot of uncertainty around that. but equally, it could bea around that. but equally, it could be a positive. brendan batson also mentioned it could be a good

opportunity for home—grown talent a breakthrough. hopefully more information head of april next year. a halloween loving couple in the states have been getting into the spooky spirit, with a little help from some skeletons. sammy campagnano shared the photos of her neighbours creative skeletons on twitter, which quickly went viral. the couple have changed the skeletons positions every day this month building up to halloween and have gained fans all around the world. as you can see, the skeletons have been up to quite a bit this month. time for a look at the weather. here‘s mel. you can‘t escape halloween, even with the weather. i thought i would show you a few of our pictures and how they‘ve been getting into the spirit of halloween. this was taken

earlier this morning. this was another chilly start of the day, quite an art tee shot. as the day got going we saw temperatures recover quite nicely and in the sunshine it has felt quite pleasant. these pumpkins basking in the sunshine. i‘m not sure this pumpkin has been carved, it‘s taking a walk toa has been carved, it‘s taking a walk to a lake. that looks enormous! it really does. if you want to see more of our halloween pictures then check out our website. here‘s the forecast them. fairly mild day, really. a lot cooler than it has been recently. some rain in the west, and these weather fronts merged together. towards the east it‘s been dry and bright with temperatures in double figures. if you are trick or treating this evening we‘ve got some show early outbreaks on the western side of the country. wintry in parts

of the higher ground. in the south—west, we have rain but it would be quite as cold away from that. as we had through the night that. as we had through the night that ring works its way eastwards. that makes another area of rain ready to push its way up from the south. up into lincolnshire most of us south. up into lincolnshire most of us get to see some rain. a lot of cloud and temperatures not falling quite so far tonight. the exception is northern ireland and parts of scotla nd is northern ireland and parts of scotland where we could see some fog tomorrow morning. thursday is clearing up, drierand brighterfrom the west. the rain outstays its welcome to parts of lincolnshire and into east anglia and the far south—east. it hangs on for much of the day. away from that, fine and dry, temperatures in line with where they were today. double figures in

they were today. double figures in the south. the rain clears on thursday and the high pressure sta rts thursday and the high pressure starts to move on. a chilly night underneath clear skies with a widespread frost. even towns and cities see a chilly night. that ridge of high pressure means a settled day on friday with lengthy spells of sunshine, you can‘t help but notice this area of rain working into parts of northern ireland before the end of play on friday. that‘s a game changer as we head towards the weekend. it is associated with this deep area of low pressure. wrapped around this are the remnants of the ex—hurricane oscar, bringing rain and gusty winds through the north—western parts of scotland. gusts of around 65 mph. it's scotland. gusts of around 65 mph. it‘s windy wherever you are mid—teens, milder than it‘s been for much of this week. sunday, quite breezy, some rain which is mainly

focused in the west as we head to sunday. a bit drierfurther east. a bit drierfurther east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. murdered saudijournalist, jamal khashoggi, was ‘strangled and dismembered‘ as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul according to the city‘s chief prosecutor. channel 4 announces that it‘s moving its headquarters from london to leeds, with new creative hubs in bristol and glasgow. punched, head—butted and even held hostage. the government pledges zero tolerance on violence — as attacks on nhs staff hit a five year high in england. the conflict in yemen that‘s caused the world‘s worst humanitarian crisis — now the us calls for a ceasefire and an end to airstrikes by saudi arabia within the next 30 days. coming up on nationwide, we head to cambridgeshire. the uk is set to spend £420 million

on halloween. we find out how they are celebrating and meeting the demand. sport now on afternoon live. the son of the leicester city owner killed in a accident at the weekend has written an emotional tribute to his father aying he misses him with all his heart. vichai srivaddhanaprabha andfour others died when his helicopter crashed outside the club‘s kingpower stadium on saturday evening — tributes have poured in for him since with many praising his desire to build a strong community with their fans, which helped spur them to the premier league success in 2016...

well in the last 30 minutes the club has released a message from his son. i would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for this overwhelming support. . .. and he went on to say... and leicester will be back in action this weekend in the premier league game at cardiff city. some pretty good news forjose—maria newell today? some pretty good news forjose—maria newell today?

jose mourinho has avoided a touchline ban for comments made after manchester united‘s comeback win over newcastle in the premier league early this month. he was found not guilty at an independent regulatory commission hearing today. written reasons for the decision will be published in due course but bbc sport understands united produced a strong defence and feel vindicated by the outcome. ? but it might not be the end of it... we understand the football association are surprised by the outcome and could still appeal. the derby county boss returns to stamford bridge for the first time as a manager... amazing career as a player in sw london — 211 goals in 648 games from midfield... winning a champions league, europa league, 3 premiere league titles, four fa cups, 2 league cups and 3 community shields... in 13 years with the club... he has played against chelsea before while at manchester city famously scoring a dramatic equaliser

against them back in 2014 and got a warm reception that day. he knocked out his former manager jose mourinho in the last round of the efl cup, with a manchester united shock at old trafford but can he replicate the same against a chelsea side that‘s unbeaten in the premier league this season? obviously, to go to manchester united was one thing, but the opportunity to go so soon is big for me and for the players. we‘ve got a lot of young players and a lot of experienced players who were driven to wa nt experienced players who were driven to want to play premier league teams and they deserve the occasion and opportunity to go against one of a fantastic chelsea side. rafael nadal has pulled out of the paris masters with an an abdominal muscle strain. he had been due to make his comeback after nearly two months out with a knee injury. but he‘s felt some pain while serving and been advised that playing a number of matches

will only make it worse. his pull—out means novak djokovic will return to the top of the world rankings next monday. wales most—capped rugby union international gethinjenkins will retire from the sport this weekend. he‘ll call it quits after cardiff blues match in the pro14, after earning 129 caps for his country, and taking in five lions tours. credited with helping to shape the modern prop we see today — more mobile — more turnovers in broken play — a better runner and ball carrier in open play more creative with his hands — it was typified by the try he scored against ireland in the win which helped wales‘ seal the six nations grand slam back in 2005. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. harry and meghan‘s first official overseas trip as a married couple is coming to an end. the duke and duchess of sussex have had rapturous receptions in australia,

fiji, tonga and new zealand, and our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has followed them every step of the way. he sent this report. welcome to rotorua, your royal highness. he may have had a tribal robe... but the haka that greeted harry and meghan had a blood—chilling power. after that, tentative steps took the couple inside. he speaks in maori. there he gave maori a try and got a warm reception. cheering and applause. this area has been a draw for tourists for many a year, but harry and meghan did not come here for the famous thermal waters. they came instead to affirm that their trip to new zealand is for everyone, new and old.

i think we have a very strong connection to british culture. if you look at some of our tribalflags, we actually have the unionjack sitting in the corner. it‘sjust a reminder, i suppose, every time we have a visitor come in, hey, we have this special kind of connection that‘s quite unique in the world, really. after the tribal ceremony, more tradition. a final royal walkabout on this last day of the tour. once again, the big crowds, old and young... flowers for the expectant mum... and some practice for harry at controlling wayward children. whose child is this? there you go. at the end of the day, the end of the trip, some peace and some time together. for meghan at least,

14 weeks pregnant, a tiring tour. so, how was the trip? "pretty great," says harry. thanks, guys. johnny dymond, bbc news, rotorua. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. to get to the top in any sport takes hard work and dedication. and nowhere is that more evident than with aaron thomas, a young wheelchair rugby player. every week he travels from his home in gloucestershire to kent to play with his team mates a round trip of more than 330 miles. charlie rose is in our tunbridge wells studio, to tell us all about this. and halloween really is a big event now.

this year it‘s predicted that the uk will spend around £420 million on halloween. a farmer in cambridgeshire has grown pumpkins significantly more. we‘ll be talking halloween with janine machin is in cambridge first to charlie. this is clearly a quy first to charlie. this is clearly a guy who is into his thought. as you said, getting ahead in any sport requires a huge amount of commitment and dedication. but the love that aaron thomas has shown for his sport, wheelchair rugby, is unquestionable. every week he travels from gloucestershire to kent to train, with his team—mates. he is pa rt to train, with his team—mates. he is part of the medway dragons in chilling. that‘s a 340 mile trip. it can take up to five hours by car.

why does he do this? he says the social side is important, and the opportunity to play with experienced players and pick their brains. there isa players and pick their brains. there is a serious side to this because aaron has cerebral palsy, and the wheelchair he uses is borrowed and too big for him. he says to get ahead in wheelchair rugby he needs a wheelchair specially adapted to his needs. i needed to be tighter and the straps need to be tighter. i can do to bushes to get my speed and then use my hips to avoid other players. to do that properly i believe i need a bespoke wheelchair. apart from a bit of a wheelchair problem this will be beneficial to him. yes, he‘s 18 years old, and took up a wheelchair rugby four years ago. his mum drives him from

gloucestershire to kent, that 340 mile round trip every week and she says that since he took up oil wheelchair rugby, she seen a significant change. it's transformed him. he was over 13 stone. he's on a strict diet, goes to the gym and now eight stone six. he isa to the gym and now eight stone six. he is a different body. aaron is a man with a big plan. he wants to represent his country and earlier this year he had trials with england. he is definitely a hot prospect provided he gets that all—important prospect provided he gets that all—importa nt wheelchair. jennie, you are in cambridge, absolutely possible to ignore halloween, i see. we‘ve made an effort for you. lots of people here are making the effort, from farmers to florists. this festival is growing year on

year. this festival is growing year on yea r. let this festival is growing year on year. let me take you on a little tour of what we‘ve got going on. this is the window of a florist in bedfordshire, it‘s an award—winning tea m bedfordshire, it‘s an award—winning team and you can probably see why. they have a harry potter theme for this year, and it‘s all for a good cause. people are being invited to have their photograph taken and they say they are charging them a quid each! which they are sending onto the local hospice. i carved the pumpkins with my little boys this morning, one was grown by my neighbour. one farmer has grown significantly more, pumpkin gym as he is known locally decided that his land wasn‘t making him any money, so he started to grow pumpkins and has grown more than 20,000 this year. he was selling around 1000 a day over the half term break. there are only about half a dozen left and they

will be fed to the turkeys in the run—up to christmas. will be fed to the turkeys in the run-up to christmas. i gather some scouts are doing something. they are. these are the scout groups from two groups here. they‘ve decided that as nice as it would be to go trick or treating, they are going to collect items for the local food bank instead. houses in the area have had leaflets giving them warning that the children will be after baked beans instead ofjelly beans. hopefully people there are prepared. finally, if you are wondering what the fancy dress must haveis wondering what the fancy dress must have is this year, look at this. it's have is this year, look at this. it‘s based on the day of the dead, the annual mexican festival which featured heavily in the james bond films spectre. apparently it‘s the 2018 trend and these students have spent the day making people. that‘s what i look like first thing in the morning. not at all, i can't imagine

that. jenny in cambridge and charlie in tunbridge wells, thank you very much indeed and happy halloween. if you‘d like to see more on any of those stories you can access them by olivier player. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here an afternoon live. millions of people across the uk will be putting pumpkins on their doorsteps as they prepare for halloween trick or treaters tonight —— but what happens to the jack o‘ lanterns come november 1st? new research has found the uk will bin 8 million pumpkins after halloween this year —— the equivalent of enough pumpkin pie to feed the entire nation —— as most people who buy them bin the leftovers rather than cooking them. 58 % of britons now buy a pumpkin at this time of year. and an estimated

10 million pumpkins are grown in the uk annually. 95% of these are carved out in lanterns for halloween and the rest used in recipes. but more than half of those who buy the orange coloured squash throw away the flesh rather than cooking or composting it. that‘s according to environmental charity, hubbub. so what should we be doing with our pumpkins? tessa tricks from hubbub, who runs an annual pumpkin rescue campaign, told me. once halloween is over if you‘ve carved out your pumpkin you would be able to cook with the seeds which are delicious. those are the seeds. you can toss them in oil and roast them at 180 to make a delicious snack with spice and salt. as part of a salad, perhaps?

yes, all with beer. they are very good for you full of zinc. you‘ve got lots of pumpkin guts. you could boil those and make a pumpkin mulling spice. but if you‘ve still got the insides that you scraped out earlier, those can go in anything. pumpkins are delicious and versatile, soups, stews, curries. there is going to be an abundance of different types of pumpkin so i encourage you to cook with those. the more petite pumpkins lend themselves to cake and pies, and the larger pumpkins which are good to eat better for stews and curry. you mentioned pumpkin soup, one of my favourites. next up we have the business news,

but first let‘s take a look at the headlines. murdered saudijournalist, jamal khashoggi, was ‘strangled and dismembered‘ as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul — according to istanbul‘s chief prosecutor. channel 4 says it will set up a new national headquarters in leeds in an attempt to boost the way it reflects life outside london. new measures to protect nhs staff will be introduced to try to reduce the thousands of assaults every year. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live regulators are going to look into the way we are being charged for home and car insurance. the financial conduct authority will examine if policies are being priced according to loyalty, age — and whether we apply online. sales at jaguar land rover plunged my more than 13% in the three months to september. it sold around 130 thousand

cars during that period. that led to a pre—tax loss of £ 90million. shares in next have fallen by around 3% after its third quarter results failed to impress investors. it reported a 2% rise in sales — that‘s a slight slowdown on the month before. but it‘s forecasting annual sales growth of 3% this year. pretty startling news from jaguar land rover, the country‘s biggest car maker sales plunged 13% three months to september. they saw sales in the three months to septemberfall they saw sales in the three months to september fall by 13%, which they saw sales in the three months to septemberfall by 13%, which is they saw sales in the three months to september fall by 13%, which is a sharp fall as you say. that led to a wea ker sharp fall as you say. that led to a weaker revenue for them, they made a

loss of about £90 million. when you consider the fact that the previous quarter, the quarter in the previous year, they made a profit. you can see the dire situation. we have a market analystjoining see the dire situation. we have a market analyst joining us see the dire situation. we have a market analystjoining us now. craig, why such a steep fall? it's a combination of factors. we are moving away from diesel cars and people favour the hybrid electric model, i think there is also the case that these omissions are testing standards which have had an impact on sales as well. brexit is having an effect, a number of car makers have touted that. and sales in china. we are seen as a weaker consumer and that affect demand there. does it sound as if the company is simply failing to keep up with the times? certainly. the large bulk of their sales are diesel cars and this is at their sales are diesel cars and this

isata their sales are diesel cars and this is at a time when they are becoming less popular. they are clearly struggling to keep up with the times. they are making some efforts but maybe they are a bit late. as long as they continue to evolve we should see an improvement in profitability. next now, and sales are only up there slightly, why is that? next sales have been primarily lifted by online. it's no surprise that the high street is struggling. we saw high street numbers decline in the previous quarter, online grew by more than offsetting decline to be backward decline on the high street. so, yes, we are seeing a slight improvement but there are still great concerns about how to improve profitability going forward. there is also the interests that they have accrued on pay which is helping to boost profits. we are talking about fine margins right now. they are doing better than most but facing huge challenges. speaking

of high street horrors, how much of the boosters halloween the shop owners? retailers are going to be encouraged by the numbers coming out for halloween. the numbers we've seen show that retailers are benefiting most from these sales. that's a massively encouraging sign and we've already heard that we are spending around more the current time. thank you very much. that‘s your business. hgppy you very much. that‘s your business. happy halloween. that‘s it from the afternoon live team. next we will have the news at 5pm. it‘s time for a look at the all—important 5pm. it‘s time for a look at the all—importa nt weather, here 5pm. it‘s time for a look at the all—important weather, here are the latest details. after a brief flirtation with the colder side of autumn, we see a return to the mild side as we approach the weekend. another frosty morning for many areas, so today we

have a southerly flow which helps to lift the temperatures into double figures. many areas remain dry throughout. we have got two week weather fronts that merged together to form a long spell of rain which will affect western areas as we had through this afternoon. if you are a trick or treating there will be some rain. southern scotland, north—west england and parts of western wales see some rain. away from that, dry conditions, as we had through the overnight period the rain will merge eastwards, and it will start to work its way towards another area of rain pushing into the south—east. that will stretch into parts of east anglia. underneath the cloud, not quite as cold with temperatures not dropping much lower than five or six celsius. a touch pool in parts of northern ireland, but we will see a touch of frost. some fork first thing tomorrow morning. here is the

rain on thursday, gradually working its way eastwards and improving behind it. a future was follow—on. much of the uk dry with lengthy spells of sunshine. we hang on to the rain for much of the day and once again temperatures aren‘t doing too badly through thursday. the rain clears away into thursday night, into friday, clear skies mean temperatures fall away. a frosty night with some mist and fog around first thing. this ridge of high pressure keeps things fairly settled on friday, spells of autumn sunshine around. things turn a bit downhill as we head towards the latter stages of friday, that‘s courtesy of ex—hurricane oscar working its way across the atlantic. that brings a speu across the atlantic. that brings a spell of wet and windy conditions, particularly for the far north—west of scotla nd particularly for the far north—west of scotland where we could see gusts up of scotland where we could see gusts up to 65 mph. that south—westerly

flow brings temperatures back into the mid—teens. noticeably milder but windy on saturday. today at five: the first official confirmation of how the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi met his death. the turkish authorities say he was strangled as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, nearly a month ago, and his body was later dismembered. we‘ll have the latest, as saudi arabia also comes under attack for its intervention in the conflict in yemen. there are international calls for a ceasefire within days, as the saudi—led air strikes to support the yemeni government are heavily criticised. the government says there should be zero tolerance, as attacks on nhs staff hit a five—year high in england. we don‘t go to work to take abuse. we don‘t go to work to get punched, kicked, kidnapped, bit, spat at — but all these things happen. violent protests in pakistan, as the death sentence is lifted on a christian woman accused of blasphemy.