this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11pm: the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned, accusing the government of an "unjustifiable delay" in the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines. the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. president trump says his government is finalising a plan that would mean asylum seekers have to make their claim at a legal port of entry. here, medicinal cannabis products can be legally prescribed from today in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett from the daily telegraph and jack blanchard from politico london playbook — stay with us for that. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned after the government delayed the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines until next october. a new £2 limit, instead of the current £100 limit, was supposed to begin next april. ms crouch called it an "unjustifiable delay" and said there was "no reason" why it could not be brought in sooner. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young reports. harmless fun and entertainment or an addictive game that causes misery and despair? 0n fixed—odds betting terminals, gamblers can bet up to £100 every 20 seconds. they exist in thousands of bookies across the country.

through compulsive gambling, tony lost thousands of pounds on these machines. these people cannot afford to feed their family, they cannot pay the rent or the mortgage, they are going home in a terrible mood state, perhaps taking it out on the children of the partner. people are killing themselves, as many as two per day over gambling harm. this delay is completely unacceptable. hello. hello, hello. tracey crouch was passionate about changing that, saying she wanted to protect people from social, mental and financial problems associated with gambling. only by reducing the maximum stake from £100 to £2 will we substantially impact on harm to the player and wider communities. but, on monday, as part of the budget, it emerged that the new policy would be introduced in october next year — not april, as many had expected.

in her resignation letter to the prime minister, ms crouch said... there are considerations to be made about the livelihoods of those who work in betting shops, and it's perfectly proper for the government to consider those, too. if we did what the betting companies wanted, this change would not be made at all. but other conservatives aren't convinced. tonight, many of tracey crouch‘s colleagues, political opponents and even the archbishop of canterbury were praising her for sticking to her principles. the resignation of one minister isn't a huge blow to theresa may, but the fact that tracey crouch resigned because she felt her government wasn't doing enough to help vulnerable people is not

a message that the prime minister wants to hear, and it doesn't end there. there is likely to be a vote on this issue in the coming weeks, and the government cannot be confident of victory. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. an investigation is being launched by the national crime agency into the prominent businessman aaron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed in the eu referendum. mr banks was referred to the nca by the elections watchdog which suspects that £8 million given to the campaign had come from what it called "impermissible sources". aaron banks has welcomed the investigation and said he never received any foreign funding during the campaign. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. 0ne britza's bad boys, as he describes himself. arron banks does not look like he has much on his mind today. he is now under investigation over whether he

committed crimes. we have had many, many investigations, and many questions about where that money came from. the largest donation in british political history. the commission in charge of the referendum rules suspects mr banks was not the true source of £8 million worth of loans to groups that supported brexit. and they suspect that the loans came from a company in the isle of man, that is not allowed by law. and they suspect that mr banks and his colleagues knowingly concealed that. the commission says at least £2.9 million of that money was spent during the referendum campaign. mr banks and his colleagues have never been backward about coming forwards. injune been backward about coming forwards. in june they been backward about coming forwards. injune they can into westminster and were pushed by mps over links to foreign money. we have now got a full—scale russian witch—hunt going on. did you do this as a consequence of the meetings you have.” on. did you do this as a consequence of the meetings you have. i have no interest in russia. i think so. you

have got a vested interest in trying to discredit brexit campaigning. leaving mps for a lunch and in disbelief when the session ran over. his associate, who is also being investigated, denies doing anything wrong. i run the group companies where the money was from. we don't have any transactions that are from russia. leave. eu have any transactions that are from russia. leave.eu was not part of the official campaign for brexit. it had a noisy presence around the country. mr banks welcomed the enquiry, saying this. you may never have heard of him, but arron banks is not afraid of controversy. he has a big cheque book and a big ambition to make

brexit happen. he was always happy to push political convention... delay selfie, hang on. but in doing so, might arron banks also have broken the law? laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. one of britain's most senior police officers says forces should be allowed to focus more on catching thieves and violent criminals — than recording instances of misogyny and other hate crimes. chief constable sara thornton also warned that a lot less policing" was going on in england and wales, as a result of years of cuts. our home editor mark easton went to see if the claims resonated with north wales police. when it comes to defining core policing, this is the front line in north wales. the emergency call handlers know resources are limited and mustjudge what the priorities should be. the chief constable says it is very different from when he started in the force. years ago, people would have asked for the police and the police would have attended.

now we have significantly less resources. we've lost £30 million in north wales over the last seven years. less than 20% of the calls are actually about crime. it is more about the vulnerability in our communities and how we deal with that effectively. the former home secretary, now prime minister, theresa may, once said that the police's role was to cut crime, no more and no less. but the calls coming in here might be about an abandoned baby, a lost child, a confused old gentleman or a flooded high street. the demands go far beyond crime. this is a row about choices, but it's also a row about resources. today, the college of policing published new data suggesting in the last five years the police workload has increased 45%. yeah, they turned up, we sorted them out. in england and wales, the number of recorded crimes per officer per year, they calculate, has risen from around 27 in 2013 to a0 crimes now. recorded crime levels are still far below where they were in the 1990s. but constable dale cassidy and sergeantjudith mccullough

say keeping people safe in rhyl means dealing daily with new crime, abuse and threats on social media. people used to have to physically see someone to have an argument. now there's a virtual argument over facebook, facetime, etc. and you have to deal with that? we deal with that, yeah. because ultimately they don't realise the value in the threats because theyjust think it's a text conversation. but it's not. people have real feelings, you get vulnerable victims... just to be clear, you're having to deal with things like sexting on social media? we'd definitely be involved in that. it's not traditional crime. and for some local residents it's an example of misplaced priorities. in olden days, if somebody was rude to somebody, and now it is reclassified as hate crimes and things like that, when actually you've got a dispute with somebody and because you don't agree with them they think it's because you hate them. that's certainly a concern, isn't it? we see everything as hate crime

these days rather than just being rude to each other. definitely. it is all a balance, isn't it? a burglary that you're never going to solve because you're just not, there's no point in putting resources into that, is there? i'd argue that because we've got a million and one ways and inquiries we could use to investigate a burglary, but it is about the time we get to use it because we're drafted onto other things. at the north wales police control centre is a glass cabinet of memorabilia, reminders that robert peel's original policing principle said officers were paid to give full—time attention to community welfare. defining what that means in 2018 is the challenge. mark easton, bbc news, north wales. thousands of staff at google offices around the world staged mass walkouts today in protest at the company's treatment of women and ethnic minorities. the protests began in tokyo and singapore and swept around the world. 0ur media editor amol rajan has the story. from within one of the most powerful

companies in history, a global uprising. from new york to dublin, google staff united... in berlin and singapore and zurich, and in the rain in london, protesting at their treatment. just after 11am in each time zone, hundreds walked out, leaving messages behind on their desks. when things happen in numbers and they see a large group of people speaking up then i think that's when things start to change. i'm walking out along with other colleagues in support of anyone in any workplace who has been harassed, and to ensure that the perpetrators are not protected and not rewarded. as so often in the cultural moment we are living through, seething anger was kept below the surface until one explosive case was made public. the new york times alleged that andy rubin, the creator of google's android mobile software, was given a massive payoff

after he was accused of sexual harassment. he denies the accusation and says the payment has been exaggerated. but, at a company where three quarters of executives are men and former female employees are suing the company over contested allegations they were underpaid, mr rubin‘s case in a male—dominated industry has prompted fury. i think that a lot of people come to google because they are really idealistic and they do believe in this idea of a company standing for something larger than just making money, so to see this sort of behaviour and to see it condoned at the very highest levels of the company, i think, has been extraordinarily upsetting for employees. google employees are demanding an end to private arbitration for cases of alleged abuse, publication of an internal report about historic harassment and a representative on the company board. the problem for google is that, like so many tech companies, it was founded by idealistic visionaries who claimed to be champions of both equality and liberal values. now the world has changed and a less palatable reality is starting to emerge.

the #metoo movement has encouraged workers to speak up, and a fissure seems to be opening between workers and bosses at the top of the tech sector. google's boss said... i think it's a moment to be relished, and it's because women have normally had to do this on their own, take their own case, make their own complaint or suffer in silence, or have an nda, you know, signing a gagging order. and suddenly women are coming together and saying, our power is in doing this collectively. that's what's going to make the change. a global movement which big tech did so much to create is belatedly turning on silicon valley's proudest names. amol rajan, bbc news. well, a little earlier i spoke to global business analyst ryan patel who's based in los angeles about the action google employees are taking.

i think this is more than just a protest. i think it is a push to other countries, specifically in the tech world, for google to champion this issue, not just tech world, for google to champion this issue, notjust to fix it, but to make an impact. so all its employees and those that are consumers can see there is more to this. so other tech companies could face a similar, you think? most definitely. it has been brewing. the fa ct definitely. it has been brewing. the fact that makes this really different is because it has become global. i know there was rhetoric about it will pass, but let me tell you, it will not pass. if you want to create innovation, innovative ideas, you need this equality and adversity mindset. this is not something that is going to go away. google is this iconic company. it has to represent, notjust to fix it, but to have actual items where

people are holding them accountable. why have tech companies got an issue in this area, do you think? you can see, historically, it has been not diverse and ideas have come from someone diverse and ideas have come from someone who has had a start up and been able to grow it. now when you see competition and when you think new ventures and start—ups, it requires a global mindset now. i think that is where people are not, maybe the old companies are not able to comprehend or adapt to local cultures. what of the chief executive's response at google. he has been broadly sympathetic, to an extent, hasn't he? yes. not only is he saying the right things, he has actually shared data over the last two years that they have got rid of 48 people, even higher ups, and did not give any packages or severance packages. that is great. he is showing that most executives would not even show that. i think the difference with this walk out is

that there needs to be now items that there needs to be now items that are changing. there was rhetoric about may be changing something on the board or different kinds of ideas that would be more inclusive. i think that is where this is going to be really watch closely. this may go away in the news for if you days. but i feel like this is something the leadership team over their house to really focus on and pick and champion s. ryan patel in los angeles. the headlines on bbc news: the sports minister, tracey crouch, has resigned, accusing the government of an "unjustifiable delay" in the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines. the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave.eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. president trump has ramped up his tough stance on illegal immigration, as thousands of central americans continue to make their way towards the united states' southern border.

in a wide—ranging speech ahead of next week's congressional elections, donald trump said he is finalising plans to overhaul the immigration system. but his language has been criticised by many, including senior figures within his own party. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. it feels as though america is going on to a war footing. thousands of troops are being mobilised. destination — the southern border. the enemy — men, women and children winding their way up through mexico. 15,000 soldiers are being deployed to stop immigrants on foot from entering the united states — illegally, says the president. and with five days to go until crucial congressional elections, this issue has taken on a deeply political hue. at this very moment, large well—organised caravans of migrants are marching towards our southern border. some people call it an invasion.

it's like an invasion. they have violently overrun the mexican border. you saw that two days ago. these are tough people in many cases. a lot of young men, strong men, and a lot of men that maybe we don't want in our country. but, again, we'll find that out through the legal process. there have been allegations from the president and his surrogates that this straggling caravan of people from central america have members of islamic state among them, that they're violent criminals, that they're carrying diseases which will infect other americans. no evidence of any of these things has been provided. but the overriding narrative, be very, very afraid, this is an invasion. and donald trump has put out this video which his opponents say is racist, with its implication that all immigrants, like the central character in this ad, are criminals. the ad has brought a chorus of criticism, much of it from prominent republicans.

but fear of immigration among many americans is real and the president is tapping into that. democrats want open borders and they want to invite caravan after caravan into our country which brings crime upon crime. donald trump is spending next to no time at the white house at the moment. he's on the road attending rallies every day between now and the midterms. he's got a positive message to tell on the economy. but among his supporters it's nothing like as effective as his message on immigration. it's a simple calculation. fear is a more potent weapon than hope. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the suspect in the pittsburgh

synagogue shooting has pleaded not guilty to 44 charges against him. robert bowers, who is a6, is guilty to aa charges against him. robert bowers, who is a6, is accused of murder and hate crimes. some of the charges carry the death penalty. the 11 people were killed and six others were injured in the attack on the tree of life synagogue on saturday. an extended family gang carried out more than 250 burglaries during any 11 month crime spree in the east of england. the extent of the east of england. the extent of the enterprise can now be reported, after three of them work and it did at norwich crown court. nine others admitted conspiracy to commit burglary. in the summer they stole jewellery, cash, cars and guns worth a total of £2 million across five counties in 2017. the bank of england has decided to keep interest rates unchanged, at 0.75%. the bank's governor, mark carney, said brexit uncertainty was preventing some firms from investing. but he also said there could be a rebound in investment if the uk manages a smooth exit

from the european union. for the first time, doctors can legally prescribe some patients with medicinal cannabis in the uk — though restrictions remain tight. it can only be prescribed by a specialist doctor and in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. the decision to relax the rules followed an outcry over two boys with severe epilepsy who were denied access to cannabis oil, as our health editor hugh pym explains. harry, who is ten years old, has epilepsy. he's energetic enough now but his sometimes daily fits were so severe that his parents feared for his life. he has every type of seizure imaginable. we spent days where he just lay on the sofa. he didn't go to school. harry was dying before our very eyes. but after taking cannabis oil,

available in some shops, the fits became a lot less frequent and there was a big improvement in his condition. from today, more effective medicinal cannabis can be prescribed on the nhs, though only to certain groups of patients. children with rare severe forms of epilepsy, adults vomiting because of chemotherapy and some adults with multiple sclerosis. only a small number of specialists, rather than gps, will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis and there is continuing research into the long—term risks. some experts think it is best to wait for the research to be completed before extending the range of patients who can be treated. it is really important that doctors don't cause any harm to their patients and don't cause side effects. we know that cannabis related products do have potential side—effects. that is why it is right that it a gradual and slow incremental process going forward now. she was such a happy little girl.

emma's 9—year—old daughter teagan has been in hospitalfor several weeks because of repeated epileptic seizures. i haven't had a hug off her for over two weeks now. her personality is just going. she was told teagan would qualify for the most effective medicinal cannabis. but then when the guidance came out late yesterday, doctors said it wasn't possible. i'm absolutely gutted. absolutely gutted knowing there is a product that can help and watching my daughter suffer every day, it is horrible. it's really horrible. harry doesn't qualify either and his family, like teagan‘s, feel a battle to legalise medicinal cannabis has been won but the reality hasn't matched up, with the possible benefits still not accessible. hugh pym, bbc news. one of britain's oldest shipyards is to close, bringing to an end more than 160 years of boat—building at the site. the owners of the appledore yard in north devon,

babcock international, made the decision despite a public campaign to save it, and an offer of financial help from the government. up to 200 jobs are at risk. unions described it as a "devastating blow" for the workforce. kirk england reports. there has been a fight to save it, but it hasn't happened. completely devastated. upset, sad, completely unbelievable they have made the decision to shut the yard once again. a devastating blow to the local community, to north devon is a whole, and the history of ship will bring in ourarea. whole, and the history of ship will bring in our area. devastating, a kick to the teeth again. many apple bowl workers redeployed to devonport dockyard in plymouth had hoped to return to the shop floor, where people say they are devastated by what has happened. —— appledore workers. we see lots of them coming in here, lunches, coffee, the

grocery store. you see the wives and the kids. all the kids growing up, you see at all, all this generation, it is alljust going to be gone and they will all move to dump ought —— devonport and that will be about. the end of ship welding of appledore. last weekend, a rally was held in support of the 200 strong workforce. 0ver held in support of the 200 strong workforce. over 9000 people signed a petition. the government also offered the owners of appledore babcock a £60 million contract. but it has not been enough to save the yard. i am determined over the next few weeks to see what options the government can continue to offer for other owners, other potential operators of the yard. but it is a sad and extremely distressing below. appledore has been under threat before, but the final blow was losing a contract to build a vessel for the armed forces of malta. now 100 martin 0wen staff are being

offered a move to devonport dockyard, which is also owned by a babcock. in a statement, the company told us: ships have been tilts in appledore for over 160 years. —— built. walter fowler was at the yard for ten of them. the reputation of appledore is worldwide, all over the world. you know, it is known all over the world, appledore. and to have this have to happen, in our beautiful little village, it is a tragedy. scientists in the uk have taken while watching to new heights. they are using satellite cameras to monitor the movements of the mammals, which up until now have

proved difficult to track. from a00 miles up, the images sharp enough to ca ptu re miles up, the images sharp enough to capture the distinctive shapes of different species. researchers from the british antarctic survey hope this can improve conservation effo rts this can improve conservation efforts by more accurately working out whale populations. big, beautiful, but we're a little sketchy on their numbers. whales are recovering from commercial hunting, although how well is open to question. the problem is their range. whales will cover vast tracts of the globe. what's needed is a rapid way to survey the oceans, to zoom in on their breeding and feeding grounds. the answer is the sharpest views from space ever released. well, this big blue piece of paper here is a satellite image of baja california off the west coast of mexico. and as you look closely, each one of these white specks is actually a whale that we're seeing. it's a whale near the surface. we can use these very high—resolution images to actually count the number of whales

in any particular area. but totting up the numbers is one thing. scientists also need to know the type of whale. whales have previously been counted from boats and planes, but these are small—scale surveys. now scientists are using the latest satellite images to cover the whole earth. key is the improved resolution that can see anything larger than 30 centimetres across. this means features such as fins and tails can be observed, and the animals identified. it should lead to more reliable estimates of the status of these endangered creatures. whales were pushed to the edge of extinction by commercial whaling. some species still number in the low thousands, but they are recovering, and scientists are keen to learn everything they can about their progress. whales are really important indicators of our ecosystem health. and so gathering information like this on such a broad scale from satellite imagery, we can understand something about the ocean's health, and that's really useful

for marine conservation. the task of counting whales from space will only get easier as more and more satellites are launched. soon, we'll have a sharp picture of every corner of the globe updated every day. jonathan amos, bbc news. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. ten is a season with a few different sides. there is a cold side to autumn, and we felt a bit about over the last few days. 0ver the next few days we will be feeling more of the wet and windy side of autumn. this world of cloud on the satellite picture wobbling in our direction was a hurricane. it was hurricane 0scar. it is not a hurricane 0scar. it is not a hurricane any more, but it is still a deep area of low pressure. it will bring some wind and some rain, but the wind around low pressure moves in an anticlockwise direction which will feed mild air towards our shores. but not just

will feed mild air towards our shores. but notjust yet. friday starting off on a decidedly chilly note, at freezing or below. the patch of freezing fog as well. at a nice looking day with large amounts of sunshine. some are high cloud streaming in from the west and turning that sunshine hazy. temperatures around 9— 12. but wind and rain will be gathering and will start to move in across northern ireland and western scotland during friday night, as our area of low pressure approaches. quite a deep low, but it will stay quite a long way to the north—west of the british isles. so we will see quite a lot of rain in places, particularly for northern ireland and the western side of scotland, where this rain will set him through the day. we will set him through the day. we will also see relatively strong winds. a black arrows indicate wind gustin winds. a black arrows indicate wind gust in excess of a0 miles an hour. but the north—east scotland in central and eastern parts of england it will stay dry. lots of sunshine.