good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: britain's armed forces turn to foreign fighters to solve a recruitment crisis — commonwealth citizens will now be able to serve without ever having lived in the uk. nearly 200,000 workers are set for a pay rise from today. the voluntary real living wage goes up to £9 an hour. i'll be finding out what it means for workers. remembering the fallen as armistice week opens — 10,000 beacons are lit to commemorate the centenary of the war to end all wars. in sport, an inspired raheem sterling fires manchester city back to the top of the premier league, as they thump southampton. could you cope with having your bins emptied just once a month? we'll find out how people in one welsh county are coping with extreme recycling. and after the frost of last week,

much more mild, but in scotland and northern ireland, grab your brolly, it isa northern ireland, grab your brolly, it is a wet start to monday. i will have your full forecast here on brea kfast. good morning. it's monday, november the fifth. our top story: the rules on foreign fighters in the british armed forces are to be relaxed to try to ease the worst recruitment crisis in a decade. currently, citizens from commonwealth countries can only sign up if they have lived in the uk for five years, but the ministry of defence is to lift this requirement so they'll be able to join without ever having lived in the uk. simon clemisonjoins us now to discuss these proposed changes. good morning. this is a big change, isn't it? good morning. yes, it is. it is part of the process of trying to boost recruitment. you might have seen the advert on tv looking at people who want to serve. they might not feel they can. so if you are gay in the armed forces, if you are

muslim and want to practise your religion, how do you do that? trying to a nswer religion, how do you do that? trying to answer those questions. there is a sense that even with the millions put in and the messages it is putting out, the mod needs to do more, so today we expect the residency rule, which says if you are from the commonwealth and you have to live here for five years before you sign up, that rule will before you sign up, that rule will be scrapped. some have been allowed to bypass it. there are other schemes for nepalese gurkha s. we expect it to go. why they are expecting this shortfall running into almost 10,000 into regular recruits, we don't know. one mp looked into it and said it might be to do with high employment in the country and an ageing population, it makes the marketplace very difficult. reaching out to these kinds of communities will help the armed forces feel more reflective of society, more understanding of it, but it has to deliver the numbers

needed. thank you. those lucky enough to work for an employer who has voluntarily signed up to the real living wage are set for a pay rise this week. victoria's here to explain. some good news. yes, good news for the workers to benefit from this, around 200,000 workers, because employees, 4500, have signed up to this real living wage. this is different from the national living wage. the national living wage is the government statutory minimum. the real living wage is higher. they have looked at what they think is a more accurate reflection of the cost of living. and trying to find a wage to meet that to give people on it and —— a decent standard of living. it is £9 outside the city, it is a bit more in london for example. the big issue is one in fivejobs in the uk fall below this threshold still. so there is a big issue. the number ofjobs coming onto the market, a

lot more of them are low paid jobs. a lot more people are being affected by this. good news for the people who will be receiving this today. thank you. much more on that later. people should take greater responsibility for managing their own health, and more should be done to prevent illness. that's according to the government's new long—term plan for the nhs in england. in a speech later today, the health secretary, matt hancock, will say the aim is for people to have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035. here's our health editor hugh pym. the health and social care secretary will say that ten times more public money is spent on treating disease than preventing it and that this does not stack up. mr hancock will point to a new strategy for england next year, which will include measures to encourage employers to help improve the health of their staff, including getting those who are off sick back into work. the government wants to see digital technology used to predict illnesses, allowing doctors to target advice at sections of the population,

and genome sequencing analysing patients' dna playing a role in preventing future health problems. but labour argue that the conservatives have imposed cuts in public health services in recent years. the health foundation think tank welcomed the focus on prevention but said that the latest budget documents suggested there be another cut in spending on public health and staff training in england next year. hugh pym, bbc news. we'll be speaking to the health secretary, matt hancock, later in the programme. that's at 7:40am. graphic photos showing the injuries that can be caused by fireworks should be printed on packaging, according to senior doctors. plastic surgeons say the number of life—changing injuries is rising every year, despite numerous safety campaigns, and more needs to be done. a government spokesperson said robust laws were in place controlling the sale and purchase of fireworks. too many graduates in england are seeing too little payback

for the big debts they rack up at university, according to a group of mps. the education select committee says there needs to be more transparency about what sort ofjobs students can expect after they graduate. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. going to university is a big decision and investment, but with stu d e nts decision and investment, but with students graduating with an average debt of £50,000, is it worth it? when looking atjob prospects and future earnings. today's report by the commons education committee highlights that 49% of recent graduates are working in non— graduates are working in non— graduate roles across the uk. it also criticises vice chancellor's pay with the average salary in excess of £200,000 a year with bonuses and benefits. the report also calls for the government to reinstate means tested lines and maintenance grants for students from poorer backgrounds. we are saying

that universities should look at these skills, they should be more transparent and clear about graduate outcomes and do a lot more for social justice, that outcomes and do a lot more for socialjustice, that would be value for money to make sure everyone has the chance to climb the education ladder of opportunity. the department for education says universities are offering more choice and value and introduced measures such choice and value and introduced measures such as choice and value and introduced measures such as degree of friendships which allows students to earn a salary while learning and bringing valuable skills to the workforce. around 10,000 flames have been lit at the tower of london to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. the first torch was lit by a veteran. it then took the beefeaters almost 45 minutes to light the thousands of others. the ceremony will be repeated each night until remembrance sunday next weekend. looks amazing that, doesn't it? and we will show you pictures on the front of the papers later on. president trump has held

a series of rallies, as americans prepare to cast their votes in tomorrow's mid—term elections to the house of representatives and the senate. mr trump was joined at one event, in tennessee, by the country singer lee greenwood. he performed his song, proud to be an american, which has been used as the trump campaign anthem since 2015. investigators are looking into the cause of a major fire which destroyed several buildings in nottingham overnight. 100 firefighters were sent to the former cattle market next to notts county meadow lane stadium. no one was injured. big news... the world cheese awards were held in norway this weekend. more than 3,000 cheeses from all over the world were represented in the competition, and they were judged by 235 experts from 29 nations. wow. the winner was an aged gouda, called the fana cheese, made in bergen. jorn hafslund made it,

and he said norwegian milk was the reason it tasted so good. i have never had norwegian milk. have you? no, i have never had norwegian milk. he said it tastes so good so therefore our cheese case that good. i love cheese. later on, i don't want to go to early on this... you have a joke? i don't want to go to early on this... you have ajoke? no. i will give you an hour to get your top cheese. what makes you achieves top three. you can think about it. ok, thanks. and if a leumi is not in the top three, i am definitely not doing it. hamouli is definitely not in my top three. hamouli is definitely in the top three, but has this nice man from norway tried a top chatter? come on! —— cheddar. i am on—board with you. you are basically sitting

next your gran. it is actually quite nice. it is an easy victory for manchester city over the weekend. easy pisi. it was a stroll. -- easy peasy. manchester city of course. manchester city are back on top of the premier league. raheem sterling was the star as they hammered southampton 6—1 to move two points clear of second—placed chelsea, who also won. now, watch this. get ready to see wayne rooney in an england shirt again. he's coming out of international retirement and will play his 120th game for england against the united states later this month. it's a one—off in support of his foundation. quite a lot of criticism of that. tommy makinson stole the show at anfield as england beat new zealand. it was a feisty game. they've now won the series with a game to spare. and justin rose is back at the top of golf‘s world rankings. he's the new number one, after winning the turkish 0pen. we have a great shot ofjustin rose

coming up later on in the programme showing how he reacts, sorry, how he relaxes after winning the trophy, what he did straight afterwards, it is not what you are thinking, there is not what you are thinking, there is not what you are thinking, there is no champagne or partying involved. you're not going to give us? he went to a turkish barber, i can tell you that. 0k. did you see the picture? i thought you were going to give us a teaser. wait till you see the picture. sally is looking at the papers with us in a moment. shall we look at the weather? let's do that. good morning. it is guy fawkes night tonight and i thought we would start off with nature ‘s fireworks from last night, the aurora borealis across northern scotland, beautiful skies, the grain is the charge particles interacting with the oxygen, and there is the chance of more aurora borealis tonight whether bright colours are on the aurora

forecast, however that could be tempered by cloud, which is dominating this morning, and it will this week at times, although the week ahead after the frost last week will be much more mild, quite windy in the west, with the wettest weather and that's how we start the day, heavy rain to the west of cornwall, splashes to the west of wales as well, part of cumbria, but northern ireland and scotland have the heaviest of the rain, pushing northwards, continuing to do so throughout this morning, but it is a case of grape your brolly, drying up. in scotland. quite murky under cloudy skies for western parts of england and wales but possible dry and bright weather through the day, bright into northern ireland, western scotland, still the showers and the odd one for western parts of wales, but temperatures into the teens with sunshine for central and eastern england and the wind coming from the south—west is much lighter than the weekend. —— south—east. so light winds if you are out to celebrate the mandate of guy fawkes

night. most places will be dry with splashes of rain across some western areas once again. so let me take you through the rest of the night because we will see occasional rain across the western areas, one or two showers and one or two clipping eastern parts. showers in the west will move eastwards tomorrow morning and it will be another marvel knights with temperatures clear frost, around 7— 11 degrees —— and other mild night. here is the picture on tuesday, this is low pressure driving things through the week. we are on the eastern flank of it. we will bring the wind from the south. staying on the mild side. showers for northern england, eastern scotland to begin with but the main focus will be developing in the main focus will be developing in the west, showers initially becoming lengthy bursts of rain for northern ireland, west wales and call late in the day, sunny spells in the east and highs of 17 or 18. tuesday night quite wet for many parts of the country as rain works its way eastwards. we will see hazy sunshine

on wednesday in the north—east. 0utbreaks on wednesday in the north—east. outbreaks of rain coming and going for most part, most persistent yet again in the west of scotland and indeed northern ireland. nothing unusual about this for this time of year but temperatures higher than they should be, staying in the teens. more on they should be, staying in the teens. more on all they should be, staying in the teens. more on all of they should be, staying in the teens. more on all of that they should be, staying in the teens. more on all of that through the morning. thank you very much indeed. a big discussion here, is it gouda or is it gouda? we might find out. i went for gouda. you are 10096 right. two billion to cheese stories today, excellent. —— two brilliant cheese stories today. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: the mail's eye—catching front page carries a photograph from the moat outside the tower of london on sunday night, where10,000

torches were lit to mark 100 years since the end of the first world war. the main story on the telegraph front page is the one we're also bringing to you this morning, about people from commonwealth countries living abroad being allowed tojoin britain's armed forces. the plan aims to fix the recruitment crisis. the mirror leads on its own poll, which suggests the majority of people would pay more tax to ensure britain's elderly are well cared for. there's also a photo of presenter gregg wallace, who's about to become a dad for the third time. and finally the guardian leads on brexit. it says that according to eu officials, the chances of theresa may striking a deal on the irish border which will be acceptable to ministers is "50—50". there's also an image from sunday night's remembrance event at the tower of london. it is almost everywhere this morning. shall we quickly say congratulations again to ross edgley, who has swum successfully all the way around return, 157 days

to swim just one length. it is quite an extraordinary feat. he was on the programme yesterday and isn't amazing? he hasn't set foot on dry land, we had that moment, he said it felt a bit funny. he has either been in the water on the boat. he will be on breakfast tomorrow and you can see the interview, we will send it out on twitter later. victoria, what have you got? i thought this was interesting. we talked about the budget last week and some of the issues that are facing the high street and in the budget last week, the chancellor said he would consult on making it easier to establish what he says are new, mixed use models for high—street. in normal language, that means there are a lot of empty 3000 units, what we do with those? this is some ideas they have

got for southampton and the space in the centre of southampton will be halved, the number of shops. quite interesting, some of the ideas. that is the financial times on repurposed in high—street. if i may, a quick one here on the front page of the times. this is all about what is going on with restaurants. there have been a spate of closures, over 1000 restaurant companies have become insolvent so far this year. it is all about fickle diners, particularly middle of the range chains are doing so well and we are saying no. from hero to zero, places like jamie 0liver's restaurants are closing. is that because there were too many to start with? quite possibly. and we are more likely to cook at home and instagram it then we are going out. claim social media. always at fault. -- blame. this is on the back page, wayne

rooney will be leading england, peter shilton says it cheapens the shirt. he will play at wembley in a match for england for his foundation against the usa. he is currently playing in america doing really well, he is becoming an even bigger star out there. there are two sides to the argument. is not like they are selecting him to play a qualifying game for the euros, it is and match for his foundation and be at wembley and i am sure lots of people who haven't seen him play live might want to see him play. so much criticism. you get some pretty boring friendlies these days. all that money will go to the foundation. would stuff. —— good. she has got an amazing silence or lead. i was not trying to draw attention to myself. —— silent

sneeze. how did you do that? it ta kes a sneeze. how did you do that? it takes a lot of concentration. sneeze. how did you do that? it takes a lot of concentrationlj sneeze. how did you do that? it takes a lot of concentration. i have two stories here. one is about soldiers being banned from going to a very well—known bakery. soldiers being banned from going to a very well-known bakery. do you watch —— did you watch breakfast television yesterday? ross edgley and well—known bakeries... television yesterday? ross edgley and well-known bakeries... regular viewer here and. —— here. and well-known bakeries... regular viewer here and. -- here. at least louise watched a bit! did you use blinkers yesterday? you struggle to concentrate in an open plan office? yes! fear not everybody, because if you need to focus and are distracted, there is a new thing coming out from japan. it is called

the wearer space. have a little look. this is what it looks like. can you see that? it isa it is a large, very technologically against defiance. next thing they will be thinking, will be put walls in offices? the idea is that it removes peripheral destruction and also, when you put it on, it indicates to your bosses and collea g u es indicates to your bosses and colleagues that you should not be disturbed. can i have one? it is literally an office around your head. it is too high to pounds! it is! -- £200. i know what works really well, you had friends in. pretend to be listening to a pub cast. —— podcast. pretend to be listening to a pub cast. -- podcast. really enjoyed

your programme yesterday. do you recycle everything you can at home? and could you last four weeks between black bin refuse collections? well, for the residents of conwy county in north wales, that's now the norm. the council has become the first in england and wales, and the second in the uk, to change their waste collection to once every four weeks. tomos morgan has been to see how things have been after the first month. of so it looks like you are already fairly organised. indeed. cans, brown cardboard box and paper, easy to ta ke brown cardboard box and paper, easy to take out. sabrina edwards lives with her partner and a stepson. she isa with her partner and a stepson. she is a stickler when it comes to recycling, but last month in a bid to increase recycling rate across this county, conwy council changed

black in refuge collections to once every four weeks. at three weeks we will count down to the next collection, looking at the chart waiting for it to happen. i have got to borrow from next door, she doesn't mind us using it. it is a lwa ys doesn't mind us using it. it is always full every time. for households with six or more, and additional bin will be provided. those collecting rubbish across co nwy have those collecting rubbish across conwy have witnessed the locals worry “— conwy have witnessed the locals worry —— worries first—hand. residents have shown concern to ourselves in terms of how they will manage. it is more those with particular young families, we still see sometimes all of the recycling going into the grey bins,. residents here on the east side of the county have had a chance to come to terms with the new regime. they were part of the year—long trial before these four week collections were implemented across the whole of the cou nty implemented across the whole of the

county and the result of that trial from the recycling had increased by 40% and the amount of refuse in these lack ins have decreased by almost a third. —— black bins. by 2020, the uk has a target of recycling 50% of all household waste and wales currently the only country in britain meeting that the there. the welsh covered has said that there are owed target, wanting authorities to reach a target of 64% by the end of 2020. hitting targets and improving recycling rates is the reason behind the change here. the council will also be sailing —— saving almost £400,000 per year. is this simply a cost—cutting measure? we are actually out there to recycle and the more we recycle, the better it is for the future. we have seen all of that programmes, blue planet, and we know that is the way forward and we know that is the way forward and that is what we are doing for

our residents. it is not a cost—cutting measure? our residents. it is not a cost-cutting measure? any benefits alongside a purely additional. two yea rs alongside a purely additional. two years ago, an authority in scotland was the first authority to move —— move to four weekly collection. in the years that follow they found almost a fivefold increase. 0ther councils are watching closely and are considering changes. with christmas around the corner, reusing the leftover turkey won't be the only form of recycling being done in co nwy only form of recycling being done in conwy this festive season. tell us what you think of that. could you manage? it is 25 past six. you're watching breakfast, still lots to come this morning, we will speak to our correspondent robert hall, who's in amiens for us in the run—up to armistice day.

you will be telling us amazing story during the week. for those who remember us broadcasting from here in august we are on the somme battlefield. it will be a journey, travelling up, roughly, the western front trench lines up the coast towards belgium and along the way it will be meeting people, finding out how they are remembering and tracing their own family history, talking about one group of service people who perhaps are not remembered as much as they should and perhaps at the end of the week we mightjust talk about how we might remember in future what is go to happen when the centenary passes. all of that become. today's story is a special way of remembering which in a way echoes what we are doing this week. find out about that in a short while after the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news.

i'm victoria hollins. the mother of one of the young children seriously injured after an inflatable slide collapsed at a fireworks event says there needs to be stricter rules to prevent similar incidents. eight children were taken to hospital after the ride collapsed at the event in woking on saturday night, after the 30 foot slide appeared to collapse. the cause of the incident is being investigated. as a music genre, drill has been accused of glamorising criminal behaviour and gang culture. in the past the met has even asked youtube to remove some drill music videos from their site. but one london charity, ‘united borders', is using drill music to connect with young people in the hope of steering them away from violence. we spoke to one parent who believes it's working. it is very important because at

least it keeps the boys occupied, it can give them confidence and for them to feel that they belong. and you can hear more of that story on inside out london tonight on bbc one at 7.30pm. the london living wage has risen by 25 pence from today. it means thousands of london workers pay will increase to £10.55 per hour. and the now gla—controlled london stadium is the latest business to sign up to be a london living wage employer. since january 2017, the living wage has meant an extra £94 million in wages for londoners. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the london 0verground it is part suspended. 0n the roads, m25 closed anticlockwise from j30 lakeside to j29 a127 romford, following a collision involving a lorry. queues from the dartford tunnel.

wembley, a404 watford road closed southbound at east lane because of a burst water main. 0ld brompton road closed westbound at finborough road because of a burst water main. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a reasonably mild start this monday morning. we do have a little bit of missed out there, but once it lets we should see some bright and sunny spells. we've got a variable amount of cloud, further west there will be a little more but everywhere should see some sunshine. cabbages today getting up to around 16 or 17 celsius. most places dry, there is a small chance this afternoon of maybe a light shower but most places managing to avoid it. 0vernight tonight, bonfire night on if you are out celebrating, great view for the firework. a little more cloud west but clear elsewhere, a mild night too, which is ten or 11 celsius. the breeze it starts to strengthen, a

southerly south—east breeze and that continues into tuesday. for tomorrow morning, a bright start again, variable amount of cloud, a small chance of an isolated shower to the course of which is a afternoon but cabbages mild, looking at a maximum of 16 celsius. touch cooler for wednesday and thursday with the risk of one or two showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: don't even think about chucking out your old toaster or iron until you've heard our top tips on mending your old electrical items. shock packaging worked with cigarettes, but could it do the same for fireworks? we'll hear from the surgeons who think it's the only way to cut down on the number of horrific bonfire night burns. and we'll be speaking to professor green about losing his dad, and wishing we could all have more pictures of those we've loved and lost.

good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the rules on foreign fighters in the british armed forces are to be relaxed to try to ease the worst recruitment crisis in a decade. currently, citizens from commonwealth countries can only sign up if they have lived in the uk for five years, but the ministry of defence is to lift this requirement so they'll be able to join without ever having lived in the uk. people who work for an employer who has voluntarily signed up to the real living wage are set for a 2.8% pay rise this week. it will rise to £9 an hour for the first time for those outside of london. the figure in the capital will rise by 35p to £10.55 an hour. that makes it substantially higher than the legally—binding national living wage of £7.83 per hour. graphic photos showing the injuries that can be caused by fireworks

should be printed on packaging, according to senior doctors. plastic surgeons say the number of life—changing injuries is rising every year, despite numerous safety campaigns, and more needs to be done. a government spokesperson said robust laws were in place controlling the sale and purchase of fireworks. people should take greater responsibility for managing their own health, and more should be done to prevent illness. that's according to the government's new long—term plan for the nhs in england. in a speech later today, the health secretary, matt hancock, is expected to announce plans to invest in new technology to predict potential health problems. he'll say the aim is for people to have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035. too many graduates in england are seeing too little payback for the big debts they rack up at university, according to a group of mps. the education select committee says there needs to be more transparency

about what sort ofjobs people can expect after they graduate. the government says it's reviewing post—18 education to see how it can ensure students get value for money. investigators are looking into the cause of a major fire which destroyed several buildings near the centre of nottingham overnight. more than 100 firefighters were sent to the former cattle market, next to notts county fc‘s meadow lane stadium. nobody was injured. around 10,000 flames have been lit at the tower of london to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. the first torch was lit by a veteran. it then took the beefeaters almost 45 minutes to light the thousands of others. the ceremony will be repeated each night until remembrance sunday next weekend. the world drone racing championships have been taking place in southern china. a new world record over 100 metres was set. timothy trowbridge from switzerland

hit an average speed of more than 70 miles—per—hour. competitors agreed that mastering the start was the key to getting a fast time. we could have more information. straight line racing? it was a sprint. it was like a 100 metres sprint. it was like a 100 metres sprint. it was like a 100 metres sprint. i need more information. do you have to lend it successfully? i think sally will know. well..., on, expert. i was going to say, when i was scrolling through the sports channels i have stumbled across drone racing. it is hypnotic. we

have seen pictures of people flying the drones. when you are watching the drones. when you are watching the drones. when you are watching the drones it is pitch black and theyjust go like crazy. 0k. and it is much more complicated than that one. i had one of those afternoons when you are a bit tired. i was up early. i watched two hours of the world speed climbing championships with no commentary. did you? yes. each one lasts around seven seconds. have you seen it? yes. two hours of it. i have seen that. no commentary? how did you manage to have two hours with nothing to do? there was a french dude who had nothing to do and he looked quite good. speaking of really good, shall we speak about manchester city? they had a ridiculous day yesterday and a ridiculous weekend full of goals. i will show you the goals from yesterday. loads of goals in the premier league yesterday, most of them for manchester city who seem, somehow, to be getting better.

nick parrott reports. there is a reason manchester city offered raheem sterling a lucrative new contract. no one has been involved in more premier league goals this season. against southampton he was the star man. city were already ahead thanks to an own goal when stirling set up sergio aguero for his 150th league goal. the england winner had a hand in the next one soon after. his cross eventually reaching david silva. and then stirling got to have some fun. he had to work hard for his first goal. commentator: second bite of the cherry. 4-1. his second was an instinctive finish. five star performers for manchester city. and a third beckoned in injury time but instead he chose to pick out leroy sunday. hopefully he can be more ambitious thinking he can improve and be a better way because he is

still 23 -- and be a better way because he is still 23 —— leroy sane. and be a better way because he is still 23 -- leroy sane. the 6-1 win moved city two points clear of nearest rivals liverpool and chelsea. eden hazard was the game changer at stamford bridge. returning from injury, it took him 91 seconds after coming off the bench to show his importance. the belgian winning a freekick which he then sent to morata for the spaniard to put chelsea 2—1 up against crystal palace. pedro added another five minutes later, but their boss feels overtaking city is a near impossible task. at the end of the last season it was 20 points and it is difficult to think you can recover the gap in one season. the premier league is not yet a 1—horse race, but on this form you wouldn't bet against manchester city running away with it again. and it is only in november. well, after watching his city side win, boss pep guardiola headed into manchester to be given an award, but he was a little under—dressed.

you have ever gone and got the dress clothes slightly wrong? yes. it happens. a little bit embarrassing. i am a disaster. i didn't expect how important this event is. everybody is so elegant, the suit, the tie. i came here, believe me i didn't know it, i promise commonwealth, we should win, but if it happens i will be more properly, like, this event deserves, so i'm so sorry. i think we can forgive him. he was working. he looked relatively fancy in that jumper. working. he looked relatively fancy in thatjumper. let him get away with that one. wayne rooney's going to play for england again. he's the all—time record goalscorer, and he'll get his 120th international cap when england play the united states at wembley later this month. it's a one—off to raise money for his foundation. not everyone is happy, though. this is the response from england's record cap holder peter shilton. he says he's shocked, and accused the fa of "giving away caps". arsenal maintained their perfect start to the women's super league

season. they beat birmingham city 3—1, withjordan nobbs scoring twice. seven winds in a row now for arsenal. england's rugby league side put in a brilliant performance to beat new zealand at anfield. tommy makinson stole the show with a hat—trick of tries as england won the match by 20 points to 14, wrapping up the series with a match to spare. real statement of intent from england against one of the world's best sides. a real statement of intent. to rugby union, and owen farrell won't be punished for this thumping tackle at the end of their match against south africa. it was the last play of the match and helped england hold on for a hard fought win. lots of commentators and former players felt it was at least a foul, but the authorities disagree, and farrell is free to play against the all blacks next weekend. justin rose has reclaimed golf‘s world number one ranking

after winning the turkish 0pen. he came from three shots behind going into the final round to win in a play—off. it's his 19th career win and the first time in his career that he's defended a tour title. now, that bothered you, didn't it, dan? yes, he missed a putt of 18 inches by a mile. yes. gone off on his hands. that is howl play golf. and i think we might know the secret of his success. rose bogeyed the 18th on his third round, meaning he was three shots back going into the final day. so he needed a bit of a pick—up. so he went to the turkish barbers, for what looks like a full treatment. he is at the bottom of that photograph. i think that is what you call the full treatment. have you ever had that done? no, it is quite remarkable. only once i have been to the turkish barber and a sort of set fire to a giant cotton bud to remove hair from fire to a giant cotton bud to remove hairfrom your ears. fire to a giant cotton bud to remove hair from your ears. gosh! are you sure? and to pluck out the hairs

from yourface, sure? and to pluck out the hairs from your face, they use, like, sure? and to pluck out the hairs from yourface, they use, like, sort of cotton, as you saw, then they whip it quickly around your face and it all pops out, it is incredible. yes. he is a brave man posting that picture. whatever it did, it worked for him the next day. thank you very much. good morning. when you think of someone with arthritis you almost certainly think of someone elderly, but it can hit people of any age. when it does, the pain often means people have to give up work, or their social lives really suffer. that's resulting in an "epidemic of isolation", according to one charity. ria bellart was diagnosed with the disease in her early 20s. shejoins us now. thank you so much for coming on this morning. give us an idea. were you that sort of person? did you think arthritis was something that happened to someone much older than you? my grandma had it. she had it from a younger age. however i totally understand why other people

wouldn't know. especially from my experience telling people about the disease. people often come back telling me how young i am. tell us how it affects you. from the daily living tasks of not being able to do up living tasks of not being able to do up the button on my top, or not being able to get paracetamol out of a packet. 0pening being able to get paracetamol out of a packet. opening a bottle might seem easy a packet. opening a bottle might seem easy to a packet. opening a bottle might seem easy to some. a packet. opening a bottle might seem easy to some. it isn't quite as easy. then there is also the larger aspects of the tiredness that comes with it. that is the hidden side that no one knows about. you can go to work for a full day and come home and go to sleep and wake up the next morning to go to work and you are almost forcing your eyes open all day. and with the pain and the painkillers that you have to take to manage the pain, it is a big messy effort to level it out and get the best out of the day that you can.|j suppose there is a real level of ignorance. people like caroline wozniacki, at the tennis star, she

has rheumatoid arthritis, she says sometimes she says it is impossible to get out of bed. 0ther sometimes she says it is impossible to get out of bed. other days it is a little better. yours is slightly different, isn't it? yes, slightly different, isn't it? yes, slightly different, but really similar, so you have the days where you have done nothing to cause it, you just wa ke done nothing to cause it, you just wake up and it is not going to be a good day for you. most days it will ta ke good day for you. most days it will take around an hour to get out of bed anyway in terms of sitting and waiting for myjoints to wake up and for the painkillers to kick in. on a bad day sometimes you have to admit it is not going to happen, you won't be all right that day. today you are not using a wheelchair, but there are other days when it is necessary. yes, a lot of the time it is to manage the fatigue with it, so you have to balance it out, the wheelchair is if i wanted go outside and go fora wheelchair is if i wanted go outside and go for a walk on a nice day, i can't do that any more, so i go in a wheelchair to try to ease the burden

after work. so if more people were aware of what you go through, what you suffer with, how it affects your life, what difference might it make? it would just be nice to not have to explain it every time, and there can bea explain it every time, and there can be a lack of awareness and that can translate to people thinking, not dismissing your pain, but realising how bad it is. it would just be... i am quite happy to explain it for everyone. i know there are people less confident because of the reactions, just take a painkiller, you will be ok. it is not like that. you talk of the variation in it, some can be good, others not so good, and that has to be difficult to cope with. yes, and it is also really difficult to explain. 0ne to cope with. yes, and it is also really difficult to explain. one day you can look perfectly fit and healthy, and the next day you are struggling to walk and i am forcing my eyes open. i can understand that

people finding that hard to react to almost and that is where the awareness needs to be. just because someone awareness needs to be. just because someone looks healthy and fit, it doesn't mean they are. it would make a real difference. and how would you rate today? it is a pretty good day. thank you so much. i hope we haven't tired you. really interesting statistics as well, 73% of young people feel lonely because of arthritis, 55% of people feel unable to ask for help, and two in five feel lonely on a regular basis. has this affected you at all? it would be hard not to affect me. you have to cancel plans at the last minute. you have to ask for help a lot more. if you are in pain, if you go to bed after fighting through the day, and you want to go to sleep so the pain will end, there is not really anyone that can understand that, except you in that moment, so it makes it quite hard. thank you for coming in. quarter to seven.

here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. last week may have been the week of the big jacket with lots of frost, cabbages two —7. might want to put that back on the coat hook this week because it won't be quite as chile. much more mild but you will need a waterproof jacket because it will be windy and wet, especially in the west. that is how we start on monday morning. heavy rain to the west of cornwall, isles of scilly, western wales and cumbria but it is scotland and northern ireland really have the bulk of the heavy rain. not a great start in north island and we will see that rain affecting northern ireland on and off to the day becoming lighter and patchier. the rain across scotland will head north was, southern areas turning dry and bright. much of the areas from away from the far west after a murky start will have a fine there. shower will take place in the east, mild

and certainly the case. 11— 30 degrees for many, up to around 16 or 17 towards the south—east corner. those light winds are crucial tonight if you are heading out for bonfire night, we will have a light breeze, many places dry and mild. a little bit of rain possible across some western fringes. for northern ireland, parts of western scotland, western wales, this is where we could see a few showers. 0ne western wales, this is where we could see a few showers. one or two to the east of england, but while they drift away northwards to eastern scotland, much of england will be dry and a mild night last night, rain into the morning across the west. here we go into tuesday. and other weather system edging its way towards us. this weather front which will be pushing its way north eastwards on the southerly wind will bring a few showers now and then. more significant rain into northern ireland, western wales and parts of devon and cornwall later. it is the

southerly wind which will bring even more warmth with hazy sunshine across eastern scotland, a good part of england as well as you go to choose a afternoon and temperatures higher than today. around 17 degrees. back to dan and the wii ‘s. -- luiz. different to last week. it is 6:47 a.m.. nearly 200,000 workers are set for a pay rise from today as the real living wage goes up to £9 an hour. victoria is looking at this this morning. good morning to you at home. the real living wage is something that was set up a few years ago by a campaigning group. the people there tried to find the most accurate estimate of what the true cost of living really is, and then came up with a wage that would meet it — and provide the people earning it — with a decent standard of living. its £9 an hour for those living outside london. if you're in the capital, its more. from today, over 4,500 employers have agreed to pay it. what difference could it make? we asked rhia burston who moved

onto the living wage at the high street chain lush. i had my first job i had my firstjob when i first turned 16 and i was on the national minimum wage for that, earning about £5 per hours. when we made our switch over to the living wage, i have definitely been able to see a positive difference when we did that. a couple 100 pounds a month on my wage helped me paying with rent, to help my family and i have been able to find my own car insurance every month, not relying on anyone else, something i have been able to afford myself and take the pressure off my family and let me support myself. lola mcevoy is from the living wage foundation — the group that set this idea up. how does this change? how is this different from the statutory minimum or the government's living will wage? we are celebrating a pay rise

for around 200,000 of the uk's workforce. they are the lucky ones. we heard from lush, they are the employers taking a stand against low pgy- employers taking a stand against low pay. we still have a long way to go. as you mentioned, the national living wage was introduced a few yea rs living wage was introduced a few years to go and george osborne did use that language because of the success of our campaign. the national living wage, while we welcome any income, isn't a living wage, no way based on the cost of living and doesn't take living costs into its calculation at all. while we absolutely welcome any high statutory minimum, what we need to make clear it to everybody is that the real living wage is independently calculated based on living cost and that is why there is a higher loving —— higher living wage of £10 per hours. by law, companies do not have to pay the amount that you think is fair to

give people a standard of living thatis give people a standard of living that is halfway decent? that is absolutely right. the minimum, we leave that to the politicians, we say to employers out there now. don't wait for the government's to tell you what the absolute minimum is. think about your workers, think about the cleaners, the caterers, the security guards who are outsourced in our supply chain. think about what they are doing. if they are working full—time and using they are working full—time and using the food tank, is that right? we don't think so and neither do 4700 of our employers, including 40% of the ftse100. businesses have choices and we are calling on them to step up. do you think they will actually go for this because one in five jobs actually go for this because one in fivejobs in the uk, they pay their workers less than this threshold? we are talking about employers. that number at is increasing. why sign up to pay more if you don't have too, particularly if you are a small business or a local council? when we

speak to our businesses, they say they signup to pay the voluntary living wage, the real living wage, because it is the right thing to do and it is in line with their values. to make sure that when you are operating as a business, all of your workers are able to earn enough to live a life of empty. when i spoke to either, i was told that when she was able to earn the wage commission is able to save a little bit, she looks after her granddaughter and was able to save a little bit and afford to buy her granddaughter a la ptop afford to buy her granddaughter a laptop so that her granddaughter didn't have to stay at school to do her homework when everyone else when home. small differences that make life much better for these home. small differences that make life much betterfor these people and people do want to sign up. window there are two reasons. one is that it window there are two reasons. one is thatitis window there are two reasons. one is that it is not their business model, they do want to pay their workers a real living wage. we say to them think about the business benefits. there are higher retention wakes, hire motivated workforce. the other is or where nasa. we are calling out to date to say we have got four of

the nearly football clubs signed up, everton, liverpool, west ham, chelsea, where are the rest of? —— rest of them. thank you very much. in the run—up to armstice day, we're on the road uncovering stories from the trenches of the western front. this morning, our correspondent robert hall is in amiens, in france, with the tale of a young, british soldier. robert. good morning again from amiens. going back to august we were here talking about the battle of amiens. very significant because historians have worked out it started he last 100 days of the world war, that is when allied troops climbed out of their trenches and began to add vance towards what we now believed to be the end of the war. we are backin to be the end of the war. we are back in amiens to begin our own journey, travelling over the next five days and along the way we will talk about different aspects of

remembrance and commemoration. we will hear from remembrance and commemoration. we will hearfrom a remembrance and commemoration. we will hear from a family that has particular agonising reasons for remembering and we will hear from a group who feel that their service personnel went remembered enough in the years following the first world war. today will hear about an ambitious plan to create a net worth of foot past switching to track stretching from switzerland to the belgian coast which came from a letter written by one man. there are graves of scattered up and down. the ground is so fitted and scarred and torn with shells and tangled with wire. aleksandr golovin was 26 when he wrote his last letters home. in the weeks before his death, he began plan a project that could now become his legacy. —— alexander gillespie. country file presented tom heap is alexander gillespie's great nephew. he had this extraordinary leap of

imagination when he was in the trenches fighting, when he thought when this is all over, when peace comes, which put a route along no man's land for people of all nations to come and walk along. division is a network of marked footpath stretching from the swiss border to the belgian coast, tracing the trench lines of the western front. that is over 630 miles. that means negotiating with dozens of landowners and local councils. so far, reaction has been encouraging. translation: from the first moment i heard about the past, i immediately saw how it could work. i think we must widen the ways that we remember the past because if we don't do that, people will lose interest. this monument was sculpted. high on the new ridge stands this memorial

to canadian troops who fought on the western front. here too, gillespie's vision has received an enthusiastic welcome. i think it is a great opportunity. we have so many visitors who come on the pilgrimage to visit, follow the path of our a ncestors to visit, follow the path of our ancestors and this gives them an ultimate route to taking highways and going around, they can actually walk the western front as their a ncestors walk the western front as their ancestors did. tom heap believes projects like this provide new ways of connecting with a conflict that is moving further and further into our distant history. this to me is exactly what my great uncle envisaged when he was in those trenches 103 years ago today. he died somewhere near here, we do know exactly where. to me, it is spine tingling, the thought that we are pretty much doing what he did. i would like to send every man, woman and child in western europe on a pig

—— pilgrimage along that sacred road so —— pilgrimage along that sacred road so they might think and learn what war means from the silent witnesses of either side. a sentimental idea, perhaps, but we might make the most youthful road in all the world. what an amazing vision he had. the good news is that amiens is the start of the sections of half that they think they're the sections of half that they think they‘ re pretty the sections of half that they think they're pretty much well negotiated and are ready to put the signs in. have a long way to go, that two thirds read to complete what they are nearly there. i will be back in the next hour. here is the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins. there are calls for inflatable

slides to be banned following the incident in working. what needs to happen is a temporary ban, i stress, temporary ban on staples in public areas, until we have updated the regulations, until we have changed the inspection regime and parents can be 100% confident that when their children go on these things, there is nothing to worry about. the london living wage has risen by 25 pence from today. it means thousands of london workers pay will increase to £10.55 per hour. and the now gla—controlled london stadium is the latest business to sign up to be a london living wage employer. the rate is set by a campaign group and based on what a full—time worker with a family needs to survive. this week we are reflecting on the

100th anniversary of the first world war. as a soldier in world war i, jimmy seed survived twice and was told he would be able to continue his footballing career but went on playful tottenham in 1921, he became the managerfor charlton playful tottenham in 1921, he became the manager for charlton athletic. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the london 0verground it is part suspended. 0n the roads, m25 closed anticlockwise from j30 lakeside to j29 a127 romford, following a collision involving a lorry. queues from the dartford tunnel. this is traffic being sent off at j30 on to the a13. wembley, a404 watford road closed southbound at east lane because of a burst water main. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a reasonably mild start this monday morning. we do have a little bit of mist out there, but once it lifts we should see some bright and sunny spells.

we've got a variable amount of cloud, further west there will be a little more, but everywhere should see some sunshine. temperatures today getting up to around 16 or 17 celsius. most places dry, there is a small chance this afternoon of maybe a light shower, but most places managing to avoid it. 0vernight tonight, bonfire night, if you are out celebrating, great viewing for fireworks. a little more cloud west but clear elsewhere, a mild night too, tmeperatures10—11 celsius. the breeze starts to strengthen, a southerly south—east breeze and that continues into tuesday. for tomorrow morning, a bright start again, variable amount of cloud, a small chance of an isolated shower through the course of the afternoon but temperatures mild, looking at a maximum of 16 celsius. a touch cooler for wednesday and thursday with the risk of one or two showers. iam back i am back with the latest in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address.

bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: britain's armed forces turn to foreign fighters to solve a recruitment crisis — commonwealth citizens will now be able to serve without ever having lived in the uk. plastic surgeons call for graphic photographs to be printed on firework packages as serious injuries rise despite repeated safety campaigns. work—related stress has become an epidemic. that's according to figures from the health and safety watchdog. i'll be finding out what employers are doing to tackle it. remembering the fallen — as armistice week opens, 10,000 beacons are lit to commemorate the centenary of the "war to end all wars." in sport, an inspired raheem sterling fires manchester city back to the top of the premier league, as they thump southampton. are you a fixer or a chucker?

we'll find out about a campaign to get us to mend our broken appliances instead of replaceing them. it isa it is a mild week this week with wet weather to get under way in northern ireland and scotland this morning, but will your fireworks night be a damp squib or sparkler? join me for the full forecast here on breakfast. it's monday, november 5. our top story: the rules on foreign fighters in the british armed forces are to be relaxed to try to ease the worst recruitment crisis in a decade. currently, citizens from commonwealth countries can only sign up if they have lived in the uk for five years, but the ministry of defence is to lift this requirement so they'll be able to join without ever having lived in the uk. simon clemisonjoins us now to discuss these proposed changes. how significant would this be? quite

significant. and it does fit into a longer process of trying to boost recruitment. you might have seen adverts on tv that try to reassure people who feel they want to serve but feel that they can't do it so they look at being gay and being in they look at being gay and being in the army, or being muslim in the army, and there is a sense that, despite the messages the mod has put out, and the money going on, that more needs to be done. so what we expect today is the residency rule, which says if you are from a commonwealth country, and you have to live here for five years before you can sign up, the sense is that is going to be scrapped. some have been allowed to bypass it. and there are other schemes for nepalese gurkhas but we expect this residency rule will go completely. as to why there is a shortfall in the armed forces in terms of recruitment, we

just don't know. one mp looking into it found a perfect storm to do with an ageing population competing with people being further employed these days, so fewer people of working age, or an days, so fewer people of working age, oran age days, so fewer people of working age, or an age who could go into the armed forces, but reaching out to these different communities will help the armed forces feel more connected with communities, but ultimately it has to deliver the numbers to make up the shortfall. simon, thank you very much this morning. graphic photos showing the injuries that can be caused by fireworks should be printed on packaging, according to senior doctors. plastic surgeons say the number of life—changing injuries is rising every year, despite numerous safety campaigns, and more needs to be done. a government spokesperson said robust laws were in place controlling the sale and purchase of fireworks. in just a few minutes we'll be hearing about the importance of fireworks safety from a top burns surgeon. and we will speak to someone who was

hurt by a firework as well. those lucky enough to work for an employer who has voluntarily signed up to the real living wage are set for a 2.8% pay rise this week. for the first time they will receive £9 an hour. that's substantially higher than the legally—binding national living wage of £7.83 per hour. 0ur reporterjoe miller explains. wages are growing faster than the cost of basic goods and unemployment has gone down. but the living wage foundation says one in five of us are still earning less than is needed to make ends meet. are still earning less than is needed to make ends meetlj are still earning less than is needed to make ends meet. i have to look better at things, the prices, and go for what i can really afford, like, meat wise, beef is out of the question. the boss says he can't afford to give staff a raise without increasing prices. and almost 5000 businesses already are paying more than they have to buy law and are

committed to a rate set by the living wage charity. from today that rate goes up by 35p an hour to £10.55 in london, and by 25p an hour to £9 in the rest of the uk. the government's minimum wage won't reach those levels for at least three years. this year we have seen private rental costs go up, council tax go up, public transport has got more expensive, and the basic price of the basic goods that you buy in the supermarket shop has also gone up. all of that has gone up together to mean that people need more this year to meet basic cost of living. big firms like ikea, google and hsbc pay the living wage but the charity says more private companies and even public sector organisations need to come on board. critics say this could mean even less money for cash—strapped council services. people should take greater responsibility for managing their own health, and more should be done to prevent illness. that's according to the government's new long—term plan for the nhs in england.

in a speech later today, the health secretary, matt hancock will say the aim is for people to have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the health and social care secretary will say that ten times more public money is spent on treating disease than preventing it and that this does not stack up. mr hancock will point to a new strategy for england next year, which will include measures to encourage employers to help improve the health of their staff, including getting those who are off sick back into work. the government wants to see digital technology used to predict illnesses, allowing doctors to target advice at sections of the population, and genome sequencing analysing patients' dna playing a role in preventing future health problems. but labour argue that the conservatives have imposed cuts in public health services in recent years. the health foundation think tank welcomed the focus on prevention but said that the latest budget

documents suggested there'd be another cut in spending on public health and staff training in england next year. hugh pym, bbc news. we'll be speaking to the health secretary matt hancock in about half an hour's time. he is due in at about 7:40am on the programme. too many graduates in england are seeing too little payback for the big debts they rack up at university, according to a group of mps. the education select committee says there needs to be more transparency about what sort ofjobs students can expect after they graduate. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. going to university is a big decision and investment, but with students graduating with an average debt of £50,000, is it worth it when looking atjob prospects and future earnings? today's report by the commons education committee highlights that 49% of recent graduates are working in non—graduate roles across the uk. it also criticises vice chancellors'

pay, with the average salary in excess of £200,000 a year with bonuses and benefits. the report also calls for the government to reinstate means tested loans and maintenance grants for students from poorer backgrounds. we're saying that universities should look at these skills, they should be much more transparent and clear about graduate outcomes they do a lot more for social justice, that would be value for money, to make sure the most disadvantaged students has the chance to climb the education ladder of opportunity. the department for education says universities are offering more choice and value and introduced measures such as degree apprenticeships, which allows students to earn a salary while learning and bringing valuable skills to the workforce. investigators are looking into the cause of a major fire which destroyed several buildings near the centre of nottingham overnight. more than 100 firefighters were sent

to the former cattle market, next to notts county fc‘s meadow lane stadium. nobody was injured. around 10,000 beacons have been lit at the tower of london to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. the first torch was lit by a veteran. it then took the beefeaters almost 45 minutes to light the thousands of others. the ceremony will be repeated each night until remembrance sunday next weekend. something dan is very pleased about today: the world cheese awards were held in norway this weekend. more than 3000 cheeses from all over the world were represented in the competition, and they were judged by 235 experts from 29 nations. the winner was an aged gouda called the fana cheese, made in bergen. jorn hafslund, who made it, said norwegian milk was the reason it tasted so good.

isaid want i said want hour ago. we could fall out over cheese. i said i would give you want hour to come your favourite cheeses. mature cheddar, camembert, then possibly mozzarella or parmesan. you can't have a top four. parmesan is more useful and it has more taste than mozzarella.” parmesan is more useful and it has more taste than mozzarella. i love haloumi. what does it taste like? you can do all sorts of its. just wrong. ijoin you with mature cheddar and i think this week i might throw in edam to celebrate my european friends. laughter tell us what you think. he says i would be thrown out of his houseif says i would be thrown out of his house if i bite it from the block. is it true? can you believe it, you

open the minchin fridge and you take a bite out of it. yes, maybe. so someone a bite out of it. yes, maybe. so someone else in your family will go into yourfridge someone else in your family will go into your fridge and find teeth marks in your cheese. anyway! here is mat with the weather. that is shameful, louise! you would be thrown out of our house as well? it is not as cold this week as it was last week, that is the good news for you, a big jacket aside for the time being, much milder, but this time of year mild weather comes off with slightly wet and windy conditions, which we will see a cross some western areas every now and again and that is how we start today. it is raining quite heavily at the moment of the west of cornwall, the isles of scilly, across cumbria, but northern ireland and the bulk of scotla nd northern ireland and the bulk of scotland have a little bit for southern scotland through the day and continue in northern ireland, becoming less heavy and persistent, elsewhere it is a misty start,

particularly the east midlands, but it will brighten up for many, england and wales, southern and eastern scotland especially. isolated showers in the east, but most will be fine, and look at the temperatures for this time of november, 11— 15 or 16 degrees and to make it warmer on the weekend we have light wind, and they are crucial to night, because we have bonfire night, there will be some rain at times particularly in the west, can't rule out showers for north—east england, but for the vast majority you will celebrate under dry conditions, mild as well for most of you, and those wins not especially strong. now they will strengthen a little bit as we go through tonight and tomorrow morning. still some rain at times in the west. the odd heavy burst. showers northern and eastern parts of england and into parts of scotla nd of england and into parts of scotland in the morning. temperatures up a little bit on what we have this morning as southerly winds continue to dominate and they will continue into tuesday with the breeze picking up in the west as the next weather front pushes in. we

have showers around on tuesday pushing across parts of scotland, northern england especially, one or two maybe to the south—east, more significant rain returning to northern ireland into western wales and the far south—west of england. tomorrow's air will be more mild than today with temperatures around 17, maybe 18 degrees in one or two spots, even further north across scotland, at 12 to 14 as the high. tuesday night, more significant rain spreads across the uk, the wind will ease into wednesday, away from eastern scotland, that is, where we might start the day dry but rain spread across most of it at some point, some brightness in between, but not a great week for northern ireland, outbreaks of rain heavy and persistent, and for western scotland. while temperatures down on tuesday, still miles, butjust before i hand you back down and louise i have to show you the pictures from last night, nature's fireworks, aurora borealis in full show across northern scotland, lovely green colours indicating that

the charged particles from some might interact with oxygen in the atmosphere, and there might be the chance of some tonight in the far north of scotland, on the aurora forecast, but it might be too cloudy. lovely if they can see it. thank you. love those pictures, thank you. millions of americans will vote in the us midterm elections tomorrow — a ballot which many pundits see as a referendum on the presidency of donald trump. but will they endorse or reject mr trump's tough talk and unorthodox leadership style? general stanley mcchrystal led all the nato forces in afghanistan, and stood down after publicly criticising the barack 0bama administration. he joins us now from our london newsroom thank you so much. i know you route a book about leadership. your country is about to deliver, in some ways, it's a verdict on resident trump's leadership. how do you think that might play out? —— resident trump. it can be hard to tell and

what we need to remember is that some results reflect local concerns but if you take it to a national level, i think americans have been frustrated with how the elites have led america for the last few decades, since the second world war. many things have been good at many parts of america feel helpless. that is fairand parts of america feel helpless. that is fair and understandable, in cases economically and politically. donald trump was essentially hired to blow that up. at many people are upset by his style, many are upset by the tone and the long—term consequences, but there is still this feeling that something has got to change. what we may see at this election is let's keep changing things. i don't think we have to take that necessarily, as an endorsement as dumb of donald —— of donald trump's performance of that americans want change and i can understand it. lots of trump rallies have people carrying placards

identified themselves as a veteran, what you think former soldiers see in him? it is the same thing that all others see. at an think there is all others see. at an think there is a particular strength with him with americans. he has talked or about being strong in the world and increasing military budgets, but i think it is a subset of society. tell us also, he has not been to a war zone yet, as a former general, how important is it that he should or shouldn't go? i think it is very important. particularly in an age when many of our politicians have not seen, spelt all felt war, they need to go. they need to get up close to it. image on the stand what it does. it is like nonviolence, it is want to be too soft vocal about it and another to see someone who has been hit by a rifle or a salt workers. that is the same with war. you need to see what it does do societies, soldiers and what it means on the ground. and the soldiers need to see you there. they

need to feel that you understand that you care. have you had any insight as to why he has not gone yet? none whatsoever. looking at what is going on with this caravan of migrants coming from latin america and the way he talked about handling that. what you make of it? it isa handling that. what you make of it? it is a political tool to create a sense of fear. america has been concerned about immigration, as has much of europe and what it will do to societies. this happens to be a very visible caravan coming up and we can put news cameras very visible caravan coming up and we can put news cameras on very visible caravan coming up and we can put news cameras on it and talk about it like it is an enemy column of tanks to attack us, it is nothing like that. if people got up close they would see young ladies, children, it thinking this is in —— common to united states and they wa nt common to united states and they want a better future that they can

find in guatemala or honduras. it is understandable but it is understandable but it is understandable that americans can react when the president says we are invaded and you are going to lose something if they come in. i think it isa something if they come in. i think it is a populist form of politics which has not been effective in the long—term but it very resonating right now. that's what i wanted to ask you. it is —— is it of some ways of benefit to him that this is happening right now in the lead up to the elections? i think it is. it is something to coalesce there are concerns about immigration and so i think it is fortuitous for him. what about the language he used, he has talked about beautiful barbed wire. of course, most americans recoil about that. most up close are compassionate people with deep values that. the idea of a threat of

an unnamed, faceless enemy, is easy to hate. up close it wouldn't be that way. the idea of building barbed wire up or shooting potential immigrants, is absurd, but it does have a certain resonance. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. and you can follow the bbc coverage of the us midterm elections on the news channel from midnight tomorrow. it's 20 past 7, monday morning, which means your toaster and kettle are probably in full swing. but what do you do when they break? if you reach for the screwdriver then you're in a tiny minority, according to a recent survey by the north london waste authority. it found that fewer than one in ten of us tries to repair a broken domestic appliance, with white goods and electronic devices the most likely items to be binned. and the problem is not limited to the uk. electronic waste, or e—waste, is predicted to hit 50 million tons

this year — three million tons of which will be small items like mobile phones. let's talk now to janet gunter, who is trying to reverse that trend. she co—founded the restart project, which aims to teach basic repair skills. we used to be members, we have been throwaway, what has changed? —— menders. my mum is british and told menders. my mum is british and told me that culture, we have changed. we have squeezed the cost out of things, we want them to be cheap and now we are seeing some things, we want them to be cheap and now we are seeing some of the results. at an think everybody is ok with this. i think there is a lot of disquiet and a lot of pushback. we host community repair it ends, where people can come in and learn skills and take on their fears about repair and take on their fears about repair and learn to repair. but also reflect on the way they are buying electronics and electrical. the first thing you say is electrical and repairand!

first thing you say is electrical and repair and i think very bad first thing you say is electrical and repairand i think very bad idea because if it goes wrong, it could because if it goes wrong, it could be really dangerous. it used to be in this country that people change plugs, had the skills...” in this country that people change plugs, had the skills... i could change a plug. exactly. a few things like descaling a kettle, these are thenis like descaling a kettle, these are then is that people are not taught to do any more. we start with the basics and work with skilled volu nteers basics and work with skilled volunteers and we have a careful safety procedure. pa rt volunteers and we have a careful safety procedure. part of the reason that we repair together is to take away some of the fear and the danger from diy at repairing. can you see the cable here? we have got a frayed cable and, which i am sure many people have got, people thinking about replacing them repairing. this is on the edge where it is a parable without opening it up, which is difficult and could have safety consequences. this one, you could use of silicone rubber, the great

british product which you could use to save this. there are some cool hacks where you can take the inside ofa biro hacks where you can take the inside of a biro that you can reinforce with the spring. something we don't think to do and this is a costly item. the one thing i wanted to bring up, this is a flaw that we have seen over the years, it doubles the mind that it is still being sold ina way the mind that it is still being sold in a way that is seemingly designed for it to break and that is one of the things that people learn when they come to our events, they think about the things they can buy and buying for longevity. apart from what you are doing, in some ways i suppose if we put our collective pressure on companies and say this particular, whatever it happens to be, millions of different products, this thing goes wrong all the time. could we not economic pressure on the companies to change things? sure. we think it is great to look

what is failing, what doesn't work in design there. we think that all companies should be more less help to the same standard. we think we should have access to spare parts, we should have access to documentation for repair and things should be made so difficult to disassemble. some things are so cool to assemble that we break them and we try to fix them and we think there should be a standard for all companies, not just, we there should be a standard for all companies, notjust, we don't want to focus on one company, because the problems are endemic. we love a get—together. having a repair party, how much fun is it to get around and fix a toaster? it's that the sort of thing that takes place? absolutely. people love it. it is a response to the throwaway economy but it is social, fun, people are learning. that is what makes it so spreadable,

we are a movement that is growing. there are repair groups across the world doing the same thing.“ there are repair groups across the world doing the same thing. if you repairand world doing the same thing. if you repair and electric item, have you know it safe ? repair and electric item, have you know it safe? we encourage people to get started on battery—powered devices so they are connected to the mains and we seek how they respond to them and how conscientious they are. with mains, we have experienced volu nteers are. with mains, we have experienced volunteers and pair people with them and before we connect them we do testing, a whole lot of safety procedures that we do. you know with the battery—powered toy or whatever it may be, you leave it there for ages and it goes scampi. what do you do with that? if something is end of life, it needs to be recycled. sadly, between a quarter of things get sent to landfill that are electronic. they need to be recycled. i think we need to start buying products that are designed to

last and we need to start getting more options, more products that are designed to last. i will go home and mend my tortures. i go to try and work it out. —— tortures. —— torches. and gesturing to help! thank you for coming in. —— i'mjust trying to help. you're watching breakfast, still lots to come this morning, but now let's speak to our correspondent robert hall, who's in amiens for us in the run—up to armistice day. good morning from the banks of the somme, ora good morning from the banks of the somme, or a bridge good morning from the banks of the somme, ora bridge over good morning from the banks of the somme, or a bridge over it. we are here because over the next five days we will be making a journey from amiens in the somme battlefield, right up to the belgian coast at and along the way we will be looking ahead to next weekend, the centenary of the armistice. will be talking about remembrance, how individuals are remembering, families, and in a

moment, the first of those stories. that is after the news, travel and weather from wherever you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. there are calls for inflatable slides to be banned after the accident in surrey on saturday that left eight children injured. they were taken to hospital after the ride collapsed at the fireworks event in woking. the cause of the incident is being investigated. by surrey police and the health and safety executive. the calls follow the deaths of two girls in separate incidents involving inflatables. what needs to happen is a temporary ban, i stress, temporary ban, on bouncing castle and inflatables in public areas, until we have updated the regulations, until we have changed the inspection regime and parents can be 100% confident that when their children go on these things, there is nothing to worry about. the london living wage is rising by 25 pence from today.

it means thousands of london workers' pay will increase to £10.55 per hour. businesses voluntarily sign up to be london living wage employers. the rate is set by a campaign group and is based on what a full—time worker with a family needs to survive. this week we're reflecting on the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war. 0ne remarkable story is that of london footballing legend jimmy seed. as a soldier in world war one, he twice survived being gassed in the trenches. he was told he was no longer fit to continue his footballing career, but went on to play for tottenham, as part of the team winning the fa cup finally in 1921 and became the manager for charlton athletic in 1947. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning, but london 0verground is suspended between clapham junction and willesden junction this is old brompton road, which is closed westbound at finborough road because of a burst water main. queues in the area.

west brompton: 0ld brompton road closed westbound at finborough road because of a burst water main. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a reasonably mild start this monday morning. we do have a little bit of mist out there, but once it lifts we should see some bright and sunny spells. we've got a variable amount of cloud, further west there will be a little more, but everywhere should see some sunshine. temperatures today getting up to around 16 or 17 celsius. most places dry, there is a small chance this afternoon of maybe a light shower, but most places managing to avoid it. 0vernight tonight, bonfire night, if you are out celebrating, great viewing for fireworks. a little more cloud west but clear elsewhere, a mild night too, tmeperatures10—11 celsius. the breeze starts to strengthen, a southerly south—east breeze and that continues into tuesday. for tomorrow morning, a bright start again, variable amount of cloud, a small chance of an isolated shower through the course of the afternoon but temperatures mild,

looking at a maximum of 16 celsius. a touch cooler for wednesday and thursday with the risk of one or two showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the rules on foreign fighters in the british armed forces are to be relaxed to try to ease the worst recruitment crisis in a decade. currently, citizens from commonwealth countries can only sign up if they have lived in the uk for five years, but the ministry of defence is to lift this requirement so they'll be able to join without ever having lived in the uk. people who work for an employer who has voluntarily signed up

to the real living wage are set for a 2.8% pay rise this week. it will rise to £9 an hour for the first time for those outside of london. the figure in the capital will rise by 35p to £10.55 an hour. that makes it substantially higher than the legally—binding national living wage of £7.83 per hour. graphic photos showing the injuries that can be caused by fireworks should be printed on packaging, according to senior doctors. plastic surgeons say the number of life—changing injuries is rising every year, despite numerous safety campaigns, and more needs to be done. a government spokesperson said robust laws were in place controlling the sale and purchase of fireworks. people should take greater responsibility for managing their own health, and more should be done to prevent illness. that's according to the government's new long—term plan for the nhs in england.

in a speech later today, the health secretary, matt hancock, is expected to announce plans to invest in new technology to predict potential health problems. he'll say the aim is for people to have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035. too many graduates in england are seeing too little payback for the big debts they rack up at university, according to a group of mps. the education select committee says there needs to be more transparency about what sort ofjobs people can expect after they graduate. the government says it's reviewing post—18 education to see how it can ensure students get value for money. investigators are looking into the cause of a major fire which destroyed several buildings near the centre of nottingham overnight. more than 100 firefighters were sent to the former cattle market, next to notts county fc‘s meadow lane stadium. nobody was injured. around 10,000 beacons have been lit at the tower of london to mark the centenary of the end

of the first world war. the first torch was lit by a veteran. it then took the beefeaters almost 45 minutes to light the thousands of others. the ceremony will be repeated each night until remembrance sunday next weekend. and sunday next weekend. that is on the front page of many and that is on the front page of many of the papers as well. we will have matt with the weather for bonfire night. i was meant to go to a firework display on saturday night, but it was cancelled because of high winds. did it? yes. and sue barker is on the programme later, tv royalty in the building, she will be here at around 8:40am this morning. i don't know if you have seen, i know a regular on this programme, professor green, he has a single out called photographs, and he had a phenomenal response over the last

few days, a picture of him and his dad, and he has asked people on social media to interact with this as well and to get involved with a picture of someone you wish you spend more time with. or have more photographs to remember them by. and the response has been incredible. he will be talking about that, he is single, and death generally and how it has affected him. and talking about how men talk about grief and how grief is not necessarily something that is fixed, but ongoing, and it has been in his life. he is one of those people doing his best to change the conversation as well. even if we feel a bit uncomfortable, because it is hard to talk about, he is really brave. since he put out that photograph, someone like that does it, everyone else gets involved. he is here later if you want to send any of the photos to us for him to look at as well. we are talking about football. and a

ridiculous amount of goals yesterday from manchester city. quite friendly, just greedy. loads of goals in the premier league yesterday, most of them for manchester city who seem, somehow, to be getting better. they thumped southampton 6—1. sergio aguero scored his 150th premier league goal, set up by raheem sterling, who went on to score a couple of goals himself and really steal the show. city back to the top of the league. really interesting, he was on for a hat—trick, it was interesting how they were playing, they were playing for assists as much as goals, which is an incredible sign in a team like manchester city, they are 18, not just a collection of stars. they are ahead of where they were with the golden point last season.” ahead of where they were with the golden point last season. i will tell you who wasn't a head last night, the boss pep guardiola. he headed into manchester to be given an award, but he was a little under—dressed.

a little bit embarrassing. i am a disaster. i didn't expect how important this event is. everybody is so elegant, the suit, the tie. i came here, believe me i didn't know it, i promise you next time, we should win, but if it happens i will be more properly, like, this event deserves, so i'm so sorry. he is not really a disaster, is he? i think he got away with that one. chelsea also won and are nowjust a couple of points off city. they beat crystal palace 3—1, thanks — in part — to eden hazard who came on as a second half sub and immediately set up alvaro morata's second goal of the game. wayne rooney's going to play for england again. he's the all—time record goalscorer, and he'll get his 120th international cap when england play the united states at wembley later this month. it's a one—off to raise money for his foundation. not everyone is happy, though. this is the response from england's record cap holder peter shilton. he says he's shocked, and accused the fa of giving away caps. arsenal maintained their perfect start to the women's super league season. they beat birmingham city 3—1,

withjordan nobbs scoring twice. seven winds in a row now for arsenal. england's rugby league side put in a brilliant performance to beat new zealand at anfield. tommy makinson stole the show with a hat—trick of tries as england won the match by 20 points to 14, wrapping up the series with a match to spare. real statement of intent from england against one of the world's best sides. it was great to watch. to rugby union, and owen farrell won't be punished for this thumping tackle at the end of their match against south africa. it was the last play of the match and helped england hold on for a hard fought win. look at that. lots of commentators and former players felt it was at least a foul, but the authorities disagree and farrell is free to play against the all blacks next weekend. justin rose has reclaimed golf‘s world number one ranking after winning the turkish 0pen. he came from three shots behind going into the final round to win in a play—off.

it's his 19th career win and the first time in his career that he's defended a tour title. he played so well to get to the play—offs. he played so well to get to the play-offs. nerves? all sorts of things. when you play that well for four days and yet that, and you an 18 inch putt, it is one of those. maybe it was justin 18 inch putt, it is one of those. maybe it wasjustin rose's grooming routine? was the a little bit lighter because of the facial hair? a little bit of threading going on. rose bogeyed the 18th on his third round, so he needed a bit of a pick—up before the final day's play. so he went to the turkish barbers, for what looks like a full treatment. nose hair, eyebrows. men with a kind of ominous looking piece of string. he has cotton buds up piece of string. he has cotton buds up his nose. apparently to take

their hair out of your nose. they rip them out. sorry, everyone. warning. yes, that would make your eyes water. and finally, we've got another slightly daft statue for you. ready? yes. let's just ready? yes. let'sjust show it. this week it's mo salah. that is from a really strange perspective. how big is it? it is quite small. 0bviously perspective. how big is it? it is quite small. obviously the head is not that small. is it as bad as that one? that is one of the best ever, isn't it? yes, i'm not sure. they did tweak it. yes, they did rebuild it. can we see most other? can we have mohd —— mo salah? artistic impression. you can see from that, thatis

impression. you can see from that, that is the angle you would go for. beavis and butthead may be? i am not sure that facially it even looks like it. it is one of the worst i think i have ever seen! you said it, not me. thank you, sally. see you later. let's look at the front pages this morning. talking about the picture on the front of the daily mail, the eye—catching photograph from the moat outside the tao of london last night, 10,000 torches lit to mark 100 years since the end of the world war —— tower. 100 years since the end of the world war -- tower. and the telegraph's main story about people from the commonwealth countries living abroad being allowed tojoin commonwealth countries living abroad being allowed to join britain's armed forces, in a plan aimed to fix the recruitment crisis. their mirror leads poll which would suggest the majority of people would pay more tax to ensure britain's elderly are cared for and a photo of greg watts, who will become a dad for the third

time. finally, the guardian leads on brexit, that according to eu officials at the chances of theresa may striking a deal on the irish border acceptable to ministers would be 50-50 border acceptable to ministers would be 50—50 and there is an image from sunday night's remembrance event at it how london and there are many other papers with images of that today. free fruit, councelling and bicycle loans — that's what the government hopes to see employers routinely provide for their staff to help keep them healthy. it's part of a range of measures aimed at tackling pressures on the nhs being announced today by the health secretary, matt hancock. he joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning to you, thank you for coming to talk to us this morning. first, how is it different from the many campaigns we have talked about on this programme before? how will it make a difference? there are couple of things we are planning to do differently. the first is that we

are about to see at £20 billion increase in the nhs budget, going from just under 120 billion, up to over 140 billion, and when you increase the budget you can really shift how resources are spent, because of course we have to keep hospitals well funded, but more money needs to go into prevention rather than fewer. but it is more than that. it is about the attitude that we have. because we have rights as citizens to be able to use the nhs when we needed. we should talk more the responsibilities too. and in particular the responsibilities of individuals and employers to keep people healthy in the first place so that we don't have to go to hospital as often because prevention is better than cure. this is going to cost money, and i know we are hearing about more money for nhs, thatis hearing about more money for nhs, that is for frontline services, and

there has been talk about money for things you talk about, public health issues, there isn't money there. there are huge cuts in budgets for providing these sorts of things. where does that money come from? you are shaking your head because you don't know where it is coming from? because i don't agree with the premise of the question. we are putting £20 billion extra into the nhs. this is about, of course, public health and what local authorities do, but also about primary care, gps, i want better access to gps and more gps, so that things can be caught earlier, and it is about community services and community health services as well. so there is a big increase in the money going into the nhs. that is one of the big decisions the government has made in terms of how taxpayer money is spent. and i want that to be spent as well as possible and, as faras that to be spent as well as possible and, as far as i am concerned, that means helping to keep people healthy in the first place. we talked about

a sugar tax in the first place. we talked about a sugartax in in the first place. we talked about a sugar tax in the past. you say there is a quote here, the government set realistic goals to bring down salt levels. will we see a salt tax? tax is a matter for the chancellor in the budget. there are things we can do on salt. including reformulating preprepared foods. a lot of us eat ready meals and they often use a lot of salt. so working with the companies to make sure that we reduce the salt that we don't know that we are eating. as much as the salt that we do know we are eating. salt is an important part of it. the impact we reckon on hospital budgets of the people eating too much salt is around £500 million a year that we could save if we reduced it by a quarter how much salt people eat. and a couple of things to talk to about, while you are here today, i know you were close to tracey kuyt, who resigned

last week, she was on radio 5 live yesterday, she mentioned you talking about working closely with you, how do you see her decision to resign? lots of people talk about being impressed by her standing on this point of principle. would you support an amendment to a finance bill to bring these changes in?” support an amendment to a finance bill to bring these changes in? i am content with a finance bill, indeed it has my name on it, and that is because it brings down the amount that people can lose on these fixed odds betting terminals from £100 ago to £2 per go and i worked very closely with tracey on this and i feel very strongly on it. it is also an mental health issue as well as a gambling issue. so i still have a locust over it in my newjob. so we worked hard to bring the total is down from £100 to £2. was she wrong to stand down? i have huge respect

and admiration for tracey. my view is it should be brought in as soon as practicable. and what matters to me most of all is getting the policy through. i think tracey has been an absolutely brilliant minister and i am sure her style will shine again in the future. we know that there is the review of the treatment unit. you would be aware of the harrowing story last week of a teenager, bethany, in solitary conditions for almost two years. her father was on the programme talking about the fact that he spoke to his daughter through the vent in the bottom of a door and part of the interview and that i want your reaction on this. for the last 22 months, her treatment has been to lock her in a cell and when i go to see beth i have been kneeling down and talking to her through a hole in the door. it has been horrific. will there be a review into the treatment unit?

that had a huge reaction. many people saying, how can we have a situation like that? i agree. i have been indicating where jeremy situation like that? i agree. i have been indicating wherejeremy and will contact him. i have been hugely affected by the stories, really horrible stories about how people, usually young people, with learning disabilities are treated when they are insecure —— in secure hospitals. is something we will absolutely get to the bottom. i want to keep that target, but want to see if we can get much further. i think it is horrible. it is something, as a civilised society, we need to make

sure everybody gets the best possible treatment. again, it is not about the money, we spent half £1 billion per year on the street and centres and it is instead about putting in the focus and the clear policy and the compassion for treating people who are in some of the most vulnerable in society and treating them properly. we would like to follow that as well. thank you very much. i expect a lot of people out and about tonight. this evening will be much better than it is for some of you this morning. a cracking start across eastern areas, this is the view short while ago off the beach in eastbourne, but you are in the west and across the north, it isa in the west and across the north, it is a different story. here is the radar chart where the rain is falling. just to the west of wales,

clearing away from cumbria. northern ireland, much of scotland, a soggy start of the week. the heaviest of the rain push into the north—east and that does mean that things will improve from the south through the day. northern ireland drying out but still further rain at time. much of the rest of the uk it is a murky start, some mist and fold in places, especially the east with an. notice how the cloud breaks up, sunshine developing. still showers in the west but many central and eastern areas it should be fine, two temperatures on the high side, 17 degrees in the south—east corner and crucially, those wins will be fairly light after a blustery weekend. if you are outside breaking you will have to content with a few showers in the west. those will come and go but for most of you, bonfire night will be a dry one and a mild one as well with those white win. to the rest of the night we will see if you showers close to eastern coast later on and continuing with showery rain to the west. you will notice the

wind direction was from the south, avoiding the frost yet again, if anything temperatures are degree or so anything temperatures are degree or so higher than they were this morning. we will still have those southerly winds as we go into tuesday, we have got another active weather front edging to the west. here we go. tuesday, heavy on in western areas but a few showers to begin with northern ireland, same across scotland and northern england, central and eastern areas with a dry and bright date with highs into the mid— 20s, turning work across northern ireland and south—west england later. its been described as an epidemic. we're talking about work—related stress. victoria is taking a look. this week is international stress awareness week and it's very timely. figures just out from the country's health and saftety watchdog describe a country in crisis. for the first time, work—related stress, anxiety or depression accounts for over half of all working days lost due to ill health.

over 15 million working days were lost to the condition in the last year. that's a huge increase — 24% — on the year before. nearly 600,000 workers reported suffering from work—related stress, depression or anxiety. and over a third of them were new cases. so what's going on? carey cooper is a professor of organizational psychology & health at manchester business school. thanks very much for coming in. why is the number of people suffering from stress rising? if you look at the recession, what happened was there was a lot can help we have fewer people doing more work, working longer hours, feeling more job insecure. the recession in a way is still with us, people are just overloaded. another major problem andl

overloaded. another major problem and i think it is covered up, incidentally that is a very conservative measure. a lot of people feeling job insecure, going to work ill. it is present here is an. —— presenteeism. 0ur gdp is seventh in the 620. our stress—related illnesses are affecting performance. for me, the major cause of it is the line manager. we don't have the right type. we have technically competent managers throughout public and is, but they don't have eq. emotional intelligence. they don't have the soft skills, interpersonal skills to recognise the people are not coping and dealing with it, to team built properly, to allow fixable working. with have just the wrong kind of line manager and it with have just the wrong kind of line managerand it is ok, we need more investment in mental health, as

we heard. that is really important in general. but in the workplace, we need a different kind of culture, we need a different kind of culture, we need different kind of line manager. what things can companies be doing to improve staff welfare? weather not these things will be in force is another matter because as you say, people are afraid to say and speak up people are afraid to say and speak up and say they have got a problem. the answer is not mindfulness and those techniques. i am not saying they are not helpful, i am just saying it is not the solution. the solution is how do we create well— being cultures? cultures solution is how do we create well—being cultures? cultures were people feel valued, trusted and can work flexibly? long hours culture, e—mail is another warm. what is french law, no manager can send an e—mail outlook french law, no manager can send an e— mail outlook office hours french law, no manager can send an e—mail outlook office hours to their subordinates. we are terrible at. most people are getting e—mails at night, weekends, while they are on holiday from their line manager. we need a different kind of line

manager and windy constraints on that because otherwise people are 24/7, always on, affecting their family and performance and ultimately affecting their health. will have two leave it there. thank you very much. what's more about this story on the website and lots of advice about how you can cope with stress. international swot —— be aware. in the run—up to armstice day, we're on the road uncovering stories from the trenches of the western front. this morning, our correspondent robert hall is in amiens, in france, with the tale of a young, british soldier. robert. good morning. it was blazing hot last time we were here, telling the story of the start of the last 100 days of the first world war. today we are here to talk about the start of our journey towards we are here to talk about the start of ourjourney towards next weekend's armistice centenary commemorations and along the way we will tell you stories of remembrance

and commemoration. today, i will tell you the remarkable story of a network of paths planned to run from switzerland to belgium, all originating from a letter of home from a young officer. "there are graves scattered up and down. the ground is so pitted and scarred and torn with shells and tangled with wire." alexander gillespie was 26 when he wrote his last letters home. in the weeks before his death, he began to plan a project that could now become his legacy. my great uncle was a prolific letter—writer. .. country file presenter tom heap is alexander gillespie's great nephew. he had this extraordinary leap of imagination when he was in the trenches fighting, when he thought when this is all over, when peace comes, which put a route along no man's land for people of all nations to come and walk along. the vision is a network of marked footpaths,

stretching from the swiss border to the belgian coast, tracing the trench lines of the western front. it's that's over 630 miles. that means negotiating with dozens of landowners and local councils. so far, reaction has been encouraging. translation: from the first moment i heard about the path, i immediately saw how it could work. i think we must widen the ways that we remember the past because if we don't do that, people will lose interest. this monument was sculpted... high on vimy ridge stands this memorial to canadian troops who fought on the western front. here too, gillespie's vision has received an enthusiastic welcome. i think it's a great opportunity. we have so many visitors who come on a pilgrimage to visit, follow the path of their ancestors and this gives them an alternate

route than taking highways and going around, they can actually walk the western front, as their ancestors did. tom heap believes projects like this provide new ways of connecting with a conflict that is moving further and further into our distant history. this to me is exactly what my great uncle envisaged when he was in those trenches 103 years ago today. he died somewhere near here, we don't know exactly where. to me, it is quite, sort of, spine tingling, the thought that we are pretty much doing what he envisaged. "i would like to send every man, woman and child in western europe on a pilgrimage along that sacred road so they might think and learn what war means from the silent witnesses of either side. a sentimental idea, perhaps, but we might make the most beautiful road in all the world." you can imagine negotiations are

complicated. the last i heard was that there were 157 miles into that plan. they are well on the way and are still in negotiations with other areas. tomorrow we hearfrom are still in negotiations with other areas. tomorrow we hear from family and a village with particular connections which make them staged their commemorations. that is tomorrow, for now, the news travel and weather when you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. two people have been arrested

regarding a stabbing in london. it follows the stepping outside a tube station three days ago. there are calls for inflatable slides to be banned after the accident in surrey on saturday that left eight children injured. they were taken to hospital after the ride collapsed at the fireworks event in woking. the cause of the incident is being investigated by surrey police and the health and safety executive. the calls follow the deaths of two girls in separate incidents involving inflatables. what needs to happen is a temporary ban, i stress, temporary ban, on bouncing castle and inflatables in public areas, until we have updated the regulations, until we have changed the inspection regime and parents can be 100% confident that when their children go on these things, there is nothing to worry about. the london living wage is rising by 25 pence from today. it means thousands of london workers' pay will increase to £10.55 per hour. businesses voluntarily sign up to be london living wage employers. the rate is set by a campaign group and is based on what a full—time worker with a family needs to survive. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning, but london 0verground is suspended between clapham junction and willesden junction. this is old brompton road, which is closed westbound at finborough road because of a burst water main. queues in the area. there are big queues in the area. watford road is closed southbound because of a first water main. finally, mottingham, marvels lane is closed due to a burst water main. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a reasonably mild start this monday morning. we do have a little bit of mist out there, but once it lifts we should see some bright and sunny spells. we've got a variable amount of cloud, further west there will be a little more, but everywhere should see some sunshine.

temperatures today getting up to around 16 or 17 celsius. most places dry, there is a small chance this afternoon of maybe a light shower, but most places managing to avoid it. 0vernight tonight, bonfire night, if you are out celebrating, great viewing for fireworks. a little more cloud west but clear elsewhere, a mild night too, tmeperatures10—11 celsius. the breeze starts to strengthen, a southerly south—east breeze and that continues into tuesday. for tomorrow morning, a bright start again, variable amount of cloud, a small chance of an isolated shower through the course of the afternoon but temperatures mild, looking at a maximum of 16 celsius. a touch cooler for wednesday and thursday with the risk of one or two showers. plenty more on our website at the usual address. we will see you soon. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: britain's armed forces turn to foreign fighters to solve a recruitment crisis — commonwealth citizens will now be able to serve without ever having lived in the uk. plastic surgeons call for graphic photographs to be printed on firework packages as serious injuries rise despite repeated safety campaigns. nearly 200,000 workers are set for a pay rise from today. the voluntary real living wage goes up to £9 an hour. i'll be finding out what it means for workers. the power of pictures of those we've loved and lost — musician profession green will be here to tell us about his latest project, inspired by treasured photographs of his late father. in sport, an inspired raheem sterling fires manchester city back to the top of the premier league as they thump southampton. and in weather, we start the week on

a mild note, buta and in weather, we start the week on a mild note, but a wet start for parts of scotland and northern ireland. and will your bonfire night bea damp ireland. and will your bonfire night be a damp squib or a sparkler? join me for the forecast details later. it's monday november 5th. our top story... the rules on foreign fighters in the british armed forces are to be relaxed to try to ease the worst recruitment crisis in a decade. currently, citizens from commonwealth countries can only sign up if they have lived in the uk for five years, but the ministry of defence is to lift this requirement so they'll be able to join without ever having lived in the uk. simon clemisonjoins us now to discuss these proposed changes. this is quite a change? it all fits into a much longer process of trying to boost recruitment. you might have seen the tv ads around recently which try to reassure people who

might feel they want to serve, but don't feel they can. what if you are 93v don't feel they can. what if you are gay and you are in the army? what if you are a muslim in the army, can you are a muslim in the army, can you practise your faith? you are a muslim in the army, can you practise yourfaith? trying you are a muslim in the army, can you practise your faith? trying to a nswer you practise your faith? trying to answer those questions for people but there is clearly a sense that no matter how many millions the mod is putting in and how many messages it is putting out, it needs to do more. so we are expecting today that the residency rule, which says that if you are from a commonwealth country that you have to live in the uk for five years before you can sign up, our sense is that that is going to be scrapped. some have been allowed bypass it and there are other schemes for the nepalese gurkhas, for example, but we are expecting this residency rule to go. as to why there is such a shortfall in the recruitment of the armed forces, it is not clear. 0ne mp who has been looking into it says there is a perfect storm going on lots people employed now and an ageing population, so it is a difficult marketplace for recruiting. but reaching out to these communities so

that the armed forces reflects society is important. but it is clear that they need to boost numbers and reduce the shortfall. thank you. those lucky enough to work for an employer who has voluntarily signed up to the "real living wage" are set for a pay rise this week. victoria's here to explain. you have some figures on how this will benefit people? yes. there are 4500 different employers that have signed up to this. it is a voluntary living wage. it is supposed to more accurately reflect the cost of living in the uk. that means a pay rise for almost 200,000 workers. great news. so that will be £9 an hour if you live outside the capital and your employer has signed up to this. £10.55 if you are inside the capital. this is higher than the statutory minimum, also known as the living wage, the national living wage. the names are very similar. the problem with this is that we

have one in five jobs the problem with this is that we have one in fivejobs in the problem with this is that we have one in five jobs in the the problem with this is that we have one in fivejobs in the uk the problem with this is that we have one in five jobs in the uk that paid below this and we are having a real growth in low paid jobs in the uk. lots of businesses, including the public sector and local councils, are concerned about how they are going to be able to pay this. they might want to do this as they don't want britain's caterers and security guards doing a very‘s work and then going to a food bank on the way home. but regardless of whether it is fair, they say they simply can't pay this. so it is good news for those who will receive a higher wage from today, but there are almost 6 million people in the uk who will not benefit. thank you. people should take greater responsibility for managing their own health, and more should be done to prevent illness. that's according to the government's new long—term plan for the nhs in england. there'll be new investment in new technology to predict potential health problems. the aim is for people have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035.

it's about the attitude that we have. we have rights as citizens to be able to use the nhs when we need it, but we should talk more about the responsibilities too, in particular the responsibilities both of individuals and employers to help keep people healthy in the first place so that we don't have to go to hospital as often. prevention is better than cure. too many graduates in england are seeing too little payback for the big debts they rack up at university, according to a group of mps. the education select committee says there needs to be more transparency about what sort ofjobs students can expect after they graduate. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. going to university is a big decision and investment, but with students graduating with an average debt of £50,000, is it worth it when looking atjob prospects and future earnings? today's report by the commons

education committee highlights that 49% of recent graduates are working in non—graduate roles across the uk. it also criticises vice chancellors' pay, with the average salary in excess of £200,000 a year with bonuses and benefits. the report also calls for the government to reinstate means tested loans and maintenance grants for students from poorer backgrounds. we're saying that universities should look at these skills, they should be much more transparent and clear about graduate outcomes — they need to do a lot more for socialjustice, that would be value for money, to make sure the most disadvantaged students have the chance to climb the education ladder of opportunity. the department for education says universities are offering more choice and value and has introduced measures such as degree apprenticeships, which allow students to earn a salary while learning and bringing valuable skills to the workforce. us sanctions on iran have been reinstated in a measure described by president trump as the "toughest ever".

the sanctions — which target iran's oil sales and banking sector — are being introduced following america's withdrawal from the international nuclear deal agreed in 2015. washington says it's trying to stop what it calls tehran's destructive behaviour across the middle east. investigators are looking into the cause of a major fire which destroyed several buildings near the centre of nottingham overnight. more than a hundred firefighters were sent to the former cattle market, next to notts county fc‘s meadow lane stadium. nobody was injured. around 10,000 beacons have been lit at the tower of london to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. the first torch was lit by a veteran. it then took the beefeaters almost 45 minutes to light the thousands of others. the ceremony will be repeated each night until remembrance sunday next weekend. the world cheese awards were held in norway this weekend. more than 3,000 cheeses

from all over the world were represented in the competition, and they were judged by 235 experts from 29 nations. the winner was an aged gouda called the fana cheese, made in bergen. jorn hafslund, who made it, said norwegian milk was the reason it tasted so good. and somebody has got in contact with us this morning to say, thank you for showing footage from the world cheese awards. they make partisan cheese awards. they make partisan cheese in kent and they said they spotted the husband in the back of the shot. a little glimpse of a family member in our cheese news for you. you're watching breakfast. shocking images used on cigarette packets helped reduce the number of smokers, and now surgeons are calling for the same thing to be done with firework packaging. they say that if people saw pictures of the horrific burns caused by them, it could cut down on

the number of injuries. let's get more on this now from frances head, who was badly injured by a firework, and jim butters from the west yorkshire fire and rescue service. burns surgeon professor kayvan shokrollahi joins us from whiston hospital in st helens. professor, presumably this is the season for injuries in some ways. tell us what kinds of things you are having to deal with at the moment that are caused by fireworks? the major issues are of course burns. this can be from bonfires and accelera nts this can be from bonfires and accelerants in this can be from bonfires and accelera nts in particular, this can be from bonfires and accelerants in particular, people putting petrol, which is something to be careful of. the other is firework injuries, which are injuries which can be devastating to the hands, the face and the eyes. and are you having to deal with those at the moment? are you having

to help people all the time? yes. this time of year is of course the highest incidence for this. only a few days ago i was up all night operating for about ten hours on somebody who had suffered a major injury. frances, you were in hospitalfor a long time injury. frances, you were in hospital for a long time a few years ago. what happened to you?” hospital for a long time a few years ago. what happened to you? i was in hospital for a long time. i was in the school canteen and another pupil through a firework into the canteen and landed on my lap and exploded. i came out with second and third degree burns across my stomach, both size and superficial burns on my face and arm. you are probably quite fortu nate face and arm. you are probably quite fortunate not to be blinded or have even more serious injuries. yes. the plastic surgeon that they got straight down to me when i arrived at hospital in wakefield said to me

that i was lucky. he said, i know it is not something you want to hear, but you are lucky in the sense that you have not lost your limbs or your site because of how close to my face the burn was. jim butters, this is obviously a time for you to concentrate on this. what do you think would make the difference? this happened in the school canteen. it could happen all over the place. what would make a difference? it's about education and awareness. people have to be aware about what they have got in their hands. it is a small bomb on some occasions. if their hands are closed around it when it goes off, that is when the devastating injuries are caused. the big message we want to get out there is that there are many organised bonfires and nights going on over the bonfire weekend. thousands of pounds' worth of fireworks are going up. someone else is doing it professionally, which takes the risk out of the process. i remember the

campaigns when i was at school. year—on—year, there was a safety message put out there. why isn't getting through? there are legal regulations as well. it is not legal to sell fireworks to people under the age of 18. absolutely. you get new generation is coming along who think they are invincible and that it will not happen to them. whether it will not happen to them. whether it is the dark nights, it is difficult to tell. all we can do is continue the education process. we engage heavily with schools and youth groups in the run—up to bonfire night to try and reduce the numberof bonfire night to try and reduce the number of these incidents is occurring. but as we have seen from frances, some of the injuries can be significant. professor, some surgeons are calling for the injuries to be put on the side of fireworks packets. would that change attitudes? well, it's an idea.

certainly, anything that is going to highlight the issues and bring awareness of this problem is a good thing. maybe it's a blind spot, but the other thing to bear in mind is that alcohol doesn't mix with fireworks either. if you look at the numbers of injuries, they often come from garden firework displays and parties with a lot of alcohol. maybe thatis parties with a lot of alcohol. maybe that is something to look at as well. and if we are looking at legislation, i wondered whether a £90 on the spot fine for throwing a firework needs to be updated as well. frances, how has this affected you mentally? it was five years ago and we are building up to a busy night of the year forjim and we are building up to a busy night of the yearforjim and a professor. are you going to be ok tonight? have you been to a firework display since this happened?” tonight? have you been to a firework display since this happened? i have not been to display it happened. i suffered extremely with post—traumatic stress disorder. i

was receiving a lot of help from psychotherapists and councillors and psychiatrists. it sounds daft to say get over it because you don't get over something like that, but it was to help me process it mentally to the point now where i have severe anxiety and a lot of panic attacks around this time of year. those continue now from this time of year probably until the end ofjanuary, because it is a whole big season. but i am hoping, if all goes 0k, that i can attend an organised event this evening with my friends from university. i imagine that would be a big step for you. yeah. i have realised it is probably the final step i can take to help me process it, and doing this and speaking

about my story and making people aware and releasing the photographs as well that we have taken of the injuries has helped me a lot more. this is my last little push. good luck tonight. i know you are apprehensive. jim, lots of people will be going to organised events tonight. what is your top thing to keep people safe? like the professor said from the hospital, if the person setting off the fireworks can stay sober, that is a big step. common sense applies. follow the instructions on the box. only light one firework at a time, do so at arm's length. never return to a firework that you think has been lit. keep them in a metal box and enjoy the night. we are not here to be party pooper is, we want everybody to enjoy it, but do it safely. thank you very much to jim butters, and to frances and to

professor shokrollahi. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is looking dry for many. not so much first thing this morning, but there are promising signs out there. this was taken a short while ago along the scottish borders. there is the indication of a rainbow, a sign that there was sunshine trying to pick its way through. getting better for those of you who don't want to open the curtains this morning. some very heavy rain in parts of scotland so far, but it is edging northwards. conditions are starting to improve. elsewhere, we start the day quite misty and murky. fog patches around eastern parts of england and maybe

the odd shower through the day, but very isolated. much of east wales, england and eastern scotland will be dry. very mild. with light winds, if you are celebrating bonfire night tonight, it will hopefully be better thanit tonight, it will hopefully be better than it was through the weekend. with the odd shower pushing through and a few shows towards the west, for the majority, it is a bonfire night to enjoy safely. temperatures will hold up nicely. overnight, the winds will pick up again. many areas will stay dry and temperatures will be up will stay dry and temperatures will beupa will stay dry and temperatures will be up a few degrees on last night. here is the picture for tuesday. no pressure out of the west. we are still dragging our pressure out of the west. we are stilldragging ourair pressure out of the west. we are still dragging our airfrom the south. even milder air tomorrow. a few shows to come just about

anywhere through the morning. in the west, we will see the rain become heavy and persistent once again across parts of cornwall, west wales and northern ireland. look at these temperatures. a very mild night will follow. on tuesday, we will see rain develop a bit more widely. matter winds elsewhere compared with what we had on tuesday, but outbreaks of rain again. temperatures will be down a bit on tuesday. if you are not off to any of the organised fireworks events tonight, here is a look at what nature put on last night in northern parts of scotland. the aurora borealis was in full flight the aurora borealis was in full flight across northern areas, giving spectacular displays of green. the

green colours are an indication of the charged particles interacting with the oxygen particles in our atmosphere. there's a chance we could see the aurora again tonight across northern scotland. the forecast is at its strongest in the far north, but there will be lots of cloud as well. lovely photographs. how do you feel about the spice girls? duvet spice up your life? you might be in for a treat. according to reports, girl power is about to make a comeback and the group — minus one member — will be announcing a new tour. let's remind ourselves why they're still the most iconic girl band in history... # if you wannabe my lover # you gotta get with my friends # make it last forever, friendship never ends # if you wannabe my lover # you have got to give # taking is too easy but that's the way it is...

# tonight is the night when two become one # i need some love like i've never needed love before # wanna make love to you, baby # i had a little love, now i'm back for more # wanna make love to you, baby... # colours of the world, spice up your life! # every boy and every girl, spice up your life! # people of the world, spice up your life! # aaaah # slam it to the left if you're havin' a good time # shake it to the right if you know that you feel fine # chicas to the front, ha, ha # go round. # slam it to the left if you're havin' a good time # shake it to the right if you know that you feel fine # chicas to the front, ha, ha # hai, si, ja, hold tight! we will be speaking to a spice girls superfuna we will be speaking to a spice girls super fun a bit late we will be speaking to a spice girls superfun a bit late in we will be speaking to a spice girls super fun a bit late in the programme. sue barker is also going to be here in about 20 minutes'

time. and professor green will be on the studio floor as well. he has a new single out called photographs with rag'n'bone man singing on it. it's a beautiful piece of work. he has also put a photograph of him and his dad on social media. and the whole point of it was about saying, because his dad died a few years ago from suicide, and he said, i would love to have spent more time with my dad, here is a picture of somebody i wish could talk to. and he asked people to send pictures of their loved ones. do you have enough photographs of the person you have loved ? photographs of the person you have loved? so many people got in touch. he will be here to talk about that. i'm not sure we are going to talk to him about recycling, but that is something else on this morning's programme. could you survive with a bin collection every four weeks? so it looks like you are fairly

organised. indeed. sabrina edwards lives with her partner and stepson. she is a stickler when it comes to recycling, but last month in a bid to increase recycling rates across this county, conwy council changed black bin refuse collections to once every four weeks. even after three weeks, i already counting down to the next collection. it is a bit sad, looking at the chart and waiting for it to happen. i have had to borrow the bin from next door if she doesn't mind me using it. it is a lwa ys she doesn't mind me using it. it is always full. for households with six or more, and additional wheelie bins will be provided. those collecting the rubbish cross conwy have witnessed locals' worries first—hand. witnessed locals' worries first-hand. residents have shown concerns to ourselves in terms of how they are going to manage. it is

more those with younger families. we still see a bit of recycling going into the grey bins at the moment, but it is reducing as time goes on. residents here on the east side of the county have had a chance to come to terms with the new regime. they we re to terms with the new regime. they were pa rt of to terms with the new regime. they were part of a year—long trial before this four weekly collections we re before this four weekly collections were implemented across the county. and the result of that trial found that recycling had increased by 14% and the amount of refuse in this black wheelie bins and decrease by almost a third. by 2020, the uk has almost a third. by 2020, the uk has a target of recycling 50% of all household waste, and wales is currently the only country in britain meeting that figure. the welsh government have set their own target, wanting local authorities to achieve recycling rates of 64% by the end of 2020. so hitting targets and improving recycling rates is the reason behind the change here. but the council will also be saving

almost £400,000 a year. isn't this simplya almost £400,000 a year. isn't this simply a cost—cutting measure? almost £400,000 a year. isn't this simply a cost-cutting measure? we are actually out there to recycle. the more we recycle, the better it is for the future. we have seen programmes like blue planet and we know that that is the way forward and that is what we are doing for our residents. so it is not a cost—cutting measure? our residents. so it is not a cost-cutting measure? no, any benefits on the side are purely additional. two years ago, falkirk in scotland was the first local authority in britain to move to four weekly collections. in the year that followed, they saw almost 5% in recycling. neighbouring welsh councils are watching conwy closely and they are considering similar changes. with christmas around the corner, reusing the leftover turkey will not be the only form of recycling is being done in conwy this festive season.

thank you for all of you who got in contact about that story, saying what you would do. lots of people said they would refuse to pay their council tax. and many say, we already experience a four weekly pick—up and it is difficult when you have got kids, nappies etc. coming up, sue barkerand have got kids, nappies etc. coming up, sue barker and professor green. in the meantime, let's speak to robert hall, who is in amiens for the run—up to armistice day. welcome to the banks of the chilly river somme. we will tell you one particular story today which covers a network of paths stretching from switzerland to the belgian coast, after the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning. a fairly mild

start the day, temperatures this morning above freezing for most of us, of cloud at the moment, as we go through the week it stays mild, quite cloudy, quite a strong wind and some rain at times as well. this is the satellite picture this morning, this mass of cloud across the uk, some breaks in the east, generally speaking across eastern areas the sunny spells will occur. those extending into wales, through much of northern england, the south—west as for northern ireland and scotland it will remain wet into the afternoon, maximum temperature about average for the time of year, 11-16d. this about average for the time of year, 11—16d. this evening, if you are

heading out for bonfire or fireworks, should be dry for most, quite mild, light winds compared to the weekend. check for hedgehogs sleeping under any bonfires. monday evening, the continuation of the southerly wind, some rain in the west, drifting further east, lots of dry weather taking us into tuesday. mild night, you noticed temperature is no lower than 7—11d. tuesday, similar setup for most, most of us it's trite, sunny, more cloud and rain across northern ireland, perhaps edging into the far west of wales, and cornwall, perhaps western scotla nd wales, and cornwall, perhaps western scotland as well. try and pride in the east, again, temperatures about 11-15 - 16 the east, again, temperatures about 11—15 — 16 degrees. into the rest of the week, these weather fronts in the week, these weather fronts in the west, whether unsettled, working further eastwards during wednesday,

patchy rain spreading to use to areas throughout the day, the wettest weather always towards the west. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. going full force — president trump reinstates major economic sanctions against iran. we'll assess what this could mean for oil prices — and everyday iranians. live from london, that's our top story on monday the 5th of november. the us says its sanctions against iran are the toughest ever — covering banking, shipping and, of course, the country's oil industry. also in the programme... president xi pledges to cut chinese import tariffs — as it battles in a trade war with the us. the markets are looking pretty