good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: american voters deliver their verdict on two years of president trump. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i am on the ballot, so please go out and vote. five men are arrested after a video showing a model of grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire emerged online. a bbc investigation reveals patients are facing long waits for nhs tests, as hospitals struggle with staff shortages. stocking up. christmas has come early for more than a fifth of us, who have bought the gifts already. i'll be asking if it is just festive excitement or financial necessity. huddersfield will remember the 5th of november. they beat fulham for their first win of the season, to haul themselves off the bottom of the premier league. good morning from the tower of london. we are here this morning to look at the tribute to commemorate 100 years since the end of world war

i. the weather today, a foggy start for some of us. rain and strong winds from the west. a few showers in the east. i will have more in 15 minutes. hello, a very good morning to you. it's tuesday the 6th of november. isa is a huge day for americans. they cast their ballots in the us mid—term elections. the vote‘s being seen as a referendum on president trump's first two years in office. final campaign rallies were held last night — the president visited indiana and missouri in a last attempt to appeal to voters. the election will decide which party — democrat or republican — will control both houses of congress. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i'm on the ballot so, please, go out and vote. go out and vote. he's not on the ballot but these mid—term elections are allabout him. seven states, 11th rallies and that's just in the last week. his message, democrats are a socialist mob, the media are enemy of the people

and, above all else, migrants are to be feared. another man who is not on the ballot is this former president — but he's still the closest thing the democrats have to star quality. and he's focussing on donald trump's attitude to the facts. because america is at a crossroads right now. there is a contest of ideas going on right now, about who we are and what kind of country we are going to be. americans will be voting for members of both chambers of congress — that's the house of representatives and the senate. both are currently controlled by republicans. all a45 seats in the house are up for election. 281 are needed for a majority, with republicans going into the election holding 235. in the senate, republicans hold 51 of the 100 seats. 35 are being contested. if the polls are to be believed,

then the republicans are likely to lose the house but keep the senate. that would make it hard for president on to get legislation through. and democrats would control key powerful committees that could investigate the administration. holding on to the senate would mean that the president will get approval for thejudges and that the president will get approval for the judges and the cabinet members he wants. all told, there is a lot to play for. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington. five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing an effigy of grenfell tower being burned as part of a bonfire party. the men were taken into custody after they handed themselves into a south london police station late last night. let's get the latest on this now from our reporter andy moore. i know this has all happened in the last few hours, but what more can you tell us. good morning. good morning. i can tell you they are aged between 19 and 55. and as you say they have been held in custody overnight at a south london police

station. now the bbc has decided not to show the video of its self because of the offence it would cause. in a still image you can see a cardboard cutout of the tower with cutout paper figures that was put on a garden bonfire and burns, while people stood around laughing and joking. now, the campaign group justice for grenfell, has called for the full force of the law to be used against these perpetrators of what they say is a hate crime. it's disgusting. it really is. there's clearly that we have individuals, groups of individuals in our society at the moment who think it is all right to make fun of the fact that actually 72 people have died. now, the condemnation of the video has been led by the prime minister, theresa may, in a tweet before the arrests she said "you disrespect those who lost their lives at g re nfell tower,

those who lost their lives at grenfell tower, as well as their families and loved ones, is utterly unacceptable." families and loved ones, is utterly unacceptable. " james families and loved ones, is utterly unacceptable." james brokenshire said the video was utterly disgusting and that those who are responsible should be ashamed of their actions, which are beneath contempt. thank you for the moment. we will speak to my wrist and mills from justice for grenfell in about an hour. —— moira. a bbc investigation has found that one in 11 radiographer posts in the nhs is vacant, and could be a key cause of delays in patients receiving tests and scans to diagnose conditions such as cancer. more than a million people across the uk are waiting for an nhs test or scan. our health correspondent nick triggle reports. there are more than 1 million patients waiting for an nhs test or scan across the uk. these are meant to be done in a matter of weeks to diagnose conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis. but growing numbers of patients are facing delays, sometimes of several months.

in england, the number waiting more than the target time of six weeks has risen by 9,000 in a year, to nearly 29,000. the performance in scotland and northern ireland is even worse, with only wales seeing an improvement. figures obtained by the bbc under the freedom of information act suggest a shortage of radiographers who carry out scans and ultrasounds is a key cause. in total, 124 nhs trusts and boards across the uk responded to the request for information — four in five of those asked. it showed there were more than “1,000 posts funded but that1 in 11 of them were unfilled, at the start of this financial year. all radiographersjoin the profession and go to work every day to give the best possible service and when there are vacancies and there's extra pressure in the system, that's is felt by everyone in the service. our members are working harder, extra shifts to try and fill those gaps, but there is only so much

you can get a limited number of people to do. the department of health said steps were being taken to recruit more staff and invest in new technology and equipment. nick triggle, bbc news. a 16—year—old boy has died after a suspected stabbing in south london last night. this latest incident comes after four people died in knife attacks in the capital in five days. nobody has been arrested in connection with last night's incident. the cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss theresa may's latest attempt at finalising a brexit deal. the main sticking point is the arrangements to avoid checks on goods at the irish border if there's no trade agreement. the uk government is still hoping a deal can be done this month. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us this morning. good morning to you. what is the latest? i think the fact that

theresa may has said in public that 95% of this deal is done is why we are, of course, getting speculation that could happen at any time. i think when you are that closed and it is possible. what was interesting yesterday was that senior whitehall sources were playing down expectations about today's cabinet meeting, saying there is no document, no draft deal that they are going to be asked to sign off at that meeting. so it could well be more chat. all of them giving their views on what is going on. there is also suggestions of a special summit, but not until towards the end of november. and as all depends ona end of november. and as all depends on a breakthrough on this issue of keeping the irish border open, if oui’ keeping the irish border open, if our trading relationship has been sorted by the end of the transition period then how do you stop that being a hardboard? so the concession that there has been by the eu is that there has been by the eu is that there has been by the eu is that the whole of the eu could stay ina that the whole of the eu could stay in a customs arrangement —— hardboard. what the wrangling is

over now in the eu and the cabinet is how long could we stay in that relationship? could it go on for ever? how do we get out of it? i was struck last week talking to cabinet ministers about how pessimistic they are not about theresa may getting a deal, but they looking further ahead to that crucial vote in parliament and some of them are still pretty pessimistic that she can get any kind of deal through there. thank you very much. women who are early risers are 50% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who get up late, according to a study by british scientists. researchers say the reasons are unclear — and that nobody should change their sleeping habits because of this study. they say it adds to the growing evidence of the importance of sleep. a man who was accused of murdering four soldiers in the ira's hyde park bombing in 1982 has been arrested. john downey will be charged with the murder of two servicemen in northern ireland in 1972. the 66—year—old is expected to appear at dublin high court later to face extradition proceedings. the restaurant in salisbury,

where traces of the nerve agent novichok were found after the poisoning of a former russian spy, has reopened. a special thank you dinner was held for the emergency services at the zizzi italian restaurant last night. it was one of a number of locations in the city to be found to be contaminated after sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell seriously ill in march. women will begin to qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men from today — a quarter of a century after equality plans were first announced. the move will see women join men in being eligble for payments at the age of 65, but critics say they are still a long way from pension equlity as the amount they typically receive is lower. aaron burr yesterday we were talking about a spice girls reunion and you are quite excited that i remember yesterday. so too is adele. there

she is sharing her excitement. the singerjoined thousands of other fans welcoming the announcement online with a childhood picture which revealed her bedroom plastered with pictures of the spice girls. it's received nearly two million likes. the only thing is, if i posted a picture, it was not in my childhood... laughter. she says this, the text that accompanies that says this is how i feel. we will have the papers in a moment. first of all the sport. yes. it is not reining in sri lanka. they are actually playing cricket right now. you might not want to know what is going on. i can tell you, england have already lost four wickets. a great start. two went very early on, before joe root was dismissed for 35. with jennings and stokes now at the crease. england are now on 98 for four.

maybe the rain will come. huddersfield are off the bottom of the premier league, thanks to their first win of the season — they beat fulham 1—0 — they hadn't scored at home since the middle of april. in rugby league, george burgess could be banned this evening for this alleged eye poke in england's win over new zealand at the weekend. it's an offence that normally carries a suspension of three to five matches. the third test is on sunday. and history has been made in the melbourne cup, with cross counter, ridden by kerrin mcevoy, becoming the first british—trained horse to win the race. trainer charlie appleby said it was "everybody‘s dream". that, everybody at home, is a little bit of history happening in the many yea rs of bit of history happening in the many years of the history of the melbourne cup that is the first time a british horse has won. amazing. thank you very much. time to get the papers now. we look at the front

pages first, the daily mail claims a grieving family could be hit with bills of up to £6,000 under a new death tax. it is coming. wait for it. garages. it is the cost of securing probate, that is coming up in april. they also have two of the spice girls there. four of them are involved in the spice girls reunion. the front page of the times, president trump and former president obama. women who are early rises are 40% less likely to develop breast cancer. the papers is that researchers looked at more than 400,000 women. that is the first timei 400,000 women. that is the first time i have had any good news about getting up early in the morning. the prime minister is meeting with a cabinet at a critical point in the brexit negotiations, according to the guardian. the discussions, for the guardian. the discussions, for the uk government was told by ireland to stand by its commitments on avoiding a hardboard up between northern ireland and the republic. —— hard border. the pictures are of

bonfire night. and the story this morning, the people burning a model of the grenfell tower. five people have been arrested in london. they handed themselves in at around 3:30am. more details on that throughout the morning. good morning, colletta. you are here to talk about the papers. do you want to start? i am going to start with some sri lankan news. talking about the cricket and how it has not particularly started well for england in the last hour or so. this is talking about how the area where they are playing was hit by a devastating tsunami many years ago, but actually surrey county helped them with a huge donation of financial support. and they have a surrey cricket ground there where the kids can go and play andy king plays. they have graham thorpe road, paul sheldon lane, named after some of surrey's best ever players. it is a thank you to all the work that the

charity did at the time and be people who will working —— are working for surrey cricket did to redevelop the area after the tsunami hit very badly and so many people lost their lives. colletta, what have you got? one is the pension age for women. i don't know if you have seen this. we just mentioned it. an interesting warning from the guardian saying a loss of the papers and the headlines saying pension equality day —— a lot of of a. the ages napisan, but guardian pointing out that women retiring can expect less —— the ages are the same. in other papers, the times have a story today about a new commuter scheme. lots of cities across the uk have those bikes you can hire and do your final mile to work on a little bike you hop on you get on the at mac beforehand. this is an electric scooter scheme beforehand. this is an electric scooter scheme so beforehand. this is an electric scooter scheme so you beforehand. this is an electric scooter scheme so you can beforehand. this is an electric scooter scheme so you can zoom across london. this is across the

olympic park in east london. it is a trial scheme. if it works they wanted to spread over london. they will have to change the legislation to get the electric scooters to go on the road. that is more controversial, whether they can zoom on the streets or the pavements. it is bad enough when bikes are on the pavements and pathways, let alone to be on an electric scooter. sir david attenborough has a new programme out, i am looking forward to this. the trailers look excellent. it is called dynasty is, it is on bbc one. —— dynasties. he says the animal world has got it right, put women in charge. he wants more women in power in society to mirror what he sees in the wild. he gave the example of female bull elephants, who have all the wisdom while the males run around trumpeting. as if we didn't love sir

david already. itjust magically appeared, that story caught my eye. have you seen the s—video?|j appeared, that story caught my eye. have you seen the s-video? i have not seen this video. 100 million hearts have been melted by this, our baby bear and the mother bear in russia, and it takes quite awhile to watch it, and the bear keeps slipping down this massive snowy slope. if you are welling up, you we re slope. if you are welling up, you were yesterday on the programme, this will get you. the baby bear eventually getting to the top. this will get you. the baby bear eventually getting to the topm looks actually like a human. perseverance, it keeps slipping down. what is the mother doing? the mother gets to the top quite quickly and just gently encouraging. how did the pyramids get built? travellers

have wondered how they got there as long as they have been visiting, and in eastern egypt they found a stone mmp in eastern egypt they found a stone ramp with a series of post holes on both sides. obviously they then removed the ramps, they never found them beside the pyramids, but these are from about the same time the pyramids were built. they were double the height of a standard ramp at the time, so you would push the stone up, wedge the polls in the holes, and there were places for people to stand on both sides, and they push them up and built the pyramids. now, that is scaffolding. that is amazing. that is some early egyptian scaffolding. the tower of london is being lit up in a stunning display of remembrance. this was the spectacular scene last night after ex—miltary veterans lit 10,000 torches to mark the centenary of the end of world war i. the tribute is running every night this week until armistice day.

carol is there this morning with the weather. very good morning to you. good morning, all. and we will see some of those lights lit up through the morning, not all of them, of course. but this morning, wherever you are it isa but this morning, wherever you are it is a mild start to the day. the other thing is there is quite a bit of mist and fog, especially across england, and visibility is poor in places like luiten and really, whether visibility is less than 100m —— luton. what we are looking at rain coming in from the west. yesterday's top temperature in hampshire reached 18 degrees, something similar today. you can see the pressure chart, we have two weather fronts, the first bringing showery rain and the second one introducing more persistent rain. so this morning, when we gradually lose

that mist and fog things will brighten up a touch. we currently have showers in the west and across the southern counties. some of the showers in the south will push into the midlands, then you will notice the midlands, then you will notice the wind pushing in from the west and heavier and more persistent rain coming in across northern ireland and the rest of the country. where we see any breaks in the cloud and the sunshine coming through, for example around the murray firth and into the south—east, that is where we will see the highest temperatures, anywhere between 15 and 17, possibly 18 celsius. through this evening and overnight our first weather front continues to drift eastwards, moving out of northern ireland, taking its rain with it, some of that will be heavy and thundery but it won't arrive in east anglia until very early tomorrow morning. temperature—wise, no frost. it will be a mild night wherever you are. so tomorrow we start off on a wet note. showers pushing eastwards, the odd rumble of thunder in them, but then we see some heavy rain coming into the west, and tomorrow

it is going to be windy. windy especially across the coast, the north sea coastline and the irish sea coast, for example. by the time we get to thursday, some showery outbreaks of rain moving north across scotland, and some heavy rain coming in across wales in south—west england. in between there will be quite a bit of dry and bright weather. still a breezy day, temperatures not quite as high, high as by then up to 13 or 14 celsius. so there is one word that can describe the weather quite nicely for the next few days, and that messy. thank you very much, and it isa messy. thank you very much, and it is a real privilege to be there this morning. we look forward to seeing those torches lit a bit later. when you visit cornwall, or even watch poldark, the history of mining is everywhere. historically, the county produced huge amounts of tin, copper, and even arsenic. but, from today, cornwall‘s geology is due to be used for something rather different. a multimillion—pound project hopes to produce renewable electricity using the hot rocks deep underground. jon kay has been to take a look. on an industrial estate just outside

red roof, they are making history. this giant reed is going deeper into the uk's earth than ever before. they are drilling three miles down. to give you a sense of what that means, the shard building in london is about 300m high. so imagine 15 shards all on top of one another, and then go underground to that depth. that is how deep these drills are going to go. 4500 metres. and here is why. this promotional video shows there will be two giant holes. the first one will take cold water about halfway. the water will then trickle deeper and be heated to

nearly 200 celsius by the rocks below. then it will be pumped back up below. then it will be pumped back up to the top through a second well. the scheme it produces at the earth's surface will be used to create electricity for up to 3000 cornish homes. it's a fantastic day for me, but it's also a huge relief, as well... ryan moore is the geologist and businessman who has devoted geologist and businessman who has d evoted te n geologist and businessman who has devoted ten yea rs geologist and businessman who has devoted ten years to making this a reality, and he is convinced this is just the start. you only have to look at what has been happening in germany, what has been happening in the paris basin, for example. once one project kicks off and is successful, many projects follow. but it took £10 million of eu muggy to get this project under way and after brexit they will need private investors to fund any future advances. in places like iceland, geothermal is already part of the renewable energy mix. the geology here means it is easier to reach the

hot rocks below, and a quarter of the country's electricity is produced this way, without the chemicals and the pressure involved in fracking. no one is expecting cornish granite to produce anything like those quantities, but the local council is putting in £2 million as an investment for the future. council is putting in £2 million as an investment for the futurem this proves itself, then we would hope that other wells will be drilled in due course, and that more of thejobs, more drilled in due course, and that more of the jobs, more of the drilling facilities, the muggy from those will go to the local cornish economy. if he is right, this landscape, rich in centuries of mining history, could be groundbreaking once again —— money. that is a really interesting story, that. we have got a packed programme today. later on we have toured france winner geraint thomas —— tour

de france. we will try and track down his missing trophy. and we will be speaking to ross edgley, who has just swan around the uk. his partner does not like his beard. he grew it as defence againstjellyfish, she says she didn't like it, and he has agreed, live on breakfast, earlier this morning, to have the beard removed. not surgically removed, just shaved. and he was really concerned about having to learn how to walk again, he has not been on dry land for 150 days. the archers of his feet have almost collapsed.

—— arches. and we have loads to pack in. i know lots of you reacting to the news about those five arrest over the video at grenfell, which many of you will have watched yesterday. we have taken the decision not to show that video but we will bring you the latest on those five arrest. they have been arrest it on suspicion of a breaking public order offence. what's to come throughout the morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm toliu adeoye. a 16—year—old boy has died in the fifth suspected fatal stabbing in london in a week. police were called to tulse hill just before 11:00pm last night. the teenager was treated by paramedics at the scene but could not be saved. no arrests have been made and his next of kin have been informed. those running grassroots projects

funded by the government's counter—terrorism strategy prevent say it is crucial to win the trust of young people. we have been given special access to some of the schemes involved, including this one in southall, which helps pay for football coaching. efforts are being made to turn around the perception of the controversial government strategy, which has been described by critics as a toxic brand. prevent is all about safeguarding, make sure the young people have the necessary tools and knowledge to be able to withstand obnoxious views. and by bringing them into the football, and and also into the other activities we undertake, it makes sure the young people are not there on their own, to be preyed on by extremists. electric scooters will be available for hire from today at the olympic park. the scooters aren't legal on the roads at the moment, but they will be allowed for a three—month trial on one route in the park. the aim is to test the technology and help people making their way around the area.

let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. on the trains, there are delays on gatwick express, southern and thameslink services between east croydon and three bridges, after a person was hit by a train last night. turning to the roads, in westferry, there are restrictions in place for roadworks at the a13 commercial road at west india dock road. in west norwood, there are temporary traffic lights for waterworks at norwwod road, and robson road is closed. now the weather, with sara thornton. good morning to you. it is a mild start this morning. it is dry as well, but we do have some mist and fog patches just the content with. they will lift up, and then later we are generally dry and certainly very mild for the time of year. some cloud around through the first half of the day especially. out towards the east later we had some sunshine

coming through, and as i say, mostly dry. could catch stray shower, very, very unlucky to catch one, though. 15 degrees on the map here, but we could see 17 celsius, well above average for the time of year. as we go through this evening an overnight we are dry at first, but by the end of the night we can see the rain trying to push in from the west. so it is not an wild night. 11 celsius to start us off tomorrow morning but tomorrow morning you will want your umbrella. we've got rain pushing across us tomorrow morning, dries up little later but then we see some fog and showers for the afternoon. still pretty mild for the time of year. a good couple of degrees above average, as we will be through much of this week, but we will have the showers tomorrow. thursday a better day, we are dry some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker.

we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. we know tour de france winner geraint thomas loves to watch breakfast in bed with a coffee, but we're getting him up early today to come here. the kettle's on, geraint! he's playing christmas's most famous misery — the grinch — but benedict cumberbatch has been telling louise how he's actually a big fan of the festive season. and classical stars aled jones and russell watson will be here to tell us how they've been friends for 20 years, but only decided to sing together now. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. thanks for being with us. here is a summary thanks for being with us. here is a summary of the main stories today. polling stations will open across america today for the mid—term elections. the vote's being seen as a referendum on donald trump's first two years in office.

the president made a final appeal to voters last night at rallies in indiana and missouri. all the seats in the house of representatives are up for election, along with a third of the seats in the senate. the mid—terms will decide which party — democrat or republican — controls both houses of congress. five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing an effigy of grenfell tower being burned as part of a bonfire party. the men were taken into custody after they handed themselves into a south london police station late last night. in the footage — which we've chosen not to show — people can be heard laughing and joking as the model is set alight. it's disgusting. it really is. it's clearly that we have individuals, groups of individuals, in our society at the moment, that think it's all right to make fun of the fa ct it's all right to make fun of the fact that actually 72 people have died. the number of patients waiting for nhs tests and scans is increasing. it's thought a shortage of radiographers could be to blame. figures show more

than a million people across the uk are on waiting lists. the government said steps were being taken to recruit more staff. a 16—year—old boy has died after a suspected stabbing in south london last night. this latest incident comes after four people died in knife attacks in the capital in five days. nobody has been arrested in connection with last night's incident. the cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss the prime minister's latest attempt at finalising a brexit deal. the main sticking point is still the so—called back stop — the arrangements to avoid checks on goods at the irish border if there's no trade deal. theresa may has said she's confident a solution can be found — but she has to persuade her cabinet ministers to agree on how best to proceed. it comes as the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier makes a new warning about the risk of britain leaving without a deal. women who are early risers are 50% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who get up late,

according to a study by british scientists. researchers say the reasons are unclear — and that nobody should change their sleeping habits because of this study. they say it adds to the growing evidence of the importance of sleep. the restaurant in salisbury, where traces of the nerve agent novichok were found after the poisoning of a former russian spy, has reopened. a special thank you dinner was held for the emergency services at the zizzi italian restaurant last night. it was one of a number of locations in the city to be found to be contaminated after sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell seriously ill in march. women will begin to qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men from today — a quarter of a century after equality plans were first announced. the move will see womenjoin men in being eligible for payments at the age of 65, but critics say they are still a long way from pension equality as the amount they typically receive is lower. if a spice girls reunion is "what you really really wanted" —

then you're in good company. adele has posted a throw—back photo to her instagram page sharing her excitement at the band getting back together. this is a sharing her excitement at the band getting back together. she joined thousands of fans over one that the news that they are getting back together. this is what she said. it's received nearly 2 million likes. that is absolutely adorable, isn't it? are you ready for the spice girls reunion? i am ready for by becoming four. i think we are going to go. definitely. in fancy dress. 100%. i am sure carol cooke would not be involved. she would be leading the charge. i'm not saying they will. she is definitely not.

she said it on the telly, it must be true. that was a classic, i might see true. that was a classic, i might see you there, you go on, i will meet you there later. you could be sporty spice. silence. you are talking to meme that —— talking to me then. yes, i will see you back, sally. you don't $10 the other not arrive. good morning,. —— he is going to stand me up. england are in all sorts of trouble on day one of the first test against sri lanka in galle. they've lost five wickets in the opening session — two went very early, joe root followed, before keatonjennings was bowled for 46. and a poor shot from ben stokes ended his innings onjust seven — england a short while ago were 107—5. huddersfield town will remember remember the 5th of november as they day they got their first premier league win of the season.

they beat fulham 1—o with what was recorded as an own goal. that was their first league goal at home since april — and it took them off the bottom of the table. liverpool said they'd left xherdan shaqiri out of their champions league squad tonight to "avoid any distractions". they play red star belgrade in serbia. shaqiri is an ethnic albanian from kosovo and after he scored for switzerland at this summer's world cup, his goal celebration — symbolising the albanian flag — earned him a fine from fifa. politics has always an influence on life. on the planet i live, at least. that is how it is. but we are not here for that. we're here for playing football. and that is why we try to make sure we are focused on football. we have realised it and i'd already it could have been a story and we did not want to have a story and we did not want to have a story besides a football story. and thatis story besides a football story. and that is why we decided what we.

we had the wonderful sue barker on the tee the —— soca yesterday. she was hoping to see rafael nadal play. his season is over. he's had an ankle operation so he won't be playing in the atp finals which start in on sunday. he's also still suffering with the abdominal problem that kept him out of last week's paris masters. john isner takes his place in london, with novak djokovic moving into the world number one spot. england's george burgess could miss the third rugby league test against new zealand this weekend, after he was cited for eye poking, during their win on sunday. he'll appear at a disciplinary hearing this evening for this — he does appear to have his fingers in the eye of the new zealand captain. it's an offence that normally carries a suspension of three to five matches. and we have some history for you on bbc breakfast. a british—trained horse has won australia's melbourne cup for the first time. this is known as the race

that stops a nation — and it was actually a british 1—2—3, kerrin mcevoy riding cross counter to victory ahead of marmelo and a prince of arran. winning trainer charlie appleby said it was "everybody‘s dream". and that is something that has been creeping ever closer in the past ten, 12 years, a british trained horse getting there. and the logistics of getting the horses out there, they go in a special lazed —— specially adapted plane. they get there with lots of time before the race to adapt. they are looked after like no first—class passenger has ever been looked after. like no first—class passenger has ever been looked afterlj like no first—class passenger has ever been looked after. i have never seen, i would ever been looked after. i have never seen, iwould really like ever been looked after. i have never seen, i would really like to see that playing and civitas like inside. presumably they have to be with the horses the whole time as well. —— see what it is like inside. it isa well. —— see what it is like inside. it is a godolphin owned horse. no

expense. . . it is a godolphin owned horse. no expense... it would have been quite a fancy plane. i wanted to ask about benedict cumberbatch. did you have a nice time with him? he was really good fun. are we talking to him today? we are. have you not been watching the programme this morning? so mean! sally had a go at me yesterday because i missed some of the programme. i have been writing my sports scripts. yes, he is on later. i have been chatting to him about the grinch. thank you. we will see later. you make is the needs of the past few days. beautiful pictures from the remembrance at the tower of london. we have sent carol to the tower this morning to be there as well a month. good morning. good morning. it is quite a mild start the day if you are just stepping out. here at the tower of london you can see a few of the

torch is lit. we have pictures from last night of 10,000 of those torches being lit and, indeed, filling the moat at the tower of london. they are part of a tribute called beyond the deepening shadow. that is to commemorate the centenary of the end of the first world war. it will be lit every night now until remembrance sunday and it is a spectacular sight. it takes around 45 minutes to light all the planes, which will burn for a round four hours. if you get the chance to come down and have a look, please do. as i mentioned, quite a mild start to the day today. quite a bit of fog around and mist patches, especially across england. yesterday we hit in hampshire. today we are not going to be far off that. the forecast for todayis be far off that. the forecast for today is a mild one, with some rain coming in to the west. currently we have showers in the west and also the south. that is courtesy of a

wea k the south. that is courtesy of a weak weather front. it is the second minute and see coming in that will bring in heavy and persistent rain. just a look at the isobars tells you it will be windy, particularly soap around the coasts and north sea and irish coastline. this morning which will find is that the mist and fog will find is that the mist and fog will lift gradually. we hang on to the showers. some of those dipped into the midlands. they will be replaced in the west by heavier and more persistent rain. it will be windy where ever you are. the coasts could have gales. sunshine in the south and east, we could hit 17 degrees. we could hit 15— 17 around the moray firth. as we had on through the evening, the rain will continue to drift eastwards. heavy in places, possibly the odd rumble of thunder embedded in it as well. it will reach the base of east anglia in the night and more cliett northern ireland. as you can see from the temperatures, it will not

bea from the temperatures, it will not be a cold night. most of us staying in double figures. tomorrow we start with a wet, murky note. through the day things will improve in the east. in the west this is where we will have the heaviest rain. there will be some brightness developing here and there. temperatures not as high as they will be today. it will be another windy day. then by the time we get to thursday, we start in scotla nd we get to thursday, we start in scotland with rain in the south, showery rain, that will push northwards. and improving situation. for northern ireland, not a bad day, a few showers. for england and wales it is the worst that will see the rain. elsewhere we will see some sunny spells developing, temperatures are still up to about 13 celsius. where they should be in november. it will be windy, but 13 celsius. where they should be in november. it will be windy, but not as windy as today. the weather for the next few days could be described as messy. i quite like it when you tell us it is messy. it sounds like we might be able to do something about it. thank you very much. see you later.

a mild start. are you a savvy shopper? this christmas it will be last minute. are you a savvy shopper? this christmas it will be last minutelj imagine sally has done hers. we are talking about planning for christmas already, colletta, what is going on? for a lot of people it is the last thing you want to get. good morning everyone. the thing is, more than one in five of us are planning early. that is according to the ce ntre early. that is according to the centre for retail research. they have crunch the numbers and found that one fifth of those have already bought all our guests. one third will have bought them by the end of november. they say it is because the pressures on family finances mean lots of us need to spread the cost of the christmas season. here is what some shoppers told me. you need to buy nothing else that you see in september seagate have double or triple spending. that is the trick.

planning ahead is the only way forward. have you already bought? we start buying christmas presents in the january sales. you don't. have i really found someone who starts in january? if you buy the christmas sales staff. i tried to pick up bits and pieces as they go along. my family is quite big. we have a secret santa so we try to limit costs. we have about 100 people to buy for. everyone has kids. if there is an off now, then it is one thing i have ticked. think a lot of people think like that. apart from my other half to lease it to the last minute. iimagine half to lease it to the last minute. i imagine lots of us will be leading to last minute. joining me now is sheenagh young, who runs the south manchester credit union. so there is a kind of serious story behind this one. one fifth have already done their christmas

shopping and having to paid for already. what do you think is the reason for that? i think people are even more organised this year. since 2008, and the pressures that have been on people's wages, people have gradually become more and more organised, i think, for christmas, because they have needed to. they have needed to plan ahead and stretch their finance as much as possible. so it is about spreading that cost, do you think? yes, i think so. and when it comes to the spending, it is notjust presents, there are lots of extra cost, christmas parties and the food as well. yes, it is a big pressure, isn't it, for the perfect christmas. i think on the positive side a lot of families really make it a priority to make christmas special for their children. they work for it all year and they want it to be memorable, something really special for them. and when it comes to credit unions, are you seeing people saving specifically for christmas?

are you seeing people put aside money to make sure they don't get in trouble at this time of year? yes, definitely that is what we are seeing at this time of year. credit unions are therefore ordinary families to organise their lives and we offer savings and loans. on the savings side, we see that people save regularly throughout the year for christmas. we have a christmas clu b for christmas. we have a christmas club and people put aside regular amounts and find that they have got amounts and find that they have got a nest egg available for them for the christmas period. and obviously we also see people borrowing as well. but yes, we are here to help people plan and feel that they are ready. and when it comes to this time of year, at this stage last year we were covering a lot of stories about people spending on credit cards. are we seeing the same thing this year, or do you think people are being a bit more cautious? well, it is interesting, i was checking the numbers for our credit union in south manchester and for the month of october the loan

applications are up 31% october 2018 on october 2017, so we are seeing an increase in people coming earlier, getting their finances organised much earlier than in previous years. and i think one of the key messages for us is to encourage people to avoid high cost credit and to get as organised as they can, not to spend more than they have, and not to... to avoid high crossed credit, loan sharks, payday loans —— high cost credit. there is sometimes a bit of a danger about spending early and still being tempted to buy a little extras in the run—up, perhaps an extras in the run—up, perhaps an extra present here and there. if you advice to budget and spend a bit nearer christmas, or spread that cost through the next few months? yes, i think try and spread the cost. the key message is not to spend more than you have. although i

work in finance, i would say finance isn't everything, money isn't everything. everyone knows that but you can forget it under the pressure of christmas. the key things are what money can't buy and it is better to take care of your financial well—being and think more long—term, not to think i have got to have something perfect now, but to have something perfect now, but to think ahead to next year, as well. thank you forjoining us this morning, some really important advice when we are thinking about christmas, that it is notjust about how much you are spending, of course. i haven't even thought about christmas yet. all this week, in the run—up to armistice day, we will be travelling along the western front, uncovering the personal stories behind the great war. this morning, our correspondent robert hall is in the french city of arras. good morning. good morning. we are just south of arras, at the memorial

which dominates the somme battlefield. it is one of the most impressive and moving monuments i have ever visited. it commemorates 72,000 men from britain and south africa whose remains were never found. ijust africa whose remains were never found. i just want to take you to one name, the name of corporal george smith, from the durham light infantry, and his story links us to two families from the north—east of england. # abide with me. two families, eight suns lost. they we re two families, eight suns lost. they were just from what they called the

slums down in bridge gate. their mother, she always said never have boys, because all they are as cannon fodder, and that was her. she was known for saying that. but, like she said, they have done the country proud. sixsmith brothers answered the call for volunteers. the first two were killed within weeks of arriving in france. three more as the wall moved towards its close. with help from the local community, their desperate mother wrote to queen mary. she agreed to ask for 19—year—old wilf smith to be sent home. they mentioned that he had brothers. she said what happened to them? they died, and that was it. brothers. she said what happened to them? they died, and that was itm that hadn't have happened, if they hadn't have brought him home, that none of us here, the family now, would be here to tell the tale, and nobody would have known about it.-

miles east of barnard castle, anotherfamily miles east of barnard castle, another family is being miles east of barnard castle, anotherfamily is being remembered. georgette amy bradford watched four sons leave tojoin georgette amy bradford watched four sons leave to join the services. this new memorial in witton park marks the three who didn't return. they are very brave man, and there was many of them. i personally couldn't have done anything what they have done. the first one to die was games. games died on the operating table —— james. florey was the cleverest of the family and respected by his men. george was in the royal navy. he went on a suicide mission, and he wasjust the royal navy. he went on a suicide mission, and he was just cut down in a hail of bullets. roland and george bradford both won the victoria cross. their family's story has been told here for 100 years, and this community has pledged to continue the tradition. we don't want to glorify war. war should never be

glorified. but always we remember, lest we forget. after the armistice, barnard castle held a parade to honour its war dead. margaret smith and her surviving son were asked to lay the first wreath. it was a very brave thing. she did it for her kids, she did it for everybody‘s. sorry. i have a boy and a girl, and they both know about it. i would like them to go on and tell their family, and just keep it alive. they fought for the country, didn't they? well, i will tell you where we are going tomorrow in just a moment. first want to bring you something quite extraordinary. it is the first time people have heard it. it is a recording recreating sound of the guns falling silent on the 11th of the 11th, that is on armistice day.

it is being compiled by sound engineers using measurements made by troops. they used to use microphones to calculate where the guns were and pot them on a gruff, and what the engineers have done is use that graph and today's technology to recreate the sounds on the battlefield in 1918 —— on a graph. gunfire. guns fall silent. battlefield in 1918 —— on a graph. gunfire. guns fall silentw

battlefield in 1918 —— on a graph. gunfire. guns fall silent. it just sends a tingle up your spine, really, it is just extremely to imagine that. tomorrow we head north, to the story of the forgotten army, the soldiers from south asia who fought for the commonwealth. and you are absolutely right, that is a very powerful piece of sound, and the silence is quite something. thank you very much indeed. incredible, that, wasn't it? more on our top story now, and americans go to the polls today in the us midterm elections. the vote will decide which party, democrat or republican, controls both houses of congress. the election is also being seen as a referendum on president trump's first two years in office. we can now talk to us political analyst eric ham in washington. good morning to you. lovely to speak to you. i know it is very early for you as well. we talked about that referendum on donald trump. do you think that is a pretty fair reflection on what these midterms

are? absolutely it is, and not only is itfair, are? absolutely it is, and not only is it fair, but president trump has made that point very clear. a vote for republican candidates is a vote for republican candidates is a vote for him. sir donald trump has made it clear that he is clearly all over this race, and it is a referendum on him today. and in terms of turnout, i know it is crucial that these midterms, expecting quite a high turnout. absolutely. already we have seen record shattering numbers of people going to the polls, some places where people are waiting as many as four or five hours just to vote. so it looks like we could see a turnout that resembles that of an actual presidential election, many people coming out, young people, older people, of course, but the x factor will be hispanics and millennial voters. and trump supporters are pointing to a booming economy and growth injobs. there are stories about voter suppression taking place in some parts of the us. which states should we be keeping an eye on is key indicators of what might happen across america?

i think the state we want to be looking at very closely will be kentucky. i know that is strange, and also virginia. they are two very close races in virginia. if democrats win a race in the virginia seventh district, where cantor was beaten four years ago, if democrats ta ke beaten four years ago, if democrats take that seat it could be a very long night for republicans. thank you for staying up for us. it will bea you for staying up for us. it will be a busy night for eric, and we will bring you news on those midterms throughout the day on the bbc. iam midterms throughout the day on the bbc. i am sure we will have a full analysis of that tomorrow morning as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm toliu adeoye. a 16—year—old boy has died in the fifth suspected fatal stabbing in london in a week. police were called to tulse hill just before 11:00pm last night. the teenager was treated by paramedics at the scene but could not be saved. no arrests have been made and his next of kin

have been informed. those running grassroots projects funded by the government's counter—terrorism strategy prevent say it is crucial to win the trust of young people. we have been given special access to some of the schemes involved, including this one in southall, which helps pay for football coaching. efforts are being made to turn around the perception of the controversial government strategy, which has been described by critics as a toxic brand. prevent is all about safeguarding, make sure the young people have the necessary tools and, you know, as i said, knowledge to be able to withstand extremist views. and by bringing them into the football, and and also into the other activities we undertake, it makes sure the young people are not there on their own, to be preyed on by extremists. electric scooters will be available for hire from today at the olympic park. the scooters aren't legal

on the roads at the moment, but they will be allowed for a three—month trial on one route in the park. the aim is to test the technology and help people making their way around in a fun way. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the the travel situation now. metropolitan line is part suspended, the metropolitan line is part suspended, otherwise a good service on the tubes. on the trains, there are delays on gatwick express, southern and thameslink services between east croydon and three bridges, after a person was hit by a train last night. turning to the roads, in westferry, there are restrictions in place for roadworks at the a13 commercial road at west india dock road. in west norwood, there are temporary traffic lights for waterworks at norwwod road, and robson road is closed. in mottingham, there is a road closure. now the weather, with sara thornton. good morning to you. it's a mild start this morning. it's dry, as well, but we do have some mist and fog patches just to contend with. they'll lift up, and then later

we're generally dry, and certainly very mild for the time of year. some cloud around, through the first half of the day especially. out towards the east later, we get some sunshine coming through, and as i say, mostly dry. could catch a stray shower — very, very unlucky to catch one, though. 15 degrees on the map here, but we could see 17 celsius, well above average for the time of year. as we go through this evening and overnight, we're dry at first, but by the end of the night you can see there's some rain trying to push in from the west, so it is another wild night. 11 celsius to start us off tomorrow morning, but tomorrow morning you'll want your umbrella. we've got rain pushing across us tomorrow morning, dries up little later, but then we see some fog and showers for the afternoon. still pretty mild for the time of year. a good couple of degrees above average, as we will be through much of this week, but we do have those showers tomorrow. for thursday a better day — we're dry, with some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

good morning welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: five men are arrested after a video showing a model of grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire emerged online. american voters deliver their verdict on two years of president trump. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i am on the ballot, so please go out and vote. he grew an impressive beard to ward off the jellyfish during his epic swim around great britain — but can ross edgley bear to part with it? we'll put him to the test. millions of households are about to discover how much money the energy price cap will save them. the regulator will reveal the maximum amount suppliers can charge. it's an awful start for england's cricketers. they're five wickets down on day one

of the first test against sri lanka — and we've only reached lunch. good morning from the tower of london. we are here to show you the tribute called beyond the deepening shadow. it marks 1oo tribute called beyond the deepening shadow. it marks 100 years since the end of the first world war. it is dry in london. it will be mild where ever you are, with showers in the west and south, replaced by a rain coming in from the west later and strong winds. i will have further details in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 6th of november. our top story: five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing an effigy of grenfell tower being burned as part of a bonfire party. the men were taken into custody after they handed themselves into a south london police station late last night. let's get the latest on this now from our reporter andy moore. good morning to you. what more can

you tell us about what has happened, particularly overnight as well? these men went away police station of their own free will at about 10pm and were arrested. they are aged between 19 and 55. the bbc has decided not to show the video itself, because of the offence it might cause. but in this still image you can see the cardboard model of g re nfell tower you can see the cardboard model of grenfell tower with paper cutouts of the figures at the window. it was put on a garden bonfire and burned, with a group of people laughing and joking as that was done. now, the condemnation of that video was led by the prime minister, theresa may, this is what she said in a tweet before the arrest. she said it was utterly u na cce pta ble. before the arrest. she said it was utterly unacceptable. the housing ministerjames brokenshire, he said it was utterly disgusting and those

responsible should be ashamed of our actions, which are beneath contempt. we also have a comment from sadiq khan, the mayor of london. he said "i utterly condemn this sickening video. the horrific grenfell tyabb hellfire was one of the worst we have suffered." we have had confirmation from the met police —— g re nfell tower confirmation from the met police —— grenfell tower fire. it was threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour. thank you very much for bringing is up—to—date. just to let you know, in a few minutes we will talk to moyra samuels from justice for grenfell about her reaction to that. the huge response to that online as well. we have taken the decision not to show it today, but those five arrests overnight after those five men, one is 19, three in their 40s, one in their 50s, had themselves into police at around 10pm last night. it's a huge day for americans as they deliver their verdict on president trump's first two years in office,

in what are known as the midterm elections. final campaign rallies were held last night — the president visited indiana and missouri in a final attempt to appeal to voters. the election will decide which party will control both houses of congress, as our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i'm on the ballot so, please, go out and vote. go out and vote. he's not on the ballot but these mid—term elections are allabout him. seven states, 11th rallies and that's just in the last week. his message, democrats are a socialist mob, the media are enemy of the people and, above all else, migrants are to be feared. another man who is not on the ballot is this former president — but he's still the closest thing the democrats have to star quality. and he's focussing on donald trump's attitude to the facts. because america is at a crossroads right now. there is a contest of ideas

going on right now. americans will be voting for members of both chambers of congress — that's the house of representatives and the senate. both are currently controlled by republicans. all 435 seats in the house are up for election. 281 are needed for a majority, with republicans going into the election holding 235. in the senate, republicans hold 51 of the 100 seats. 35 are being contested. if the polls are to be believed, then the republicans are likely to lose the house but keep the senate. that would make it hard for president trump to get legislation through. and democrats would control key powerful committees that could investigate the administration. holding on to the senate would mean that the president will get approval for the judges and the cabinet members he wants.

all told, there is a lot to play for. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington. plenty to play for. the big day in the us. a bbc investigation has found that one in 11 radiographer posts in the nhs is vacant, and could be a key cause of delays in patients receiving tests and scans to diagnose conditions such as cancer. more than a million people across the uk are waiting for an nhs test or scan. our health correspondent nick triggle reports. all radiographersjoin all radiographers join the profession and go to work every day to do the best possible work. when there are extra pressures in the system that is felt by everyone in the service. our members are working harder, extra shifts to try to fill those gaps. but there is only so much you can get a limited number of people to do. a 16—year—old boy has died after a suspected stabbing in south london last night. this latest incident comes after four people died in knife attacks in the capital in five days. nobody has been arrested in connection with last night's incident. in the last few minutes ofgem has

released what is the price will be. colette, what are the details? you have a huge press release in front of you. i have a large piece of paper. but only one figure is important. the number is £1137. that is the total amount that any energy supply will be able to charge people from the first of september, sorry, from the first of september, sorry, from the first of september, sorry, from the first of january. in september we heard what that initial figure could have been that ofgem we re figure could have been that ofgem were thinking about as a price. this morning they have confirmed that is the maximum amount people can be charged for the fuel bill for the entire year if you are paying by direct debit. it affects a lot of people. more than half of us are on that standard variable tariff. if you haven't shopped around for your energy bills or if you did a while ago and that deal has run out, the likelihood is you will have slipped

back to that standard variable, that base rate that most suppliers charge. the government wanted to do something about that to make sure people were not ripped off for not shopping around so they decided to set a price. there has been a lot of scratching of heads to work out how much that should be and what the should be at and that is what we have had for definite this morning. 0k. have had for definite this morning. ok. very interesting. thank you for that. the cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss theresa may's latest attempt at finalising a brexit deal. the main sticking point is the arrangements to avoid checks on goods at the irish border if there's no trade agreement. the uk government is still hoping a deal can be done this month. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us this morning. vicki, there was a lot of speculation over the weekend about the possibility of a deal — but how close to are we today? the final few % of the key. this is the issue. if you look at the papers, people are saying take your

choice. some are saying she will get a boost over this and some are saying she has been knocked back. i think what is interesting is that yesterday senior whitehall sources we re yesterday senior whitehall sources were playing down speculation about there's cabinet meeting saying there is no draft agreement that they are going to look at and sign off. they are talking about the possibility of are talking about the possibility of a summit towards the end of november now. that is where they could maybe get this breakthrough. theresa may has said publicly 95% of the deal is done. that is why we keep hearing it is about to happen, it might not happen at all. is an intractable problem i have not been able to sell about what happens if our trading relationship is not in place and we need to stop that border situation happening. the latest plan seems to be either you are willing to write into the withdrawal agreement that the whole uk could stay in some kind ofa the whole uk could stay in some kind of a customs arrangement, the big wrangle, not just for the of a customs arrangement, the big wrangle, notjust for the eu, of a customs arrangement, the big wrangle, notjust forthe eu, but with the cabinet is how long that goes on for. how could the uk get

out of it? many brexiteers think we will be stuck in a forever, having to ta ke will be stuck in a forever, having to take eu rules without any say in them. and they say that is not at —— not what brexit were supposed to be about. we will see later today or the end of next week whether we have had that elusive breakthrough. could bea had that elusive breakthrough. could be a big day ahead. vicki young in westminster. think you very much. women who are early rises of 50% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who get up late. this is according to a study by british scientists. the reasons are clear. researchers say the reasons are unclear — and that nobody should change their sleeping habits because of this study. they say it adds to the growing evidence of the importance of sleep. it is tuesday morning. you're watching breakfast on the bbc. five men have been arrested on suspicion ofa men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence. this is after a video you may have seen yesterday, posted online, that showed an effigy of grenfell tower being burnt. it was part of a bonfire party. the men were arrested after they handed themselves

into a south london police station on monday night. in the footage, people can be heard laughing and joking as the model is set alight. joining us from our london newsroom now is justice for grenfell‘s moyra samuels. thank you, moyra, so much for joining us. just give us your reaction to this footage. like most people in our community, i am absolutely appalled by it. it's, you know, disgusting. what kind of impact does it have on a community when they see something like that?|j think when they see something like that?” think the community feel that, it yet again, giving everything that they have action —— had to endure they have action —— had to endure the past 17 months, and given the fa ct the past 17 months, and given the fact that they are in the middle of giving evidence at the enquiry, that this is actually incredibly hurtful, you know, and incredibly shocking. it is now, obviously so many people have seen this video, what do you

think should be done now? well, you know, i think the law needs to take its course. the police need to investigate this appropriately. and, you know, hopefully we will have people punished, you know, under the public order act or whatever they have been charged with. i think it is really important that this happens. and we know now that overnight five people have handed themselves in to the police over what happened. the fact, what does that say to you? well, it says the police were very swift to act, but also the outrage, the general outrage from the community, notjust our community, but right across the country, ordinary, decent people who actually saw it for what it was, which was actually a disgusting attack on vulnerable people, you know, that has made a real

difference, you know, to our community and how we actually approach this. and how does the community feel now? does it feel, apart from this, supported? well, we have always had huge pockets of support from right across the country. and we know that. that is actually what has kept the campaign forjustice alive and, you know, going. so we have no doubts that there are actual decent, generous people across britain. and this actual act does not represent ordinary british people. but there isa ordinary british people. but there is a worrying rise of racism in this country at the moment. and that is concerning, because it is starting to impact on us directly. it means we need to be thinking what we do about this and how we respond to this as a whole. and with the trade

union congress illustration coming up union congress illustration coming up on the 17th of november, it is really important that we as a country say that this is not the sort of behaviour that represents who we are. we need to come out against this demonstration. thank you very much indeed forjoining us this morning. just to clarify, on that issue, five men handed themselves into police last night, at a south london police station, around 10:30 p.m., and they have been arrested, not charged, but arrested under section four of the public order act. and on the crown prosecution website it very clearly states that that is for threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour. that is what they have been arrested on. no charges as yet, but five men, three of them in their 40s, one in

their 50s, those five men handed themselves in and are currently under arrest, but no charges yet. we will keep you up—to—date with what happens with that story, as with everything else. you will have seen over the last few days these fantastic pictures from the tower of london, where there is a moving remembrance event going on. carol is at the tower of london with this morning's weather. you are quite right. the tribute is called beyond the deepening shadow, it consists of 10,000 lanterns, and you can see the pictures from last night, marking the centenary of the end of the first world war. what happens is the last post is played followed by one minute's silence, and a single beefeater comes down to the moat with the first flame, then other members of the services and public volunteers continue to like the rest of the 10,000 torches. it

ta kes the rest of the 10,000 torches. it takes them 45 minutes, and they burn forfour hours, it takes them 45 minutes, and they burn for four hours, it starts at 5pm each evening. this will continue up to and including remembrance sunday, so if you get the chance to come down and pay respect, it is well worth it. it is a mild start to the day wherever you are this morning. the mist and fog, especially across england, where there is some poor visibility still. that will gradually lift and then for all of us at will be a mild day, but some rain coming in from the west. we also have showers coming in on the west and the south, and you can see in the pressure chart wire. a weak weather front coming in from the west producing those showers, but the second weather front will bring in some heavy and persistent rain. wherever you are today, you will notice the wind starting to strengthen but the strongest winds with exposure on the coast and hills, and gradually this morning the fog will lift and it will brighten up in central and eastern areas. don't forget we still have some road showers in the west and

south, some of them migrating into the midlands, and heavy and more persistent rain migrating from the west with persistent winds. temperatures yesterday in hampshire got up to 18.3 celsius. today it is not beyond the realms of possibility we could see 18 again, but generally we could see 18 again, but generally we are looking at a range of 12 to 17. highest temperatures around the murray firth and the south—east and east anglia. through the evening and overnight will find a weather front continues to drift eastwards, turning more showery, but some heavy burst in there and the odd rumble of thunder as well. clearing northern ireland, not getting into the far east of east anglia. another mild night, most of us remaining in double figures. the rain eventually moves away into the north sea, it brightens up a touch behind it with a few showers, and then more rain coming into the west. again, some of that will be happy. temperature—wise, down a touch on today, closer to where they should be at this stage in november, and tomorrow will also be another breezy

and windy day, depending on whether you are in the coast or inland. as we head only to thursday, another breezy day in prospect. showery outbreaks of rain in southern scotland, moving north across scotland, moving north across scotland, so it will brighten up for you. northern ireland looking at a mixture of right spells, sunshine and showers. in england, more rain coming from the south—west into wales, but for the rest of england it will be drier and brighter and temperatures up to about 13 degrees. thank you so much, it is a real privilege to be there today. we will be back with you later. did you see there was a beefeaterjust kind her? no, where has he gone?” there was a beefeaterjust kind her? no, where has he gone? i don't know! let's take a look at today's front pages. the daily mail claims grieving families could be hit with bills of up to £6,000 under a new "death tax". it says the cost of securing probate, legal control over a deceased's estate, will soarfrom april. they have two of the spice girls on

the cover of the paper. i am not sure where the others are, posh spice is not coming back, but the other four spice is not coming back, but the otherfour r. spice is not coming back, but the other four r. —— spice is not coming back, but the otherfour r. —— are. women who are early risers are 40% less likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study featured in the times. the paper says researchers looked at data on more than 400,000 women. the prime minister is meeting with her cabinet at a critical point in the brexit negotiations, says the guardian. the discussions come after the uk government was told by ireland to"stand by its commitments on avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. the picture is of some bonfire societies parading in lewis, in east sussex. and the mirror feature that disturbing story we have been telling you about this morning of people burning a model of the grenfell

tower. returning to the spice girls, adele has put something on instagram of her as a youngster, with spice girls paraphernalia all around her, saying she is ready. who are we missing? this is ginger and sporty. will we are missing scary and baby.” this is ginger and sporty. will we are missing scary and baby. i love getting you in trouble.” are missing scary and baby. i love getting you in trouble. i will get in all sorts of grief. you know those private chats we have, that was one of those. are they meant to be private? i was quite happy with that, though. we are good friends,

by the way. when you visit cornwall, or even watch poldark, the history of mining is everywhere. historically, the county produced huge amounts of tin, copper and even arsenic, but from today, cornwall‘s geology is due to be used for something rather different. a multimillion—pound project hopes to produce renewable electricity using the hot rocks deep underground. jon kay has been to take a look. on an industrial estate just outside redruth, they are making history. this giant rig is going deeper into the uk's earth than ever before. they are drilling three miles down. to give you a sense of what that means, the shard building in london is about 300 metres high. so imagine 15 shards, all on top of one another, and then go underground to that depth. that is how deep these drills are going to go — 4,500 metres. and here is why.

this promotional video shows there will be two giant holes. the first one will take cold water about halfway. the water will then trickle deeper, and be heated to nearly 200 degrees celsius by the rocks below. then it will be pumped back up to the top through a second well. the steam it produces at the earth's surface will be used to create electricity for up to 3,000 cornish homes. it's a fantastic day for me, but it's also a huge relief, as well... ryan law is the geologist and businessman who has devoted ten years to making this a reality, and he is convinced this is just the start. you only have to look at what's been happening in germany, what's been happening in the paris basin, for example. once one project kicks off and is successful, many other projects follow. but it took £10 million of eu money to get this project underway, and after brexit, they will need private investors to fund any future advances.

in places like iceland, geothermal is already part of the renewable energy mix. the geology here means it is easier to reach the hot rocks below, and a quarter of the country's electricity is produced this way, without the chemicals or the pressure involved in fracking. no—one is expecting cornish granite to produce anything like those quantities, but the local council is putting in £2 million as an investment for the future. if this proves itself, then we would hope that other wells will be drilled in due course, and that more of the jobs, more of the drilling facilities, et cetera, the money from those will go to the local cornish economy. if he is right, this landscape, rich in centuries of mining history, could be groundbreaking once again. fascinating, that.

ross edgley has got a lot to be proud of. he hasjust become a record—breaker, as the first person to swim all the way around the coast of great britain. but his girlfriend is not happy about the bushy beard he has grown along the way. he has been splashed byjellyfish most days. we do like to keep our guests and their families happy here on breakfast, so as you can see, we've booked him in for a shave. what on earth is happening there? how are we doing? i have to be honest, this is nice. it is like a eucalyptus type treatment, and i smell amazing. i have not smelt this goodin smell amazing. i have not smelt this good in 157 days. and we are so looking forward to being with you in a minute. is the beard going to go,

orare a minute. is the beard going to go, or are you too fond of it? well, no, this is the thing, louise. i am not ready to say goodbye to itjust this is the thing, louise. i am not ready to say goodbye to it just yet. i feel there is only a certain ready to say goodbye to it just yet. ifeel there is only a certain point in your life when you can own a feral beard, and maybe i will phase out and integrate back into society. she said i can kind of trim it a little bit as long as it smells nice andi little bit as long as it smells nice and i get rid of the sea salt and jellyfish tentacles. so today i am steaming my face, hopefully this is a compromise. fingers crossed. steaming my face, hopefully this is a compromise. fingers crossedm life, i think is the way forward. we're also going going to prepare some bananas for you. how are you feeling about that?” some bananas for you. how are you feeling about that? i haven't. .. good, yes, i got one yesterday on the one show, and we have a way to go before 700, i don't know if you have 50 bananas, but 650 is the total so far. magnificent, ross. we

will see you later, once you have been repaired. i have never seen that eucalyptus heat being. just to be clear, we don't have that treatment every morning. hopefully you can walk, as well. later we will be in arras, travelling along the western front in preparation for armistice day, and robert hall is going to play you and robert hall is going to play you a piece of audio which is one of those ones where, if you haven't had it yet this morning, you stop in your tracks. they have recreated the silence when the guns went silent on armistice day, and you can hear the shells going off, and gunfire, and i don't know exactly how they have done it, but technically it is amazing, but it is exactly what it would have sounded like when those guns fell silent. it is one of those ta ke guns fell silent. it is one of those take your breath away moments. that will be coming up later, as will many things, including geraint

thomas. and we will play your interview with an addict cumberbatch, as well. —— benedict cumberbatch. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. a 16—year—old boy has died in the fifth suspected fatal stabbing in london in a week. police were called to greenleaf close in tulse hilljust before 11:00pm last night. the teenager was treated by paramedics but could not be saved. no arrests have been made and his next of kin have been informed. those running grassroots projects funded by the government's counter—terrorism strategy prevent say it is crucial to win the trust of young people. bbc london has been given special access to some of the schemes involved, including this one in southall, which helps pay for football coaching. efforts are being made to turn around the perception of the controversial strategy, which has been described by critics as a toxic brand. prevent is all about safeguarding,

make sure the young people have the necessary tools and, you know, as i said, knowledge to be able to withstand extremist views. and by bringing them into the football, and also into the other activities we undertake, it makes sure the young people are not there on their own, to be preyed on by extremists. electric scooters will be available for hire from today at the olympic park. the scooters aren't legal on the roads at the moment, but they will be allowed for a three—month trial on one route. the aim is to test the technology and help people make their way around in a fun way. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are severe delays on the metropolitan line. otherwise, it is a good service on the tubes this morning. the a406 north circular is slow from staples corner to neasden. usual delays made worse by a crash earlier. in west norwood, there are temporary traffic lights for waterworks at norwood road, and robson road is closed. in mottingham, marvels lane is closed because of a burst watermain. nuxley road in belvedere is also

closed because of a burst watermain. now the weather, with sara thornton. good morning to you. it's a mild start this morning, it's dry as well, but we do have some mist and fog patches just to contend with. they'll lift up, and then later we're generally dry, and certainly very mild for the time of year. some cloud around, through the first half of the day especially. out towards the east later, we get some sunshine coming through, and as i say, mostly dry. could catch a stray shower — very, very unlucky to catch one, though. 15 degrees on the map here, but we could see 17 celsius, well above average for the time of year. as we go through this evening and overnight, we're dry at first, but by the end of the night you can see there's some rain trying to push in from the west, so it is another wild night. 11 celsius to start us off tomorrow morning, but tomorrow morning you will want your umbrella. we've got rain pushing across us tomorrow morning,

dries up little later, but then we see some fog and showers for the afternoon. still pretty mild for the time of year. a good couple of degrees above average, as we will be through much of this week, but we do have those showers tomorrow. for thursday a better day — we're dry, with some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address, and also on bbc radio london. now, though, it is back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing an effigy of grenfell tower being burned as part of a bonfire party. in the last hour the met police have said the arrests were under section 4a of the public order act, which is means using "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour". the men were taken into custody after they handed themselves into a south london police station late last night. in the footage — which we've

chosen not to show — people can be heard laughing and joking as the model is set alight. in the last half hour, we've heard from those in the community who say the video has been incredibly hurtful. well, i think the community feel that, yet again, given everything that, yet again, given everything that they have had to endure over the past 17 months, and given the fa ct the past 17 months, and given the fact that they are in the middle of giving evidence at the enquiry, that this is actually incredibly hurtful and, you know, incredibly shocking. moyra samuels speaking to was about 20 minutes ago on breakfast. polling stations will open across america today for the mid—term elections. the vote's being seen as a referendum on donald trump's first two years in office. the president made a final appeal to voters last night at rallies

in indiana and missouri. all the seats in the house of representatives are up for election, along with a third of the seats in the senate. the mid—terms will decide which party — democrat or republican — controls both houses of congress. the number of patients waiting for nhs tests and scans is increasing. it's thought a shortage of radiographers could be to blame. figures show more than a million people across the uk are on waiting lists. the government said steps were being taken to recruit more staff. all radiographersjoin all radiographers join the profession and go to work every day to give the best possible service. and when there are vacancies and there is extra pressure in the system, that is felt by everyone in the service. so our members are working harder, extra shifts, to try to fill those gaps. but there is only so much you can get a limited number of people to do. a 16—year—old boy has died after a suspected stabbing in south london last night. this latest incident comes after four people died in knife attacks in the capital in five days. nobody has been arrested in connection with last night's incident.

the cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss the prime minister's latest attempt at finalising a brexit deal. the main sticking point is still the so—called back stop — the arrangements to avoid checks on goods at the irish border if there's no trade deal. theresa may has said she's confident a solution can be found. she now has to persuade her cabinet ministers to agree on how best to proceed. it comes as the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier makes a new warning about the risks of britain leaving without a deal. detail of the energy price cap for the 11 million customers on default standard tariffs has been announced by the energy regulator ofgem in the last hour. suppliers won't be allowed to charge more than £1137 a year for the typical dual fuel customer paying by direct debit. the cap will come into force on 1st january and be in place until 2023. it will save customers around £76 a year on average, but critics say people could save even more if they're prepared to switch supplier.

women who are early risers are said to have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who get up late, according to a study by british scientists. researchers say the reasons are unclear — and that nobody should change their sleeping habits because of this study. they say it adds to the growing evidence of the importance of sleep. the restaurant in salisbury, where traces of the nerve agent novichok were found after the poisoning of a former russian spy, has reopened. a special thank you dinner was held for the emergency services at the zizzi italian restaurant last night. it was one of a number of locations in the city to be found to be contaminated after sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell seriously ill in march. women will begin to qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men from today — a quarter of a century after equality plans were first announced. the move will see women join men in being eligible for payments at the age of 65, but critics say they are still a long way from pension equality as the amount

they typically receive is lower. will be having the weather with carol in about ten minutes. she is at the tower of london. a fantastic display. 10,000 torches being lit up every single night. some of them have been there for carr to have a look at this morning. she has the weather as well —— carol. for those of you asking when grant thomas is coming on, he will be here very shortly. he isjust outside. is he loosening up? he has got off his bike and he is parked outside the studio. before that you have to telus and dismal cricket news. england are in all sorts of trouble on day one of the first test against sri lanka in galle.

they lost five wickets in the opening session — two went very early and they were just rebuilding when joe root followed, out for 35. keatonjennings was next to go, bowled for 46. and a poor shot from ben stokes ended his innings onjust seven — england a short while ago were 122—5. huddersfield town will remember, remember the 5th of november as the day they got their first premier league win of the season. they beat fulham 1—o with what was recorded as an own goal. that was their first league goal at home since april — and it took them off the bottom of the table. liverpool said they'd left xherdan shaqiri out of their champions league squad tonight to "avoid any distractions". they play red star belgrade in serbia. shaqiri is an ethnic albanian from kosovo and after he scored for switzerland at this summer's world cup, his goal celebration — symbolising the albanian flag — earned him a fine from fifa. politics has always an influence on life. on the planet i live, at least, that is how it is. but we are not here for that. we're here for playing football.

and that is why we try to make sure we are focused on football. we have realised it and i'd already it could have been a story and we did not want to have a story besides a football story. and that is why we decided what we did. rafa nadal‘s season is over — he's had an ankle operation so he won't be playing in the atp finals which start in on sunday. he's also still suffering with the abdominal problem that kept him out of last week's paris masters. john isner takes his place in london, with novak djokovic moving into the world number one spot. england's george burgess could miss the third rugby league test against new zealand this weekend, after he was cited for eye poking, during their win on sunday. he'll appear at a disciplinary hearing this evening for this — he does appear to have his fingers in the eye of the new zealand captain. it's an offence that normally carries a suspension of three to five matches. it is pretty gruesome. it has been

banned, as well, hasn't it? yes. some nice in years. a british—trained horse has won australia's melbourne cup for the first time. this is known as the race that stops a nation — and it was actually a british 1—2—3, kerrin mcevoy riding cross counter to victory ahead of marmelo and a prince of arran. winning trainer charlie appleby said it was "everybody‘s dream". impressive. they have been trying to get a british trained horse for a dozen get a british trained horse for a d oze n yea rs get a british trained horse for a dozen yea rs if get a british trained horse for a dozen years if not longer. are you sticking around for this next bit? this is a weird moment. geraint thomas is just over there this is a weird moment. geraint thomas isjust over there but this is a weird moment. geraint thomas is just over there but we will have to give him the big buildup. we will talk about you now. in his own words it was the stuff of dreams. welsh cyclist geraint thomas raced into the history books injuly when he became his country's first ever winner of the tour de france. it was a victory which sparked jubilant scenes at his homecoming in cardiff. we're delighted to say geraint‘s joined us on the sofa today and we'll speak to him in a moment but first here's louise with a quick from baby faced boy racer two to

frans champion, and the toast of world cycling —— tour to france. geraint thomas was the team sky rider who reached for the stars, becoming the first welshman and only the third brit to win the prestigious race. it had been a mammoth challenge, including a gruelling mountain stage. but the man from cardiff showed he was up to the task to continue to trailblazers. a hero's welcome followed, as thousands lined the streets of his home town —— trail blaze. the stuff of dreams, he called his triumphant. the dreams of the boy in the yellow shirt. geraintjoins us now. it is lovely to see when person. i wa nt to it is lovely to see when person. i want to ask you how you are.”

it is lovely to see when person. i want to ask you how you are. i am a bit tired. it has been busy, but we are enjoying it. in terms of, we spoke to you, i think it was a couple of days after the win. when you go back to those days, was adored bitmap, you are doing interview after interview, there was a homecoming cardiff, it was crazy, people wanted attention everywhere you went. it hasn't really settle down, down, to be honest. it is still pretty bonkers. i am looking forward to just still pretty bonkers. i am looking forward tojust riding still pretty bonkers. i am looking forward to just riding my bike and getting into a routine. at the minute it is one thing after the next. even when we are on holiday, me and my wife, to america, it was busy as well. this is the homecoming. look at this. have you seen these pictures yet?” homecoming. look at this. have you seen these pictures yet? i have seen a couple of photos. this was the best bit of it. it was about ten days or something after the tour de france. to have those people come

out and congratulate me was just insane. i had done stuff in the past like that with team gb but you obviously part of the team. everyone to come up for me was special. what is it like for you now, can you go and buy a bunch of milk without being congratulated?” and buy a bunch of milk without being congratulated? i can. itjust ta kes a being congratulated? i can. itjust takes a little longer now. —— bunch of milk. that was the same thing in america. americans coming up to me and saying well done. it is something that hasn't happened to me before. it is nice. it shows you are cycling is, compared to when you started. the naming of the velodrome now, after yourself, in your hometown, it sounds like a stupid question, what is that like, but it must be such an honour, it must make you feel so proud, it is where you loaded to ride, and now the next generation are riding in the velodrome named after you —— learned to ride with you it is a nice one.

it is not something just knocked together. i am when it opened there. i went to the opening race there and i must have been about 17. we have used that before every olympics i have done. they think they still go there. so it is special. it is weird. but it is nice. you have written another book about the experiences, including the tour de france. you talked about the preferential treatment, at the start, at least, given the chris froome. how did that impact on you and make you feel? well, at first, obviously with the team time trial we are not waiting for anyone other than chris froome. that is what you are told? yes. if! posted than chris froome. that is what you are told? yes. if i posted after two kilometres that he would not have waited. at that point i was not leading, but i was in front. you are in front of chris froome. yeah. at the time you are a bit annoyed or

whatever. but at the end of the day it is not going to achieve anything by getting all het up and angry. what a love from the book is you are saying at the end of the day you are a bit annoyed, but your quote is" that's bleep, bleep bleep, can you bleep wait for me". we would talk about how must she be feeling? you could not tell from the outside. we thought it all looked very civilised. all the official press conferences civilised. all the official press co nfe re nces we re very civilised. all the official press conferences were very polite will stop yeah. but you are human after all. that was the initial reaction. but after 30 minutes or an hour you look at it logically and you are like, well, they have not taken the decision lightly. that is what it is. there is no point being angry and taking it with you for the rest of the three weeks. maybe if i was a bit younger it would not have gone

quite as smoothly as that. so if it was four years ago it might have affected me more. but i am older and wiser now. what happens now going into the next tour de france? you had not signed a contract. when we spoke you had not yet signed a new deal. how will that affect lexia's tour de france, will you be together, we same sort of treatment for both of you next time around?” assume so. we both need to decide what we are doing, myself and chris froome. i imagine he would want to go to tour de france now. the record is five wins will stop is currently on four. i would imagine he would wa nt to on four. i would imagine he would want to do that. at the same time, i am keen to go back. i enjoyed that, wearing the yellow jersey. am keen to go back. i enjoyed that, wearing the yellowjersey. winning was incredible. but there is also the italian race as well. the next couple of weeks i will decide what to do. at this point you have not decided whether you will go back to the tour de france then?” decided whether you will go back to the tour de france then? i am pretty sure i will do. it will depend on

whether i have done the giro. you will work in incredible shape then. have you had time to literally take your foot off the pedals a bit? yeah. definitely. idon't your foot off the pedals a bit? yeah. definitely. i don't feel, your foot off the pedals a bit? yeah. definitely. idon't feel, if you told me now i had won the tour de france i would laugh at you, i think. i have definitely had a lot of time. have you enjoyed it? definitely. now i am keen to get back going again. you kind of news that feeling of being really in top shape and going well and everything. weight wise, what is the difference between now and tour de france waits? during tour de france is around 68 kg. i have avoided the scales so... maybe five or six kilograms more. i would be surprised. it must be nuts not to have to concentrate on the nutrition in the same way as when you are

doing that —— not to concentrate. what is your favourite naughty thing to it? it sounds like you have been ona to it? it sounds like you have been on a bit of everything. today i probably fancy a pizza. it is a bit like burgers and everything... alcohol as bad as well. bad flash good. for me it is kind of, from november to the end of the tour de france you really commit to that and you enjoyed on and off. what you are saying that, cycling fans will be interested in is, you are saying you and chris froome have to decide what you want to do, might be the case that you cannot race in the same tea m that you cannot race in the same team and you would have to go where you are number one and he would have to go somewhere where he is in one? ahead of me in the team, sort of leadership. but i think the way we raced, we could do that again next year. i think as long as we are honest and open with each other, like we were this year, then as they

say, let the road side and the best quy say, let the road side and the best guy will come out on top. what a great way of putting it, let the road beside. that is a great name for a book, have you got another one in new? and it is lovely to have a bbc breakfast review at with us on the sofa. carol is at the tower of london with the weather this morning. good morning. good morning, and also about the special tribute that is taking place here. you can see lots of la nterns taking place here. you can see lots of lanterns around me. the tribute is called beyond the deepening shadow, and it is to mark the centenary shadow, and it is to mark the ce nte nary of shadow, and it is to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. in total there are 10,000 of these lanterns, and you can see pictures from last night. each evening, up until and pictures from last night. each evening, up untiland including remembrance sunday, the last post is

played at 5pm, followed by one minute's silence, and then a single beefeater comes down to the moat with the first flame, and then other public service volunteers continue to light the rest of the 10,000 torches. that takes about 45 minutes. they burn for four hours, and as! minutes. they burn for four hours, and as i mentioned, it continues up until and including remembrance sunday. if you can come and yet, as you saw from the pictures, it really isa you saw from the pictures, it really is a spectacular tribute. here in london this morning is a mild start to the day. dry as well, but across many other parts of the uk we have some patchy mist and fog, and that will slowly lift. for all of us it will slowly lift. for all of us it will be mild with the more rain coming in from the west. on the pressure charts you can see why. we have a week whether front producing showers in the western parts of the south. that will be replaced by another weather front which is south. that will be replaced by another weatherfront which is more potent, introducing heavy rain and also stronger winds. this morning when the fog lift for many central

and eastern areas it will be dry and fine, some sunshine coming through. showers in the west of the uk and the south, not all of us catching one, some of them travelling through the day. and at the same time as our second front kicked in the rain will turn heavier initially across northern ireland and western scotland, western england and wales. that will be a company by strengthening winds, possibly even gusts to gale force in exposure in the coasts and hills, but breezy inland through the day. temperatures getting up to 18 in hampshire, similar values today, but generally we are looking at 12 to 17 north to south. a weather front continues to journey eastwards, taking rain with it. some thunder and lightning possible as well. it clears northern ireland, doesn't get into the fire is of east anglia, and once again another mild night. tomorrow we start off on the wet note, rain continuing to move, then brightening

up continuing to move, then brightening upa continuing to move, then brightening up a touch with a few showers, more heavy rain coming the west. once again it will be a windy or breezy day, depending on where you are. temperatures down a touch on the day. by the time you get to thursday, showery rain across southern scotland, moving north, brightening up in the south. for northern ireland, sunshine and showers. most of england will be dry and bright with some sunny spells developing. but for the south—west of england and wales, here is where we will see some more heavy rain coming in. another breezy day, temperatures around where they should be for the stage in november, between about 11 and 13 degrees. so really, for the next few days, the weather is fairly messy. thank you very much indeed. see you in about half an hour. energy bills are a big concern for people at this time of year, so lots of interest in the breaking news we have had about the energy price cap this morning from ofgem. colletta has more on this. that's right, good morning. within the past hour, the energy regulator, ofgem, has confirmed the level

of its first price cap. it will be £1,137. that is the maximum amount suppliers will be able to charge per year for a dualfuel tariff. it is going to impact more than half of us, normally those on a standard variable deal. let's speak to the boss of ofgem, dermot nolan, whojoins me from central london. a very good morning to you. you were given the power to introduce a cap injuly, suggested the level in september, and confirmed the level today, but it still won't come in until the end of the year. why has it taken so long? it will come into place on one january, and we have gone as the legislation from parliament has asked us to do, consulting stakeholders, looking at things carefully, and coming up with a number which we think is robust, the right number, and will give 11

million customers a strong level of protection. that is a level of protection, as you say, the average bill could potentially be cut by as much as £76. what does that price cap really mean? if people have their energy on, the heating on, all winter long, turned up to the max, can they literally not pay any more than £1,137? no, £1,137 is the average bill for the average usage. for people who consume a lot more, they are likely to save more. if you really use energy, then you will save more, but you will also pay more overall. so i would still advise customers to think about switching. i would still advise customers to think about energy efficiency. but nonetheless, if you don't engage with the energy market, you can still be assured you will pay a you can still be assured you will payafair you can still be assured you will pay a fair price going forward. you say that people pay a fair price, what it is not as much as if they switch to look for the best deal,

because that standard variable rate is never the best deal. are you encouraging people to be a little bit lazy and not shop around? certainly not, i am encouraging people to swap around. over 5 million people switched and there will be strong incentives to switch, and it has never been easier to switch your energy bill. but if you choose not to switch, which is a perfectly fair choice, you will have a price cap in place which will give you a good deal and a strong level of protection. you will be reviewing this again in february. it is likely to go up as lots of energy companies are putting their prices up, aren't they? well, the underlying cost of producing electricity and gas, what we call the wholesale cost, has risen significantly in the past year. if they hadn't been a price cap, it would have gone up anyway. we can't control the underlying cost of producing energy but we can make sure when it does change that no company profiteers from it, there

are no excessive charges, and people can guarantee they will pay a fair price, whether it goes up or whether it goes down. government has said this will definitely end, the price cap will come to an end in four yea rs' cap will come to an end in four years' time. is this another confusing message for customers? we have a price cap for a bit, it is a fair deal but not the best deal. bieber likens confused by the energy market. -- people are confused by the energy market. we will seek a take—up of the energy market. we will seek a ta ke—up of electric the energy market. we will seek a take—up of electric vehicles, people will use more energy for that, there will use more energy for that, there will be ways that people use energy which are different. in that sense, the price cap will go away. there will be more innovative ways to use energy, but at the same time we will still have a level of protection for vulnerable customers in a few years' time. i would see that as the future, innovation and change in people using energy differently, but

for those who choose not to do so, a strong level of protection for an essential service. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. so just to confirm, what we are hearing their is the official announcement of the energy price cap, the boss of the regulator saying it will save the regulator saying it will save the average customer around £76 each year. that is key, isn't it, the average customerfor the year. that is key, isn't it, the average customer for the average bill. thank you for your comments about our interview with geraint thomas. the name of his book is the tour according to g. and the second should be called let the road to side. regarding his relationship with chris froome. —— decide. sherlock star benedict cumberbatch has turned green for his latest role.

he has lent his voice to famously grumpy creature the grinch. i caught up with him and asked him how he got into character. i was under the misapprehension, with about that much of that much script, to argue my point, that he was called the grinch because he was angry. and they said no, he has a good time, he enjoys being the grinch. so making him enjoy it more. and that was... yes, it took a few sessions, it always does, the la notte sessions, it always does, the lanotte something everyone is happy with. excuse me, are you getting that? no... there is no doubt from the way you play it that he likes being bad. yes, and i think hopefully that is very enjoyable for an audience, as well. whether it is knocking the heads off a snowman or running away from irritating carol singers. and you can see that full interview with benedict cumberbatch just before 9:00am. we also have alexjones and russell

watson. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. a 16—year—old boy has died in the fifth suspected fatal stabbing in london in a week. police were called to greenleaf close in tulse hilljust before 11:00pm last night. the teenager was treated by paramedics, but could not be saved. no arrests have been made and his next of kin have been informed. those running grassroots projects funded by the government's counter—terrorism strategy prevent say it is crucial to win the trust of young people. bbc london has been given special access to some of the schemes involved, including this one in southall, which helps pay for football coaching. efforts are being made to turn around the perception of the controversial strategy, which has been described by critics as a toxic brand. prevent is all about safeguarding, make sure the young people have the necessary tools and, you know, knowledge to be able to withstand extremist views.

and by bringing them into the football, and also into the other activities we undertake, it makes sure the young people are not there on their own, to be preyed on by extremists. you can see much more on that story in a special report on our prgramme at 6:30pm. electric scooters will be available for hire from today at the olympic park. the scooters aren't legal on the roads at the moment, but they will be allowed for a three—month trial on one route. the aim is to test the technology and help people make their way around in a fun way. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the metropolitan line. otherwise, it os a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, the north circular is slow from staples corner to neasden. a crash earlier means the delays are worse than usual there. in west norwood, there are temporary traffic lights for waterworks at norwood road, and robson road is also closed. in mottingham, marvels lane is closed because of a burst watermain. nuxley road in belvedere is also

closed because of a burst watermain. now the weather, with sara thornton. good morning to you. it's a mild start this morning, it's dry as well, but we do have some mist and fog patches just to contend with. they'll lift up, and then later we're generally dry, and certainly very mild for the time of year. some cloud around, through the first half of the day especially. out towards the east later, we get some sunshine coming through, and as i say, mostly dry. could catch a stray shower — very, very unlucky to catch one, though. 15 degrees on the map here, but we could see 17 celsius, well above average for the time of year. as we go through this evening and overnight, we're dry at first, but by the end of the night you can see there's some rain trying to push in from the west, so it is another mild night. 11 celsius to start us off tomorrow morning, but tomorrow morning you will want your umbrella. we've got rain pushing across us tomorrow morning, dries up little later, but then we see some fog and showers for the afternoon. still pretty mild for the time of year. a good couple of degrees

above average, as we will be through much of this week, but we do have those showers tomorrow. for thursday a better day — we're dry, with some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. now, though, it is back to dan and louise. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. five men are arrested after a video showing a model of grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire emerged online. american voters deliver their verdict on two years of president trump. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i am on the ballot, so please go out and vote. and he battled storms, jellyfish and... ..chafage in his quest to swim the coast of great britain —

ross edgley willjoin us here on the sofa. millions of households face a cap on the amount they can be charged in their energy bills. the regulator has revealed the maximum amount suppliers can charge. i'll have all the details in a moment. it's an awful start for england's cricketers. they lose five wickets before lunch on day one of the first test against sri lanka. good morning from the tower of london where at the moment there is a tribute taking place to mark the centenary a tribute taking place to mark the ce nte nary of a tribute taking place to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. 10,000 lanterns will be lit, the weather today is mild, there are showers around with more persistent rain and stronger winds coming in from the west. further details in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 6th of november. our top story. five men have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, after a video was posted online showing an effigy of grenfell tower being burned

as part of a bonfire party. the men were taken into custody after they handed themselves into a south london police station late last night. let's get the latest on this now from our reporter andy moore. they handed themselves in and have been arrested but no charges as yet. that's right. the men are aged between 19 and 55, all from south and south—east london. they were arrested under section 4a of the public order act, using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour which causes harassment, alarm or distress to. the bbc has decided not to show the video itself but in this still image you can get an idea about it. it shows a cardboard model of g re nfell tower it shows a cardboard model of grenfell tower with crude paper cutout figures at some of the

windows. it was put on a bonfire and eve ryo ne windows. it was put on a bonfire and everyone laughed and joked as it went up in flames. in the last hour went up in flames. in the last hour we have heard from those in the community who say the video has been incredibly hurt. blue i think the community feel that yet again...” think the community feel that yet again, giving everything they have endured, and given the fact they are in the middle of giving evidence at the enquiry, that this is actually incredibly hurtful. and incredibly shocking. that message has been echoed by the prime minister theresa may ina echoed by the prime minister theresa may in a tweet before the arrest, she said to disrespect those who lost their lives that grenfell tower as well as their families and loved ones is utterly unacceptable. thank you. if we get any more detail we will bring it to you and breakfast. it's a huge day for americans as they deliver their verdict on president trump's first two years in office, in what are known as the midterm elections.

final campaign rallies were held last night — the president visited indiana and missouri in a final attempt to appeal to voters. the election will decide which party will control both houses of congress, as our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i'm on the ballot so, please, go out and vote. go out and vote. cheering he's not on the ballot, but these mid—term elections are allabout him. seven states, 11 rallies and that's just in the last week. his message, democrats are a socialist mob, the media are the enemy of the people and, above all else, migrants are to be feared. another man who is not on the ballot is this former president — but he's still the closest thing the democrats have to star quality. and he's focussing on donald trump's attitude to the facts. because america is at a crossroads right now. there is a contest of ideas going on right now. americans will be voting for members

of both chambers of congress — that's the house of representatives and the senate. both are currently controlled by republicans. all 435 seats in the house are up for election. 281 are needed for a majority, with republicans going into the election holding 235. in the senate, republicans hold 51 of the 100 seats. 35 are being contested. if the polls are to be believed, then the republicans are likely to lose the house but keep the senate. that would make it hard for president trump to get legislation through. and democrats would control key powerful committees that could investigate the administration. holding on to the senate would mean that the president will get approval for the judges and the cabinet members he wants. all told, there is a lot to play for. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington.

the number of patients waiting for nhs tests and scans is increasing. it's thought a shortage of radiographers could be to blame. figures show more than a million people across the uk are on waiting lists. the government said steps were being taken to recruit more staff. a 16—year—old boy has died after a suspected stabbing in south london last night. this latest incident comes after four people died in knife attacks in the capital in five days. nobody has been arrested in connection with last night's incident. the cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss theresa may's latest attempt at finalising a brexit deal. the main sticking point is the arrangements to avoid checks on goods at the irish border if there's no trade agreement. the uk government is still hoping a deal can be done this month. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us this morning. i understand the prime minister is meeting cabinet colleagues today, hoping for another breakthrough?

she's said 95% of the deal is done but that extra 5% is proving incredibly tricky. senior whitehall sources are playing down expectations for this cabinet meeting, saying they are not going to be presented with a draft agreement they are expected to sign up agreement they are expected to sign up to. there will be more of them sitting around discussing the pros and cons of that sticking point, as you say. there is still talk about a summit with the eu at the end of november to sign this all off if they can come to some agreement. the details of all of this have been mind—bogglingly complicated for quite a long time. it comes down to this basic idea of how much control the uk has over its own destiny. if we are in this customs arrangement with the eu even after we leave, how long will we be in it for and how can we get out of it? that's what eve ryo ne can we get out of it? that's what everyone is now focused on. it feels as ifa everyone is now focused on. it feels as if a deal could be done at any time. of course, if you look beyond

that it would be some achievement for theresa may, but she still has to get it through parliament. there are many who think that could be trickier. thank you. in the last hour the energy regulator ofgem has revealed what the new price cap on energy bills will be. colletta is here. we are talking about 54% of households in the uk on a standard variable default rate. if you have never changed your energy supplier or changed a long while ago, a couple of years, say, and the tariff has run out, the likelihood is you will have been switched automatically onto that base rate. it's definitely not their cheapest deal, so the likelihood is you will be paying more than you should be. that's what the energy regulator said. they said they were going to introduce a price cap, they've confirmed that figure today. the

total amount the average household will be paying, the maximum is £1137 a yearfora will be paying, the maximum is £1137 a yearfor a dualfuel bill. that's by direct debit. the amount will change depending on how much energy you use. over the winter, you could still be paying more than that but that's how the average shakes down. say an average household will save £76 a year by introducing this cap and trying to regulate the market a bit on this one. we spoke a few minutes ago to the boss of ofgem who are the energy regulator. i asked him if this was effectively encouraging people to be lazy by not switching. i'm encouraging people to shop around. over5 i'm encouraging people to shop around. over 5 million people switched last year and there will still be strong incentives to switch. it's never been easier to switch. it's never been easier to switch. nonetheless, if you choose not to switch which is a fair choice, you can be sure that from now on there will be a price cap in

place which will give you a fairly good deal and a strong level of protection. this price cap is coming in on the 1st of january. that's the maximum amount households will be paying which still sounds like an awful lot when you add it all up. i suppose if it's coming out monthly you don't notice it has much but it can be a lot of money out of people's wages. so an average saving of £75. exactly. women who are early risers are said to have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who get up late, according to a study by british scientists. researchers say the reasons are unclear — and that nobody should change their sleeping habits because of this study. they say it adds to the growing evidence of the importance of sleep. if a spice girls reunion is what you "really, really wanted" — then you're in good company. adele has posted a throwback photo to her instagram page sharing her excitement at the band getting back together. the singerjoined thousands of other fans welcoming the announcement

online with a childhood picture which revealed her bedroom plastered with pictures of the spice girls. it's received nearly two million likes. she says, i am ready. she was ready then and now. who would get involved in that? who on earth would call me "0ld in that? who on earth would call me "old spice"?! i need to explain this. i set you up for a littlejoke which you then completed, i giggled, then you announced it on live television! don't call me "old spice"! television! don't call me "old spice“! laughter i didn't! he spent 157 days at sea, swam nearly 1,800 miles and earned himself a place in the guiness book of records, but after swimming his way around

great britain, ross edgley faces a new challenge — walking! we'll talk to him in a moment about how he's finding his feet back on dry land, but first let's take a look at what he put himself through. this is the moment ross edgley set a new world record. the first person to swim around britain set foot on dry land for the first time in more than five months. every day for up to 12 hours, both day and night, he's battled storms, exhaustion and water filled with jellyfish. back on margate beach where he first set off injune, well—wishers following his progress joined friends and family to welcome him home. he lived on board throughout that 2000 mile swim, fuelling his epic trip with around a million calories including more than 600 bananas. so, what's next? ross has welcomed the idea of yet another swimming challenge, once he gets his land legs back.

ross edgleyjoins us now. how are you? you've got a slightly trimmed beard! how much did you allow us to take off? this would compromise, i didn't feel i could let go of it yet. eucalyptus rubbed into trinder bit, still a bit feral! 's. classic! talk us through moments like this. that would be at the end ofa like this. that would be at the end of a tied. i don't know if you can see of a tied. i don't know if you can see my eyes, i was stubborn so badly byjellyfish that my goggles would no longer fit on my face. it was swollen ? no longer fit on my face. it was swollen? yeah, dan. my face is a different shape at the moment. wow! to give people an idea of what

you've gone through, by the way if you're wondering why these bananas are here, you ate 648 bananas on your way around! not that you're sick of them or anything! laughter the salt water did terrible things to your tongue. you would wake up in the morning and bits of your tongue would be on the bed. that was only two we e ks would be on the bed. that was only two weeks then! i had something in my mouth, i was like, i don't remember eating anything in the night... i looked down and it was peeling strips of tongue off. that was two weeks then. i didn't even know the etiquette, if your tongue is falling off the flush down the toilet or put it in the bin?! eurgh! if you find any bits of his tongue anywhere... laughter you got to that last moment when you can see everybody waiting, that must have been overwhelming in some ways.

everybody waiting, that must have been overwhelming in some waysm was, but also... i was trying to make sure i didn't fall over. i hadn't set foot on land for 157 days. i was a bit wobbly! but i didn't face plant in the end. i was worried i would turn up and, bang. you have slept on a vessel the whole time so you hadn't been on dry land. the arches of your feet have collapsed a bit, do you genuinely have to teach yourself how to walk ain? have to teach yourself how to walk again? yeah. you kind of overlook these things in terms of the small muscles in the feat. right now i'm doing a lot of foot rehab and bone density as well, i've joined this strange group of people, almost like astronauts, non—weight—bearing activities. now it's about trying to walk again. there are so many stats about what you did, including gaffer tape to stitch your... what was that for? plasters wouldn't do it in the

end. because they wouldn't stay on in the water? yeah. that wasn't even the worst part. when you are chafing, and you'll know with the wet suit, it was then trying to sleep at night. one morning i woke up sleep at night. one morning i woke up and the bed sheets were fused to me... because you're getting back in the water the next day, there's no time for your body to do the natural healing process. that's a really good point. there are things like sea ulcers. these wounds that would heal on land just get deeper and deeper. given all of that, you looked in remarkably good shape! laughter the team were amazing. they we re laughter the team were amazing. they were unbelievable. i ate really well out there, and as much as anything it was great to broadcast this social media sporting experiment. that's what i was so grateful for on

the entire red bull tv lob series, we we re the entire red bull tv lob series, we were trying to broadcast what captain webb would have done —— red bull tv vlog series. your typical brea kfast was bull tv vlog series. your typical breakfast was enormous. we talked about the bananas. five rolls of gaffer tape used to fix your broken skin, you went through three kilograms of gasoline... laughter stung 37 times byjellyfish. —— vaseline. it makes for a great story. there were so many amazing privileges. my favourite story was the bristol channel going from north devon to wales and a minty whale was breaching next to me. . it started

circling me and i'd said my safe, is it ok? he said i think she's a female and she thinks you are an injured field. she's guiding you to shallow waters. —— minke whale. injured field. she's guiding you to shallow waters. -- minke whale. i'm a huge fan of open water swimming. it's a wonderful sport. there are places people can try this safely in the uk. yes. a huge shout out to the open waterswimming the uk. yes. a huge shout out to the open water swimming community. at the end, this never felt like an individual sport. at the end, i felt that i wanted to share it with everybody. we said, look, if anybody wants to come out on a sunday morning, 6am, but on a wet suit and swim with a guy you've never met before a mile out to sea, come out. 300 people said, yeah! that sport is

only open water swimming. you couldn't even have a conversation while you are doing that, could you? that must‘ve been quite nice sometimes! laughter what are you doing next? genuinely, i've got to learn to walk again. that's the first challenge. it's weird, i'm not quite bored of swimming or bananas! laughter i'm more surprised you're not bored of the bananas than the swimming! so there are a few challenges percolating? know a lot of people are saying what else can you swim around? will you come back and tell us about it? thank you so much. please give me some open water tips! i think you should talk more about open water swimming. if you're ata

about open water swimming. if you're at a party, how can you tell which one is a triathlete? don't worry, they'll tell you! laughter carol's bringing us the weather from the tower of london this morning. good morning. that was a good joke. good morning. that was a good joke. good morning. that was a good joke. good morning from the tower of london. i'm here because at the moment there is a tribute taking place called beyond the deepening shadow to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. you can see some lanterns. the manager here has lit a few. let me show you some pictures from last night when all 10,000 were lit. it is a spectacular sight. each evening from now until remembrance sunday and including remembrance sunday and including remembrance sunday, is that at 5pm the last post is played followed by one minute's silence. then a single beefeater comes down with the first flame and they, along with other beefeaters and members of the armed

services and also volunteers, continued to like the rest of the 10,000 torches. that takes about 45 minutes, and they burn for four i was. it's worth coming down to see it. you can see it's quite spectacular and you get a chance to pay your respects. this morning, quite a mild start across the uk. for some of us it's quite misty and foggy. that will slowly lift and we've got some showers across the west and also the south of the uk. that's courtesy of a weather front which is going to be coming in as we go through the course of the morning moving east. not all of us will see some showers from it but it's the second weather front on the pressure chart bringing in persistent and heavy rain to the west. the wind will also strengthen. first thing this morning, gradually the mist and fog will lift. we will start to see bright conditions with sunshine coming through. the showers in the west still with us, shall within the

south still hit and mist. then the rain comes in from the west across northern ireland initially, and across western scotland, north—west and south—west england and also wales. wherever you are today, it's going to be breezy. yesterday, we hit 18.3. today we could hit similar values where we hang on to the sunshine. east anglia, the south—east and even around the moray firth we could get between 15 and 17. generally the temperature range is 12-17. 17. generally the temperature range is 12—17. through the evening and overnight, the weather front continues to drift eastwards, and not getting as far as the far east of east anglia. still windy and another mild night. most of us staying in double figures once again. tomorrow, that week weather front continues to push away to the east. then it. to brighten up. a new weather front coming into the west, but will also introduce heavy rain.

a windy day with temperatures down a touch on today. roughly up to 13—14. by touch on today. roughly up to 13—14. by thursday, for scotland, some showers in the south moving north through the day, brightening up behind it. in northern ireland a day of bright spells, sunshine and showers. for most of england dry and bright with sunny spells. for south—west england and wales, more heavy and persistent rain coming in and a breezy day with temperatures close to where they should be, around 10—13. the weather is all over the place at the moment. studio: thank you. it even looks good in the daylight at the tower of london. we're talking about christmas shopping this morning and when you start. yes, we know it is early, but apparently more than a fifth of us have bought all our gifts by the end of november. colletta is here to tell us why. loads of people getting in contact

saying they have wrapped everything as well! according to some research we've done, a survey of more than 1000 shoppers say more than one in five, christmas is done and dusted. it's notjust to be organised. have you done yours? no... we have booked the leave off for christmas, i thought that was organised! let alone getting stuff wrapped up and hidden away. one in five have it done by the end of november. one third will have christmas done and dusted. a lot of the thought behind this is it's notjust about getting organised and avoiding the panic but is actually about spreading the cost, particularly for people who are feeling the pinch and the pressure to spend more, actually spreading it over a couple of months isa spreading it over a couple of months is a really good idea. i nipped out into south manchester yesterday to have a chat with people. the trick

is not to see anything else in decemberand is not to see anything else in december and ended is not to see anything else in decemberand ended up is not to see anything else in december and ended up spending doubled. it's about planning ahead. have you bought already? we started buying christmas presents in the january sales! have i really found someone who starts injanuary? january sales! have i really found someone who starts in january? yes, if you buy in the january sales you're done! my family are quite big, so we have a secret santa. between us we have about 100 people to buy for. if theirs and four and now, i will get it now. that's one thing i've ticked off. i think a lot of people think like that, apart from my other half who leave that until the last minute! from my other half who leave that untilthe last minute! i'm still getting over the shock of that lady who says she buys 100 presents. by the time she's done, all the siblings, cousins and kits... 100 presents! it seems that people need

to say let's stop buying each other's children! a lot of this isn't necessarily about having bought the presents but having paid for presents, putting money aside and making sure your budgeting. we put money aside every month but save for it every year. so the financial burden doesn'tjust for it every year. so the financial burden doesn't just fall in for it every year. so the financial burden doesn'tjust fall in december when budgets are stretched, when you're going out more, doing other things. you know that at least the christmas dinner is paid for because you've saved with the local butcher and put money aside for presents. well done to everyone who has got organised! we are not. 6th of novemberand we are organised! we are not. 6th of november and we are doing christmas already! plenty to come. we'll be speaking to michael lewis who written some amazing books. he's written a new

book all about the system of government in america and what's been happening over the last two yea rs been happening over the last two years since donald trump became president. are they ready, other jobs being done properly? will compare that to weigh the civil service works in this country. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. the weather is looking pretty mixed over the next few days. quite a messy picture through today across the uk. we have low pressure towards the west, throwing these weather fronts across as. there are quite a few of them. it is giving us rain but also bringing southerly winds, and that is why this morning

it will be such a mild start once again. by this afternoon, temperatures way above average for the time of year. into the morning and afternoon, showers across western areas edge in and turn heavier into the afternoon. a breezy day than yesterday, eastern areas staying largely dry with brightness after this morning's mist and fog. temperatures getting up to 14 or perhaps 17 or 18 in the south—east of england. this band of rain will move gradually eastwards through this evening. some of the rain will be particularly heavy across wales and the west of scotland and into wednesday, the weather fronts continue to march eastward, many more of us seeing some rain. quite a wet start to the date for a good deal of the uk, breaking up into showers by the afternoon. it is a lwa ys showers by the afternoon. it is always western areas that continue with more prolonged spells of rain through the day. some brighter skies towards northern and eastern areas,

temperatures getting up to around 13 or 14. into thursday, temperatures getting up to around 13 or14. into thursday, ritzy temperatures getting up to around 13 or 14. into thursday, ritzy messy, we still have an area of low pressure and a number of weather fronts moving in from the west. another band of rain will get broken up another band of rain will get broken up into showers throughout thursday, mainly across west wales, south—west england. some rain clearing away from the north of scotland, some sunshine across central, eastern and northern parts on thursday. temperatures coming down a touch but still around 13 or 14 celsius. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben thompson. china welcomes the world as it talks global trade in beijing. but will the trip be overshadowed by its dispute with the us over tariffs?

live from london, that's our top story on tuesday the 6th of november. in beijing china hosts top trade officials — while in shanghai it's trying to convince thousands of foreign firms that it's open for business and that it does plays fair. we will talk you through what is at