good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a blow for donald trump, as the democrats take back control of the house of representatives. but mr trump hails the night a tremendous success, as the republicans hold onto the senate. passengers flying in and out of heathrow face disruption because of a fault with the runway lights. uncovering the forgotten stories of the 1.3 million indian soldiers who fought in world war one. can local people determine the future of their high street? the government wants empty shops to go to community groups. is it enough? i'll speaking to the minister for high streets just before 7am. in sport: late joy for spurs, but liverpool lose thier mojo in the champions league. good morning. it is a mild start to the date, but for many of us it will

bea the date, but for many of us it will be a wet one with either raining or showers, a little bit of brightness in between, and i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday, november 7. our top story: the us mid—term elections, widely viewed as a referendum on president trump's first two years, have seen the democrats take control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years. a democrat majority in the lower house is likely frustrate some of the president's legislative plans. however, the republicans are on course to strengthen their control of the senate, leading president trump to declare the night "a tremendous success." jon donnison reports. on the cbs evening news from the decision desk on this election night... this is a moment of truth for donald trump. it's congress that's up for grabs, but these elections are widely seen as a referendum on his presidency. democrats had hoped for a blue wave. it's perhaps been more of a ripple.

but ina but in a blow to the president they have won back control of the house of representatives. today is about restoring the checks and balances to the trump administration. in the senate, it is republicans who have a victory, keeping their majority. among those celebrating, supporters of senator ted cruz who held his seat in texas. tonight is a victory for the people of texas. tonight is a victory for all the men and women in this room and all the men and women across the state that poured your hearts, your passion, your time, your energy to rising to defend texas. turnout is reported to have been high. love him

oi’ reported to have been high. love him or hate him, president trump seems to have brought out the vote. in a tweet he declared the evening a tremendous success. tweet he declared the evening a tremendous success. but the democrat controlled house could make the president's life difficult. after a fiery election campaign, america's bitter divisions seem unlikely to heal. let's get more on this from our correspondent chris buckler, who's in washington for us this morning. specifically the significance is what it means for donald trump going forward. these mid-term elections in many ways have been unlike any other and that is partly because of the turnout we have seen but it is also because president trump has put himself at the centre of this campaign and in some ways his presidential power has really been in the ballot. as far as he is concerned, looking at the results, he will claim some success, because ultimately he was campaigning in a lot of the states where the

republicans have had success. in keeping all winning senate seats. and that is very important to him, to essentially win the upper chamber of congress. but the lower chamber of congress. but the lower chamber of congress. but the lower chamber of congress going to the democrats is something that is going to cause him problems. the house of representatives ultimately is needed by president trump in order to put through legislation and the fact that the democrats control it they will be able to block some of his most contentious policies. and ultimately that will put something ofa ultimately that will put something of a dampener on president trump's ambitions. and as a result he will claim success in some ways, but at the same time he knows he will have problems for the next two years of his presidency. thank you very much for that indeed for that analysis. we will be talking about it throughout the programme this morning. you can find plenty more coverage and analysis from our correspondents across the us on the bbc news website and app. michael gove has called for legal

advice on the irish backstop to ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic. he says there are concerns among ministers that they will only be given a summary before having to decide on whether to back a brexiteer with brussels. downing street says it doesn't comment on legal advice. we'll get the latest on this from our correspondent in westminster later in the programme. heathrow airport is warning passengers to expect disruption to flights this morning because of a problem with runway lights. international flights were grounded overnight because some planes were unable to land in darkness. british airways says it has delayed some flights and planes that are already airborne may be diverted to other airports. joining us now from heathrow is our correspondent andy moore. public confidence in the police has been severely dented as forces become increasingly stretched, that's according to a group of mps. the commons public accounts committee says it's taking longer to charge suspects and neighbourhood policing is being stripped back.

the home office says more money is going into policing than three years ago, but the committee's chair meg hillier says that the thin blue line is wearing thinner with potentially dire consequences for public safety. we have compelling evidence that confidence in the police is dipping and some have said that the community no longer feels safe. these are people who want the police to work, they are not out to knock the police, but they are concerned at the level of funding cuts and the ability of police to respond quickly to criminal incident is being stretched thin. there's been a 20% increase in the number of times members of the public have stepped in to prevent suicide around the railways. a campaign by the samaritans, in conjunction with network rail and the british transport police, is encouraging commuters to strike up conversations with people who seem vulnerable and are near railway tracks. the charity says small talk is enough to interrupt someone's suicidal thoughts and encourage them to get help. and we are talking to someone who

has done exactly that later. yes, i think 8:10am, so let us know what you think we will put questions later on. children may be more vulnerable to becoming a stabbing victim on their way home from school, a new study suggests. doctors said there was a significant peak of knife attacks on under—16s between 4pm and 6pm on weekdays in the new research published in the bmj openjournal. they called for schools to introduce a staggered finish to the day, to stop pupils leaving all at once. an 98—year—old man is fighting for his life after being attacked and robbed in his own home. the man was discovered with a head injury and multiple bruising at his home in enfield in north london yesterday morning. he was taken to hospital where he remains in a life—threatening condition. no arrests have been made. six men who were arrested after an online video showed a model of grenfell tower being put on a bonfire have been released under investigation.

the men, aged between 19 and 55, were detained under the public order act after the footage, which depicted the model and paper figures being burned, was shared online. how many times this year have you heard about "single—use" plastics, the irish "backstop" or the dance craze the "floss?" i have seen sally doing that floss. steady. well, all three feature in this year's collin's words of the year list. "single—use" took the top spot after bbc documentary blue planet ii brought the issue of plastics polluting the environment to the national conciousness. a word we've talked about a lot on breakfast is "backstop," after it became a key part of brexit negotiations. and of course "floss" features on the list because it was the dance craze that no—one could escape this year. it has quietened down a bit, the

floss, and graeme swann is on the front of the papers. have you ever heard of plogging 7 front of the papers. have you ever heard of plogging? plogging? it combinesjogging with heard of plogging? plogging? it combines jogging with picking heard of plogging? plogging? it combinesjogging with picking up litter. surely that is just combinesjogging with picking up litter. surely that isjust made up. apparently. really? you are going off for a plog? most singers will tell you that it's best to warm up a bit, ididn't mean i didn't mean that in a horrible way... in case you sound a little hoarse, and it's advice this donkey could have done with. laughter. i love harriet! this is harriet the donkey, and her impressive singing has been compared to parts of the opera madame butterfly. after never able to ‘hee—haw‘, harriet from connemara in ireland, has found a unique way to get her voice heard.

listen, can we have that again? this is exactly what i need. i am feeling s0 is exactly what i need. i am feeling so sleepy. this could be what does it. there are some grim stories out there. let's have harriet the donkey. come on. what have you got for us? it is quite lyrical at the end. she has a great vibrato. 0h, harriet. that is beautiful. if that was my alarm clock, that could solve a lot of problems. she will be on the sofa next. i can record that. can you make it into an alarm? you can have harriet in your ear. that is going to happen. good morning. what a contrasting night in the champions league. it was a very different night for tottenham and liverpool

in the champions league. delight for spurs, who got the win they desparately needed. they left it very, very late. two goals from harry kane giving them a 2—1win over psv eindhoven. it means they're still in the running to qualify from their group. liverpool were unexpectedly beaten. they have lost their mojo, it is official. they lost 2—0 to red star belgrade and they‘ re now looking over their shoulder when it comes to qualifying for the knock out stages. it is the second day of the first test against south africa. —— sri lanka. it's been a good morning for england's ben foakes. he's scored a century on his test debut against sri lanka. england have also picked up a couple of early wickets in galle. there is a lot going on. and england's george burgess will miss the third and final test against new zealand this weekend after being found guilty of eye—gouging. it happened during last sunday's win over the kiwis. he's been banned forfour matches and fined £500. it is not good. yes. sorry. not as

nice as seeing harriet. lovely harriet. shall we talk to carol at about the weather? it is mild, isn't it? good morning, yes, it is for many of us, starting the day in double figures, more representative of what we would expect as the maximum daytime temperatures and it will continue through the day. yesterday's top temperature reached 17, we won't see that today, and we also have rain at times. indeed, showers. you can also have rain at times. indeed, showers. you can see also have rain at times. indeed, showers. you can see from the wind we are pulling up the mild air, represented in yellow, from the near continent, it is a cool start in northern ireland. we have a lot of fronts moving across the uk, bringing rain or showers. fronts moving across the uk, bringing rain orshowers. so fronts moving across the uk, bringing rain or showers. so it is a messy start to the day. there is a lot of cloud around. if you have the rain, you could see some mist and murk patches and standing water on the roads as well. the heaviest rain

eventually confined to the north—west. you can see it won't be dry everywhere. there will be some sunshine around today. and it will be windy, particularly around the coasts, and breezy inland, and these are the temperatures you can expect, the maximums, not moving up much. these are the sustained wind speeds, the dusts will be a bit more. through the evening and overnight period, we lose the first band of showery rain —— gusts. then we have a dry slot, with clear skies, so it will be a cold night for some of us, with temperatures for some of us in single figures, and where we have frost, in rural areas once again, we are likely to see that. and by the end of the night we have this next system coming in bringing in more rain. so tomorrow we start on a fine and a dry note with sunshine. you can see where we have the overnight rain, picking up across the south—west and into wales as well. and another windy day particularly along the coasts. the north and west of scotla nd along the coasts. the north and west

of scotland seeing some sunshine, the south and east of england also seeing some sunshine as well. and temperatures once again closer to where they should be at this time of november. by the time we get to friday once again we have a lot of dry weather, a few showers coming out of the weak weather front producing this cloud, but then a potent weather front here nectar to an area of low pressure comes in from the south—west, bringing heavy and persistent rain with it as it does so. friday will be especially windy and especially across southern counties and into the south—west. we are looking at cuts of 60 mph, coastal areas of the south—west could also have gusts as much a 70 mph —— gusts. something to bear in mind especially with trees in leaf, so mind especially with trees in leaf, so it could lead to some disruption. into saturday it will clear off to the north sea, leaving us with a bright spells, sunshine and showers, and the wind will die down a bit by then as well, so a better, dry day

for most of us on saturday with temperatures once again and roundabout where they should be at this stage in november. thank you very much, see you throughout the morning. let's take a look at today's front pages. the daily telegraph leads with the leaked document which appears to show how the government intends to sell its brexit deal to the public. it says theresa may has been accused of secretly lining up a brexit deal behind the backs of her cabinet. the daily express' main story is the paper's call forjustice for 300 women who, it says, were robbed of their war widows' pension because they fell in love again. ‘we're on a knife edge' declares the sun, following the latest fatal stabbing of a 16—year—old boy in london. the papers says his death was the 250th related to knife crime in the uk this year. knife crime also makes the front pages of the guardian,

which says doctors are calling for school closing times to be staggered to reduce the risk of violence. the picture you can see at the bottom is the chess alert poking around the corner from the voting booth in the mid—term elections. around the corner from the voting booth in the mid-term elections. you need to literally take some lessons from me. don't you? typhoon weather. tha nkfully from me. don't you? typhoon weather. thankfully i wasn't in vision so i had five seconds of trying to keep it quiet, no. iwas had five seconds of trying to keep it quiet, no. i was watching that sneeze build up. you nor i noticed, you being so polite to luiz that you didn't want to sneeze. —— you know what i noticed. he knows how to keep me happy! exactly. she likes to be german free in the morning. —— germ—free. german free in the morning. —— germ-free. you are lucky you are

over their! this is in the guardian this morning talking about a potential tax on red meat, the world health organization declared red meat to be bad for our help if we see too much. we set how can we work out a way of reducing how much we see, they have looked at eventually taxing it. 20% tax on unprocessed red meat and a tax of 110% on more harmful food could help cut deaths by 220,000 per year. harmful food could help cut deaths by 220,000 peryear. it harmful food could help cut deaths by 220,000 per year. it could raise $170 billion in taxes. not something that will go down well with many people, only a proposal but nonetheless looking at how they may change some of our behaviour when it comes to what we see. another story from the times yesterday. —— we see. leads announcing it will cut 6000 jobs. —— we eat. they said yesterday we will cut 2000 jobs, but if you look down, they are cutting 6000 and adding 8000. they

are keen to point out that these drops will not go into bank creatures, they will go in back—office roles. nonetheless, all ofjobs going at lloyd's. back—office roles. nonetheless, all of jobs going at lloyd's. ben foakes, pretty much did england out ofa foakes, pretty much did england out of a hole yesterday in sri lanka. you might not have heard of him, if you are into cricket you would have done. play for essex and surrey the reason he said he was so relaxed yesterday and put in a brilliant performance was because he wasn't expecting to play for england this winter, wasn't expecting to play for —— eight against shall enter. i will get the full quote. he says," i only just got back from a lad 's trip to lisbon with my mates when i got a call telling the tupac and get ready or shrub anchor". he said he only found out on monday and that is what helped him. —— telling me to pack

and get ready for shellac. —— shrill anchor. —— sri lanka. that's brilliant —— that's life will return next year after to five yea rs. return next year after to five years. employed as a consultant. what is she holding? very good question. it looks like a giant pair of knickers. how do you feel about turkey for christmas? yes. no. why not? anything but turkey. sometimes produce a. controversially, because it is always loads of kids for dinner, chicken. it is about militant begins, a turkey farm has

been targeted. they are offering the chance to name a bird, that bird is cared for and then at christmas that bird you have cared for is handed to you of an ready to put in the often. —— accurately. you have a relationship with his turkey and it is given to you for christmas. this is given to you for christmas. this is like the opposite of the us president pardoning a turkey. you make friends with it, then you see it. —— eat it. the staff at this farm have in branded murderers, got death threats, "murderers, go vegan". the owner has been called sadistic, psychopathic. this is the opposite side of the argument. they have spray—painted some of the pheasants blew that were due to be, let me get this right, pheasants were about to

be sold have been spray—painted loo as well. a bit of a battle going on. is something jamie oliver is passionate about, his programmes where they follow the farm and they teach kids where the meat come from is at it is about taking responsibility for what you are eating. so little people understand where their food is coming from. pa rt where their food is coming from. part of that is because or a parent hide from their children where their food comes from. maybe we should tell them. it is so processed, looks nothing like anything it comes from. rowdy students get a £50 lesson in better neighbours. bristol university, where antisocial student had been forced to attend classes if they upset neighbours with late—night parties. so far, 11 student at how this punishment in this academic year and if you are a double offender, then you get a £100 fine and if you send twice it is a

£250 fine, none of those fines have been imposed. but the university will not allow you to be told how many people have been given the £100 fine for being complained about for noise at parties. what does that teach you? being no is bad. it is like a speed awareness course, discussion course that takes place over a whole date and you learn about how annoying it is. thank you very much everybody, that was lovely. 22 minutes past six. good morning. all this week, in the run up to armistice day, we're on a journey along the western front, uncovering stories from the trenches of the first world war. this morning, our correspondent robert hall is in neuve—chapelle in france, to find out about the role played by thousands of soldiers from india. muhamed khan is one of my great—grandfather ‘s and the captain

as well. this nottingham gp is on a mission. he spent four years tracing his family history to a village that was once part of british india. a village that sent over 400 of its fathers and sons to fight for the empire. born and bred in nottingham, ididn't empire. born and bred in nottingham, i didn't really understand information and i thought world war iand information and i thought world war i and world war two was mainly a white war, they didn't understand the massive condition from commonwealth troops from africa, west indies and undivided india. that is the reason i wanted to give this information and educate more people, especially youngsters, about our very strong shared history. the memorial at neuve—chapelle, close to a indian troops fought their first action in 1915, carries the names of nearly 5000 with no known grave. well over a million soldiers from

south asia served in british forces, over 74,000 of them were killed in europe, africa and the middle east. stories of that contribution and that heroism have not been widely told over the decades. he was actually on a ship from south africa heading back to india. this man has supported the war —— dundee had supported the war —— dundee had supported the war and indian independence, when the guns fell silent, india's struggle for self—rule overshadowed the bravery and self—sacrifice showed by many. overtime i think we have had an element of selective amnesia on both sides, as india fought for its own independence. but now it is two mature democracies, we are rediscovering those contributions and the poppy is a symbol of that. these are the khadi poppies, made of

cotton, similar to the clothing which gundy woes and war. cotton, similar to the clothing which gundy woes and wanm cotton, similar to the clothing which gundy woes and war. it really symbolises india's self reliance. i think we need to move everything to the second century and this is one of the powerful ways we can gauge the next generation. back in nottingham, the doctor believes remembrance can, and should, bridge divides into today's communities. when i was younger i used to walk past remembrance options and events andi past remembrance options and events and i didn't really feel a part of it, now i realise we should be there and in the last four years i have gone out and laid wreaths are self because of the strong shared history that we have. we are part of remembrance and we need to be out there as well. incredible. 1.3 million indian soldiers involved in world war i. robert has been all along the western front this week and continues to do that. but to

speak to you again, where argued today? —— lovely to. we are on a road junction in a town in neuve—chapelle, somewhere north. this monument is extraordinary, it has a real flavour of the east, this monument is extraordinary, it has a realflavour of the east, it has a realflavour of the east, it has been built especially to represent those from south asia who travel such a long way and gave so much to fight, notjust in europe, but in africa and the middle east as well. tomorrow we had up across the belgian frontier, but for now he is the news, travel and weather wherever you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news.

there will be no service on the waterloo, central and city line today as chip drivers have begun a 24 hours strike. the union said the dispute is over a breakdown in industrial relations. i would encourage the unions to talk to us rocklea, i am very happy to sit down and talk about the issues, rather than them threatening our customers with ongoing industrial action. we would never come from eyes on customer safety and i don't think the trade union should expect us think the trade union should expect us to do so. let's have a look at how that is affecting the tube this morning. you can see both of those lines of suspended. they are not expected to run again until tomorrow morning. also minor delays on the piccadilly line at the moment and severe delays on tefl rail. elsewhere, south—western railway services are disrupted following a points problem at waterloo, with delays and some

cancellations expected to ten a.m.. on the roads you can see we have got the usual traffic northbound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach, it is slow from the woolwich road flyover to be heathrow airport is reporting problems with the runway lighting system, they are advising project before setting out. in other news this morning, people living in and around a block of flats in saint alban ‘s have been evacuated after a simple six metres wide appeared next to the building. emergency services we re to the building. emergency services were called after the hole was spotted by a member of the public. some residents may be out of our homes for at least two weeks. young people are being encouraged to set up people are being encouraged to set u p stalls people are being encouraged to set up stalls at some of the capital ‘s most famous markets. kensington and chelsea council is offering pictures at portobello and golden road market at portobello and golden road market at less than half the normal price. it will run during the crisper shopping period and aims to get a chance to a new generation of street vendor is. now time to take a look at the weather. good morning, not a great start this

morning. some heavy rain right across the capital to start a —— us off. is to go on it. a end we will get showers later, for all of us it isa mild get showers later, for all of us it is a mild start and mild feeling they. double figures to start us off. the main rain band clearing off quite smartly, behind it brighter spells and showers that could band together for the afternoon with a rumble of thunder mixed in the sunshine as well. 13 or 14 degrees, well above average for the time of year, showers can do for it time evening, clearing away overnight and then we get clear skies. temperatures will fall away, probably the coldest night of this week and are certainly the night. five or six degrees in the centre of the capital and cooler it was the suburbs. tomorrow a much better day. rain towards the west stays away from us, we are driving sunshine right cross london. two temperatures above average at 13 or 14 degrees, we keep the mild air with us for the coming days, but at the weekend it will be worked and windy at times.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan in salford. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: as a new programme looks at britain's broken war heroes and the impact of battle on mental health, we're speaking to a soldier about his struggle with post—traumatic stress. the people putting their health at risk by sharing prescription medicines with family and friends. we'll find out why you shouldn't do it. and is this an asteroid or an alien spacecraft sent to investigate earth? scientists from harvard university think it could be just that. find out more later. there are so many unknowns about

that. known knowns. we will find out about the unknown is later. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the us mid—term elections, widely viewed as a referendum on president trump's first two years, have seen the democrats take control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years. the republicans are on course to strengthen their control of the senate. but a democrat majority in the lower house is likely to frustrate some of the president's legislative plans. todayis today is more than about democrats and republicans. it is about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. president trump has tweeted within the past couple of hours. he's described the result as a tremendous success. he wrote, "thank you to all". you can find plenty more coverage and analysis from our correspondents across the us on the bbc news website and app. and more of course on breakfast

later. heathrow airport is warning passengers to expect disruption to flights this morning because of a problem with runway lights. international flights were grounded overnight because some planes were unable to land in darkness. british airways says it has delayed some flights and planes that are already airborne may be diverted to other airports. we have been hearing from one guy, peter, at lax, stuck for a few hours. joining us now from heathrow is our correspondent andy moore. so what exactly is happening, is it an issue with electricity, was it, something to do with the not being able to see the runway so they couldn't land overnight? it was a technical issue with effectively the traffic light system that allows aircraft the runway. it is a line of red light that stopped aircraft entering the runway when it is

occupied. it was that system that was not working, that is not working, but it seems the airport has found a contingency around that. so behind me aircraft are taking off and landing at the moment. but the airport is warning that there will be disruption, delays, possible cancellations during the day. british airways a few hours ago were saying that there might be diversions of aircraft to other airports. at the moment, that doesn't seem to have happened. in the last hour or so, they issued a slightly more optimistic update, saying they hoped to operate their full schedule today albeit with some delays. thank you very much for that. i think the best advice is a lwa ys that. i think the best advice is always to check before you travel. of course. an 98—year—old man is fighting for his life after being attacked and robbed in his own home. the man was discovered with a head injury and multiple bruising at his home in enfield in north london yesterday morning. he was taken to hospital where he remains in a life—threatening condition. no arrests have been made. children may be more vulnerable

to becoming a stabbing victim on their way home from school, a new study suggests. doctors said there was a significant peak of knife attacks on under—16s between 4pm and 6pm on weekdays in the new research published in the bmj openjournal. they called for schools to introduce a staggered finish to the day, to stop pupils leaving all at once. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to it isjust coming up to 6:35am and sally is back to catch us up with the sport. i wasjust looking at what is happening with the cricket because it can all change. i can tell you it is still going england's way on the second day of the first test against sri lanka. first, debutant ben folkes completed his century after what must have been a nervy night's sleep on 87. he was out shortly after, england all out for 342. then the bowlers took over, jimmy anderson striking

with the second ball of the sri lankan innings. sam curran, jack leach and moeen ali have all taken a wicket each. the hosts are currently 42—4 at lunch. and there's been plenty of reaction on social media to foakes getting his 100. england's barmy army tweeted "yessss, well batted mate" and this picture. alec stewart, the former england wicket—keeper, and foakes' coach at his county side surrey, said "waking up at 4.30am isn't always high on my agenda but watching foakesy make his debut for england has made it worth it. well batted sir!" and england women's wicket—keeper sarah taylor said "worth getting up at silly o'clock for! well batted ben foakes !!" it is quite nice actually.|j it is quite nice actually. i love a bit of early morning live sport.|j love that when you are listening to

the cricket late at night or early in the morning. very different fortunes for spurs and liverpool in the champions league. neither are certain of qualifying for the knock out stages, as patrick gearey reports. it might still take a leap of faith but harry kane has kept tottenham hopeful, realistically if not statistically their hopes staying independent on the result against psv. de jong had independent on the result against psv. dejong had made things tricky. they couldn't get past the keeper, inspired, or infuriating, depending on your view. 30 minutes left, they hadn't beaten him, when that man, kane. 1—1. dejong was urging calm. easier said than done. time was running out. 89 minutes gone but of course one man wasn't panicking. header that changed direction twice

and completed a turnaround. totte n ha m and completed a turnaround. tottenham must hope there campaign follows a similarly improbable course. in belgrade it was throwback tuesday. 27 years ago ruled europe —— red star ruled europe. pandemonium here 21 minutes in. if they were excited about that, wait until they saw this. 2—0 to 18 liverpool had beaten 4—0 a ago. jurgen klopp said afterwards liverpool struggled to find their mojo. maybe it is in there somewhere. not a good night for them. manchester city have been accused of cheating by officials at the spanish top flight. la liga say the premier league champions should be sanctioned over claims that city misled uefa over sponsorship deals to avoid financial fair play penalties. the claims have been made in the german news magazine der spiegel. so far city have refused to comment on what they say is an "organised and clear" attempt to

damage their reputation, but manager pep guardiola did speak ahead of their champions league match with shaktar donetsk tonight. i don't know what happened because i ama i don't know what happened because i am a manager, i am focused on what happened on the pitch, in the locker room, but the business of how they handled this situation, i am com pletely handled this situation, i am completely out of that. but i am pa rt completely out of that. but i am part of the club, i support absolutely the club and we want to do what really we have to do in terms of the rules. an update on the wayne rooney situation. he won't start when he makes his farewell appearance for england against the united states later this month. rooney will win his 120th cap in the match that will be called the wayne rooney foundation international. he'll be a second half substitute and won't captain the side or wear his old number ten shirt. we understand that there will be as significant donation towards his foundation although the fa have to keep hold of the gate receipts for

complex funding reasons because they put the money back into grassroots football. still with me? yes, we are here. olympic champion adam peaty could risk missing next year's world championships if he decides to take part in a new competition. peaty says the international swimming league is "exactly what the sport needs". but governing body, fina, say new events must seek approval from them six months before they go ahead, and warned that any swimmer taking part in the competition next month risks a ban from next summer's world championships. again, complicated.” again, complicated. i am not sure i would ban adam peaty from anything. he —— that's not too good. england forward george burgess will miss the final test against new zealand after being found guilty of eye—gouging. it happened during the seccond test against the kiwis on sunday. burgess has been banned forfour matches and fined 500 pounds. burgess posted this on social media saying "i accept my punishment, but i will never accept that i gouged a fellow players eye intentionally." goes onto say, i have to much

respect for the players play against and with. that is a fair old band. are you done? i think so. anything else you want to talk about, christmas dinner? i was enjoying your sport. were you listening? of course i was. my brain is on a three second delay. it is going in but three seconds late. it isjust one of those days. has your coffee not kicked in? should i get you some more coffee? yes. emergency coffee, yes. good morning. voter turnout in the us midterm elections could be the biggest in 50 years. let's get some reaction from our correspondents who've been watching the results come in. in a moment we'll speak to nada tawfik who's in newjersey, but first peter bowes is in los angeles. and i know it has been noisy where you are. tell us where you are. it has been a good night for them, hasn't it? it has, yes. good

morning, iam hasn't it? it has, yes. good morning, i am at the democratic pa rty‘s morning, i am at the democratic party's celebration in downtown los angeles. and as you can imagine, a lot of happy faces around here, celebrating the fact that the democrats have taken control once again of the house of representatives. in this means, this is what they have been campaigning for, it means that the democrats have a much bigger say in american politics moving forward from this point, and of course the aspirations of donald trump, as nancy pelosi has been saying, and we heard from her moments ago, she will be the speaker of the house, this introduces the checks and balances into politics, so checks and balances into politics, so for example donald trump wants to do something, the democrats strongly disagree with it, if it is something that has to go through both houses of congress, the democrats have the votes in the house to stop it. ok, thank you very much. our correspondent nada tawfik is in newjersey. and also celebrations for the

democrats, but not celebrations all overfor them? democrats, but not celebrations all over for them? well, certainly for the senate seat, democrats have breathed a sigh of relief, because ina breathed a sigh of relief, because in a state that hillary clinton won by 14 points, they were forced to defend that seat. they came out on top with bob menendez winning. there we re top with bob menendez winning. there were some competitive house seats, in newjersey you had a republican leonard lance considered a moderate, hillary clinton won that district, he was running to say he was bipartisan, independent, and the anti—trump backlash was too much, so he lost to the democrat tom malinowski. and then mighty cheryl, a woman, take a republican seat that hasn't been held by a democrat in decades, since 1985 —— mikey. so some big wins for the democrats who wa nted some big wins for the democrats who wanted to pick up republican

district here. president trump has called it a tremendous success. what's your analysis of that? well, president trump is certainly trying to show that his campaigning over the end of days in this race really helped republicans in the senate, and they did pick up extra seats. so certainly on one sense you could say that the republicans did have a big success. on the other hand, the democrats have control of the house. and if you look at newjersey and other metropolis areas, cities, you see in these suburban areas the democrats really got a foothold with women, with moderates, who rejected the president, who don't find him palatable. on the other hand the rural areas went for president trump still so it shows the nation is still so it shows the nation is still very divided in that sense.

thank you very much. we will have more analysis from those us midterms throughout the programme for you this morning, and there will be continuous coverage crossed the bbc as well. good morning to you. macro too has the weather for us this morning. morning to you. macro too has the weatherfor us this morning. it morning to you. macro too has the weather for us this morning. it was a little bit wet. —— carol has the weather for us this morning. a little bit wet. —— carol has the weatherfor us this morning. it looks similar to that. bye for now. yes, it has been a wet start to an we will hang on to the showers at. what we have is a mild start today and it will continue to be mild through the day and it is also going to be windy or breezy, depending where you are. still, a lot going on. the mild weather coming up from spain and france, the cross that sure of a southerly wind and you can see in northern ireland, of course.. we have an array of weather fronts across, hence the rain all the showers, some have been thundery off the coast of devon for example in the coast of devon for example in

the last hour or so. we start the day with a debit of cloud around and murky conditions. —— said it. there is cloud across the south—east, but not exclusively, showers to the west and some of those true the course of the day will be thundery and we have more substantial rain coming in across northern ireland and south—west scotland. these white arrows you can see in the circles, they indicate sustained wind speed, they indicate sustained wind speed, the gust of weed —— wind being higher than that. temperatures, 12 — 14, yesterday in kent we reached 17, not expecting those levels that they. as we had on through the evening and overnight, ourfirst line of rain continues to move away into the north sea, a dry spot, clear whether and the temper richer will drop. it will be a cold night and for those used to getting frost, thatis and for those used to getting frost, that is where we are likely to see some frosty night. temperatures again roundabout 5—7, maybe eight. and other weather front coming from

the west is going to introduce more rain. we start off with that rain tomorrow, lot of dry weather through scotland, england and wales and the heaviest rain will be across south—west england, wales, through the irish sea and possiblyjust quitting the east of northern ireland, north—west england and also parts of southern scotland. two temperatures tomorrow, again looking at eight to 12— 40. another windy day. —— britches tomorrow. talking of windy days to friday will be windy. —— temperatures tomorrow. we start off with a lot of dry weather, weather front producing this cloud and showery outbreaks of rain, only to be usurped by an area of low pressure coming in. look at all this rain coming in with it. this rain will be heavy and persistent and it is going to be accompanied by gusty wind. strongest wind, as i mentioned, in the south and south—west and also into parts of wales. we could have gust of 70

miles per hour. we are looking at about 60 mph. trees are still in leith, mainly issues and certainly a lot of spray on the roads, that clears away on saturday leaving us with a day of sunshine, bright spells and showers. thank you. the troubles on the high street were at the heart of the chancellor's budget last month, but there was criticism it was too little, too late. ben's has more on this. good morning. morning to you both. philip hammond was clear when he laid out the challenge facing our high streets. he said they were "under pressure as never before." more than 2,000 shops have already shut up for good so far this year, meaning a loss of 52,781 retailjobs. that's three times more than the whole of 2017. so, the chancellor tried to level the playing field with the big online retailers in the budget by cutting the amount small shops have to pay in business rates.

plus, there was a future high streets fund made up of cash to pay for high street rejuvenation. today there's a new plan, fill up empty shops with community projects that need a space. jake berry mp, the high street minister, joins me now. howell will this plan work? your viewers have probably seen empty shops on the high—street how do i get in there? —— howell will. — — howell will. what —— howell will. what we are doing is essentially running at dating programme, for those with child groups and you could in the evening, can in act together, put government behind it so they can go into government occupation and bring people to the heart of the high—street. people to the heart of the high-street. great for those community groups involved, does it ta ke community groups involved, does it take it to place you want to go ain? take it to place you want to go again? we know the problem with the high—street is it is not an attractive place to go. high streets

have always changed, the reason we do have callow merchants on the high streets today is because they are dynamic places. we look at the future of high—street and know it will be about people, leisure and retail and what this is going to do is inject the people back into the high—street and bring them there so they can go shopping when they are using other facilities. high-street are replaced that need to make money, these are not community money is -- money, these are not community money is —— groups making money. money, these are not community money is -- groups making money. no, they go. in the longer term we hope it will be self—sustaining. i have been working with sirjohn pinson and we are, witha working with sirjohn pinson and we are, with a package to support the high—street more widely. this was the budget for high streets, governments acknowledge they are changing, we are backing local high streets, giving them little did they need to ensure they can thrive. lot of this strikes me as tinkering around the edges and we have talked that these problems before. we got results from an address earlier,

announcing closing stores. when a store like that disappears, this project cannot make up for it. retail exchanging. what the people watching today will do some of their shopping now online. we have got to make sure that those businesses, those empty big stores, can change rapidly to reflect our base. that it is not a level playing field for the online retailers versus those on the high—street. the retailers are playing —— paying high rent. high—street. the retailers are playing -- paying high rent. we have had a significant cut, nearly half £1 billion to invest in the high—street. let's not forget, businesses like amazon, they are helping small retailers, based on the high—street, get to market. that isa the high—street, get to market. that is a dynamic economy, which do anything to struggle that off, but we need to make sure that for the future, the high streets remain as community hubs where people can come together. cannot get a hug online, you can get a hug at my local high—street. you can get a hug at my local high-street. i spent a lot of time on myjob on the high street beating

the retailers who have a rubbish, tough time right now. the only thing they want to see is a cut in their rates. is the legislation dating back to 1988, is not fit for purpose, that is what needs to change it. i think it is much more competitive than just a cut change it. i think it is much more competitive thanjust a cut in business but i was pleased to see that the chancellor to them by a third in the budget, that will save them up to £8,000 per year for a business fighting on the high—street. that's why we have engaged sirjohn high—street. that's why we have engaged sir john clinton, high—street. that's why we have engaged sirjohn clinton, to talk to the government to say what is the range of things we need to do to prepare the high streets for the future? all of his interim recommendations we have accepted, thatis recommendations we have accepted, that is what this budget is about, it is about backing the high—street and bringing the people act. good to talk to you. -- people back. we will get the results from m&s later. divorce can be

agonising for couples. aside from the obvious emotional turmoil there's the added headache of who gets what — but what about when pets are involved? there have been a few high profile cases over the last few years, withjohnny depp and amber heard reportedly in talks over their yorkshire terriers. and this week hurley the labrador has featured in reports about ant mcpartlin's and lisa armstrong's divorce hearing. so how important would it be to get custody of a pet when a relationship ends? we've been in manchester to find out. i wouldn't give them up for anything, the dogs. i won't let them go. they come with me. no question. she is my little bell, and a one —— everyone says it is weird, she is my only child. you love them as much as your kids are not far off, like my son '5. your kids are not far off, like my son 's. i do all the walking, feeding, looking after. she is

numberone. we got feeding, looking after. she is number one. we got her two years ago and she was really poor looking, she nearly died after two days. it is an unhealthy relationship. i am with her all the time, basically. this is patch, our lodger. shared access. i feel the same about him, he is my baby. if it came down to it, we would have to just share them. some people feel very passionately about their pet. let's speak now to emma gill, who's a a divorce and family law lawyer. morning emma. you have dealt with quite a few cases where people are left fighting over the family pet. this happens really regularly and there were statistics in 2016 to say this is on the rise. any sort of chattel, the global term for your personal property, includes animals, they are partly family, more that —— more

akin toa partly family, more that —— more akin to a child than a chair, but it is very much as if you are dealing with a sofar or sideboard. you are talking about an extraordinary story, but essentially quite a big divorce settlement, but there was a wrangle over the cat. is it right that the men got rights to skype account once a week? that's absolutely right. that was a dealbreaker. there are other cases i have had where literally, the pet has been the linchpin that could undermine the entire agreement and has renegotiated settlements. what is interesting is actually how we pay for these animals, some pedigrees are tremendously expensive to maintain, but if you are married then you can include that within your budget for spousal maintenance. if you are unmarried you can't because you don't have that same maintenance claim. i had a lady who saw me earlier this year it was absolutely desperate because her

boyfriend had just walked out on her, but also the pet and had left her, but also the pet and had left her with these huge bills. nothing she could do about that? absolutely nothing she could do because between unmarried people there is no right to maintenance. i assume, presumably, you see people going through this, it is an emotional thing and that is the last final straw. once you decide where the pet has gone, it is over. absolutely. it is about feeding into, it is the last vestige of your relationship, the love that you have poured into this animal and it is generally with couples who do not have children, the focus shifts to a pet. it is the last sort of symbol of their love and their relationship, as you say, wa nt and their relationship, as you say, want it is gaunt relationship is absolutely over. what general advice can you give to some of our viewers who might be in the same situation this morning? i would imagine that the skype contact is the pretty rare stipulation. it is rare, but on a

straw poll of some of my colleagues, it is not the first time this has come up, not completely case. but ultimately, the old adage is that possession is nine tenths of the law, if you want the pet, keep hold of it. what about shared custody? it's that sometimes agreed? does it work? it does happened. it is a regulated in the same way that custody over a child is. generally the courts do not want to get involved. is there anything you can do? some couples have prenuptial agreements, is there anything you can do? can write it in to a prenuptial agreement, just as the way he would write about your children, you can write about animals. —— you can write. children, you can write about animals. -- you can write. thank you. pleasure. i don't animals. -- you can write. thank you. pleasure. idon't thinki animals. -- you can write. thank you. pleasure. idon't think! have skype chatted to a cat. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

there will be no service on the central, waterloo and city lines today as tube drivers have begun a 24 hour strike. the rmt & aslef unions say the dispute is over a breakdown in industrial relations. i would encourage the unions to talk to us properly, i am very happy to sit down and talk about the issues, rather than them threatening our customers with ongoing industrial action. we would never compromise on customer safety and i don't think the trade unions should expect us to do so. so let's have a look at how that's affecting the tube board this morning. you can see both those lines — central and waterloo and city — suspended. and they're not expected to run again until tomorrow morning. there are also severe delays on tfl rail at the moment. but the piccadilly line is running with a good service — there was a strike planned for today there too but it was called off. elsewhere — south western railway services are disrupted following a points problem at waterloo, with delays and some cancellations expected til 10am.

on the roads, you can see we've got the usual traffic northbound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach. it's slow from the woolwich road flyover. in other news this morning, a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder after another teenager was stabbed outside a tube station last week. malcolm midemadariola was fatally stabbed outside clapham south station on friday. the metropolitan police said the boy charged will appear at bromley magistrates' court later. young people are being encouraged to set up stalls at some of the capital's most famous markets. kensington and chelsea council is offering pitches at portobello and golborne road markets at less than half the normal price. the scheme will run during the christmas shopping period and aims to give a chance to a new generation of street traders. now the weather with sara thornton.

good morning. not a great start out there this morning. some heavy rain right across the capital to start us off. as we go through the day it does pull away, but we get showers later. for all of us it is a mild start and mild feeling day. double figures to start us off. the main rain band clearing away quite smartly, behind it some brighter spells and showers that could band together for the afternoon with a rumble of thunder mixed in, but sunshine as well. 13 or 14 degrees, well above average for the time of year, showers continue for a time evening, clearing away overnight and then we get clear skies. the temperatures will fall away, probably the coldest night of this week and certainly of the coming nights. five or six degrees in the centre of the capital and cooler towards the suburbs. but tomorrow, a much better day. rain towards the west stays away from us, we are dry with sunshine right cross london. temperatures above average at 13 or 14 degrees, we keep the mild air with us for the coming days,

but at the weekend it will be wet and windy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a blow for donald trump as the democrats take back control of the house of representatives in the midterm elections. but mr trump hails the night a tremendous success, as the republicans hold onto the senate. not quite the right pictures on all of the stories this morning. passengers flying in and out of heathrow face disruption because of a fault with the runway lights. uncovering the forgotten stories of the 1.3 million indian soldiers who fought in world war one. any spark of life in marks and sparks?

just over a year into a turnaround plan that will see 100 stores close, iconic british retailer marks & spencer announces its latest results in the next few minutes. in sport: late joy for spurs, but liverpool lose thier mojo in the champions league. good morning. it is a mild start to the day to day. for many of us it is going to be wet with either rain or indeed some showers. in between there will be a little bit of brightness. i will have more details in15 brightness. i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday, november 7. our top story: the us mid—term elections, widely viewed as a referendum on president trump's first two years, have seen the democrats take control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years. a democrat majority in the lower house is likely to frustrate some of the president's legislative plans. however the republicans are on course to strengthen their control of the senate, leading president trump to declare the night a tremendous success. our washington correspondent

chris buckler reports. this was an evening when democrats finally had a reason to celebrate. with female candidates at the forefront of their success, they won the majority in the house of representatives. a victory that will place limits on donald trump's presidential power. today is more than about democrats and republicans. it is about restoring the constitution's checks and bala nces to the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. but republicans held their ground administration. but republicans held theirground in administration. but republicans held their ground in the senate. god bless texas! ted cruz among those to hang onto his seat in texas the fierce challenge. marsha blackburn won in tennessee after a bitter campaign that cost tens of millions

of dollars. candidates that have embraced the president, his policies, he has gone in and campaigned and worked hard for, we have seen that pay. on twitter donald trump called result tremendous success. there will be relief inside the white house that republicans have held onto the senate. but democrats taking the house of representatives will cause problems for the president. they will be able to block legislation and frustrate some of his more contentious plans. congress, just like america, is now divided. political power split between the two chambers and the parties every bit as far apart. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's get more on this from our correspondent chris buckler, who's in washington for us this morning. it seems we are still waiting for a few results, but there is a pretty clear picture of what's happening in the us. yes, the results still coming in but at this stage we can say that house of representatives will go to the democrats and for president trump that is something of a defeat because it means that there

is going to be much more scrutiny on him. it is notjust trying to pass legislation. it is also about committees in the house of congress keeping a watch on him. they may well look into his tax affairs, they may ask about his foreign policy, look into questions of foreign interference and that puts scrutiny on him. at the same time as we have mentioned, he has called it a success , mentioned, he has called it a success, that is because he has been out campaigning in some of the crucial states where they have hung on to senate seats, where republicans have done well, and so ultimately he is going to take quite a bit of credit for that and in fact if you look at his twitter account at the moment you will see he is taking credit for that. what does it mean going forward? ultimately it should mean the republicans and democrats work together to try to pass some kind of legislation that isa pass some kind of legislation that is a compromise, that really fits both of their agendas, trying to get them to work together. but as we know, this is a difficult presidency. there has been division.

ultimately there is a big question about republicans and democrats can work together and whether president trump might get a little bit frustrated with what happens over the next two years. thank you very much for that. plenty more of that to come. in a few minutes we will have a look at the results. you can find plenty more coverage and analysis from our correspondents across the us on the bbc news website and app. heathrow airport is warning passengers to expect disruption to flights this morning because of a problem with runway lights. some international flights were grounded overnight because of an issue with the traffic light system which allows them access to the runway. joining us now from heathrow is our correspondent andy moore. tell us what happened, and is it all better, apart from the rain? well, the system hasn't been fixed yet, but the airport says they have a contingency plan in operation, so they're working around the problem. the problem is not with the main

ru nway the problem is not with the main runway lights. it is a big red light across the taxiway that a pilot will see before they get onto the main runway. if that is lit up it means they can't go onto the runway. it is an essential part of the safety system. that is what has failed. it meant that those international flights were grounded a while, for several hours. we understand most of those are on their way to heathrow. british airways said at one stage they feared that some of their inbound flights might have to be diverted to other airports. that doesn't seem to have been the case. we do have an updated statement from british airways saying they are now hoping to operate a full schedule albeit with some delays. so they may well have some disruption here at heathrow during the day, the advice, as always, is to check with your airline before you come to the airport. i feel sorry for you in the rain as well. i'll let you go and have a cup of tea. thank you. we've been talking about the fight to save our high streets this morning. one its biggest names,

marks & spencer, has results out this morning, and ben's here to talk about it. what do the numbers say? a mixed picture as always with marks & spencer, the headline figures look good, profits up it 127 million, but the reason they have done better is they are closing a lot of stores and trying to save a lot of money. there are 100 stores outlined for closure. they have identified £350 million of savings they want to make in the business. and they have talked about what they do next. the chief exec told us they are continuing to fix the basics online. there has been a lot of criticism the website is not up lot of criticism the website is not up to scratch. they want to sort that out. they have talked about significant further change that is required. it really does outline how important it is for m&s to get it right and get profits and customers back through the doors. if we break down into some of the detail,

clothing and home, well, that part that we look at particular closely, that we look at particular closely, that has been struggling for so long. a furtherfall, down that has been struggling for so long. a further fall, down two points on —— 2.7%. food range falling by 2.9%. so it says it has opened more food stores as it closes clothing stores and that is trying to offset the problems. nonetheless still a lot of work for m&s to do and we will speak to the boss in about 45 minute he on breakfast so we will get some of the thoughts from him and i am sure a lot of you have thoughts on m&s as also send them through and we will speak to them through and we will speak to the boss in about half an hour. ok, thank you. an 98—year—old man is fighting for his life after being attacked and robbed in his own home. the man was discovered with a head injury and multiple bruising at his home in enfield in north london yesterday morning. he was taken to hospital where he remains in a life—threatening condition. no arrests have been made. 21 people including children as

young as 12 years old have been found ina young as 12 years old have been found in a lorry in the uk, concealed among a load of sparkling water in sussex on thursday. details of the operation are emerging. a criminal investigation is under way. a romanian man has been charged with assisting unlawful entry the uk. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder after another was stabbed outside a tube station last week. now commit a —— malcolm mide—madariola was some murdered. how many times this year have you heard about "single—use"

plastics, the irish "backstop" or the dance craze the "floss?" we hear it quite regularly. well, all three feature in this year's collin's words of the year list. "single—use" took the top spot after bbc documentary blue planet ii brought the issue of plastics polluting the environment to the national conciousness. a word we've talked about a lot on breakfast is "backstop," after it became a key part of brexit negotiations. and of course "floss" features on the list because it was the dance craze that no—one could escape this year. and also me too, and gamoon, and var. that would make a difference in the premier league —— gammon. this is our favourite story of the day and i know lots of you have enjoyed this. you were having a few issues. and then we played harriet

the donkey. listen to harriet. harriet can't hee—haw, so she sings instead, and she has been compared with parts of the opera madame butterfly and she has found a unique way to find her voice heard. dainty, harriet, for cheering up louise and many others this morning. -- thank you, harriet. and hopefully later this morning i can have her as my new alarm. more on our top story this morning, the american mid—term elections safe to say, there are no major shocks. the democrats have taken the house of representatives, which is a blow for donald trump. the republicans have held the senate, and donald trump has held it a

tremendous success. let's look at the key moments from the night. cbs news is now projecting that the democrats will control the house of representatives in the new congress. that ends eight years of republican control and will be the first time president trump has had to deal with at least one house run by the opposition party. when all of the votes are counted, the democrats will have enough seats to control the house. today is more than about democrats and republicans, it is about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. the american people wa nt administration. the american people want peace, they want results, they wa nt want peace, they want results, they want us to work for positive results for their lives. we, as conservatives, being led by president trump, we have got to prove why our way of thinking, why at what works in the state of

indiana, is going to work for the rest of america. it is my hope that, with the bitterness and division we see nationally, that texas can be a model for how we can come together, disagree, yes, but with civility. greg swenson from the organisation republicans overseas is in the studio for us, and hank sheinkopf is a campaign consultant who advised bill clinton. he joins us from new york. thank you very much to both of you. greg, we will come to you first, we have heard a lot over the last few days and weeks about president trump making this mid—term all about him. has it paid off? i think it has to a certain degree for sure in the senate race and i think they beware there is disappointment is in the house but as you said earlier there we re house but as you said earlier there were no real major surprises. the anticipation was that the house was going to switch to the democrats and the senate would remain with the republicans and that is what has

happened. it was a bit of a gamble for the president to try to make this about him. i don't know that that was the right choice. i thought the right choice would have been to stick with the accomplishments of the congress as well as the administration. lean on tax reform and deregulation and the conservative judges that were appointed, that is what he campaigned on and that is what he did, but it is testament to the congressmen that's why we are in these races, making it about trump i wish we hadn't, but it hasn't moved the needle that much, and as you said it is no real surprise, and if anything the senate, the republicans probably did better in the senate than expected. lets pick up those thoughts with hank, you are a democratic party strategist, president trump called it a tremendous success, what would you say to that? it is not a tremendous success say to that? it is not a tremendous success when say to that? it is not a tremendous success when you say to that? it is not a tremendous success when you lose one of the chambers of the us government, however this was not a tremendous

giveaway, yes, the democrats did well but were expected to do better, the senate losses are not insignificant and they picked up governorships in big states, so it was a very governorships in big states, so it was a very big democratic night, the gamble for the president was it would be about him and not about the re cord would be about him and not about the record necessarily, and not about the economy, which has done much better since he became president, he made it about his own personality and paid a tremendous price. just give us your thoughts as well, the democrats have control of the house of representatives, what do you think they will use that to do? problem is they have some numbers but not the kind of numbers they thought they would get. they would try to move legislation and it will not be easy, so they can't move legislation they have got to when somebody and that will be donald trump. is not a great day for him like any means, they can't get anything done, they will have two attack to prove back home that they tried to do something in washington. as always, you are looking at the

figures and there is that information underneath the figures and the things that are coming through is the year of the women coming through, it is likely to be true, a record number of female members of congress. interestingly, this suburban split, republicans losing the areas outside the city and that is a story that has repeated itself. some of those elements, are they surprising?! surprising and lindsay green said it earlier today that the suburban woman voter problem is an issue and i don't think it can be ignored. we are all going to look at the demographics and the different spots where they are outperformed or underperformed. hank is right, there are a lot of the governors that are going to change. i was pleasantly surprised to see that ohio and florida stayed with republicans are the only because of the house elections, that we wanted to win, but more importantly, the candidates

for the democrats were what i would call the progress of left, especially in florida. that was a good moment for trump and the party. we have to look at the suburban vote rs we have to look at the suburban voters and i think that is an issue. code matters and i think it will help it the tone improves. that thought about tone as well, there was big turnout, is that a good team, do you think the! good turnout, big turnout is a good thing. —— you think? more americans we re thing. —— you think? more americans were engaged. the response of by suburban women, the disaffection from the republican party and the violence we have seen, whether it be piped bombs or shootings, people are tired of the chaos and the women responded in a way we expected. they didn't like what they saw, they didn't like what they saw, they didn't like what they saw, they didn't like the tone, the yelling, the screening, the insinuations and frankly, the vulgar conduct and they we re frankly, the vulgar conduct and they were at responded appropriately. this was their way of protecting the

democracy as they saw it. going forward , democracy as they saw it. going forward, too you think that resident trump will have to use executive orders more often, for example, is that how things will pan out?“ orders more often, for example, is that how things will pan out? if he does that he will find himself in court. you can excuse executives orders up to a point and then you can't. he will need to try to get legislation passed and he will have to understand and that is part is what —— to understand and that is part is what — — of to understand and that is part is what —— of what went on yesterday evening, that by the way this is a democracy, not a monarch is. it is not a monarch it, he is not the king and the american people have said by the way, wake up. briefly, talking about turnout, penny million more than the midterms of four years ago. an interesting discussion this morning about to republican advisers say that age will be a big issue, the average age of democrats is in the average age of democrats is in the 70s and the republicans are ahead of that at 45. that this someone ahead of that at 45. that this someone that the democrats say they have got to look at. write. there

are younger candidates but unfortunate for the democrats, they didn't get any attention. amy mcgrath in kentucky. there are a lot of young, veteran democrats, which i thought was in the —— unique. typically they are republicans. they made some good moves but the problem is they didn't get attention and all of the attention was co—opted by dianne feinstein during the brett kavanaugh hearings, a disaster for the democrats. ithink kavanaugh hearings, a disaster for the democrats. i think there would have one more senate seats if it wasn't for the tone that they set in the brett kavanaugh hearings at. you have got nancy, diane, both in their 805. i think the democrats, have got nancy, diane, both in their 805. ithink the democrats, the5e younger candidates and some one, some that didn't, can get more attention from the older generation i think it will be a good move for the party. thank you very much and also thank you to hank as well. thank you very much for your time this morning. you can find plenty more coverage and analysis from our correspondents across the us on the bbc news website and app.

here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is pretty mild this morning. absolutely right. yes it is. the exception to that is northern ireland. also a wet start, as you can see ireland. also a wet start, as you can see from this lovely picture sent. the rain will be on and off through the course of the day. we will also see showers be but the mild theme will continue and it will be windy or breezy, depending where you are. is mild because we are pulling up the mild continental air across our shores on the south—westerly wind. blues in northern ireland indicates that the figures this morning, coolerfor you. we also have an array of weather fronts moving across the uk ringing rain or showers. this morning it is the cloudy, murky start to the day, we have some hill fog around, all surface water and spray fog around, all surface water and spray on the road and our first band of rain clears from the east and only two placed by showers or longer

spells of rain, partly across northern ireland, scotland and north—west england. these white circles indicate sustained wind speed. the wind gust will be more than that and the crustiest wind will be in the hills and around the coast of it to produce today not as high as yesterday. yesterday, kent reached 17 degrees. today we are looking at roughly up to about 14. as the head onto the evening and overnight, we lose that band of rain heading off into the north sea. we have some clearer skies, the richer will drop and we will see some frost in what we call frost hollows, prone areas in rural areas. by the end of the night, another front areas in rural areas. by the end of the night, anotherfront coming in introducing more rain. if we pick that up for tomorrow, you can see some of that rain will be heavy for a time, it dries up in other parts of the uk with such a coming through. but in wales, across south—west england, the east of northern ireland, north—west england and parts of southern scotland, you will have the rain on and off

throughout the day. on either side, temperatures between 12 and 14. as we temperatures between 12 and 14. as we head on into friday, a windy day, particularly across the south and the south—west. you can see a week whether from producing this cloud and showers heading off into the north sea, but more persistent rain coming in means that once again there could be some tricky travelling conditions. the other thing to bear in mind is that trees are still in leaf and with wind gust 60, 70 are still in leaf and with wind gust 60,70 mph around the are still in leaf and with wind gust 60, 70 mph around the coastline is, that could lead to some disruption. by that could lead to some disruption. by the time we get to saturday that is off into the north sea, leaving us ata is off into the north sea, leaving us at a bright sunshine and showers. breezy day, not as warm as it has been, temperatures into the low double figures and mid teens are. thank you very much. we had a huge reaction yesterday and robert hall

played us the audio of the guns falling silent on the 11th of the 11th. all this week, in the run up to armistice day, we're on a journey along the western front, uncovering stories from the trenches of the first world war. this morning, our correspondent robert hall is in neuve—chapelle in france, to find out about the role played by thousands of soldiers from india. good morning. good morning you two. yesterday, beautiful sunny day, will top of the somme battlefield, today a road junction at neuve—chapelle and it is wet and windy outside. it gives you a chance to look at this memorial, a definite eastern feel and that is because it is dedicated to the menu had talked about, those thousands of men in south asia, from pounds, villages, cities, to fight alongside their british counterparts, not just in alongside their british counterparts, notjust in france, but north africa and the middle east. thousands never came home and many feel that that role has not been remembered over the decade. i

went to see one man in nottingham who is helping to put that right. mohammed khan is one of my great—grandfather's and the captain as well. nottingham gp irfan malik, is on a mission. he spent four years tracing his family history back to a village that was once part of british india. a village that sent over 400 of its fathers and sons to fight for the empire. born and bred in nottingham, i didn't really understand or have this information and i thought world war i and world war ii was mainly a white war, i didn't really understand the massive contribution from commonwealth troops from africa, west indies and undivided india. that is the reason i wanted to give this information and educate more people, especially youngsters, about our very strong shared history. the memorial at neuve—chapelle, close where indian troops fought their first action in 1915, carries the names of nearly 5000 with no known grave.

well over a million soldiers from south asia served in british forces, over 74,000 of them were killed in europe, africa and the middle east. but stories of that contribution and that heroism have not been widely told over the decades. he was actually on a ship from south africa heading back to india... mahatma gandhi had supported the war and indian independence, when the guns fell silent, india's struggle for self—rule overshadowed the bravery and self—sacrifice shown by so many. over time i think we have had an element of selective amnesia on both sides, as india fought for its own independence. but now as two mature democracies, actually we are rediscovering those contributions and the khadi poppy is a symbol of that. these are the khadi poppies,

made of cotton, similar to the clothing which ghandi wove and wore. it really symbolises india's self reliance. i think we need to move rememberance into the second century and this is one of the powerful ways we can engauge the next generation. back in nottingham, dr malik believes remembrance can, and should, bridge the divides in today's communities. when i was younger i used to walk past remembrance functions and events and i didn't really feel a part of it, but now i realise we should be there and in the last four years i have gone out and laid wreaths myself because of the strong, shared history that we have. we are part of remembrance and we need to be out there as well. another aspect of remembrance and

over the next few days readers will be laid here and across battlefield in memory of all those soldiers. tomorrow we stay with an international theme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield. children are more vulnerable to be stabbed on the way home from school, a new study suggests. doctor said there was a significant increase in knife attacks twin 4pm and 6pm on weekdays and the new research published in the open journal. they called for schools to introduce a staggered finish to the day to stop pupils leaving all at once. there will be no service on the central, waterloo and city

lines today as tube drivers have begun a 24 hour strike. the rmt & aslef unions say the dispute is over a breakdown in industrial relations. i would encourage the unions to talk to us properly, i am very happy to sit down and talk about the issues, rather than them threatening our customers with ongoing industrial action. we would never compromise on customer safety and i don't think the trade unions should expect us to do so. so let's have a look at how that's affecting the tube board this morning. you can see both those lines suspended — and they're not expected to run again until tomorrow morning. there's also minor delays on the piccadilly line at the moment. there was a strike planned for today

but it has been called off. elsewhere, south western railway services are disrupted following a points problem at waterloo, with delays and some cancellations expected til 10am. on the roads you can see we've got the usual traffic northbound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach. it is slow heading tojunction 8, following an earlier collision with delays. westbound traffic on the a 13 is slow from dagenham into barking. now the weather with sara thornton. good morning. not a great start out there this morning. some heavy rain right across the capital to start us off. as we go through the day it does pull away, but we get showers later. for all of us it is a mild start and mild feeling day. double figures to start us off. the main rain band clearing away quite smartly, behind it some brighter spells and showers that could band together for the afternoon with a rumble of thunder mixed in, but sunshine as well. 13 or 14 degrees, well above average for the time of year, showers continue for a time evening, clearing away overnight and then we get clear skies.

the temperatures will fall away, probably the coldest night of this week and certainly of the coming nights. five or six degrees in the centre of the capital and cooler towards the suburbs. but tomorrow, a much better day. rain towards the west stays away from us, we are dry with sunshine right across london. temperatures above average at 13 or 14 degrees, we keep the mild air with us for the coming days, but at the weekend it will be wet and windy at times. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan in salford. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the us mid—term elections, widely viewed as a referendum on president trump's first two years, have seen the democrats take control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years.

the republicans are on course to strengthen their control of the senate. but a democrat majority in the lower house is likely to frustrate some of the president's legislative plans. today is more than about democrats and republicans. it is about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. president trump has tweeted within the past couple of hours. he's described the result as a tremendous success. he wrote "thank you to all". you can find plenty more coverage and analysis from our correspondents across the us on the bbc news website and app. heathrow airport is warning passengers to expect disruption to flights this morning because of a problem with runway lights. international flights were grounded overnight because some planes were unable to land in darkness. a spokesperson for heathrow said the issue had been resolved but warned passengers to contact their airline before travelling. the environment secretary, michael gove, has called

for the cabinet to be given full legal advice on the irish backstop, the mechanism that would ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic. mr gove says there are concerns among ministers that they'll only be given a summary, before having to decide on whether to back a brexit deal with brussels. downing street says it doesn't comment on legal advice. sales at marks & spencer has fallen. food sales have seen sales falling. the retail sector said profit rose because of cost—cutting. the boston said significant change was needed to get the business back on track. an 98—year—old man is fighting for his life after being attacked and robbed in his own home. the man was discovered with a head injury and multiple bruising at his home in enfield in north london yesterday morning. he was taken to hospital where he remains in a life—threatening condition.

no arrests have been made. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder after another teenager was stabbed outside a tube station last week. malcolm mide—madariola was fatally stabbed outside clapham south station on friday. the metropolitan police said the boy charged will appear at bromley magistrates' court later. an 18—year—old man who was also arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed until later this month. it is 7:33am. we couldn't resist bringing you this lovely donkey again. she is doing great this morning, waking everyone up. this is harriet the donkey, who can't hee—haw, but can sing. that is beautiful singing, isn't it? have

you turned it up especially loudly now? no. there seems to be getting louder. some people have compared that sound with parts of the opera madam butterfly. i don't think that's fair on harriet. she is from ireland and you could describe it as unique. yes. harriet the donkey putting a smile on people's faces this morning. i think you need a smile on your face. sally promised your coffee. thank you so much! now your coffee. thank you so much! now you are saving it, a double mackie after extra phone with no sugar. —— mackie with no sugar. apparently i am not alone. according to some followers on twitter, the honeymoon period of waking up naturally early after the long hours i back is over.

it is the hour. that is what some people say. some people will blame anything. she had an espresso at 3:55am, three cup5 anything. she had an espresso at 3:55am, three cups of tea. come on, lift your game, 3:55am, three cups of tea. come on, lift yourgame, minchin! 3:55am, three cups of tea. come on, lift your game, minchin! you need a coffee every half—hour. lift your game, minchin! you need a coffee every half-hour. that would 5end coffee every half-hour. that would send me over the edge. it would make me hysterical. yesterday we said england had made a very appalling start. what a complete turnaround. they are doing really well. that is thanks in huge part to that champ they are. he has had a very relaxed approach, ben stokes, so he was on our lads' holiday, relaxing in lisbon. he found out he was going to get the call up and then they have dug them out of the hole essentially. debuta nt ben folkes completed his century

after what must have been a nervy night's sleep on 87. he was out shortly after, england all out for 342. then the bowlers took over, jimmy anderson striking with the second ball of the sri lankan innings. sam curran, jack leach and moeen ali have all taken a wicket each since then. the hosts are currently 55 for four in galle. there are has been lots of love for ben stokes on social media this morning. england's barmy army tweeting. .. england women's wicket—keeper sarah taylor said... see, england women's wicket—keeper sarah taylorsaid... see, everyone has been a really early. i hope they all have coffee. very different fortunes for spurs and liverpool in the champions league — neither are certain of qualifying for the knock out stages, as patrick gearey reports. it might still take a leap of faith,

but harry kane has kept tottenham hopeful — realistically if not statistically their hopes depended on beating psv. lueke de jong had made things tricky. they couldn't get past the keeper, who was inspired, or infuriating, depending on your view. just 30 minutes left, they still hadn't beaten him, when that man, kane, was set up. 1-1. kane was urging calm. easier said than done. time was running out. 89 minutes gone but of course one man wasn't panicking. a header that changed direction twice and completed a turnaround. tottenham must hope their champions league campaign follows a similarly improbable course. in belgrade it was throwback tuesday. 27 years ago red star ruled europe

from their cauldron of a stadium. pandemonium here 21 minutes in. if they were excited about that, wait until they saw this. 2—0 to a team that liverpool had beaten 4—0 a fortnight ago. jurgen klopp said afterwards liverpool struggled to find their mojo. maybe it's in there somewhere. manchester city have been accused of cheating by the people who run spains top league. la liga say the club should be sanctioned over claims city misled uefa over sponsorship deals to get round financial fair play rules. the claims have been made in the german magazine der spiegel. so far city have refused to comment directly but say its an "organised and clear" attempt to damage their reputation. pep guardiola did say this ahead of their champions league match tonight. i don't know what happened, because i am a manager, i am focused on what happened on the pitch, in the locker room, but the business of how they handled this situation, i am completely out of that. but i am part of the club, i support absolutely the club and we want to do what really

we have to do in terms of the rules. laughter moving on. i think dan was aggressively sneezing. laughter moving on. i think dan was aggre55ively sneezinglj laughter moving on. i think dan was aggressively sneezing. i was trying to do it while pep guardiola was talking. no need to draw attention to it. you sound like harriet the donkey. all right, that's unnecessary! sorry. wayne rooney won't start when he makes his farewell appearance for england against the united states later this month. rooney will win his 120th cap in the match that will be called the wayne rooney foundation international. he'll be a second half substitute and won't captain the side or wear his old number ten shirt. olympic champion adam peaty could risk missing next year's world championships if he decides to take part in a new competition. peaty says the international

swimming league is "exactly what the sport needs". but governing body, fina, say new events must seek approval from them six months before they go ahead, and warned that any swimmer taking part in the competition next month risks a ban from next summer's world championships. you would have to be very brave to ban adam peaty. england forward george burgess will miss the final test against new zealand after being found guilty of eye—gouging. it happened during the seccond test against the kiwis on sunday. excuse me. i am now coughing, he was sneezing. aru ok? i am fine. burgess has been banned forfour matches and fined 500 pounds. —— are you ok? burgess posted this on social media saying "i accept my punishment, but i will never accept that i gouged a fellow players eye intentionally." although it is grim when you watch it but he is saying he didn't do it on purpose. thank you very much. how about coughs and sneezes for diseases this morning? it is a

shambles. come on! iwasjust blowing my nose, it wasn't a 5hamble5. blowing my nose, it wasn't a shambles. louise will be fine when she has had a coffee. i look forward to the reaction to that. good morning. if you've ever raided your medicine cupboard and popped some pills that weren't actually prescribed to you, did it occur to you that you could be doing yourself some harm? the national pharmacy association wants people to give it more thought, as a survey by them suggests that more than a fifth of people think it's ok to share prescription medicines. so are patients putting themselves in danger? we asked people on the streets of manchester what they thought. when i know i have the same issue, the same condition, the same thing, i don't necessarily have to hear from the doctor, if they have the same issue and i have something that helped me in the past and i have good experience then obviously i will pass it onto someone could use it. no, because you could do more harm than help really and there are place5 out there that you can ring

to get advice on it and you can get 24—hour doctor5 to get advice on it and you can get 24—hour doctors or pre5cription5 if needed 50 i don't think it's a good idea. it would depend what the actual thing that was wrong with us wa5, actual thing that was wrong with us was, yes, if it was very similar and it wasn't a high risk drug, if it wa5 it wasn't a high risk drug, if it was something i was unsure about a wooden. no, go to the doctor and see what you can have and all you can have from me is a sentamol and that is all i could do. not if it was for the same drug, not really, i don't think it is safe to do that. that is very interesting, some concerned, some not so much. we're joined on the sofa by leyla hannbeck, from the national pharmacy association. good morning. have you seen people doing this, using prescriptions that are not there is? yes, i have, in my own practice i have seen people sharing antibiotics —— theirs?

people sharing antidepressants, medicine for depression, and various types of painkillers. people need to understand that medicines can potentially harm as well as he'll, heal, so it is important to speak to the pharmacist before you share your medicine with each other. you have talked about some of the dangers, for example, if you get a antibiotics for the flu and you have two weeks, and someone takes the last few days, what does happen with something like that? antibiotics don't really work for the flu.|j something like that? antibiotics don't really work for the flu. i was just using an example. that is a misconception that people have. while antibiotics can work for some people because of the condition that person has, it doesn't mean that it necessarily work for someone else that may have a different condition because bacteria are different and there are different types of antibiotics. and we have an issue with antibiotic resistance that people need to remember as well, that it people need to remember as well, thatitis people need to remember as well, that it is not suitable to share. are people putting themselves in

genuine danger by sharing medicine? they do in some cases and can end up in hospital and that is the research which has been demonstrated by the department of health and social care that actually £100 million a year goes to hospital admissions due to adverse drug reactions and that's why we want to make sure that people understand that healthca re professionals like pharmacists are easily accessible so speak to the pharmacist and make sure that they have enough information about the medication. they also said that 5096 of people lie to the pharmacist to get their medicine, is it something that you see quite a bit? yes, sometimes people come and want to get a particular painkiller for example and when we ask the questions, and sometimes they don't tell us the truth, but if you ask enough questions you will get some a nswe rs enough questions you will get some answers that make you think it is not really suitable for this person. so we are trained in asking relevant

questions to try to get the relevant information to make sure we give the right medicine to the right person. i suppose the other thing is when you have finished your course of antibiotics, sometimes there are some left in the packet when you finish your course, so what do you do? what do you do? you need to return it to your pharmacist. usually the antibiotic is prescribed for a period of time and you take it and you finish your course. if for some reason you have them left, take it to the pharmacist, and they have a way to dispose of medication. don't keep it and share it with other people. very sound advice, thank you very much for coming in this morning to speak to us about that. it is 745 exactly, carol has the weather, some rain. good morning to you. some rain and also a mild start to the day for most of the uk, we are in double figures of. temperatures were representative of

what we would expect, an afternoon accident at the moment rather than the overlap low. northern ireland is the overlap low. northern ireland is the exception to that, we have had rain go through and it is cooler. you can see we rain go through and it is cooler. you can see we have rain go through and it is cooler. you can see we have had a lot of rain since 4am, some of it has been heavy and thundery as this drifted northwards and eastwards, a lot of spray northwards and eastwards, a lot of spray on the road. we have an array of weather fronts across the uk and showers wrapped around them, some of them merging to give longer spells of rain. you can see from the isobars it will be windy as well. particularly with exposure in hills and coast. murky start to the day for many, we lose our first band of rain, following behind it we will see rain, following behind it we will see showers, rain, following behind it we will see showers, some rain, following behind it we will see showers, some of those heavy and thundery and we will carry on with those across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the heaviest are likely to be across northern ireland and south—west scotland, seeing some of those in the line coming out cross northern england towards the midlands and wrapped around the area of low pressure we have got this rush of showers. in between there will be brighter spells. these are

the temperatures, yesterday kent reached 17 degrees and today we are looking at roughly between 10— 14. heading onto the evening and overnight, this line of showers clears into the north sea, then we have got clearer skies coming in behind with a few showers in the west. clearer skies means to temperatures will drop and it will bea temperatures will drop and it will be a cold night. in some rural parts, especially when we have frost hollows, that is where we are producing frost, the there is likely to be some around. by the end of the night we had an ex— system coming in from the west introducing more rain. we start tomorrow with this band of rain, you can see how it rakes in two two, moving across scotland and weakening and we have got the second weight of it, southern lake of it, if you like, producing heavy rain across south—west england, wales, the east, north—west england and southern scotland. why the afternoon and either side of that, we are looking at dry conditions with

sunshine, temperatures between eight and 14 degrees. on friday it will be another windy day, particularly in the south and the south—west as this system approaches. before that happens, we will have bright spells, cloud and showers moving a way, only to be replaced by heavy and persistent rain and strong winds. we have wind gusts of up to 60 mph inland across the south and south—west of wales, but around the coast it is more likely to be a around 70. they can to be disrupted. tough times continue for marks & spencer. it's got results out this morning and ben's speaking to the boss. he promised us he would be speaking to the boss. as promised, lied at the stock exchange. a mixed bag this morning, some glimmers of hope for this turnaround plan they have launched but still worrying areas. the boss says it is a lot of works. significant need it is changes. profits are up by 7% but the amount

of money it made from clothes and food, that was down again for the first half of the year. we will know that m&s have been trying to cut costs a nd that m&s have been trying to cut costs and close its doors to save money and restructure the firm. it began closing stores in november 2016, starting with covent garden, bournemouth and stock port. in may this year, it announced another 100 would go by 2022. the most recent phase saw shops close their doors in northampton, stockton and walsall. there was a protest in her colebee, where they are due to shut up shop next year. the trouble is, is when they go, others often follow. we were tweeted, saying... john tweeted... and keith from walsall tweeted... it really does show you what

difference it makes. lets speak to the chief executive of marks & spencer, hejoins us the chief executive of marks & spencer, he joins us from the stock exchange this morning. very good morning to you. lets start first of all with your warning, you say significant further change is required. what will that look like a snack —— what will that look like?” outlined in may that marks & spencer needs to be going under at a transformation. it is a part of a 3— five—year plan and we are try to fix the basics. the first thing we had to do was change the copper and leadership of the business, dividing the business into a family of businesses, combined with a strong brand, customers that share common values and common data. these are strong businesses but what we have got to do is make sure we transform them as part of that change programme. you have been pretty

blunt about the amount of work that needs to be done, your chairman said this summer that it is on a burning platform. lot of speculation that you are about to separate the third business from the clothing business. is that any truth? no truth to that, strong family businesses and we share common strong family businesses and we share common customers strong family businesses and we share common customers in common data and common values. it is important to state that we make the majority of profit in larger stores where all the marks & spencer cameras are represented. you talk about clothing stores —— closing stores but he put out this this morning, expecting little improvement in sales trajectory. not an optimistic outlook by any sense and that comes as you are clothing stores. —— closing stores. white? and that comes as you are clothing stores. -- closing stores. white? as isaid, we stores. -- closing stores. white? as i said, we are turning every stone over to make sure we have a business built for the future. that means is a lot of work on across every area. ourteam is a lot of work on across every area. our team is focused very clearly on

making a difference and it is we have got to get through this backstage before we see improvement. what we are doing is improving customers, we are protecting our brand but we want to sharpen the values and that means we are bringing prices down and taking away difficult and confusing promotions. you talk about those stores that you wa nt to you talk about those stores that you want to close, can you commit to closing no more? what we have got to say is that m&s has to continue to modernise and make sure it is fit for the future with the right stores in the right locations of. once we have completed these will continue to update the state on an yearly basis. is the problem that you are not fast enough? your rivals are better at getting things into stalls quicker. it is stuff that we want to bye for now, not for autumn and where it now. you need to get quicker at getting those things in stores. we agree with that. one of

the important programmes in the business in both food and clothing at home is something is an end to end supply programme which make sure that we get the customers product what they want and when they want it as speed business up and make it lower cost. that programme is well under way lower cost. that programme is well underway and we lower cost. that programme is well under way and we will start to see some results next year.” under way and we will start to see some results next year. i started this interview with some of the thoughts of our viewers about what the closures mean for where they live. we know that m&s has been a mainstay of many high—street. that anchor store and the reason people go into town centres. how much responsibility do you feel when you close those stores, though stores that are so important to the local community? this is a tremendously difficult set of decisions but what we have got to reflect is that a third of our business will be online within the next five years. we have hit over 20 cents in the last six months and i am afraid that trend is not reversible. what we have got to do is make sure we stay representative for the future for m&s representative for the future for m85 and make sure we are looking

after our colleagues. 83% of our pollies transport to new stores when we moved. who is your customer right now? it is clear the way the high—street is going is that being all things to all men just doesn't work. you cannot get people through the doors that way. who do you want? 32 million people per year visit our stores and that is productive retail in the uk. we have a broad range of customers. what we have to make sure we do is make sure those merchandise available that represents all taste. we are working hard to do that. lets talk about something else because when i mentioned i would talk to, what the people got in touch with the m&s food. they like it but find it shocking how much packaging is on it. we talk a lot about plastic and being able to recycle and being able to cut down on what we used. what commitment you have there because i shop there and there is a lot of packaging on it. we are clear that we need to reduce packaging. under our plan to have done a lot of work.

what we got to make sure we do is get the balance right between quality of food and wife. although plastic is difficult, what it does do is extend life and weight problem is not we need —— not what we need. we are developing trays and ready meals and taking packaging away and are on plan to do this over the next year. really good to talk to you, thank you very much. i will explain why the chief executive is off after a. and after eight will be talking about asteroid that some scientists think to be a discarded like sale of an extraterrestrials origin. —— light say all. —— light sail. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news,

i'm alice salfield. children may be more vulnerable to being stabbed on their way home from school, a new study suggests. doctors said there was a 'significant peak' of knife attacks on under—16s between 4pm and 6pm on weekdays in the new research published in the bmj openjournal. they called for schools to introduce a staggered finish to the day, to stop pupils leaving all at once. there will be no service on the central — or waterloo and city — lines today as tube drivers have begun a 24 hour strike. members of the rmt and aslef unions are walking out in disputes over industrial relations — saying london underground has failed to employ enough drivers and that two workers are being victimised. but tube bosses say the strike is unjustified. i would encourage the unions to talk to us properly, i am very happy to sit down and talk about the issues, rather than them threatening our customers with ongoing industrial action. we would never compromise on customer safety and i don't think the trade unions

should expect us to do so. so let's have a look at how that's affecting the tube board this morning. you can see both those lines — central and waterloo and city — suspended. and they're not expected to run again until tomorrow morning. there are also severe delays on tfl rail between paddington and heathrow airport following a faulty track — it's also affecting heathrow express and great western railway. but the piccadilly line is running with a good service — there was a strike planned for today but it has been called off. elsewhere — south western railway services are disrupted following a points problem at waterloo, with delays and some cancellations expected til 10am. on the roads, clockwise traffic on the m25 is slow heading through junction 8 —

as you can see here — now the weather with sara thornton. good morning. not a great start out there this morning. some heavy rain right across the capital to start us off. as we go through the day it does pull away, but we get showers later. for all of us it is a mild start and mild feeling day. double figures to start us off. the main rain band clearing away quite smartly, behind it some brighter spells and showers that could band together for the afternoon with a rumble of thunder mixed in, but sunshine as well. 13 or 14 degrees, well above average for the time of year, showers continue for a time evening, clearing away overnight and then we get clear skies. the temperatures will fall away, probably the coldest night of this week and certainly of the coming nights. five or six degrees in the centre of the capital and cooler towards the suburbs. but tomorrow, a much better day. rain towards the west stays away from us, we are dry with sunshine right across london. temperatures above average at 13 or 14 degrees, we keep the mild air with us for the coming days, but at the weekend it will be wet and windy at times.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan in salford. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a blow for donald trump as the democrats take back control of the house of representatives in the us midterm elections. but mr trump hails the night a "tremendous success" — as the republicans hold on to the senate. tough times continue for marks and spencer. sales fall again, but profits are up as the business continues to cut costs and close stores. an undercover investigation reveals some supermarkets are failing to warn customers of potentially lethal allergens in their bakery products. and we're live on the western front, finding out about the role that 1.3 million indian soldiers played

during the first world war. in sport... latejoy for spurs, but liverpool lose their mojo in the champions league. it's a mild start to the day for most of us except northern ireland. and it will be wiped with the reagan or showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery and just a few bright spells —— it will be wept with rain or showers. it's wednesday november 7th. our top story... the us mid—term elections — widely viewed as a referendum on president trump's first two years — have seen the democrats take control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years. a democrat majority in the lower house is likely to frustrate some of the president's legislative plans. however, the republicans are on course to strengthen their control of the senate, leading president trump to declare the night "a tremendous success". our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. this was an evening when democrats

finally had a reason to celebrate. with female candidates at the forefront of their success, they won a majority in the house of representatives, a victory that will place limits on donald trump's presidential power. today is more than about democrats and republicans. it is about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. but republicans held their ground in the senate. god bless texas! ted cruz among those to hang onto his seat in texas despite a fierce challenge. marsha blackburn won in tennessee after a bitter campaign that cost tens of millions of dollars. candidates that have embraced the president, his policies, that he has gone in and campaigned and worked hard for, we have seen that pay off tonight.

on twitter, donald trump called the result a tremendous success. there will be relief inside the white house that republicans have held onto the senate. but democrats taking the house of representatives will cause problems for the president. they will be able to block legislation and frustrate some of his more contentious plans. congress, just like america, is now divided. political power split between the two chambers, and the parties every bit as far apart. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's get more on this from our correspondent chris buckler, who's in washington for us this morning. the question is now, what are the implications of these changes and for president trump? donald trump actually watched all of the events u nfold actually watched all of the events unfold on big—screen televisions inside the white house with a buffet. we believe included burgers. he was with family and friends and he will be satisfied with some of what he achieved. he will be

relieved not just that the republicans managed to hold onto the senate, but actually increased the number of seats inside the senate itself. however, the house of representatives going to the democrats does cause him problems. it means difficulties in terms of passing legislation, but it goes beyond that because it leaves the democrats in quite a powerful position inside the house. they can launch all sorts of investigations inside committees. for example, perhaps looking at donald trump's tax affairs. they could look at potential conflict of interest. they could even look at potential russian interference in the 2016 election and whether that has been looked at closely enough. so there is the potential to cause donald trump things to worry about, things that will grab attention and beyond that, if he really wants to push forward his agenda, he will have to work with the democrats. and sometimes donald trump likes his own way.

frankly, that is going to be difficult for him to adjust to, given how powerful he has been in the first two years of his presidency. we will get more from chris later. you can find plenty more coverage and analysis from our correspondents across the us on the bbc news website and app. the environment secretary, michael gove, has called for the cabinet to be given full legal advice on the irish backstop — the mechanism that would ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic. it's after concerns that ministers will only be given a summary, before having to decide on whether to back a brexit deal with brussels. let's get more from our political correspondent, alex forsyth who's in westminster. will michael gove get his wish? it's unlikely that the government ever publishes in full legal advice, but he's not calling for that. he wants the cabinet to be able to see that legal advice before they make any decision. it is the democratic

unionist party, theresa may's partners in government to some extent, who won the advice made public. the reason for it is that it has become a confusing issue, but the sticking point in the negotiations remains the irish border and how you get a guarantee that no matter what happens, if there is no trade deal, there will not be any checks at that order. they are talking about some sort of back—up arrangement which could see the whole of the uk stay in a customs arrangements with the rest of the eu. but the fear is that in the fine print of that, there may be slightly different rules for northern ireland and the rest of the uk and to some people, that might be unacceptable. others say that would not stop them backing a deal, but michael gove is saying we need to see michael gove is saying we need to see the full legal information to stop us being bounced into backing something without all the facts in front of us. and this matters because the brexit talks, as we have said before, but this time they do feel like they are coming to a crunch, with talk of an emergency cabinet meeting in the next few days

to sign off the final detail. number ten sources are playing that down to some extent, but it feels like we are inching towards a compromise, although with a pretty big caveat that we are not there yet. alex, thank you. sales at marks & spencer have fallen as it continues to close stores. the food division, which has been a success story in recent years, saw sales fall too. the retailer said overall profits rose because it had cut costs — but the boss, steve rowe, said "significant further change" was needed to get the business back on track. we are turning every stone in the business over to make sure we build a business fit for the future. that means there is a lot of work going on across every area. our team is focused on making a difference and that means we have to get through this next stage before i expect to see this next stage before i expect to see improvement in those numbers. heathrow airport is warning passengers to expect disruption to flights this morning because of a problem with runway lights. international flights were grounded overnight because some planes were unable to land in darkness.

a spokesperson for heathrow said the issue had been resolved but warned passengers to contact their airline before travelling. an 98—year—old man is fighting for his life after being attacked and robbed in his own home. the man was discovered with a head injury and multiple bruising at his home in enfield in north london yesterday morning. he was taken to hospital, where he remains in a life—threatening condition. no arrests have been made. 21 people, including children as young as 12 years old, have been found inside a refrigerated lorry entering the uk. the group, thought to be from vietnam, were concealed among a load of sparkling water at the port of newhaven in sussex on thursday. details of the border force operation are just emerging, but a criminal investigation is under way. a romanian man has been charged with assisting unlawful entry into the uk. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder, after another teenager was stabbed outside a tube station last week. malcolm mide—madariola was fatally stabbed outside clapham south station on friday.

the metropolitan police said the boy charged will appear at bromley magistrates' court later. an 18—year—old man who was also arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed until later this month. the boss of one of the uk's biggest house builders is on the way out. it comes just weeks after he refused to answer questions about his £75 million bonus in an interview with the bbc. ben's here with more on this. ben, millions of people have seen that interview and on the back of that, he has lost hisjob? that interview and on the back of that, he has lost his job? yeah, it was a regular interview about house—building and the number of house—building and the number of house of the firm was building. he was asked by my colleague about that massive £75 million bonus that he was being awarded at a time of high house prices. which is huge. of course. but in my business hat on at this point, the firm chose to award

him this bonus, so we need to be clear about that. but it then became a bit ofa clear about that. but it then became a bit of a fiasco. as you said, millions of people saw the interview whereby he refused to answer a question about it. his pr team got involved and it all turned a bit nasty. the firm have now said this morning that there is so much concern about this bonus that it hinders his ability to do the job. you can see why when you see what happened in the interview.” you can see why when you see what happened in the interview. i got my cry happened in the interview. i got my cry would rather not talk about that. it has been well covered. you don't want to discuss that today? are there any lessons to be learned from earning the biggest bonus in the country? no? ok. it is unfortunate that you have done that. literally on his way out of the

frame. but he has been in business for 29 years, so it is a significant departure. he has released a statement. he says it has been an honour to lead persimmon through an exciting period of development, and he tried to set up a charitable trust to give some of that money away. he said he hoped a proportion of the award would allow the company to put the issue behind them. but he said it has not been the case and in the best interests of persimmon, i should step down. i wish the company the best for the future. as is often the best for the future. as is often the case with things like this, it's not clear who did the pushing, whether he decided to step down or whether he decided to step down or whether the firm said it. you would think a straight answer at the time might have taken much of that away. does he keep the bonus? we are still trying to work out the details. that is money he has been given already, so is money he has been given already, so yes. so the business are removing him, and yet they agreed to pay him that bonus. they have paid in the

bonus and then got rid of him for giving him the bonus? it is a strange situation. absolutely strange. a lot of people are getting in touch saying, this is the firm that has awarded it and now they are telling him to go. the chief executive of persimmon is off. he will be replaced by david jenkinson, so will be replaced by david jenkinson, soa will be replaced by david jenkinson, so a lot of pressure on the new guy to make sure he doesn't make the same mistake. thanks very much. small talk is often dismissed as meaningless, but it's being encouraged by a new samaritans campaign which thinks it could be the difference between life and death. the number of times members of the public have stepped in to prevent a suicide on the railways has increased by 20% — that's according to british transport police. and it could be thosee idle conversations that have stopped someone from taking their own life, as this advert suggests. i can't believe this weather. no. i can't believe this weather! thank you. i can't believe this weather.

sorry? i said i can't believe... can't believe this weather. is everything all right? joining us now are gerry mann, a network rail worker, and neil peters, who heads up the samaritans rail suicide prevention programme.

gerry, you've had first hand experience of this — tell us what happened. iama i am a mobile operations manager and i was called to a trespass incident ona i was called to a trespass incident on a branch line. the incident was closed down but ours as to do what they call a fencing check to make sure everything was still secure. i got on site and found a fencing, which wasn't really damaged, but i could see a young lady about 25 or 30 yards away from the railway, where she had been moved off from a train that had stopped and asked her to re m ove train that had stopped and asked her to remove from the railway. i put in report into network rail route control. then i started to walk back to my van. after about 75 yards, i knew something wasn't right and i went back to double—check. and she

wasn't there. so i walked a bit further along and she was stood between two bushes on the railway side of the fence. so i approached her and gently said, you're in a dangerous place. it would be better if you moved to the public side of the fence. and she quite openly said, i need to die. i need to kill myself. had you been through the trading at this point? yes, but it was ten years ago ‘— trading at this point? yes, but it was ten years ago —— i had been through the training. what thought process are you going through?” knew i had to get her to a place of safety. she interacted with me a little bit. i said, come on, you get on the public side of the fence and we on the public side of the fence and we will have a chat. she said, when you go, i will come back and i will do it. i said, you go, i will come back and i will do it. isaid, i'm not you go, i will come back and i will do it. i said, i'm not going anywhere. i started by asking her name, where she had come from. i askedif name, where she had come from. i asked if she wanted to go for a hot drink ora asked if she wanted to go for a hot drink or a cold drink at a nearby cafe. and all the time, she was

interspersing her speech with the voices in her head which were saying that she had to die. she was rubbing herforehead and that she had to die. she was rubbing her forehead and i that she had to die. she was rubbing herforehead and i noticed an orange wristband. i said, herforehead and i noticed an orange wristband. isaid, have herforehead and i noticed an orange wristband. i said, have you herforehead and i noticed an orange wristband. isaid, have you been herforehead and i noticed an orange wristband. i said, have you been to a p0p wristband. i said, have you been to a pop concert recently? she said no, it's an anti—bullying wrist band. my son is getting bullied at school. so i knew she had caring nature. so i said, how would your son feel if he had nobody to come back home to? because i have got grandchildren, and obviously you love your son. and in between, i managed to make a couple of phone calls back to route control to say, i'm going to need the emergency i'm coping at the minute. and the young lady realised after a short while that i had asked for route control to put what we call a caution on the trains for that to travel slowly through the area. and she said, if i can't do what i have come to do, i may as

well go home. i said look, we will go for a well go home. i said look, we will go fora cup well go home. i said look, we will go for a cup of tea at this cafe and talk about it. so we relaxed a little bit and walked to the cafe and had a cup of tea and the emergency services came. small talk. you did an amazing job. neil, you are one of those who trains people like gerry and it seems like he did exactly what needed to be done. absolutely. we have trained nearly 20,000 railway staff. the small talk saves lives campaign is an extension of that, where we are reaching out to the public to say, you have those skills through your everyday interactions as well. those little conversations you have just to start a conversation, trust your instincts. if something doesn't look right arm just like gerry did, he saw that young girl and thought, there is an something right with her. i'm going to speak to her. so we encourage the public to do that if they see something that doesn't look right. so you are saying that

is by interrupting their flow of thought, you can help? people might be concerned that they are going to make a situation worse. there is no evidence to suggest that approaching someone evidence to suggest that approaching someone in that level of distress will make the situation worse. we know that suicidal thoughts can be temporary at times, so if you approach someone and have a conversation, you can interrupt those thoughts. no matter how meaningless that introduction might be whether you are mentioning the weather or the time or whether you can sit there, that might be enough to break that cycle of thought and give you an opportunity to find out how that person is feeling. we saw an incredible statistic at the end of that advert, that for every life thatis of that advert, that for every life that is lost, six are saved by somebody starting that conversation. where you nervous when you went back, gerry? i was where you nervous when you went back, gerry? iwas at where you nervous when you went back, gerry? i was at first, where you nervous when you went back, gerry? iwas at first, but once you strike up the conversation of the other person reacts, it tends to ease the situation. it is quite

daunting, i would to ease the situation. it is quite daunting, iwould imagine. but if somebody goes on the samaritans course, you learn how to approach people and what to say and whatnot to say. very interesting, thank you very much. gerry mann and neil peters from samaritans, thank you very much. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/action line, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information. it's amazing to think about that moment when you could have left and then you think about what could have happened and something brought you back. i was quite emotional when i got back and relayed the tail to my wife after my shift. i did go back. everyone is glad you did. nice to see everyone is glad you did. nice to see you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it's pretty mild. yes.

it's a mild start everywhere except northern ireland. we have a beautiful picture sent in by sunshine girl in south devon. but the rain is with us this morning. it will be on and off through the day. if you don't have rain, the chances are that you will have heavy and thundery showers. we have seen quite a bit of rain already this morning. there is a lot of water and spray on the roads if you are travelling. we have also seen flashes of lightning, courtesy of this array of fronts moving across the uk. it is also a windy day, especially with exposure on the hills and the coasts. so a murky start for many of us. the first band of rain sweeps off into the north sea, only to be replaced by showers in the west. some of the showers will merge, giving some longer spells of heavy rain. and we

are not immune to the odd rumble of thunder. scotland is cloudy this afternoon, with showers, the heaviest of which will merge in the south—west. and you can see showers down the spine of england, with further showers coming in from the south—west, wrapped around that area of low pressure. not as warm as yesterday in kent, where manston reached 17 degrees. through the evening, ourfirst line reached 17 degrees. through the evening, our first line of showery rain pushes into the north sea. then it clears up and under the clear skies, temperatures will drop quickly. in rural areas, we are not immune toa quickly. in rural areas, we are not immune to a touch of frost. we also have this next arc of rain coming from our next system into the west. tomorrow, many of us start with sunshine on a cold note. the rain in scotla nd sunshine on a cold note. the rain in scotland bridgnorth and fizzles, but it peps up across the south—west of

england, the east of northern ireland and northern scotland. temperatures will be closer to where they should be at this stage in the autumn. on friday, a windy day in prospect, particularly across the south of england, south of wales and into the south—west. but there is a lot of dry weather before the next system lot of dry weather before the next syste m co m es lot of dry weather before the next system comes in, bringing heavy and persistent rain. there will be a lot of surface water and spray on the roads and with gusts of wind inland around 50 and 60 miles an hour. around the coasts, it will be 70 miles an hourat around the coasts, it will be 70 miles an hour at times. with some of the trees still in leaf, it could lead to some disruption, so bear that in mind if you are travelling. by that in mind if you are travelling. by saturday, the rain will have swept off into the north sea. we will still have a rash of showers, but there will also be dry weather with sunshine. temperatures will be

making it into the low teens and low double figures. iam doing i am doing the fa cup this weekend. just checking what code is required for the weekend. it was in october last year that astronomers found a bizarre cigar—shaped rock blazing its way through our solar system. but it's only now that researchers at harvard university are suggesting it may be an alien spacecraft sent to investigate signs of life. it's nicknamed oumuamua, meaning "a messenger that reaches out from the distant past". here to shed some more light on this isjodrell bank astronomer emma alexander. before we ask whether you think it

is alien, what do you know about this object? oumuamua is a really interesting object. it is the first one we interesting object. it is the first one we have seen coming from outside our solar system. we think things from outside the solar system passed through reasonably often, but this is the first time we have spotted something that is coming through but not from our solar system. we were both slightly smirking. how big a jump both slightly smirking. how big a jump is it to look at this and think, that is an alien spacecraft? there are a lot of assumptions you have got to make and that is only one possibility. there are other explanations that are much more likely. what do you think it might be? it could be that this rock isn't as thin as they say it is. it is one millimetre thin, so really thin on the scale of things for space rocks. but it could be that it is not as thin as they said and it is just a normal space rock. or it could be

that it normal space rock. or it could be thatitis normal space rock. or it could be that it is really thin, but there is some other explanation for it other than aliens. how do we know it is not from our solar system? we have taken lots of photos of it as it passed through, and from that we can as it passed through, and from that we can find out what is trajectory was through the solar system. so if this is the solar system, we know it has swung in from far away, gone around the sun and come back out again. and the speed it was travelling means that it can't be in orbit around the sun. it would be having to go slower if it was in orbit. so it was going very fast. at its fastest, when it was whipping around the sun, it was going at 87 kilometres a second, the equivalent of going from here in manchester to york ina of going from here in manchester to york in a second. that is serious speed. the harvard scientists were suggesting it could be a light sale. what is that? that is something that has been proposed to potentially

allow us to allow us into stellar travel. it is a thin sheet of material that uses radiation pressure. it might not seem like it, but light does exert a bit of a push on things. so there is the light coming off the sun or another star, and this can push a very thin object away from it. so it has been proposed that this could be one of the explanations for the space rock. where is it now? it has left the solar system and it is heading away again. extraordinary. are you excited when you see something like this? very. this is the first one we have spotted from outside our solar system, and we have never seen anything like it. how sure are we of the shape of it, is it all conjecture? we do have some reasoning why we think it is the

shape that it is. we can look to see how bright it is. it gets brighter and dimmerand how bright it is. it gets brighter and dimmer and brighter and dimmer, and dimmer and brighter and dimmer, and that is due to it tumbling through space. it tumbles around every eight to six hours. and it gets brighter or dimmer depending on how much light is reflecting off it. so based on this pattern of the light, we can see things about it like that. how much would you like to get your hands on it?” like that. how much would you like to get your hands on it? i would love to. sadly, we will probably not be able to catch up with this object. it would get to york in a second from here. fascinating to talk to you. and alexander from jodrell bank. plenty to come. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello.

it's been a rather soggy scene for some of us to wake up to this morning, and the weather fronts are with us for the rest of the day. rain is moving its way gradually eastwards. it does mean because we have the winds coming in off the atlantic, it's mild, although it will be windy. that southerly wind really very strong along the south coast, east coast as well, in fact across much of england and wales, gusts of around 40—50 mph. so this is the front situation, if you like, across the uk for the day ahead. that low pressure driving those weather systems slowly eastwards, so you can see where we will see some of the wettest weather, across the south west of scotland, northern ireland, through the remainder of the morning, then our rain band is moving eastwards, clearing away, then heavy showers following with some thunder as well. mild, as i say, 12—14d,

but tempered clearly with cloud. even if the sun comes out, there will be some heavy showers, and gusty winds near those showers. through the evening and overnight, those winds will start to finally ease away. the rain starts to move out, and we get a clear window of whether temporarily, as more rain pushes back into the west and northern ireland by the end of the night, but before that temperatures could dip to 4—5d, perhaps a little lower in the countryside with a touch of frost, so a chillier night on the cards but the brighter start tomorrow. then you have that warm rain band moving northwards, another one reinvigorating across wales, northern england, possibly northern ireland and southern scotland, but actually to the east of that it looks like we will see some dry, fine and warm weather. it will feel warm anyway for the time being in the sunshine, and just a scattering of showers further north and west. heading through friday, that weather system starts to ease away, but only at the expense of this next area of low pressure, winding itself up to bring gales or severe gales and another bout of very wet weather, especially in the west. warnings are on the website. this is business live

from bbc news with susannah streeter and sally bundock.