good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a commitment not to meddle. prince charles says he will stop speaking out on controversial topics when he becomes king. president trump goes on the offensive. he sacks the most senior lawyer in his government and bans a journalist he lambasted at a press conference. you are rude, terrible person. you should be working for cnn. —— you shouldn't be working for cnn. a rise in the number of hate crimes against disabled children. we meet the communities fighting back. please, do not come back. i don't like you. could you claim again? new plans could force banks to write to thousands of customers who had ppi claims rejected to tell them they can put in fresh request for compensation. jose mourinho makes his point, as manchester united win late atjuventus. while manchester city are given the most bizarre penalty

you'll ever see. tackled by the grass. good morning. it is a chilly start of the day. with a touch of lost. for most it will be drier than yesterday. however we have showers oi’ yesterday. however we have showers or longer spells of rain in the west. later, the wind will strengthen here too. i will have details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, november 8. our top story: the prince of wales says he'll keep his views on controversial topics to himself once he becomes king, as he's not that stupid. he told a bbc documentary which will be shown this evening that he understands the limitations which apply to a monarch. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he was four when his mother became queen and he became heir to the throne. he's now a few days from his 70th birthday and taking on a greater share of his mother's duties. quietly, the transition to charles‘s reign is under way. his destiny will come.

he has always known it's going to come. and i don't think it does weigh on his shoulders at all. as prince of wales, he's made it his business to try to make a difference. he's spoken out about the environment and set up the prince's trust. he overcame initial doubts, the trust has now helped nearly a million young people. i kept saying i want to be able to take risks, so that if it didn't work, it didn't work, but it was worth trying with the most difficult ones, the ones you find the hardest to reach in society. sometimes, his passionate commitment to things like the environment have raised doubts about his suitability for the throne. in short, will charles be a monarch who meddles? for the first time, publicly, charles gives a clear answer. for the first time publicly, charles gives a clear answer. he says such suggestions are nonsense. he tells the programme he understands entirely what's required of a monarch — "you must

operate within the constitutional parameters," he says. nicholas witchell, bbc news. prince, son and heir — charles at 70, will be shown on bbc one at nine o'clock tonight. donald trump has fired his most senior lawyer, the us attorney general, jeff sessions. the two had repeatedly clashed over the inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. meanwhile, the white house has suspended the press pass of cnn journalist, jim acosta, who was described by the president as a rude, terrible person at a conference about the midterm elections. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more. jeff sessions was given a long round of applause by colleagues, as he left the department ofjustice for a final time. he was given the job of attorney general in the return for the loyalty and support he had shown donald trump. but his resignation letter had showed that he had been unceremoniously fired by a president who had long since lost

faith in him. mr trump never forgavejeff sessions from recusing himself from overseeing the investigation taking place into allegations of russian interference and collusion in the 2016 presidential election. democrats and even some republicans fear that the president is trying to bring an end to the enquiry, which is led by the special counsel, robert mueller. it would create a constitutional crisis if this were a prelude to ending or greatly limiting the mueller investigation. i think it was a great victory... mr trump appears to be on the defensive, having lost the house of representatives to the democrats in the mid—term elections. but if he's trying to fight back, it's journalists who got caught in the crossfire. that is enough. that's enough. the president ended up in a furious row with a cnn correspondent, jim acosta.

that's enough, put down the microphone. are you worried about indictments coming down this investigation? i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person, you shouldn't be working for cnn. the white house has called this unacceptable behaviour and claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta, i am in front of the white house, a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass. butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely and last night he was refused access to the white house. the number of hate crimes recorded against disabled children in the uk has more than tripled in the last four years, according to police data obtained by breakfast. a freedom of information request to 41 police forces reveals that more than 1,100 incidents were recorded in the last financial year. that's compared to 359 incidents four years ago. and in the last five years, a50 hate crimes were recorded in schools in england and wales.

police say victims shouldn't be afraid to come forward. it is clearly distressing and disappointing that the hate crimes like this occur. it is a good thing that people feel confident now to come forward to police and tell them about it. and it is a really good thing that the police are recording these crimes properly and then investigating them. so, sad that the crimes are being committed, but good that they're coming to the police and investigations are happening. a 98—year—old man is critically ill after being attacked by burglars at his home in north london. peter gouldstone was found badly injured in his bedroom by his son, who says he's "lost for words at man's inhumanity to man". no arrests have been made. keith doyle's report contains an upsetting image of mr gouldstone in hospital that his family want people to see. a police officer stands guard at the

home where 98—year—old peter golston was violently attacked and robbed. he was found with injuries on his head and arms, semi— conscious on the floor of his bedroom which had been ransacked. his family asked for this shocking picture to be released of him in hospitalfighting for his life. doctors said he suffered extremely severe injuries. as a member of family, i am obviously shocked. as a member of the human race, iam shocked. as a member of the human race, i am lost for words in terms of man's inhumanity to man i am afraid. peter gouldstone was housebound, his wife died several yea rs housebound, his wife died several years ago after 65 years of marriage. his family were alerted after neighbours saw a door of his house open. this particular crime did shock me. the fact that he was house open. this particular crime did shock he. the fact that he was house open. this particular crime did shock he was 5 fact that he was house open. this particular crime did shock he was alone that he was house open. this particular crime did shock he was alone in it he was house open. this particular crime did shock he was alone in the: was the used. i

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leaseholders like nick in skyline apartments say they have been told they might have to pay for the cladding to be replaced. £10,000 to £20,000 perflight, so i have no idea how i will raise that money, but they are asking for it often. the company that runs the tower blocks says plans to remove the cladding are being developed and that no final decision about who will pay for the removal has been reached. after grenfell, where 72 people died, building owners were told they needed to check for acm cladding. in october, there were 358 residential buildings in england where acm was still present, and there are growing calls for the law to be changed so that

flat owners or leaseholders don't have to pay. clearly the money has to be found upfront to replace the cladding and it needs to be done quickly for reasons of safety. but this absolutely cannot fall on the shoulders of the leaseholders. residents should not be obliged to pay. it should be for those owning the freeholds, owning those buildings, the developers. the association of residential managing agents says that the government should provide interest—free loans to the holders to cover the cost, but many are waiting to discover if they will have to pick up the final bill. how are you watching breakfast this morning? probably on a smart tv, a tablet, or a mobile phone. but despite technological advances, new tv licensing figures suggest some of you may actually be watching in black and white. their latest tally suggests more than 7,000 people still pay for a monochrome license in the uk. so if you are wondering what it

would look like, i think it looks better. yes. it is artistic. i know photographers who prefer to show their pictures in black and white. it gives it a different feel. if you we re it gives it a different feel. if you were doing the sport, mike, in black and white, you would have to change your delivery. there was a certain style to sport broadcasting. your delivery. there was a certain style to sport broadcastinglj your delivery. there was a certain style to sport broadcasting. i would have to speak like this again, "good morning, charlie"? yes, that kind of thing. when i go out into the field to go unfilled, i don't have the luxury of a make—up team, i have to do my own and i have been accused of being too orange, like an 0ompa loompa. we said, do not adjust your set, but they don't need to. some of the shirts in football are too similar now. i remember watching

snooker in black and white and you needed to outline which balls they were. it was automatic, yes. it doesn't matter if it is black or white or colour. jose mourinho has a signature trademark sign, like a pantomime villain. why is he making that psion? everyone have written off manchester united —— sign? they have scored two late goals in the champions league and he was asking the crowd in turin if he could hear them, "come on, give me some reaction". stunned into silence. the late drama means manchester united are now second in their group and back on course to qualify for the knock out stages. first a juan mata free kick, and then an own goal, both in the last five minutes, turned this match on its head to stun the italian giantsjuventus in the champions league. manchester city were given a massive helping hand as they thrashed shakhtar donetsk 6—0. look at this. raheem sterling falling over as he kicked the floor, but still getting the spot kick. england are building a decent lead over sri lanka on day three of the first test, despite losing three wickets today.

they're 85—3, with rory burns, moeen ali and joe root the men to go, but the lead is now over 200 and the highest run chase ever in galle is 99. so they're way ahead of that. the papers shortly. seeg the papers shortly. 53 you ina the papers shortly. 53 you in a moment, thanks. let's talk to carol, to see what's happening in the weather. that picture would look goodin the weather. that picture would look good in black and white, you wouldn't have the joy of the colours. it is beautiful, isn't it, naga? lovely colours. if you're stepping out you might be blue because it is a chilly start to the day and for some we have a touch of frost. but the forecast for today is a dry and bright one for many of us thanit a dry and bright one for many of us than it was yesterday, however there is the risk of showers mostly in the west, but some will merge and give

some longer spells of rain. and in the west especially it is blustery too. you can see we have this great big line of cloud, this is a weather front. we have another one which is mm: showers as mm: shower clear w" " ' mm: shower clear skies. ” ~ . is where” ~ — — is where we ~ , 7” ~ is where we have 7” ~ is where we have lowesti that is where we have lowest temperatures, that is where in rural temperaturesrthat risrwhere in rural we temperaturesrlhat risrwhere in rural we are a touch of ibls ‘ weather on end, so it dry the end. so we look f f ,,,. s. ..,,, we lookat — w— 7— ——~r welookat — rain w, we look at 3 rain moving = we look at 3 rain moving across if we lookrat the—rain mavifigasrossr= scotla nd if we lookrat the—rain mavifigasrossr= scotland and if we leekrat the—rain mavifigasrossr= scotland and coming up - the scotland and coming up across the isle of scilly, south west, into isle of scilly, south. westlmtm fringing j: isle of scilly, south. westlmtm fringing g north—west wales, fringing into north—west england and to the east of northern ireland later, here too where we have the strongest winds, gusting 50- 60 have the strongest winds, gusting 50— 60 mph with exposure. move away from that weather front, and on either side, yes, one from that weather front, and on eitherside, yes, one or from that weather front, and on either side, yes, one or two showers, some will fade in the afternoon, but equally with a lot of dry and bright whether we have some sunshine. the best of which will be in the south—eastern quadrant of the uk. the temperatures up to about 1k

degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, look how this weather front stretches right out on taking its rain with it. the first half of the night will still be windy, especially with exposure. it will little bit through the second half of the night. under clear skies what we're looking at our lows of seven 01’ what we're looking at our lows of seven or eight. in eastern areas we could see in rural areas again a little lower than that. as we head through the cause of tomorrow, the weather front is with us. it will be a weakening feature. there will be quite a bit of cloud around. we will see some showers, quite a bit of cloud around. we will see some showers, some brighter brea ks see some showers, some brighter breaks especially in the east, then the next system comes our way introducing heavy and more persistent rain. if you're travelling tomorrow there will be a lot of surface water and spray on the roads, but as well as the rain it will be a windy day, particularly windy with coastal gales in the west through the outer hebrides, the irish sea for example, the english channel, so bear that in mind, a lot of trees in leaf, it could well lead to some disruption notjust for the

lying water, and we have temperatures again up to about 1k degrees. by the time we get to saturday that will have swept across the uk, pulling away the remnants of the uk. pulling away the remnants of in the south—east before that it in the south—east before that clears, and then a day sunshine and showers. again a lot of the showers in the west and south. some of the showers particularly along the english channel coastline will be heavy, possibly thundery, and also with some hail. and with the south—westerly wind, some of them will blow quite well inland, so bear that in mind if you've got outside plants. but again there will be a lot of dry weather around on sunday. and then on saturday, rather. then on remembrance sunday, a similar scene in that we are looking at sunshine and showers, some will be very potent, particularly along the english channel coasts once again, and breezy, so if you're going to the remembrance sunday services these are the temperatures that will greet you, up to about 10— 11 or 12, naga and charlie. it is not bad in

terms of this time of year. it is bang on for this time of year, naga, we had 17 earlier this week, that is gone for now at least. that is what i was enjoying. next week it will be chilly to start with and then it will turn mild again through the middle of the week. what about the week after that? laughter next, you are going to ask if it will be a white christmas, charlie, you wee rascal! let's take a look at today's front pages. the us midterm elections feature prominently, with the times leading with a photo of donald trump's heated exchange in his press conference yesterday. the guardian says mr trump lashed out after the results and has threatened a warlike response if the democrats investigate him. their picture shows one of the first muslim women elected to congress. the mirror has this distressing image of 98—year—old peter gouldstone, who was attacked by burglars. his family released the image saying they wanted people to see what had happened to him. and the sun has the exclusive story of a 50—year—old woman who has become the uk's oldest mother of quadruplets.

it says 35 medical staff helped deliver the miracle babies. good morning. what have you got, ben? a bit of a travel theme. a lot of electric scooters being trialled under current law in olympic park. they are very big in parts of asia and the us. these battery—powered scooters up currently not allowed under uk law. this one down the side is an interesting story. will they be allowed on the roads? not at the moment, but they are trying to, it was in the us and parts of europe and asia they are but they require different rules, and there are the

sort of scooters that you can pick up sort of scooters that you can pick up by sort of scooters that you can pick up by the side of the road, scan your phone and drive them off. there is worry as well about essentially littering because of all these scooters. mike bushell may have been on an electric scooter at some point, have you done that? no, only ona point, have you done that? no, only on a segway. it is interesting talking about electric stuff, because this says self driving cars could be allowed to break - law could be allowed—tahseakihe law, ,, ,. , , for the could be allowed—tabseakihe law, ,, ,. , , for the sake of safety. that sounds a bit weird, but it is essentially saying that at the moment if you are driving a carand saying that at the moment if you are driving a car and you want to avoid an accident you might mount the pavement, speed up or slow down. under self driving rules cars would not be able to do that because they would have to obey the letter of the law, because you would have the building technology to allow them to break the law to avoid accidents, but a lot of concern about what that means further on. and the picture, for some reason, of a frog riding a squirrel. you need to explain that.

it is that the frog museum switzerland. is it a realfrog? it isa switzerland. is it a realfrog? it is a real frog. and jose mourinho's dance in time for christmas, may be the new gangnam style. leicester will play their first game since returning from the general in thailand for their own, of course, and they will have his name embroidered in all their shirts on the pitch for their game against burnley, their first home game since the tragedy in the premier league. asa the tragedy in the premier league. as a rugby fan, charlie, you like this. the rise of germany in rugby union. they could well make the world cup. thanks to a billionaire who owns a certain make of orange he has put £1 billion into turning professional in germany, and now the national side is going very well. they have one chance before the

world cup when teams like canada and hong kong play each other to see who makes the world cup next year, and germany are in that group. without wishing to delve into racial stereotypes, a lot of people have said for a long time that germans could well be built for right knee. because they tend to set themselves a little bigger. if france and spain and italy can play the game... lou —— why don't the scandinavians play? there are only so many sports you can really focus on, isn't that? the only problem is for germany, if it doesn't go well the money will run out and they will be back to square one, so the next few weeks are make or break. i want to draw everyone's attention to the event is at this press co nfe re nce . attention to the event is at this press conference. jim acosta is this correspondent, he has carried on asking the question, donald jump shutting down and literally says put

the microphone down, the lady in charge of the mike tries to get it, jim acosta holds onto it, ends up with a sort of a tussle over the microphone. you can see the end there. you have probably been in some press conferences, we all have at times, when there has been an altercation of sorts. it is not deemed usually to work out well for the person holding the press conference, although donald trump considers it a badge of honour. surely the entire thing about this is that we are all supposed to talk about that and not about the election. it is this huge charade, is it not, about let's not talk about how he has attacked the media, and not about the polls. he says it was a tremendous success. and not about the polls. he says it was a tremendous success. he says that a lot. he seems to think it is all fine. it is also true to say that some people watching those press co nfe re nces that some people watching those press conferences say that the journalists themselves contribute to the adversarial element. we will see

you later on. earlier this year, vandals broke into a school in newcastle which caters for children with disabilities and left abusive graffiti aimed at the pupils. the incident was one of a growing number of recorded hate crimes against disabled children in the uk. according to police data obtained by breakfast, these incidents have more than tripled in the last four years. tim muffett has been to meet staff and students at hadrian primary school in newcastle to see how they were affected by the break—in. the school got vandalised. they smashed all this and all this nice playground, and all the toys. we we re very, playground, and all the toys. we were very, very sad. there are no words. so this is the area that we discovered with the graffiti, the most offensive language that was written describing our children. most of the graffiti that appeared

at hadrian school in newcastle is to offensive to show. the school is for children with physical and learning disabilities. 0ver children with physical and learning disabilities. over the easter holidays, vandals broke in. they painted it read, and they did very horrible things. they have smashed the minibuses and smashed the side window here. at the thing that upset us window here. at the thing that upset us all, the thing that hit home was the nature of the graffiti was targeting our children's disabilities. we have never actually experience that sort of vitriolic nature of language. we contacted 40 police forces across the uk. their figures show that the number of disability hate crime is carried out against children each year has more than tripled. there were around 350 incidents four years ago. last year, around 1100. it is partly better reporting. so it is always going to be down to improved reporting practices... hannah is a criminologist from the university of

sussex. alongside better police reporting, she believes other factors a re reporting, she believes other factors are also at play. u nfortu nately, factors are also at play. unfortunately, the eu referendum gave some people the opportunity to act out their prejudices in a much more open way, and so we saw hate crime and hate incidents increase across all the different strands. we know that social media platforms, they are encouraged comments, u nfortu nately they are encouraged comments, unfortunately some of those can be unpleasant, hate filled, prejudicial comments. the headquarters of surrey police. to help tackle hate crime, the force has been working with mark brooks from dimensions, an organisation that supports people with learning disabilities and autism. the issue where we most get attacked as either hang time with the schoolkids, and also on buses, where schoolkids to make fun of them i where schoolkids to make fun of them , calling them names, even throw things at them. the government told us things at them. the government told us that it was determined to tackle all hate crime. it said support for

disabled victims have increased, and that the rise in incidence was largely driven by greater police understanding and a greater willingness for victims to come forward. at hadrian school in newcastle, volunteers helped repair the damage. the playground is back to its rightful place. at, despite the best efforts of police, the vandals were never caught. so wherever you are, if you are watching, please remember, i don't like you. we will be looking at that story later on, talking to a teacher from a special—needs college a little later on. still plenty to come this morning, and in the lead up to armistice day, our correspondent robert hall is travelling along the western front. today he is in ypres for us. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. falling house prices in london are contributing to the lowest growth in the property

market in six years. nearly half of london's night workers, who make up a third of the workforce, earn under the minimum wage. a new report from the greater london authority reveals that, despite increasing demand for a nighttime economy, wages aren't keeping pace. the findings also highlight a change in the public‘s nighttime activities, including a fall in alcohol consumption and related crime. falling house prices in london are contributing to the lowest growth in the property market in six years. the report by the royal institution of chartered surveyors found the average number of homes on sale is close to an all—time low. nearly three quarters of surveyors said properties marketed at over £1 million are selling below the asking price. an exhibition and services of remembrance are being held at st columba's church in west london this week. 100 years ago, the congregation gave food and shelter to thousands of soldiers, stepping in when many servicemen could not get home after the armistice. some of the men were originally from scotland. a lot of the boys from the country

we re very a lot of the boys from the country were very unused to... had never been out of scotland before, never been out of scotland before, never been to a city the size of london. in the church magazines, there's quite a lot of references to keeping the lads out of the dangers of the pub, public houses. clearly there would be some who were pretty happy to go there. but it seems, given the numbers that came through, clearly they loved it here. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes so far this morning. 0n the roads, there is westbound traffic heading out of the limehouse link tunnel following a breakdown on the highway near butcher row. in newham, prince regent lane is blocked at glen road following a collision. and there is southbound traffic on the a1010 tottenham high road, where the temporary lights governing the works near white hart lane have failed. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is a cool

start to the day then we saw this time yesterday. temperatures for many of us are back down to low single figures, so it's a rather chilly morning, but it should work out to be a fairly decent day weather across the capital. most of us weather across the capital. most of us will stay dry most of the time. some showers out towards the west perhaps this morning. it is quite breezy and they will even be some sunny spells around as well. now, there is a weather front out towards there is a weather front out towards the west, so the further west you are, perhaps across parts of berkshire, surrey, buckinghamshire, the more likely you are to see one or two early showers. but most of us staying dry, the best of the sunshine out towards the east. there isa sunshine out towards the east. there is a bit of a south—easterly wind going on. top temperatures of about 13 or maybe 14 degrees celsius, and then through this evening and overnight it is set to stay dry once more. clear skies clouding over into tomorrow morning and again we are going to see that south—easterly

winds pick up. so quite windy start to the day, the british down the mid— single figures. not quite as cold as it is at the moment and then into tomorrow, well, it is a windy day but it should stay dry into the evening, when we are expecting some heavy rain. 0ver evening, when we are expecting some heavy rain. over the weekend, sunny spells and some showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: after footage ofjustin levene dragging himself through luton airport went viral, bosses say they now have ten self—propelling wheelchairs available for passengers. we'll find out whatjustin thinks at 7:10am. also this morning: stephen fry will be here to tell us about his love of greek myths and how he's bringing them up to date. he will talk through some of the

fantastic stories later on. and after 9am, we'll speak to two of the actors involved in west end play, soldier on, which explores what really happens when military personnel leave the army. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the prince of wales says he'll keep his views on controversial topics to himself once he becomes king. in a bbc documentary tonight he says he won't be a meddling king, telling the interviewer he's not that stupid. prince charles has often voiced strong opinions on matters such as the environment, architecture and politics. donald trump has fired his most senior lawyer, the us attorney general, jeff sessions. in a resignation letter, mr sessions, a former senator who was an early supporter of mr trump, made clear the decision to go was not his own. the two had repeatedly clashed over the inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the cnn journalist, jim acosta, who was described by president trump

as a "rude, terrible person" at a press conference about the mid—term elections, has had his press pass to the white house withdrawn. a cnn journalst who clashed with president trump at a news conference about the midterm elections, has had his white house press pass withdrawn. jim acosta was described by president trump as a "rude, terrible person." his network called the move a threat to democracy. a 98—year—old man is fighting for his life in hospital after being assaulted and robbed by burglars at his home in north london. we're about to show some upsetting images his family would like people to see. peter gouldstone was found badly injured in his bedroom by his son, who says he's "lost for words at man's inhumanity to man". the met police described it as brutal and senseless. no arrests have been made. a pakistani christian woman whose death sentence for blasphemy was overturned last week, has been released from prison. aasia bibi spent eight years behind bars. her aquittal led to nationwide protests and and the government said it would stop her from leaving pakistan. several countries have offered her asylum. her whereabouts are unclear.

mps are calling for a change in the law so that flat owners don't have to foot the bill for replacing unsafe cladding in the wake of the grenfell disaster. more than 350 high—rise residential buildings in england still have acm cladding, the type used at grenfell, and some leaseholders have been told they may have to pay for it to be changed. but mps including housing secretary james brokenshire say developers and building owners should pay. the time is 6:33am. there is lots going on in sport. some great talking point and great images as well, the iconic one from the champions league in turin, jose mourinho could almost be playing the pa rt mourinho could almost be playing the part of fagin from oliver twist, "come on, i can't hear you any more"

because of the stunning comeback like in 1999 when they won the cup in barcelona, and it was dramatic overall in the champions league. so what a night it was in the champions league. a record breaking one for manchester city, while for most of the night, it was the worst case scenario for united fans, being tormented by a former hero until, well, andy swiss reports. just a fortnight ago, manchester united were outclassed byjuventus, soa united were outclassed byjuventus, so a rematch with cristiano ronaldo and company probably wasn't top of their wish list. and after weathering the first half storm they fell behind in utterly spectacular fashion. of course, it had to be him, ronaldo with his first—ever champions league golf orjuventus, he is unlikely to score a better one. it seemed all over until a stunning late turnaround. juan mata's freekick offered a lifeline and in the final minute scrambled own goal gave united at 2—1 victory. jose mourinho's reaction at the end hardly endeared him to the host, but

this was some victory. meanwhile manchester city emerged after what's been an uncomfortable few days. newspaper claims that they broke european spending rules. citystate it is an attempt to damage their reputation. they had a rather easy ride against shakhtar donetsk, david silber puttingal ahead, before one of the most farcical moments you'll ever see. raheem sterling tripping over his own feet —— silva. and, guess what, penalty. do you laugh or cry? well, city didn't mind, gabriel jesus making a 2—0. and from there it was a case from the ridiculous to the sublime, jesus going on to com plete the sublime, jesus going on to complete a hat—trick as city cruised toa complete a hat—trick as city cruised to a 6—0 victory. almost into the knockoutin to a 6—0 victory. almost into the knockout in knockout style. want to have another look at that dodgy penalty? go on. it wasn't his fault, of course, he was tackled by the grass! i think he was trying to dink it, he

was rather embarrassed, he kicked the ground, but the referee wasn't far away from giving the penalty, despite officials behind the goal, there was no var technology in the champions league as yet, there should be, hopefully so maybe, but amazing that none of the officials saw anything, he just fell over his feet on the grass. it didn't matter luckily because they were going to win the 6—0. luckily because they were going to win the 6-0. 6-0 sounds bad, 5-0 sounds bad! laughter. talking of healthy scores: england are building a rather healthy lead over sri lanka on the third day of the first test in galle. but they continue to have problems at the top of the batting order. three wickets lost this morning, rory burns, moeen ali and captain joe root the men to lose their wickets. the visitors are on 111 for 3, that's a lead of 150. it shouldn't matter because the highest run chase at galle is just

99, so england way ahead. rugby league and tommy makinson's weekjust gets better and better. last weekend he was the star, scoring a hat—trick of tries as england beat new zealand to secure the series win. now the st helen's winger‘s been given the sport's golden boot, awarded to the best player in the world. pretty special. it is not something i was pretty special. it is not something iwas in pretty special. it is not something i was in with a chance with at the start of the night. even to be nominated was something special. and to come away with it it means so much. i have had those troubles, for two years much. i have had those troubles, for two yea rs in much. i have had those troubles, for two years in the game, you always question yourself, you know, can you come back and reached the pinnacle, which is international rugby, and you know, safe to say i think i am well on the way there now and with people around me like my good family, good coaches, club, country, it definitely means a lot. yes, and the trophy does what it says, doesn't it, it is a golden boot. it is a golden boot or write. -- all boot. it is a golden boot or write. —— all right. now here's a bit of a mix—up: earlier this week the boxing superstar floyd mayweather

surpisingly agreed to an official fight with a japanese kickboxer. now he says that's not true. mayweather appeared to have made a deal to face tenshin nasukawa injapan on new year's eve, but now says he only ever agreed to a bout for rich spectators that wouldn't be on tv. he says he'd never even heard of the japanese fighter until this week, and was "completely blindsided" by the arrangements were being made without his approval. and have you ever heard of fom0? yes, it is a fear of missing out. 0h, yes, it is a fear of missing out. oh, good, now i know. and there's nothing quite like it when siblings are involved. england women, who are managed by phil neville, play their friendly tonight against austria. and they got a visit from the england netball coach, his twin sister tracey. here's a lovely pick on instagram. but we think someone was feeling a little left out. brother gary neville there asking why he wasn't invited. maybe they thought he was busy. maybe they thought he was busy. maybe next time. laughter. oops!

thanks very much, mike. women who smoke, have diabetes or high blood pressure have a higher chance of having a heart attack than men with similar lifestyles, a study has found. the report's author, elizabeth millett, joins us now from oxford. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning. it is like we said, we know the risks, but why do they differ, or how do we know that they differ, or how do we know that they differ depending on our sex? hi, good morning. so, yes, we looked at whether there are sex differences in risk factors for having a heart attack and we found that as you have said diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking all increase the risk in women more than they increase the risk in men. it is important to stress men have always got higher rates of heart attack than women across all ages. what we are saying is that, among women, the risk is

increased more than among men. so for example if we look at current smokers, women who currently smoke have three times higher risk of heart attack than women who have never smoked. among men who currently smoke, it is twice the risk of a heart attack than men who had smoked. why is that down to, physicality, hormones, what's the distinction, why is there a higher risk for one sex? that's an interesting question and to be honest it requires a lot of further research. it is probably to do with a combination of things, some would be biological, behavioural and also social. it is possible that for diabetes it is in part to do with where we store fat. men and women store fat differently on average. women tend to be pear shaped, men tend to be apple shaped, so they have fat on their waist and belly at the front. and that difference in fat storage can lead to a difference in the metabolic system and that could explain some of the results we found. do you think that this might

change attitudes of women towards heart disease? because, is it fair that often people see that as a male killer, as a dominantly male killer? yes, indeed, that is something that we are trying to bring the message home, coronary heart disease, the main cause of having a heart attack, is the biggest killer of women in the uk and worldwide and that is not really recognised. a lot of women think that the biggest killer is breast cancer and that's just not the case. so what we are trying to do is make sure women know you are at risk of having a heart attack. it isn't only men. yes, and just be aware of that. how worried do we need to be about this? i suppose what the research shows — it has on show a show no change, but women are perhaps even more vulnerable to the risk factors, so what has to change? i don't think anyone should be panicking. i think being aware of your risk of having a heart attack,

and the symptoms is really key. women and men can have slightly different symptoms. the classic symptoms for heart attack our chest pain, pain in the arm, shortness of breath. women can also have other symptoms more commonly than men and those include dizziness, cold sweats, unusual tiredness, nausea and vomiting. so, knowing those things can also be signs of a heart attack in combination with the other common symptoms i think is a useful thing for women to know. indeed, 0k. doctor elisabeth millet from the university of oxford, thank you very much for speaking to us this morning. thank you. the time now is 6:42am and carol has the details for us 6:42am and carol has the details for us right now. good morning. if you arejust adding outside, for some of us arejust adding outside, for some of us it is a chilly start to the day and there are some pockets of ground frost as well. but not everywhere is cold, out to the west, temperatures area bit cold, out to the west, temperatures are a bit higher, he we have a bit more cloud and also some showers.

and as we go through the course of the day some of those showers in the west will actually merge, giving longer spells of rain and here too it is blustery. you can see why — we've got a weather front rate across the uk, another one out to the east, in between this is where we have the clear skies and that is where we see the lowest temperatures currently. so this weather front will tap up on the southern end but it will weaken on the northern end, so it will take the rain out of scotland, and quite a blustery day asi scotland, and quite a blustery day as i mentioned in the west as you probably saw from the isobars —— pep up. so there goes the rain moving off across scotland, drying up behind, but the rain pepping up across the isles of scilly, south—west england, in three wales, east of northern ireland and north—west england. on either side of that, there are a few showers around, some will fade through the course of the day, it will be a breezy day generally, but the best of the sunshine across the south—east with highs of up to about 14 degrees —— through wales. through this evening and overnight, watch

how the front just elongate and stretches out. still moving eastwards but very slowly. still some heavy bursts of rain in it and it is still going to be a windy night for the first half of the night. the second half, the wind will tend to ease a touch. temperature seven or eight, but down this east coast in some rural areas it will be a bit lower than that. now, tomorrow we start off in this weather front, now, tomorrow we start off in this weatherfront, weakening now, tomorrow we start off in this weather front, weakening although time, still producing spots showers, some bright break here and there and then deep areas of low pressure coming, introducing all this rain, some of which will be heavy and also persistent. especially so over the hills, for example, in wales. accompanying this rank will be strengthening wind, and it will be a windy day wherever you are, or a breezy day. a vast but the stronger swims will be across the outer hebrides, the irish sea, a longer south—western approaches and also the english channel where we could have gusts, 50, 60, possibly 65 mph, so bear that in mind if you're

travelling, that combination is not a pleasant one. but it all moves through during the course of friday night into saturday, clearing off into the north sea, leaving us with a rash of showers in the west and also the south. now, some of those showers across the south coast will be fairly pokey in that they are going to be heavy and thundery with some hail. and in the south—westerly wind, some of them will blow inland, and a similar story too for wales with south—westerly wind, some of those blowing inland as well. as you can see there will be a lot of dry weather around and a fair bit of sunshine and once again our copter bridges will be up to about 13, maybe 14 degrees. —— top temperatures. then on remembrance sunday itself it is a similar story in that it is a day of sunshine, bright spells an showers, mostly in the west, still some heavy ones pushing eastwards across the english channel. now, these ones too could be heavy and thundery with some hail. y is we are looking at double figures, tend to about 13 again ——

temperature—wise we are looking at double figures. maybe 14. you know! moan when it is cold. i am really happy with the temperatures and a p pa re ntly happy with the temperatures and apparently they are bang on, you set. not too far away at all. most of them are bang on, yes, with the odd exception here and there. yes, most of them. well, happy november. thank you very much, carol. ben will take us through more about ppi. it is a mis—selling scandal, and it has gotten even more chaotic. that's right, just when we thought it was coming to an end. the deadline to put a claim in is fast approaching, but now the regulator says banks might have to write to thousands of people who had their claim rejected, telling them that they can claim again. so what is going on? well, some financialfirms missold the insurance added to loans, credit cards and mortgages

as far back as 2009. so, in an attempt to put it right, they have had to pay out around £32 billion in compensation. the deadline to claim is the end of august next year. but the financial conduct authority says banks should now write to 150,000 people to tell them they could claim again. that is because the courts ruled that the commission lenders earned on selling the insurance was also unfair, so people who had their ppi claim rejected could claim again. emma stranack is the pp! campaign lead for the fca, and shejoins me from our london newsroom. good morning to you. good morning. why is this happening again? we thought this was all having to an end but potentially 150,000 could be able to claim again. why? well, when

banks sold ppi they tended to make a commission on the sale of that product. if the commission was over 50% than our rules say that was unfair, and people are entitled to that money back. the new guidance issued yesterday is really about clarifying that. if at any stage the commission went above 50%, then you are entitled to claim that back. we know how notoriously complicated it has been to work out for people, whether they are due any ppi compensation in the first place. how will they know whether they are eligible under this new rule? well, we are consulting at the moment as to whether banks will write to them or not, but if people do think they are entitled, i suggest they visit our website, are entitled, i suggest they visit ourwebsite, fca.co.uk/ppi, are entitled, i suggest they visit our website, fca.co.uk/ppi, or call us, and they can find out more information there. and this will be another opportunity for us to get

those calls from the pp! claims handling firms. is there any way this will be smoother and more efficient than the first time round? actually, our supervision team at the fca has worked closely with the banks to make it easier for people to check whether they had ppi banks to make it easier for people to check whether they had pp! and make a complaint, so we hope that is getting a lot less. in your report you also save 15 million people are missing out because they don't like complaining. that surprised me, because i thought as a country we are quite good at complaining now, aren't we? well, having a bit of a moan about the weather, certainly. i am myself, but it is more about making a formal complaint, and when you have to stand up for yourself, people find that very difficult. our research showed that 72% of people really wa nt research showed that 72% of people really want to be better at that. so we have enlisted a brilliant consumer champion who help people complain with confidence. and finally, i guess,

complain with confidence. and finally, iguess, is complain with confidence. and finally, i guess, is this the last time we will need to deal with this? there is not going to be another extension of the deadline, another caveat for people to complain? this is your last opportunity, if you think you are eligible, do it. absolutely, we encourage people to do it now, the sooner the better. go to our website or hotline. it is really good to talk to you. you heard it they are, if you think you do, get yourclaim heard it they are, if you think you do, get your claim in. if you think you are eligible under these new claims today, check the website and find out whether you are in line for a pay—out. i checked, and i wasn't. all this week, in the run—up to the armistice day centenary, we are 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 ypres, in france, a key battle point throughout the war. morning, robert. good morning. welcome to the centre

of ypres. i am glad to say the weather is a jolly sight better than it was yesterday. across their behind us, ypres, quite close to the british troops marching to the city, and it was involved in pretty well the whole of world war i. today it is packed with people who have come to commemorate the armistice this coming weekend. a lot of people watching will have had relatives who didn't watching will have had relatives who didn‘t fight watching will have had relatives who didn'tfight in watching will have had relatives who didn't fight in europe at all, they fought further afield. this was truly a world war. at the end of 1914 when the first battle of ypres happens, the ottoman empire, the turkish army, were moving into action and opening up a new front which lasted throughout the war. as martin patience is about to explain to you, that conflict had a legacy which persists today. ina quiet in a quiet corner of beirut, a commonwealth war cemetery. testimony

to the bitter fighting commonwealth war cemetery. testimony to the bitterfighting between commonwealth war cemetery. testimony to the bitter fighting between the allies and the ottoman empire, which joined the war on germany's side in 1914. the ottoman empire, which was centred on martian turkey, ruled supreme in the middle east were centuries —— modern—day turkey. this was once an army barracks for its troops, in what is now the lebanese city of tripoli, and for people living here today, the consequences of the first world war are still being felt. a century ago, the most famous battle fought in the region was the gallipoli campaign. allied forces were repulsed by ottoman troops. that defeat meant they were forced to fight their way through the region, starting in egypt, pushing north through palestine, as it was then known, in the modern day

syria and lebanon. lawrence of arabia famously rallied arab forces to attack ottoman supply lines, including blowing up railways. this station in tripoli is more than a century old. it was once one of the arteries stitching together the ottoman empire. but, at the end of the first world war, the empire was carved up by the victorious powers, britain and france. and here are the faces of descendants of french african troops brought to lebanon to fight for the allies. they now live ina fight for the allies. they now live in a rundown area. it means the house of celebs. —— slaves. fatima, now in her late 70s, told us she knows little of her family history. all of the photographs that she had we re all of the photographs that she had were destroyed during the lebanese civil war. she says she has endured racism throughout her life.

translation: i would racism throughout her life. translation: iwould reply racism throughout her life. translation: i would reply by saying we are god's creation, they would a nswer we are god's creation, they would answer but we do not have this complexion and lebanon. so i would say i am born as the lebanese and my identity is stronger than yours. these men died in what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. but, a century on, the middle east remains torn by conflict, a consequence of the settlement following world war i, and british forces are still fighting in the region. martin patience on the legacy in the middle east. ijust want martin patience on the legacy in the middle east. i just want to say a word about the legacy here. because you stand in this square and i'm sure a lot of people watching have been here, and you think what a beautiful old town. this is not the original old town. let me show you a picture of what it looked like right at the end of world war i. it was com pletely at the end of world war i. it was completely destroyed. it was

surrounded by german forces for much of the war, and they could shell it at their leisure, and so at the end of the war, ypres called on people, produced the original plans, and they rebuilt the city, the centre of they rebuilt the city, the centre of the city, the old city, from scratch. and to look at it today, it is like a film set, if you like, because it has been recreated, very beautifully, and it looks exactly as it did just before the first world war. we were looking at those images, exactly as you describe, it is extraordinary seeing how it was and how it is now. tell us about the remainder of yourjourney this and how it is now. tell us about the remainder of your journey this week. we are heading north. we are going to head to the sea at newport. i will tell you about that tomorrow. that has a really interesting story attached to it. the end of our journey, the end of the trench line of the western front. that is tomorrow, i will be back later in the programme, but for now, here is

the programme, but for now, here is the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. the home secretary has called on scotland yard to step up its response to knife crime, following the latest spate of stabbings in london. sajid javid wants the met to make full use of its powers, including stop—and—search. last night, a man was arrested in enfield after a man in his 20s was stabbed repeatedly. it was london's fourth reported stabbing of the day. nearly half of london's night workers, who make up a third of the workforce, earn under the minimum wage. a new report from the greater london authority reveals that, despite increasing demand for a night—time economy, wages aren't keeping pace. the findings also highlight a change in the public‘s night—time activities, including a fall in alcohol consumption and related crime. an exhibition and services of remembrance are being held at st columba's church in west london this week. 100 years ago, the congregation gave food and shelter to thousands of soldiers, stepping in when many servicemen could not get home after the armistice.

some of the men were originally from scotland. a lot of the boys from the country were very unused to — had never been out of scotland before, never been to a city the size of london. in the church magazines, there's quite a lot of references about keeping the lads out of the dangers of the pub, public houses. clearly there would be some who were pretty happy to go there. but it seems, given the numbers that came through, clearly they loved it here. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes so far this morning. on the roads, there is northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach from the woolwich road flyover. in newham, prince regent lane is blocked at glen road following a collision. and there is northbound traffic on the a406 north circular from the barking flyover towards the ilford flyover, following an earlier collision. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini.

hello, good morning. it's a cooler start to the day than we saw this time yesterday. temperatures for many of us are back down to low single figures, so it's a rather chilly morning, but it should work out to be a fairly decent day of weather across the capital. most of us will stay dry most of the time. some showers out towards the west, perhaps, this morning. it's quite breezy, and there'll even be some sunny spells around too. now, there is a weather front out towards the west, so the further west you are, perhaps across parts of berkshire, surrey, buckinghamshire, then the more likely you are to see one or two morning showers. but most of us staying dry, the best of the sunshine out towards the east. there's a bit of a south—easterly wind going on. top temperatures of around 13 or maybe 14 degrees celsius, and then through this evening and overnight, it's set to stay dry once more. clear skies clouding over into tomorrow morning, and again we're going to see that south—easterly winds pick up. so quite a windy start to the day, temperatures down the mid—single figures, not quite as cold as it is at the moment. and then into tomorrow, well, it's a windy day,

but it should stay dry until the evening, when we're expecting some heavy rain. over the weekend, sunny spells and some showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a commitment not to meddle. prince charles says he will stop speaking out on controversial topics when he becomes king. president trump goes on the offensive. he sacks the most senior lawyer in his government, and suspends a journalist he criticised at a press conference. you are rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. a rise in the number of hate crimes against disabled children. we meet the communities fighting back. if you're watching this, please, do not come back. i don't like you. good morning.

do the profits stack up at sainsbury‘s? sainsbury‘s releases its latest results as concerns grow that it may have to dispose of stores if it wants to create a supermarket giant by merging with asda. the sound of silence, is music tojose mourinho's ears as manchester united stun the turin crowd with two late goals in the champions league. while man city are given the most bizarre penalty you'll ever see. tackled, well, by the grass, really. good morning, it is a chilly start to the date, with a touch of ground frost, but for most it will be drier and brighter than yesterday. however, in the west we have showers, blustery showers at that, some merging to give longer spells of rain. i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, november 8. our top story: the prince of wales says he'll keep his views on controversial topics to himself once he becomes king. in a bbc documentary tonight he says he won't be a meddling king telling the interviewer he's not that stupid. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports.

he was four when his mother became queen and he became heir to the throne. he's now a few days from his 70th birthday and taking on a greater share of his mother's duties. quietly, the transition to charles's reign is under way. his destiny will come. he's always known it's going to come. and i don't think it does weigh on his shoulders at all. as prince of wales, he's made it his business to try to make a difference. he's spoken out about the environment and set up the prince's trust. he overcame initial doubts — the trust has now helped nearly a million young people. i kept saying i want to be able to take risks, so that if it didn't work, it didn't work, but it was worth trying with the most difficult ones, the ones you find are hardest to reach in society. sometimes, his passionate commitment to things like the environment have raised doubts about his suitability for the throne. in short, will charles be a monarch who meddles?

for the first time publicly, charles gives a clear answer. he says such suggestions are nonsense. he tells the programme he understands entirely what's required of a monarch — "you must operate within the constitutional parameters," he says. nicholas witchell, bbc news. prince, son and heir — charles at 70, will be shown on bbc one at nine o'clock tonight. donald trump has fired his most senior lawyer, the us attorney general, jeff sessions. the two had repeatedly clashed over the inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. the white house has also suspended the press pass of a cnn journalist who was described by the president as a "rude, terrible person" at a news conference about the midterm elections. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more. jeff sessions was given a long round of applause by colleagues, as he left the department

ofjustice for the final time. he had been given thejob of attorney general in the return for the loyalty and support he had shown donald trump. but his resignation letter made clear that he had been unceremoniously fired by a president who had long since lost faith in him. make america great again! mr trump never forgavejeff sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the investigation taking place into allegations of russian interference and collusion in the 2016 presidential election. democrats and even some republicans fear that the president is trying to bring an end to the enquiry, which is led by the special counsel, robert mueller. it would create a constitutional crisis if this were a prelude to ending or greatly limiting the mueller investigation. i think it was a great victory... mr trump appears to be on the defensive, having lost the house of representatives to the democrats in the mid—term elections. but if he's trying to fight back, it's journalists who got caught

in the crossfire. that is enough. that's enough. pardon me. that is enough. the president ended up in a furious row with a cnn correspondent, jim acosta. that's enough, put down the mic. are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. the white house has called this unacceptable behaviour and claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta, i am in front of the white house, a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass. butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely, and last night he was refused access to the white house. the number of hate crimes recorded against disabled children in the uk

has more than tripled in the last four years, according to police data obtained by breakfast. a freedom of information request to 41 police forces reveals that more than 1,100 incidents were recorded in the last financial year. that's compared to 359 incidents four years ago. and in the last five years, 450 hate crimes were recorded in schools in england and wales. police say victims shouldn't be afraid to come forward. it's clearly distressing and disappointing that the hate crimes like this occur. it's a good thing that people feel confident now to come forward to police and tell them about it. and it's a really good thing that the police are recording these crimes properly and then investigating them. so, sad that the crimes are being committed, but good that they're coming to the police and investigations are happening. a 98—year—old man is critically ill after being attacked by burglars

at his home in north london. peter gouldstone was found badly injured in his bedroom by his son, who says he's "lost for words at man's inhumanity to man". no arrests have been made. keith doyle's report contains an upsetting image of mr gouldstone in hospital that his family want people to see. a police officer stands guard at the home where 98—year—old peter gouldstone was violently attacked and robbed. he was found with injuries on his head and arms, semi—conscious on the floor of his bedroom, which had been ransacked. his family asked for this shocking picture to be released of him in hospital fighting for his life. doctors said he suffered extremely severe injuries. as a member of family, i'm obviously shocked. as a member of the human race, i'm lost for words in terms of man's inhumanity to man, i'm afraid. peter gouldstone was housebound —

his wife died several years ago after 65 years of marriage. his family were alerted after neighbours saw a door of his house open. this particular crime did shock me. the fact that he was targeted, he was alone in the house, and the amount of force used. and i also consider what was taken, a television, which is only worth a few pounds. to go to all that extent, and all that heartache, and to subject the victim to that amount of violence is just absolutely beyond belief. the police believe the attack took place on monday or early tuesday, and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. mr gouldstone's condition remains critical. a pakistani christian woman whose death sentence for blasphemy was overturned last week, has been released from prison. aasia bibi spent eight years behind bars. her aquittal led to nationwide protests and several countries have offered her asylum. our correspondent bill hayton has more. religious hardliners are clear about

what they want to happen to aasia bibi, despite being acquitted by pakistan's supreme court, they insist she is guilty and should die. last week they instigated violent protests until the government of prime minister imran khan agreed to bar aasia bibi from leaving the country. however, some reports say the government has faced down the extremists to ensure her safety. aasia bibi, herfull name is aasia nooreem, is a mother of four, she has been living on death row for eight years ever since she was convicted of blasphemy following an argument with her neighbours. they accused her of insulting the prophet muhammad, something she is always denied. a member of the country's christian minority, she became a target for pakistan's islamist movement. now, human rights activists want the government to push back. the -- it is all about an

individual life at stake, it is about the state being questioned and the principal of the rule of all being questioned and we will not stand for that. aasia bibi has left this prison, but her whereabouts are currently unknown. the prime minister's spokesman has said she is still in pakistan. others said she has already left. her case continues to push the limits of the country's democracy. sainsbury‘s has released its latest results for the first half of the year, ben's having a look, the reason we are interested is, we will look at it in the run—up to christmas, it is the myths of this with asda. billion pounds merger with asda. billion pounds merger with asda, that they are keen to push through and they say it is good news if it gets the go ahead because prices would come down, but, quite rightly, regulators have set "hang ona rightly, regulators have set "hang on a minute" there is often a asda

ryan meara sainsbury‘s and if you have them both one might have to shut and you may be forced in your town to go to one or the other and then they would have to much power. they have issued the results this morning. there are 72 pages to go through. i have the headlines for you. interestingly they don't say much about the asda deal because it is in the hands of the regulator. all they say is they are engaging constructively with the regulator about competition. they say that in their view it would create a dynamic new player. you see the figures on the screen, sales are up 0.6%, and that includes argus, which is what sainsbury‘s owns, and they have put them into the foyer, the receptions of many sainsbury‘s stores, overall profits are up 20%. it has its eye on saving money because it is a tough market to be in at the moment, we know about the discounters aldi

and liddle, and they have looked at cost savings over the next three yea rs, cost savings over the next three years, they have done about a fifth of that so far, so there is a lot of pain to come and i will speak with the boss in half an hour to put some of the questions to him about the merger with asda about what it could mean for competition. i originally spoke to him in april when the deal was announced that he told me, look, we won't shut any stores as a result of this deal, i think the regulator has other ideas so i will chat to him about that in around half an hour. 0k, ben. thank you very much. if you were watching breakfast over the weekend, you might have seen this footage. it shows justin levene, a paraplegic athlete, who says he was forced to drag himself across the floor of luton airport because his wheelchair had been lost in transit. staff at luton did offer him the use of a different type of wheelchair, but it was not self—propelling, whichjustin refused as it prevented him from moving independently. luton airport says it now has ten self—propelling wheelchairs and a new scheme to lend equipment to passengers with disabilities. we can talk tojustin now

about what happened, and how he feels about those changes. very good morning to you, just on. thank you for your time this morning. we will come onto the reaction from luton airport in a moment. i wonder if you could take us moment. i wonder if you could take us through the sequence of events for people who were not familiar with what happened. just what happened on that day? well, so, this all happened last year and when i arrived at the airport it became apparent that my wheelchair had been lost and, when i was asking for a self—propelled chair for me to use, they didn't have any in the airport and they didn't have any suitable alternative for me to use as well. it has been one of the misconception that what they offered was a wheelchair, it was closer to a desk chair than anything else. when i refuse that and they had no alternative, that is one i to crawl through the airport to make my way outside. and as you say the incident itself happened in august of 2017,

immediately afterwards did you complain at the time, did you make your feelings known at the time and what has been going on between now and then? so for the last year i've beenin and then? so for the last year i've been in contact with luton and i have quietly and politely been petitioning for a change in policy which is the most important thing out of all of this, to make sure there is the proper policies in place so when the proper things happen, of course, mistakes occur, but most importantly when they happen they are owned up to and they learn from it, so i have been trying to make sure they change their policy for the better to have a more inclusive facility at the airport. in that period of time, in the 12 or so months, what was their response during that time before the footage that we are now looking out, what was their response during that period of time? the response has a lwa ys period of time? the response has always been that what they offered was suitable and that they didn't feel any need to provide any other equipment. that is why, hearing that now there are ten self—propelled chairs is a fantastic result because thatis

chairs is a fantastic result because that is all i have been trying to achieve over the last year. this has never been a case about money, this has solely been about what's right and having the proper equivalent for people to use. so are you now content with what they have done, and are you dropping any action you may have been considering? yes, i'm delighted. i mean, this is, as i said, all! delighted. i mean, this is, as i said, all i have been trying to achieve. i think it is a shame it has taken a year. i am very grateful they have started to listen to my concerns. and now they have decided to implement all of these changes. it is going to include a much better environment for all of their passengers. tell us a little bit about the filming itself and how it felt for you at that moment in time, because there's been a lot of comment about the footage itself. talk us through how that was for you. the footage was filmed by a friend of mine. i thought it was important to documented for my complaint to the airport afterwards because it

highlighted exactly what the problem was and i made the very powerful point to them that this wasn't unacceptable thing to happen. so showing it to them over the course of last year, i decided it was important they hadn't listened to my request that it be made public. we need to highlight what these sorts of issues are. to what extent, in terms of the reaction since people saw those images, what has been the reaction? well, i think it has been very interesting, because it has highlighted a lot of the misunderstanding about what sort of disability needs there are, what sort of equipment people actually require. so it has been very useful to know that it has engaged an audience in a much broader education about the subject. and i think that has been a positive result. one thing that occurs to me, and i remember thinking this when i first saw the image, the people who are around you at the airport when you are doing that, the other passengers, how were people responding to it in the moment as mac no one actually said anything.

everyone ignored it at the time. i think they probably just won't aware of what was going on, or didn't fully understand, or maybe theyjust didn't want to get involved, but no one had any sort of interaction at the time. and do you get a sense that things will be better for people in airports, possibly, as a result of this, or do you think the problems are ongoing? result of this, or do you think the problems are ongoing ?|j result of this, or do you think the problems are ongoing? i hope that they are going to be better. this has definitely opened up a very wide public discussion, so i think that is going to have a positive change, and luton has now been brought into line with some of the other airports in the country and a lot of the other airports in the world, so i think this will be a positive result. thank you very much for your time. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. glorious picture, i am really enjoying all the wonderful colours at the moment, in autumn. you are absolutely right. there are some beautiful colours around at the

moment. good morning to you. what we have this morning as a chilly start across some rural areas, where the skies have stayed clear by night, so there is a touch of ground frost this morning. for many of us today will be drier and brighter than it was yesterday. however, we've got showers across the west. some of those will merge to give longer spells of rain, and it is fairly blustery at the moment as well, the wind picking up through the day. you can see the weather front producing the rain and showers at the moment, but in between, where we have had clear skies, that is where we have some frost in pockets. so this southern end of the weather front will pick up. the northern end moving across scotland will tend to wea ken moving across scotland will tend to weaken and clear. you can see how it moves from the southern up lines northwards, drying and brightening up northwards, drying and brightening up and hide it, but from the isles of scilly, south—west england, parts of scilly, south—west england, parts of wales, north—west england, the east of northern ireland and parts of south—west scotland through the day, heavy rain and strong winds, especially so with exposure through the irish sea, the south—western

approaches and the outer hebrides. on either side of that it is going to be drier and brighter. some showers at the moment coming across southern counties towards the midlands, many of those will tend to fade. temperature—wise we are looking at between ten to about 14 degrees. through this evening and overnight, that weather front stretches right out, taking its rain with it. it will still be windy in the first half of the night, but then the winds ease a little bit in then the winds ease a little bit in the second half of the night. under clearer skies, it will be a cool night, and then the east coast, especially under clear skies, temperatures will be lower in rural areas, closer to perhaps four degrees. as we head on through tomorrow, we still have our elongated weather front as a weakening feature, producing some cloud and the odd spot of rain. brighter skies as well, but you will feel what is coming in from the west. this deep area of low pressure is sweeping in and bringing heavy and persistent rain with it. some of us and persistent rain with it. some of us will see a lot of rain, especially if you are around hilly

areas. as well as that, it will be a windy day wherever you are, especially around outer hebrides, the irish sea, the south—western approaches and the english channel. we could have gust of wind, 50, dixie, possibly 65 mph. but even inland it will be gusty —— 50, 60. a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers will be heavy and thundery, some of them also coming in across the south. you will notice that the straps have gone wrong, this will be saturday, but sunday will be similar, in the west and south we are looking at some of those showers. a lot of dry weather nonetheless. to summarise the weekend, it is sunshine and showers, most of the showers in the west and the south. thank you very much. let's take a look at today's front pages. the us midterm elections feature prominently, with the times leading with a photo of donald trump's heated exchange in his press conference yesterday.

the guardian says mr trump lashed out after the results and has threatened a warlike response if the democrats investigate him. their picture shows one of the first muslim women elected to congress. the mirror has this distressing image of 98—year—old peter gouldstone, who was attacked by burglars. his family released the image saying they wanted people to see what had happened to him. and the sun has the exclusive story of a 50—year—old woman who has become the uk's oldest mother of quadruplets. it says 35 medical staff helped deliver the miracle babies.

i want to point something out on the inside of the daily express. ben has been talking about ppi, and people in charge of the pp! saying if your claims were refused you should perhaps reapplied. this is taking a look at how we are really not good at complaining. we accept shoddy goods and bad service because we don't have the confidence to complain. 70% of shoppers wish they we re complain. 70% of shoppers wish they were better at asking for a refund or replacement and the younger generation is less likely to be proactive. so i was wondering if you would happily complain about something? i am fairly happy to complain about things. do you complain about things. do you complain nicely? yes, they say don't get angry too early. although there are people who say complaining in a shop, making a lot of noise is a good thing because the one thing they want to shutdown is... oh no, i couldn't do that. i am very forthright when i complain, but i

wouldn't be allowed. would you like to see a picture of a giant always. for those record keepers, to do with fish, this is the biggest skate ever landed. it is a world record. they are quite big anyway, aren't they? but this is the biggest one. how big is it? it is 8-foot three inches long and has a seven foot wingspan. i think this picture doesn't truly do thatjustice. it weighs 300 pounds. so if you let it that way, it is taller than you? effectively it is taller than you? effectively it is taller than you? effectively it is the width of the entire... from here to hear on the sofa. can we go to the wide shot? it is as wide as that. that is as wide as that skate. the update on the giant fish. you are up to date on that. we will have mike back with the sport a

little later on. earlier this year, vandals broke into a school in newcastle which caters for children with disabilities and left abusive graffiti aimed at the pupils. the incident was one of a growing number of recorded hate crimes against disabled children in the uk. according to police data obtained by breakfast, these incidents have more than tripled in the last four years. tim muffett has been to meet staff and students at hadrian primary school in newcastle to see how they were affected by the break—in. the school got vandalised. they smashed all this, and all this nice playground, and all the toys. we were very, very sad. there are no words. so this is the area that we discovered with the graffiti, the most offensive language that was written, describing our children. most of the graffiti that appeared at hadrian school in newcastle is too offensive to show.

the school is for children with physical and learning disabilities. over the easter holidays, vandals broke in. they painted horrible red, and they did very horrible things. they have smashed the minibuses, and smashed the side window here. but the thing that upset us all, the thing that kind of hit home, was the nature of the graffiti was targeting our children's disabilities. we've never actually experienced that sort of vitriolic nature of language. we contacted 40 police forces across the uk. their figures show that the number of disability hate crimes carried out against children each year has more than tripled. there were around 350 incidents four years ago. last year, around 1,100. it's partly better reporting. so it's always going to be down to improved reporting practices, but... hannah mason—bish is a criminologist from the university of sussex. alongside better police reporting,

she believes other factors are also at play. unfortunately, the eu referendum gave some people the opportunity to act out their prejudices in a much more open way, and so we saw hate crime and hate incidents increase across all the different strands. we know that social media platforms, they encourage comments. unfortunately some of those can be unpleasant, hate—filled, prejudicial comments. the headquarters of surrey police. to help tackle hate crime, the force has been working with mark brooks, from dimensions, an organisation that supports people with learning disabilities and autism. the issue where we most get attacked is either home time, with the schoolkids, and also on buses, where schoolkids do make fun of them, call them names, even throw things at them. the government told us that it was determined to tackle all hate crime. it said support for disabled victims had increased,

and that the rise in incidents was largely driven by greater police understanding and a greater willingness for victims to come forward. at hadrian school in newcastle, volunteers helped repair the damage. the podium is back to its rightful face. but, despite the best efforts of police, the vandals were never caught. so whoever you are, if you're watching, please do not come back. i don't like you. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: stephen fry brings the greek myths to life — think winged horses, women with snakes for hair, and men stronger than giants. he has brought the stories up to date in a new book and willjoin us later with his favourite tales. and those images were him reading

from his own book, which really does bring those stories to life with a stephen fry twist. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. the home secretary has called on scotland yard to step up its response to knife crime following the latest spate of stabbings in london. sajid javid wants the met to make full use of its powers, including stop—and—search. last night, a man was arrested in enfield after a man in his 20s was stabbed repeatedly. it was london's fourth reported stabbing of the day. nearly half of london's night workers, who make up a third of the workforce, earn under the minimum wage. a new report from the greater london authority reveals that, despite increasing demand for a night—time economy, wages aren't keeping pace. the findings also highlight a change in the public‘s night—time activities, including a fall in alcohol consumption and related crime. an exhibition and services of remembrance are being held at st columba's church

in west london this week. 100 years ago, the congregation gave food and shelter to thousands of soldiers, stepping in when many servicemen could not get home after the armistice. some of the men were originally from scotland. a lot of the boys from the country were very unused to — had never been out of scotland before, never been to a city the size of london. in the church magazines, there's quite a lot of references about keeping the lads out of the dangers of the pub, public houses. clearly there would be some who were pretty happy to go there. but it seems, given the numbers that came through, clearly they loved it here. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes so far this morning. on the roads, there is northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach from the woolwich rd flyover. on the m25, there are clockwise delays towardsjunction 6 at godstone, following a breakdown, with tailbacks towards clacket lane services.

and there is westbound traffic on the a2 approaching the bean interchange for bluewater, following an earlier accident, with delays nearly back to the m2. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's a cooler start to the day than we saw this time yesterday. temperatures for many of us are back down to low single figures, so it's a rather chilly morning, but it should work out to be a fairly decent day of weather across the capital. most of us will stay dry most of the time. some showers out towards the west, perhaps, this morning. it's quite breezy, and there'll even be some sunny spells around too. now, there is a weather front out towards the west, so the further west you are, perhaps across parts of berkshire, surrey, buckinghamshire, then the more likely you are to see one or two morning showers. but most of us staying dry, the best of the sunshine out towards the east. there's a bit of a south—easterly wind going on. top temperatures of around 13 or maybe 14 degrees celsius, and then through this evening and overnight, it's set to stay dry once more. clear skies clouding over into tomorrow morning, and again we're going to see that south—easterly wind pick up. so quite a windy start to the day,

temperatures down the mid—single figures, not quite as cold as it is at the moment. and then into tomorrow, well, it's a windy day, but it should stay dry until the evening, when we're expecting some heavy rain. over the weekend, sunny spells and some showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the prince of wales says he'll keep his views on controversial topics to himself once he becomes king. in a bbc documentary tonight he says he won't be a meddling king, telling the interviewer he's not that stupid. prince charles has often voiced strong opinions on matters such as the environment, architecture and politics. donald trump has fired his most senior lawyer, the us attorney general, jeff sessions.

in a resignation letter, mr sessions, a former senator who was an early supporter of mr trump, made clear the decision to go was not his own. the two had repeatedly clashed over the inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. a cnn journalist who clashed with president trump at a news conference about the midterm elections has had his white house press pass withdrawn. jim acosta was described by president trump as a "rude, terrible person". he's accused of putting his hands on a woman when he refused to give up the microphone, a claim he denies. his network called the move a threat to democracy. a 98—year—old man is critically ill after being attacked by burglars at his home in north london. we're about to show some upsetting images his family would like people to see. peter gouldstone was found badly injured in his bedroom by his son, who says he's "lost for words at man's inhumanity to man". the met police described it as brutal and senseless. no arrests have been made. a pakistani christian woman whose

death sentence for blasphemy was overturned last week has been released from prison. aasia bibi spent eight years behind bars. her aquittal led to nationwide protests and and the government said it would stop her from leaving pakistan. several countries have offered her asylum. her whereabouts are unclear. sainsbury‘s has just reported that pre—tax profits at the supermarket have dropped in the six months to september. the supermarket group blamed the drop in profits on a number of extra costs including the integration of argos and "the proposed combination with asda". the cost has tumbled to £132 million in the six months to 22 september compared to £220 million last year. plans to build a new nuclear power

station near sellafield in cumbria have suffered a blow, as the japanese company toshiba has announced plans to wind up its nuclear arm, nugen. the moorside plant was set to create thousands of new jobs in the north—west. toshiba's move will put a dent in the uk's plans to develop new nuclear power stations, as it continues efforts to move to a low carbon economy. how are you watching breakfast this morning? probably on a smart tv, a tablet, or a mobile phone. but despite technological advances, new tv licensing figures suggest some of you may actually be watching in black and white. their latest tally suggests more than 7,000 people still pay for a monochrome license in the uk. and if you are watching in black and white, and some people apparently are, this is what we would look like. you said if you're watching in

black and white, this is what we look like routinely, but there is no different. good point. laughter. mainly, my point was, if you watch in colour, this is how we look in black and white. you wouldn't be able to appreciate the colourful ties, not that we have them on today. and your wonderful tan. that is true when i am out on location doing the filming and i don't have the make up buddy with me, i have been accused of being a bit orange. if you are watching this morning, if you're watching breakfast on a black—and—white tv, send us a picture, send a colour picture of you watching breakfast in black and white, does that make any sense? yes, because you want the rest of it in colour. just to prove it hasn't been done in a black—and—white picture. there are only 7000 in the country. every picture tells a story. the football commentators'

shirts might clash, something that is black and white isjose mourinho's expression. happy face of. the sound of silence injury and because manchester united have stunned juventus, coming from behind to win the champions league match, and water night it was, hence the expression from jose mourinho. so what a night it was in the champions league. a record breaking win, 6—0 for manchester city, while for most of the night it was the worst—case scenario for united fans, being tormented by a former hero until their manager had the last laugh, as andy swiss returns. just a fortnight ago, manchester united were outclassed byjuventus, so a rematch with cristiano ronaldo and company probably wasn't top of their wish list. and after weathering the first half storm, they fell behind in utterly spectacularfashion. of course, it had to be him, ronaldo with his first—ever champions league goal forjuventus. he's unlikely to score a better one. it seemed all over, until a stunning late turnaround. juan mata's freekick offered a lifeline, and in the final minute a scrambled own goal gave united at 2—1 victory.

mourinho's reaction at the end hardly endeared him to the hosts, but this was some victory. meanwhile, manchester city emerged after what's been an uncomfortable few days. newspaper claims they broke european spending rules. city say it's an attempt to damage their reputation. they had a rather easy ride against shakhtar donetsk, david silva prodding them city ahead, before one of the most farcical moments you'll ever see. raheem sterling tripping over his own feet. and, guess what, penalty. do you laugh or cry? well, city didn't mind, gabrieljesus making it 2—0. and from there it was a case from the ridiculous to the sublime, jesus going on to complete a hat—trick, as city cruised to a 6—0 victory. almost into the knockouts in knockout style. let's just have another look at that

dodgy penalty. raheem sterling has been getting stick on social media because he didn't really appeal for it. it wasn't his fault. the referee was behind another player. there was an official there as well. gary lineker said last night that sometimes players protest the referee, saying i did trip, and referees don't listen, so i suppose you can't blame him, he didn't appealfor the penalty, you can't blame him, he didn't appeal for the penalty, but you can't blame him, he didn't appealfor the penalty, but he didn't protest it was given, unlike the goalkeeper. that is cheating, isn't it? harry lineker saying that the referee doesn't take any notice anyway. if he went to the referee and said, that was not a penalty, i tripped over my feet, you would think... gary lineker said the referee tends to not listen and they stick by their decision. in the champions league there is no var to fall back on which would have ruled it out as a penalty. it didn't matter in terms of the result, 6—0.

if it had been a crucial deciding goal ina if it had been a crucial deciding goal in a semi—final of some competition, it would have rather being a talking point, i guess. it is an interesting one. but he did trip over his own feet. england are building a rather healthy lead over sri lanka on the third day of the first test in galle. keatonjennings has got himself a half century but they continue to have problems at the top of the batting order. three wickets lost this morning, rory burns, moeen ali and captain joe root all out. the visitors are 122—3 in the afternoon session, a lead of 261 and the highest run chase at galle is 99. rugby league, and tommy makeinson is having a week to remember. last weekend he was the star, scoring a hat—trick of tries as england beat new zealand to secure the series win. now the st helen's winger‘s been given the sport's golden boot, awarded to the best player in the world. pretty special. it's not something i was in with a chance with at the start of the night. even to be nominated was something special. and to come away with it means so much. i have had those troubles, for two years in the game, you always question yourself,

you know, can you come back and reach the pinnacle, which is international rugby, and you know, safe to say i think i'm well on the way there now, and with people around me, like my good family, good coaches, club, country, it definitely means a lot. now, finally, looking to the big test, england— new zealand at twickenham. what a story this is. the guy behind you, one year ago he was chucking drunks out of a nightclub in auckland. as a bouncer? yes, and he took a rugby to lose weight because he was 165 kilograms, so he lost 40 kg, he started playing by, so he lost 40 kg, he started playing rugby, he went into the super league, and only three months ago, then he came off the bench against

france, now he's in the starting lineup against england just one year on. that's an extraordinary story, slimming down to 21 stone from 26? 40 kg. almost losing a whole adult in weight. he has lost more than six stone. that is not an adult, but... taking up support for health reasons and suddenly find he is an excellent p"°p and suddenly find he is an excellent prop forward, and the practice chucking drunks out of a club in auckland could come in handy as he tries to do the same legally of course to the england players at twickenham on saturday. we look forward to seeing that one. thank you very much. see you later on. all this week in the run up to the armistice day centenary, 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 ypres in belgium, a key battle point throughout the war. morning, robert. good morning, charlie and naga. what

an improvement this is on yesterday morning when the main square in ypres, ypres in flemish translation, wipers, the man who went to the square, and up to the gate, look up the street, the route to the front lines, remember, the battles raged throughout most of the first world war — terrible battles. a lot of the people gathering under the gate this week to remember the armistice centenary didn'tjust have relatives fighting here, they had relatives fighting here, they had relatives fighting around the world, it was a world war and when the battle of ypres happened at the end of 1914, the ottoman empire, the turkish army we re the ottoman empire, the turkish army were on the move, and the cold fleet broke out there. and it has a lasting legacy as martin patience explains. ina quiet in a quiet corner of beirut, a commonwealth war cemetery. testimony to the bitter fighting commonwealth war cemetery. testimony to the bitterfighting between commonwealth war cemetery. testimony to the bitter fighting between the allies and the ottoman empire, which

joined the war on germany's site in 1914. the ottoman empire, which was centred on modern—day turkey, ruled supreme in the middle east for centuries. this was once an army barracks for its troops in what is now the lebanese city of tripoli. and for the people living here today, the consequences of the first world war are still being felt. a century ago, the most famous battle fought in the region was the gallipoli campaign. allied forces we re gallipoli campaign. allied forces were repulsed by ottoman troops. that defeat meant they were forced to fight their way through the region, starting in egypt, pushing north through palestine, as it was then known, into modern—day syria and lebanon. lawrence of arabia, famously rallied forces to attack of

ottoman supply lines, including blowing up railways. this station in tripoli is more than a century old. it was once one of the arteries stitching together the ottoman empire. but at the end of the first world war, the empire was carved up by the victorious powers, britain and france. and here are the faces of descendants of french african troops brought to lebanon to fight for the allies. they now live in a rundown area meaning the "house of slaves". fattah, now in her late 70s, tells me she knows little of herfamily history. 70s, tells me she knows little of her family history. all the photographs she had were discreet during the lebanese civil war. she says she has endured racism throughout her life. translation: says she has endured racism throughout her life. translationzlj a lwa ys throughout her life. translationzlj always reply by saying we are god's creation and they would answer but we don't have this complexion in lebanon. so i say i am born as a

lebanese and my identity is stronger than yours. these men died in what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. but a century on, the middle east remains torn by conflict, consequence of the settle m e nt conflict, consequence of the settlement following world war i. and british forces are still fighting in the region. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. we talk about legacy, take a look at these buildings in the square. you would think of them being 100 years old, they are not because this city was completely rebuild after the first world war using the original plans. —— completely rebuilt. it is extraordinary where —— when you look around the square. take a look at this shot from an air balloon at the

end of the war which shows the state of ypres. there was nothing left. the people were determined to move back into their city after the armistice, to bring it back to life, and that is exactly what they did. it took many years, but the result is all around me here. it is an amazing place. iwant is all around me here. it is an amazing place. i want to just talk a quick word about tomorrow. we have been travelling north up the western front. the final bit of the journey ta kes front. the final bit of the journey takes us to newport, on the belgian coast, right by the sea. there is a real story attached to that as well, but you will have to wait until tomorrow to hear that. for now, from ypres, thank you. thank you, those pictures are extraordinary, they really bring it home. we will speak to you a little later this morning, as well. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. it looked really sunny in ypres.

good morning, and some of us will have something like that today. clear skies in some parts of the uk by night, so called site with pockets of ground frost here and there. for most of us it will be drier and brighter than it was yesterday. having said that, we currently have blustery showers in the west and the south. some of them have moved inland. some will fade, some will merge. and you can see this great deadline of cloud here. this is a weather front. the northern edge of the weather front will weaken as it takes its rain north across scotland. but this southern edge of it will pick up and we will see some heavy rain. looking at the isobars tells you it will be blustery or windy depending on where you are. windy with exposure especially where we have got the rain, and that rain tapping up across the isles of scilly, south—west england, wales, north—west england, the eastern northern ireland and south—west scotland. the rain moving away from northern scotland, leaving sunnier skies behind it. across central and eastern areas, a few showers,

especially in the south and around the midlands at the moment. many of those will fade. the best of the sunshine is going to be in the south—east. temperatures up to about 14 degrees. through the evening and overnight, our weather front elongate, taking all this rain with it. some of it will be heavy, it will be windy in the first half of the night, but not as windy in the second half of the night. you can see on either side of this weather front we will have clearer skies. temperatures tonight falling to about seven or eight degrees, but in sheltered eastern areas we could see temperatures a little bit lower, closer to about four. if we pick up this weather front tomorrow, it will be with us, weakening all the time. producing cloud and one or two showers, writer skies in the east and then we have got a deep area of low pressure coming our way. introducing heavy and persistent rain. some of us will see large rainfall totals from this band. the other thing associated with this rain is the wind. it is going to be a windy day wherever you are, but

the strongest winds will be an exposure in the outer hebrides, the irish sea, south—western approaches and also the english channel. that accommodation is not pretty, and when you think a lot of trees are in leaf, it could lead to some disruption. as we head into saturday, overnight into saturday, that will have crossed us, moving away living showers in the west and the south. some of the showers in the south. some of the showers in the south. some of the showers in the south could be heavy with hail and thunder. we have a south—westerly wind which will blow some of the showers inland across southern counties and inland also across wales. still, a lot of dry weather. and then, if you are going to any of the remembrance sunday services, once again we have got showers in the west, and also the south. the southern ones particularly heavy for a time. a lot of dry weather. a fair bit of sunshine during the course of sunday, and temperatures again peaking at about 13 or 14. thank you very much. we will see you a little bit later. sainsbury‘s latest set of results are out. ben has the details for us.

ben. it sounds a bit confusing, because the headline profits are up, up about 20%, but by the time you add in the costs of things like that proposed merger with asda, integrating those argos stores, profits came down. the headline figure looks pretty good. yes, profits at the supermarket are up by 20%. but sainsbury‘s has been opening new argos outlets in its stores, and it is midway through a merger with asda, so if you count the cost of doing that, profits actually fell. but that merger with rival asda could affect competition, and the regulator has some big concerns. i've been looking at why. so here is the problem. sainsbury‘s wa nts to so here is the problem. sainsbury‘s wants to merge with asda. it is a deal worth £12 billion in both firms say it is good news for customers because prices would fall. but the

deal does give the firm control of more than a third of the grocery market, and when it was first announced back in april, analysts said that stores would have to close. stores in places like this, here in stock bought, where the firm owns two maxtor is right next to each other. i put that to the boss backin each other. i put that to the boss back in april. and you are guaranteeing no store closures. i really wonder how you are going to manage to do that. if you have a town with a big asda on one side and a big sainsbury‘s on the other, and you've probably got some sainsbury‘s locals on the high street, you don't need all that square footage. why do you need it all? well, i stand by our statement, we will not close any stores as a result of this transaction. since then, the competition in markets authority has stepped up in its investigation, saying it is particular worried about 463 places across the country where competition could be affected, many of them places like this, here in stockport. so has the boss changed his tune?

mike coupe, the sainsbury‘s chief executive, joins me from the london stock exchange. good morning to you. so that was me and you chatting back in april when you announced its proposed merger with asda. you said you were not going to shut any stores but the regulator said there are 463 areas where it is really worried that competition will be affected. what do you make of that? well, the competition authorities have a role to play. they are an evidence —based authority who will look at the analysis and decide what they may and may not ask us to do in order for this transaction to take place. but the key message for customers is that there is a unique opportunity to bring the organisations together, to bring the organisations together, to lower costs, and ultimately that will result in lower prices for customers. and this is the most competitive sector in uk industry, so there is more choice to customers available than ever, whether it is in shops or indeed increasingly online. so we would make a very strong case to the authorities that they should look at this in the

round, and that ultimately will result in lower prices for customers. what we are not talking about a couple of areas around the country. we are talking about 463 where, like that example in stockport, you've got a asda here and sainsbury‘s they are, and you will probably have to shut one of them. there is no point in paying them. there is no point in paying the enormous costs of two massive stores right next to each other.|j stand stores right next to each other.” stand by what said last time around, which is that there will be no stores closed as a result of this transaction, and also i know stockport is really well and as a customer you will have a multitude of choices in where you choose to shop the cma will look at evidence, choose to make draw the conclusions, but we believe we have a very strong case that as a result of bringing the companies together there is a unique opportunity to lower costs and ultimately to pass back those costs in lower prices to customers ona costs in lower prices to customers on a week to week basis. that means millions and millions of customers. so let's talk about those lower prices. as you have said time and again, bringing the firms together means again, bringing the firms together m ea ns lower again, bringing the firms together means lower prices. call me a cynic,

mike, but you get this deal through and get the proposed merger allowed by the regulator, you would then control nearly one third of the grocery market. you don't have to promise to not raise prices. once the deal is through, you can put it up. the first point i would make as it is not a third of the market. even on the most is mystic view we would have a 25% market share. everyday we open our shops, we have no customers exercise choice on a week to week basis and if we don't treat our customers right, whether it is on price or quality of service, they will choose to take their business elsewhere. there is virtually no business in the uk that opens its doors every morning with no customers, and we are very conscious of the fact that we have to do conscious of the fact that we have todoa conscious of the fact that we have to do a brilliantjob our customers week in, week out, but the key point is asa week in, week out, but the key point is as a result of this transaction prices will come down. so we will hear from the regulator at the end

of january and will get hear from the regulator at the end ofjanuary and will get a decision about whether this deal could go ahead. one thing that could change the whole market, brexit, we will get news about over the next couple of months. you have been talking this morning about the warehouses you have around the country. you have about six, i think. are you worried about no deal, and the reports about getting perishables, fresh food in from the continent, could really affect your business?” have said we have around 20 distribution centres around the uk, andi distribution centres around the uk, and i have said before that anything that involves more customers' checks, slowing down products, potentially reducing the shelflife and will certainly add cost to our supply chains. but i am a pragmatist, i believe there will ultimately need to be a deal done, and it is self evidently the case that a lot of the products we buy from the european union are perishable products so they can't be stockpiled. it is pretty straightforward that a deal needs to be done one way or another. how much storage do you have? as i say, we have around 20 large distribution centres. we carry about a week's supply in our supply chains and we runa supply in our supply chains and we run a very supply in our supply chains and we run a very piecemeal, hand to mouth basis, so we replenish stock on a

regular basis, and therefore it is important that a deal is done. as i say, iam important that a deal is done. as i say, i am a pragmatist. important that a deal is done. as i say, iam a pragmatist. i believe that will be the case. it is good to talk to you again, thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that, so twice now he has promised no store closures as a result of that deal. we will hear from the regulator in january, so deal. we will hear from the regulator injanuary, so watch this space. in the next hour we will be speaking to stephen fry, who will bejoining us on to stephen fry, who will bejoining us on the sofa. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. the home secretary has called on scotland yard to step up its response to knife crime following the latest spate of stabbings in london. sajid javid wants the met to make full use of its powers, including stop—and—search. last night, a man was arrested in enfield after a man in his 20s was stabbed repeatedly. it was london's fourth reported stabbing of the day. nearly half of london's night workers, who make up a third

of the workforce, earn under the minimum wage. a new report from the greater london authority reveals that, despite increasing demand for a night—time economy, wages aren't keeping pace. the findings also highlight a change in the public‘s night—time activities, including a fall in alcohol consumption and related crime. an exhibition and services of remembrance are being held at st columba's church in west london this week. 100 years ago, the congregation gave food and shelter to thousands of soldiers, stepping in when many servicemen could not get home after the armistice. some of the men were originally from scotland. a lot of the boys from the country were very unused to — had never been out of scotland before, never been to a city the size of london. in the church magazines, there's quite a lot of references about keeping the lads out of the dangers of the pub, public houses. clearly there would be some who were pretty happy to go there. but it seems, given the numbers that came through, clearly they loved it here. let's take a look at the travel situation now.

starting on the tubes, there are minor delays on tfl rail, a good service on all other lines. on the roads, there is westbound traffic on the highway through wapping towards tower hill. on the m25, there are anticlockwise delays from j27 the m11 into j25 for the a10, following an earlier broken—down lorry. and in newham, prince regent lane remains blocked at glen road followng an accident earlier this morning. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's a cooler start to the day than we saw this time yesterday. temperatures for many of us are back down to low single figures, so it's a rather chilly morning, but it should work out to be a fairly decent day of weather across the capital. most of us will stay dry most of the time. some showers out towards the west, perhaps, this morning. it's quite breezy, and there'll even be some sunny spells around too. now, there is a weather front out towards the west, so the further west you are, perhaps across parts of berkshire, surrey, buckinghamshire, then the more likely you are to see one or two morning showers. but i think most of us staying dry,

the best of the sunshine out towards the east. there's a bit of a south—easterly wind going on. top temperatures of around 13 or maybe 14 degrees celsius, and then through this evening and overnight, it's set to stay dry once more. clear skies clouding over into tomorrow morning, and again we're going to see that south—easterly wind pick up. so quite a windy start to the day, temperatures down to mid—single figures, not quite as cold as it is at the moment. and then into tomorrow, well, it's a windy day, but it should stay dry until the evening, when we're expecting some heavy rain. over the weekend, sunny spells and some showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a commitment not to meddle. prince charles says he will stop speaking out on controversial topics when he becomes king. president trump goes on the offensive. he sacks the most senior lawyer in his government and suspends a journalist he criticised at a press conference. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. a rise in the number of hate crimes against disabled children. we meet the communities fighting back. if you're watching this, please do not come back. i don't like you. sainsbury‘s latest results are out. i've been chatting to the boss about its merger with asda, about the price of food and whether a no—deal brexit could mean a shortage of fresh food. the sound of silence is music tojose mourinho's ears as manchester united stun the turin crowd with two late goals in the champions league. that was againstjuventus. man city are given the most bizarre

penalty you'll ever see. tackled by the grass. stephen fry will be here discussing greek logy. will be here discussing greek mythology. he will be on the sofa. quite chilly start today with some of seeing a touch of frost but drier and brighter than yesterday. showers in the west but also blustery and some of those will merge to give longer spells of rain. more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday 8th november. our top story: the prince of wales says he'll keep his views on controversial topics to himself once he becomes king. in a bbc documentary tonight he says he won't be a meddling king, telling the interviewer he's not that stupid. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. he was four when his mother became queen and he became heir to the throne. he's now a few days from his 70th birthday and taking on a greater share of his mother's duties.

quietly, the transition to charles's reign is under way. his destiny will come. he's always known it's going to come. and i don't think it does weigh on his shoulders at all. as prince of wales, he's made it his business to try to make a difference. he's spoken out about the environment and set up the prince's trust. he overcame initial doubts. the trust has now helped nearly a million young people. i kept saying i want to be able to take risks, so that if it didn't work, it didn't work, but it was worth trying with the most difficult ones, the ones you find are hardest to reach in society. sometimes, his passionate commitment to things like the environment has raised doubts about his suitability for the throne. in short, will charles be a monarch who meddles? for the first time publicly, charles gives a clear answer. he says such suggestions are nonsense. he tells the programme he understands entirely what's required of a monarch.

"you must operate within the constitutional parameters," he says. nicholas witchell, bbc news. prince, son and heir: charles at 70 will be shown on bbc one at nine o'clock tonight. donald trump has fired his most senior lawyer, the us attorney general, jeff sessions. the two had repeatedly clashed over the inquiry into russian interference in the 2016 election. the white house has also suspended the press pass of a cnn journalist who was described by the president as a rude, terrible person at a news conference about the midterm elections. our washington correspondent chris buckler has more. jeff sessions was given a long round of applause by colleagues as he left the department ofjustice for the final time. he had been given thejob of attorney general in return for the loyalty and support he had shown donald trump. but his resignation letter made clear that he had been unceremoniously fired by a president

who had long since lost faith in him. make america great again! mr trump never forgave jeff sessions for accusing himself, from overseeing the investigation taking place into allegations of russian interference and collusion in the 2016 presidential election. democrats and even some republicans fear that the president is trying to bring an end to the enquiry, which is led by the special counsel, robert mueller. it would create a constitutional crisis if this were a prelude to ending or greatly limiting the mueller investigation. i think it was a great victory... mr trump appears to be on the defensive, having lost the house of representatives to the democrats in the mid—term elections. but if he's trying to fight back, it's journalists who've got caught in the crossfire. that is enough. that's enough. pardon me. that is enough. the president ended up at a news

conference in a furious row with a cnn correspondent, jim acosta. that's enough, put down the mic. are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. the white house has called this unacceptable behaviour and claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta. i am in front of the white house. a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass. butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely, and last night he was refused access to the white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. a 98—year—old man is critically ill after being attacked by burglars at his home in north london. peter gouldstone was found badly injured in his bedroom by his son, who says he's lost for words

at man's inhumanity to man. no arrests have been made. keith doyle reports. a police officer stands guard at the home where 98—year—old peter gouldstone was violently attacked and robbed. he was found with injuries on his head and arms, semi—conscious on the floor of his bedroom, which had been ransacked. his family asked for this shocking picture to be released of him in hospital fighting for his life. doctors said he suffered extremely severe injuries. as a member of the family, i'm obviously shocked. as a member of the human race, i'm lost for words in terms of man's inhumanity to man, i'm afraid. peter gouldstone was housebound. his wife died several years ago after 65 years of marriage. his family were alerted after neighbours saw a door of his house open. this particular crime did shock me. the fact that he was targeted, he was alone in the house, and the amount of force used. and i also consider what was taken, a television, which is only worth

a few pounds. to go to all that extent, and all that heartache, and to subject the victim to that amount of violence is just absolutely beyond belief. the police believe the attack took place on monday or early tuesday, and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. mr gouldstone's condition remains critical. keith doyle, bbc news. three people have died and a boy is missing after a vehicle broke down in outback australia, police say. the bodies of two adults, both 19, and their three—year—old son were found near a remote road about 620 miles south of darwin on wednesday. the deaths are not being treated as suspicious and authorities are investigating whether heat may have contributed. a search is under way for a 12—year—old boy. a pakistani christian woman whose death sentence for blasphemy was overturned last week has been released from prison. asia bibi spent eight years behind bars.

her aquittal led to nationwide protests and the government said it would stop her from leaving pakistan. several countries have offered her asylum. her whereabouts are unclear. plans to build a new nuclear power station near sellafield in cumbria have suffered a blow, as the japanese company toshiba has announced plans to wind up its nuclear arm, nugen. the moorside plant was set to create thousands of newjobs in the north west. toshiba's move will put a dent in the uk's plans to develop new nuclear power stations, as it continues efforts to move to a low carbon economy. the supermarket sainsbury‘s have released their latest results for the first half of this year. as always, these figures need and scrambling. that is why i am here! the profits are up 20%, but by the time you take into account the costs they have faced this year, there is a big number of them. costs like

restructuring their stores, changing the layout, putting in things like sushi bars and beauty councils, which has cost money. they are merging with asda, they are partway through that and they are getting the regulation in place. and they are opening argos outlets inside their stores because they bought argos a couple of years ago. those costs push the profit figure down. the one on the screen relates to the day—to—day business and it shows that things are going pretty well for sainsbury‘s. but as we said, it is the merger with asda that eve ryo ne is the merger with asda that everyone is keeping a close eye on. regulator has got involved because they have identified 463 areas of they have identified 463 areas of the uk where the regulator thinks that competition could be affected. that is probably because the town or city has both an asda and sainsbury‘s. i have been chatting to the boss, and he said they are still committing to not closing any of those stores. i put it to him that thatis those stores. i put it to him that that is a bold claim given that they might end up with a lot of space in a lot of towns that they just don't

need. the key message for customers is their opportunity to bring the organisations together, to lower costs, and ultimately that will result in lower prices for customers. this is the most competitive sector in uk industry, so competitive sector in uk industry, so there is more choice to customers available than ever, whether it is in shops or indeed increasingly online. we would make a strong case to authorities that they would look at this in the round and this will result in lower prices for customers ultimately. they are going to try and save a lot of money in this merger by merging the back—office stuff, the distribution costs, the warehouses, but they will keep sainsbury‘s and asda have different brands because they say the customers are different for each, so they could keep them. that is why they could keep them. that is why they think it is fine for two to be on the same roundabout? exactly. and they think the major prizes could come down because they are saving money by not duplicating things. i

think the criticism and the concern of the regulator is that they would hold a lot of control over the grocery market. they would have 25 or 30% of the market, so it would be pretty powerful, so if they wanted to raise prices, they might not have much choice if there is dominance in one town. that is what the regulator is looking at and they will report backin is looking at and they will report back in january with their is looking at and they will report back injanuary with their findings. thank you. it is 8:11am. thank you for joining thank you. it is 8:11am. thank you forjoining us this morning. earlier this year, vandals broke into a school in newcastle which caters for children with disabilities and left abusive graffiti aimed at the pupils. the incident was one of a growing number of recorded hate crimes against disabled children in the uk. according to police data obtained by breakfast, these incidents have more than tripled in the last four years. tim muffett‘s been to meet staff and students at hadrian primary school in newcastle to see how they were affected by the break—in. the school got vandalised. they smashed all this, and all this

nice playground, and all the toys. we were very, very sad. there are no words. so this is the area that we discovered with the graffiti, the most offensive language that was written, describing our children. most of the graffiti that appeared at hadrian school in newcastle is too offensive to show. the school is for children with physical and learning disabilities. over the easter holidays, vandals broke in. they painted horrible red, and they did very horrible things. they have smashed the minibuses, and smashed the side window here. but the thing that upset us all, the thing that kind of hit home, was the nature of the graffiti was targeting our children's disabilities. we've never actually experienced that sort of vitriolic nature of language. we contacted 40 police forces across the uk. their figures show that the number of disability hate crimes carried

out against children each year has more than tripled. there were around 350 incidents four years ago. last year, around 1100. it's partly better reporting. so it's always going to be down to improved reporting practices, but... dr hannah mason—bish is a criminologist from the university of sussex. alongside better reporting, she believes other factors are also at play. unfortunately, the eu referendum gave some people the opportunity to act out their prejudices in a much more open way, and so we saw hate crime and hate incidents increase across all the different strands. we know that social media platforms, they encourage comments, and unfortunately some of those can be unpleasant, hate—filled, prejudicial comments. the government told us that it was determined to tackle all hate crime. it said support for disabled victims had increased, and that the rise in incidents was largely driven by better police

understanding and a greater willingness of victims to come forward. at hadrian school in newcastle, volunteers helped repair the damage. the podium is back to its rightful face. but despite the best efforts of police, the vandals were never caught. so whoever you are, if you're watching, please do not come back. i don't like you. tim muffet, bbc news. alisha williams and kayleigh hunt are from national star college in cheltenham. they do a lot to fight hate crime in their local community. thank you for coming. lovely to see you here this morning. lovely to see u2. these hate crimes against disabled children, is really distressing to hear from children, is really distressing to hearfrom some of children, is really distressing to hear from some of these youngsters involved. have you ever felt like you have been a victim?”

involved. have you ever felt like you have been a victim? i went to an able—bodied play scheme and i got up andi able—bodied play scheme and i got up and i did a dance and they all laughed at me which i found embarrassing. in the end i started volunteering and working for that play scheme which made them understand me better, which was absolutely fantastic, so that i could get that awareness out there. that is really important. at that time, i'm assuming, that must have made you feel very bad? yes, it did at the time. did you feel that was a hate crime? that is what we are talking about with this school in newcastle. do you think that was children who didn't know any better and whose attitudes did change once you went there and talked and spoke to them? i think it was a bit of both. there were a lot of people there who didn't know how to take it but as i was there longer, they got to know more about it. then it

wasn't as bad. when they got used to it, i suppose. i suppose it is important, that moment. and she did a very brave thing addressing it and carry on regardless, and that is how people learn. but we heard in that report that there are some really vicious types of targeting of disabled children. do you hear stories about that kind of thing? we hear stories. we are part of the gloucestershire strategic steering group for hate crime, and identifying factors that contribute to hate crime, and we are working with local partners and schools to encourage people to report those hate crimes and first of all identify them and educate staff alongside students to make sure they are alongside students to make sure they a re really alongside students to make sure they are really pushing forward that message that hate crime is not ok, and identifying what it is. one of the points made in the report we ran was that more people are reporting

hate crime, which is a good thing. there is obviously some awareness because more hate crime is reported. awareness that it can be reported and that it is happening. you are right that it can be more reported. i think the awareness and encouraging people to do that is something we are pushing out more across education. i think certainly within national start and within our cou nty we within national start and within our county we are working with people to do that and it is notjust county we are working with people to do that and it is not just about disability hate crime. it is about if you witness hate crime being able to reported on behalf of someone else as well. i posed the question to alisha as well. when she went to dance and they laughed at her, when does that mean people

are ignorant and only to be educated and when is it a hate crime? some struggle to notice that and they don't know how to draw the line. struggle to notice that and they don't know how to draw the linem is down to the individual. when the hate crime happens, it is an attack on someone's identity, or what the person committing the hate crime believes that person is portraying, believes that person is portraying, believes the identity is looking like. when we are looking at the tipping point, shall we say, for when it becomes a hate crime, it is down to the individual, when they feel what is happening to them is not acceptable, when somebody when this is what is happening to them, particularly bullying and disability hate crime. alisha, when you hear about these targeted attacks, it is quite hard to get your head around why people would do that. what is your message to anyone who has done that or started down that path of abusing someone because of their

disability? if you want to ask a question and you are afraid to ask something, just ask it. just ask it ina nice something, just ask it. just ask it in a nice way. sorry, that was your microphone falling down. it is about asking people to engage and that can make a real difference? yes, if you just engage, be understanding about the situation, just don't be afraid to ask a question. do you think that is where a lot of this comes from, people just being scared of people who are different to them? yes, but pa rt who are different to them? yes, but part of it is also ignorance. that is like anything, isn't it? yes, just ask. it has been a pleasure talking to you both. thank you very much. it is 8:19am, meaning it is time for

the weather with carol. good morning. if you are waking up in rural areas with sunshine this morning, the chances are you will see a pocket or two of frost. it has been a cold night with some but not everywhere. it will be dry and brea ks everywhere. it will be dry and breaks today compared to yesterday for most of us but there are showers in parts of the west and the south and through the day some of them will merge and it will also be pretty windy. you can see this great big line of cloud. this is the weather front producing heavy rain, and currently giving us a few showers. as we go through the course of the day, showery rain across scotla nd of the day, showery rain across scotland will tend to grizzle at but it will rejuvenate across parts of the south. —— tends to fizzle. where we had clear skies overnight, we start with sunshine by day. the first weather front moves across scotland, taking its rain with it, drying up behind. as the second half of this weather front rejuvenates, we see heavy rain across the isles of scilly, south—west england,

wales, north west england, the east of northern ireland and also south—west scotland. it will also be blustery around that band. on either side of it we have showers at the moment. some of the showers will fade, for example around the midlands, but the best sunshine will be in the south—east. the top temperature is likely to be around 14. as we go through the evening and overnight, look at how the weather front just stretches, taking overnight, look at how the weather frontjust stretches, taking the rain with it. some of that will be happy again and the winds will be strong for the first half of the night, easing down a touch in the second half, with clear skies either side, and overnight low temperatures of seven to ten. in some eastern areas we are looking at rural parts with temperatures as low as four. tomorrow we still have our weather front but it is weakening. we end up with this band of cloud and the odd spot of rain in it. equally, bright spells and a little bit of brightness behind it. this deep area

of low pressure comes in from the atlantic, introducing heavy and persistent rain. some of us will end up persistent rain. some of us will end up with large rainfall totals from this, particularly with height. accompanying it, it will be windy, gusts to gale force easily across parts of the outer hebrides with exposure, through the irish sea, the south—western approaches, and the english channel. gusts of wind up to 65 mph. wherever you are tomorrow, you will notice the wind. sunshine again by three o'clock in the afternoon in the south—east. as we move through friday night into saturday, that whole system crosses us saturday, that whole system crosses us and clears off, leaving saturday largely dry foremost. there will be showers in the west and also the south. we have a south—westerly wind with showers blowing inland for wales and southern england and some of those in particular will be heavy with hail and the odd rumble of thunder. as we head into armistice

sunday, we are looking at a lot of dry weather, but we also have showers in the west and the south and once again it is the southern ones likely to be heavy in nature. but a lot of dry weather. a south—westerly breeze and temperatures up to about 14. thank you. we will see you later. it was the battle which became a by—word for the carnage of the first world war. a million lives were lost at the somme and thousands of those bodies were never recovered. the british artist robert heard has created a unique tribute to those soldiers. he's made a shrouded figure for each man with no known grave, more than 72,000 in total. john maguire is at the queen elizabeth olympic park where they're going on display. he is therefore as now. i can't even imagine how touching this scene must be, when you look at those shrouded figures. yes, i think you are right. you

struggle for superlatives, really. so much about the first world war was incomprehensible, wasn't it? famously the war to end all wars but we know that unfortunately that was not the case. the number charlie just mentioned, it is 72,396, the number of british and commonwealth service men who fell and died at the battle of the somme, but whose bodies were never recovered. and this is a physical manifestation, a physical representation of that number. it will be open to the public for free and it opens today for the next couple of weeks. it really is quite something. rob heard is the man who has devoted the last five years of your life to creating this incredible, incredible installation. we have met you a couple of times on the programme over the last year and it is great to see you again. remind us why you started this. i started from adversity, like a lot of things. i had a dark time for myself. they just came from that really. it came

from my personal suffering and realising the suffering of these chaps. as you know, you have been involved in this for a long time, to get to this stage is quite extraordinary. you started with a 19,000, the men who fell on the first day of that one battle. but it has become this. it is just vast. first day of that one battle. but it has become this. it isjust vastm is. i dealt with one in front of me at the time, one at the time, literally on my lap with my two hands, and for me to see this monolith of a thing, i was not ready for this. i had monolith of a thing, i was not ready forthis. i had no monolith of a thing, i was not ready for this. i had no idea what this would look like and i am as gobsmacked as everybody else. it is quite extraordinary. as you went through, you made each individual one. it is a small plastic figure around 12 inches. you wrapped them, you stitched them, and you crossed their names of the commonwealth war g raves their names of the commonwealth war graves commission records. that was absolutely key. the association with the name is what it is all about.

they are individuals and they were treated as individuals, even though they appear in a huge mass. it is all about individuals and the name is key, absolutely key. at what point did you think this was how you wa nted point did you think this was how you wanted to do it, to make it such a large installation? it came from a conversation i had with a relative backin conversation i had with a relative back in 2016. he was the first one who actually brought my attention to the losses that were never recovered andi the losses that were never recovered and i realised then from doing the 19,240, i realised there was one small way to bring those people back and lay them on british soilfor representation, it seemed like a worthwhile task. and we were at the somme, and we saw the 1500, and we saw the impact that had on visitors. we spoke to an australian chap in tea rs. we spoke to an australian chap in tears. these things are strange for what they are. they are plastic in cloth, but they really do represent something quite amazing. it is way

beyond my skill. i didn't do that. this is the public perception of it and it is how it should be. well, you did do it and congratulations. thank you for this wonderful site. i do urge you to come and see it. it closes on the 18th of november. it is free for the next couple of weeks and up untilthe is free for the next couple of weeks and up until the 18th of november. rob has self—funded this. it is a really moving and extraordinary representation of the senselessness, really, that embodies notjust the first world war but of course the battle of the somme. from the queen elizabeth olympic park, let's go around the uk tojoin our news teams to get the latest news, travel and weather where you are watching this morning. hi there, good morning.

the weather's going to quite unsettled over the next few days. more rain in the forecast for today. quite a blustery day as well, especially across those irish sea coasts, where you'll see most of the showers. that's really because towards the west you're closest to this area of low pressure, with a weather front around these western parts as well. some showers this morning, though, in central and eastern parts are clearing away and then the rain just gathers again across south—west england, western wales, eventually into the far north—west of england, the east of northern ireland and the south west of scotland. the north into the south of that, looking mostly dry, and there'll be some sunshine. maximum temperatures still in the mild category, about 11—15 degrees. but as i mentioned quite blustery around these western coasts. through tonight, the rain will continue to move northwards into scotland. clearing in the south—west of england, but remaining quite unsettled freely in western areas. —— unsettled really

in western areas. elsewhere, some clear spells and temperatures getting down to around about 5—7 degrees. during friday, it will turn much windierfor all of us. this is of low pressure moving in, the white lines here, the isobars, closer together across the uk. that shows the windier conditions and these weather fronts moving to the west as well. through the morning turning very west into northern ireland, and eventually some very wet weather in south—west england, and across wales, particularly the south of wales. you will notice some greens cropping up here — some really quite heavy rain. showers ahead of that into scotland and a blustery day for all of us, particularly around exposed western coasts where we could see gusts of potentially up to about 60, maybe even 70 mph. but still relatively mild. those temperatures, 11—14 celsius. into the weekend, that rain will clear away, but it will stay quite unsettled. a mixture of sunny spells and blustery showers. that's all from me. have a good day. bye— bye. this is business live

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