time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. good afternoon. some pretty dramatic showers around at the moment with hailand showers around at the moment with hail and thunder piling their way gci’oss hail and thunder piling their way across southern counties of england, also into wales and the north—west. you can see the clouds in eastbourne earlier in the day. more showers for the south this afternoon and more organised rain in the west. low pressure is driving the weather the first half of this week. central and eastern areas benefiting from a little more sunshine for the remainder of today along with the north of scotland. elsewhere, the odd heavy downpour. northern ireland is largely dry through the afternoon. mild pretty much across the board, breezy, highs of 13 to 1a degrees. then we started to look to this evening. for the evening rush hour, some potent showers in many areas. when we move into the small

hours of tuesday, things become considerably quieter, especially across the southern half of the uk. clear skies for northern ireland. mild enough. showers continue for the north—west of england and france central and southern scotland first thing tomorrow. overall the prospects for tuesday do look considerably drier. plenty of sunny spells and another mike day to come. here is tuesday. showers first thing in the north. by the time we get the most time, all areas enjoying drier weather. still breezy, high cloud feeding into the west ahead of her next weather system, which will push across us on next weather system, which will push across us on wednesday. tuesday, pleasa nt across us on wednesday. tuesday, pleasant enough temperatures are 13 to 14 pleasant enough temperatures are 13 to 1a degrees. tuesday to wednesday still low pressure doing the business, throwing this weather front, particularly towards the north and west of the uk on wednesday. southern areas escaping with a dry day. wet first thing firm northern ireland and northern england. then the rain focusing on scotland. particularly the

north—west where the downpours could be quite hefty. to the south, however, with the sunshine a miles storey. up to 15 degrees, 16 in belfast. —— a mild story. the wet weather is set to continue. what will change is the low pressure will start to replace high—pressure across from the continent. we will lose a lot of wet weather that we have seen in the short term and see things becoming pretty settled. a lot of dry weather through the weekend and into next week. the biggest talking point by the time we get into thursday and friday, will be which areas will struggle with more clout. we could be struggling with more persistent patches of fog as well as we head through thursday and friday. looking more abdominal. thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: ten people, including a couple who give their baby son the middle name adolf in tribute to adolf hitler, have been found guilty of belonging

to the band neo—nazi group national action. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. it's the first time in premier league history that the top three teams are unbeaten at this stage of the season. manchester city now have a two point lead over liverpool and are four ahead of chelsea at the top of the the premier league, after they won the manchester derby 3—1. they were 2—0 up after 50 minutes with goals from david silva and sergio aguero. anthony martial scored a penalty for united, but a superb passing move was finished of by ilkay gundogan for his side's third. afterwards, manchester united managerjose mourinho explained why he thought city came out on top.

in a week where manchester city play their home three matches and we play three matches away. in a week where they enjoyed two 6—0, 6—1victories. relaxed, no pressure, no mental effort, everything nice and easy, and we played two matches away, difficult ones, where the second one was like a final for us. against one of the best teams in europe, a game that demanded from us everything we had to give, not just physically, but also mentally. samir nasri will undergo a medical at west ham — as he makes his return to football after an 18 month ban for doping. he was punished for using a intravenous drip which contained more nutrients than the limit allowed. the france international has formerly played for arsenal

and manchester city — and its understood he'lljoin west ham for six months — but can sign a proper contract from the first of january. the atp finals in london continue today with world number one novak djokovic due on court. his match againstjohn isner follows alexander zverev against marin cilic. yesterday, kei nishikori beat roger federer — he took the first set on a tie break and won the second 6—3. the format is round robin, so federer, who's won the end of year tournament six times, could still reach the final. there was pushing and shoving on and off the track as lewis hamilton won the brazilian grand prix. he's already reatined his world title. max verstappen was leading and on course for a superb win until he was taken out by esteban ocon, who was well behind in the race. hamilton took full advantage to take the win and guarantee merecedes the constructors title. verstappen was obviously not best pleased with ocon and after the race sought out the frenchman to shove him a few times in the weighing room.

as a result — he's been given two days public service by the sport's governing body. verstappen says he has no regrets. scotland have called up newcastle flanker gary graham for the rest of their autumn tests as an injury replacement for scarlets flanker blade thomson, who is recovering from a concussion. he was born in stirling and is the son of former scotland prop george graham. he had previously been picked for england's training squad this autumn, but has yet to receive an international cap. despite thrashing sri lanka in the first test last week, england still have some issues over the top of their batting order ahead of the second match on wednesday. there's still no confirmation thatjonny bairstow will be fit for selection. moeen ali failed twice at number three, and fellow batsman jos buttler says he'd be happy to bat in that position. i think the adaptability that trevor and joe talked about, being flexible with the order, it's a real strength. it has been a strength of the one—day side for a while, being able to be flexible

in the order and just because it is test match cricket, i don't think there are many egos in the side that need those defined roles. of course, you need a good balance of being settled, but i think it shows a good team environment and ethic that people are willing to play wherever is required of them. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including the women's t20 world cup, england have their second match later today. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you very much. let's return to the california wildfires, which are now known to have killed at least 31 people and are among the most devastating the state has ever experienced. 200 others are still unaccounted for and more than a quarter of a million people have been forced to leave their homes. one of them is eric bush, who was evacuated five days ago from the town of paradise in california. he told my colleague, carole walker,

that his family aren't aware yet of whether their home is among the thousands that have been destroyed. currently, we don't really know, because we haven't been able to go back. all we've been able to encounter are videos and pictures, but not clear evidence of what i have seen. i am currently staying at my friend's house and another evacuee is with me and his father snuck up and got pictures of what was of his house, sadly. and it's honestlyjust a devastating event to say the least. tell us about what happened when you were evacuated. at that stage, were the flames approaching? sadly. i wasn't even in the town during the time. my sister was sleeping and my dad was heading up to the town, because we were all in a different city, because i go to school in a town called chico, which is right next to it.

we got a call, i found out about it in second period of school that it was going ablaze. i was freaking out, calling my mom, calling my dad, didn't really get an answer. found out it was getting scary up there. i saw videos on facebook of my dad, i could see smoke billowing everywhere, fire everywhere. and also, my sister was on the news, because her video got shared and you could see fire on both sides of the streets, smoke everywhere. you really couldn't see anywhere. it was scary, and i wasn't even in there. so, it's really scary. and you are safe now and staying with friends, but what have you heard about when you might be adult to return to find out what's happened to your home? i haven't heard much, but all i know is that the national guard is up there now and most of paradise is evacuated. i know there have been casualties and a lot of people missing, but we haven't heard much

of when we can go back and see our house, our homes or anything. an investigation by the bbc‘s panorama programme has found the average rent arrears for council tenants on universal credit are 2.5 times higher than tenants who still receive the old housing benefit. the chancellor, philip hammond, announced extra money for universal credit in his budget last month, to counter warnings that moving onto the all—in—one benefit system could push people into extreme poverty. catrin nye reports. anthony smith lost his job a year ago and had to claim universal credit. he struggled with the online system and lost benefits for missing job centre appointments. i have just explained to you... he owes £4000 in rent to the council and is facing eviction. i've even looked for somewhere to live, and i've found a bridge. the only thing i'm not playing ball with is i can't work the computer. i'm left behind.

under the old system, housing benefit was paid directly to the council, but now it's paid direct to claimants like anthony as part of one single benefit, universal credit. anthony should then pay rent to the county council, but he's way behind, and so are others. we had a rent arrears position last year of 1.6 million. it's now £450,000 worse than it was then, and a large proportion of that is attributable to universal credit. panorama has discovered that across the uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind with their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that's more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the old system, paying rent direct to councils. the key point here is to make sure that people get support in terms of funding,

and that is why earlier this year we introduced a package worth £1.5 billion, which means anyone coming on to universal credit who is currently receiving housing benefit will get two weeks of extra money. critics argue much bigger changes are still needed. well, you can see that panorama investigation, the universal credit crisis, in full on bbc one tonight. the details for each region are on your screen now and it will also be available on bbc iplayer. hinkley point in somerset is the first nuclear power station to be built in the uk for more than two decades and will create over 25,000 jobs. construction is underway and by the time it's finished in 2025, it will have used 3 million tonnes of concrete. our business correspondent, victoria fritz, has been to visit the site of the new reactor. it's extraordinary to think that ten years ago, this was a field, this was a farmer's field and just the extent of the amount of work our business correspondent,

victoria fritz, has been to visit that has already been done on this project. the senior tech director here overseeing all the civil aviation is doctor sarah williamson. just let us know how difficult yourjob is when you come into work and you've got to organise a project of this magnitude! well, i wouldn't say difficult, it is certainly exciting. if you want to think about the scale of what we're doing here, construction site is one kilometre wide, two kilometres deep. what you can see behind us, this reinforcing steel, we will place over the course of the project 250,000 tonnes of that, so you may not know what a tonne is, it is about a weight of an elephant. that is 250,000 elephants. we then have got, if you look around, you can see some of the tower cranes, so if you're used to seeing construction sites, you will see one or two tower cranes, we will have 54 tower cranes spread across the entire project. and the world's biggest one coming next year? exactly, the world's biggest mobile crane will be arriving on site in the first quarter of next year. now that crane can lift 1000 tonnes at 100 metres. absolutely huge.

in addition, another interesting fact about the site, if anybody understands how many football pitches there are in london, we could fit every single one of them onto our project. so we've got a huge project to deliver here, and a massive responsibility, not just to the nuclear industry, but to the construction industry. if you don't know what it's like to live a time, imagine lifting an elephant instead! in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: prime minister under pressure — theresa may tries to get cabinet backing for a brexit withdrawal deal as labour say there could be another referendum. at least 31 people are dead and more than 200 missing as wildfires continue to sweep across california. a man believed in his 20s is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in a coffee shop in bowes road, north london. here's your business headlines:

the pound has been falling because of uncertainty over brexit — and a stronger dollar. theresa may is struggling to reach an agreement with ministers about how best to leave the eu. meanwhile, the dollar is on the up because of speculation about a possible rise in american interest rates. labour shortages are making it harder for firms to fill vacancies according to the body representing the hr industry. the cipd says the shortage is being worsened by a reversal in the number if migrants working in the uk — with the country becoming less attractive forforeign workers, as brexit approaches. the drinks company diageo has sold 19 brands to the amercian company sazerac — for £427 million pounds. that'll earn the company a windfall of £340 million which will be given back to shareholders through a share buy—back scheme. lets return to our top

business story this hour. the pound fell around 1 % in early trade today amid continuing concern about the likelihood of britain leaving the european union without a deal. theresa may is struggling to get her cabinet on board the so called chequers plan, a compromise agreement on the uk's future relationship with the eu after brexit. the pound is also struggling against a stronger dollar. earlier, yael selfin, from kpmg, explained why. we are still expecting a transitional period to be agreed by the end of march, but in the meantime, all the ups and downs of the negotiations are likely to impact the pound over the coming months. but at the same time, there is obviously other news and we have seen some flight to safety, as well as expectation over the rise in interest rates in the us. it is pushing the us dollar up against most major currencies.

and also some concerns in italy impacting the exchange rate between the pound and the euro. you know how the news is full of stories about everything moving online these days? well here's a story about a company, doing things rather differently. the online bank starling was set up in 2014 to only be available via its mobile app. but now its teaming up with the post office — to allow its online customers to go into branches to do things like deposit money. so it's expanding from online — into good old fashioned bricks and mortar. joining us now is anne boden, chief executive of starling bank. why have you made this move? we are the first mobile only bank to do the partnership with the post office, where our customers can go into a post office and do their everyday banking. we designed starling, so

you can do absolutely everything on your mobile phone. so you can conduct, open accounts, set up joint accounts, and then we had lots of customers coming to us and saying, they occasionally had cash and they would like to pay it in through the post office. so we listened to our customers and responded. is this to say we are moving towards a cashless society? we believe that digital is where the industry is going. we find our customers have a huge amount of insight from using their cards and electronic payments. but occasionally, you need to have a double document have a birthday present or you may need to pay in some cash, and we have the post office network to help us do that. 11,500 post offices in the uk, you're not far from them, 11,500 post offices in the uk, you're not farfrom them, so 11,500 post offices in the uk, you're not far from them, so every company mac customer can benefit. this will be more expensive for you, will this pass on to customers? we

hope to do it fairly. banks have been closing down because they are expensive. what we have is an economical system where we can use the branch networks of the post office to help our customers. the branch networks of the post office to help our customerslj speak office to help our customers.” speakfor a office to help our customers.” speak for a lot of people when i say that whenever you going to the post office, it is all was quite crowded. isn't this going to be yet another way of people getting delayed in the post office, if banking customers going as well? post offices are quite busy, they provide an excellent service. the post service is committed to keeping branches right across the country. branches and banks are closing, but the post office is out there serving customers. thank you forjoining us. the ftse losing some of its earlier gains —it had been on the rise because of the weakness of the pound — which helps exports. it is losing some of those games

now. the cost of crude has been on the rise — following comments by the saudi energy minister about a possible cut in production. british american tobacco continues to be under pressure — that's after reports that us authorities might ban menthol cigarettes — which are an important part of the company's business. that's all the business news. marathons often draw thousands of people who line the streets and show support for the runners. but this weekend's beirut marathon got crowds of a different sort — protestors trying to raise awareness of how survivors of rape are treated. using the hashtag "shame on who", they hoped to change attitudes within society — as lebo diseko reports. i will not run, i will face my rapist. the message from campaigners at the beirut marathon on sunday. dozens of activists, many dressed in black, lined the route with some even standing among the runners on the course. the campaign was organised

by a local ngo, with the aim of shifting the focus of who gets the blame for such crimes. translation: today's activities on the sidelines of the beirut international marathon are part of a week—long campaign called shame on who? which tries to shed light on the culture of blame that is placed on women who were raped. translation: today, i decided to face the rapist for every girl who has been subjected to sexual assault or rape. i'm also doing this to tell every boy and girl that they are able to confront their rapist and society and that it is not the girl's faults. according to activists, one quarter of women in lebanon have been sexually assaulted and they say that most cases go unreported. last year, the country's parliament scrapped a law that allowed rapists to go free if they married their victims. but the issue of rape is still taboo. these protesters hope their actions will encourage new conversations and ultimately, a change in attitude. telling white lies about your age

is not an uncommon practise on dating websites but one man from holland is taking his search for romance a little further. emile ratelband — who's a motivational speaker by day, is trying to legally change his age from 69 to 49. he's attempting to move his birthday from 11 march 1949 to 11 march 1969. earlier he spoke to victoria derbyshire. my doctor says i have a biological age of 42, so he has put it on paper. i said, ok, why am i not that age? so i want to be that age, 49, i want to be 49. what can't you do at 69 that you can do at 49? we have high unemployment in holland, all those people who are unemployed are above 55. so when you are above 55, you cannot get a job. but you are not unemployed?

of course not. so that's not the reason? if i want to buy a house, i can't get a mortgage anymore. have you got a mortgage now? i have a mortgage, but if i want to change house, it isn't possible, because i am too old. so in myjob, many people say, you are almost 70, how can you speak the language of people of 25? you are an old man. i say i am not an old man, i am a wise man. but i always had to defend myself and lie about my age. i don't want to do that, so i want to legalise it. why do you have to lie about your age? people say they don't believe what i say. they say i look younger than i am, but i have to lie to them. you have compared this to transgender people, why? we can travel wherever we want, change our names and we can also change our gender. so why can i not change my age?

does he have a point? i am flabbergasted. i started thinking i would be sympathetic, but i am less sympathetic, the more i listen to this. i thought we were talking about discrimination here. age discrimination? yes, and perhaps in holland, you have less robust laws. but you have a job. it comes back again and again to you saying it is a choice. it is not a choice, you're talking about something that is physiological, it is well recognised. some people would love... i don't agree. some people would love to retire early. i went to a shrink and he said i might suffer from peter pan complex, so he examined me and said, you don't have the peter pan complex. that means that you cannot accept you're getting older. so he said i might have another complex, are you aware of what is going to happen to you? so he examined me again and said, you are fully aware

of what you are doing. so it is my feeling, it is your feeling when you are a man, you had the feeling you wanted to be a woman. it's ok. and i have the feeling i want to be younger, it is my feeling. i respect you, you respect me. stormy skies across the uk, southern cou nty stormy skies across the uk, southern county dublin and has seen some heavy and thundery rain. also wales and the north—west of england. here's a scene from cornwall, a beautiful rainbow out to see earlier today. western areas have had relentless showers, because they are tied in with the weather feature thatis tied in with the weather feature that is wrapping around the area of low pressure that is setting the tone for us at the moment. to the rest of this afternoon, showers will continue feeding in, into the

evening as well. so a soggy story for many of us at the end of today. the driest and brightest in northern scotla nd the driest and brightest in northern scotland and eastern counties of england. it is mild wherever you are, highs of 13 or 14 degrees. as i said, the showers will battle on through this evening, heavier ones affecting southern england. perhaps affecting southern england. perhaps a few grazing into the midlands for a few grazing into the midlands for a time. wales and the north—west of england getting some heavy rain. we showers in northern ireland, and in the end of the night, they become confined to northern england and southern scotland. much drier to the south, even by the end of the night. a mild night, lows of 5—8 degrees. on tuesday, the promise of a much drier day than today. still quite breezy, but there will be some pleasa nt breezy, but there will be some pleasant sunshine and it should be relatively mild. we start off with the showers where we left them at the showers where we left them at the end of the night, across northern england and southern scotland. but, as you can see, as the hours go by, they thin out and die away. by lunchtime, a dry picture for almost all of us. the

odd isolated shower in the pistol channel and wales. the afternoon is looking promising on the whole, but some high cloud will drift into the west ahead of our next weather system that will be with us on wednesday. this is how it is looking on the bigger picture. the system will bring some rain into the early hours of wednesday into northern ireland and opening them. during wednesday, it looks like scotland will bear the brunt of the wet weather as things gradually start to clear from the south. but a wet story through wednesday for the north—west of scotland. further south, a lot of mild air getting pulled in. to 16 degrees in belfast, even with some cloud, 15 in london. i was story for the rest of the week is for the fine weather in association with high pressure to extend further north across the uk. it squashes those fronts away to the north, some rain trying to get into the north—west, but overall, by friday, the high pressure will be bringing dry weather to the majority of the uk. once the hype comes to

stay, it will stay with us into the weekend and even into next week. we will be talking about a lot of fine weather, but perhaps some lingering cloud and patches of fog. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm rebecca jones. today at 2pm. a couple who named their baby after adolf hitler are found guilty of being members of banned terrorist group national action. there rubbish hasn't changed. they are seeking violent extremes and they are seeking to wage a race war on the streets of the united kingdom. pressure intensifies on theresa may to get backing for her brexit plan. opponents sayjudgement day is coming for the cabinet. you must do more. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt visits saudi arabia — to urge leaders to co—operate with the investigation into the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katherine.