good morning, welcome to breakfast. i'm charlie stayt, here in westminster, where the prime minister is warning of difficult days ahead. after reaching an agreement with her cabinet, theresa may said it was her deal, no deal, or no brexit. and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom. during five hours of talks, several members of the cabinet opposed the prime minister's plan, and she'll face tough questions from mps this morning. we'll pick out the key parts of the 585 page document and find out where we go from here. the chancellor was straight on the phone to business leaders after that cabinet meeting last night. what do they make of this brexit deal? i'm live in the city of london getting reaction. also this morning: more than 100 people remain missing

as more victims of the california wildfires are discovered. the queen praises prince charles as "his own man, passionate and creative" as he celebrates his 70th birthday. in sport, wayne rooney will wear the ca ptain‘s armband and the number 10 shirt when he makes his farewell appearance for england at wembley tonight. good morning. it is quite a grey start today with some low cloud, mist and fog. sunny spells will develop, though. we have some rain in the west of northern ireland and western scotland. i will have more inis western scotland. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, november 15. our top story: in the next few hours, theresa may will head here, to the commons, as she makes the case for her plan for brexit. yesterday, during a tense five—hour meeting at downing street, the prime minister did manage to reach an agreement with her cabinet. but there was opposition from some of her own ministers,

and she'll face tough questions this morning from mps of all parties. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has this report, which does contain some flash photography. last night the prime minister maintained a fragile unity around the cabinet table. there was what was described as a collective agreement on the proposed deal with brussels. but some around this table expressed concerns. the prime minister herself gave a strong hint of how the discussions had gone. the cabinet has just had a long, detailed and impassioned debate on the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration on our future relationship with the european union. these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the national interest. but not all of her mps agreed. some brexiteers have been discussing whether to try to oust her. while this long—standing leave campaigner wants his fellow conservatives to reject her deal. and theresa may's usual allies, the dup, aren't happy

with the specific proposals providing a hard broader on the island of ireland. the party's leader, arlene foster, had what was described as a frank meeting with the prime minister last night. it certainly doesn't appear that we would be able to support it because it breaches the red line in terms of having differences between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom, in terms of regulation. obviously, we would still be in the customs union as well and we cannot have that. and all that is before we have even reached the official opposition. labour are making it clear they won't throw the prime minister a political lifeline. i do not believe that the deal that i have heard of so far is in the national interest. it does not meet the needs of all parts of britain. it doesn't give us a security of our trading relationship with europe in the future through a permanent customs union in which we have a say. the prime minister admits there will be difficult days ahead. she may need to draw heavily on her reservoir of resilience

if she is to seal a final brexit deal. iain watson, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is with me now. good morning. the first thing we will say is things that haven't happened. after she came out of number ten last night, people said, will there be resignations? the answer? no, we were on resignation watch yesterday. the indication was huge and happiness in the team after the marathon cabinet meeting, hours and hours in number ten, there was a fear that some ministers could walk away rather than being prepared to support the deal. in the event it didn't happen. that doesn't mean there was not much opposition in number ten. there was noisy opposition. the feeling is cabinet ministers begrudgingly accepted what was on offer. it doesn't mean that

the threat of resignation has gone away. we still have the statement today from theresa may in the commons. there is plenty of opposition from backbenchers and there could be one or two cabinet ministers prepare to walk. many hurdles remain. the first of which will be presenting what she has to the commons and then of course looking to the vote. that line that many people are picking on from the statement outside number ten, this deal, no deal or no brexit at all. it sounds rather different from what we have heard from theresa may in the past when she said consistently that no deal is better than a bad deal. now it seems to suggest she is thinking they need to back this, the brexiteers don't like it, she says you will risk brexit if you oppose the deal, to remainers, you know, we are not happy with the detail, she has said the alternative is no deal. now the fight really starts here. there will be a proven and brussels. there will be a proven and brussels. the formalities of organising a

summit with the eu leaders to sign off on the fact that there has been an agreement. the real battles will be in westminster over the next few weeks with the vote that comes, it will be a question of numbers to see who she can win over on the backbenches. thank you for the moment. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is at a coffee shop in newry, northern ireland, which is close to the border with the republic. huge implications of what we know so far at about the northern ireland and the republic. tell us what you are hearing. yes, here in newry, just a few miles from the border, is where the issues around brexit that feel especially real and for many months now people have been wondering how the government would solve the riddle of the brexit negotiations, how to keep trade flowing across the land border with the irish republic and between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. the focus in the draft agreement has been on securing the backstop plan to guarantee there would never

be checks on the land border even if the eu and ridge come up with a free—trade deal that would mean they are not necessary anyway. what that agreement contains is a backstop proposal which means that in essence northern ireland would continue to follow european rules on goods, the rules of the single market, and that means that there would have to be checks on goods coming to northern ireland from the rest of the uk, not in the other direction, that is something that has made the government's parliamentary allies the democratic unionist party unhappy and it looks like they will vote against this deal. for the moment, thank you very much, we will be back throughout the morning as well. that document will be trying —— that document, we will be looking through those 585 papers. more on brexit, including a look ahead to what happens in the coming months, later in the programme. but for now, let's join steph in the studio for the day's other news. charlie, thank you very much. see you later on. let's look at the

other stories this morning. a man's due in court later charged with the murder of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh was found stabbed to death near southampton sports centre injuly. stephen—alan nicholson, who's 2a, is also accused of rape. a total of 56 people are known to have died in the california fires. a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. when it seems like everything has been turned to ash, the task of finding human remains is as painstaking as it is painful. and then there is the delicate signs of trying to identify the lies that we re trying to identify the lies that were lost. there are now more than 400 ex pert personnel combing through the town of paradise. several of the dead found on wednesday were within buildings, while others were trapped in cars.

128 abandoned vehicles have now been total way. we may not know the final death toll for many weeks as the process of identification is so difficult. and then there is the question of what to do when a town of population of 27,000 is almost totally destroyed. after official shelters began to overflow, this impromptu area was set up at a walmart in a neighbouring town. staffed entirely by volunteers. initially the evacuation centres got full and people from up in paradise we re full and people from up in paradise were literally coming down and staying in their cars. does it feel good to help people who really need your help? yes, it was sad when they lost their house, but it is good because we are helping them. this enormous relief effort began with simply one shopp|ng enormous relief effort began with simply one shopping trolley full of clothes. then a food truck arrived, then more and more and more. incredible generosity for the people who have had their lives upended by

this fire. but of course it is only a temporary measure. so we are in for a very difficult time. this will never be the same. i can assure you that everyone in california is going to do their best. president trump did call mejust a to do their best. president trump did call me just a few minutes ago and he has pledged the full resources of the federal government. that assistance has not yet been felt by people like anna anderson who is here with her two children. felt by people like anna anderson who is here with her two childrenlj am who is here with her two children.” am still part of paradise and i know we will rebuild. i know my community, my neighbours. i know that we will. in the interim between that we will. in the interim between that hope that we can have federal aid to help with all of that so that we can survive until we can get back, until we can rebuild houses, the town. are more than 13,000 eva cu ees the town. are more than 13,000 evacuees staying at these shelters have shown incredible resilience and courage. now what they need is the support to move on. staff shortages in the nhs

in england are set to more than double by 2030 according to three leading think tanks. researchers from the kings fund, nuffield trust and the health foundation are warning of a shortfall of almost 250,000 staff. they say that workforce challenges are now a "greater threat to health services than funding challenges". a pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to marie antoinette before her beheading during the french revolution, has sold at auction for a record price of nearly £28 million. it had been expected to fetch up to 1.5 million. the pendant was among ten items of herjewellery which smashed pre—sale estimates at an auction in geneva. iam glad i am glad that was being held

carefully. the queen has described the prince of wales as "a dedicated and respected heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history". she was speaking at a party for his 70th birthday at the palace yesterday. prince charles celebrated with inspirational people who also turned 70 this year. it makes me wonder what he got for his birthday. what would you buy him? what did the queen get him? i would love to know that.” him? what did the queen get him? i would love to know that. i watched a documentary about that. i think something for his garden. he is a keen gardener. like a new shovel. i am not sure he does that. i think he does quite a bit of work in the garden. maybe a tree to plant. he likes his orchard. yes, good point. so, talking cricket. we are talking cricket. it is hot in sri lanka. despite england taking an early wicket, it's sri lanka who are taking control on day two of the second test. moeen ali got the wicket but since then the home side have

moved to 127 for 2. in fact, i can tell you that england have taken in fact, i can tell you that england have ta ken another wicket in fact, i can tell you that england have taken another wicket thanks to a ben stokes run out, so now it is 127-3. wayne rooney will be given the captain's armband and wear the famous number ten shirt when he comes on for his final appearance for england at wembley this evening. manchester city defender benjamin mendy has had knee surgery. it's not a repeat of the cruciate injury he suffered last season. no timescale yet on when he'll return. novak djokovic marches on at the world tour finals in london. the world number one comfortably saw off the challenge of alex zverev and is through to the semi—finals. it is really interesting that we have been chatting about wayne rooney not playing, wearing the shirt, not wearing the shirt, it turns out he will, and the captain's armband. if he comes on. which he will. yes. it will happen. and you

will. yes. it will happen. and you will be with us for the papers. yes. the big story today is brexit. we have charlie in london getting all of the reaction. unsurprisingly it is on all of the front pages. there is on all of the front pages. there is only one story in town this morning. the express has a picture of the prime minister outside downing street after that long cabinet meeting, five hours, with the headline "it's my deal or no brexit". the guardian says up to 11 cabinet members have spoken out against the deal, and points out that cabinet split is reflected in the wider tory party and the nation as a whole. the mirror has this striking headline, and claims the prime minister has "squared up" to her opponents, warning them to back her or face the possibility of a no—deal brexit, or even no brexit at all. and, finally, the sun makes it clear it's less than happy with theresa may's plan. they quote both brexiteers and remainers saying it's the "worst of both worlds". asi

as i say, we will go back to charlie shortly after the weather to find out more about what went on in that meeting and what it means for all of us. meeting and what it means for all of us. we have ben in the city and various other people around the country telling us what is on the. what is in a sport pages? do you know what? no brexit. quite a lot of by. know what? no brexit. quite a lot of rugby. i want to show you this in the sun this morning. after the england game against new zealand, calling this guy propzilla. england are beingjapan calling this guy propzilla. england are being japan this weekend and he said, i heard somebody‘s ribs crack on which is nice. how much he loves the physicality and the violence, the physicality and the violence, the controlled violent of rugby. eddiejones is telling the england players they have got to smashjapan at twickenham. that would put me

off. if i heard somebody‘s ribs crack. i am not condoning violence in any way at all. on a more delicate note, england are preparing for the rugby world cup that she is a bit —— are learning aboutjapan. squad rotation, sushi for tea and learning to cope with the time differences that will affect them when they play the world cup. interestingly, that is a selection of the players who will be playing forjapan. they of the players who will be playing for japan. they have of the players who will be playing forjapan. they have gone abroad for lots of their players, trying to develop the new generation coming through. thinker and much, see you ina bit. through. thinker and much, see you in a bit. —— thank you very much. here's carol with the weather. this morning is a mild start for much of us, currently 14.9 celsius, pretty mild. today's forecast is mild. reining in it, cross northern

ireland and western scotland, were of low cloud, some patchy fog, some mist, that will lift and it will brighten up. you can see why we have got the rain, we have a weather front towards the west, look at those isobars, windy across the north, breezy across the south. with the lack of reasonable sum of this low cloud will be slow to lift and clear. you can expect it anywhere down towards dorset and point east. it will lift in parts, we will start to see sunshine coming through and the rain will advance eastwards across northern ireland and western scotland. into the afternoon, counties south of the m4 corridor are prone to hang on to some of this cloud. there is a move north through wales east anglia into the north of england, we could see it racked up and sunshine. the rain continuing across northern ireland and western scotland, somewhere around the murray firth, like yesterday could have temperatures as high as extreme, perhaps slightly more.

yesterday it reached 16.8. generally, these are the temperatures, 12— 15. very windy with exposure towards the west. through this evening overnight, the band through this evening overnight, the ba nd eve nts through this evening overnight, the band events is eastwards, fizzling, with the south—west wind we will importa with the south—west wind we will import a lot of cloud across england and wales and once again some patchy fog in there and missed as well. —— mist. the temperatures again in double figures, unusualforthis the temperatures again in double figures, unusual for this time of year. tomorrow we start off with all of this cloud, tomorrow will be a cloudy day generally than today. the cloudy day generally than today. the cloud will thicken up for the odd spot of drizzle and we will seek rates to the north of any hills, in parts of wales. the lion ‘s share of the sunshine tomorrow will be across north—east scotland and the northern isles topic one thing we notice is temperatures will come down touch. as we had from friday into saturday, the wind moves across this area of

high pressure clockwise, coming in from the south—east. it will be quite breezy and that will be an nudged down in the temperatures. 0n saturday, not a bad day at all. dry weather, sunshine, bit more cloud across northern ireland. temperature ten and 11. heading onto something, what of sunshine after a frosty start. these temperatures continue to sink as we head on into monday. carol, thank you very much going, going back to our main story. the prime minister will be waking up after a long night of talks with her cabinet, who have approved a draft brexit deal. so what happens next? today, theresa may will give a statement in the house of commons on this draft agreement. then according to the irish prime minister,

leo varadkar, there will be an emergency summit of eu leaders on the 25th of november. if that goes to plan, there'll be a week of debate in the house of commons and a parliamentary vote in december. anand menon, director of the independent research group ‘uk in a changing europe', joins me now. a very good morning to you. what has changed between yesterday and today is people like you and all of us have access to those 585 pages. have you had a look as mac i have had a look, i have skimmed the document. it is as people have expected. we have some into get our teeth into. sequence of events this morning is theresa may will come to the of commons. politically, what are the difficult areas around this? there are two opposing sets of difficulties. 0n the brexit side there are lots of things the european research group will not like. let's go through each of these. looks and smells like a

customs union, explained that. in the document they talk about the joint customs territory. theresa may has long promised we will be leaving the customs union, at first blush what is in this document looks an awful lot like a customs union and what that means is that it will be very ha rd what that means is that it will be very hard for the uk to sign its independent trade deals, which is a central plank to the brexit deal. which many were saying we will be free to do deals with the rest of the world and anything in the way of that will be a problem. absolutely. this customs arrangement will get in the way of that because we will still be collecting the eu tariff on our border and will be unable to set different tariffs. to you think as a result of that dramatic walkout in number ten, saying that the draft agreement, cabinet has given the go—ahead, do you think has been a balance shift and the positive comments that are coming out from the european leaders as well?”

would say two things. firstly, if you think back to that chequers document, the last brexit document, it took two or three days for boris johnson to resign over that. let's wait and see what happens. i do think there will be a mood shift when you get to that european council meeting. for the first time in this process, theresa may will emerge with other european leaders, if they signed this off, on the same side of the argument. i suspect this leaders will be lined up to come out in supporting the deal. i suspect the pound will strengthen on the signing of this deal. so, the optics change. i am signing of this deal. so, the optics change. iam not signing of this deal. so, the optics change. i am not saying that will be enough to get this through parliament because she faces a rocky ride, but i certainly think the prime and as the place is right she can build up momentum. can i get your thoughts on the language she used last night. 0ne your thoughts on the language she used last night. one of the phrases she used," we have this deal, we have no deal, or no brexit at all was quite. what do you make of that? this speaks to the divisions in

parliament. when the government whips are talking to brexiteers, what they will be saying is, look, this isn't perfect but you either get this deal, but if you vote it down there is a danger of another referendum or no brexit at all. when government whips are talking to remain minded mps, they will say this isn't perfect, if you vote it down, the danger is we leave with no deal at all. they are tailoring arguments to audiences of. thank you very much and congratulations for even looking through the document. we will be here throughout the morning this morning, speaking to one of the cabinet ministers that was in that five—hour marathon this today. a lot of talk about the atmosphere, who is four and who is against. we will find out a little later on. thank you very much charlie. it is 6:24am. half of all deaths that happen on british roads occur on the same ten % of the highway network, according to research out today. the report by the road safety

foundation highlights the most dangerous places to drive, so our reporter graham satchell has been to visit one of them in kent to find out more. keep watching and this happens again and again and again. a crossroads in the small village of horsemen intent, six crashes in the year. is this bad driving or is it a dangerous road ? this bad driving or is it a dangerous road? a different road in kent, between ramsgate and margate. according to a report out today, it is the most dangerous road in britain. there were 21 fatal and serious crashes here in two years. waiting for us at the end of the road in margate, the author of two—day's report. road in margate, the author of two-day's report. susie charming. a complex environment, tricky junctions, vehicles moving at 30, 40, 50 junctions, vehicles moving at 30, 40,50 mph around junctions, vehicles moving at 30, 40, 50 mph around pedestrians and cyclists. if they are struck by a vehicle at those speeds, that will be truly serious. the road from

ramsgate to margate, shown here in black, is part of an intra— map wished with today's report showing the country ‘s most dangerous roads. the number of people killed on the road, almost 1800, has stayed roughly the same as 2010. back in horsemen and another crash. roughly the same as 2010. back in horsemen and another crashm wasn't even that moment where you could race for impact. as i, round the bend, yeah. yeah, straight. david's van was written off and the crash has left him shaken. it has definitely had a lasting impact on. if the accident had borne any different we may not have walked away from that and me being the sole breadwinner of my family, it is a major concern. in the village, locals having tried to work out why so many drivers are going straight over thisjunction. one of so many drivers are going straight over this junction. one of the strongest theories is that it might be something to do with the modern use of saturn ads on phone. it

doesn't show you crossroads, itjust shows it as a straight line. i think people are mistaking that for telling them what the priority is. after a long campaign, the local authority make changes, will stop signs and different coral at road services and there be no accidents since. listen to this from kent cou nty since. listen to this from kent county council stop it be clearly is a dangerous road from the data, however it can be affected by the people driving along it. roads don't kill people, it is these drivers are and driving behaviour. so is it bad driving and satellite navigation is, or is it road layouts's as well as identify the country ‘s most dangerous roads, the report looks at the most improved, like the a 161 in yorkshire. in 2011—13, there were 13 fatal and serious crashes here, between 2014—16, there was just one after significant investment and rerouting. all road deaths are ultimately prevent. he our engineers know what they are doing, they know how to fix these problems and we

just need to find that centralised funding so that they can do that. just need to find that centralised funding so that they can do that] for transport of us they are spending £100 million to tackle the most dangerous roads in england, but campaigners say it isn't enough. lies will continue to be lost unless more money is made available. graham satchell, bbc news. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm geeta pendse. part of new cross has been cordoned off this morning as police continue to investigate, after 2 men were found with slash wounds. it happened on new cross road at just after three o'clock. the met say the men were in their 20's and their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. no arrests have been made. the family of a man from north london found dead in ibiza in august have launched a crowd—funding

campaign to pay for legal costs to search for answers surrounding his death. 24 year—old anwaar lahrichi—greenwood from edmonton was found in the water at san antonio port. an investigation by spanish police concluded he died from misadventure. but after speaking to witnesses, his family believe he was attacked and hit over the head. high levels of air pollution in london is restricting lung development in children according to a new study. it tested 2,000 children and found those exposed to diesel dominated air pollution showed signs of poor lung capacity. researchers suggest this could put them at risk of lifelong breathing disorders. they also found although air quality has improved, but more needs to be done. a 5—star hotel in soho is appealing for information after a 6—foot tall gorilla statue was stolen from its roof. is understood two men dressed as builders scaled a hotel and made off with it ten days ago. the 160

kilograms primate said to be worth more than £20,000. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes that this morning. traffic on the age 13 is building westbound heading out of date in into barking. to the south of purley, the a20 two godstone rd is blocked following a collision with delays between purley and kenley stations. in westminster, bridge street remains closed until mid—december for ongoing security works, with westminster bridge closed west down to all traffic except buses and taxis. here is the weather. hello, good morning stolle plenty of sunshine around yesterday but we may have to wait until saturday to see the sunshine again. today is going to bea the sunshine again. today is going to be a rather grey affair, and mr, merck and low cloud around and that will persist for much of the rest of the day, but at least it is mild for november, certainly a mild part of the morning. watch out on some of

the morning. watch out on some of the roads for myst and patches of fog. that will lift into low cloud as we had driven morning. the best of any brightness is likely to be towards north—western areas of the capital, quite the cloudy, dull day. averages of 15, maybe 16 celsius with a light southerly breeze. 0vernight tonight, we are continuing to get that feed of aryan from the south, once more it is likely to be a dull start of the day. low cloud and myst, fog around but again it is being miles of it tomorrow again, another cloudy day, that myst and fog really quite slow to clear through the morning, staying mild and turning cooler over the weekend but they should be more sunshine around and distinguish cold into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: ben's in the heart of london to find out how

the business community are reacting to the draft brexit agreement. sir david attenborough's new series dynasties continues on bbc one this weekend. i'll bejoined by two people involved in making the latest episode about penguins. and after 9am, we'll be remembering cilla black's best—loved songs with her son robert and singer rebecca ferguson. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. in the next few hours, theresa may will head to the commons, as she makes the case for her plan for brexit. yesterday during a tense five—hour meeting at downing street, the prime minister did manage to reach an agreement with her cabinet. but there was opposition from some of her own ministers, and she'll face tough questions this morning from mps of all parties. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has called it a bad deal. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said the prime minister's draft brexit text would be a bad deal for the country.

this, from what i know of it, it is not a good dealfor scotland. it would take scotland out of the single market, which would be bad enoughin single market, which would be bad enough in and of itself, but it would do so while leaving us competing for investment in jobs with northern ireland, which would effectively stay in the single market. that would be the worst of all possible worlds for scotland. eight more bodies have been found in the town of paradise in northern california, which was destroyed by a wildfire last week. a total of 56 people are now known to have died there, but a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. the director of the us emergency agency says the town will need a "total rebuild" that will take several years. staff shortages in the nhs in england are set to more than double by 2030 according to three leading think tanks. researchers from the kings fund, nuffield trust and the health foundation are warning of a shortfall of almost 250,000 staff. they say that workforce challenges are now a "greater threat to health services than funding challenges". a department of health spokesperson said workforce planning will be at the heart of the nhs

long—term plan. a bbc investigation has revealed that authorities made more than 46,000 calls to schools in england and wales in the last year, to inform them about domestic abuse incidents. 0peration encompass allows police and councils to contact schools if a young person has witnessed abuse. emma glasbey has more. kirsty is only 14 but she has being through trauma that is hard to imagine. her mother was abused by a violent partner. in 2016, natalie hemming was murdered, beaten to death whilst her children slept upstairs. now kirsty lives with her aunt, in west yorkshire. she wants children who experience domestic abuse to be given

as much help as possible, including at school. when you go through something like that, you need the support and you need someone to talk to and someone to help you. it distracted me all the time. and it would, like, keep me up at night, meaning i was tired the next day in school. there is a growing awareness of the damage done to individuals... this is a police training session about 0peration encompass. it is a system that means police will contact the school before 9am to let them know if a child has been exposed to domestic abuse. it may be they have come without homework, because actually, if there has been an incident the night before, you are not going to be able to sit and do your homework. they may not have come with having had their breakfast at school. they may welljust be anxious. the bbc has bee ngiven information by 17 police forces in england and wales. they have revealed school were alerted to domestic abuse at the homes of children more than 46,500 times over the past year.

kirstie is now training to be an domestic abuse ambassador at her school so she can support other young people and understand what they are going through. emma glasbye, bbc news, west yorkshire. a pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to marie antoinette before her beheading during the french revolution, has sold at auction for a record price of nearly £28 million. you can have a look at it here. it had been expected to fetch up to £1.5 million. the pendant was among ten items of her jewellery which smashed pre—sale estimates at an auction in geneva. the queen has described the prince of wales as "a dedicated and respected heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history". she was speaking at a party for his 70th birthday at the palace yesterday. prince charles celebrated with inspirational people who also turned 70 this year. that would be quite an invite to

get. do you want to celebrate your 70th with prince charles? defo, yes please. you ak on your own? it is a little bit lonely. —— argue 0k please. you ak on your own? it is a little bit lonely. —— argue ok on your own. i thought i could keep you company. england have wrestled back control of the second test in sri lanka on day two. the home side had been making good progress but ben stokes has changed things, starting with this brilliant bit of fielding to get a run—out. he's since taken a catch to leave sri lanka on 136 forfour. isn't it fab how things can change. just a bit of brilliance. he is the man to do it. it's a sight many fans thought they'd never see again, but tonight wayne rooney will be wearing an england shirt. manager gareth southgate's also confirmed he'll be given the armband when he comes on as a substitute in the friendly with the united states. rooney had retired from international football last year but will tonight win his 120th cap

to honour what the fa calls his "record—breaking international career". it is very important to all of us as a group that he gets the right sort of sendoff. you know, we had good discussions about that with the senior players in particular. and they are very clear. when you look at this sort of situation as a player you project forward and you look at how people are going to be treated. and there is enormous respect within this team for all of ourformer players. and respect within this team for all of our former players. and they want to make sure that this experience is a really good one for wayne and his family. there's a big game also taking place in dublin tonight, where northern ireland are up against the republic of ireland. the match is a friendly, but northern ireland captain steven davis says both sides will be desperate to win. it is like playing the home nations, there is going to be that edge to

there is going to be that edge to the game. it will be at game that both teams are desperate to come out and geta both teams are desperate to come out and get a result. especially for the results for both teams. it is an important game for both teams. there will be real determination to get the result and take it back home up the result and take it back home up the road. fulham's new boss claudio ranieri has said hes confident he can keep them in the premier league. the italian, who famously guided leicester city to the premier league title in 2016, has replaced slavisa jokanovic and has signed a multi—year deal. fulham are currently bottom of the league with just five points from their opening 12 matches. manchester city defender benjamin mendy has had knee surgery. it's not a repeat of the cruciate injury he suffered last season, it's the other knee this time. no timescale yet on when he'll return. novak djokovic has beaten alexander zverev at the atp tour finals in london. the world number one won in straight sets 6—4, 6—1 to qualify for the semi—finals. djokovic is looking for a first atp finals title since 2015. former world number two agnieska radwanska has

annoucned her retirement from tennis. she reached the wimbledon final in 2012 but was beaten by serena williams. she says at the age of 29 and after 13 years of competitve tennis, her body can't live up to her expectations anymore. british olympic show jumper tim stockdale has died aged 54, just a month after being diagnosed with cancer. stockdale represented team gb at the beijing olympics in 2008, narrowly missing out on a medal by finishing fourth in the team event. he also regularly worked as a bbc equestrian pundit. and finally, have a look at this bit of quick thinking at an ice hockey match in america. this is new york islanders forward tom kuhnhackl scoring a goal against the vancouver canucks while he was on the floor with his back turned, and not even looking at the goal.

i bet he couldn't believe that. you just have to have a go. it proves that point you have to go to the end. never stop playing. even when you are down. come on, keep going. thank you. returning to our top story now, and the subject of brexit. the draft agreement agreed last night by cabinet. 585 pages. i wonder how many charlie has got through at westminster. that is why we rely on others to do that kind of detailfor we rely on others to do that kind of detail for us. we rely on others to do that kind of detailfor us. we will we rely on others to do that kind of detail for us. we will talk more about some of the exact detail. that is what is so different about today. those 585 pages have been released. people can read them. so let's take you what happens next after the drama of the cabinet meeting last

night. theresa may will come to the commons to present her findings and the basis of the deal to all mps. it will be a really significant moment happening later this morning. first, let's go back to 7:15pm last night when the prime minister emerged from number ten with news of a cabinet meeting. i firmly believe it was the best that we could negotiate and it is the time to move on with the talks. the choices before us were difficult, particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop. but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration. this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalise the deal in the days ahead. these decisions were not taken lightly. i believe it is a decision thatis

lightly. i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the national interest. when you strip away the detail, the choice before us is clear. this deal, which delivers on the vote of the referendum, which brings back control of our money, laws and borders, ends free movement, protects jobs, security and ourunion, or movement, protects jobs, security and our union, or leave with no deal or no brexit at all. it is interesting, the very difficult issues and times that lie ahead, a lot of them centred around northern ireland and the republic. you will be well familiar with the arguments. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is at a coffee shop in newry. good morning. iwant good morning. i want to draw attention to one of the lines from theresa may. i firmly attention to one of the lines from theresa may. ifirmly believe in my head and heart this is in the best interests of the entire uk. it is significant the terminology she is using. what problems do you see that lie ahead? here in northern ireland,

not everyone of course agrees on whether brexit is a good idea at all. in particular people will be arguing over the nature of how a ha rd arguing over the nature of how a hard border on the island of ireland could be agreed, so in the agreement when there was the backstop so if there is no trade agreement between there is no trade agreement between the uk and the eu, which means checks are not necessary, then there has to be a guarantee that there are no checks under any circumstances. the idea in essence is under the circumstances where there is no trade deal they would have to be checks on goods coming from the rest of the uk into northern ireland because northern ireland follow european rules in moving the goods. joining me at the owner of the cafe, graham finnegan, thank you for getting up early for us. what are your thoughts on where we stand? we have the backstop, it is temporary, but at least normality will be restored in the border regions of northern ireland. 0ne

restored in the border regions of northern ireland. one of the things about business and economy, for people in the border regions, we are concerned about going back 30 years and seeing the customs outposts, the physical barriers between the north and the south. we have had it so goodin and the south. we have had it so good in the eu since the good friday agreement and the european union, but we just want normality to remain and we don't want to see that past coming back. so you think the backstop and the draft text, this guarantee there will not be a hard border, is a step in the right direction? it is a step in the right direction, although theresa may seems to be using her language to sort of barter with the brexiteers and different groups. there is that option of no brexit. you know what i mean? the public know what brexit will look like. we should vote on what we know now instead of what we did not know two years ago. good to

hear your thoughts. more later on. for business people like graham, brexit has been a huge topic of conversation. i have the draft agreement. the questions over what it means are just beginning. thank you, back with you in a moment. adam fleming is in brussels. we have asked you to do this, to summarise things in a short space of time. if you had to give me a summary of how this deal has been responded to by the rest of europe, what would you say? looking at the tweets from eu leaders who waited in last night, on one hand they are relieved that this agreement has been agreed for the moment. they are a little bit capacious about the fa ct a little bit capacious about the fact that it has not to go through the parliament if it is going to stick and they are worried about that. right now, michel barnier, the chief negotiator, is seen donald task, the man who chairs at summit of eu leaders and in about 15

minutes we will hear from donald, he will call an extraordinary extra brexit summit, the smart money on thatis brexit summit, the smart money on that is to be on sunday, the 25th of november, where the eu leaders travel to brussels to sign off on the agreement. behind the scenes, all of the officials from the member state are looking at folders like this, reading the 585 page epic withdrawal agreement with their lawyers to work out what has been negotiated in their name. i don't think they will buy it no questions asked, iam think they will buy it no questions asked, i am already hearing a few member states who want to check out details, are not 100% happy with it. will get more insight into that next week when ministers come to brussels to talk about it. the other thing thatis to talk about it. the other thing that is happening is another document doing the rounds, an outline of the political declaration

which will sketch out the shape of the future relationship. it is just an outline, six and a half pages, quite vague and a lockable points. in the next couple of days this will be fleshed out into a much more detailed document which will lay out the blueprint for the entire future relationship between the uk and the eu. that would not renegotiate a properly until after brexit. as for me, i spent all night reading this, loads of stuff in it but it will be months, maybe years, before it sinks in properly. do come in an ice cream folder? no. i have got this in the stationery cupboard and one of my collea g u es stationery cupboard and one of my colleagues sprinted out the whole thing and it took ages. —— printed. we would chat you later, thank you for that. that appears to be the date for your diary, an unlikely event, but that special meeting sunday 25th of november, that will be another of the very significant

date in this long process. we are at westminster throughout the morning this morning, but right now it is tried —— time to get the weather. thank you, for many of us, a mild to the day but for many of us it is a grey start with low cloud, mist and patchy fog. it will brighten up through the day. in addition, we have a weather front to the west producing rain across northern ireland and western scotland, moving east to the day. you can see through the isobars it will be windy to the north and the west, especially the exposure. ‘s morning, anywhere towards dorset, all point east, likely to see that low cloud and myst and fog. it will break up through the date to an all but south of the m4 corridor, here we are likely to hang on to a fair bit of cloud as we are to the channel island. gusty wind to the west brighten up wales, the midlands, northern england, sings and sunshine, northern ireland scene

brain. you considering here in scotland. for the northern isles and the north—east, back into the sunshine at the yesterday around murray first we saw temperatures get up murray first we saw temperatures get up as high as almost 17 degrees. today we could see similar in the sunshine, the top temperature we are likely to see in any sunshine will be around 15 or 16 further south of the as we had to receiving and overnight, our band of rain advances eastwards, fizzling as it does so, leaving us with a lot of cloud. at the same time, will wither south—westerly wind, we are seeing cloud, from the south. again tonight it is going to be a mild night for most and also a grey one with mist and fog patches forming. tomorrow we start on that note, we will end up in cloudier than today, the cloud thickening up with the odd spot of drizzle. we will see some breaks developed, through the shelter of the hills, parts of wales, perhaps around the peak district but the lion ‘s share of the sunshine will be across north—east scotland and tomorrow temperatures just dipping a

little bit. as the head from friday into the weekend, subtle change. high—pressure anchored across europe, moving further east, the wind around it still coming in a clockwise direction, changes for us tomorrow the south—westerly, not quite as mild as it will be today and it was yesterday. the other thing is that we will have a lot of clear skies, what of sunshine. with the wind coming in from the south at times we could see a bit more cloud across the north sea coastlines of it similar story for northern ireland, you could see a bit more cloud of it into the weekend generally we are going to see more sunshine, the same thing on sunday after a frosty start. temperatures back down to about 11 and on monday it all changes, quite cloudy day with temperatures slipping a little bit further. 0nce with temperatures slipping a little bit further. once again, you will need to get your longjohns out, girls. i tell you what, i keep getting caught out by the weather, i leave the house of a morning inking it is

fine i don't need my coat and the next thing i am drenched. you should be watching the weather forecast and that won't happen! that is a really good point! if only i knew someone. it is 6:51am. emperor penguins are some of the most dedicated parents in the animal kingdom. they face the challenge of protecting their chicks from 80 mile—per—hour winds and temperatures of minus 40 degrees. so it's no surprise then, that they're the focus of the next episode in sir david attenborough's new wildlife series, ‘dynasties'. we'll be discussing it with producer miles and cameraman linsey later in the programme, but first let's take a look at what we can expect. but one pair appears to have gotten

ahead of schedule. bulge on at penguin's delhi is normally a sign of a parent keeping the egg warm on its feet. but she seems to be trying to keep a snowball warm. see, there is always so much tension, what will happen next? we will discuss it later on on brea kfast. will discuss it later on on breakfast. is 6:53am. we will return to the topic of the morning across all of the news.

ben's in the city of london to find out what businesses think of theresa may's draft withdrawal agreement. morning ben. of course, we know the chancellor has been talking to businesses off the back of it. yeah, you're right. morning to you, welcome to the heart of the city of london. everyone here trying to digests, like everyone else, the contents of those documents that released last night. as it used to we know the chancellor called business leaders last night and called them to thank them for what he described as a horrific no deal scenario and called them to stay that as businesses you raise the profile of what could happen if we end up leaving the eu without a deal and that might have been injured metal in persuading some of those cabinet ministers last night to get behind the plan as proposed by theresa may. so what does business make of it and crucially, what will happen over the next 48 hours as far as business is concerned? to

hours as far as business is concerned ? to people hours as far as business is concerned? to people here with me to talk about that, nicole sykes is from the business team at the cbi and jeremy thomson cook is an economist. nicole, what you make of this, what to get through and a lot of paperwork, what are your initial reactions? a lot of work to do to analyse exactly what this will mean. businesses all along had been coming to priorities and another one is to get a transition deal, avoid a deal, get a transition deal, avoid a deal, get a transition because the consequences of no get a transition because the consequences of no deal is a really severe for all companies. get that transition and the withdrawal agreement delivers that. we do want to be sat there forever, we have got to be sat there forever, we have got to also move on as quickly as we can to also move on as quickly as we can to the future relationship. we have only got seven pages of text on that so only got seven pages of text on that so far, a lot of work still to do. the trade deal is something like 2000 pages, we have got to get richer was trading, rules that have relationships in that, services, so much to do. we want to get on with it. jeremy, when you hear that, so

much work still to do. as far as investors are concerned, this does not move us on in any way. no, because while we have certainty around cabinet, we still need certainty around what parliament in. that is what investment and the sterling need to jump that is what investment and the sterling need tojump up. we were up and down yesterday based on headlines and rumours and as long as we are sat there saying that we don't know how theresa may can get through parliament and then actually have the transitional arrangement that businesses are depending upon, things will remain very static around investment and sterling will remain unloved by investors. with that unpredictability, does that lead to do anything close to what we know now that we don't know yesterday as far as they today playing for business? —— day today. —— dei businesses will keep their contingency plans running, until it gets passed by parliament in the uk, still long way to go. thanks very

much, we will talk to more a little later. that is the view from business so far. we will get a lot more reaction as they digests all of the contents of that document that was released last night. will talk more about it a little later. before that, with get the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching brea kfast weather wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. part of new cross has been cordoned off this morning as police continue to investigate, after 2 men were found with slash wounds. it happened on new cross road at just after three o'clock. the met say the men were in their 20's and their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. no arrests have been made. the family of a man from north london found dead in ibiza in august have launched a crowd—funding campaign to pay for legal costs to search for answers surrounding his death. 24 year—old anwaar lahrichi—greenwood from edmonton was found in the water at san antonio port. an investigation by spanish police concluded he died from misadventure. but after speaking to witnesses, his family believe he was attacked and hit over the head.

high levels of air pollution in london is restricting lung development in children according to a new study. it tested 2,000 children and found those exposed to diesel dominated air pollution showed signs of poor lung capacity. researchers suggest this could put them at risk of lifelong breathing disorders. they also found although air quality has improved, but more needs to be done. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0nto the trains and there are delays and alterations on first great western services between paddington and reading following an earlier points failure at the reading depot. traffic on the m25 is slow, heading

towards junction 3 on traffic on the m25 is slow, heading towardsjunction 3 on the m20 following delays on the interchange. to the south of puirley, the a22 godstone road is blocked at saint james' road following a collision, with delays between purley and kenley stations. in westminster, bridge st remains closed until mid december for ongoing security works, with westminster bridge closed westbound to all traffic except buses and taxis. now here's the weather with elizabeth. hello, good morning. plenty of sunshine around yesterday, but we may have to wait until saturday to see the sunshine again. today is going to be a rather grey affair, lots of mist, murk, low cloud around and that will persist for much of the rest of the day, but at least it is mild for november, certainly a mild start to the morning. watch out on some of the roads for mist and patches of fog. that will lift into low cloud as we head through the morning. the best of any brightness is likely to be towards north—western areas of the capital, quite a cloudy, dull day, really. temperatures of 15, maybe c6 celsius with a light southerly breeze. 0vernight tonight, we are continuing to get that feed of air in from the south, once more it is likely to be a dull start to the day.

low cloud and mist, fog around but again it is staying mild. tomorrow again, another cloudy day, that mist and fog really quite slow to lift and clear through the morning, but staying mild and turning cooler over the weekend, but there should be more sunshine around and distinctly cold into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast. i'm charlie stayt here in westminster, where the prime minister is warning of difficult days ahead. a warning, there are flashing images in our headlines today. after reaching an agreement with her cabinet, theresa may said it was her deal, no deal, or no brexit. and i firmly believe, with my head and my heart,

that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom. during five hours of talks, several members of the cabinet opposed the prime minister's plan, and she'll face tough questions from mps this morning. we'll pick out the key parts of the 585 page document and find out where we go from here. the chancellor was straight on the phone to business leaders after that cabinet meeting last night. what do they make of this brexit deal? i live in the city of london this morning to find out. —— i am live in the city of london this morning to find out. also this morning: more than 100 people remain missing as more victims of the california wildfires are discovered. the queen praises prince charles as "his own man, passionate and creative" as he celebrates his seventieth birthday. ben stokes has helped turn the tide for england on day two

of the second test. he made this brilliant run—out and later took a catch to leave sri lanka on 139 forfour at lunch. it isa it is a mild start to the day for many of us. it will be mild generally. it is also very cloudy. that should break for most. we will have some rain in the west. i will have some rain in the west. i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, november 15. our top story: in the next few hours, theresa may will head here, to the commons, as she makes the case for her plan for brexit. yesterday, during a tense five—hour meeting at downing street, the prime minister did manage to reach an agreement with her cabinet. but there was opposition from some of her own ministers, and she'll face tough questions this morning from mps of all parties. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has this report, which does contain some flash photography. last night the prime minister maintained a fragile unity around the cabinet table. there was what was described as a collective agreement

on the proposed deal with brussels. but some around this table expressed concerns. the prime minister herself gave a strong hint of how the discussions had gone. the cabinet has just had a long, detailed and impassioned debate on the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration on our future relationship with the european union. these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the national interest. but not all of her mps agree. some brexiteers have been discussing whether to try to oust her. while this long—standing leave campaigner wants his fellow conservatives to reject her deal. and theresa may's usual allies, the dup, aren't happy with the specific proposals providing a hard broader on the island of ireland. the party's leader, arlene foster, had what was described as a frank meeting with the prime minister last night. it certainly doesn't appear that we would be able to support it because it breaches the red line

in terms of having differences between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom, in terms of regulation. obviously, we would still be in the customs union as well and we cannot have that. and all that is before we have even reached the official opposition. labour are making it clear they won't throw the prime minister a political lifeline. i do not believe that the deal that i have heard of so far is in the national interest. it does not meet the needs of all parts of britain. it doesn't give us a security of our trading relationship with europe in the future through a permanent customs union in which we have a say. the prime minister admits there will be difficult days ahead. she may need to draw heavily on her reservoir of resilience if she is to seal a final brexit deal. iain watson, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is with me now. we have that draft brexit agreement.

a lot of speculation last night about what happened in the meeting. would anyone resign. the answer is... no. the deal leaves, the divorce with brussels lives. the prime minister herself is still in position. her cabinet remains in formation. that's not to say there was opposition indal —— in downing street. the ministers have beaten their tongue and gone along with this agreement. that is significant. that was the first major hurdle that theresa may faced when she got this deal done on a technical level. the first hurdle was getting ministers to agree. so no fireworks yesterday. it seemed a very muted deal. it didn't seem to be the fanfare, the bells and whistles, as you heard, the prime minister saying this is the prime minister saying this is the best we could get, it is my deal, no deal or no brexit. so the drama moves to westminster today.

this is her chance to present her case to all mps. so now this is the mission of selling this deal to parliament. this now is where the greatest threat to theresa may's deal lies. plenty of her own mps, remember, it is a numbers game in westminster, she doesn't have a majority in parliament, she relies on the democratic unionist party, they are opposed to it, many of the backbenchers are desperately unhappy with what's on offer and they are threatening to vote against the deal. there is also of leadership challenges in the next few days, potentially triggering a vote of no—confidence, so very precarious for her, but it does fall to her to try to this hard to her own backbenchers. thank you for the moment. lalo mentioned the dup mps. let's go to newry with chris page this morning. what sense are you getting about the reaction, as people have maybe have

a chance to absorb some of those 585 pages? in places like this in newry, many people, particular business people, feel they are on the brexit frontline, just miles from the land border with the irish republic, which has been at the heart of the negotiations. the questions has been how trade can flow across that border and between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. in the draft agreement, the main issues have been the backstop, that there will not be checks on the land border, even if there is a free—trade deal between there is a free—trade deal between the uk and the eu in future. and the d raft the uk and the eu in future. and the draft agreement, just to boil it down for you, basically it says in the backstop, there would have to be some checks on goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk because northern ireland would continue to follow the rules of the european single market, the eu rules on the movement of goods. now the dup as we have heard, theresa may's parliamentary allies, angry about this, indicating they will vote against this deal. 0ther

people in northern ireland, remember, 56% of people voted to stay in the eu, think the priority has to be avoiding any new checkpoints on the border with the irish republic. we will be back with you later on. thank you very much. to keep you updated, there are developments. in brussels, in the next few minutes, michel barnier, the chief negotiator, will be having a press conference. last night he said, by way of a joke, holding a press conference. last night he said, by way ofajoke, holding up the document, no pieces in green, it is all white, which i assume he means is progress because there is no felt tip marker over it and he said we have achieved decisive progress. we will be watching closely those events in brussels and of course later on this morning, theresa may will be here addressing mps in the commons. let's go back to steph in the studio. thank you very much. let's have a

look at the other stories this morning. a man's due in court later charged with the murder of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh was found stabbed to death near southampton sports centre in july. stephen—alan nicholson, who's 24, is also accused of rape. eight more bodies have been found in the town of paradise in northern california, which was destroyed by a wildfire last week. a total of 56 people are now known to have died there, but a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. dave lee has more. when it seems like everything has been turned to ash, the task of finding human remains is as painstaking as it is painful. and then there's the delicate science of trying to identify the lies that were lost. there are now more than 400 expert personnel combing through the town of paradise. several of the dead found on wednesday were within buildings, while others were trapped in cars. 128 abandoned vehicles

have now been towed way. we may not know the final death toll for many weeks as the process of body identification is so difficult. and then there's the question of what to do when a town with a population of 27,000 is almost totally destroyed. after official shelters began to overflow, this impromptu area was set up at a walmart in a neighbouring town, staffed entirely by volunteers. this enormous relief effort began with simply one shopping trolley full of clothes. then a food truck arrived, then more and more and more. incredible generosity for the people who've had their lives upended by this fire. but of course it's only a temporary measure. everyone in california is going to do their best. president trump did call me just a few minutes ago and he has pledged the full resources of the federal government.

that assistance has not yet been felt by people like anna anderson, who is here with her two children. i am still part of paradise and i know that we will rebuild. i know my community, my neighbours. i know that we will. in the interim between that, i hope that we can have federal aid to help with all of that, so that we can survive until we can get back, and until we can rebuild houses, a town. the more than 13,000 evacuees staying at these shelters have shown incredible resilience and courage. now what they need is the support to move on. staff shortages in the nhs in england are set to more than double by 2030 according to three leading think tanks. researchers from the kings fund, nuffield trust and the health foundation are warning of a shortfall of almost 250,000 staff. they say that workforce challenges are now a "greater threat to health services than funding challenges". a department of health spokesperson said workforce planning will be at the heart of the nhs long term plan. the queen has described

the prince of wales as "a dedicated and respected heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history". she was speaking at a party for his 70th birthday at the palace yesterday. prince charles celebrated with inspirational people who also turned 70 this year. back to our top story now: charlie is in westminster this morning, getting all the reaction to the brexit draft agreement, that was agreed by the cabinet last night. morning. yes, so, now we know, 585 pages in all. we also know that the cabinet approved the deal, this draft brexit deal. these are the words of the prime minister, just to take view through the things she said, it was

impassioned, detailed, she said it was a collective agreement, but she saidi was a collective agreement, but she said ifirmly believe, in my head and heart, this is in the best interests of the uk. she will be here at the commons later this morning presenting those decisions to all mps. let's go to one of the ministers in the five—hour meeting last night, matt hancock, who joins us last night, matt hancock, who joins us from the london newsroom. thank you for your time this morning. ijust thank you for your time this morning. i just want to first of all — you were in the room and we were not. could you describe events across those five hours? it was a civil discussion. in fact, across those five hours? it was a civil discussion. infact, if across those five hours? it was a civil discussion. in fact, if you areafan civil discussion. in fact, if you are a fan of cabinet and government asa are a fan of cabinet and government as a way of running the country, thenit as a way of running the country, then it was a thing to behold, because here you had 29 people, there were ten cabinet overall, from all parts of the country, bringing their different views, having a full

discussion about this deal and then coming collectively to the agreement, as you set out, that the prime minister gave. in any negotiated settlement, there are compromises, and things that not perfect for each individual, you have to look at the deal in the round, the hundreds of pages of it. and this deal delivers on the result of the referendum, it gives us an end to free movement, and we take back control of our laws and our money while at the same time ensuring we have high—quality trading relationships with the eu, with low tariffs, no tariffs, zero quotas, and that is a very strong position to have reached. so i think it isa position to have reached. so i think it is a good deal. but the discussion of course went into loads of the details and people asking questions about individual sections.

and people having debates about the merits of individual parts of it. and then looking at the big picture in the round. 29 people in the room, you say. if i put it to you that seven in the room did not approve the deal, did not want it to go forward , the deal, did not want it to go forward, would that be true? the nature of cabinet government is that you are frank in private and then once the deal, the agreement is reached, everybody backs the agreement, or else you don't stay. that is how it works. so i am not going to go into what any individual said. what i will say is it was a high—quality discussion. and the conclusion overall as the prime minister set out is that this is a good deal, it is in the national interest and people have been waiting for a couple of years to see what the shape of this deal was going to be like and they can know that we are going to maintain a

high—quality trading relationship with good trade with the eu, which is one of the reasons so many businesses have backed it this morning. while at the same time delivering on the result of the referendum. and so although there are compromises overall it is a good deal in the national interest. a lot of concern that some of the terminology has been used, the single customs territory that has been talked about. an arrangement between the eu and the uk. can you explain that for us? yes, that means that the uk as a whole is going to be one customs territory. if you remember, the eu wanted to have a separate customs territory for northern ireland. we said no. the whole country of the uk needs to be part... needs to be a customs territory in the future. meaning we set tariffs, we can strike international trade deals around the world. we want that in the

negotiations. and it means therefore in the future there will be an agreement between the eu and the uk that allows businesses to trade and allows the uk to have an independent trade policy and set trade rules with countries around the world. so thatis with countries around the world. so that is a very important big step forward in the deal. those who have already made comments about this, including jacob rees mogg, say this is just tying us to a deal that is effectively the customs union, the very thing that we were trying to get out of. we would be more tied to this as a result of theresa may's agreement. that is not right. of course, in any agreement where you wa nt course, in any agreement where you want trade and free trade, you have to have some agreement on the rules that each of you follow to make sure that each of you follow to make sure that act trade is compatible, that there is a level playing field and thatis there is a level playing field and that is one of the compromises that you have to make. the result of this

is that we will be able to strike trade deals around the world, yet also have a very close economic relationship with the eu. i think thatis relationship with the eu. i think that is a good outcome. you have also got to look at what the alternatives are. this is a good deal in the best interest of the country, there is only really to alternatives. 0ne country, there is only really to alternatives. one is leading with no deal col which is not good at. the and the other is having a second referendum and potentially no brexit andi referendum and potentially no brexit and i think that the would be hugely divisive without being decisive, because why would people accept the result of a second referendum when those who are proposing it are the people who want to overturn the result of the first? why is your government suddenly talking about no brexit at all? well, we have been clear a ll brexit at all? well, we have been clear all along that i have no deal or no brexit because of a second

referendum... you have said that thatis referendum... you have said that that is not an option. theresa may has said that there are three options are. well, no it is not an options are. well, no it is not an option i support. we don't want that to be an option at all but there are people arguing for it. my former colleague joe people arguing for it. my former colleaguejoejohnson people arguing for it. my former colleague joe johnson resigned last week, saying he wants a second referendum. i think he is wonderful in anyways but he is wrong on this one because a second referendum would he so divisive for the country. i think people want us to get on with it and for people watching this morning, they can know from this deal that we deliver on the result of the referendum, we make sure that we take back control of our money and our laws and make sure that the end free movement of people, yet we maintain a high quality trading relationship, which is why so many businesses have it. a couple of years of negotiation, that isa couple of years of negotiation, that is a good outcome. if i can ask one other question, the dup have made

their position clear on how they see this deal, they will not support it. you have had a very cosy, albeit interesting meeting in cabinet, but when it comes to this place and the vote, what on earth makes you think that you can possibly get it through parliament? well, i think all mps should vote for it because this deal is in the national interest. because the two alternatives are a deeply unattractive. as people read the detail of it and look at the detail in the round, rather than the newspapers coming round at the latter stages of the negotiation. anybody in any compromise, negotiated document, can pick out individual parts that they would prefer that were written differently. but if you look at this in the round, what it delivers is what we said we needed to deliver to deliver on the results of the

referendum. it delivers brexit and it does so in a way that will support prosperity and people ‘s jobs. so i think that when people look at the whole thing then they should vote for it. no doubt there will be loads of questions to the prime minister, lots of debate about it, but ultimately this deal is in the national interest and the alternatives are ugly. you know better than either maths —— you know better than either maths —— you know better than either maths —— you know better than me, the maths of how the commons work in this process. on the basis of stated intentions, even after last night, theresa may coming out of number ten and after this 585 page document has been released and people have been reading through it, even after that you know full well that you don't have enough though to get it through parliament. —— enough vote is. —— enough votes.

all mps, like allmps, likei all mps, like i say, should look at it, discuss it in the round and back it. that applies cross—party. europe has always divided parties and divided parliament across party lines and there are people who represent all different parties who can look at this deal and say yes, this delivers on the referendum result and it does so in a way that supports the economy, supports people ‘sjobs, supports the economy, supports people ‘s jobs, and allows us to get on building the future that the 21st—ce ntu ry on building the future that the 21st—century has to offer. we can get on and focus on the future. i think mps from all parties should be able to look at this and say that is able to look at this and say that is a deal that i can back. thank you very much for your kind this morning. to talk to you. live from westminster throughout the morning. looking at the skies, i can see it isa looking at the skies, i can see it is a little cloudy. i would draw any

parallels between what is going on politically, but how are things with you? you are right, it is cloudy in london and across many parts of england and wales in particular and it fit enough to be producing drizzle. it is a mild start and will brighten up foremost as we go through the day. what we have got is a weather front also in the west, thatis a weather front also in the west, that is producing rain coming in from the west across northern ireland from scotland. as you can see from the isobars, it will be exposed. anywhere from the cumbria street towards dorset point it is where we have got the cloud this morning, some patchy mist and fault as well. most of that will brighten up as well. most of that will brighten up once it breaks, but the corridor into the channel islands, you are more likely to hold on to it. gusty wind with exposure in the west, the cloud bricking up foremost of wales, the midlands and into east anglia. a fine start and end to the day.

meanwhile, the rain moves in across northern ireland and western scotland, the sunshine once again, it will be across the north—east scotla nd it will be across the north—east scotland and here we could see tempertaures as high as 16 celsius, we could seek 15, possibly 16 further south as well in any sunshine. as we had on through the evening and overnight, our end of rain continues across western island and scotland as a weakening feature, not much more than a band of cloud. in the south—westerly wind we will see more cloud push in across england, wales, southern scotland and northern ireland are. look at those temperatures in double figures. that is quite good for this time of year. cooler and a clear skies in the north of the tomorrow it is given to be fairly cloudy day, grey start again. the cloud thickening up with two. we will see one or two brighter breaks, especially in the shelter of any mountains example in wales and the pig difference. it will be across north—east scotland. temperatures

tomorrow down a touch from today, the tiresome temperatures further south that you do travel. and as we move from friday into the weekend, it isa move from friday into the weekend, it is a subtle change in the wind direction around this area of high pressure. it drifts further east, meaning it will be off to a more south—easterly direction, rather than south—westerly. it means we will also see a lot of loose guys. fine weekend, although because it is a south—easterly we could see a bit more cloud along the north sea coastline and also across northern ireland to. we are looking at the weapons and 12. frosty night saturday into sunday, what the sunshine around on sunday, all changing on monday. more cloud and the temperature is going down and it will trickle down further through the week as well. it is notjust longjohns i will need. a lot of us getting reaction this morning from what is happening with that brexit draft agreement. you can

see now, michel barnier there. with him is the european council president donald tusk, speaking to a news co nfe re nce president donald tusk, speaking to a news conference after theresa may's cabinet approved her draft brexit deal last night. let's have a listen. thank you very much. of course, i don't share the prime minister's argument about brexit as such. since the very beginning we have no doubt that brexit is a lose lose situation and our negotiations are only about damage control. given these extremely difficult circumstances, i would like to thank michel barnier and his team, for doing this exceptionally hard work. we all put a lot of trust in you and

rightly so. you have achieved our two most important objectives. first, you ensured the limitation of the damage caused by brexit and second, you secured a vital interest and principles of the 37 member state —— 27 member states and the eu asa state —— 27 member states and the eu as a whole. i am confident that you did your best to protect the interest of the 27, and with the essence of the document i would not propose to formalise this deal. in the next stage, we will proceed as follows: the agreement is now being analysed by all the member states. why the end of this week, the eu 27 ambassadors will meet in order to share their assessment of the agreement. i hope that they will ——

that there will not eat too many common. they will also discuss the mendip —— mandate for the commission to finalise the joint cooperation between the eu and the uk. the european ministers will be involved in this process. the commission intends to agree the declaration about a future with the uk by tuesday. 0ver about a future with the uk by tuesday. over the following 48 hours. that is donald tusk there, the president of the european council, giving reaction to that d raft council, giving reaction to that draft agreement agreed by cabinet last night. talking there are about it will now be analysed by the member states and by the end of the week there will be a meeting between representatives from those member state, who will discuss their reactions to this. we will listen across that and make sure we get any vital information from it to you and charlie is in westminsterfor us getting reaction as well. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. part of new cross has been cordoned off this morning as police continue to investigate, after 2 men were found with slash wounds. it happened on new cross road at just after three o'clock. the met say the men were in their 20's and their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. no arrests have been made. the family of a man from north london found dead in ibiza in august have launched a crowd—funding campaign to pay for legal costs to search for answers surrounding his death. 24 year—old anwaar lahrichi—greenwood from edmonton was found in the water at san antonio port. an investigation by spanish police concluded he died from misadventure. but after speaking to witnesses, his family believe he was attacked and hit over the head. high levels of air pollution in london is restricting lung development in children according to a new study.

it tested 2,000 youngsters and found those exposed to diesel dominated air pollution showed signs of poor lung capacity. researchers suggest this could put them at risk of lifelong breathing disorders. they also found although air quality has improved, but more needs to be done. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. c2c trains are running at reduced speeds and with some delays following signal problems near dagenham dock. traffic on the m25 is slow heading clockwise towards junction 3 on the m20 following a collision, with delays at the darenth interchange. to the south of purley, the a22 is blocked at saint james' road following a collision, with delays between purley and kenley stations. in westminster, bridge st remains closed because of ongoing security

works, with westminster bridge closed westbound to all traffic except buses and taxis. now here's the weather with elizabeth. hello, good morning. plenty of sunshine around yesterday, but we may have to wait until saturday to see the sunshine again. today is going to be a rather grey affair, lots of mist, murk, low cloud around and that will persist for much of the rest of the day, but at least it is mild for november, certainly a mild start to the morning. watch out on some of the roads for mist and patches of fog. that will lift into low cloud as we head through the morning. the best of any brightness is likely to be towards north—western areas of the capital, quite a cloudy, dull day, really. temperatures of 15, maybe 16 celsius with a light southerly breeze. 0vernight tonight, we are continuing to get that feed of air in from the south, once more it is likely to be a dull start to the day. low cloud and mist, fog around but again it is staying mild.

tomorrow again, another cloudy day, that mist and fog really quite slow to lift and clear through the morning, but staying mild and turning cooler over the weekend, but there should be more sunshine around and distinctly cold into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to stef. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: in the next few hours theresa may will head to the commons, as she makes the case for her plan for brexit. yesterday, during a tense five—hour meeting at downing street, the prime minister did manage to reach an agreement with her cabinet. but there was opposition from some of her own ministers, and she'll face tough questions this morning from mps of all parties. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has called it a ‘bad deal‘. earlier matt hancock told us what he

thinks of the agreement. it was a civil discussion and in fact if you areafan civil discussion and in fact if you are a fan of cabinet and government asa are a fan of cabinet and government as a way of running the country than it was a thing to behold because here you had 29 people, there were ten in cabinet overall, from all parts of the country, bringing their different views, having a full discussion about this deal and then coming collectively to the agreement as you set out that the prime minister gave. i imagine there is a lot of reaction coming in. charlie is in westminster for lot of reaction coming in. charlie is in westminsterfor us. he lot of reaction coming in. charlie is in westminster for us. he will be speaking with the brexit secretary keir starmer in the next 15 minutes. eight more bodies have been found in the town of paradise in northern california, which was destroyed by a wildfire last week. a total of 56 people are now known to have died there, but a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. the director of the us emergency agency says the town will need a "total rebuild" that will take several years.

staff shortages in the nhs in england are set to more than double by 2030 according to three leading think tanks. researchers from the kings fund, nuffield trust and the health foundation are warning of a shortfall of almost 250,000 staff. they say workforce challenges are now a "greater threat to health services than funding challenges". a department of health spokesperson said workforce planning will be at the heart of the nhs long—term plan. a bbc investigation has revealed that authorities made more than 46,000 calls to schools in england and wales in the last year, to inform them about domestic abuse incidents. 0peration encompass allows police and councils to contact schools if a young person has witnessed abuse. emma glasbey has more. kirstie is only 14 but she has been through trauma

that is hard to imagine. her mother was abused by a violent partner. in 2016, natalie hemming was murdered, beaten to death whilst her children slept upstairs. now kirstie lives with her aunt, in west yorkshire. she wants children who experience domestic abuse to be given as much help as possible, including at school. when you go through something like that, you need the support and you need someone to talk to and someone to help you. it distracted me all the time. and it would, like, keep me up at night, meaning i was tired the next day in school. there is a growing awareness of the damage done to individuals... this is a police training session about 0peration encompass. it is a system that means police will contact the school before 9am to let them know if a child has been exposed to domestic abuse. it may be they have come without homework, because actually, if there has been an incident

the night before, you are not going to be able to sit and do your homework. they may not have come with having had their breakfast at school. they may welljust be anxious. the bbc has bee ngiven information by 17 police forces in england and wales. they have revealed school were alerted to domestic abuse at the homes of children more than 46,500 times over the past year. kirstie is now training to be an domestic abuse ambassador at her school so she can support other young people and understand what they are going through. emma glasbye, bbc news, west yorkshire. a pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to marie antoinette before her beheading during the french revolution, has sold at auction for a record price of nearly £28 million. it had been expected to fetch up to £1.5 million. the pendant was among ten items of her jewellery which smashed pre—sale estimates at an auction in geneva.

i would panic wearing that. the queen has described the prince of wales as "a dedicated and respected heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history". she was speaking at a party for his 70th birthday at the palace yesterday. prince charles celebrated with inspirational people who also turned 70 this year. it is lovely to see you. it is just you and me. let's remember we are on the tv. we have cricket to talk about. things are turning. it is great to see. england have wrestled back control. the home side had been making good progress but ben stokes changed things, starting with this brilliant bit of fielding to get a run—out. let's see it again. stokes has since taken a catch and a fe minutes ago, another wicket fell to leave sri lanka on 146 forfive. that is what we need in the cricket,

isn't it, a little bit of brilliance. it's a sight many fans thought they'd never see again, but tonight wayne rooney will be wearing an england shirt. manager gareth southgate's also confirmed he'll be given the armband when he comes on as a substitute in the friendly with the united states. rooney had retired from international football last year but will tonight win his 120th cap to honour what the fa calls his "record—breaking international career". it is very important to all of us as a group that he gets the right sort of sendoff. you know, we had good discussions about that with the senior players in particular. and they are very clear. when you look at this sort of situation as a player you project forward and you look at how people are going to be treated. and there is enormous respect within this team for all of our former players. and they want to make sure that this experience is a really good one for wayne and his family. there's a big game also taking

place in dublin tonight, where northern ireland are up against the republic of ireland. the match is a friendly, but northern ireland captain steven davis says both sides will be desperate to win. it is like playing the home nations, there is going to be that edge to the game. it will be at game that both teams are desperate to come out and get a result. especially for the results for both teams. it is an important game for both teams. there will be real determination to get the result and take it back home up the road. fulham's new boss claudio ranieri has said hes confident he can keep them in the premier league. the italian, who famously guided leicester city to the premier league title in 2016, has replaced slavisa jokanovic and has signed a multi year deal. fulham are currently bottom of the league with just five points from their opening 12 matches. british olympic show jumper tim stockdale has died aged 54,

just a month after being diagnosed with cancer. stockdale represented team gb at the beijing olympics in 2008, narrowly missing out on a medal by finishing fourth in the team event. he also regularly worked as a bbc pundit. novak djokovic is the first player through to the last four of the atp tour finals in london. the world number one won beat alex zverev in straight sets. results in other matches confirmed djokovic's place in the semi—finals. former world number two agnieska radwanska has announced her retirement from tennis. she reached the wimbledon final in 2012 but was beaten by serena williams. she says at the age of 29, and after 13 years in the sport, her body can't live up to her expectations anymore. that is something we are seeing from

a lot of sports men and women, you know, they go into their career at such a young age and it is so intense in such a short amount of time that they can't always keep up with the pace, juno, with the injuries and not many breaks. tennis is notorious for it —— you know. yes, then also when you see someone like wayne rooney come back to play at the international level. do you think he would be nervous?” at the international level. do you think he would be nervous? i think there will be some adrenaline tonight, definitely some adrenaline, but the interesting thing he has done is he has gone to play in america where there is less physical pressure because it is a lower standard of football, not quite the pace he is used to, and he is shining and it is probably physically a great thing to do, roger federer, the same thing, he ta kes a roger federer, the same thing, he takes a break. we could all learn from him. absolutely. i am off to ta ke from him. absolutely. i am off to take a break now. lucky you. not for too long. ok.

let's return to our main story. there are uncertain times in politics. have you ever wondered how diplomats worked to steady the ship went this is happening at home and abroad? well a new bbc two documentary that starts tonight has gone behind the scenes at the foreign office to find out. we'll hear from two of the people involved in a moment, but first let's take a look. at matthew rycroft‘s official residence at the river from the un headquarters the wheels of diplomacy are beginning to turn. he is hosting are beginning to turn. he is hosting a private breakfast a brief the foreign secretary who flew in last night. we are looking good. this is the biggest ambition ever that we've had at least in the time that i've been here. most of the delegation is here. the prime minister is arriving

this evening. top of the agenda todayis this evening. top of the agenda today is the fact that russia has requested money from the west to rebuild syria as the war continues. the uk and its allies must respond. civil servants advised the elected politicians. it looks good, doesn't it? we are nowjoined by michael waldman who made the documentary and senay bulbul, who we just saw briefing borisjohnson. thank you very much forjoining us. can you tell us what yourjob involves ? can you tell us what yourjob involves? yes. the documentary was filmed while i was posted at the uk mission to new york. myjob was predominately based on the un security council, a formidable place that looks at matters of international peace and security. but the documentary is focused on the un general assembly, one week of the un general assembly, one week of the year, we are extremely busy, and we have countless, numerous heads of

state, world leaders there. talking about issues of the day. and you have to navigate all of that. yes, exactly. michael, you got access for a year. was it how you expected it to be? in some ways, yes. in some ways, not at all. it is a strange, secretive world in the sense that we don't see inside any government department, let alone those dealing with our relationships with other countries. these are quite delicate issues. it took quite a bit of getting in, as you can imagine. in terms of expectations, i went in without prejudice, just to see what it is like. the physical building in whitehall, the headquarters of the foreign office, and many of the embassies and residences we filled m, embassies and residences we filled in, are often very impressive and sometimes, in the victorian era, when we were the most powerful country in the world, the physical architecture is designed to show that and intimidate. things have changed radically. in terms of

what's inside the foreign office now, the nature of the people who do the work and the work they do is very different. and is it proper access ? very different. and is it proper access? there might be people who question it and go they have been putting it on for the cameras? no, that would be wrong. i wouldn't claim we had access to all areas completely. there were areas we didn't go because we didn't have security clearance and they would have to kill us if we got in. literally there are certain people who can't go in. there is highly classified areas we didn't go into. short of that, of course there are times when people who slightly perform for the cameras. sometimes sophisticated tv people say that doesn't work for us, we have to get on with your work. and then eventually you hope to be part of the furniture. we are not deceiving people. but we try to get them to forget we are there. and they get on with it. if they have important things to do, which, in a busy week with the general assembly, with nine uk ministers including the prime minister, president from around the

world, these guys having to make things happen, briefed the foreign secretary or more to say to the russian foreign minister, they had real work to do and that was fantastic for us because they got on with it and we had access to the foreign secretary, flew in the night before, came to the breakfast at the residence of the ambassador, and had to be told what to say and we were there. that is fascinating. let's have a look at another clip. the security council is the un's inner sanctum. as one of the five permanent members, the uk has certain privileges here, and harriet knows how to sneak in at night to a room with a view. we are not really allowed in here. nobody will know. so, basically, this is the security council. you can explain. you work on the security council. there are the 15 members of the security council, the permanent five, and the other ten elected members. it is in

alphabetical order and the presidency of the security council changes every month. so this month we have ethiopian, the next month it will be france, then it basically rotates. and when i have written a resolution and it is adopted and all security members put up their hands, it is the most amazing feeling. sounds incredible, what was it like having the cameras following you around? having the cameras following you around ? that having the cameras following you around? that must have been another stress in it self, giving you a already doing a stressfuljob. as michael said, an extremely stressful time for us and there were moments we re time for us and there were moments were i thought i am absolutely mad, why have i agreed to do this? especially when we have had countless problems. after a while we forgot they were there, basically and michael's voice would appear now and michael's voice would appear now and then asking what are you doing. i would lie if i said it didn't add to the stress but we had a bit of fun. what do you hope people will learn about the foreign office from

this? what i want people to take away from it, is to see how diverse the foreign office is, in terms of what we do. before ijoined the foreign office, it was very opaque, ididn't foreign office, it was very opaque, i didn't understand it, to see the issues from international security, ha rd issues from international security, hard foreign policy issues, to conceal a staff representing the british public abroad, and to see different faces like me. it is not all stuffy men who went to 0xbridge, actually to be from all backgrounds, i come from a working—class turkish family and! i come from a working—class turkish family and i am very privileged to be working at the foreign office. i really hope that people can take that away. it is always good to have a sneak peek kind of scenes. thank you both are in much for being with the. luck with the programme as well. —— good luck. ‘inside the foreign 0ffice' begins tonight at 9pm on bbc two. in the last few minutes, the northern irish minister has resigned

from the uk government, posting a photo on twitter, along with much sadness and regret, i have submitted my letter of of resignation, it has been a joy and privilege to serve in the foreign office. that being the first person who has quit, we were extending —— expecting there to be some cabinet resignations of falling last night's firepower cabinet meeting when they were going through that 585 page draft agreement. there we have it, the first minister resignation, it might be the only one. northern ireland minister shailesh vara is topic we will get all of the reaction from charlie at

westminster shortly. first off, let's find out what is happening with the weather. first thing this morning, a mild start and a fairly cloudy one, especially so across england and wales and the cloud it enough for drizzle but it will brighten up for most. as well as that, we have a weather front coming in through northern ireland today and also to western scotland. that is slowly moving eastwards and as you can see, gusty wind across the north and the west, especially with exposure. northern england towards dorset and all points east, that is we have got the cloud and also some patchy mitch —— missed and that will thin and break and we will see san shou. however, more likely to seek us shou. however, more likely to seek us hanging on to that crowd across the southern counties, including the channel islands of. should break across wales, the midlands into parts of east anglia. not a bad day across north england but the rain will events across northern ireland and into western scotland. it is

north—east scotland once again that will see the lion ‘s share of the sunshine. 0n the murray first we could hit 16, equally we could hit it as we head towards the south—east. through this evening and over mount, the weather front bearing this rain will push eastwards overnight. —— overnight. into eastern scotland it would be much more than a band of cloud with possibly the odd spot of drizzle stop it at the same time in the south—west, will cloud coming across the channel islands, england, wales, northern ireland and the southern and eastern scotland. look at the temperatures, they are pretty for this stage in november. tomorrow we start off on a grey note, what of cloud, some patchy mist and fault as well. that cloud is enough. of drizzle, but it will break you and there. for example, in the shelter of the welsh hills peak district, but it is in the north—west of scotla nd but it is in the north—west of scotland that is favoured for the brightest skies and temperatures

down a notch on what we're looking at today. the weekend, temperatures continuing to fall and that is because the high pressure that has been across central europe drifts further east, all the wind around it moves clockwise, very subtle change in ourwind moves clockwise, very subtle change in our wind direction tomorrow. that means a saturday we will see more sunshine. exceptions to that likely a cross in northern ireland, with the south—east wing clinging to some of the north sea coastline. temperatures roundabout 11 or 12 at rest. we will have a touch of frost overnight into saturday and into sunday as well. you can see how on sunday as well. you can see how on sunday it will be another sunny day, highs, 10— 11, quite cloudy on monday and the temperatures starting to slide. welcome back to westminster this morning, i want to bring you up to date on one or two things happening. we have heard from donald task on the timetable issue about what will happening in brussels, an

extraordinary meeting, the 25th of november, confirmed this morning. theresa may will be appearing in front of mps resenting her brexit plans to be to bring it up to date, one resignation we have had confirmed. shailesh vara, northern ireland minister, has resigned. we will bring you more details on that when we have. let's go straight to our guests now. sir kia starmer, the giver and much forjoining us. let's cut to the chase, will the labour party vote this exit clandown? we said we would judge it when we saw it. -- said we would judge it when we saw it. —— plan down. we have analysed the pages and it is a miserable failure that can —— fails the conditions. there seems to be huge detail on the backstop the prime minister said she doesn't need to use. when it gets to the future relationship of where we are heading, seven pages, i kid you not.

they in the extreme. i do think anybody could sign up to a document ordeal where you don't know where you are going. to avoid anybody misunderstanding what you are saying this morning, having seen 585 pages, you are saying the labour party will be voting this down. we will vote against it, it doesn't meet our test. the future relationship is so vague that it is impossible to sign up vague that it is impossible to sign up to something that you don't know where you are going. matt hancock, the health secretary, we spoke to him earlier this morning. is almost as if they are presenting a moral decision, his line as to how the mathematics can work, how can you get this through parliament, his line is that mps should vote for it because the other options of no deal or no brexit at all our chaos. his line is, you should vote for it. well let's analyse that for a

moment. the government is not even this morning going out and saying this morning going out and saying this is a really good deal, this is great, what we need, in the national interest because it is good. it is saying it is not really that good, it is obviously inadequate, it is not what we promised, but the alternative is so much worse is that you should vote for it. honestly, the end of two years of negotiation, is that the best they can do? have been saying for a long time we are not to be presented with this fool ‘s choice of a bad deal, or even worse. that is exactly the position that the calendar is moving fast now and there is one intellectual argument about whether that is right or wrong. it is happening. today, theresa may will be in the commons presenting her case after the november 25 meeting, there will be a vote in this house and if you vote it down it will go to one of those two other options are. that will

happened. i don't accept that. at an a cce pta ble happened. i don't accept that. at an acceptable drug in the house of commons will allow all vote for no deal. what is the other alternative? will have to take control in parliament, which is defined objectives that actually people agree on, or to take such other action. let it put the alternative to you. if i was coming on your programme this morning saying i have read the document, it is inadequate and fails in the following respects, not good for the country. guess what, we will vote for itjust to stop a no deal. you would be challenging me all day to say what sort of critical analysis of that, what kind of challenge is that? we cannot accept... the prime minister has run the clock down on a bad deal and now we say we do not accept it, you get even worse. nobody in the walk of life would accept that. have we moved closer to a second referendum? well, the way we looked at this at our party conference was to save that there are three steps, essentially. the first is, is the

deal good enough? we have heard that many times. today, i'll be closer to a second referendum? it depends what will happen in the next few months. if the deal is voted down, then other options become available. one of which is a general election and we would fight to say there should be one. if that doesn't happen, other options should be open, including the option of campaigning for a public vote. thank you very much for your time this morning. we are here throughout the morning on brea kfast are here throughout the morning on breakfast this morning. now it is the news, travel and weather, wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm geeta pendse. the family of a man from north london found dead in ibiza in august have launched a crowd—funding campaign to pay for legal costs to search for answers surrounding his death. 24 year—old anwaar lahrichi—greenwood from edmonton was found in the water at san antonio port. an investigation by spanish police concluded he died from misadventure. his family believe he was attacked and hit over the head.

high levels of air pollution in london is restricting lung development in children according to a new study. it tested 2,000 youngsters and found those exposed to diesel dominated air pollution showed signs of poor lung capacity. researchers suggest this could put them at risk of lifelong breathing disorders. they also found although air quality has improved, but more needs to be done. every year londoners give so generously to children in need, and all this week we've been showing you where the money goes. king's college london have been given funding to set up small choir. it's made up of kids that have had kidney transplants at the evelina london children's hospital and the surgeon who's idea it was tells us why he set it up.

i wanted to give these children, who have been a lot, something to do. to sing together, this sing their together and i thought this was the best way to express that. and bbc london will be live at kidzania in westfield as part of this year's children in need appeal tomorrow evening from 7:30. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. c2c trains are running at reduced speeds and with some delays following signal problems near dagenham dock. traffic on the m25 is slow heading clockwise towards junction 3 on the m20 following a collision, with delays at the darenth interchange. to the south of purley, the a22 is blocked at saint james' road following a collision, with delays between purley and kenley stations. now here's the weather with elizabeth. hello, good morning. plenty of sunshine around yesterday, but we may have to wait until saturday to see the sunshine again. today is going to be a rather grey affair,

lots of mist, murk, low cloud around and that will persist for much of the rest of the day, but at least it is mild for november, certainly a mild start to the morning. watch out on some of the roads for mist and patches of fog. that will lift into low cloud as we head through the morning. the best of any brightness is likely to be towards north—western areas of the capital, quite a cloudy, dull day, really. temperatures of 15, maybe 16 celsius with a light southerly breeze. 0vernight tonight, we are continuing to get that feed of air in from the south, once more it is likely to be a dull start to the day. low cloud and mist, fog around but again it is staying mild. tomorrow again, another cloudy day, that mist and fog really quite slow to lift and clear through the morning, but staying mild and turning cooler over the weekend, but there should be more sunshine around and distinctly cold into the start of next week. i'm back with the latest

from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning and welcome to breakfast. i'm charlie stayt here in westminster, where the prime minister last night warned of difficult days ahead and in the past half hour her northern ireland minister has quit over her plan for brexit. a warning, there are flashing images in our headlines today. after reaching an agreement with her cabinet, theresa may said it was her deal, no deal, or no brexit. i firmly believe, with my head and my heart, that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom. during five hours of talks several

members of the cabinet opposed the prime minister's plan, so will there now be further resignations? we'll pick out the key parts of the 585 page document, and find out where we go from here. we know the chancellor called business leaders last night after that cabinet meeting but what do they make of the brexit deal? i am live in the city of london this morning to find out. also this morning: more than 100 people remain missing as more victims of the california wildfires are discovered. ben stokes helps turn the tide for england on day two of the second test against sri lanka with a catch and this brilliant run out. good morning. it is a mild start to the day and i'll stay generally but cloudy for many of us. that should break up foremost and some rain coming in from the west. further

details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday 15th november. our top story: in the next few hours theresa may will head here, to the commons, as she makes the case for her plan for brexit. yesterday during a tense five—hour meeting at downing street, the prime minister did manage to reach an agreement with her cabinet. but there was opposition from some of her own ministers and she'll face tough questions this morning from mps of all parties. here's what she said as she emerged to a volley of camera flashes last night. i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that we could negotiate and it is the time to move on with the talks. the choices before us were difficult, particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop, but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal

agreement and the outlying political declaration. this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalise the deal in the days ahead. these decisions were not taken lightly, but i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the national interest. when you strip away the detail, the choice before us away the detail, the choice before us is clear. this deal, which delivers on the vote of the referendum, which brings back control of our money, laws and borders, ends free movement, protects jobs, security and borders, ends free movement, protectsjobs, security and our union, or leave with no deal, or no brexit at all. that was theresa may as she emerged from number 10 last night. let's bring you up to date with developments. in the last few minutes, northern ireland minister shailesh vera has resigned from uk government. he posted a photo of his resignation letter on twitter, along with the words "with much sadness

and regret i have submitted my letter of resignation as a northern ireland minister to the prime minister. it has been a joy and privilege to serve in the northern ireland office and i will always cherish the fondest memories." so will their now be more resignations? we will wait and see of course. earlier we spoke to the health secretary, matt hancock, who was in that five and a quarter hour meeting yesterday and he told us what it was like. it was a civil discussion and if you want to know how to run the country, it was a thing to behold. here we had 29 people who attend cabinet overall from all parts of the country bringing their different views to bear, having a full discussion about this deal, and then coming collectively to the agreement as you

set out that the prime minister gave. political correspondent leila nathoo is with me now. let's talk about matt hancock's comments this morning. what he said in relation to the maths, the all—important in relation to the maths, the all—importa nt vote which in relation to the maths, the all—important vote which we know will happen, he said that mps should vote in favour. the racket around that feel like or there is chaos. just take us through it. he said what theresa may herself outlined. no deal at all, or risk no brexit at all, which is of course what brexit backers fear the most. there is now this huge appeal to tory backbenchers who may be wavering on this deal, who have now had time to diejust the full this deal, who have now had time to die just the full meaning of what was agreed, overnight packs. —— digest the full meaning of what was agreed, overnight perhaps. now we know the consequences if they choose

not to back the deal. the parliamentary vote will happen before christmas and that is now theresa may's priority, to get both wings of hope party onside, the remainer wing and the brexiteers. we have had one resignation but what else will happen here today? before eight o'clock we had the resignation of thejunior eight o'clock we had the resignation of the junior minister shailesh vara from the northern ireland office. could be the start of a flurry of ministerial resignations. we will see. theresa may will make a statement in the commons later this morning and there will be a long time for mps from all parties of the house to ask more questions about this agreement. i think then we will get the sense of the temperature in the house and just how difficult it will be for her to get the numbers in her favour. thank you. let's go to brussels this morning. adam fleming is there. i know there has been a press conference happening this morning. this is very much

about the timetable and things are moving fairly quickly. yes. i have just witnessed a great moment of theatre. it was a beaming michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator, handing over that 585 page doorstep of withdrawal agreement, agreed and approved yesterday, handing it over to donald tusk, the president of the european council, the man who chairs the summit of eu leaders, and then donald tusk said this. if nothing extraordinary happened, we will hold a european council meeting in order to finalise and formalise the brexit agreement. it will take place on sunday the 25th of november at 9:30am. finally, let me say this to our british friends. as much as i am sad to see you leave, i will do everything to make this farewell the

least painful possible for both you and for us. notice straightaway the change of tone from the eu. much less harsh and tough. it is all about looking towards the future and negotiating the future relationship on trade, security, all sorts of things, for the decades to come. donald tusk cannotjust click his fingers and make the summit happen like that on the 25th of november. there is a lot of build—up to happen. michel barnier will go to strasbourg, to france, to talk to the european parliament, and the member states, the 27 other countries, are going through the treaty with the fine tooth comb. there will be a meeting of ambassadors that week where we might hear some grumbling because we already have heard them about what michelle —— michel barnier has negotiated in their name. and then at 8:30am uk time on the 25th of

november, history will happen. the brexit deal will be signed off by the eu. it is nice to be able to say something categorical, isn't it? after a ll something categorical, isn't it? after all this time, there is a date and time. it is happening. that is adamant brussels this morning. we will keep you up—to—date on any developments in westminster this morning. —— that is adam in brussels. now back to the studio. thank you. we will bring you further news as we get it. it is 8:10am. a man's due in court later charged with the murder of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh was found stabbed to death near southampton sports centre injuly. stephen—alan nicholson, who's 24, is also accused of rape. eight more bodies have been found in the town of paradise in northern california, which was destroyed by a wildfire last week. a total of 56 people are now known to have died there, but a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. the director of the us emergency

agency says the town will need a total rebuild which will take several years. a bbc investigation has revealed that authorities made more than 46,000 calls to schools in england and wales in the last year to inform them about domestic abuse incidents. 0peration encompass allows police and councils to contact schools before lessons start when one of its pupils has been exposed to abuse the night before. it should mean staff can make sure the appropriate support is in place. staff shortages in the nhs in england are set to more than double by 2030 according to three leading think tanks. researchers from the kings fund, nuffield trust and the health foundation are warning of a shortfall of almost 250,000 staff. they say that workforce challenges are now a greater threat to health services than funding challenges. a department of health spokesperson

said workforce planning will be at the heart of the nhs long term plan. the queen has described the prince of wales as "a dedicated and respected heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history". she was speaking at a party for his 70th birthday at the palace yesterday. prince charles celebrated with inspirational people who also turned 70 this year. that brings you up to date with the news. we will go straight back to westminster now where charlie is for us westminster now where charlie is for us this morning. good morning, charlie. thank you. we have guests, as you can see. the prime minister starting a new day after that long night of talks. five and a bit hours with the cabinet altogether. approving the draft brexit steel. mark francois, deputy chair of the anti—eu european research group and nicky morgan, chair of house of commons treasury committee, join me now.

good morning. have you had a chance to read through 585 pages?” good morning. have you had a chance to read through 585 pages? i have, rather sadly. it was a late night that i am a former lawyer, so my skills came to good use in skim reading. it is a deal that i personally feel comfortable in saying yes to on behalf of my constituents. so it is a definite yes? obviously we will see what happens as it gets to december. it is not perfect, it is a negotiation, it could compromise that it is never going to be perfect. have what i wa nt going to be perfect. have what i want and at the end of the day i wish that we were not in this situation and not leaving the eu but given where we are, i feel strongly that it given where we are, i feel strongly thatitis given where we are, i feel strongly that it is for 650 mps to decide this and the country wants us to get on and move forward. what do you make of the document?” on and move forward. what do you make of the document? i did not sit up make of the document? i did not sit up all night like a lawyer reading through it. i will read through it very carefully at the weekend. we all know the key components that are

in it and it doesn't represent brexit. it would leave us in a customs union, which is not brexit. the prime minister promised over 20 times at the dispatch box in the house of commons since the referendum that we would leave the customs union and now we are told we could remain in it, and we wouldn't be allowed to leave it unless the eu deigned to allow us to leave. that is not what the british people voted for. that is letting them down and betraying the spirit of the referendum. nicky will vote for this andl referendum. nicky will vote for this and i would not vote for this if they put a shotgun in my mouth. the referendum only asked whether or not we wa nted referendum only asked whether or not we wanted to leave the eu. that was the question. and now we have a date and a very clear timetable emerging from brussels. in what way does it not deliver what people voted for in a referendum? i havejust expend about the customs union. if you remain ina about the customs union. if you remain in a customs union, you have not let the european union. also it says we would adopt equivalent standards in the environment,

employment and social policy. that means we would continue to take eu law, which is not leaving the european union. and we have got 80 conservative colleagues who have pledged that they will vote against this. the labour party will not vote for it. the dup, who the government have madly, madly annoyed with this, they will not vote for it. the liberals will not vote for it and the snp will not. mathematically this will never go through. it is dead on arrival at st thomas's hospital over the row. let's pick up on the numbers. parliamentary numbers can be extraordinary. this is where we are. keir starmer was saying that the labour party would vote this down a few moments ago, standing where you are. the maths is a problem, isn't it? the cabinet can agree something but what is the point if it reaches the house and does not make it through? the point is that actually it is right that this important deal for the future

of our country will come to the house of commons. if 11 of us had not rebelled about december last year, when we were given an enormously hard time by people who we re enormously hard time by people who were pro—brexit, actually this deal would not be coming to the house of commons, and being decided by our sovereign parliament. people like mark wanted sovereignty and control to come back to this country and thatis to come back to this country and that is what we wanted to see play out. the numbers are tight. the chief whip already has a few grey hairs and will have more by the end of the process. but there is time between now and the vote and a lot of people will read this document and be thinking very hard, taking soundings, and we have got to see what people do at the end of the day. i think it is and normal hurdle at the time it —— it is an enormous hurdle that the prime minister has passed to get it through cabinet. i'm very sorry to see shailesh vara go because he is a good minister. but this is important. this is the moment when parliament and the house of commons in particular does its job on behalf of our constituents.

this really matters. it absolutely does. it is called the meaningful vote and it will be very meaningful and it will probably be the most important thing that mps ever vote on in their whole lives. can i draw your attention to the conversation with matt hancock earlier? talking about what happened in the meeting but also about the maths. he said consistently that mps should vote for this deal. the follow—on sentence obviously is that if you don't there only two options left, no brexit at all or no deal. can you see how that is being conjured now, that mps have got to make a very clear choice? if you want to make a decision for something tangible, you have got to vote for the deal. decision for something tangible, you have got to vote for the dealm decision for something tangible, you have got to vote for the deal. it is project fear again. if they try to bully us, they will find we are made of sterner stuff. we had all this before the referendum. we were told that if the british people had the temerity had the vote to govern themselves, then unemployment would go themselves, then unemployment would 9° up themselves, then unemployment would 90 up by themselves, then unemployment would go up by half a million and house prices would collapse, the economy

would go into recession. what happened? the economy is still growing and we have the lowest unemployment since 1975 and house prices are broadly stable. my point is that if they try to bully us on the conservative backbenchers, they don't understand who we are. we will never betray our country, we will never betray our country, we will never vote for this. i used to be a senior government whip and i know a bit about voting in the house of commons. this will never ever get through. we had 80 voting against it. shailesh vara has resigned and that makes 81. the notion that government whips will say you should vote for it, then we have a plan, then there is something we can show people and tell them what we have done, because both of the other options are the unknown. absolutely. is it bullying? a form of blackmail? that is a way that votes work in this place. not as monumental as the one in december perhaps. but is that the right way to go about the

decision like this? you have got to make a decision like this? you have got to makea binary decision like this? you have got to make a binary choice for something and actually the motion will be very simple. the motion will be does the house of commons say yes or no to this draft withdrawal agreement and the draft political declaration? just like the referendum was a binary choice between leaving and remaining, yes or no, and you are right, people will be thinking about the alternatives. i think no deal in particular will be deeply economically damaging and i can't understand why my colleagues would wa nt to understand why my colleagues would want to inflict that on the country. mark will have a different view of that, i know. i have seen enough collea g u es that, i know. i have seen enough colleagues and done enough interviews over the last 24 hours to know that and everything else. this is what we will be arguing about and thinking about and no doubt we will be taking soundings from local parties and constituents and businesses and others in our areas. that is what we should be doing

before something so important. our time is up on this particular chat but thank you very much. later on this morning theresa may will be here in westminster and to will be addressing all mps. we will see what happens. and if we want a bit of calm, where do we go? to carol. bless you! it is cloudy in london with charlie and cloudy across many areas, and as you can see from the weather watchers, some mist and fog around as well. it will brighten up where we have got the cloud but also some rain in the forecast. we have had rain and drizzle coming in across northern ireland and western scotland, turning heavier as we go through the course of the morning and into the afternoon, and it is courtesy of this weather front which will be pushing eastwards through the rest of the day and overnight. look at the spacing in the isobars. it will also be windy across the north and west with exposure. from north east england down towards dorset, heading into the south—eastern corner, that is where we have all the cloud, patchy mist and fog, which will lift and break for many. we will see some sunshine

coming through but also rain advancing into western scotland. gusty winds in the north and west. it used to seeing sunshine. in northern ireland, rain moves across through the course of the day and gusty through the irish sea. northern england with sunshine brightening up across wales and the midlands and east anglia, but we hang on to the cloud across southern counties of england and the channel islands. temperatures could get up to 15 or 16 around the moray firth and somewhere else in the south—east. this evening and overnight, the weather front advances eastwards, weakening all the time and ending up in east as just a band of cloud that could produce the odd spot of drizzle. in the south—westerly wind, we will pull in all this cloud across much of the uk. as a result, the temperatures are pretty good for this stage in november. they would be pretty good as maximum temperatures in the afternoon. as we had three tomorrow, there will be

more cloud compared to today. there will be some drizzle here and there but some brighter breaks developing, especially in the shelter of the hills around wales and the peak district. the north east of scotland once again hangs on to the lion's share of the sunshine. temperature—wise, up to 14 or 15 maybe. saturday starts off cloudy with the winds changing directions that lead to more of a south—easterly. look how it clears up. cloud along the north sea coastline and into northern ireland but temperatures just slowly slipping back to about 11 or 12 at best. 0vernight saturday into sunday some of us will see some ground frost. again on sunday morning we are going to start off with some cloud but clear skies developing and we are looking at temperatures just a little bit lower again. high

temperatures of maybe ten or 11 and as we go into the new working week, it will be cloudy on monday with temperatures continuing to slide. thank you. it didn't sound too bad but worth knowing it will get colder. see you in a bit. it is aged 22 am and we are going to the city of london. —— 8:22am. ben is getting the business district's reaction to the business district's reaction to the withdrawal agreement. good morning and welcome to the financial heart of the country. here like elsewhere they are trying to digests the 585 pages and work out what it means for them. the chancellor called business leaders last night and thanked them for their support in highlighting the risks of the no—deal brexit scenario, which he described as horrific. maybe that was enough to persuade doubtful cabinet ministers last night at the cabinet ministers last night at the cabinet meeting to get behind the

deal. what does the city make of this? what will the city be looking at this morning? 0ur immediate reaction is that this is a positive development and if agreed it would give us transition, so we could have an orderly withdrawal process, and welcome clarity over the status of people, eu nationals working here on whom we depend so heavily. and looking at what they are saying about the future, it would give us something on which to build for our future relationship. it is a very big if, isn't it? so many ifs, buts and babies in all of this. i wonder if we are any further forward today compared to yesterday because we still don't have clarity on the big issues. you are right that we shouldn't take our eye off the possibility of no deal which is clearly still a strong possibility. for that reason there are still some very significant issues that need to

be addressed and i would encourage the eu regulators in particular to ta ke the eu regulators in particular to take whatever steps they can to ensure financial stability and to make sure that insurance contract can carry on working across borders, and the clearing houses who deal with trillions of dollars of complex financial instruments can carry on operating. these are matters that could affect everybody from the individual trying to draw a pension across borders to the stability of the system, and regulators such as the system, and regulators such as the bank of england have taken the steps open to them so i called on eu regulators to take action on those issues as well. it is interesting that you talk about the effect it could have on all of us. it is easy to get caught up in what the city on the big financial institutions make of all of this, but fundamentally that will impact on things like pensions, the health of the economy, jobs, employment, and all of those things are so crucial and will be looked at very closely here. yes, this is a sector that serves the rest of the economy, both in the uk

and globally. we are talking about ordinary people and the impact this could have on everydayjobs and businesses. it is absolutely critical that we work our way through this complex process, or whatever anyone thinks of it, as carefully a nd whatever anyone thinks of it, as carefully and smoothly as possible. we would say that the no deal is to be avoided. just a word no deal, the chancellor called business leaders last night and they were quite instrumental in outlining what they thought would be the downsides and risks of no deal scenario. what will they want to hear now? we have got they want to hear now? we have got the 585 pages, but no clarity on a lot of big issues. what do they really need? the key thing people wa nt to really need? the key thing people want to see is a transition agreed because then we can work carefully through what the shape of the next stage will look like and what the relationship will be in longer term. i think what we need as soon as possible is certainty and clarity so that we can move forward. are you expecting to get that? well, you

tell me. we are very hopeful that the cabinet and parliament will pull together. this is a critical time for the country obviously. really i think what we should do is put pragmatism to the fore now and just move really carefully through this process and build a strong relationship with our eu partners and the rest of the world as we step into the future. catherine, it is good to hear your thoughts. thank you very much and nice to see you. that is the view from the city of london corporation. a lot of debate and discussion will go on today about what some of this detail that we have started to get over the last 12 hours or so will actually mean. but big questions remain on so many issues. the pound hasn't done a huge amount because frankly the money markets think that there are still many hurdles to overcome. we will talk more about that later but first the news, travel and weather where you are watching this morning. this morning are the, quite

messianic biraghi in places but some sunny spells developing. the cross some sunshine across wales, in southern and eastern areas of scotla nd southern and eastern areas of scotland and patchy rain starting to move its way in but that is going to be another mild day, especially where the cloud breaks across parts of the midlands and into the london area. temperatures around 16 degrees. those temperatures could be fairly high, about 15 celsius as well. through tonight but bring across scotland and northern ireland will move through and eventually clear. quite a lot of cloud over night, some misty and murky

conditions. some clear spills across the far north and that means it could be quite chilly here but elsewhere, temperatures holding up at about 7—11dc. we have that big area of high pressure sitting across russia at the moment. it is extending its way all the way across the united kingdom. it is blocking this weather system from coming in from the west, so during friday, a set of data, loss of cloud iran, some mist and merck, and that will tend to live, remaining cloudy for many through the afternoon. a few bright spells developing in the form of scotla nd bright spells developing in the form of scotland and temperatures down a degree also on friday with no cloud around, at about 13 degrees. into the weekend, sunshine developing, a fine, dry weekend for many but temperatures just starting to creep down as we go into next week. stay tuned to the forecast. this is business live from bbc

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