good morning, welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt in westminster, where prime minsiter theresa may is fighting to remain in office. today she'll start selling her brexit deal to the public, after insisting a series of resignations won't change her mind. ami am i going to see this through? yes. but there are questons now over the environment secretary, michael gove, who's considering quitting after turning down the post of brexit secretary. so are there better ways to organise brexit? i'm at a brewery in edinburgh to see what businesses and workers are making of developments. and what the uncertainty could mean for them. join us little later in the programme. also this morning: a big jump in the number of people missing in california's worst ever wild fire. officials now say more than 600 poeple are still unaccounted for. england give rooney a victorious send off. wayne came in on the second half off at wembley. and after england had beaten the usa 3—0, he brought his whole team

on to share his last wembley moments. and after an incredibly warm day yesterday for some of you, a big temperature drop on the way. i have details on that, and the lot of dry weather to take us through the weekend, right here on breakfast. good morning. it's friday, november 16. the prime minister is fighting to remain in office this morning after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of her draft brexit deal. and there could be more to come, with the news that enviroment secretary micheal gove could be ready to leave the cabinet. it's the latest development in what has been a tumultuous few days in westminster. yesterday morning, dominic raab became the second brexit secretary to give up thejob, saying there were fatal flaws in theresa may's plans. his departure was followed by work and pensions secretary, esther mcvey. junior ministers also resigned, including brexit minister suella braverman and northern

ireland minister shailesh vara, who we will be speaking to shortly. but, in the face of threats of a vote of no confidence, the prime minister is remaining defiant. leadership is about taking the right decisions, not the easy ones. as prime minister, myjob is to bring back a deal that delivers on the vote of the british people, that does that by ending free movement, all the things i raised in my statement, ending free movement, ensuring we are not sending vast annual sums to the eu any longer, ending thejurisdiction annual sums to the eu any longer, ending the jurisdiction of the european court of justice, ending the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, but also protects jobs and protects people's livelihoods, protects our security, protects the union of the united kingdom. i believe that this is a deal which does deliver that, which is in the national interest. and am i going to see this through? yes. joining me now is our political correspondent leila nathoo. leilo will be with us this morning.

good to see you. bring us up—to—date first of all about the letters of no—confidence. speculation about whether the key 48 number has been reached. where are we? it is impossible to say the exact number that have gone in. something significant happened yesterday. we had high profile brexiteers, leaders ofa group had high profile brexiteers, leaders of a group of tory backbenchers saying publicly that they had submitted their letters, publishing those letters for all to see. that is significant. if they can get theirgrip on board, is significant. if they can get their grip on board, that could be a huge threat to theresa may. as yet we haven't had an announcement. there has been much talk of these letters of no—confidence that would trigger a vote on whether she should be leader. there has been talk in the past, moments of crisis, she has weathered those moments, come through them, there is a particular moment of danger now. you get a sense possibly one wrong move and there could be a flood of letters going on. in the meantime of course

we have seen the pictures of theresa may in the house of commons, almost three hours. she is taking a front put approach. she will be answering the public‘s questions today on radio as well. it is an incredibly trying day for theresa may yesterday it you think what she had to go three in the last 24 hours since, and yet she is carrying on as if nothing has happened. she is absolutely defiant. you heard her say she will see this through, she is selling the deal to the public, which she would have done anyway it evenif which she would have done anyway it even if there hadn't been resignations and opposition in the commons. she is determined to press on with her strategy. she has a few weeks before this crucial vote comes to parliament. it is clear that the opposition to this deal is not going away. leilo, you will be with us through the morning. we will watch with interest. it has been busy the last few days. let's get the very lastest from brussels now, where our correspondent adam fleming is keeping a close eye on proceedings. good morning. pick up on one issue

for me. quite a lot of mps are saying go back to brussels. let's renegotiate. was the official line on whether that is a possibility? good morning. we heard from angela merkel, german chancellor, yesterday saying there is a deal on the table that has been approved by negotiators. it cannot be reopened. that was echoed yesterday by a senior eu official in brussels involved in the negotiations saying that during those talks both sides used up all their room for manoeuvre. and in fact the eu has already in their view bent lot of rules to get the divorce treaty to where it is. now having said that, though, there are still some negotiations going on over the separate document that will go next to the divorce treaty call the political declaration which will set out and sketch the broad framework for the future relationship between the uk and the eu. that document is still being written. so who knows what could be put into that at the

last minute. and eu member states have already made a few little noises about concerns they have about it. we will hear more today. eu ambassadors are having a meeting in an hourwhere eu ambassadors are having a meeting in an hour where they will give their feedback from the member states. adam, what reaction has there been to the goings on here, dominic raab, for example? the official policy is to not say anything because the eu doesn't want to be seen to interfere in reduced domestic politics. but speak to people privately, they are absolutely glued to programmes like this, finding out the latest. i have had so many texts from diplomats say m, had so many texts from diplomats say in, how many letters are there. has the meeting of 1922 happened? where is graham brady the man who represents the tory backbenchers, becoming a weird celebrity in brussels. everyone wants to know what's going on and they have known throughout the process that one of the hardest parts of this would be getting a deal through the british parliament. not just the

negotiations to get a deal in the first place. adam, for the moment, thank you very much. we will be with adam through the morning this morning. i will be at westminster speaking with interesting characters and reporters close to the story finding out what may be happening today. also speaking in the next few minutes to one of the ministers, the first to resign yesterday morning, so we first to resign yesterday morning, so we will have a first—hand account to find out what it feels like a hand in the resignation letter and the reasoning behind it coming up in the reasoning behind it coming up in the next few minutes. there is so much to talk about, charlie. see you late in the programme. thank you. the time is 6:07am. the number of people missing in northern california's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. 0ur reporter danjohnson has more. the air here is still really thick with smoke. everyone has a mask. and there are still places where the ground is smouldering more than a week after the fire tore

through here, burning pretty much everything to the ground. and this sort of destruction is typical. you can see this right up the main street. shops and businesses like this completely burnt to the ground. and it's not a case of coming in here and making repairs or rebuilding. they re going to have to start again, build from the ground up. but there is a big question, a serious question, about whether that can be done, whether people will even want to come back and live here again among these trees on the hillside, in the forest, where this fire spread so quickly. there are questions about how it started and suspicion that an electrical fault in the power network could have been to blame. there are lots of engineers here trying to rebuild that power network and make it safe. but those questions will have to wait because the priority is working out exactly how many people lost their lives in this fire, and accounting for those who are missing, more than 100 of them, and there are teams going through neighbourhood after neighbourhood, house by house, delicately searching, trying to provide those answers. but every day the death toll keeps increasing. danjohnson, bbc news, in paradise. nearly two—thirds of local bank

branches across the uk have closed in the last 30 years, according to the consumer group which? the research found that one in five people are now almost two miles away from their nearest branch. people in rural communities have been hit the hardest. of course, online banking is a bigger part of the picture than it used to be, but the serious outages and it failures we have seen over the last couple of years show that those services can't be relied upon to the extent that they need to be. banks need to give people access to their money. they need to stop cutting cashpoint at the same time as reducing banks as well. these frustrated by the flu vaccine for over 65s been told the final delivery batch will arrive tomorrow. nhs england said there will be enough vaccines to protect everyone before winter. more guidance should before winter. more guidance should be given to gps and patients to

avoid disruption over the phased delivery of supplies. 0lder avoid disruption over the phased delivery of supplies. older adults are advised to get the flu jab in early december. you might not know it, but every kilogramme measured is set by the weight of a small platinum—based cylinder locked away in a paris safe. now scientists want to get rid of it, and replace it with a more accurate tool using an electric current. a painting by the british artist, david hockney, has sold overnight for $90 million. the sale of portrait of an artist, pool with two figures set a new record for a work sold at auction by a living artist. it was painted back in 1972. that is a lot of money. back to our top story now, and the enviroment secretary, micheal gove, is understood to be considering whether he should become the latest cabinet minister to resign from the government. let's get more from charlie in westminster. talking to lots of politicians and lots of people close to the

situation, charlie. naga, thank you very much, yes indeed. we are trying to get a handle on what's happening over the last 24 hours. also, people frustrated at the people who have departed and we are try to find out why those ministers have left their jobs. that is what we are trying to find out now. the first to resign yesterday morning was the conservative mp shailesh vara. hejoins me now. 0ne one of the ministers at the northern ireland office as of yesterday. 7:23aml ireland office as of yesterday. 7:23am i think it was yesterday morning you handed in your resignation. can i establish one or two things first of all, do you have full confidence in theresa may?” full confidence in theresa may?|j have full confidence in theresa may?” have confidence in her as a prime minister, but i don't have confidence in the deal that she has brought forward and she wants parliament to pass. issue that i have... just to clarify, how can you separate those things? she is saying she is fully committed to the deal that you say you can't agree. does that you say you can't agree. does that not necessarily mean you can't have confidence in her? she would say that, wouldn't she? but the

history parliament shows that at times of crisis prime minister is listen to the backbenchers and in this instance i am asking her as a backbencher, someone who has said i cannot support this particular agreement, i hope she will listen even at this last moment because what we are doing is putting the country first, rather than trying to get something through. so this extraordinary time — would you vote for her again as your party leader, therefore prime minister? charlie, i have no problems with the prime minister, it is the issue at hand that i have a problem with, it is the deal. this is not about personalities. i have worked with theresa may when she was shadow leader of the commons. i was deputy when she was chairman of the conservative party. i was a vice—chairman. i have a huge amount of time and respect for her but i can't support the deal she has brought back. explain as best as you can the specifics of why you cannot support the deal that's on the table? the deal that she has brought backis table? the deal that she has brought

back is one that remainers and brexiteers can't be happy with. i was a remainer at the referendum. it locks the united kingdom into a customs arrangement. the rules will be made by the eu. we will have no say on any of those rules. we won't be sitting at the top table. you are talking about the backstop. no, i am talking about the backstop. no, i am talking about the backstop. no, i am talking about what happens today we leave the eu next march. and initially we will all be locked into this customs arrangement. and then we get into the implementation period. and then great britain, england, scotland and wales, came back but northern ireland will be permanently locked into the customs arrangements. and the critical issue is that we cannot unilaterally leave the customs arrangement. there is no finite date. and if we want to leave, we have to actually agree with the eu that we want to leave and we can't agree through an arbitration panel. there are confused people watching, people like yourself if planning their position, which you havejust like yourself if planning their position, which you have just done,

how can you reconcile the fact that you're standing with me today saying we are losing control, we will not have control of our own rules and laws, and yesterday we watched the prime minister very openly saying this deal delivers control over our borders, control over our laws, all the things we said we would do. why is she saying that if you, as one of her ministers, who has read the document, and made a very difficult decision i think for yourself, i mean, who is right? charlie, on the decision, i have been a conservative member of parliament for 13 years. this was not an easy decision. i have been a loyal member. when the prime minister says we have achieved all those things. we have achieved all those things. we have achieved all those things. she doesn't say we have achieved sovereignty. the people in the referendum said they wa nted people in the referendum said they wanted britain to be sovereign. if the united kingdom is locked into a customs arrangement with the european union, and that deals with the tariffs and the trade deals and

whatever, which is fundamental to our economy, we will not have control over that. we will be bound by rules set by the european union and we will not be sitting at that top table because we would have left the european union. we will be bound by those rules. if we decide we have had enough and want to leave, i am sorry, mate, you can't leave, and if we don't agree and we disagree, we go to the arbitration panel and we must decide and as a lawyer i can tell you they can only go one way usually, and that means we are locked in. the other thing i would conclude on because i am mindful of time is that the eu has a reputation for going slow. they never wanted us to leave in the first place. we could be locked into this arrangement while we try to get that precious uk— eu trade agreement, we could be locked in for many, many yea rs. in brussels, they are pretty categorical. they have done a deal.

they think they have spent two years negotiating a deal in good faith with our brexit secretary who has now quit. they don't see another arrangement on the table. i'm content arrangement on the table. i'm co nte nt to arrangement on the table. i'm content to leave without a deal. of course there will be some economic turbulence to start off with, of course there will be but we won't be paying those billions of pounds to the eu that we would otherwise have been paying. they can be used to cushion businesses and individuals, cushion businesses and individuals, cushion the economy, and we will have only a short—term crisis, even all the papers that are talking about doom and gloom, the short—term prices. what this deal does is to set the framework for our future for decades ahead and the outlook for the future of the long—term, not just being bullied in the short term. the appreciate you coming down. we will be here throughout the morning this morning. we are trying to get a sense of our people are feeling about how things stand at

the moment. it is complicated. right now, there is a bit of rain was just missed this morning. —— is itjust missed. —— whether missed. especially when you consider yesterday, it got to 18 celsius in the highlands of scotland. it's not been this warm this late in the month to 20 years. as c has a ready hinted, a bit misty and murky, especially across england and wales. some are brightest conditions will be northern scotland. the coolest up—to—date compare to the rest of the country. the patchy light rain and drizzle. but the much of the uk, dry morning commute. a dryjourney home as well. but it cloud around across the country. allowing some sunshine through. the best spot

probably to the north coast. parts of lancashire and cumbria. temperatures in the midteens to many. a bright and update the northern ireland. continuing to see sunny spells. the sunniest of all, not quite as sunnis yesterday that riches could still be around 14 or 15 degrees. into tonight, with the south—east wind, some in the cloud drifting northwards. not quite as chile to some of you here. temperatures will dip back into single figures. it's a weekend dominated by this area of high pressure. the wings flying clockwise around at bringing missed the window of clearer weather. after some cloudy conditions, increasing amount of sunshine pushing in from the south and the east. lots of sunshine

by the afternoon. it will be better afternoon. temperatures tbin double figures. a little bit lower than it has been over the past couple of days. clear skies take this into saturday, actually start sunday morning. a touch of frost around the 12. a spike of a day across the uk. lots of sunshine around. what a fresh breeze blowing. temperatures similarto fresh breeze blowing. temperatures similar to saturday's values but as we go into next week, the high pressure a cross we go into next week, the high pressure across continental europe, a pool of cold red drifting in sick and forget about the 18 degrees we saw yesterday. by next week, around six or seven degrees. nothing u ntowa rd six or seven degrees. nothing untoward that this time of year but a big change. itjust doesn't look

nice. i'm so used to you not being here, i started chatting away to the next about the next item. i apologise. when you think of rob lowe, what do you think of? those 19805 films. lowe, what do you think of? those 1980s films. the brat pack. the producers are, no, west wing. and i was like, but pack. he's perhaps best known for his role in the west wing, but rob lowe's latest project sees him in boston. not in america, but in lincolnshire. he's playing an american cop who's appointed as the town's chief constable in a new tv crime drama. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet him. here we are in boston, lincolnshire. we'll find out more later but let us ask you about the california fires. when i moved to california, i moved to wander me a road in point doom,

vaitai street burned down, it all burned down is a lot of childhood memories of that area will never be the same but i know sami people who lost their homes there. it's been unimaginable. how have you then began to process that, being so far away from home? it's been hard. i was this into the first responders, at four o'clock in the morning, on hearing the names of your friends homes and their addresses, calling the backup and reporting on the flames, certain streets that i ran around on as a young boy, it was just surreal. what brought you here? well, i'm always a big fan of shows we re well, i'm always a big fan of shows were a location is a character. and boston lincs is its own mini worlds. i've learned that as an american coming year. it's really the home of

brexit. i played the chief constable here so this is my little fight them. you arrived in britain as a very interesting time. miller in the uk voted more strongly for brexit than where we are sitting right now, 7596. than where we are sitting right now, 75%. what have you made of all that? there is clearly a conflict that people are feeling here or they wouldn't have voted so strongly for brexit. it's kind of a boiling confusing, volatile time and to set a story with that as a background is a story with that as a background is a real plus for us. i am outside shooting all the time, i've never beenin shooting all the time, i've never been in once. a bin lorry. this is what you are looking for. while you're in britain, you are going to be doing live shows. what the heck isa be doing live shows. what the heck is a rob lowe live show? that'sjust

the point. i want people to go, what the point. i want people to go, what the heck is a rob lowe live show? i am very friendly with rickyjoe bayes, i am very friendly with aziz ansari, and they are brilliant stand—up comedians and i was always in awe and jealous that they could put together a show and take it out on the road when they felt like it and have direct access to their audience and i said, i'm going to do that. at the end of the show, open it up to questions from the audience. and almost every show, the very first question is, did you sleep with demi moore? that was my next question. i knew it would be. and i always say, a gentleman never tells. this country is an idea and one that is that the world the two centuries and two —— treason against the idea is notjust a crime against the idea is notjust a crime against the living. this holds the graves of people had died for it. the last

full measure of devotion. the west wing, one of your most loved roles. what is going on at the moment?” only play people smart enough to work in the white house, not to actually be in the white house is thatis actually be in the white house is that is my disclaimer. we live in the world of reality television and if you ever doubted it, now you really know it because we have a reality television star in the white house. 0ut reality television star in the white house. out of all the things i've done, the west wing is the thing that people seem to respond to it. they come up to in the street. you are the guy from the west wing. i've watched it 15 times all the way through. ego, 15 times. honestly, my favourite. thank you. what about 0xford blues? favourite. thank you. what about oxford blues? they were plants. i'm not buying that. the brat pack. you must have been looking at each other, we are going to be going up for the same roles after this. what was your rivalry with tom cruise like? brutally competitive. brutally

competitive, but also full of love and when i see all those guys, they are like the mates who you went to high school with. we've all had different lives and different careers but when we get back together, it's like brothers in arms but make no mistake, we wanted to kill each other. that's going to go for a minute. it flies over every day to you. is that you can't sport? that's me. that might actually be tom cruise coming back from the mission impossible set. i get in and hoover. how about this? digg on the internet and ego best restaurant in boston, lincolnshire, the second—best restaurant isn't mexican food. there are no mexicans here. that's unexpected. you know what, it's good. you've been there? of course i went. while you've been in britain, give us a couple of things

that are interesting. i'm disappointed that the presenters on the bbc are now no longer actually reading the news. american presenters reading the news. american p rese nte rs we re reading the news. american presenters were using telecom is forever but otherwise, the here and 90, forever but otherwise, the here and go, they are actually reading it. it was never like this. the news was never like this, like it is in america, they are giving you the news like this. i come over and watch the bbc and they would be like, right, on thursday, five cattle were crossing... and they we re cattle were crossing... and they were literally reading it and i thought it was so cool and so old school. this is a challenge to bbc brea kfast school. this is a challenge to bbc breakfast presenters. now everyone is on prompt. there is no fun that any more. thank you very much. it's been great being in boston with you. come any time. rob lowe's live show is called "stories i only tell my friends". i hope that's ok to you, rob lowe. ben's in scotland for us this morning, finding out why theresa may's irish backstop proposal is proving so controversial north of the border. welcome to edinburgh. we are in this

brewery trying to work out if there isa brewery trying to work out if there is a better way to organise that brexit deal and take a look at this. 9000 pints in each of these. you think that's big, take a look at that one there. 25,000 pints in each of them. what's funny is, when you talk about business, sony things that i get their head around. places like this, working out what it means the importance of raw materials. all the importance of raw materials. all the costs associated with that. although the to get the skills. this is the end of the skills. pace of about 4000 bottles every week. what

they want out of the brexit deal. but the news, travel and wherever you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. not a single person has contacted a nighttime telephone service set—up to help people affected in the grenfell tower fire. the phone line offers support — and it replaced the previous drop—in counselling service which closed last month. it's been suggested that the lack of take—up is because those in need prefer face—to—face contact. a start—up firm in london is launching the world's first custom—made 3d printed cycle helmet. the designer — a former student at university college london — says the exact fit is achieved through mobile head scanning technology, meaning no two are the same. the helmets aren't widely available yet — as the head measurements have to be taken in london. and it takes the machine about two minutes to measure—up. curators at the national portrait gallery —

have found a valuable thomas gainsborough painting — after placing an advert in a magazine. the unfinished artwork of the painter‘s daughter — was known to exist, but hadn't been seen on display since the 1880s. the gallery wanted it to form part of a new exhbition. bosses have now rearranged the display to make room for it. the exhibition opens next week. the magazine was country life. it's children in need tonight — which means last night was bbc radio london's soul night, with this man. tony blackburn was at koko's in camden. and only he can attract names like alexander 0'neal, alexandra burke and the real thing to perform on stage — and raise lots of money. and if you weren't there at the soul night, but you want to hear how great it was — you can hear it all — uncut — from 7 tonight on bbc radio london. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning.

a302 westminster bridge remains closed northbound from a3026 lambeth palace road to a3211 victoria embankment for security installations. it's only open for buses, taxis and cyclists. now the weather with elizabeth. hello, good morning. today's weather is looking very similar to how it was yesterday. some other misty and murky start to the morning, some patches of fog that they are so poor visibility and many of the roads, for a time this morning. that will lift into low cloud. it will keep the much of the rest of the dane will make it a touch cooler over the last couple of days but still mild but this time of year. it is another mild start the morning. the mist, the fog will lift into low cloud. very little in the way of brightness, not enough to get excited about in the afternoon, keeping a lot about cloud. top temperatures of around 11 or 12 celsius. we started drawing more of

an easterly wind and that will help shift the crowd but not until tomorrow to most of us. if you're doing something outdoors, perhaps the children in each night, it will stay dry for youth but there will be a lot of miss denmark. starting to get some close spells out towards the east and it will feel a touch cooler. chilly start to the weekend, five or six celsius. more sunshine and distinctly cold next week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: we've been talking to the west wing actor rob lowe about swapping white house politics for small—town crime in his new role as a british chief constable. we'll be live with the one show‘s matt baker, as he enters the final leg of children in need's rickshaw challenge before tonight's big show. and if one hollywood actor

wasn't enough for you, we've got another! jeff goldblum will be here to tell us how an appearance on the graham norton show led to his second career as a jazz musician. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the prime minister is fighting to remain in office this morning, after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of her draft brexit deal. theresa may is vowing to fight on amid speculation that she could face a vote of no—confidence from tory mps, and the news her environment secretary michael gove could also be ready to resign. the number of people missing in northern california's devastating

wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. camp fire, which destroyed the town of paradise, is the deadliest in california's history. nearly two—thirds of local bank branches across the uk have closed in the last 30 years, according to the consumer group which? the research found that one in five people are now almost two miles away from their nearest branch. people in rural communities have been hit the hardest. gps and patients who are frustrated by a shortage of the new flu vaccine for over—65s have been told the final delivery batch will arrive by tomorrow. nhs england said there would be enough vaccines for everyone to be protected ahead of winter. doctors said more guidance should have been given to gps and patients to avoid disruption over the phased delivery of supplies. older adults are advised to get the flu jab by early december. a painting by the british artist, david hockney, has sold overnight for $90 million, setting a new record. it's the highest amount paid for a piece of work

by a living artist. portrait of an artist, pool with two figures was painted in 1972. and that is the moment the hammer dropped. the timeout is 6:34am. good morning, like. this young man saying goodbye. he came back for one last time to say goodbye. and he played really well. there was quite a bit of controversy about him playing. that it might take the position away from a younger person. callum wilson played, scoring on debut. three england players on debut. he was showing a deft touch against america where he plays. how long was he on? he came on in the 57th minute. he nearly scored in the end. wayne rooney came on as a second half substitute, and made sure as you might have seen from that photo his final wembley

appearance was a family affair. here's one for the family album, all four of rooney's sons joined him to receive and award before the game. look at the camera now, as dad said goodbye for the last time as a player. it was also a night of firsts, afterjesse lingard gave england the lead, trent alexander arnold scored his first goal for his country. then, late on, bournemouth striker callum wilson scored on his england debut. when he came on he actually made a difference. nothing has changed. he is the wayne of old. it was great to have him on the pitch. i was hoping he would get his chance to score a goal. the week has been fantastic. he plays well individually. he has given us advice. he has been a breath of fresh air. he has been an absolute want to have here. now, also last night, england had an eye on croatia, and their dramatic 3—2 win over spain means it's now winner takes all when croatia come to england

on sunday afternoon in the final nations league group match. in this repeat of the world cup semi—final, the winners will reach next summer's nations league finals, with the losers relegated. in the friendly between republic of ireland and northern ireland, gavin whye missed the best chance of the match for northern ireland in the first half. it finished goalless. premier league clubs have agreed in principle to introduce var to the competition from next season. video referees were used at the world cup, and is in operation in italy and germany's top divisions, and has also been used in some fa cup and league cup games. the league will now formally make a request to the international football association board, and fifa, to use var from next season. the second test is finely poised out in kandy, where england are trying to buid a match—winning lead over sri lanka in the second test to give themsleves a platform to win the series. they're one up already. but they've lost four wickets so far this morning.

it has gone a bit pear shaped. 0pener rory burns managed a half century but he was out out soon afterwards. and then ben stokes went for a duck. at lunch, england than 131— four in the second innings with a lead of 85. india are through to the semi—finals of the women's world t20, after a 52 run victory over ireland in guyana. roger federer is through to the semi—finals, of the world tour finals in london. he beat south africa's kevin anderson, in straight sets at the 02 arena. federer lost his first match against kei nishikori, but has bounced back to win the next two. anderson also progresses despite the defeat. and although dominic thiem beat kei nishikori in straight sets, it wasn't enough, as both players go out. he wasn't happy, was he? and finally, there was an uncomfortable moment for this baseball player. this is ronaldo acuna junior, of the atlanta braves. he was batting for an all stars team againstjapan samurai. you can have a look. he hits it into

the ground and then into a rather sensitive area. there was a bit of concern for a moment. he was in a lot of pain. eventually he managed to carry on. that can't be the first time that has happened. it must happen a lot. it does. cricket players wear a box. when i was playing cricket it hit me in the eye on the eve of my sister's wedding. as long as your eye was ok. it was, eventually. they don't wear and in baseball? at least he is fine. we will see you later. good morning. we're returning now to our main story, and the prime minister vowing to "see brexit through", despite still not having a brexit secretary this morning. charlie's in westminster for us. getting all the kind of feel of what is happening this morning, charlie. there is definitely that feeling that theresa may is clinging on, or

holding onto power, and being rather defiant, but we know that the knives could be out around her. yes, it is such an important time right now. cast your mind back to yesterday. of course we have the extraordinary moment of dominic raab's resignation, then theresa may went straight into the commons for nearly three hours, answering critical questions from mps. then of course, there was the press conference in downing street. today it is worth saying she goes before the microphone answering questions to radio listeners which again will bea to radio listeners which again will be a moment when she put herself front and centre of everything going on. let's look at what happened yesterday. ido i do not pretend that this has been a comfortable process. or that either we or the eu are entirely happy with all of the arrangements that have been included within it. would she at least today undertake not to rule out taking this back to the british people and having

people's vote? it is the duty of members of this parliament to ensure that we deliver on the choice that was made by the british people. could i today stand here and list to the pm promises she has made to this house and to us privately? there has been a significant focus on the question of the backstop. as i say, the backstop isn't something which neither side, neither the uk nor the european union, wish to ever see exercised. prime minister, if there was a confidence vote held in your leadership in the conservative party, do you think it is in the national interest for you to fight it. and if you win by only one vote will you carry on as prime minister? leadership is about taking the right decisions, not the easy ones. i believe that this is a deal which does deliver that, which is in the national interest. and am i going to see this through? yes. important moment, that. with me now is christopher wilkins,

the prime minister's former speech writer. just to establish, credentials are important, you have written for theresa may in office. absolutely. i was the chief writer in number ten andi was the chief writer in number ten and i have known the prime minister for nearly 20 years since i first wrote for her as chairman of the party in 2000. so many people watching her performance yesterday in the past few days, even those who criticise her, they have praised her fortitude, that she is still number one, and fighting her corner. how much does that reflect her character? oh, absolutely. what you're seeing at the moment is theresa may at her best. she almost needs this adversity to shine actually. i've been working with her closely on moments of real strong adversity, thinking of the terrorist attacks last year, you know, that's attacks last year, you know, that's a moment when you really see the character of someone coming through. it's in this kind of moment when she really rises to the occasion. yesterday she put down i think a clear marker. she said, do you know

what, this is what i believe in, i am going to see this through, you can try to drag me out of here, but iam not can try to drag me out of here, but i am not going anywhere voluntarily. iam going i am not going anywhere voluntarily. i am going to see this through. yesterday she used the phrase, every fibre of my being, talking about decisions coming from her heart and her head. now, when we hear those things in her speeches, is that written by the likes of you, or is it her? well, it will be written by someone it her? well, it will be written by someone like me, sitting at a computer putting the words down on the page, but only having spent time reading it, getting to know her and understanding what motivates her. you could feel it coming through yesterday in the presentation. you could see it in herface yesterday in the presentation. you could see it in her face when she was delivering those lines. these are not things she just reads out. she passionately believes them. you can she passionately believes them. you ca n always she passionately believes them. you can always tell when someone reads a speech if it is authentic or not. you have to look at the performance

and think, yes, she really means is this. she genuinely does. she thinks she has been through this process now for two years of negotiation on this deal. he has been through incredibly tough times, which would bring anyone else down, or force anyone else to walk away. she has not done that. she can see the end of the process inside. she is determined to get there. all of that you have said about her character and her determination doesn't make her right. and the problem is the maths in connection with the commons behind us here. and some people suggesting what she is trying to do now is effectively bypass mps at appeal to people. and you will be well aware that there is a lot of frustration at the moment, confusion as to what the deal is, what is good and bad about it, but also frustration, grandstanding by some politicians, the protests off to one side, is it do you think now the way they are going to try and process this, that she will appeal to people as opposed to individual politicians? i think that is right. ifi politicians? i think that is right. if i have a criticism of the pm over

the past few months it is that there has not been enough of this at all. there has been rather too much pandering to some elements of the tory party in parliament and not enough talking directly to the country. after the chequers deal for example, that was the time to go out to the country, spent time going to town halls, high streets, going to businesses, explaining the comp moses to be made and what the deal was. i think we are getting it now —— compromises to be made. it is a little bit too late. there has been criticism that her coterie of people who are very close to her is too small and they are telling each other things they want to hear. you've got michael gove, for example. we don't know what he will do today. but her immediate people are too tide. what do you say to that? all prime ministers surround themselves with a group of advisers. this prime minister could easily so. she takes advice from her husband in

particular as a key adviser and her tea m particular as a key adviser and her team in numberten particular as a key adviser and her team in number ten is quite small. i think that there could have been more time spent over the past few months will bring a coalition of support for this deal across parliament. and that's notjust in the conservative party but also reaching out to moderate members of the labour party who ultimately have to come on board with this. so i think the fact that that hasn't happened is a bit of a blind spot and he should have done. because really the deal that is presented this week is not a surprise. it was a lwa ys this week is not a surprise. it was always going to be this deal. and that legwork would have been put in. i think the prime minister is one of those people who gets to the right thing in the end. i think we are seeing that now. going out and doing the radio interview phone in this morning. we need a lot more of it in the coming days. lovely to see you this morning. thank you for your insight. we will keep an eye on what's going on this morning with the radio interview at around 8am this morning. right now we will hand over to matthew to see what the weather is like across the whole of the uk. not quite as warm as

yesterday were we saw phenomena in the 18 celsius achieved in the highlands of scotland, our warmest late no member day in 20 years. that sort of temperature will not be seen again as we go into next week. 0ut there today, still marvel at the time of year. quite a murky start. brightening up later. always brightest across the highlands of scotland. maybe quite misty and foggy in parts of england. we will see the cloud can at times. looking at the details of the afternoon. if you are out to raising money, the best of sunshine, north and west wales. not a bad day northern ireland scotland. even in the south morning bristle. the further north you are across scotland. not as high

as yesterday but about 15 celsius. it will turn chilly here this evening. elsewhere, but it cloud through the night. that should stop the temperatures from dropping too low. maybe little bit cooler to start to weaken but the most, dry start. i pressure is dominating here and across europe. you can see this big gap in the cloud. that will be marching towards us to stop the weekend. a lovely sunny weekend to many. weekend. a lovely sunny weekend to by weekend. a lovely sunny weekend to many. by the afternoon, most of you will be sitting under sunny spells. temperatures ten, 13 degrees. what

will follow with clearer skies will bea will follow with clearer skies will be a chilly night. a touch of forced to ta ke be a chilly night. a touch of forced to take this into sunday. just a bit patchy cloud here and there. the breeze gets that it stronger. temperatures under sunny skies fairly similarto temperatures under sunny skies fairly similar to what we've seen. the real change comes into next week. after seeing temperatures over the past few days, 17, 18 degrees, back to six or seven celsius uk wise. i know somebody might be particularly keen on that. i won't be anyone who isn't keen. we will do the papers in a moment. we've been talking about brexit and the impact on businesses in ireland. where would theresa may's withdrawal eel

leave scotland. he's in edinburgh for us. he is at a brewery. it's an interesting take. a lot of parallels between westminster. we are looking for what it means the businesses. 0ne for what it means the businesses. one of those businesses as this one. john, the last 24 hours, pretty instrumental in what the fortunes of yours and many other businesses will be. what do you make of it? there is the uncertainty of a currency. all this kit, continental europe or america, it becomes more expensive. uncertainty is not good for business. uncertainty is the name of the game. he had a scottish

referendum to contend with. our main ground is all about multiculturalism. we are scottish from italian parents. what he wore it about? what did you read that made you worried? i think in business, sometimes you have to accept there are mistakes. the argument is, no deal is better than argument is, no deal is better than a bad deal. well maybe, neither of thoseis a bad deal. well maybe, neither of those is any good. we need to think about it in a different way.” suppose when you look at it. you have your raw materials and supplies. for instance, we are selling in to pubs, they can't get stuff and it looks like it will be harder and harder than to get it. we

don't the right people if we don't get people from abroad. it's going to be very tough going forward. this place, there is about 9000 pints of beer. clearly they want to make sure production continues. debra, you run a bakery. i do. we heard from john about what it can mean. you are worried about skills? skills are a big thing for others. we are a traditional bakery, those skills are a bit lost in the uk so we look to eu countries to give us that skills transfer, if you like, so a quarter of our workforce are eu citizens. given everything you've heard of the last 24 hours, where are you. what is it mean for you. what you worried about. i would prefer not to brexit

bite in the case where we are now, and no deal is disastrous price and that's because food standards alone, quality food is integral to scotland. we are an organically certified bakery. if we don't have equivalents with eu standards, that gets diverted somehow. we will talk more a little later. the guys here are making sure that all of this stuff, they produce hundreds of these every single week. they go to start exporting to europe. clearly lots of uncertainty. they are getting on to this year. more from after seven. not a bad place to be first thing on a friday morning. then is hard—core outfit. let's take

a look at what is going on inside the papers. charlie is in westminster for some will be us up to date. the back pages all dominated by wayne rooney. inside, a lot of the papers this morning, what it is, luckily. this chap is england's answer to jonah lomu. it is, luckily. this chap is england's answer tojonah lomu. his nickname is big joke. the full name is, in the gene. a long one. it is a

commentator‘s nightmare. it is ratu joe cokanasiga. imagine putting that on the end of the shirt. we are not getting so much about. it is getting cold now. still, it's that time in the morning. you early wake up, it is early. i'm veering towards december 21. do you a few months back, mark wahlberg released his daily routine. he is very committed. the whole thing. designed to make us all feel bad. james calder has joined him to see how he goes. join him with his four o'clock morning workout. 230 start. not far off what we do. my routine is more like three

o'clock. i thought you would be up... ten past three, i hit the snooze. i think, i can do that. i have forced losers. i think i sleep so deeply, it's great. afterjoining him, james macro that —— james corden described it as ridiculous. how well-behaved when driving? no texting on the phone? hands-free? well, you need to be careful because there is now a super speed camera that can spot someone super speed camera that can spot someone texting from 1000 yards away. more than half a mile away. it's dubbed the long—range. 0fficers are using it to catch drivers were speeding, tailgating speeding or

texting on their mobile phones are not wearing seatbelts. they can even make out the make and model of the mobile phone being used. in other ways, we are hoping you can use the technology to identify criminal gangs. taking advantage. we will all be back together on the sofa. we'll be back together on the sofa. we'll be interviewing jeff goldblum. jurassic park, the fly. into jazz now. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. it's been discovered a british

university was given an emergency loa n university was given an emergency loan in september by the higher education watchdog just to stay afloat. the ‘0ffice for students' provided the bailout when the university faced the prospect of running out of cash and being unable to pay its bills. what is known — is that the top two universities most in debt in the uk — as a percentage of its income — are st mary's in twickenham and east london university. a start—up firm in london is launching the world's first custom—made 3d printed cycle helmet. the designer — a former student at university college london — says the exact fit is achieved through mobile head scanning technology, meaning no two are the same. multi—gold medal 0lympic winning sprinter, usain bolt has come back london — but as an restraunteur —

and not an athlete. he's started a franchise called track and record — serving jamiacan food — and he's decided to have his first restraunt outside jamica — in east london. he told brenda emmanus why. for me, it was no braver pools ——a no—brainer. there are manyjamaicans here. it's summer i've always been. a voice come to london, i'm based here and the track and field. just for pleasure. it's a no—brainerfor me to actually be the first one here. last night was bbc london soul night with this fellow. tony blackburn was at koko's in camden. and only he can attract names like alexander 0'neal, alexandra burke and the real thing to perform on stage — and raise lots of money. it is exactly what he did. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. now the weather with elizabeth.

hello, good morning. today's weather is looking very similar to how it was yesterday. a rather misty and murky start to the morning, some patches of fog out there so poor visibility on many of the roads, for a time this morning. that will lift into low cloud. it will keep the cloud for the rest of the day and a touch cooler over the last couple of days but still mild for this time of year. it is another mild start the morning. the mist, the fog will lift into low cloud. very little in the way of brightness, not enough to get excited about in the afternoon, keeping a lot of that cloud. top temperatures of around 11 or 12 celsius. we start drawing in more of an easterly wind and that will help shift the cloud but not until tomorrow for most of us. if you're doing something outdoors, perhaps for children in need tnight, it will stay dry for you but there will be a lot of mist and murk. starting to get some spells out towards

the east and it will feel a touch cooler. chilly start to the weekend, five or six celsius. more sunshine and distinctly cold next week. vanessa feltz is on in a few minutes. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt in westminster, where prime minister theresa may is fighting to remain in office. today she'll start selling her brexit deal to the public after insisting a series of resignations won't change her mind. am i going to see this through? yes. but there are questons now over the environment secretary, michael gove, who's considering quitting after turning down the post of brexit secretary. so are there better ways to organise brexit? i'm at a brewery in edinburgh to see what businesses and workers are making of developments. also this morning: a big jump in the number of people missing in california's worst ever wild fire 0fficials now say more

than 600 poeple are unaccounted for. england give rooney a victorious send off. wayne came in on the second half off at wembley, as england beat the usa 3—0 and made sure the future team rooney were part of his goodbyes. after some incredibly warm weather yesterday across parts of the uk, there is a big shock on the way to all of us sleep. i have details on that and a sunny forecast for the weekend coming up right here on brea kfast. good morning. it's friday, november 16. the prime minister is fighting to remain in office this morning after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of her draft brexit deal. and there could be more to come, with the news that enviroment secretary micheal gove could be ready to leave the cabinet. it's the latest development in what has been a tumultuous few days in westminster. yesterday morning dominic raab became the second brexit secretary to give up the job, saying there were fatal flaws in theresa may's plans.

his departure was followed by work and pensions secretary esther mcvey. junior ministers also resigned, including brexit minister suella braverman and northern ireland minister shailesh vara, who we will be speaking to shortly. but in the face of threats of a vote of no confidence, the prime minister is remaining defiant. leadership is about taking the right decisions, not the easy ones. as prime minister, myjob is to bring back a deal that delivers on the vote of the british people, that does that by ending free movement, all the things i raised in my statement, ending free movement, ensuring we are not sending vast annual sums to the eu any longer, ending thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, but also protects jobs and protects people's livelihoods, protects our security, protects the union of the united kingdom. i believe that this is a deal which does deliver that, which is in the national interest. and am i going to see this through? yes. so that was the line, leilo, that

came out of the press conference, will i see it through, yes, but her position could be precarious. talk through the decisions going on this morning. there could be more tory backbenchers coming out of the woodwork as a yes, i have put in my letter of no confidence. remember, 48 is the magic number that needs to be in to trigger vote of no—confidence. that would be a moment of crisis for theresa may. then there is another question of whether she could window. that is in the balance. there are still many tory mps who support her. on the brexit dealfront, tory mps who support her. on the brexit deal front, that is clear that she intends to stick with that deal. she is out this morning selling it on radio waves, she will ta ke selling it on radio waves, she will take a phone in, she gave that very

defiant press conference last night talking about the burden of leadership. she is very clear. she intends to fight on. what is absolutely apparent is yesterday if you look at the response she had in the commons, her deal has no support from any quarters of the commons and it is unclear whether any kind of brexit deal could actually, the majority when it comes to parliament inafew majority when it comes to parliament in a few weeks, so the brexit deal itself is all up in the air whether that gets through, what will happen to it, but to —— she clings on.” love to hear the phrase radio waves. nice to see you. you will be with us throughout this morning. let's get the very lastest from brussels now, where our correspondent adam fleming is keeping a close eye on proceedings. good morning. talk us through this issue of wiggle room. a lot of people have suggested here is one option, go back and do some more negotiations. what is the official line? officially, the answer is no.

we heard that from angela merkel, the german chancellor yesterday, who said the deal has been negotiated by the negotiating teams, it is on the table. as far as chic is concerned, it cannot be reopened. —— as far as she is concerned. speaking with an eu official involved in the talks, they said both sides had exhausted their margin for manoeuvre to get this far. and in fact, to get this far the eu had already bent on lot of its own rules. now, having said that, there is still some negotiating going on and it is not over the divorce deal, it over a separate document, the political declaration, which will spell out the shape of the future relationship for decades to come in trade, security and other areas of corporation. it exists as an outline about six pages long weekly got the other night. —— areas of cooperation. diplomats are trying to turnit cooperation. diplomats are trying to turn it into a more detailed document. can things be put into that to make the other half of the deal, the divorce part, more

sellable? we will get clues later on today because eu ambassadors from member states are having a big meeting to chew all of this over right now. adam, thank you very much. we are here in westminster. a bit noisy. the little doubt actually. trying to get you as close as we can to what might be happening through the day. we will speak with local government secretary james brokenshire who is with us on the couege brokenshire who is with us on the college green, that's coming up shortly. but for now, let's join naga in the studio for the day's other news. it is quite a task, trying to understand exactly what's going on, but we will try to get some kind of picture, and charlie will be here with his guests as he mentioned through the morning. the other news to bring you now: the number of people missing in northern california's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. 0ur reporter danjohnson has just filed this report this this is one of the places

people have been staying since the fire hit, it is a church at turned into a temperate dormitory because there are so many into a temperate dormitory because there are so many evacuees, into a temperate dormitory because there are so many evacuees, tens of thousands people, 12,000 properties destroyed, here they can sleep, get food, there are books and toys for the children. they can get a medical check as well because lots of people have had medical issues after escaping that fire. they have also got the mental trauma of what they experienced to deal with. and there is information here about the way that the fire has been dealt with. still no answers to the questions of exactly what will happen next. whether paradise will be rebuilt. today we have the update about the number of people missing. there are some details posted on this ward. family members who are looking for information about people they haven't heard from since this fire. well, today the sherrock‘s department said there are 631 people

unaccounted for, that's a staggering increase, it means the true scale of the disaster could be yet to hit. there is real concern about how much worse this is going to get because every day the numbers keep increasing. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reporting. and of course we will keep you up—to—date with those numbers as well. the numbers of deaths are rising. nearly two—thirds of local bank branches across the uk have closed in the last 30 years, according to the consumer group which? the research found that one in five people are now almost two miles away from their nearest branch. people in rural communities have been hit the hardest. of course, online banking is a bigger part of the picture than it used to be, but the serious outages and it failures we have seen over the last couple of years show that those services can't be relied upon to the extent that they need to be. banks need to give people access to their money. they need to stop cutting cashpoints at the same time as reducing banks as well. some news coming through now about

people who are using broadband providers, of com announced it will fine the company ee 6.3 million, and it is also fining media £7 million because they may be difficult, they charged customers who ended contracts early. andy moore has been looking at this. lots of questions. i have just seen the press release now. i know you've been looking at it as well. the numbers, how significant they are. that is right, it isa significant they are. that is right, it is a significant finds of these companies. as you say this press release came out a few minutes ago. still looking through the detail. the companies find a combined total of 13.3, that is for overcharging customers who decided not to see out the minimum term of their contracts.

the companies are supposed to make it clear to customers what the contracts are. so what happened in this case is around 400,000 ee customers were overbuilt and ended up customers were overbuilt and ended up paying around 4.3 million more than they should have. 82,000 virgin media customers were overcharged, a total of just media customers were overcharged, a total ofjust under 2.8 million. of com's director of investigation and enforcement said ee and virgin media broke the rules, overcharging people who ended contracts early. these people were left out of pocket and the charges and mounted to millions of pounds, that is unacceptable. thank you very much, for the moment, we are speaking to 0fcom later as well. we will speak with 0fcom about why they have levied fines and those amounts in particular as well. time to go back to charlie in westminster this morning figuring out what on earth is going on ahead

of what could be a very tumultuous weekend. that is a big question. we will try to deal with it right now. the prime ministerfaces more questions over her leadership this morning, as it's thought the number of letters needed by conservative mps to trigger a vote of no confidence may have been reached. with me now is james brokenshire, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. i hope you don't mind, there is insight into how things are at the moment. you were watching the cameras a second ago when breaking news came on the screen. cameras a second ago when breaking news came on the screen. and i don't know what you were thinking. we were he yesterday morning when people we re he yesterday morning when people were resigning. it is not a co mforta ble were resigning. it is not a comfortable time in government right now. would it be fair to say? the prime minister is getting on with the job. we have this deal from brussels which takes back control of our borders, money and laws, gives effect to the eu referendum and that's what the prime minister underlined, getting on with the job, taking the deal to the people and

also to underline the work that is still to do to finalise the political declaration, but equally what we had already. underlining this bold free trade agreement. something we have been campaigning for. negotiating over weeks and months. and how that underlines we are getting on the job. months. and how that underlines we are getting on thejob. getting stability and certainty and doing what the public want to see. to see the brexit result put into effect which is what this is all about. so no more than 40 minutes ago we had shailesh vara, ministerfor no more than 40 minutes ago we had shailesh vara, minister for northern ireland, who quit this time yesterday morning, with a heavy conscience, he tells us, he said the missing from the list of things you are taking back control of his sovereignty and he says it is a principal reason why he quit with a heavy heart, he says that theresa may cannot say this deal retains our sovereignty. that someone else will still be able to tell us what to do.

i respect the genuineness of the state m e nts i respect the genuineness of the statements made by a number of my colleagues. but i disagree with them. when you look at the deal that is there, it does take back control of our laws, ends the jurisdiction of our laws, ends the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice in the uk, that we can set laws for ourselves, and that is profoundly was sovereignty is about, sovereignty to make those decisions in parliament behind us and that is what this deal does. while i think it is important to get behind the pm and get on with doing the job. let's talk about the prime minister. what can you tell me about michael gove's situation this morning?” can you tell me about michael gove's situation this morning? i am not privy to conversations around the cabinet in terms of decisions the prime minister may take. 0bviously there are spaces which will need to be filled. and as you said last night she has had other things she has been busy with. has he been asked to be the brexit secretary?”

can't give you insight into that because i have not been privy to conversations. i hope michael stays in his post. he has done a tremendousjob as the in his post. he has done a tremendous job as the environment secretary. i have enjoyed working with him as housing secretary over number of months. and actually taking forward that agenda. i want to see him in that role. so you think he might be resigning. no, i see the speculation swirling out there. michael is a great friend, a great colleague, so therefore looking at that speculation, i hope he is getting on with the job and doing what we want him to do. would you like to be the brexit secretary? i have not had conversation at all with the prime minister. will you wa nt to with the prime minister. will you want to be the brexit secretary?” will serve the government in any way andi will serve the government in any way and i are happy as housing secretary and i are happy as housing secretary and looking at yesterday, other issues beyond brexit, seeing housing numbers going up, that is the agenda i want to take forward. would you like to add rest the issue of people's frustrations at the moment

because of the sense amongst people that the situation is so confusing and to what degree do you share that frustration, aimed partly at you and your colleagues, you are not divorced from this? i get that frustration. whenever i am out on the door is knocking on the door is talking to my constituents, the key message they give to me is, "can you just get on with this? can we have that certainty and stability. we wa nt to that certainty and stability. we want to see you getting on with the whole range of other issues like housing, the health service." therefore that important that we get behind this deal. we have spent months negotiating. this is the best deal we will get from the eu. therefore the time has come for us to a cce pt therefore the time has come for us to accept that and allow us to give our stability and certainty notjust for the public before business, for jobs, the economy, growth, and that is what i hear very loudly from the

public and, yes, that frustration is keenly fair. and that's why we need to get on with this. is it true that there is a group in the cabinet trying to persuade theresa may to have another option, to go back and do more negotiation? there is a great deal of candid nurse, theresa may told us, within a 5- nurse, theresa may told us, within a 5— now a cabinet meeting, meetings said. can you help us with this? people need to know more about how close we are to it. there is no deal scenario, it is there something else you are not telling us? you need to hear what the european side is saving. angela merkel say in, this is the deal that has been done, it is the deal that has been done, it is fairand is the deal that has been done, it is fair and reasonable. the prime minister last night, equally underlining that. it is this deal or no deal or you might have no brexit at all. that's not what people voted

for. it is this deal that is being bought for. there have been compromises. there are issues in relation to this which brought discomfort but it is time to get behind this deal. parliament will do itsjob at the behind this deal. parliament will do its job at the appropriate time. the point is, we have this negotiated agreed text that we want to take to the european council on the 25th of november, that is the next step and then we will have a further fleshing out of the political declaration, we have had the topline points given, giving somewhat that certainty that people have been looking for. theresa may's immediate future, she could face a vote of no—confidence and fight borehole role as leader. could she win? the prime minister is going nowhere. she is getting on with thejob. she going nowhere. she is getting on with the job. she will follow this job through. i believe she has the

confidence of my party and taking that ford and doing thatjob. we need to be focused on the deal we have. dashboard. dealing with the stability of getting on with the job that the british public wants to get us doing. that is my focus. thank you for your time this morning, standing out in the relatively decent weather. as we were saying, theresa may will be on the radio a little later talking to people. from eight o'clock. we will keep up—to—date with that. time now to get the weather from matt. it won't be as mild net streak out there and not as warm as what we saw yesterday. the scottish highlands, 18 degrees. more like a late summer day. that is going to change

drastically next week. we continue with the general mild theme. quite a murky start. mist and fog around. eastern england and the hills, a bit of fog but breaks in the cloud in the west and the north. they could just be a bit of drizzle in places. southern scotland especially but most of you are dry, good news for fundraising and more sunshine in the afternoon where you are sheltered from the southeast winds, down to the coast of lancashire and cumbria. northern ireland, bright spells. southern scotland, right after patchy rain. you should finish the day with sunshine, not quite 18 like yesterday but this afternoon, closer to around 15. for this stage in november, not a bad day at all. tonight, lots of cloud around. pushing northwards across scotland.

brea ks pushing northwards across scotland. breaks in the north—west, temperatures could drop down to frost but frost free tonight hopefully. into the weekend, high—pressure dominates and into next week. it is across europe and with clockwise wind, notice this big gap in the cloud, working towards us on that developing south—east wind. it means for saturday, after another grey and misty start, mostly dry and increasing amounts of sunshine. longest across parts of northern ireland and southern and central scotla nd ireland and southern and central scotland before sunshine comes out good and proper. temperatures down on what we have had but one or two degrees up on average. the colder nights than the past few nights. though enough for a touch of frost. a particularly windy day on sunday across the south and west. look at the chart. get out and about and

enjoy the weekend in the sunshine. temperatures similar to saturday. then things change. high—pressure across europe taps into colder air. blue in the chart. it marches towards us next week. forget about 18 degrees, most of you will be much colder, six or seven celsius. feeling much more like late autumn. it makes my shoulders do this... good weather to snuggle up. nhs england has announced it will review its cancer screening processes following a series of recent blunders. this week it emerged that nearly 50,000 women haven't received smear test reminders and test results. and earlier this year, the health secretary revealed that 450,000 women did not receive invitations for breast cancer check—ups. let's discuss this in more detail now with dr richard vautrey from the british medical association. what can you tell us about how these

errors have managed to happen? this latest one relating to cervical smear this latest one relating to cervical smear invitations is the latest of a series of failures related to the company running back office services for primary care. invitations for cervical smear appointments were not sent out. in some serious situations, the results of those tests were not passed on to the women concerned. we are concerned about that. fortunately there was a backstop position so that those women have been contacted and have had necessary treatment but nevertheless this is an unacceptable bailing. but private company you are read very to a set it has accepted

responsibility. the company is capita, it said that some forms were not correctly sent. it brings up, in terms of concern, already most people, it's not necessarily enjoyable experience. with these things falling through the cracks, i can't imagine many women would be encouraged to be in touch with their gp ortheir encouraged to be in touch with their gp or their health centre and say, i need to be checked, because they don't think they will be looked after as well as they should be. that is one of our chief concerns. it's important for women to make an appointment with their gp because it can bea appointment with their gp because it can be a life—saving procedure, identifying the early warning signs of cervical cancer and it can be an important way to resolve a problem like cancer, encouraging women to attend, but we know it can be unpleasant for some women but we wa nt unpleasant for some women but we want them to come and to have

confidence that when they attend their appointments, they will get their appointments, they will get the right treatment and support. there is a review under way. what should be covering now when it comes to screening and making sure the right people are given the right information? we do need to ensure the right information is provided, they are given the facts and figures, the benefits of screening but also potential risks that may be involved but we do need to insure patients have confidence in the system but ensure the system itself is able to deliver and at the moment, the private company delivering the service for general practice is not delivering what needs to be done and we have called nhs england to bring the service back into the nhs so we can all be confident in it. we need to get two point, unlike in may this year, when 270 women may have had their lives cut short due to failures in breast ca re cut short due to failures in breast

care screening. how do we stop that happening again? robust systems need to be in place, safety checks, but we all need to have confidence, clinicians or patients or nhs managers, that the systems in place are robust and safe and will deliver for our patients. thank you very much for talking to was this morning. ben's in scotland for us this morning, finding out why theresa may's irish backstop proposal is proving so controversial north of the border. he is ina he is in a brewery. there are parallels between what you can do in a brewery and how westminster is dealing with brexit at the moment. then, i will leave it in your hands. iam glad i am glad you said that, and not me. is there a better way of organising brea ks is there a better way of organising breaks it? welcome to edinburgh. we are out of brewery because we are looking at how is this is. 25,000

pints in there. 50,000 bottles still in each one. they are contending with all things, working out what that deal will actually mean and not least where they import their things from, extra tariffs, where will they sell to? this place sells predominantly in the uk but it wants to start exporting around the world. lots of questions about the trade deal. also, clearly risks for staff. can they get the skills they need? the people who work here? we will talk about that later. let's get the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. not a single person has contacted a nighttime telephone service set up to help people affected in the grenfell tower fire. the phone line offers support and it replaced the previous

drop—in counselling service which closed last month. it's been suggested that the lack of take—up is because those in need prefer face—to—face contact. a start—up firm in london is launching the world's first custom—made 3d printed cycle helmet. the designer — a former student at university college london — says the exact fit is achieved through mobile head scanning technology, meaning no two are the same. the helmets aren't widely available yet — as the head measurements have to be taken in london. curators at the national portrait gallery have found a valuable thomas gainsborough painting after placing an advert in a magazine. the unfinished artwork of the painter‘s daughter was known to exist, but hadn't been seen on display since the 1880s. the gallery wanted it to form part of its new exhbition which opens next week. the magazine was country life. it's children in need tonight —

which means last night was bbc radio london's soul night with this chap. tony blackburn was at koko's in camden. and only he can attract names like alexander 0'neal, alexandra burke and the real thing to perform on stage and raise lots of money. and if you weren't there at the soul night, but you want to hear how great it was — you can hear it all uncut from 7:00 tonight on bbc radio london. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, there's been a crash on the a1 ramp at fiveways corner in mill hill. and greenwich south street is closed in both directions between the george and dragon traffic lights and the high road. now the weather with elizabeth. hello, good morning. today's weather is looking very similar to how it was yesterday. a rather misty and murky

start to the morning, some patches of fog out there so poor visibility on many of the roads, for a time this morning. that will lift into low cloud. we will keep the cloud for the rest of the day and a touch cooler than over the last couple of days but still mild for this time of year. it is another mild start to the morning. the mist, the fog will lift into low cloud. very little in the way of brightness, not enough to get excited through in the afternoon, but keeping a lot of that cloud. top temperatures of around 11 or 12 celsius. we start to draw in more of an easterly wind and that will help shift the cloud but not until tomorrow for most of us. if you're doing something outdoors, perhaps for children in need tonight, it will stay dry for you but there will be a lot of mist and murk. again reforming into tomorrow morning. starting to get some spells out towards the east and it will feel a touch cooler. a chilly start to the weekend, five or six celsius. more sunshine and distinctly cold next week. vanessa is on bbc radio london.

hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty. the time now is 7:30am. let's bring you up—to—date with today's top stories. the prime minister is fighting to remain in office this morning, after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of her draft brexit deal. theresa may is vowing to fight on amid speculation that she could face a vote of no confidence from tory mps. her environment secretary michael gove is also said to be considering whether to resign his cabinet position. yes, there have been compromises, issues with some discomfort for all of us in relation to this, but now is the time to get behind this deal. parliament will do is job at the

right time with the vote we will need to take. the point is we have this negotiated text that we want to ta ke to this negotiated text that we want to take to the european council on 25 november. that is the next step. the number of people missing in northern california's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. "camp fire", which destroyed the town of paradise, is the deadliest in california's history. nearly two—thirds of local bank branches across the uk have closed in the last 30 years, according to the consumer group which? the research found that one in five people are now almost two miles away from their nearest branch. people in rural communities have been hit the hardest. gps and patients who are frustrated by a shortage of the new flu vaccine for over—65s have been told the final delivery batch will arrive by tomorrow. nhs england said there would be enough vaccines for everyone to be protected ahead of winter. doctors said more guidance should have been given to gps and patients to avoid disruption over the phased delivery of supplies. older adults are advised to get the flu jab by early december. a painting by the british artist,

david hockney, has sold overnight for $90 million, setting a new record. it's the highest amount paid for a piece of work by a living artist. portrait of an artist, pool with two figures was painted in 1972. certain —— so, mike will have the weather for us this morning. certain —— so, mike will have the weather for us this morningm certain —— so, mike will have the weather for us this morning. it is a decent painting with lots of colours. that is the kind of appreciation i like. artistic critique. lots of colours. works for me. what about the critique for wayne rooney's last performance for england? across-the-board respect, i think — roospect. all smiles, no

criticism of him taking the place of a debutante, coming off the bench. he played well as well, more than holding his own. he almost scored. certainly didn't look at a place in his last farewell. it would have been lovely it he had a goal. his last farewell. it would have been lovely it he had a goatm his last farewell. it would have been lovely it he had a goal. it was close at the end. england didn't need it in the end. wayne rooney came on as a second half substitute, and made sure his final wembley appearance was a family affair. here's one for the family album — all four of rooney's sons joined him to receive and award before the game. look at the camera now as dad said goodbye for the last time as a player. it was also a night of firsts. afterjesse lingard gave england the lead, trent alexander arnold scored his first goal for his country. then late on, bournemouth striker callum wilson scored on his england debut. when he came on he actually made a difference. nothing has changed. he is the wayne of old. it was great to have him on the pitch. i was hoping he would get his chance to score a goal. the week has been fantastic.

he plays well individually. he has given us advice. he has been a breath of fresh air. he has been an absolute one to have here. now also last night england had an eye on croatia, and their dramatic 3—2 win over spain means it's now winner takes all when croatia come to england on sunday afternoon in the final nations league group match. in this repeat of the world cup semi final, the winners will reach next summer's nations league finals, with the losers relegated. in the friendly between republic of ireland and northern ireland gavin whye missed the best chance of the match for northern ireland in the first half. it finished goalless. premier league clubs have agreed in principle to introduce var to the competition from next season. video referees were used at

the world cup, and is in operation in italy and germany's top divisions, and has also been used in some fa cup and league cup games. the league will now formally make a request to the international football association board, and fifa to use var from next season. i don't want to tempt fate england cricket fans, but a recovery is taking root in kandy, where sri lanka are trying to stop england taking the series. hold on, on wednesday morning, sally was saying how awful we were doing. it isa was saying how awful we were doing. it is a game of truth and turns, ups and downs, england lost four wickets earlier on today. 0pener rory burns managed a half century but was out soon afterwards. but since lunch joe root and joss butler, have forged a half century partnership. it could go either way. so much has

happened. i still can't call it. someone we can call about is roger federer. roger federer is through to the semi—finals of the world tour finals in london. he beat south africa's kevin anderson in straight sets at the 02 arena. federer lost his first match against kei nishikori, but has bounced back to win the next two. anderson also progresses despite the defeat. and although dominic thiem beat kei nishikori in straight sets, it wasn't enough as both players go out. and finally, there was an uncomfortable moment for this baseball player. this is ronaldo acuna junior, of the atlanta braves, who was batting for an all stars team againstjapan samurai. he was brave in the end. you can't really see what has happened, naga. i have half an idea. an unfortunate deflection saw the ball strike him in a rather sensitive area. and, yes, i have been there in

cricket. i assume he wasn't wearing a box. it does impede your running in cricket. in baseball, oh dear. several minutes to compose himself before he was able to continue. the reaction of his team... they don't show much sympathy for him. reaction of his team... they don't show much sympathy for himm reaction of his team... they don't show much sympathy for him. it could happen to anyone. lots of people watching around the country... you know that expression, 0oh! watching around the country... you know that expression, ooh!” watching around the country... you know that expression, ooh! i think it was a bit more than that. thanks very much. good morning. there's a lot of speculation this morning that the environment secretary michael gove could become the latest minister to resign from theresa may's cabinet. charlie has more on this in westminster. ican i can see you scribbling away. there is so much to keep on top of this morning. i was trying to work out

how you are going to segue from the previous tory to this one. the prime ministerfaces more questions over her leadership this morning, as it's thought the number of letters needed by conservative mps to trigger a vote of no confidence may have been reached. we don't know for sure. we'll speak to two political pundits about herfuture injust a moment, but first, we've been to bolton to find out what people there think of the events of the last few days. the whole point was that the british public wanted to control their own destiny. at the moment we don't have what we wanted to start with and we don't have what we wanted. she has inherited a mess and she has done as best as she can do in a very difficult situation. i think we need someone difficult situation. i think we need someone better in line for the country. you are a sovereign state, you can make your own laws, trade where you wish, you can control immigration. that is why i voted for it. i don't think we will get that.

stop wasting time. get on with it. it will be march very soon. get on with it is a line we have a very often. joining me now is the guardian columnist dawn foster, and the political editor of the sun, tom newton dunn. welcome to you both. i know everyone is doing the thing this morning, they have their phones, checking if anything is happening, what are your sources telling you this morning? sources are scratching their heads as i think everyone has been over the last 48 hours. it is quite unpredictable really how on earth this will be resolved. two things could happen today, possibly three, michael gove could resign. if that happens at nine or ten o'clock it is a good time to watch out for that, penny morgan, she could also go, slightly less likely, at chris grayling could also go. i don't expect the magic number of 48 letters to get, the rebels said it

might be monday before they hit their figure might be monday before they hit theirfigure which may might be monday before they hit their figure which may be might be monday before they hit theirfigure which may be in itself suggests there isn't a huge spiralling momentum for this yet. it will be as slow, steady trickle is to wipe on that —— steady trickle. dawn, on that issue, given theresa may's attitude, giving interviews this morning live on the radio, she might think, bring it on. absolutely, she has been a lot more personal than had with other political crises, she has had multiple ones now, seems she is putting herself out there, showing she has the power and the personality to bring it forward. and ijust don't think quickly that personality to bring it forward. and i just don't think quickly that they will get to the number of 42. sofar rumours say about 17 have been submitted. the fear for people is that even if the conservatives don't have confidence, they realise that the only outcome of pushing against the only outcome of pushing against the deal or pushing out theresa may

isa the deal or pushing out theresa may is a general election and that raises the risk that jeremy corbyn and the labour party could get in so they are weighing up their options. we were speaking to shailesh vara earlier on who resigned yesterday morning. a huge personal decision for him he says. we were talking about the issue of a no deal. at the end of the interview he said i would be happy with a no deal scenario. your readers would have a lot of real concern about that. why are so many mps at the moment saying, do you know what, maybe a no deal is 0k? you know what, maybe a no deal is ok? these things are about choices. if your choice is between a brilliant deal and no deal, in your view, it is ok to go for the brilliant deal, in these people's deals, shailesh vara, maybe michael gove, theresa may's deal it feels ties them so closely to the eu that they would rather anything else. there is a reality to this, when we talk about this deal versus no deal,

no deal is almost a complete impossibility. the reason being 650 people in the building behind us will stop it. there is only one thing for this mess, that is to stop no deal. the commons can do that. the houses of parliament are sovereign and more powerful than the prime minister herself. hold on a minute. help me with this. to stop the no deal, you have to accept a deal. no, you don't. here is where it gets incredibly messy. we are just at the start of this mess. prepare yourself for a month or two of co m plete prepare yourself for a month or two of complete mess. this is the tip of the iceberg. the prime minister will bring forward the deal. we believe the house of commons will reject it. she will say no deal, what next? there will be some resolution, motion passed, an amendment to say go back to brussels, keep negotiating, extend article 50, but what i can tell you is those majority of mps, probably the mps

will stop the no deal, but what on earth they will vote for is anybody‘s gas. earth they will vote for is anybody's gas. apologies for the noise behind us. —— guess. we were speaking with adam fleming in brussels this morning. they are not talking about wiggle room, they are not talking about negotiation, they said they spent ages doing that with the man who resigned, the man, the brexit secretary dominic raab, they won't renegotiate. if you look at brussels, ireland, they have a co nfe re nce brussels, ireland, they have a conference yesterday, they are very happy with the deal and they think this is the best that they will give britain and they don't understand why anyone has rejected it. and i think the problem is that we have spent too long in parliament not negotiating. so theresa may have spent all her time looking inside her party and looking at the problems with the deal with the dup. the dup are happy to go out with a no deal because they would move to wto rules. obviously the majority of

people in northern ireland don't wa nt people in northern ireland don't want that. because we have so many factions in parliament, we haven't been looking outside at what happens with ireland and brussels. they are perfectly happy. and we have all of the discord in parliament. and brussels is waiting for us to grow up brussels is waiting for us to grow up and see what happens next. lovely to see you both this morning. the phones haven't made a noise. i assume nothing has changed. maybe in an hour's time. thank you very much. that's all from us here in westminsterfor the moment. we have had a little moisture in the airthis we have had a little moisture in the air this morning, matt. you told me it isn't rain. a bit of drizzle, and misty and murky start some. what unc weekend, temperatures like this. 18 celsius in highland scotland. the warmest best n for around 20 years. a big shock away weatherwise. out there

this morning, and misty and murky start. a bit foggy over the hills. things gradually brighten up. highland scotland, largely sunny day. the vast majority will be dry. the rest, the crowd the crowd breaks through. the north coast of dublin, cornwall, around the coasts of lancashire, cumbria. northern ireland, breaks in the cloud. after a damp start, right here. always sunniest in the north of scotland. not as warm as yesterday. 15 degrees, the high this afternoon. into tonight, another mild night. the clearest skies in northern scotland. dipping back into single

figures. 11 degrees in belfast. the high—pressure system will govern our weather into next week. coming in from the south—east, notice this big window cloudless skies. that'll be heading our way through tomorrow. starting up a bit grey: a bit foggy. most will have a dry day, increasing amounts of sunshine developing from the south and east. a bit of a breeze blowing the temperatures at levels they shouldn't be. around 10— 14 celsius. blown up a touch of frost. plymouth, eight degrees. in around the english channel. sunday, not a huge amount of clout on the charts. it's going to be a largely sunny day. temperatures similar to saturday. by the end of the week,

into the weekend, notice the blue colours across europe. easterly winds dragging towards us. after seeing temperatures, 17, 18 degrees, we will be lucky to get to six or seven in some parts of the country. a cold appeal to next week is on the way. i'm thinking about how the weather is affecting the mood. it's a bit drizzly and westminster. ray, a bit drizzly and westminster. ray, a bit drizzly and westminster. ray, a bit murky. what would you need perhaps, perhaps a good stiff drink. ben is in a brewery. he is in the perfect place. perfect. not sure what else you could organise. it is telling. it's certainly not brexit. we are in attenborough and what you are seeing

there is malt, the first part of the process. with me is ewan. this is the spent grain from the brewing process , the spent grain from the brewing process, what we used to extract sugar to turn into alcohol a terse which will get sent to a farmer to be used as cattle feed. it smells amazing. i wish everybody at home could smell it. the reason we are bothering you is to work out what that brexit deal means for everyone. what have you heard? there is a little bit of throwing spaghetti at the wall at the moment, which i am not that keen on personally. seeing over the next few days how it is going to pan out will be quite exciting. i love the food analogy. nice to see you. let me show you around. it's a bit far, so i'm going to run. i want to introduce you to two people to talk about what it

means, particularly here in scotland. what a lot of scottish businesses are worried about is whether they will end up with a different deal to northern ireland. nicola and deborah are with us. good morning to you both. nicola, let me start with you. we have been digestive all 585 pages. what do you make in terms of the scottish context? the scottish government's concern is that they will be disadvantaged because northern ireland, there is going to be a closer relationship under the back stop at least with the eu then there is for scotland ciaron —— so there is for scotland ciaron —— so there isa is for scotland ciaron —— so there is a concern about the disadvantaged economically but the bigger concern is that scotland has been overlooked in this process, the scottish government don't appear to have been consulted on the withdrawal agreement and i think there is a

broader concern about where that leaves scotland within the uk as a whole. deborah, running your bakery, your reliance on many things, the parts that you need, the raw materials to import but also skills, thatis materials to import but also skills, that is a real concern? a big issue. a quarter of our staff are immigrant staff, if you want to call them that. there is a big skill sharing at the moment between us and eu countries with traditional baking skills which are a bit lost in this country so if we lose that, we lose something really invaluable. are you confident you can get who you need? no, it's already starting. people are reluctant to come to the uk already the a word about what this means for people and want to stay and leave england. in scotland, it is similar. the opinion is, it was much more secure

is similar. the opinion is, it was much more secure and decisive, shall we say? in the referendum in 2016, a clear majority in scotland voted to remain. all of the opinion polls suggest that majority has increased. the problem is, it doesn't seem to matter to the overall outcome and thatis matter to the overall outcome and that is a bit of a problem for the dynamics between the scottish government and the uk government and the uk going forward. really nice to see you. i just want to introduce you tojoe, who is here. a quick word. what do you reckon about what you have heard over the last 24 hours? it's been quite chaotic, especially last couple of days. the series of resignations has not really killed anyone with confidence. on that note, we will leave it. we will let these guys get back to work. until we come up with a solution, back to you. just stay

organised. actor rob lowe is probably best known for his role in the west wing, but but his latest project sees him in boston. that's boston lincolnshire not massachusetts. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet him and find out about his new programme "wild bill". here we are in boston, lincolnshire. we'll find out more later but let us ask you about the california fires. when i moved to california, i moved to windermere drive in point dume, and my street burned down, it all burned down so a lot of childhood memories of that area will never be the same but i know so many people who lost their homes there. it's been unimaginable. i was listening to the first responders, at four o'clock in the morning, and hearing

the names of your friends homes and their addresses, calling the backup and reporting on the flames, certain streets that iran around on as a young boy, it was just surreal. what brought you here? well, i'm always a big fan of shows where the location is a character. and boston, lincolnshire is its own mini world. i've learned that as an american coming here. it's really the home of brexit. i play the chief constable here so this is my little fiefdom. while you're in britain, you are going to be doing live shows. what the heck is a rob lowe live show? that's just the point. i want people to go, what the heck is a rob lowe live show? at the end of the show, open it up to questions from the audience.

and almost every show, the very first question is, did you sleep with demi moore? that was my next question. i knew it would be. and i always say, a gentleman never tells... this country was built on an idea and one that has lit the world for two centuries. that treason against the idea is not just a crime against the living. this holds the graves of people who died for it. the last full measure of devotion. the west wing, one of your most loved roles. what is going on at the moment? we live in the world of reality television and if you ever doubted it, now you really know it because we have a reality television star in the white house. out of all the things i've done, the west wing is the thing that people seem to respond to it. they come up to you in the street. you are the guy from the west wing. i've watched it 15 times all the way through. here we go, 15 times. honestly, my favourite. thank you. what about oxford blues? they were plants.

i'm not buying that. how about this? you go on the internet and you go, best restaurant in boston, lincolnshire, the second—best restaurant is mexican food. there are no mexicans here. that's unexpected. and you know what, it's good. it's been great being in boston with you. come any time. rob lowe's live show is called "stories i only tell my friends". you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning, we'll be live with the one show‘s matt baker, as he enters the final leg of children in need's ‘rickshaw challenge' before tonight's big show. it would have done 423 miles in this

entire challenge and his then getting a lot of public support, people have been jumping getting a lot of public support, people have beenjumping on our bikes and locking the hourjourneys, having at all up—to—date. he is arriving at the ferry terminal to com plete arriving at the ferry terminal to complete this last leg of the rickshaw challenge. a big programme this evening. lots of entertainment as usual and lots of powerful stories. hopefully to help you help the charity out. lots coming up. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. homes in london are taking longer to sell than they did a year ago.

it follows a similar pattern across the country — with homes here taking on average over 4 months to be sold or put under offer. that's longer than most parts of the country. in edinburgh, homes went injust over a month. the centre for economics and business research says it comes down to affordability. not a single person has contacted a nighttime telephone service set—up to help people affected in the grenfell tower fire. the phone line offers support and it replaced the previous drop—in counselling service which closed last month. it's been suggested that the lack of take—up is because those in need prefer face—to—face contact. a start—up firm in london is launching the world's first custom—made 3d printed cycle helmet. the designer — a former student at university college london — says the exact fit is achieved through mobile head scanning technology, meaning no two are the same. the helmets aren't widely available yet as the head measurements have to be taken in london. multi—gold medal olympic winning sprinter,

usain bolt has come back london but as an restraunteur and not an athlete. he's started a franchise called track and record — serving jamiacan food — and he's decided to have his first restraunt outside jamicain east london. he told brenda emmanus why. for me, it was a no—brainer. there are manyjamaicans here. it's somewhere i've always been. i've always come to london, i'm based here in the track and field. i come here for work and pleasure. it was a no—brainer for me to actually do the first one here. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning westminster bridge remains closed northbound for security installations. it's only open for buses, taxis and cyclists. now the weather with elizabeth.

hello, good morning. today's weather is looking very similar to how it was yesterday. a rather misty and murky start to the morning, some patches of fog out there so poor visibility on many of the roads, for a time this morning. that will lift into low cloud. we will keep the cloud for the rest of the day and a touch cooler than over the last couple of days but still mild for this time of year. it is another mild start to the morning. the mist, the fog will lift into low cloud. very little in the way of brightness, not enough to get excited through in the afternoon, but keeping a lot of that cloud. top temperatures of around 11 or 12 celsius. we start to draw in more of an easterly wind and that will help shift the cloud but not until tomorrow for most of us. if you're doing something outdoors, perhaps for children in need tonight, it will stay dry for you but there will be a lot of mist and murk. again reforming into tomorrow morning. starting to get some spells out towards the east and it will feel a touch cooler. a chilly start to the weekend, five or six celsius.

more sunshine and distinctly cold next week. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt in westminster — where prime minsiter, theresa may is fighting to remain in office. today, she'll start selling her brexit deal to the public, after insisting a series of resignations won't change her mind. am i going to see this through? yes. but there are questons now over the environment secretary, michael gove, who's considering quitting after turning down the post of brexit secretary. but is there a better way of organising brexit? we are at this brewery in edinburgh finding out what that deal could mean for business, and crucially for the staff who work here. also this morning — a big jump in the number of people missing in california's worst ever wildfire. officials now say more than 600 people are unaccounted for. england give rooney

a victorious send off. wayne came in on the second half off at wembley, as england beat the usa 3—0, and made sure the future team rooney, were part of his goodbyes. piano plays that is the holy word actorjeff goldblum. —— hollywood actor. hollywood actorjeff goldbloom will be here talking about the switch to from acting to playing jazz. a big chill for all of us next week, but to get us there, lots of sunshine this weekend. i will have your full forecast here on brea kfast. it's friday, november the 16th. good morning. the prime minister is fighting to remain in office this morning, after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of her draft brexit deal. there could be more to come, with the news that enviroment secretary micheal gove could be ready to leave the cabinet. it is the latest development in what has been a tumultuous few

days in westminster. yesterday morning, dominic raab became the second brexit secretary to give up thejob, saying there were fatal flaws in theresa may's plans. his departure was followed by work and pensions secretary, esther mcvey. junior ministers also resigned — including brexit minister suella braverman, and northern ireland minister shailesh vara. but, in the face of threats of a vote of no confidence, the prime minister is remaining defiant. leadership is about taking the right decisions — not the easy ones. as prime minister, myjob is to bring back a deal that delivers on the vote of the british people, that does that by ending free movement, all the things i've raised in my statement, ending free movement, ensuring we're not sending vast annual sums to the eu any longer,

ending thejurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. but also protects jobs and protect people's livelihoods, protects our security, protects the union of the united kingdom. i believe that this is a deal which does deliver that, which is in the national interest and am i going to see this through? yes. so that was yesterday. joining me now is our political correspondent leila nathoo. we're going to show you some pictures, first, michael gove. a lot of speculation about what's going on. has he rejected the offer of being brexit secretary? tell us what we know at this stage? there was a lot of speculation about what he was going to do yesterday. we didn't hear from going to do yesterday. we didn't hearfrom him going to do yesterday. we didn't hear from him yesterday. going to do yesterday. we didn't hearfrom him yesterday. we haven't heard from him again this morning. he's been leaving his house, followed by reporters very closely but he hasn't said anything. we do understand he was offered the job of brexit secretary after dominic raab resigned he actually turned that down, because he wanted to go back to brussels, to renegotiate that

deal that theresa may is pushing so hard. she made it clear that was not on the cards, and so there is still a vacancy on the cards, and so there is still a vacancy for that position. in terms of michael gove's in future, he is still in the cabinet as environment secretary. he is a big brexiteer voice, who has so far been supportive of theresa may but the question now is what he will decide to do, in terms of standing aside from his post. this morning theresa may is taking live questions on the radio, it's worth saying. coming out with that defiant, i am here and we'll do the speaking. yes, about to star in the next few minutes, taking calls from the public. this is what she would have done anyway had yesterday knocked on the way it had. she's going to try and sell her deal, that is her mission, it say this is the best deal we will get. she needs to sell it to the public, and more importantly to parliament. yesterday there was very little fun she had enough support to get the

deal through. thank you very much. we will try to bring you that as it comes in this morning. let's get the very lastest from brussels now, where our correspondent adam fleming is keeping a close eye on proceedings. we were just hearing michael gove said semi back to brussels, i will do another negotiation, what is the line on that one? the negotiations over the divorce deal, as far as brussels is concerned, causing so much controversy where you are, have come to an end. an eu official involved in those talks yesterday said we exhausted our margin for manoeuvre on both sides. that was echoed by the german chancellor angela merkel, who said as far as she was concerned, the deal on the table was the one that was there and it could not be reopened. having said that, there are still some negotiations going on in brussels. that is because there is a separate document echoes alongside the divorce treaty called the political declaration, which will sketch out the shape, the aspirations for the future relationship between the uk and the eu. we are thinking bout will be published as a draft on

tuesday and it will be part of the package to be signed off by eu leaders on sunday the 25th of november, when they have a special summit. so, how much can be done to twea k summit. so, how much can be done to tweak the language in that political declaration, to help people swallow the divorce deal? that is the big question. i'vejust been handed a diplomatic note from a meeting of eu officials from the member states yesterday, where a few of them raised some concerns about things like how much access will european boats get to british fishing waters? one country also said the uk's pledge to maintain existing standards on the environment and labour and social protection could bea labour and social protection could be a problem for the eu in years to come, because it would hold the eu back from developing its rules in that area. so it shows those conversations about that last bit of the brexit deal are not totally plain sailing. adam, thank you. that is the picture from brussels this morning. that is it for the moment from here in westminster but back a

little later on. naga, we are very mindful at the moment, a lot of people talking about concerns of the idea is no deal and the confusion around what is happening at the moment. we were trying to reflect that with some of the people we have been following throughout this campaign. that is coming up a little later on as well. right now, back to you. thank you, charlie. it's important we try and cut through some of the confusing messages coming through. we will be talking to andrew quinn shortly. the number of people missing in northern california's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. our reporter danjohnson is one of the worst hit areas. this is one of the places where people have been staying since this fire hit. it's a church that's been turned into a temporary dormitory,

because there are so many evacuees. tens of thousands of people who are homeless, 12,000 properties that were destroyed. so, here they can sleep, get food, there are books and toys for the children. they can get a medical check as well, because lots of people have had medical issues after escaping that fire. they have also got the mental trauma of what they experienced to deal with. and there is information here about the way that the fire is being dealt with, but still no answers to the questions of exactly what will happen next — whether paradise will be rebuilt. today we had the update about the number of people missing. there are some details posted on this board — family members who are looking for information about people they haven't heard from since this fire. well, today the sheriff's department said there are 631 people still unaccounted for, that is a staggering increase. it means the true scale of this disaster could really be yet to hit. there is real concern

about how much worse this is going to get, because every day the numbers keep increasing. our correspondent dan johnson reporting. nearly two—thirds of local bank branches across the uk have closed in the last 30 years, according to the consumer group which? the research found that one in five people are now almost two miles away from their nearest branch. people in rural communities have been hit the hardest. of course, online banking is a bigger part of the picture than it used to be, but the serious outages and it failures we have seen over the last couple of years, show that those services can't be relied upon to the extent that they need to be. banks need to give people access to their money. they need to stop cutting cashpoints at the same time as reducing banks as well. virgin media and ee have been fined a combined £13.3 million by regulator ofcom for overcharging nearly 500,000 phone and broadband customers who wanted to leave their contracts early. ofcom said both companies broke consumer protection rules by failing

to make clear the charges customers would have to pay if they ended their contract early and levying "excessive" fees to leave. as a result, ofcom has fined bt—owned ee £6.3 million and virgin media £7 million. virgin said it would appeal the decision. we'll be speaking to ofcom's director of investigations and enforcement about that story in just a a few minutes. gps and patients who are frustrated by a shortage of the new flu vaccine for over—65s have been told the final delivery batch will arrive by tomorrow. nhs england said there would be enough vaccines for everyone to be protected ahead of winter. doctors said more guidance should have been given to gps and patients to avoid disruption over the phased delivery of supplies. older adults are advised to get the flu jab by early december. a painting by the british artist, david hockney, has sold overnight for $90—million — setting a new record.

it's the highest amount paid for a piece of work by a living artist. ‘portrait of an artist — pool with two figures‘ was painted in 1972. that is inflation for you. it is 8:11am. back to our top story this morning, the fallout from theresa may‘s draft brexit deal. it‘s a proposal described as a "miserable failure of negotiation" by shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer, who says his party will vote against it. and with defeat in the house of commons looking more and more likely, he‘s urged the prime minister to consider "alternatives". here to shed light on those "alternatives" is the shadow local government secretary, andrew gwynne. i‘ll speak to him injust a moment, but first, we‘ve been to bolton to find out how the events of the last few days have been going down with people there. don‘t really understand what‘s going on. it's a bit of an embarrassment, isn't it? embarrassment how? well, embarrassing for the government, like, i think.

don't really care now either way. it's just gone on for ever. i didn't vote to leave, but now ijust don't care. i don't think anything will change anyway. it‘s reallyjust a sell out, a total sell out. it‘s not brexit. we‘re in the eu. we may as well stay under it, under the existing terms or have a clean break. not enough information was available at the time. so probably there was some false information that was given, so it might change if we go to the polls again. it was a 50—50 split in the first place, wasn't it, with the original referendum? so, i say don't put it to the people! we can't make a decision on it! interesting, isn‘t it? andrew gwynne thatis interesting, isn‘t it? andrew gwynne that is with me now. good morning. good morning. are you surprised? i don‘t think it is surprising what people think about this deal as it is unfolding and how much has been explained to people?” is unfolding and how much has been explained to people? i think the one thing that theresa may has

ironically managed to do is bring together people who voted leave and people who voted remain against her deal. we see that in parliament. we see it in the country, i certainly see it in the country, i certainly see it in my postbag,, that people voted leave and remain is what we voted leave and remain is what we voted for, please don‘t support it in parliament. i think it is now incumbent and theresa may to get us out of this tory party psychodrama we seem out of this tory party psychodrama we seem to have been sucked into. she spent 18 months rather than properly negotiating a decent deal with the european union, negotiating among her backbenchers and with the dup. that was not achievable in the end, what they wanted. ultimately, this is about our country‘s future. we have always said if she comes back with a deal that meets keir starmer‘s six tests we will back her. so she has time between now and

bringing a vote to parliament to clarify the issues we need clarifying, so that we can then get this through parliament. because as it stands, there is no majority in the house of commons with theresa may‘s deal. the house of commons with theresa may's deal. you know time is always tight with these things. let‘s whizz through this if we can as clearly as we can so through this if we can as clearly as we can so people understand. we‘ve done the politics there. these six tests you say keir starmer has laid out. shall we go through them question does ensure a strong and collaboratively to relationship with the eu question you don‘t think this d raft the eu question you don‘t think this draft agreement does that? no, because it is a very one—sided agreement. if we take it to its optimal conclusion and we fall back onto the backstop, we actually have the worst of all world. the point is that this agreement was about how you leave the eu. this was not about the new relationship. the point is people voted and wanted to leave the eu and re—establish a relationship

so eu and re—establish a relationship so to say you need to ensure a strong relationship, you can‘t do that, at this moment. that is for the future. the second thing is does it deliver the exact same benefits as we currently have as members of the single market and customs union? people don‘t want the same deal. why are you asking for exactly the same deal, it‘s unrealistic? it isn‘t unrealistic to have access toa it isn‘t unrealistic to have access to a marketplace to 500 million people. it‘s crucial for british jobs and industry. but wasn't the point that those who voted out and the politicians who told us to vote out, we can negotiate a better deal, they told us. why would you want a better benefit? the benefits of access to the open markets are clear to see. it is about people‘s jobs and people‘s services and the industry in this country. the customs union, we will not be a member of. it is a customs union, a re—negotiated customs union... that‘s what you wanted.

re—negotiated customs union... that's what you wanted. between the united kingdom and the european union that gives us a seat around the table when those trade deals are being made. what theresa may is offering is the customs union which means we lose a seat and lose our voice, and if they sign a trade deal, for example, with america, we have to accept it without a vote.” must be being stupid but if you are not in the eu, you cannot demand a seat there. but that is why we've re—negotiate a comprehensive new customs union, a new arrangement that does not exist at the moment. with the european union, that gives britain a voice, a vote and a seat at the table. if it comes to this, and let‘s slightly look into the future, if theresa may goes, and the labour party at some point, or in some position, manages to re—negotiate with the eu. the eu have basically said, and angela merkel is basically said, there‘s a deal and it cannot be reopened. how

can they change this situation? deal and it cannot be reopened. how can they change this situation7m we go through a general election and have a labour government that government has a fresh mandate to go to the european union and say, we accept and respect the decision of the referendum in 2016. these are our six tests... we are supposed to leave by march 29th. four months? we would have a fresh mandate and continue negotiations. so we can get a better deal. do you genuinely think that in four months you can have a re—election and the new party in power? angela merkel changing her mind and eu leaders change their minds but there‘s a deal to be done? it may well be that the timescales mean we have to extend the process by which we are leaving. do you think the electorate will enjoy hearing that from the labour party? let‘s extend negotiations? if we get a better deal, yes. it‘s about people‘s rights and employment and

the people‘s environment and safety. we wa nt the people‘s environment and safety. we want to with the right kind of deal and under those negotiations. and under labour it may need to be extended further, that‘s what you‘ve just said. if we want to negotiate a better deal and the timescales are thus that we‘ve had a general election and a fresh government is elected with that mandate to get that better deal, then we need that time to negotiate for that better deal. but the eu will listen to that, let‘s look at the past history... we haven't got time. when we have had previous treaties that other countries have thought about, they have re—negotiated together through. i think that with a fresh labour government with a new mandate, the eu will sit down with us and talk it through, and we can get that better deal for british people. there is one eu leader who

has said to you or any member of the labour government, who has said to you they are willing?” labour government, who has said to you they are willing? i understand the negotiations thatjeremy and keir have had, they are open to a labour government negotiating a fresh deal with them. they have said they are willing to reopen negotiations and angela merkel said no? when we have met with the eu, jeremy and keir are often in brussels and meet with eu representatives, and they would negotiate a deal... since this draft deal? they will negotiate with the next labour government, we will have the mandate to do so. thank you for speaking with me this morning on the sofa. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. is going to turn chilly. it will. not the 18 degrees we saw yesterday, things are much colder next week. but things start on a mild note.

murky and misty, some fog in places, drizzle too. the best sunshine in northern scotland, damp weather in southern and central scotland but most have a dry day. the skies are brightening a bit, a lot of cloud in the afternoon. if you are fundraising for pudsey bear today, there is a lot of dry weather. most of you will be dry, and this afternoon, south—easterly winds, round the coast of north—west england, some more sunshine. sunshine comes and goes in northern ireland, we continue to see that in northern scotland through the day. southern scotland brightens up a touch. 18 degrees in the highlands, not as warm today but we see temperatures of about 15—16d. well above where they should be for this time of year. tonight, with a lot of cloud in place, mild for most. clear in the north—west of scotland, temperatures fall here, turning

chilly in the south—east, clear skies overnight. for most, temperatures where they should be for this time of november. high pressure in continental europe. winds flowing clockwise, but a big window of summer heading our way. after morning cloud, it will brighten up nicely. sunshine in the afternoon, staying around in northern and central scotland, most get there before the day is out. temperatures not as high as they have been, more sunshine compared to today. a pleasant way to spend the first day of the weekend. a colder night will follow. temperature is low enough for a touch of frost, especially in sheltered northern and western areas, this breeze will be key this weekend, especially in the south and south—west. strong at times, but on sunday, blue skies overhead for the vast majority. temperatures similar to saturday, at levels just above where we should be for this time of year. next week,

high—pressure shifting northwards. easterly winds, the colder air flooding towards us and by the time we get to next week, instead of highs of 17 or 18, six or 7 degrees, that‘s the general high. back to where we should be at this time of year. not quite where we want to be. for some! let‘s bring you some breaking news now, and in the last hour it‘s been announced virgin media and ee have been fined a combined £13.3 million by regulator ofcom for overcharging nearly 500,000 phone and broadband customers who wanted to leave their contracts early. let‘s speak now to ofcom‘s director of investigations and enforcement gaucho rasmussen. thank you for speaking with us this morning. can you take me through the process of this, when the investigation began and when it was determined that virgin media and ee needed to be fined and how they have reacted ? needed to be fined and how they have reacted? the facts for the two cases

are somehow different, ee we looked at behaviour over six years, but for virgin media it is more recent for a shorter period of time, a little less tha n shorter period of time, a little less than a year but we were particularly looking at what costs consumers like you and i incur when we try to get out of a fixed term contract earlier than we originally planned. as a regulator, at ofcom, we need to ensure that the charges are not excessive. why shouldn't they be excessive? there are two key points. first, you need to make sure asa points. first, you need to make sure as a consumer you know what you are signing up to... sorry, i meant the fines, why shouldn‘t they be excessive ? fines, why shouldn‘t they be excessive? i mishea rd fines, why shouldn‘t they be excessive? i misheard you, i apologise. so, how do you think the situation arose in the first place, that they were able to be in this position to deceive consumers? that‘s not what happened, we are talking about areas that happened in

the ways that which bills are calculated. we found these areas we re calculated. we found these areas were not picked up quick enough and ultimately it led to consumers being out of pocket. who found out they had been overcharged ? out of pocket. who found out they had been overcharged? we look at complaints that consumers bring to us. sources where we get this information. we raise concerns early on in the investigation. virgin media are appealing the decision, why? it is for them to set out their reasons, we have conducted a careful investigation looking at the facts on the evidence. this is a fair conclusion and we stand by it. virgin media, part of the fine, £25,000 extra, because it did not help with the investigation, is that right? yes, that's a hugely important point. when we start these investigations it is important that telecoms companies and others we deal with closely with us to give us

the information we need to do our job. and when it comes to ee, they did cooperate with the investigation. so they‘re fine is less, 6.3 million compared to 7 million for virgin media. they benefit from a discount because they co—operated throughout and admitted their wrongdoing, and we welcome the fa ct their wrongdoing, and we welcome the fact that ee is taking steps to do a root and branch review of how they engage with customers, their it systems and billing and the training they give to sales staff so that we avoid these kinds of issues in future. thank you very much for speaking to us this morning, responding to us as soon as the decision has come out in the last hour. you‘ve had the weather today but we have an extra special children in need fundraising forecast for you now. . . need fundraising forecast for you now... have a look at what happened when some considerably younger brea kfast when some considerably younger breakfast presenters stepped into the studio... good morning, fundraisers. today is

the day... a big shout out for everybody across the nation, thank you. over to sara with the weather. it looks like the country is going fundraising mad? hi, fundraisers. you are all doing fantastic fundraising today. if we look at the map today, it is raining buckets of fundraising everywhere! up and down the country, it is so exciting! make sure you get out and join everyone and do your thing for children in need too. tune in tonight! need i say more? they were brilliant! get involved with children in need all day across the bbc ahead of the show tonight. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning. it was another

mild day yesterday. temperatures in the highlands got to 18 celsius but things will change over the next few days. it will turned significantly colder. today, a murky start, patches of mist and fog around. it will get a bit brighter later on. the best of the sunshine today will be across the north and west of scotland. some good spells of sunshine here. elsewhere, the low cloud and the mist and fog will tend to lift up a little bit and there will be some brighter skies towards western areas. temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday. up to about 12—14. through tonight, we continue with this feed of cloud coming in across many parts of the uk. one or two brea ks many parts of the uk. one or two breaks in that cloutier and there but overall, quite a mild night again. temperatures no lower than 6-10 again. temperatures no lower than 6—10 celsius, perhaps 11 degrees in

northern ireland. going into the weekend, a big area of high pressure which has been sitting there for awhile draws this south—easterly wind. you notice a gap in the clouds. that dryer air from the near continent is going to feed its way in across the uk. increasingly sunny during saturday. but temperatures may be down by a degree or so compared to today. 12-13- 14. degree or so compared to today. 12-13-14. and degree or so compared to today. 12-13- 14. and to degree or so compared to today. 12—13— 14. and to sunday, more sunshine. a chilly start. a local frost in one or two places but lots of sunshine. a sparkling day on sunday. those temperatures, once again, about 11—13. going into next week, however, that is when we see the really cold air start to move in. you can see the blues here across the continent. they will move their way in and as egypt into monday and tuesday, all of us will notice a big difference in those temperatures. maximum is about 6—10. lots of dry weather, a

fairamount offlour about 6—10. lots of dry weather, a fair amount of flour but some sunshine as well at times. bye—bye. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and james menendez. prime minister theresa may will continue to sell her brexit withdrawal deal today, as business leaders call on politicians to get behind the plan. live from london, that‘s our top story on friday 16th november. taking a pounding: sterling suffers its biggest sell—off in more than two years, as political turmoil puts the uk‘s brexit deal in doubt. plus — apecing order — president xi takes centre stage at the asia pacific summit in papa new guinea — a sign of china‘s growing influence in the region.