55.» g. . husband. that reminds me of margaret thatcher and denis thatcher. 0n the stuff they when she is being castigated by members of her own party, when they got home, they switched the tv off and they had a large scotch. it was a welsh whisky. she said diplomatically, we drink scotch as well. when i was on nationwide and we had margaret thatcher in regarding the falklands war, and the viewer took her to task about the sinking of the belgrano, denis thatcher, he went ballistic. he stormed out. similar. good on mr may. it paints a scene of their relationship, a bit of domestic

bliss and kindness. there is the whisky and the anecdote about cooking beans on toast. she opened the ten. we get so little detail about theresa may as a person, even here they are clutching at straws by telling us about drinks and beans on toast, we are not getting more about her personality. they are trying to show that she is a normal woman. if you read this you would sympathise with her greatly for how much she has faced this week. how would you even get up in the morning to face this? but this is too late, trying to present her in this kindly. we have had a year of her having those horrible advisers around her, she rana tight horrible advisers around her, she ran a tight ship, she alienate as

people in her cabinets, she is now trying to make out that she is a kind and benevolent leader and she was not actually always liked that. she has not wanted that intrusion, she does not talk to journalists, everybody knows that. what i would see in response, do not underestimate the power of the daily mail, that is full blast in favour of theresa may. last night they were talking about, the saboteurs were not the remainder is that the hardline brexiteers. if you read this, you will find yourself feeling very sorry for her but you will also feel that she has gripped that is admirable. she came in and for the

first 15 seconds i thought in that press c0 nfe re nce first 15 seconds i thought in that press conference is she going to resign because she was talking about leadership, then she ploughed into, lam leadership, then she ploughed into, i am still doing thejob. leadership, then she ploughed into, i am still doing the job. it was quite impressive. she has rallied. the interview on the radio, apart from one hesitation, she seemed more relaxed. maybe she knows something we do not. her situation has improved significantly in the last 24 hours. but that is because everything is so bad. but could not have got worse. i like that she got home at half past 92 puts the washing on so it could drive. that you grounded. i know that you like to keep grounded. the murder, reshuffles yet

again. the picture —— the daily mirror, reshuffles yet again. the picture of nigel farage and boris and his dad. having dinner in a london restaurant. i do not know it. it isa london restaurant. i do not know it. it is a nice restaurant, i was there once. august and his dad were having dinnerand once. august and his dad were having dinner and boris once. august and his dad were having dinnerand boris and nigel once. august and his dad were having dinner and boris and nigel farage had a chat, and that is it. it looks more secretive than it is. they are suggesting there may be a plot. who knows? the value currency of nigel farage has dwindled. i do not think there is a space for nigel farage right now to come back to rally the ha rd

right now to come back to rally the hard brexiteers, if that's what this is about, nigel farage is not the person who will do that. a certain section of the community? his re—entry into british political life... he has been talking about it. i do not think it will work. their conversation we are having now, i do not think there is space for him to come back into it. something else besides brexit. front page of the guardian, a story we have been reporting, the eu then professor who has been looking at austerity —— the un professor. professor who has been looking at austerity -- the un professor. they are saying they have inflicted terrible misery on people, mean

spirited measures. he went to nine times in12 spirited measures. he went to nine times in 12 days and he talked to the people directly affected by benefits or the lack of benefits. he said the benefits system is misogynistic. if you put a bunch of misogynists in the room to devise a plan, they could not have done better than that. he made that qualification. government on the other hand saying household incomes have never been higher. income inequality has fallen. 1 million people less living in poverty than there was eight years ago. this was not the feeling of this professor. he isa un not the feeling of this professor. he is a un representative on extreme poverty, he says austerity has made it worse and brexit will make it even worse. what was interesting in

the report that we put out tonight and this is that he went to speak to the people who were suffering and living with this every day, rather than relying on statistics. that is what a journalist would do. he listened to people's harrowing and sad experiences of what life has been light over the past few years, including one person saying that at times they felt so low that they did not know if they had a future. people have openly discussed suicide with him. he has come to this country and spoken to these people and made some strong conclusions. it isa and made some strong conclusions. it is a powerful report and i think and hope that the government does listen to it, because you just cannot ignore some of these statistics. it said here that in britain he has

found that for un human rights agreements have been breached, including rights around children. we cannot listen to the un on big global catastrophes and take their advice and then not listen to it in the same way when it is applied to oui’ the same way when it is applied to our own country. the government will talk about 3 million more people are now in work, this report says 1.5 million people were destitute in 2017. both of these facts can exist at the same time. amber rudd said today she realises things need to be done. page three of the times for some light relief, by pet lovers a lwa ys some light relief, by pet lovers always choose a copy cat. this is a funny article. your cats end up

meddling your behaviour. research from the university of liverpool says that if you are a strong—willed person you will have a strong willed cat and that if you have a cat that lacks spontaneity it is likely that you are someone lacks spontaneity it is likely that you are someone that wants to stick toa you are someone that wants to stick to a boarding daily routine. i have not had much experience with cats. i was kind of stepmum to a cat, he had a great attitude, i liked him, but i am nota a great attitude, i liked him, but i am not a big cat lover. it says, does your cat like to terrorise the neighbourhood intimidating weaker rivals? i do not know about that, but the cat used to bring in dead mice, the last thing in the world you want to see is the body of a

dead mouse at four o'clock in the morning. it is good fun. you can do a test to find out if your cat is a scaredy—cat or a lionheart.|j a test to find out if your cat is a scaredy-cat or a lionheart. i have the minas cat in the entire world. she often comes in battered and scratched from scrapping all night. we love her. she is ours. that is all from the papers for the moment but we will be back at half past 11 for another look at the front pages. you can see this online. we will be back for another look at

half past 11. goodbye for now. it has been a mild week this week, a lot of cloud through the day on friday, some of that has been low enough for mist and fog. not everywhere had the cloud through the day. as we head through the arrests of tonight, mild here still with us, but colder here on the way. back to the here and now, cloud across much of the country through tonight, clear skies from the south—east, and a few clear spells in north of scotland. a frost free night to

come. a fresh start to saturday morning. through the weekend with high—pressure sitting across scandinavia we will see drier air moving n. that means less in the way of clued. clearer skies for the likes of east anglia. further north, a cloudy picture for northern ireland and eastern scotland. the weather improving. cloud lingering for northern ireland and north—east scotla nd for northern ireland and north—east scotland but most places will see a return to sunny skies by the afternoon. saturday night into sunday, a colder nights with clear skies and winds from the south—east.

just 8 degrees or two above freezing in the countryside first on sunday. sunday promises plenty of sunshine. blue skies on sunday. a brisk south easterly breeze and temperatures 9-13 easterly breeze and temperatures 9—13 celsius, not bad for the time of year, things turned colder through the week ahead, single figures for all of us. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11: theresa may is backed by cabinet ministers, after a wave of resignations. leading brexiteers pledge support for the prime minister. to have confidence in the prime minister? i absolutely do. ithink it is absolutely vital we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making chalk in the areas that matter so much to the british people, we can get a good outcome. the prime minister is still facing a possible vote of no confidence, but the cabinet‘s newest member warns colleagues against. this is not a time for changing our

leader. this is a time for pulling together, for making sure that we remember who we are here to serve, who we are here to help. that is the whole of the country. we'll have the latest on a possible leadership challenge, and on today's cabinet appointments. also tonight: