good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a diplomatic row as britain threatens to retaliate after a durham university student is jailed for life accused of spying in dubai. a race to seal the deal on brexit — theresa may says there's been progress but spain is unhappy over gibraltar. a total rip—off, or valuable service to those on low incomes? the financial watchdog is set to launch a crack down on rent—to—own schemes that are accused of excessive charges. in sport, after terrorising defences for 20 years, the former chelsea striker didier drogba retires from football. and how a game of keepy—uppy got a group of mps into trouble. good morning from kew gardens, we are here at the illuminated trail, thousands of sparkly lights and a

show coming up, which we will show you through the morning. there is widespread frost, we have cloud in the east, not as cold here, with patchy cloud and drizzle, moving west through the day, eradicating the bright start. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, november 22. our top story: the wife of a british university student, who's beenjailed for life in dubai, is to meet the foreign secretary jeremy hunt today. matthew hedges is accused of spying for the british government but his family say he is innocent. our reporterjane frances—kelly has more. matthew hedges, here with his wife daniela, for his arrest in dubai airport in early may and the start of what she has called an early nightmare. she said her husband shook when he heard the verdict. this morning she will meet with the foreign secretary who has warned of the uae there will be serious

diplomatic consequences if the matter is not resolved. i've spoken about matthew to the crown prince when i visited abu dhabi last week andi when i visited abu dhabi last week and i thought i had some understanding that this was going to be resolved in a satisfactory way. the uae is one of britain's long—standing allies, so why has it accused the academic spy in? matthew hedges' research involved asking sensitive questions about security and defence across the gulf. fellow academic thinks it ruffled feathers and he is being used as an example. iam sure and he is being used as an example. i am sure there is a lot of personal politics behind this and probably someone politics behind this and probably someone in the government who wants to make a point and wants to use matt as an example to say, it you know, we will go about our foreign and security policy and what ever way we want and no one will ask questions. matthew hedges' family

say he was interrogated without a lawyer and made to sign an apparent confession in arabic which he doesn't read or speak. the country's attorney general said he pleaded guilty to the charges. the academic was entitled to an appeal and that there could be a retrial. the foreign secretary must decide what pressure he will bring to bear on the row. in around half an hour we'll be talking to one of matthew hedges' friends, who has been helping with the campaign to free him. theresa may will return to brussels on saturday to try to finalise a deal on brexit ahead of a summit of european leaders. spain has warned it won't support the agreement unless changes are made to the wording over gibraltar, and the german leader angela merkel has indicated she won't attend unless the text on future co—operation is agreed in advance. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. just take us through those two to begin with. it sounds like a bit of

the task ahead. it does, yes, deal oi’ the task ahead. it does, yes, deal or no deal has been a question for theresa may call along. the importance this morning is she has had further warnings from the cabinet it would be hard to get a deal through parliament, but it still hasn't been secured with the eu as you say. she is going back on saturday. there seem to be sticking points from the cabinet's point of view. members of the top ten want her to try to get word in about the future of the irish border, technological solutions to sort out that problem, pressure from front that problem, pressure from front that other countries over access to fishing waters. as you say, now there is the issue of gibraltar. spain saying they could veto any deal unless they have a say over the future trading relationship over the rock, and noises coming from brussels is this is something which can be sold. downing street is saying there is no need for panic. nonetheless it is another problem theresa may has to face, perhaps one

that wasn't anticipated, so she seems to be short of getting the deal secured in brussels and then the problems back here in westminster really begin. for the moment, thank you. more nhs patients in england will be cared for at home or in their community under plans to be announced today. the government says it will invest £3.5 billion a year by 2023 in a bid to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and help patients return home sooner. there'll be community based rapid response teams and more support for care home residents. forensic experts are examining the contents of two bombs which were found in an empty flat in north—west london. the met police say the improvised explosive devices were discovered by builders refurbishing the property in harlesden. no arrests have been made. a major nhs review is to be published later today setting out the true scale of mental health problems among children. the report comes as the children's commissioner for england warns services are struggling to keep up with demand. nick triggle has more. elodie suffered from severe anxiety in the run—up to her gcses,

but the 17—year—old found help hard to come by. she says, in a school of 2,500, there was only one school counsellor. eventually she got help, but she believes the problems affected her exam results. i know what i can achieve, and ifelt like i was given challenge after challenge after challenge after setback, with no support, and therefore i couldn't achieve what i should have done. research by the children's commissioner for england found that last year 338,000 people were referred to specialist nhs mental health community services, but over a third of children were told they could not have treatment. i would like to see a counsellor at every school. i would like to see specialist help for every child that needs it within five years. and i would like to see waiting lists down to four weeks, on a par with what we expect for adults. the commissioner says extra funding is needed,

pointing out that adult mental health services get 15 times more funding than children's services. she says another £1.7 billion would be needed to bridge the gap, but she did acknowledge funding was beginning to rise, and there had been progress on helping people with eating disorders. nhs england said plans were being put in place to improve access further, and it looks like this will be needed. later today, the nhs will release new figures detailing the scale of mental health needs among young people. it is over ten years since the research was last done, and the expectation is that it will show problems are becoming more common. ten times more children and young people have type 2 diabetes in england and wales than previously estimated according to new research. the charity, diabetes uk, has found that at least 7,000 people under the age of 25 have the condition. health campaigners say more needs to be done to cut the rates of childhood obesity which is one of the main causes of the disease. nissan board members will meet today

to decide on the fate of chairman carlos ghosn. the meeting comes days after the tycoon was arrested for financial misconduct. japanese authorities extended ghosn's detention by ten days yesterday, as it emerged nissan itself could face charges over the scandal. nasa says its latest mars probe, called insight, is on track for touchdown on monday. only a third of previous international missions to the red planet have succeeded. within seven minutes of entering the martian atmosphere, insight must decelerate from six times the speed of a bullet to walking pace, in order to land safely. can you imagine? well, we wouldn't survive it, at travelling from the speed of a bullet, decelerating to the speed of a walking pace to enter

the speed of a walking pace to enter the atmosphere. i don't know the period of time. it is done over days. i suspect it is done very quickly. amazing. let's hope it succeeds. time for the sport. d is here. —— sal is here. didier drogba retiring from football. he burst onto the scene, playing from marseilles, and i was watching him play against newcastle many many moons ago, and we heard these rumours about this player that we were going to see, he is great, he is different, but honestly to see him play on a small pitch for that first time was staggering. he looked different, had a different quality, a different pace, so much power. he was a star in the making. completely. he looked com pletely in the making. completely. he looked completely different to everybody else. the level of power and pace was staggering. and he has decided he will retire after a fantastic

career. he spent nine years at chelsea, helping them to their first premier league and champions league titles. he's also the only player to score in four separate fa cup finals. the charities commission says it's engaging with the professional footballers association amid criticism of chairman gordon taylor. loads of players want him to resign, and taylor himself has ordered a review into the players union, which he heads. jack nowell is out of england's final autumn international against australia this weekend because of injury. with fellow winger chris ashton also out injured, it means bath'sjoe vokahna singa will start, having made his debut againstjapan last time out. and it's a big day for england's cricketers at the women's world t20 in antigua. they play india in the semi finals later tonight. delighted to say that we will have a report from antigua later in the programme. strangely they didn't

send me. didn't they? yes. they missed a trick. i campaigned. i know you are worried about it. the research has been done, that probe to mars, the deceleration from the speed of a bullet to walking pace, six and a half minutes. that is really fast. that is slower than i thought it was going to be. disappointed? a little bit. i have an americano with milk. know what i needed? soupe. no. iamjust offering up soup as an option. no, i just needed coffee. 0k. carol is in kew. you are still on mars up with that probe. carol is at kew gardens for us this morning. what about a nice cup of soup?m what about a nice cup of soup? it is cold. last night, temperatures went down to as low as —5 in south

newington and 0xfordshire but generally we have —2s, threes, in the east, in single figures, but look at this spectacular display behind me as part of christmas at kew, and it is right on cue, we can see shortly there will be a laser display, millions of sparkly lights, watch your screen, the finale show, it is 36 metres wide and we will show you lot of it the course of this morning. the forecast for most of us this morning is a cold one. it is also a frosty one and we will see increasing cloud coming through the course of the day. if we look at the chart you can see what i'm talking about. in the east we've got more cloud. temperatures are not as low. in the west we got clear skies. that is where the temperatures have dropped. 0n the pressure chart you can see we are sandwiched between high and low pressure. we have a weather front which will bring some showers across the south—west later.

first thing this morning in western scotland, northern ireland, showers. western england, wales, the south—west, parts of the midlands, some blue skies to start. already in the east we have a lot of cloud and some patchy, light rain and drizzle and through the dave attwood drift westwards. temperatures nothing to write home about —— through the day they will drift westwards. there is not the same significant windchill that we have had for the last few days. through the evening and overnight it will be a cloudy one. the cloud is still thick enough for some patchy light rain and drizzle. some patchy breaks in the cloud in the midlands, south wales possibly, so luckily there might be frost. across the south, more cloud with some showers coming in across the south—west. that is how we start the day tomorrow. cold for some, not as cold as this morning, but tomorrow will be fairly cloudy. the cloud will be fairly cloudy. the cloud will be fairly cloudy. the cloud will be thick enough in parts of eastern scotland especially in the

north—east for some spots of rain. we will also have showers coming across the south—west of england, drifting eastwards. the cloud will break in places. a few of us are specially in western areas will see some sunshine. then saturday is almost a repeat performance. we are looking at a fairly cloudy day. we will have brightness in the north—west with sunny spells coming through, some rain in the north—east and outbreaks of rain scooting across southern counties of england, courtesy of an area of low pressu re" courtesy of an area of low pressure". temperatures for most in single figures. for a lucky few may be up to about ten. and i can tell you it is bitterly cold once again this morning under clear skies, so make sure if you're stepping out that you wrap up warmly. yes, and the sites behind you are fantastic. we are enjoying those a lot. let me get out of the way. yes, go on, get out of the way. no, don't get out of

the way. ijust out of the way. no, don't get out of the way. i just want to see it carol. get out of the way, it is going to hit you. iamso i am so going to get spanked next timei i am so going to get spanked next time i see her, i have been cheeky to her all week. has she got the book? i don't blame her. so do we. let's take a look at today's front pages. the mail leads on what it describes as the nightmare ordeal suffered by the wife of matthew hedges, the young academic who was jailed for life in the gulf after being convicted of being a spy. it also a publishes a picture of the couple. we will be speaking to a friend of matthew's in the next 20 minutes. the telegraph goes with brexit, and jeremy hunt's warning

to the prime minister that her deal with the eu could see britain fall into a turkey trap. there is a picture of theresa may with european commission president jean—claude juncker. a shocking rise in child diabetes is the headline on the front page of the express. the paper says britian's obsession with sugary food has prompted record numbers of children being struck down with type 2 diabetes. meghan markle and kate middleton also feature, wearing similar coats. and the sun splashes with a picture of cute puppy bungle, who it claims faces being caged in kennels under the dangerous dogs act for biting a policeman, sparking an angry backlash from protesters. this is chow chow bungle. not much

gets past me. there are a couple of stories in the papers this morning about christmas already, i am sorry. amazon is accused of ruining christmas because it has taken to sending parcels you might order online without that sort of brown box around it, and they have been accused of using too much packaging in the past, so one move is to stick the delivery label on the side of the delivery label on the side of the box, but that is no good if you don't want people to know about it. so you could get, say, a board game and it is usually covered in cellophane, so they put the thing on the outside. and then it is coming to the door, so if you are trying to hide it from whoever is in the house before christmas, they know what it is. but it is better when you order things that are that small and it comes in a box. i would suggest there is probably a happy medium. amazon in trouble for that, and a

great story in the daily mail about what we look for when buying houses. millennials don't want curtains or conservatory is but things they can post on instagram, like kitchen islands, fire pits and polished concrete floors, which are the least practical things in the world. you say that from experience?‘ practical things in the world. you say that from experience? a friend has had done, it very lovely, but yes, you do need to have... it looks beautiful. what were you doing 15 yea rs beautiful. what were you doing 15 years ago today? i will tell you. you were watching bs, england wrote the winning the world cup. is that 15 years ago today? it is, and an interview and a piece sir clive woodward has written, including some things you may not have heard at the time. we sat on the floor with beers

in hand in silence for an eternity, and he says it was his favourite moment of the world cup. they couldn't speak. in the immediate aftermath of winning the world cup, they all had a beer and sat down, and the lovely thing about this is he has gone on to talk about... in all of his top memories, he talks about the players who didn't play. he talks about how important the whole squad was, and how he can name the whole squad, because the squad was the most important thing, and not the team. and baby prince harry, who i think was there on the occasion. he was, 15 years ago today. and how it started a new way of thinking about training. didn't he write a book called winning? he writes a lot of motivational stuff, and just raking down the game technically. they had little ta blets, technically. they had little tablets, and they would go through their methods of play, which they

had never examined in that way. their methods of play, which they had never examined in that waym is all about the mindset, isn't it? cani is all about the mindset, isn't it? can i say one thing. why are we talking about the coats? when i read it out, ijust talking about the coats? when i read it out, i just thought ugh. talking about the coats? when i read it out, ijust thought ugh. one of the papers is doing a poll asking who wore it best. oh good, that is healthy. come on, it was cold. would you like to see a picture of a cat with its tongue out? yes. and they have included it because the shape ofa have included it because the shape of a cat's tongue, which has ribbing on it for the purpose of capturing prey and that kind of thing...” thought it was for cleaning.” thought it was for cleaning.” thought it was because it helps them, if they have attacked an animaland them, if they have attacked an animal and need to eat it, i thought that was part of the reason. anyway,

they have made a hairbrush based on they have made a hairbrush based on the kind of shape of a cat's tongue, because they say that is the most effective way of doing that. so there you go. who thought that a cat's tongue would be the way to invent a new product. when i first saw it i thought they would be using cats' tons in a comb, which we would have led with. a group of mps has been told off for playing football in the chamber of the house of commons. the snp's hannah bardell posted a video on social media of herself playing keepie uppie in the chamber after the sitting was adjourned on tuesday evening. she had been due to play a proper match alongside other mps in the women's parliamentary team, but it was suspended due to a late vote. speakerjohn bercow said the historic chamber should not be used for this type of activity, but that he accepted the group's apology. and we will be talking to hammer a

little bit later on. they got into terrible trouble —— talking to hannah. they got reprimanded, but everything was fine. it was all done in good faith. and our team is a talented lunch. some of our overnight team here at breakfast were inspired by hannah bardell‘s video, so they had a quick game in the early hours. this was filmed during their break in the small hours of this morning, which is their excuse for some of the poor skills on display. there are some decent skills.” think it is disgraceful. i think there should be reprimanded.” think it is disgraceful. i think there should be reprimanded. i am waiting for the apology, not a good use of resources! if you play any sports at work, from wastepaper baskeball to a lunch hour kickabout in the car park, we would love to see your

pictures and videos. but please make sure you are not breaking any health and safety rules. we don't want to get you into trouble. it is likely to be the most common genetic syndrome you've never heard of. 22q affects thousands of people, and its symptoms can range from mild behavioural issues to serious physical and psychological complications. campaigners are calling for all babies to be tested at birth so people with the condition receive the support they need. sian lloyd has been to meet one family taking part in a pioneering research project at cardiff university. so do you want to make a tower like mine... three-year-old eloise is having fun, but this game is helping research is to understand the genetic condition called 22q 11.2 genetic condition called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. the results of the study should help eloise's ma'am, dawn, know more about what the future might hold. parents like her, one of the most common

challenges can be getting a diagnosis in the first place. for eloise, that came when she was 11 months old. i had a number of different niggles about feeding, about how quiet she was. sometimes she was lethargic. all of these things that had been dismissed by healthcare professionals, all of a sudden it made sense. having a diagnosis made everything make sense. 22q deletion syndrome, as it is known, is thought to affect one in 2000 babies born in the uk every year, and involves a section of a chromosome being missing. there are as many as 180 possible symptoms, including congenital heart defects, a cleft palate, and slow development. the tee cardiff university has also found that it is linked to a number of behavioural, psychological and movement problems, which can be misunderstood. some pa rents which can be misunderstood. some parents in our studies have told us that the schools don't understand that the schools don't understand that their child has a genetic and

that their child has a genetic and that their child has a genetic and that the behaviour that the child displays in school, they thinkjust means that the child is naughty. this hospital in cardiff is one of only a handful across england and wales offering a specialist clinic for 22q. campaigners would like to see more. julie's sun makes died from complications arising from 22q. she wants to see it included in the heel prick test for genetic conditions given the new born babies. we know that many families, many, babies. we know that many families, any babies. we know that many families, many, many families, have been denied a diagnosis. this means that the children are not being supplied with the support that they require, and we feel it would be of immense benefit to families to be diagnosed at birth. that would need to be considered by the uk national screening committee, which said it would welcome evidence on the issue. do you think teddy might like

something to eat? the way that 22q affects eloise is individual to her. in some cases, symptoms are so mild that can go completely undiagnosed, and for families like that can go completely undiagnosed, and forfamilies like hers, raising its profile as a daily battle. a lot of people aren't aware of 22q, and even now, when we go to see her specialists, we are the ones who have to tell the story of the condition to allow her specialists... so even when the speech therapist came up last week, we got to the end of the session and isaid are we got to the end of the session and i said are you familiar with 22q? and they won't. eloise is a happy little girl who is making great progress. researchers hope that in the future, more children like her will be diagnosed early enough to ensure they get support. lots more to come on the programme this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard.

new analysis for housing charity shelter suggests nearly 170,000 people are recorded as homeless in london. this means one in every 53 people are sleeping on the streets or in temporary accomodation. the charity says it is down to a lack of social housing, frozen housing benefits, and unaffordable rents. 2,000 newjobs could be created in luton after plans for a new development have been approved. bartlett square will include a hotel, shops and a multi—storey carpark. situated next to luton airport parkway, the council says the development is part of an ongoing strategy to bring more than £1.5 billion worth of investment into the town. climbing 15 metres up a vertical wall with your bare hands is an impressive feat by anyone's standards, so imagine the challenge for matthew phillips from guildford, who was born without his right arm below the elbow. at 17, he is the youngest member of great britain's para—climbing team, and has now returned from the world climbing championships in austria as a world champion. it feels really good, yes, really

amazing. you know, i've been training for it for several years now. it's been a big doll. the one before this world championships, i couldn't compete, sadly, so i was really stoked to get in this one, so i won it, and really stoked to get in this one, so iwon it, and i really stoked to get in this one, so i won it, and ifeel amazing about it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. at the moment, tramlink is suspended between wimbledon and therapia lane due to a power failure. 0n the roads, traffic is building on the a13 westbound heading out of dagenham into barking. in roehampton, there's northbound traffic on roehampton lane heading towards the water main work to the south of queen mary's hospital. and the metropolitan police are warning of further environmental protests at various locations in london again today, after sporadic action yesteday blocking junctions in lambeth, vauxhall, earls court and central london. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. with clear

skies, cold air and light winds last night, we saw temperatures dip below freezing for most places. down to _3’ freezing for most places. down to —3, minus four celsius in some of our rural spots. so there's widespread frost to start the day. it's going to stay dry today, and all the while feel quite cool. many of cloud around, that cloud already this morning to its eastern areas where we are starting with the temperatures just above freezing. perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the cloud, but otherwise staying dry. best of the brightness today and still some sunshine i think hanging up into the afternoon out towards western home counties. top temperatures between five and seven celsius, with just a light easterly breeze. now, through this evening and overnight, underneath cloud cover and with some slightly milder air, i think we will stay above freezing. generally starting the day tomorrow between tee and four celsius. a lot of cloud around again tomorrow and some slightly milder air. so we will see highs of around 10 celsius. watch

out for a few showers on saturday, turning cooler again by sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: it's 75 years since the first animals' victoria cross was awarded. we'll meet the last surviving recipient, military working dog mali, who served in afghanistan. # could i be wrong... this christmas, nativity rocks! we'rejoined by actor simon lipkin and some of the children from st bernadette's primary school as the latest nativity film sees them peform a rock opera. this house is constructed entirely from reusable items.

even the tiles are made from old carpet squares! we'll take a look at the future of reusing rather than recycling and hear from the selby wi who have tips you can try at home. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the wife of a british university student who's been jailed for life in dubai is to meet the foreign secretary jeremy hunt today. matthew hedges was found guilty of spying for the british government, but his family says he is innocent. mr hunt has threatened the uae with serious diplomatic consequences if the matter cannot be resolved. we see absolutely no evidence for any of the charges laid against him. we are very concerned for his welfare. the uae is supposed to be a friend and ally of britain's. we have given them repeated assurances

of matthew. and if we can't resolve this there are going to be serious diplomatic consequences. in the next few minutes we'll be talking to one of matthew hedges' friends, who has been helping with the campaign to free him. theresa may will return to brussels on saturday to try to finalise a deal on brexit ahead of a summit of european leaders. spain has warned it won't support the agreement unless changes are made to the wording over gibraltar, and the german leader angela merkel has indicated she won't attend unless the text on future co—operation is agreed in advance. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. this is real brinkmanship, isn't it? theresa may going back on saturday. in theory, decisions to be made on sunday. that's right. yes. the pressure is definitely on the prime minister. she wanted a special summit so she could have a vote at westminster, a meaningful vote on the deal in december. from the eu's

point of view, maybe they could let theissue point of view, maybe they could let the issue go until the december summit. there is pressure on her to reach an agreement on saturday. germany making it very clear that the special summit shouldn't go ahead at all on sunday. they want to make sure it is an agreed text. they do want further negotiations. there are negotiations from both sides. members of her own top ten, her cabinet, want different wording on northern ireland, when it comes to future trade deals. and from spain to the point of view they specifically said they could not veto the deal unless they have a say over gibraltar‘s future trade deals, and add to that the pressure on the prime minister over giving access to fishing waters. so that's the big obstacle fishing waters. so that's the big o bsta cle to fishing waters. so that's the big obstacle to be overcome at the weekend and then the major obstacle comes weekend and then the major obstacle co m es after weekend and then the major obstacle comes after that. even if successful she has to get it passed her own mps, never mind the opposition at westminster next month. for the moment, thank you. ten times more children and young people have type—2 diabetes in england and wales than previously estimated according to new research. the charity, diabetes uk,

has found that at least 7,000 people under the age of 25 have the condition. health campaigners say more needs to be done to cut the rates of childhood obesity which is one of the main causes of the disease. type 2 diabetes is a really serious condition in children and young people, so what we need to see is a lot of effort put into preventing children from becoming overweight and therefore developing type 2 diabetes. forensic experts are examining the contents of two bombs which were found in an empty flat in north—west london. the met police say the improvised explosive devices were discovered by builders refurbishing the property in harlesden. no arrests have been made. nasa says its latest mars probe, called insight, is on track for touchdown on monday. only a third of previous international missions to the red planet have succeeded. insight must decelerate from six times the speed of a bullet to walking pace, in order to touch—down safely. the whole landing will take just 6—and—a—half—minutes. those are the main stories this

morning. 6:35am the time. aru ok? i had a thought and then it went away. do you have that? yes -- are you ok? paul pogba has had a stunning career in football. paying tribute to him. he has decided to retire. at his peak, he was one of the best strikers in the world. i was lucky enough to see him play and he was incredible. he is still playing out. he was at chelsea from long—time. playing out. he was at chelsea from long-time. he has played at chelsea, played in the mls, played in china, played in the mls, played in china, played in the mls, played in china, played in marseilles many years ago. he had a fantastic career. still loved by chelsea fans. didier drogba's now a0 years old and is finally retiring from football. he's spent the last few years

playing in the mls in america but he had nine hugely successful years at chelsea, helping them to their first premier league and champions league titles, scoring the winner against bayern munich in the final in 2012. the more scoring goals the more the support was coming and really, like, we've been chasing this champions league for, what, eight years together, and to win it the way we did, to suffer the way we suffered during the final, i think there is nothing more than this kind of relationship, you know, that i share with the chelsea fans. and you can hear more from didier drogba on footbal focus on bbc one this saturday lunchtime next to the on—going row at the professional footballers association. loads of players have called for it's chairman, gordon taylor, to step down. they‘ re unhappy with his salary and the way the union spends its money. well, now the charities watchdog says it's engaging with the pfa "to establish the facts". taylor has been at the helm for 37 years, and has also ordered a review. former republic of ireland boss

mick mccarthy is being tipped to return to the role. it's after martin 0'neill stepped down after the republic were relegated from their nations league group. they've not won a competitive game this year either. mccarthy took ireland to the world cup in 2002, and is currently out of work after leaving ipswich town. roy keane also departed with the manager too. zlatan ibrahimovic is not a man short on confidence and doesn't often pass up the opportunity to tell us how great he is, talking to the bbc about his time at manchester united. he spent a couple of years in the twilight of his career. he says the rest of the premier league is lucky that he didn't move here earlier.” premier league is lucky that he didn't move here earlier. i was old, but i was not old enough. i was young. they need me feel like

benjamin button. i was getting younger and younger. every game that went. and then unfortunately i got my injury. the only thing i have to say is the premier league should be happy i didn't come ten years ago before i came. because? it would be a different story. confident is one way to describe him. if you listen to the full interview in his house in america he doesn't have any photographs from his career on the walls. lots and lots of incredible moments. he doesn't have photos on the walls because his wife won't let him. she has good taste. she says we talk about you all the time, we are not having pictures on the wall apart from one photograph of his feet. his funny feet. they are really ugly and thatis funny feet. they are really ugly and that is so his children know to be grateful for the ugly feet. have you seen grateful for the ugly feet. have you seen the picture? i have. are they grateful they have an inherited

those feet? they are grateful that those feet? they are grateful that those feet? they are grateful that those feet did the work. now i want to see the picture so that we can share. i will do my best. more work. anyway. it's a big day for england's cricketers at the world t20. they play india in the semi—finals later, as they aim to become double world champions. jo currie reports from antigua. they may paint a picture of calmness but underneath there is a nervous excitement bubbling in the england team. they are on the cusp of a second world cup final in the space ofa second world cup final in the space of a year. after finishing second world cup final in the space of a year. afterfinishing behind the west indies in their pool now they face india in the semis. we didn't play anywhere near the best cricket. we will face different conditions here. we'll have to adapt to that very quickly. there have been tough times. in terms of rain and preparation. the girls couldn't have done better in terms of how they have gone about things. that is most pleasing. you are still

competing. still finding ways to compete. after claiming the one-day world cup in 2017 by beating india at lord's now england have the prospect of being in possession of both world titles, something they haven't achieved since 2009. someone who knows just how big a moment that would be is the team's former captain. it would be an exceptional effort. i don't think they will be focusing on that right now. they will want to get through the semi—final. they have two massive games of cricket and potentially they could be double world champion is. this tournament has broken new ground. it is the first time it has been held as a stand—alone competition away from the men's t20 and the decision has been rewarded with sell—out crowds. another pact house here tonight. for the players it is an occasion to savour. not jealous of the beach at all, joe. jack nowell is out of england's final autumn international against australia. he's injured his hamstring in training, and joins fellow winger chris ashton in the treatment room.

it means that bath'sjoe cokanasiga will start, having made his debut against japan last time—out. great britain's women have qualified in the european basketball championships. they beat portugal pretty easliy in manchester last night to top their qualification group. and we'll be speaking to a few of them on the sofa in a couple of hours' time. looking forward to that. just want to draw your attention to an interview with the health secretary matt hancock. this is a story of interest to anyone who seeks care at home, particularly may be getting help from gps if you want to call a gp to your home. the government is announcing 3.5 billion a year to free up hospital beds. the idea is it is easier to get care at home and that would include gps and maybe coming from hospitals, on emergency situations, attending people at

home, so your experiences in terms of getting care from your gp at home would be useful this morning. the government trying to target that to keep people out of hospital. matt hancock will talk to us just after 7am. get in touch in the usual way on facebook and e—mail us at the usual address. carol will have the weather for us in about four minutes. more on our top story this morning: there was shock and surprise yesterday when matthew hedges, a british academic was jailed for life in the united arab emirates after being accused of spying. the 31—year—old says he was in the country researching security strategy and has always maintained he is innocent. wejoined now from san fransisco by giorgio cafiero, matthew's friend and colleague who has campaigned for his release. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning. first of all, i should ask, have you had any contact with matthew and any idea of his state of mind, his physical state?” have not been in touch with matthew

since authorities in the uae detained him on may five. i understand, however, that this whole situation has been very, very difficult for him. he has been living in inhumane conditions since may. and i understand that his mental as well as physical health have suffered significantly because of the treatment he has received throughout this detention. ok. can you expand on that? he was not provided with a mattress throughout the beginning part of his detention. he has been in solitary confinement. he has been in solitary confinement. he has been denied access to a lawyer. he has had very, very few occasions to communicate with his family. this has certainly been a grave injustice committed against an

innocent man. you have collaborated with matthew on the number of academic activities and research. can you explain to me why or how this has got to the point where the authorities, where the gulf authorities, where the gulf authorities think that he could be a spy? you know, there are many people who have different theories. i don't think it is really useful for me to speculate. what i can say is that matt was a very respected academic who focused on security issues in the gulf region, certainly focusing on the united arab emirates, since 2011. there has been a tremendous amount of volatility and around the uae. the uae is a very prosperous and quite stable country. and there isa and quite stable country. and there is a lot of concern in the uae about problems throughout the middle east undermining security. and they make

very sensitive about what some foreigners may or may not be doing in that country —— and they are very sensitive. we need to be fair and acknowledged that the iraqis face grave security threats. but if they genuinely believe matthew hedges is any sort of a threat to their country they are 100% wrong about him -- country they are 100% wrong about him —— emiratis. country they are 100% wrong about him -- emiratis. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. carol is at kew gardens for us this morning. rather magnificent setting, carol. look at that behind you, that's amazing. i know, it absolutely is, charlie. it is a christmas event here at kew gardens, so let's talk to somebody who knows a little bit more about it than i do. tony is head of the arboretum. good morning. this is a spectacular display. how long does it take to put something like this together? well, we start

planning it in february, so we are already planning next year's, and it is getting the others in the design the installations, and then we start building and it takes three to four weeks to build. your particular area of expertise, for want of a better word, is the beech tree. we have some pictures to look at. but how on earth out of all the trees in kew gardens did you choose just one, and why? well, it is difficult because they are all good, but we look for they are all good, but we look for the best position and for a really good tree with a wide spreading crown, big branches we can wrap, and a tree that shows off trees well. the tree that we wrapped has 24,000 lights on, about two kilometres of cable, and every branch is individually wrapped. if you think putting your tree up at home is difficult, this one takes about eight days for four people to do. difficult, this one takes about eight days for four people to dom is always a pleasure talking to you, now go and get warm, because it is

-3 now go and get warm, because it is —3 in kew gardens, —6 in some other parts of the united kingdom. it is a frosty start, but for some of us today's forecast is a cloudy one. we are starting off with a lot of cloud in the east, that is producing a lot of light rain and drizzle, but the most in the west it will be a sunny start. we are still squeezed between high and low pressure and there is a weather front very close to the south—west which will be producing some showery outbreaks of rain. later there could be heavy and thundery. this morning a lot of cloud in the east which will drift towards the west through the course of the day. so it is the extreme western fringes of scotland, wales, and northern ireland which will hang on to the brightest skies. the showers in northern ireland are currently clearing up. not as windy today so we don't have the significant windchill we have had in the last few days, but the temperature is nothing to write home about. as we head into the evening and overnight, we are looking at a lot of cloud around, still some

patchy light rain and drizzle coming out of that cloud, especially so across the north—east. we are likely to see a few breaks across parts of the midlands, for example, parts of wales, and here it could be cold enough forjust wales, and here it could be cold enough for just a touch wales, and here it could be cold enough forjust a touch of wales, and here it could be cold enough for just a touch of frost here and there. we also have our weather front in the south—west, that will be producing some showery outbreaks of rain, an temperatures around two to about five or six. as we head on through the course of tomorrow, we are looking once again ata tomorrow, we are looking once again at a cloudy day for most. in the north—east there will be some splashes of light rain. in the south—west the rain will travel across some southern south—west the rain will travel across some southern counties. the best of the brightness will be largely in the north—west and other parts of the west. temperatures, some of us getting into double figures, but most will not. as we head towards the end of the week we are looking at again on saturday a fair bit of cloud around, the brightest skies in the north—west, showery outbreaks of rain in the north—east, and southern counties and again to some outbreaks of rain.

temperatures up to about 10 degrees. so it is all change once again. so it is —3 at the moment? so it is all change once again. so it is -3 at the moment? it is. did you not say this week you are sending me some hand warmers? yes... if you check your post, you are a lwa ys if you check your post, you are always out and about too early, before the post arrives. on the plus side, look at that amazing graphic you find you. it is spectacular. there is a laser show, the tower of london, the london eye, nick snowfla kes. london, the london eye, nick snowflakes. it is of course a christmas spectacular, but it is quite stunning. we are expecting the financial watchdog, the fca, to make an announcement in the next hour about companies that charge weekly amounts for things like tvs and washing machines. ben has been taking a look. it is called rent—to—own, where you pay a set amount every month, and at the end

of the period, you own the item. yes, the regulator has been worried about this form of credit for a while. you pay a set amount every month, and at the end of the period, you own the item. it is most commonly used for household goods, like fridges, washing machines and televisions. but it takes a long time, though, doesn't it? and that is the problem, essentially. they are attractive because you get the product straightaway and then pay it back in weekly, fortnightly or monthly instalments. but you are right, at the end of that period you own it, but you have paid a lot of insurance and interest and it can end up costing a lot more. 400,000 people use this kind of credit at the moment. the problem is you can end up paying well over the odds. take this samsung tv, for example. 0n the high street, it costsjust under £500. but at one of the big rent—to—own providers, it will cost you nearly £1,300,

because you pay £8 a week over 156 weeks. people end up paying substantially more than it is actually worth. on top of that, there are also extra costs like insurance and late payment fees, as david from rhyl found out. i had ihada i had a couple of items from a shop, atv i had a couple of items from a shop, a tv and phone. i couldn't understand what the out outright cost at the end of it all would have been, but i found out later on that is the amount you would have ended up is the amount you would have ended up paying if you bought it outright would be very extortionate and very high. at that time i was in such a low debt and such a lot of problems, these companies were the only way that i could get stuff that i needed. these people that are in need, that might need beds for the children, surfers to sit on, products and items for the family ——

sofas to sit on, the fact is these companies prey on people to give them credit, and they end up further in korea is and in debt if they don't pay for it or can't pay for it —— further in arrears. many charities have been calling for a cap on the amount these companies are allowed to charge. in may the financial watchdog, the fca, said it was worried too. you can make a lot of parallels between payday lenders, we covered the wonga story, and they got in trouble with the regulator. it is important that this sort of credit is still available to people that need it, but what they need to be kept low as they are not excessive charges and they are not encouraging people to buy things that ultimately they can't afford. and we get that

in 7.5 minutes. have you ever been to your local tip and seen something you thought you could have a use for? well, you are not alone. the government is looking at new ways to tackle the amount of waste in the uk. the focus will be on reusing rather than just recycling, and our environment analyst roger harrabin has been to brighton, where the council has already employed its first "resource goddess". in brighton, he is one of the most —— here is one of the most unusual houses in britain. , distance it looks like a fairly conventional home, clad in black tiles. in fact, the entire house is made out of waste. and here is surprise number one. the traditional black tiles are not tiles at all. they are... carpet tiles. turned back to front. absolutely extraordinary. the building has hollow walls. they are stuffed with experimental forms of installation, including old denim jeans, cassette tapes, videos and

abandoned duvets. ok, if you come in here i will show you what we are doing with duvets. the west houses used for teaching. so believe it or not, duvets in the uk are all either incinerated or sent to landfill, and what we have done here is install a panel of them to test what sort of good installation they are going to be. the house is full of ideas and reuse. and what about this, a sofa made out of cardboard boxes. reusable items are scavenged by a woman known as the brighton resource goddess. these officers are being closed. instead of dumping the u nwa nted content closed. instead of dumping the unwanted content in a skip, she is sorting them out and selling them on. she says it actually saves money, and she insists that all councils could do this.” money, and she insists that all councils could do this. i think the government can set an agenda where there is a framework and an attitude within the waste management industry, and also for local

authorities and business, where it is ideal and normal for us authorities and business, where it is ideal and normalfor us to reuse things, and not to always be focusing on recycling. the brighton would store salvages timber that would store salvages timber that would otherwise be destined for landfill. they take up the nails and they saw the wood to regular lengths. some might consider this enterprise a bit hippie —ish. lengths. some might consider this enterprise a bit hippie -ish. we are doing something that is very, very simple and straightforward and profitable. we are making the most out of a waste product that would ordinarily go into a landfill. we are making money, there is nothing sort of hippie —ish about that. there are 30 wood stores around the uk. anti- there are 30 wood stores around the uk. anti— waste campaigners want hundreds of them to combat the scourge of the skip. i like the idea of reusing. a lot of it is whether you can be bothered, and getting away from the idea of

wanting shiny new things all the time. yes, and it is more time—consuming. time. yes, and it is more time-consuming. but it is also more satisfying. please get in touch in the usual way. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. 60 firefighters are tackling a fire at a bus depot in 0rpington which broke out at about 3:30am. the fire brigade says eleven buses are alight at the depot in farnborough hill, and it has taken dozens of 999 calls from local residents. new analysis for housing charity shelter suggests nearly 170,000 people are recorded as homeless in london. this means one in every 53 people are sleeping on the streets or in temporary accomodation. the charity says its down to a lack of social housing, frozen housing benefits, and unaffordable rents. climbing 15 metres up a vertical wall with your bare hands is an impressive feat by anyone's standards,

so imagine the challenge for matthew phillips, from guildford, who was born without his right arm below the elbow. at 17, he is the youngest member of great britain's para—climbing team, and has now returned from the world climbing championships in austria as a world champion. oh, it feels really good, yeah, really amazing. you know, i've been training for it for several years now. it's been the big goal, obviously. the one before this world championships, i couldn't compete, sadly, so i was really stoked to get in this one. and yeah, i won it, and i feel amazing about it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. at the moment, tramlink has minor delays wimbledon and elmers end through to sandliands and beckenham junction, due to an earlier power failure. 0n the roads, traffic is building on the a13 westbound heading out of dagenham into barking. kidbrooke park road is closed southbound for emergency water work near tudway road, with delays building alongside cator park. and the metropolitan police are warning of further environmental protests at various locations

in london again today, after sporadic action yesteday blocking junctions in lambeth, vauxhall, earls court and central london. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. with clear skies, cold air and light winds last night, we saw temperatures dip below freezing for most places. down to minus three, minus four celsius in some of our rural spots. so there's widespread frost to start the day. it's going to stay dry today, and all the while feel quite cool. plenty of cloud around, that cloud already this morning out towards eastern areas, where we're starting with the temperatures just above freezing. perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the cloud, but otherwise staying dry. the best of the brightness today, and still some sunshine, i think, hanging on into the afternoon, out towards western home counties. top temperatures between five and seven celsius, with just

a light easterly breeze. now, through this evening and overnight, underneath the cloud cover and with some slightly milder air, i think we will stay above freezing. generally starting the day tomorrow between two and four celsius. a lot of cloud around again tomorrow, and some slightly milder air, so we'll see highs of around 10 celsius. watch out for a few showers on saturday, turning cooler again by sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to naga and charlie. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: a diplomatic row as britain threatens to retaliate after a durham university student is jailed for life accused of spying in dubai. a race to seal the deal on brexit — theresa may says there's been progress but spain is unhappy over gibraltar. a total rip—off or valuable service to those on low incomes? the financial watchdog is set to launch a crack down on

rent—to—own schemes that are accused of excessive charges. in sport, after terrorising defences for 20 years, the former chelsea striker didier drogba retires from football. and how a game of keepy—uppy got a group of mps into trouble. good morning from christmas at kew, which opens to the public today, which opens to the public today, which is why we are here. you can see the spectacular laser show behind. it is a cold start of the day in the east with light rain or drizzle drifting to the west, eradicating the sunny start for most. i'll have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's thursday, november 22. our top story: the wife of a british university student, who's beenjailed for life in dubai, is to meet the foreign secretary jeremy hunt today. matthew hedges was found guilty of spying for the british government, but his family says he is innocent. 0ur reporterjane frances—kelly has more. matthew hedges, here

with his wife daniela, before his arrest at dubai airport in early may, and the start of what she has called a nightmare. she said her husband shook when he heard the verdict. this morning she is to meet with the foreign secretary, who has warned the uae that there will be serious diplomatic consequences if the matter is not resolved. i'd actually spoken about matthew to the crown prince mohammed bin zayed when i visited abu dhabi last week, and i thought i had some understanding that this was going to be resolved in a satisfactory way. the uae is one of britain's long—standing allies, so why has it accused the academic of spying? matthew hedges' research involved asking sensitive questions about security and defence policies across the gulf. fellow academics think

this ruffled feathers, and he's being used as an example. i'm sure there's a lot of sort of personal politics behind this, and probably somebody in the government who reallyjust wants to make a point and wants to use matt as an example to say, you know, we will go about our foreign and security policy in whatever way we want to and no one will ask questions. matthew hedges' family say he was interrogated without a lawyer and made to sign an apparent confession in arabic, which he doesn't read or speak. the country's attorney general said he pleaded guilty to the charges, the academic was entitled to an appeal, and that there could be a retrial. the foreign secretary must decide what pressure he will bring to bear on the row. theresa may will return to brussels on saturday to try to finalise a deal on brexit ahead of a summit of european leaders. but spain has warned it will veto any agreement unless changes are made to the wording over gibraltar.

0ur europe reporter adam fleming is in brussels. it is good to see you a game. we said this, all the dissent in the uk and the eu kept quiet, but now what we have heard from spain's prime minister, angela merkel as well, so it could be frosty when theresa may makes her way to brussels. what has happened is because the timetable split, the eu wanted to spend a month on the political declaration to sketch out the relationship on trade, transport, research, but they have had to squeeze it into one week so have had to squeeze it into one week so these arguments that were going to be had will have to be had a lot more quickly. the sticking points are the ones we have been talking about since monday. accessed uk fishing waters with the u—boats. what about a single market for goods

and the uk's access to the single market and gibraltar. spain is a little bit naughty. the plan is not for there to be a vote of eu leaders this weekend on this package. it is a political decision. it is a political discussion. so they will not be a show of hands and there is nothing to vote against yet. the only time they could vote against it is when the final deal is approved by the member states. and even then, it is not a unanimous thing. you can't block it byjust one country. it is going to be what's called a qualified majority which means most countries are proving it. spain doesn't quite have the veto that the prime minister is talking about. one bit of news that sounds like it will happen this morning, the 27 countries that the diplomats expect to see is the latest draft of this political declaration, that famous document expected to be around 22

pages and when they see it it will be taken to us so we get to see it. will you tell us when you see it, please? i don't know if it will be during this programme, maybejust afterwards. maybe just during this programme, maybejust afterwards. maybejust nip during this programme, maybejust afterwards. maybe just nip out and poke someone. so no vote this weekend but a discussion and an agreement needs to be made. we will follow that of course throughout the morning. ten times more children and young people have type—2 diabetes in england and wales than previously estimated according to new research. the charity, diabetes uk, has found that at least 7,000 people under the age of 25 have the condition. health campaigners say more needs to be done to cut the rates of childhood obesity which is one of the main causes of the disease. type 2 diabetes is a really serious condition in children and young people, so what we need to see is a lot of effort put into preventing children from becoming overweight and therefore developing type 2 diabetes. forensic experts are examining the contents of two bombs which were found in an empty flat in north—west london. the met police say the improvised

explosive devices were discovered by builders refurbishing the property in harlesden. no arrests have been made. in the last few minutes the financial conduct authority have announced their plans to cap the charges for rent—to—own products. so just sojust explain so just explain what they are and what's going to change. rent to own is a system of credit where people might be able to get their hands on the tv, washing machine, fridge, upfront, then they pay back the cost of it over a number of months or years. the concern is that the cost is too high and it is preying on vulnerable people. they are being charged excessively for credit. the price and quality of the product itself is not to scratch. the example is a £600 tv costing £1200. more than double that by the time you pay interest charges over a number of

yea rs interest charges over a number of years and by the time you take insurance and protection insurance, it really does rack up. what is changing? the financial conduct authority looked at this and took evidence from consumers and they had two main changes in their report this morning. 0ne two main changes in their report this morning. one is that these retailers will have to benchmark the price of goods against other retailers. rather than saying the washing machine will cost 800 quid they have to make it clear that is a similar price to others on the high street. the initial cost price? yes, that you pay for the product must be benchmarked against three retailers, so benchmarked against three retailers, so that will be a big change so they can't charge excessive prices in the first place. and then on top of that they will limit how much it will cost for your credit. so the interest charges apply to what is essentially a form of loan will also be limited. the fca regulator says it thinks that will save consumers 22.7 million, so it is a big change and it will enforce this cut from

april next year. what is the cap? it will depend on the product and how much you are borrowing so that is when it starts to get a bit complicated but essentially they will limit the cost of the credit and make sure that retailers benchmark. if you look at the small print they will ban on selling extended warranties. we know all about those. you won't be able to do that when you take out the product. you have time to call. saving consumers 22.7 million coming into force in april next year. the huge move, thank you much. 9:07am is the time. nasa says its latest mars probe, called insight, is on track for touchdown on monday. only a third of previous international missions to the red planet have succeeded. insight must decelerate from six times the speed of a bullet to walking pace, in order to touch—down safely. the whole landing will take just 6.5 minutes. and one last story for you this

morning about behaviour, i suppose. a group of mps has been told off for playing football in the chamber of the house of commons. have a look. the snp's hannah bardell posted a video on social media of herself playing keepy—uppy in the chamber after the sitting was adjourned on tuesday evening. she had been due to play a proper match alongside other mps in the women's parliamentary team but it was suspended due to a late vote. speakerjohn bercow said the "historic chamber should not be used for this type of activity" but that he accepted the group's apology. it was a bit of a telling off, but it was fine, it was done in good humour. we will speak with hannah at 8:10am. specialist health teams in england will focus on providing care at home and in the community, rather than in hospitals, as part of new government plans announced today. community based 24/7 rapid response teams made up of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists will provide care as a way of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions.

we're joined now from westminster by health and social care secretary, matt hancock, who can tell us more. good morning to you, thank you for your time. can you outline what this will be? good morning. we are a announcing this morning that, as pa rt announcing this morning that, as part of the £20 billion extra into the nhs over the next five years, a rising proportion of that is going to go to primary and community care, more than three and a half billion and this will allow us to do more in the community to keep people out of hospital. 0ne the community to keep people out of hospital. one example of this is the one you have raised which is to have rapid response teams to help people especially for instant frail and elderly, especially people in care homes, to make sure they don't have to go into hospital because it is often not the best place for them. it is better that they are treated at home. so we want to shift the

whole focus of the nhs so that it is not just about hospitals. whole focus of the nhs so that it is notjust about hospitals. it is about making sure that we prevent people getting into hospital in the first place. we help them to take more responsibility for their health. and this means strengthening our primary care system, our gps who are undera our primary care system, our gps who are under a lot of pressure, and more support in the community. where will the doctors, nurses and physiotherapists be? they will be based right around the country, working very closely with hospitals, all with the goal of supporting people in their homes, in their communities, rather than having to go into hospital. at the moment for insta nt, go into hospital. at the moment for instant, if you're in a care home, you are frail and you need blood tests, at the moment you have to go to hospital. taking a frail person to hospital. taking a frail person to hospital. taking a frail person to hospital often takes an ambulance. it is a deeply unpleasant experience for them, as it is for

many of us, having to go to hospital, and that can be done with new technology in the home. and so having more people who work in community settings going out preventative lee and helping people to stay well in their community and their home is not only good for patients but also that will reduce the burden on hospitals. let's track this one, then. if you are saying these doctors and nurses would be leaving the hospital to go into a ca re leaving the hospital to go into a care home, who is doing the work in the hospital that they would have been doing? it is very important question, and the answer is that these are in addition. we have taken a decision to put £20 billion extra into the nhs so that funding goes from just under £120 billion to around £140 billion a year over the next five years. and what we are saying is as part of that increase a

greater proportion of the funding for the nhs is going to go into community settings. so it is all pa rt community settings. so it is all part of how we spend the extra money going into the nhs, paid for by hard—working taxpayers, going into the nhs, paid for by ha rd—working taxpayers, the going into the nhs, paid for by hard—working taxpayers, the taxes that everybody pays, all in order to make sure that the nhs is sustainable over the long—term. we are seeing increasing demands on hospitals, increasing admissions to hospital, and we can only make the nhs sustainable if we make sure that people are prevented from going to hospital in the first place, and that means support for them in the community, as per what we are talking about today, and also, as well as the chance we have to go to hospital if we are ill and having that free service at the point of delivery, also taking more responsibility to keep ourselves healthy. this is all part of supporting that change. so if i paint you a picture, supposing there

isa paint you a picture, supposing there is a 91—year—old who is living at home needing various levels of support, they phone their gp asking theirgp to support, they phone their gp asking their gp to come and visit them at home. now, idon't their gp to come and visit them at home. now, i don't know whether you know officially, unofficially, anecdotally, that's very hard to get, there are lots of constraints about what they are able to do in terms of their funding, so about what they are able to do in terms of theirfunding, so how about what they are able to do in terms of their funding, so how will this change affect whether a gp can come and visit someone who needs a visit at home? what will change? well, the first thing is that there will be more funding for precisely that sort of work. funding given to gps' practices directly? yes, a combination. this extra £3.5 billion that we are announcing today, a significant amount of money, is for both primary care, that is gps,

physios and the pharmacist that work with them, and community care, which would be the doctors and nurses who actually going into people's homes. there clearly is a defined number of gps' practices in england, for example. how much money is each of those going to get to provide the service you are talking about? well, the £3.5 billion... no, not the £3.5 billion, i am wondering per practice. well, i was about to get onto that. billion is a crossing and asa onto that. billion is a crossing and as a whole. we are in negotiation with gps for how much goes to each practice. how much would you like to give to each practice? well, it is pa rt give to each practice? well, it is part of a negotiation. what i want to get is the service, and i want to have the gps that we need and all of the staff who work with them, and the staff who work with them, and the community doctors and the community nurses, and i want them delivering the service in people's homes. so this isn'tjust about the

amount of money we put in. it is also about the service that we get out, and helping people to take care of themselves. so there is a reason that i won't give an answer to that, precisely, and that is because we are ina precisely, and that is because we are in a negotiation, to make sure this money is spent as well as possible. i am acutely aware that this is taxpayers' money, and that everybody watching this programme this morning paid their taxes, and a big chunk of that goes on the nhs, andi big chunk of that goes on the nhs, and i want to make sure that that money is as well spent as possible. thank you very much for your time this morning. very cold last night, i think we we re very cold last night, i think we were down into the minus numbers in celsius and it is still chilly. as i see that water spraying behind you, i can't help thinking how cold that must be at this moment in time. i can't help thinking how cold that must be at this moment in timem is, it is bitter. if you haven't

stepped out, in some central parts of the uk temperatures below freezing. but it is gorgeous at kew gardens. it is christmas at kew. let's have a look at all the lasers, seeing iconic london landmarks going past, of course kew gardens is one. it isa past, of course kew gardens is one. it is a light and laser show and water screen that actually projects all of this and makes it look so spectacular. but as well as this, there are other things. there is an illuminated trail and one thing i wa nt to illuminated trail and one thing i want to show you is that each tree, because that looks gorgeous. the beech tree itself has been wrapped with thousands of lights to outline the skeletal form of the tree and it does look quite magnificent. there are other things we will talk about as we go through the morning, but let's move on with the weather. wherever you are, it is a cold start, coldest in central and western areas, where there is a frost. watch out for ice, and you will have to scrape your windshields, whereas in the east

there is more cloud producing light rain and drizzle. the weather front in the south—west, that is producing some showers and through the day some showers and through the day some of those in the south—west will turn heavy and thundery. so we are starting off on a cloudy note in the east, a bright note in the west, but through the day the cloud will migrate towards the west. so it will be the western extremity that hang on to any sunshine. the extreme west of scotland, west wales and northern ireland. temperature—wise we are looking at a range of five or 10 degrees, but one thing you will notice is without a significant windshield many of us have had over the last couple of days, it will not feel as cold. but don't be fooled, it still is cold. as we head on through the evening and overnight period, we are still going to hang ona period, we are still going to hang on a lot of cloud. it will break in parts of the midlands, perhaps south wales. here locally we could see a touch of frost and we've also got still at weather front in the south—west reducing some showers. temperature—wise, not as cold as the

nightjust gone, but again we are looking at low single figures. then that leads us into tomorrow. tomorrow once again is going to be a fairly cloudy day. any brightness is mostly going to be in the west, especially so in the north—west, and we still will see some showery outbreaks of rain or some patchy drizzle, especially in eastern areas, especially eastern scotland. at the same time, the weather front in the south—west will be taking some showers across southern coastal counties. at the same time, temperatures just getting into double figures. for saturday, it is almost the same. it is another cloudy day, the sunniest skies will be the north—west. we will still have some showery outbreaks of rain in the north—east, and we will still have some rain, because low pressure is very close to us, across southern counties of england and also the channel islands. temperatures scraping into double figures, but most of us still feeling cold. just talk us through, for a moment, we will show you the pictures from exactly where you were a little

earlier on, and we can see some of the lights in daylight, but didn't it look amazing this morning before sunrise? it certainly did, and when you see it in the dark, that is the time to see it. if you want to come down and see it at kew gardens, it ru ns down and see it at kew gardens, it runs from today, but from here until sunday, and then from next wednesday to sunday, and then it is every wednesday until sunday until five january. and it is amazing. we are only seeing a small part of it, because there is the illuminated trail i was telling you about —— illuminated tree i was telling you about, and that is also magical. it is likely to be the most common genetic syndrome you've never heard of. 22q affects thousands of people, and its symptoms can range from mild behavioural issues to serious physical and psychological complications. campaigners are calling for all babies to be tested at birth so people with the condition receive the support they need. sian lloyd has been to meet one family taking part in a pioneering research project at cardiff university. so do you want to make a tower like mine?

three—year—old eloise is having fun, but this game is helping researchers better understand a genetic condition called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. the results of the study should help eloise's mum, dawn, discover more about what the future might hold. for parents like her, one of the most common challenges can be getting a diagnosis in the first place. for eloise, that came when she was 11 months old. i had a number of different niggles about feeding, about how quiet she was. sometimes she was lethargic. all of these things that had been dismissed by healthcare professionals, all of a sudden it made sense. having that diagnosis made everything make sense. 22q deletion syndrome, as it is known, is thought to affect one in 2,000 babies born in the uk every year, and involves a section of a chromosome being missing. there are as many as 180 possible symptoms, including congenital heart defects, a cleft palate and slow development.

the team at cardiff university has also found that it is linked to a number of behavioural, psychological and movement problems, which can be misunderstood. some parents in our studies have told us that the schools don't understand that their child has a genetic condition, and that the behaviour that the child displays in school, they think just means that the child is naughty. this hospital in cardiff is one of only a handful across england and wales offering a specialist clinic for 22q. campaigners would like to see more. julie wootton's son max died from complications arising from 22q. she wants to see it included in the heel prick test for genetic conditions given to newborn babies. we know that many families, many, many families, are being denied a diagnosis. this means that the children are not

being supplied with the support that they require, and we feel it would be of immense benefit to families to be diagnosed at birth. that would need to be considered by the uk national screening committee, which said it would welcome evidence on the issue. do you think teddy might like something to eat? the way that 22q affects eloise is individual to her. in some cases, symptoms are so mild that can go completely undiagnosed, and forfamilies like hers, raising its profile is a daily battle. a lot of people aren't aware of 22q, and even now, when we go to see her specialists, we are the ones who have to tell the story of the condition, to allow her specialists... so even when the speech therapist came out last week, we got to the end of the session and i said, are you familiar with 22q? and they weren't.

eloise is a happy little girl, who is making great progress. researchers hope that, in the future, more children like her will be diagnosed early enough to ensure they get support. we were talking to the health secretary, matt hancock, about the government's plans to get more care out of hospitals, and get doctors, nurses and physiotherapist into people's homes, to prevent them from going to hospital, which most people recognise is a good idea, it isjust about whether his ideas are practical. sue has written to us and said she has listened in despair to the interview about doctors and nurses coming out to people's homes, what an innovation, they used to be called gps and district nurses. she looks after older people and has never had to send are resident to get a blood test in a hospital. where are these doctors and nurses

coming from, given that there is already a shortage in the community? very frustrated listening to that interview. and lucy from southampton was watching that discussion. she says she works for a rapid response team, and one of the ideas they are talking about, and saying it has been very successful in supporting patients, very valuable, but currently a bit of a postcode lottery a nd currently a bit of a postcode lottery and anyone knew who tries to ask yourgp to lottery and anyone knew who tries to ask your gp to come to their home knows that is very difficult. the health secretary this morning unable to tell us how the budget would be allocated in terms of whether gps' practices would get more money and how much more money that would be, in order to deliver that service. keep your thoughts coming in on that. also look forward to this. still to come on breakfast: it has 75 years since the first animals' victoria cross was awarded. we will meet the last surviving recipient, military working dog mali, who served in afghanistan.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. 60 firefighters tackled a fire at a bus depot on farnborough hill in 0rpington this morning. at the height of the blaze, 11 buses were alight and around 30 vehicles were moved to safety. the fire is now out, but seven busses were completely destroyed. the fire brigade took dozens of 999 calls from local residents, some of whom were woken up to loud explosion noises coming from the depot. new analysis for housing charity shelter suggests nearly 170,000 people are recorded as homeless in london. this means one in every 53 people are sleeping on the streets or in temporary accomodation. the charity says it is down to a lack of social housing, frozen housing benefits, and unaffordable rents. climbing 15 metres up a vertical wall with your bare hands is an impressive feat by anyone's standards, so imagine the challenge for matthew phillips, from guildford, who was born without his right arm below the elbow. at 17, he is the youngest member

of great britain's para—climbing team, and has now returned from the world climbing championships in austria as a world champion. oh, it feels really good, yeah, really amazing. you know, i've been training for it for several years now. it's been the big goal, obviously. the last — the one before this world championships, i couldn't compete, sadly, so i was really stoked to get in this one. and yeah, i won it, and i feel amazing about it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. at the moment, tramlink has minor delays wimbledon and elmers end through to sandliands and beckenham junction, due to an earlier power failure. 0n the roads, there are delays for westbound traffic on th a13 heading into the goresbrooke interchange, following a collision, with delays back through rainham. in roehampton, three—way lights are in place for works near holford way with delays between queen mary's hospital and whitelands college. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning.

with clear skies, cold air and light winds last night, we saw temperatures dip below freezing for most places. down to minus three, minus four degrees celsius in some of our rural spots, so there's a widespread frost to start the day. it's going to stay dry today, and all the while feel quite cool. plenty of cloud around, that cloud already this morning out towards eastern areas, where we're starting with the temperatures just above freezing. perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the cloud, but otherwise staying dry. the best of the brightness today, and still some sunshine, i think, hanging on into the afternoon, out towards western home counties. top temperatures between five and seven celsius, with just a light easterly breeze. now, through this evening and overnight, underneath the cloud cover and with some slightly milder air, i think we will stay above freezing. generally starting the day tomorrow between two and four celsius. a lot of cloud around again tomorrow, and some slightly milder air, so we'll see highs of around 10 degrees celsius. watch out for a few showers on saturday, turning cooler again by sunday.

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. it is 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the wife of a british university student who's been jailed for life in dubai is to meet the foreign secretary jeremy hunt today. matthew hedges was found guilty of spying for the british government, but his family says he is innocent. mr hunt has threatened the uae with serious diplomatic consequences if the matter cannot be resolved. theresa may will return to brussels on saturday to try to finalise a deal on brexit ahead of a summit of european leaders. spain has warned it won't support the agreement unless changes are made to the wording over

gibraltar and the german leader angela merkel has indicated she won't attend unless the text on future co—operation is agreed in advance. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. iain, good morning. isuppose there is not much of a surprise, to think this might all come down to the last minute, the last hour, the last—minute shuffling and negotiation. that's definitely true, naga. it tends to happen in european negotiations. this november summit is something which theresa may wanted. they will be a regular one in december. the pressure is on her to make an agreement the rest of the eu might decide they can wage. she wa nts eu might decide they can wage. she wants it happen now so they can vote in westminster in december on the deal itself. that is going to cause difficulties. report emerging today about warnings from the top team

about warnings from the top team about how difficult it would be to get through. she still has to ove rco m e get through. she still has to overcome this hurdle of a deal with brussels in the first place. there is the issue of spain wanting a say over gibraltar‘s trading relationship holding things up at the last minute. 0ther relationship holding things up at the last minute. other issues as well, access to uk fishing waters, for example. pressure from the cabinet to get wording changed on northern ireland. she has a lot on her plate. she is going there again on saturday. there is the possibility that if we don't have an agreed text the whole thing could be called off. downing street has said at the moment, no need to panic. they think that they will be close toa they think that they will be close to a deal. we shall see. we shall indeed. 0k, thank you. more nhs patients will be kept for at home or in a community under plans announced today with the government spending 3.8 billion pounds a year in a bid to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and help patients return home soon. there will be community—based rapid

response teams. we want to shift the whole focus of the nhs so that it isn't just about hospitals. whole focus of the nhs so that it isn'tjust about hospitals. it is about making sure that we prevent people getting into hospital in the first place. we help them to take more responsibility for their health. this means strengthening our primary care system, our gps who are under a lot of pressure, and more support in the community. ten times more children and young people have type 2 diabetes in england and wales than previously estimated, according to new research. the charity, diabetes uk, has found that at least 7,000 people under the age of 25 have the condition. health campaigners say more needs to be done to cut the rates of childhood obesity which is one of the main causes of the disease. around 60 firefighters have responded to a major blaze at a bus depot in london this morning. the fire brigade says at least 11 buses were alight at the site in 0rpington but the fire is now under control and crews are damping down. there is some travel disruption in the area but there are no reports of any casualties.

we will keep you up—to—date on that of course. 0ne we will keep you up—to—date on that of course. one more story for you. nasa says its latest mars probe, called insight, is on track for touchdown on monday. only a third of previous international missions to the red planet have succeeded. insight must decelerate from six times the speed of a bullet to walking pace, in order to touch—down safely. the whole landing will take just 6.5 minutes. i think if it can get through that hopefully the rest will be a walk in the park. speaking of a walk in the park, carol's at kew gardens this morning, and unbelievably beautiful pictures of the christmas lights show that we are seeing later on. hi, sally. poor carol looks cold, though. you're talking about

retirement? not carol's retirement? and not mine yet, this man here, didier drogba, at the 2012 champions league grand final, which chelsea won, a hero who played there for many years and i remember when he came on the scene and i hadn't seen anything like him, something com pletely anything like him, something completely different and at his peak he was one of the best strikers in the world. he's spent the last few years playing in the mls in america...but he had nine hugely successful years at chelsea, helping them to their first premier league and champions league titles, scoring the winner against bayern munich in the final in 2012. the more scoring goals the more the support was coming and really, like, we've been chasing this champions league for, what, eight years together, and to win it the way we did, to suffer the way we suffered during the final, i think there is nothing more than this kind of relationship, you know, that i share with the chelsea fans. and you can hear more

from didier drogba on footbal focus on bbc one this saturday lunchtime. next to the on—going row at the professional footballers association. loads of players have called for its chairman, gordon taylor, to step down. they're unhappy with his salary and the way the union spends its money. well now the charities watchdog says it's engaging with the pfa "to establish the facts". taylor has been at the helm for 37 years, and has also ordered a review. former republic of ireland boss mick mccarthy is being tipped to return to the role. it's after martin 0'neill stepped down after the republic were relegated from their nations league group. they've not won a competitive game this year either. mccarthy took ireland to the world cup in 2002, remember that? and is currently out of work after leaving ipswich town. zlatan ibrahimovic is not a man who's short on confidence and doesn't often pass up the opportunity to tell us how good he is.

he's been talking to the bbc about loads of things, including his time at manchester united. he spent a couple of years there in the twilight of his career, and says the rest of the premier league is lucky that he didn't move there earlier in his career. i was old, but i was not old enough. i was young. they need me feel like benjamin button. i was getting younger and younger. every game that went. and then unfortunately i got my injury. the only thing i have to say is the premier league should be happy i didn't come ten years ago before i came. because? it would be a different story. i love his confidence. remember we we re i love his confidence. remember we were talking about amazing photographs from his career, pivotal moments from his career, but his wife were let him put pictures on the walls because everything is all

about him. it is not always about you. there is one photograph on the walls of his house, which he is allowed to have up and it is that, his feet. now the reason his feet are on the wall which you explained earlier is a fabulous story is a p pa re ntly earlier is a fabulous story is apparently they are ugly feet and his children should be grateful every time they look at the picture for the feet. yes. i don't think they're bad. his toenails are a little bit battered, which you would expect. they are not bad. hard—working feet. expect. they are not bad. hard-working feet. i don't think they are bad. i think they are nice. for him to say this, he says they are ugly. shall we take them off the screens now? that is enough sport news this morning. one pair of feet in the morning is enough. it's a big day for england's cricketers at the world t20. they play india in the semi—finals

later, as they aim to become double world champions. jo currie reports from antigua. they may paint a picture of calmness, but underneath there is a nervous excitement bubbling in the england side. they are on the cusp of a second world cup final in the space of a year. afterfinishing behind the west indies in their pool, now they face india in the semis. we didn't play anywhere near the best cricket. we will face different conditions here. we'll have to adapt to that very quickly. there have been tough times. in terms of rain and preparation. the girls couldn't have done better in terms of how they have gone about things. that is most pleasing. you are still competing. still finding ways to compete. after claiming the one—day world cup in 2017 by beating india at lord's, now england have the prospect of being in possession of both world titles, something they haven't achieved since 2009. someone who knows just how big a moment that would be is the team's former captain. it would be an exceptional effort.

i don't think they will be focusing on that right now. they will want to get through the semi—final. they have two massive games of cricket and potentially they could be double world champions. this tournament has broken new ground. it is the first time it has been held as a stand—alone competition away from the men's t20, and the decision has been rewarded with sell—out crowds. another packed house here tonight. for the players it is an occasion to savour. and great britain's women have qualifed for next year's european basketball championships. they beat portugal pretty easliy in manchester last night to top their qualification group. and we'll be speaking to a few of them on the sofa in an hours time. i used to really like basketball at school, but i had a little disadvantage height wise. what was that? i was really good at the three

pointers. i was really good at throwing. you could still play. i ended up being patted on the head. maybe you still could. it is too late. it is never too late. let's ask that question in one hour's time. 7:40am is the time. last year 338,000 children were referred to child and adolescent mental health services in england, but only 31% received treatment within a year. a new report by the champion for young people praises improvements in some services but suggests changes are not keeping pace with increasing demand. 17—year—old elodie found it difficult to acces support after suffering from severe anxiety in the run up to her gcses. ina in a school of 2500, there was one school council are, at which i wasn't able to see because my needs we re wasn't able to see because my needs were not dire and. on my 16th birthday i didn't celebrate. instead

i went to the doctors for antidepressants. they turned me down because i haven't been able to see the council are, the same council that i have been trying to see four yea rs. that i have been trying to see four years. i turned to my mum screaming andi years. i turned to my mum screaming and i said, the only way i am going to get help is if i try to kill myself. i know my potential. i know what i can achieve. and ifelt like i was given challenge after challenge after challenge after setback with no support. and therefore i couldn't achieve what i should have done. elodie speaking very bravely on national television for us. we're joined now by mental health worker suzanne skeete and richard crellin, policy and research manager at the children's society. good morning to you both. suzanne, interesting you're doing what you we re interesting you're doing what you were “— interesting you're doing what you were —— are doing because you experienced mental health at a young age so experienced mental health at a young age so you can experienced mental health at a young age so you can presumably sympathise very much with what elodie was saying earlier on. how important is

it that younger people recognise that they can be victims of poor mental health? it is absolutely vital and we are constantly campaigning to say that things need to change, we are seriously letting down our children. the support that is out there, like you said previously, only 30%, 1% get the support, they don't meet the criteria. i have taken people to hospital several times who were self harming and also suicidal. they don't meet the criteria. what is the criteria? who knows? they are self harming. i don't know the criteria. what do you tell them when they don't meet the criteria? the work we have to do is continue to work with that child until something is put in place. what do they say in terms of...? place. what do they say in terms of. . . ? they don't meet the criteria. can you enlighten us? the nhs struggles with this, there are not enough mental health professionals. it has been underfunded for years and years and so they only deal with

the highest need. so you have young people in desperate circumstances and there is no help for them and it is down to charities like our on to do something about it to help people. if we don't provide this help and support for young people, we are setting them up for a really difficult future. isn't there the thought, and it's a thought that if your young can be traumatic and little things can seem huge and you grow out of that worrying stage, is there still that perception about mental health for young people? lots and lots of adults will say things like that and professional sometimes don't take children's concerns seriously, but we have to listen to young people and take them for what they say and believe in them because if we don't and they leave things then they will get worse and instead of getting in early and having a conversation about coping with anxiety, you end up with people showing up at a&e in hospitals and it's really all. what you are nodding, suzanne, but i'm sure you

must have seen people say you can't indulge them. -- you are nodding. every little thing they get upset at — this is life, they have to toughen up — this is life, they have to toughen up sometimes. there is also that thought. absolutely. we have to remember child is defined by their first six years of life. whatever they have experienced shapes who they have experienced shapes who they are, belief patterns, their behaviour is. four or five years old. absolutely. so whatever they have been three will define their behaviour, mental health, and as you have said, if we don't address these issues from an early age, the situation gets worse, it escalates, they go from hurting themselves, maybe pinching themselves, slapping themselves, to suicide attempts and serious self harm. 0ne themselves, to suicide attempts and serious self harm. one of the things i always do is give them a kit, self harm is, 85% of kids i work with are self harming. 85% of them. that is scary. how many is that? gosh, now

you've got me on maps first thing. i am personally working with 16 or 17 —— maths. am personally working with 16 or 17 -- maths. it is interesting, richard, talking about a different health issue with the government minister this morning, to do with ca re minister this morning, to do with care at home and doctors — do you think the issue of resources ends up being an excuse for not helping people? you were saying about the point at which you are guaranteed to get some help, being the bar being so get some help, being the bar being so high, is it simply set so high because they only have resources to deal with those people? right now, the leaders of the nhs are sitting in a room trying to work out how to spend all of this money. 0lder out how to spend all of this money. older people and social care will eat up some of this money but we need to invest in children and young people. no matter how much we talk about it and asked what this money, locally people make decisions and divert money in different ways. if

you talk to frontline staff in the nhs, they often have not seen this money coming through because it gets diverted to other places. it is crucial that this plan to spend this money makes sure that it reaches the front line, otherwise we are setting children and young people up for the same thing they have been experiencing for the last decade. thank you for coming to speak to us ona thank you for coming to speak to us on a subject we often talk about on brea kfast. on a subject we often talk about on breakfast. we will follow through and see what happens in the future. nhs england says it plans to put the mental health of young people at the forefront of future services. this includes the rollout of new school and college —based support teams. carol is at kew gardens for us this morning. good morning. good morning both, good morning to you. it is beautiful here at kew gardens this morning, albeit cold. earlier it was even more beautiful. let me show you some pictures of christmas at kew, what you can expect if you are coming

down. we have the cathedral of light, a tunnel of 100,000 lights, seven metres hyatt and the longest tunnel of light ever seen in kew. there is also an illuminated trail taking you through the trees. they are lit up, very sparkly and christmassy, quite magical, and the laser and light show. earlier that looked amazing. it has things like the london eye, the houses of parliament, all the iconic landmarks in london. and of course, kew gardens is one of those it self. at the moment, with daylight, it doesn't look as glorious as it did earlier, but it is still pretty spectacular. more than can be said for the temperature. in kew gardens it is —3, but elsewhere it is —6.4. if you are stepping out this morning, bear that in mind. there may be ice on untreated surfaces, you may have to scrape the windscreen as well. the forecast todayis windscreen as well. the forecast today is a cold one, coldest across

central and eastern areas, where we have the lowest temperatures. temperatures are low in the east but not quite as low, we are looking at one to four, as opposed to —3 two minus six. we have an area of high pressure to the north of us, low pressure to the north of us, low pressure to the south of us, and in between we have a south—easterly breeze, and it is pretty cool. in the east where we have the cloudy and damp start with patchy, light rain and drizzle, that will travel towards the west. we have a bright start with some sunshine. showers in northern ireland will clear up and we will see sunshine developed through the morning. carding of by the afternoon in most western areas, the afternoon in most western areas, the far west of northern scotland, the far west of northern scotland, the far west of northern scotland, the far west of northern ireland, hanging on to the sunshine for the longest. through the afternoon some of the showers will turn heavy and thundery. temperatures five to ten, but without the significant windchill many of us have had for the last few days, it will not feel as cold. but it will be cold, don't

be fooled by that. as we head into the evening and overnight, we have a lot of cloud. that will break in the midlands, south wales, and locally we could see a touch of frost. showers in the south—west starting to drift towards the east. not as cold night but it will still feel cold night but it will still feel cold with temperatures in low single figures. tomorrow, cloudy day. the best of any brightness will be in the west, especially the north—west. some patchy light rain and showers across the east of scotland, but across the east of scotland, but across southern counties of england we will also see showery outbreaks of rain on and off throughout the day. temperatures up to about 10 degrees. the saturday, once another cloudy day. the sunniest skies in the north—west. some patchy rain in the north—west. some patchy rain in the north—east, and in the south, we are looking at once again some showery outbreaks of rain, as low pressure is close to us. by then, some of us might squeeze out 11 degrees. when you think that last week we were talking about 17 or 18,

orjust above 18, week we were talking about 17 or 18, or just above 18, this week we were talking about 17 or 18, orjust above 18, this is a huge drop, and we can really feel it. snatching away all of those lovely mild temperatures. are you shivering that, carol? do you know what, i have four layers on, and it is still cold. and standing still. if you are walking around, it is a bit different. you need to find a friend to send you hand warmers, i hear they exist. don't even start about that one. isn't it that 70% of your body heat goes out through your head, so we will get you a hat.“ body heat goes out through your head, so we will get you a hat. if i put a hat on, is that better? you will feel warmer already. the financial regulator has announced a cap on how much rent—to—own firms can charge. ben can explain. yep, this is rent—to—own.

it is a kind of hire purchase most commonly used for people on low incomes to buy household goods, like fridges, washing machines and televisions. you get the product straightaway, and pay for it in weekly, fortnightly or monthly instalments, plus interest. but many companies charge sky—high interest rates, and the cost of the product itself is also much higher. so the regulator says there will be limits on what they can charge in interest, and they must also price match their goods compared to other retailers. chris woolard, executive director of strategy and competition at the fca, joins me now. good morning to you. tell us why you are doing this, and why now? we have been looking at this market for some time, but what we can see here is there are people who are often the most vulnerable in society who are

paying some very high prices here to actually obtain these goods. so you can typically spend sometimes three, four, even five times the cost of an ordinary retailer, a sort of mainstream high—street retailer will be charging you to own these goods. so we want to introduce a cap which will basically limit harm that we can see in this market. and we have an example we have been talking about this morning, so a tv that would typically cost about £500 at a chris reed, in some cases, with some firms, it is being charged at more than £1200 through a rent—to—own scheme, and an astronomical markup. what can be your proposals will that price fall to? so the cap we are introducing, or proposing to introduce, has two parts to it. first of all we are requiring retailers to benchmark their prices against other mainstream retailers. and that is really important because you then go in to impose a cap on

the amount of interest that can be imposed, the main part of the proposals, you have to start from a base price that is realistic. and the second cap is set at 100%, we are proposing. what i find astonishing in your report that you have put out this morning, you find predominantly the people resorting to this high cost credit are people who are not in work, and that is the other problem. they have very few other problem. they have very few other options. absolutely, so the group we are talking about a very low income families, and only about a third of those families are in work. they often see this as the only route they have the obtaining credit. that is why we have to set the cap at a sensible point, where we are not completely removing access to these kinds of goods, because often they are essential items like washing machines or cookers. we are also doing work with governments about how we can establish alternatives to the high cost credit market. there are a lot

of parallels to the payday lending market, and i know that was in your sights earlier in the year, that actually lead to wonga, one of the biggest providers, going under. is there a danger that you get rid of these firms altogether? they are, as you said, a valuable source of these products for some people who can't get loa ns products for some people who can't get loans and credit in the traditional way. yes, get loans and credit in the traditionalway. yes, so get loans and credit in the traditional way. yes, so the cap we are proposing is very carefully designed. it is designed to target the very highest prices we see in this market, where we see the most harm being caused to consumers. there will i think be some impact on the firms that offer these kinds of goods, obviously, but we are trying to maintaina goods, obviously, but we are trying to maintain a degree of access here for consumers as well. but overall what we are hoping for is about £22 million worth of savings for those consumers. it is good to talk to you, thank you very much. let us know whether you have been affected why this sort of stuff, because in that example, a tv that most of us can buy four £200 can cost much

more. so a big markup in that respect, even after those changes proposed by the fca. we have spoken to the two biggest firms that offer rent—to—own, they are brighthouse and perfect home. brighthouse told us they've been working closely with the fca over a number of years. we are going to carefully consider today's announcement, while continuing to offer those excluded from mainstream credit ways to get the household goods they need. when they say carefully consider, does that mean they will not do it? no, these come into force in april, what they are considering is how they can still sell these things to customers. they will not be making as much money because of the cap. as

we touched on with wonga, they eventually went under because under the new rules imposed by the business model, it didn't add up any more. still to come on breakfast: it has 75 years since the first animals' victoria cross was awarded. we will meet the last surviving recipient, military working dog mali, who served in afghanistan. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. as you have been hearing, 60 firefighters tackled a fire at a bus depot on farnborough hill in 0rpington this morning. the fire brigade took dozens of 999 calls from local residents, some of whom were woken up to loud explosion noises coming from the depot. the fire is now out, but drivers are warned of delays on the a21 at farnborough way, where smoke is blowing over the carriageway as dampening down continues. new analysis for housing charity shelter suggests nearly 170,000 people are recorded as homeless in london. this means one in every 53 people

are sleeping on the streets or in temporary accomodation. the charity says it is down to a lack of social housing, frozen housing benefits, and unaffordable rents. climbing 15 metres up a vertical wall with your bare hands is an impressive feat by anyone's standards, so imagine the challenge for matthew phillips, from guildford, who was born without his right arm below the elbow. at 17, he is the youngest member of great britain's para—climbing team, and has now returned from the world climbing championships in austria as a world champion. oh, it feels really good, yeah, really amazing. you know, i've been training for it for several years now. it's been the big goal, obviously. the last — the one before this world championships, i couldn't compete, sadly, so i was really stoked to get in this one. and yeah, i won it, and i feel amazing about it. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. at the moment, tramlink has minor

delays wimbledon and elmers end, through to sandliands and beckenham junction, due to an earlier power failure. 0n the roads, there is northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach starting from the sun in sands at blackheath. in roehampton, three—way lights are in place for works near holford way, with delays between queen mary's hospital and whitelands college. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. with clear skies, cold air and light winds last night, we saw temperatures dip below freezing for most places. down to minus three, minus four degrees celsius in some of our rural spots, so there's a widespread frost to start the day. it's going to stay dry today, it will all the while feel quite cool. plenty of cloud around, that cloud already this morning out towards eastern areas, where we're starting with temperatures just above freezing. perhaps a few spots of drizzle from the thickness of the cloud, but otherwise staying dry. the best of the brightness today, and still some sunshine, i think, hanging on into the afternoon, out towards western home counties. top temperatures between five and seven degrees celsius, with just a light easterly breeze. now, through this evening

and overnight, underneath the cloud cover and with some slightly milder air, i think we will stay above freezing. generally starting the day tomorrow between two and four celsius. a lot of cloud around again tomorrow, and some slightly milder air, so we'll see highs of around 10 degrees celsius. watch out for a few showers on saturday, turning cooler again by sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to naga and charlie. bye for now. good morning and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: a diplomatic row as britain threatens to retaliate after a durham university student

is jailed for life accused of spying in dubai. a race to seal the deal on brexit. theresa may says there's been progress but spain is unhappy over gibraltar. a total rip—off or a valuable service to those on low incomes? the financial watchdog has capped the amount rent—to—own companies can charge for their products. i'll explain why in a moment. in sport, after terrorising defences for 20 years, the former chelsea striker didier drogba retires from football. the game is alive and well in the houses of parliament. this is how a game of keepy—uppy got a group of mps into some bother. we will talk to one of them later. it is absolutely beautiful here at the illuminated gardens at kew that is why we are here. a cold start in central and eastern areas with frost and some sunshine. cloudier and damper in the east which will travel

west through the day. more in 15 minutes. it's thursday 22nd november. 0ur our top storyjust after our top story just after eight o'clock: the wife of a british university student, who's beenjailed for life in dubai, is to meet the foreign secretary jeremy hunt today. matthew hedges was found guilty of spying for the british government but his family says he is innocent. mr hunt has threatened the uae with serious diplomatic consequences if the matter cannot be resolved. we see absolutely no evidence for any of the charges laid against him. we are very concerned for his welfare. the uae is supposed to be a friend and ally of britain's. we've given them repeated assurances about matthew. if we can't resolve this there are going to be serious diplomatic consequences. joining us from dubai is our middle east reporter paul blake. we were just hearing syria's

diplomatic consequences. this isn't an issue that is going to just go away. —— serious diplomatic consequences. this ruling will be upheld and it is severe. yes, jeremy hunt will meet with his wife, daniela tejada, today to discuss the case. it is hard to say what will happen next. the press in the uae is headlining on the verdict not being final, with the attorney—general saying it is not final and the accused has the right to appeal ahead of the supreme court. there was quite a swift reaction in uk yesterday with theresa may in parliament saying it was deeply disappointing and jeremy hunt was seeking a call with his counterpart in the uae urgently. we don't know the content of that phone call but it seems like the british government is quite upset about this outcome and they will be seeking answers from the amarah tees here in the next few days and weeks. we saw a quick flash of that paper. how are

the local press covering it? the local press was saying that british spy local press was saying that british spy matthew hedges has been sentenced to life but today there is a softer tone, saying that the matthew hedges verdict is not final. the accused has the right to appeal ahead of the supreme court and he has 30 days to do that and we have not heard from the family about when that will take place but presumably that will take place but presumably thatis that will take place but presumably that is something they are trying to figure out right now, to see what exactly the next steps are over the next few days. paul blake, thank you. theresa may will return to brussels on saturday to try to finalise a deal on brexit ahead of a summit of european leaders. but spain has warned it will veto any agreement unless changes are made to the wording over gibraltar. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in gibraltar. a very good morning to you. that island has become such an important place at this moment in time with the clock ticking. it has. this

little peninsula on the bottom of spain now proving to be one of the big final issues in these negotiations. that is because the spanish prime minister came out last night and repeated the assertion he had made earlier in the week, which is that spain will not consent to the withdrawal treaty on sunday at the withdrawal treaty on sunday at the planned summit or the declaration being negotiated at the minute on future ties, unless it is satisfied about its concerns about gibraltar being reflected in the text. he says they are not in a minute. those concerns are in a nutshell but spain says that any future agreement between the uk and the eu will not cover this place, gibraltar, without a separate negotiation between the uk and spain. so trying to preserve its autonomy to negotiate over gibraltar, aside from the eu. that is the key point. thank you. you

quite rightly corrected me. i said island and of course peninsula is correct in connection with gibraltar. it is 80 5am —— 8:05am. in the last few hour the financial conduct authority have announced their plans to cap the charges for rent—to—own products. ben is here. this will have an impact on the big stores that people go into when they can't buy things outright. people used to know this as hire purchase. you get the thing, the television, the washing machine, the fridge, and you the washing machine, the fridge, and y°u pay the washing machine, the fridge, and you pay it back over weeks or months or years. the financial conduct authority was worried about what this was costing because the suppliers often but interest charges on there, insurance and everything, and it racks up. in some example is and it racks up. in some example is a television that costs £500 on the high street, if you buy it through a rent to own scheme, it costs more than £1200, more than double, and it

says that is unacceptable and they have proposed changes. they want to cap the interest that firms can charge but also make sure that the price of the thing in the first place is comparable to other shops on the high street. that is the big problem. the price initially is much higher. often people think they are buying the same thing and accept they might pay more because they are paying over three years, but they don't realise the comparison. yes, the cost of the product in the first place. the financial conduct authority says this should save consumers £22.7 million. and it is the most vulnerable people in society who could really be affected. the group we are talking about here are very low income families, often £12,000 up to £18,000 typically and only one third of those families are in work. they often see this as the only route they have to obtaining credit. this is why we have got to set the cap at a sensible point where we are not completely removing access to these kinds of goods because often they

are essential items like wash machines and cookers. but also we are doing work more broadly with the government and others to encourage alternatives to the high cost credit market. that was the fda. we have spoken to the companies involved and there are two main ones that do it. bright house in the uk sent us a statement saying they have been working hard with the fca in the last few years to change the processes by way it operates that they will carefully consider the announcement today to make sure they can continue to serve people excluded from credit. these are people who can't get traditional loa n people who can't get traditional loan or credit card may be because they have a bad credit history. but what they are aware of is that when the fca clamped down on payday lenders in a similar way, none of those went under, soap they want to regulate this market but make it viable for the businesses to exist. —— some of those went under. viable for the businesses to exist. -- some of those went under. thank you. more nhs patients in england

will be cared for at home or in their community under plans to be announced today. the government says it will invest £3.5 billion a year by 2023 in a bid to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and help patients return home sooner. there'll be community—based rapid—response teams and more support for care home residents. we want to shift the whole focus of the nhs so that it isn't just about hospitals. it is about making sure we prevent people getting into hospital in the first place, we help them take more responsibility for their health, and this means strengthening our primary care system, our gps who are under a lot of pressure, and more support in the community. ten times more children and young people have type 2 diabetes in england and wales than previously estimated, according to new research. the charity diabetes uk has found that at least 7000 people under the age of 25 have the condition. health campaigners say more needs

to be done to cut the rates of childhood obesity which is one of the main causes of the disease. health warnings have been issued in parts of australia as a giant dust storm passes through the east of the country. skies in some parts have turned orange as the 500 kilometre wide storm travelled up from the south. the sydney opera house and harbour bridge are under a blanket of smog. people with respiratory problems are being warned to stay indoors. i remember seeing something like that, obviously in a film, in mission impossible, where there was that scene, wasn't there? that wasn't real! it is 8:10am. carol has got the weather in about five minutes. no dust storms but very cold and she is coming to us from kew gardens. the number of people reporting sexual assaults on trains in england, scotland and wales has risen by a third according to british transport police. since april, more than a thousand offences have been recorded on the rail network.

we're joined now by katie and kaylin, who were both assaulted by the same offender on the london underground, and detective chief superintendent paul furnell, head of crime and public protection at british transport police. a very good morning to all of you. katie, just give us a sense of the incident itself. for me, iwas katie, just give us a sense of the incident itself. for me, i was going to work at eight o'clock in the morning, i was going the same way that i had always travelled to work, andi that i had always travelled to work, and i had got onto the tube and i had noticed that somebody had got on quite closely behind me. standing close behind me. it wasn't a packed train, i have been on busy trains, but i never thought what was going to happen would happen. and you called him out? what did you say? stop it? i can't quite remember now but there were words said and he definitely knew that i was aware.” called him out as we were coming off the tube as well and he was taken

off as the tube as well and he was taken offasi the tube as well and he was taken off as i was trying to say something to him. he was taken off. how did the two of you meet? because the same man assaulted you.” the two of you meet? because the same man assaulted you. i was on the train the morning it happened to katie and it had happened to me the week before and i had seen this man in the carrot and i recognised him from a distance but this all happened really quickly, in the space of two stops. when i saw katie, i saw the man moved towards him andl katie, i saw the man moved towards him and i saw her saying what are you doing? i grabbed her as she got off the train and i said that is the guy who did the same thing to me and we chased him down and got the staff to stop him. i am sure people are thinking that is an extraordinary thing to do in itself. at that moment in time what was your thinking? the week before when it had happened to me, it was really crowded and we hadn't managed to stop him. i think both of us thought it was our chance. katie said the fa ct it was our chance. katie said the fact it happened to her made her

angry enough and that it happened to mea angry enough and that it happened to me a week before, twice in the space ofa me a week before, twice in the space of a week, we thought there was no option and we had to chase him and try and stop him. paul, there are so many things that come to mind. the fa ct many things that come to mind. the fact that this man was continuing to do this, thinking he could get away with it. he has done it who knows how many times in the space of a week or even before that? it is a difficult situation. for kaylin the train was packed. you are scrunched together and i end up standing in somebody‘s armpit on the tube, so you never know if something inappropriate has happened but in your case, it wasn't packed, katie. he went up to you and these people think it is ok and they get away with it. what can we do to report it and get the message out? with it. what can we do to report it and get the message ounm with it. what can we do to report it and get the message out? it is absolutely not ok. it is u na cce pta ble absolutely not ok. it is unacceptable behaviour, unwanted behaviour. we encourage people to come forward and report to us at any

point, like katie and kaylin, so that we can investigate. part of the campaign is called reported, stop it. but we want people to share that information so we can stop it. this man has received a community order and he was convicted and he is on the sex offenders register. so there are the sex offenders register. so there a re results the sex offenders register. so there are results that come out of this. how canifind are results that come out of this. how can i find someone? by the time you have found them they have gone. that is what people are thinking. this is an underreported offence, let's be clear. it still is, massively. we encourage people to talk to us at any point and share that information. every incident paints a picture for us and that defendant within a week had carried out two offences and who is to say how many others may have happened? we would encourage everybody to talk to us at the earliest opportunity.

it is an underreported crime and you two took very decisive action. what had been your previous experience? had things happen before and you had not reacted in the same way? had there been other times? nothing like this had ever happened to me before. at university, people grope you in clubs, it happens all the time and people view it as normal. this is the first time it had gone further than that. and so many of our friends that we have spoken to, the same thing has happened to them and they haven't reported it and i think it happens a lot. do you think that is something that plays on people's minds that if they go to the police they will dismiss it? how bad was it really? do you think that is part of the process that goes through people's heads which is probably based on some experience? yes, from the moment we reported it, our story was never doubted. the police were behind us 100% and the support was put in place for us and you couldn't

fault it. you could identify this man and you followed him out of the station and you flagged him down. you had this man in front of you. the hardest thing for me was watching him go up the escalators afterwards and walking away. i thought he has done what he has done and got away with it. to hear that five or six days later he had been arrested, it was just relief. five or six days later he had been arrested, it wasjust relief. what is the advice if you are on a busy train, any train, busy or not, forget that, and somebody assaults someone? if you are the person being assaulted and you see someone saying stop it, no, what is the advice? they will get off and go. do you ask people to take pictures? do you flagged it up? shout loudly? what do you do? contact us. but you don't have cctv on every single train and tube, do you? we have cctv across the network so there are lots of opportunities for seeking and finding an offender. going back to

reports, that information, even if you have got off the train, with that detail, time, date, place, or we can look and track down offenders. people often worry about how other people will respond. you say something and everyone will duck down and not do anything. in my situation, the train was so crowded i couldn't even tell who it was at first. there were so many men next to me. and people didn't necessarily stop to help us, we found, but as soon as we stop to help us, we found, but as soon as we spoke to the police people were supportive and they said it was 100% the right thing to do and really serious. when we were in court and we could see the cctv footage, it was so clear and you can see the guy so clearly. and it is not just see the guy so clearly. and it is notjust men attacking women. it is on all sides. whoever you are, speak up. you have some faith in the system, bringing these people to justice. thank you both for sharing your stories with us. details of organisations offering information and support with sexual abuse are available

at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. it is 8:17am. carol is at kew gardens with the weather for us this morning. good morning. it is a cold start to the day if you haven't ventured out. it is minus three at kew gardens and in south farnborough, minus four. you can see the spectacular palm house behind me and there is an amazing spectacle coming up later because it is christmas at kew gardens. you can see what is going on in the dark. this is a majestic beech tree wrapped with thousands of lights and they outline the skeletal form of they outline the skeletal form of the tree. the palm house itself, there is a laser show that takes place, incorporating many of the

iconic london landmarks, such as the houses of parliament and the london eye and there is a globe of the world and doves and father christmas. the whole shebang is going on over the palm house. it has just stopped and it will reboot and start again later. it does not look as spectacular in the daylight but the palm house itself does not. it is open today until sunday and then every wednesday to sunday until the 5th of january. as every wednesday to sunday until the 5th ofjanuary. as i have mentioned this morning it is a cold start and the forecast for everybody is cold. the coldest conditions are currently across central and western areas. here we are looking at brighter skies. low pressure to the south—west, high pressure to the north east and squeezed in between ina north east and squeezed in between in a south—easterly. it is not as strong as the winds have been over the last few days so the wind chill is not as significant. a lovely sunny start for western areas with showers and northern ireland fading and sunshine coming out. the cloud

in the east is producing patchy light rain and drizzle which will migrate towards the west through the day. the other thing you will find is that there will be real extremities of the uk holding onto the sunshine for the longest. northern ireland, the far west of scotla nd northern ireland, the far west of scotland and the far west of wales. in south—west england, showers, turning heavy through the course of the day and possibly thundery. temperatures five to ten, nothing to write home about, but it will still feel cold, does not as cold as it has done. this evening and overnight we hang onto a lot of clout. where it breaks up across the south midlands and south wales, we could locally see a touch of frost and we are looking at showers in the south—west travelling further east towards the south—east. temperatures not as low as the nights just gone but feeling cool. tomorrow another cloudy day in prospect with brighter brea ks cloudy day in prospect with brighter breaks developing through the day, especially in the west, and particularly the north west. the

east, eastern scotland in particular, seeing showery outbreaks of patchy rain. meanwhile across the south we have got more showers. they will also be travelling towards the south—east. temperatures will be getting into double figures for some. 0n getting into double figures for some. on saturday, another cloudy day, similar to what we are looking at on friday. the lion's share of any sunshine will be in the north west and in the north east, light rain. across the southern counties close to the low pressure we will have some outbreaks of rain, on and off at times including the channel islands. 0nly the lucky few will make it into double figures once again. my message is to wrap up warmly if you arejust stepping out. indeed. nice to see that put on. just call it a bit further down, carol! —— that hood. you would like me to wear a bala clava! earlier we spoke to the friend of

matthew hedges, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the uae yesterday. his wife is due to meetjeremy hunt this afternoon and she has just been speaking to collea g u es and she has just been speaking to colleagues at the bbc on radio four. he has been convicted on spying charges which he denies. she said this morning that she doesn't know where he is being held and he hasn't spoken to him since he was sentenced yesterday. she was in court when that happened. she says his lawyer is saying there is the possibility foran is saying there is the possibility for an appeal. we know that his lawyers were not allowed in court when that decision was made. she was very upset, understandably, and she has said that the foreign office should have taken a firmer stance on this case from the beginning. we will bring you some of that interview on some of the reaction as well. that is the wife of

31—year—old matthew hedges who has been arrested on suspicion of spying in the uae. it has opposing benches, passionate supporters and its own referee but the house of commons is not somewhere you would normally expect to watch football. but earlier this week, the scottish national party mp, hannah bardell, took the chance to practise her ball skills in the historic chamber. she had been due to play with the women's parliamentary football team but the match was suspended when a vote over—ran. hannah bardell, who was gently told—off by the speaker for her actions, joins us now from our edinburgh studio. good morning to you. i did emphasise the word gently because it has not been a real smack on the wrist, has it, but it has caused tension? yes, i think it is there to say that we have been the talk of the town. the speaker gave us have been the talk of the town. the speaker gave us a have been the talk of the town. the speaker gave us a gentle rebuke. i think he takes it as hopefully most people do, in the spirit in which it

was meant. we are at a time when parliament and politics is very divisive. and the women's football tea m divisive. and the women's football team are cross—party group of mps, journalists and staff at the house of commons, and we came together in our strips because we couldn't play the match. we took a little photo together and we had permission for that. and i did some keepy—uppies. what is incredible is the attention it has got. 0nly what is incredible is the attention it has got. only 7% of sports coverage cove rs it has got. only 7% of sports coverage covers women's sport. it would just be nice if we could get as much coverage for women's sport as much coverage for women's sport as my keepy—uppies have attracted. we do give it a go. we are talking to some female basketball players later on in the programme. let's talk about the etiquette of playing keepy-uppy, talk about the etiquette of playing keepy—uppy, shall we? talk about the etiquette of playing keepy-uppy, shall we? give talk about the etiquette of playing keepy—uppy, shall we? give us some insight because most of us have not beenin insight because most of us have not been in the houses of parliament and we don't know the rules and regulations that you are meant to abide by. you've videoed on a phone the keepy—uppies. is that allowed

generally? no, technically it is not allowed. it is stretching or breaking a few rules, and sometimes that highlights the nature of the house of commons. it is a very masculine environment. what people are used to seeing in the commons chamber is mostly male members shouting and braying at each other. it is not a very edifying sight and it is not very positive. what has been fantastic is the response we have had from women's football teams and girls football teams across the political divide. hugh merryman was tweeting as saying how fantastic you thought it was and he wanted men and women to be able to play together because the fa rules don't allow that. and there are lots of rules and regulations in the house of commons and it can be a bit imposing sometimes. this was something light—hearted and positive that

hopefully has shown the commons in a different light. it is interesting that you talk about it being a cross— party tea m. that you talk about it being a cross—party team. the liverpool football clu b cross—party team. the liverpool football club manager and sportsmen bill shankly once said, and i will quote you and i am sure you know it, if you have three scots in your side you have a chance of winning something and if you have any more, you are in trouble. shall we talk about how many scots are in your tea m about how many scots are in your team and how you do as a team and who you play against?” team and how you do as a team and who you play against? i think bill shankly perhaps need to update his quote. i am the only scottish player at the moment although i am trying to encourage some of my other collea g u es to encourage some of my other colleagues tojoin in. we have got members from across the political spectrum and the company that sponsors us and set this up also sponsors us and set this up also sponsors the men's team. i think there was frustration that there was only a men's team. a female lobby journalist said to me recently that to get on in politics in the has,

you had tojoin to get on in politics in the has, you had to join the to get on in politics in the has, you had tojoin the men's to get on in politics in the has, you had to join the men's football team, these were malejournalists. —— in the house. that old mentality of meant doing business in their clu bs of meant doing business in their clubs and their grievances to be broken down —— men doing business in their clubs needs to be broken down. this is about sending a message to say that at a time when there is a lot of division over brexit, behind—the—scenes politics can actually be quite consensual and thatis actually be quite consensual and that is really important. we can't argue with that message, really. hannah bardell, pardon the pun, but do keep it up and have future matches as well. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. with clear skies overnight

and through this morning it has been cold and frosty. temperatures down to minus three to minus six degrees celsius in some central and southern areas. that is where we have had clear skies. you can see from the satellite imagery there is a bit more cloud across eastern parts. that kept temperatures above freezing. but it is in those eastern areas of scotland, down the eastern side of england, where we have some rain, some showers moving in. those showers and the cloud will move its way a bit further west today but across the far west of scotland there will be some sunshine continuing here. quite cloudy still with those showers across the east. sunshine for northern ireland and through western areas of wales, south wales, south—west england and central and southern parts of england some sunny spells, but for the midlands and generally speaking across many eastern areas of england it remains quite cloudy and again there will be some showers from time to time. maximum temperature this afternoon

will get up to seven, eight or nine celsius. the clouds will continue for many of us overnight tonight. still some showers, mainly affecting north—eastern england and across scotland. showers moving into the south west but with more cloud it is not going to be as cold as it was last night. largely frost free. temperatures for most of us staying above freezing about three or four degrees. during friday there will be a few breaks in the cloud, a bit of sunshine from time to time, but more cloud and some showers clipping south—west wales, the far south—west of england also having a few showers here and the east of scotland. temperatures up by a degree or so, 7—10dc. into the weekend we have this area of low pressure which is sitting around the english channel bringing this weather front which will bring a few showers across southern coastal counties on saturday. otherwise for many of us on saturday it is going to be dry and bright with quite a bit of cloud. buy for many of us again on sunday quite cloudy and because of that cloud it's going to feel on the chilly side.

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