massive amount of people living almost a date to payday. this was something he himself had experienced asa something he himself had experienced as a child. late in his life he decided the world was going backwards and felt that he had to stand up and be counted and campaign to help save the nhs, to help the poon to help save the nhs, to help the poor, the homeless, refugees. he was a moral right in the world. tributes have been pouring in since the announcement that he had lied. he had been with his son in canada and is thought to have had pneumonia. his son has bowed to follow in his footsteps. richard galpin, abc news. time for a look at the weather. not great news unfortunately with the weather. overnight we brought in the weather. overnight we brought in the atlantic mild air but with that it is laden with rain and gale force wind. at the moment we are sitting under storm diana. this is this area

of cloud tied in with that and that is the problem for today. tomorrow waiting out in the atlantic and developing as we speak, this could turn out to be even more potent. we will keep an eye on that for you. there are warnings out from the met office and they are all on the website. it will be pretty miserable through the rest of this evening with a lot of standing water and gale force winds for some. it has been pretty miserable throughout the day anyway. rain will continue for the rest of the afternoon and into the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. eventually clearing away from northern ireland but continuing across scotland with a vengeance. continuing across scotland with a vengeance. the wind will escalate further this evening and we could have gusts of up to 70 miles an hour in northern scotland. starting to dry up eventually in parts of northern ireland, some rain for england and wales. but still windy.

the wind probably more of a problem here. it clears the way for a time overnight. but only briefly because by the morning we have more wet weather and again more windy weather potentially tied in with this next developing area of low pressure. if it develops a little more it could bring even stronger wind than those shown here. potentially 70 miles an hour. there will be heavy rain to go with that as well. the rain staggering its way across scotland and clearing from northern ireland and clearing from northern ireland and then a brighter day tomorrow but and then a brighter day tomorrow but a lot of showers as well. relatively mild and that is the positive. so no frost by night. and not feeling particularly pleasant in the wind and rain by day but friday brings possibly a quieter end to the week.

but waited in the wings for the weekend, the next area of low pressure. lots of showers to the north and not quite so miles. but the weekend brings further low— pressure the weekend brings further low—pressure and rain especially for england and wales. perhaps driest and brightest in the north. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime a major government review of the long—term effects of brexit, predicts the british economy will be smaller under every scenario, than if the uk stayed in the eu. that's it. so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. jose mourinho said relief was behind his reaction to manchester united's winning goal in the champions league which saw

them reach the last sixteen. united toiled and struggled all night at old trafford, before marouane fellaini's late winner. the manchester united manager, kicking out at one set of bottles, launched the next lot to the floor, before adressing his critics, who've questioned his methods and his team's performances. let me send a message to my lovers and say that i've played champions league for 14 years and a qualified 14 times. the two years where i didn't play champions league i won the league twice. pep guardiola called lyon one of the toughest team's manchester city have faced. twice they came from behind. sergio aguero with the equaliser in a 2—2 draw as they reached the last sixteen. both tottenham and liverpool have some work to do tonight

if they're to qualify. for spurs, it's very simple — fail to beat inter milan and they're out of the competition, after failing to win any of their first three games. liverpool still have a bit of work to do aswell. they've got to beat paris saint germain in paris, and hope that red star don't beat napoli. robbie keane has announced his retirement from football. the 38—year—old played for the likes of tottenham, liverpool and celtic and spent the last year playing in india. here he is scoring for the republic or ireland at the world cup in 2002. he's their record goalscorer, and will become their new assistant manager working alongside mick mccarthy. there's been an increase in reported discrimination abuse in football for a sixth successive year. the anti racism group kick it out found the numbers of reported cases of racist and homophobic abuse had grown again, as it has done year on year. the biggest increase came in disability discrimination.

the figures were compiled at all levels of the game. england survived a fightback from uganda to win the first of their three match netball series. england had a nine goal lead at half time but they let uganda back into it, the scores were level in the final quarter. but england got themselves going again in liverpool and won by 50 points to 46. the next game is in two days time. england cricket coach trevor bayliss hopes ben stoke's exemplary conduct since an altercation outside a nightclub last year will help him avoid a lengthy ban. stokes who was cleared in court of affray faces a disciplinary hearing next month, alongside alex hames, for bringing he game into disrepute. bayliss could lose the player for their up coming tour of the west indies depending on the punishment handed out by the ecb. and there's a big fight for tyson fury this weekend. he challenges deontay wilder for the wbc heavyweight title in los angeles this weekend.

ahead of the fight they both took time out of their training schedule to meet the la county fire teams who've been dealing with those horrendous wild fires. and fury took the opportunity to draw attention to another big problem in los angeles. there is a lot of homeless people on the streets here, more than i have ever seen ever in my life. i'm in downtown la, but if you go five minutes down the road, there are thousands of homeless people. you think you might be in a third world country. it is a crisis situation, something needs to be done about it. i know it's just an outsider opinion, but it is a situation that is happening all over the world, in the uk here as well. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. chinese authorities are investigating claims

by a chinese scientist that he's helped to create the world's first gene—edited babies. professor he jiankui appeared at a conference in hong kong to defend his work, saying healthy twin sisters were born this month with their dna altered, to prevent them from contracting hiv. he said another pregnancy of a gene—edited embryo is at the very early stages. our correspondent robin brant was there. hejiankui spent an hour inside there very calmly defending his work but he was light on specifics and that is problematic. he said that his work has been reviewed by several experts along the way but did not give any details, no names. he said as well that chinese law prevented him from giving the names of the parents of these two twins, he could not say where they lived either. he did say, intriguingly, that there is another pregnancy at the very early stages involving an embryo which his team has gene edited, so that is to come.

there were lots of questions of course, it felt to me quietly hostile, questions about funding, questions about his secrecy. he said his manuscript detailing the work he has done will be put online for others to review. that is now the key question in this whole sensational revelation, will the details of what he has done be fully published 7 will they be fully shared and fully available for others, others of his peers in this country, china, and beyond, to review and make the independent assessment? concrete plays a vital part in our day—to—day lives, from the bridges we cross to the roads we drive on. but, it keeps crackin, so scientists are working on a solution, as our science correspondent, richard westcott, explains. concrete is the second most used substance on earth. a key ingredient in road—building, repairing cracks can cause long delays.

so what if you could build concrete that could fix itself? when there is a crack in concrete, this crack is going to open the matrix and then open the capsule as well. livia is helping to design tiny capsules the size of sand grains that will sit inside the concrete. any crack will split them open, releasing a healing agent that fixes the crack. so they come along off the tube, they are collected in the solution and here this white material is where you can see thousands of micro—capsules being produced and collected in the solution. under the microscope, they look like little eggs. and here is one that has opened up inside some concrete. so effectively you are trying to make a little egg with a hard shell and an agent inside that will fix the concrete. i mean, what is the hardest part of that? you are making it

on such a tiny scale. good question. the hardest bit is about controlling the flow rate so i can precisely control the size of this tiny shell that i am doing, this tiny egg that i am doing, and also control the shell thickness. the cambridge team is working on other self—healing systems, too. so this is inside the concrete, agent always pumping through, and the minute a crack goes through the concrete it will find one of these plastic tubes. the tube breaks, healing agent comes out and it just seals the crack. and you can see only one of them breaks, which means you can use all the other of them for any other type of damage that happens over the life of the concrete structure. so you have dragged me here to look at a wall, haven't you? yep. a special wall, self— healing concrete. if i smash it hard, it will heal itself? yes, it will, yes,

in two weeks' time. very important because we spent a huge amount of money on maintaining infrastructure, roads, bridges, tunnels, embankments, and it is very costly and there is a huge amount of disruption associated with it. so these materials basically have the ability to heal their own cracks. they sense damage and they repair themselves without the need for external intervention. just making the cement for concrete produces 8% of the world's man—made c02. if it can heal itself, you can save money, the environment and cut some trafficjams. richard wescott, bbc news, cambridge. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: government forecasts suggest theresa may's plan for withdrawing from the eu could cut the economy by nearly 4 percent over 15 years. a no—deal departure could lead to a nine per cent cut. a rape survivor in rotherham has waved her anonymity to call

for a law change amid claims a man who raped her has been invited to play a role in her son's life. a report says facial recognition technology can help police find suspects and solve crimes, but "profound" legal and ethical questions have to be answered before it could be used routinely. in the business news: mild inflation has returned after shop prices rose for only the third time in five years in november. higher global cereal prices have pushed up on the prices of several foods included in the shop price index. but it appears many high street retailers continue to keep clothing prices lower partly in order to compete with the online stores. the price of a call to directory inquiries will be capped at £3.65 for 90 seconds. phone industry regulator ofcom said it is responding

to a "steep" rise in prices. the most popular service, 118118, charges £11.23 for a 90 second call, the regulator said. more than a million people a year still use the service. her majesty's revenue and customs says the number of reported scams is up 20% over the year, with criminals trying to get your personal financial data via promises of tax refunds or threats of investigation. the department is getting a staggering 85,000 reports a month. the hmrcs head of cyber security said tackling the problem is a bit of a cat—and—mouse game. a new survey measuring the economic prosperity of different countries against each other has been released today. educational charity legatum institute's 12th annual global prosperty index shows the uk is in 7th position. norway comes out on top

in the survey, which ranks countries according to many different factors including the strength of their economies and natural enviroment. baroness philippa stroud, ceoof legatum institute, joins us now. thank you were joining us. thank you werejoining us. explain to me, interesting timing of this unlike what of what we have been hearing today from the government report on how brexit with a dealer without a deal will leave the uk in terms of the comic prosperity. without a deal will leave the uk in terms of the comic prosperitym without a deal will leave the uk in terms of the comic prosperity. it is interesting timing. what the index shows is that britain is actually in a very strong position to go through this transition. what we have seen is that that strength is particularly in its business environment pillar and the strength

of that colour. but what is unique about britain is that we are not just strong and business environment but across all nine pillars come our social pillars, our governance pillars, our rule of law, right the way across—the—board. so whatever form this transition might take we are ina form this transition might take we are in a good position, a resilient position, to go through this transition. you talk about colours, what do you mean by colours? —— pillars? the index is made up of nine pillars. economic pillars so we look at the business quality and environment, the entrepreneur who now nature of how easy it is of business, right the way through to what the rule of law is like and what the rule of law is like and what governance is like and then onto our social pillars which are things like the strength of our education system, our health system

and social capital. on all of these, britain is performing really well. particularly strongly in our economic pillars. we have some work to do another social pillars but our economic pillars are really doing the heavy lifting for us as a country. the uk comes ahead of australia and canada in the top ten. they are countries renowned for quality of life. if you ask the average briton do you feel more prosperous than canada or australia oi’ prosperous than canada or australia or the netherlands, with there and say yes? if you ask them to you feel more prosperous and they were thinking that only in of wealth then they may question that. prosperity as we define it is so much more than just about wealth. it is about social well—being as well and what's really interesting about this survey is that people self—report as trusting their neighbours as having strong social connections with one another, we are the highest country for our charitable support to one

another in terms of our communities and the way and how safe we feel. a deeper set of people in the survey said they felt safe walking home. this is a good news story for britain. so much of what we are hearing in the media is not the actual everyday experience of the person first in britain in their hometown. thank you very much. new zealand has become the latest country to block a proposal to use telecoms equipment made by china's huawei because of national security concerns. spark new zealand wanted to use huawei equipment in its 56 mobile network. however, a nz government security agency said the deal would bring significant risks to national security. the restaurant group will go ahead with its £550m deal to buy wagamama despite a backlash from several major investors. the firm, which owns chains including frankie & benny and garfunkel‘s, said about 60% of shareholders voted for the tie—up.

big—name shareholders had opposed the deal over concerns about price and debt levels for the restaurant group. thomas cook's share price remains under pressure following a shock profits warning yesterday which it blamed on the summer heatwave in the uk. in contrast, however, the british sun helped on the beach's financials, sending the holiday group's shares to the top of the ftse 250 risers. let's ta ke let's take a quick look at how the markets are faring. a mixed picture for the markets right now. that's all the business news. theresa may faced mps in the commons earlier today in prime minister's questions, which focussed primarily on brexit and its potential financial implications. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. on the day the government released

its breakfast —— brexit forecasts, how did she do? most of the action, mostly by trying to digests the economic analysis. mrs mays pitches that are dealers the best brexit deal on offer. that is an awful lot of argument about what the deal really m ea ns of argument about what the deal really means and what the other options mean. i am joined by three people who can navigate our way through the economic and growth. the conservatives stephen crabb, drew henry from the smb and liz kendall from labour. you have made fairly supportive noises about mrs may's deal. i've inclined to rethink them now that we know the deal could leave us up to 3.9% worse off than if we just stay in the eu? the facts have not changed. there is only one deal on the table and it grounded in the real world. however imperfect it

is and it has problems, theresa may's deal is the one that is credible that mps have to make a choice between supporting that all going down a no deal scenario which would have much worse economic consequences for the nation. the problem with all of these forecasts, is that they are so open to argument. you can argue anything in or out of it. i would like to say —— see the government saying we know there are certain key industries in this country that will be affected in negative ways by no deal scenario and they are the car industry, aerospace, pharmaceuticals. if we wa nt aerospace, pharmaceuticals. if we want to hang onto those world leading british mysteries you have got to come round and support pragmatic compromise deal. jeremy corbyn said the analysis was meaningless. meaning 15 years out

anything can happen buying then. what everybody knows is that the deal theresa may is putting forward isa deal theresa may is putting forward is a bad deal. even the chancellor this morning said this was going to be worse than if we had stayed in the eu. the best outcome we can possibly get at the moment is to stop this wrangling about the front options. we could choose to stay in the single market and the customs union and we would not be facing some of these problems. the scottish government's analysis shows that in scotland 1600 pounds per person is what we will lose. all uk government analysis as well backs up the fact this is going to be a bad deal and any form of brexit is a bad deal for all of us. this is notjust about the economics, people voted for

brexit so you have two factor in the political dimension here and isn't that what mrs may has done?|j political dimension here and isn't that what mrs may has done? i don't think people voted to be poorer. they were made all sorts of promises that we could somehow leave our biggest trading union and still have all the benefits and now we know that's not the case. i thought it was quite extraordinary this morning that the chancellor admitted that his government's plans would make our country poorer than we would otherwise be. if our country is not growing as fast as it should do we don't have the money we need to put into our public services and it meansjobs into our public services and it means jobs and businesses are lost. there is a different way forward. it is not the choice between her deal and no deal and i believe that

parliament will assert itself and i for one will be voting against her deal because i cant love my constituents in the eye and say i voted to make the border. the clear view of mrs maher is that there may bea marginal view of mrs maher is that there may be a marginal economic hit but people through the referendum indicated that politically they are prepared to pay that price because they do want to end free movement. the public has never been asked, if our economy is much smaller you will have to have cats in the public services you rely on. you may lose yourjobs. saying services you rely on. you may lose your jobs. saying an services you rely on. you may lose yourjobs. saying an economic hit, let's get real about what that means and my problem is some of the hardline brexiteers on the benches opposite us will be fine if that's the case. it's my constituents who will suffer. if the projections are right and we have £100 billion less for public services and tax breaks, whatever, how on earth could you

recommend that your constituents? these are huge issues and let's be clear, we're not saying the economy is to shrink. what these forecasts say is that over a long period of time the economy may well be smaller thanit time the economy may well be smaller than it would otherwise be. they will continue to be growth and increases in tax revenues but it will mean difficult choices over what they can spend money on. i do agree with this, nobody wants the country to become poorer. none of us we nt country to become poorer. none of us went into politics to make people poorer but all of these arguments andl poorer but all of these arguments and i stood on platforms for the remain campaign during the referendum and i didn't see a lot of support coming from other mps on that people heard those arguments and still said if it's a choice over sovereignty we will have the sovereignty we will have the sovereign tree and you want to come out. we heard from john mcdonald at lunchtime saying that if labour cannot force a general election then it is inevitable that they will back

a second referendum. how will that resolve anything will bring the country together? i think it may well end country together? i think it may wellend up country together? i think it may well end up that giving the public the final say on where we go from here is the only way out the deadlock. whatjohn mcdonald here is the only way out the deadlock. what john mcdonald was saying today is labour party policy andl saying today is labour party policy and i think that may well be where we end up because giving the public the final say, now that we know what the final say, now that we know what the facts are about what is on offer and what the obligations will be for the country, i figure you can make a strong argument in principle that it's right to that of the people that you cannot get agreement in parliament. you obviously had the scottish independence referendum and you know how divisive it would be. how on earth can running new referendum the anything but divisive? who voted for leaving the eu? divisive? who voted for leaving the eu ? scotland voted

divisive? who voted for leaving the eu? scotland voted 62% to remain in the eu and all the way through this process scotland's voice has failed to be acknowledged by this place. we we re to be acknowledged by this place. we were given 15 to be acknowledged by this place. we were given15 minutes, to be acknowledged by this place. we were given 15 minutes, or that used by the minister speaking himself. that is a disrespectful people. a failure of the democratic process to scotland. people are demanding that this is like that again are given the choice about how scotland is run in the future. i understand that people are worried and if there was a vote on where we go now it could be divisive but the truth is our country is divided now and because of the uncertainty about where this whole thing is going to end up, these disagreements are going to go on year after year. we have responsibility as mps to get our act together and deliver something for the country. we will have to leave

it there. the only thing everyone here agrees on is nobody has much of an idea on what it is going to happen next. now it's time for the weather. little change really to these u nsettled little change really to these unsettled conditions that we have at the moment. the stormy and wet weather at the moment is courtesy of the storm called storm diana. that swirl of cloud you can see is the storm but what we are looking is towards the atlantic to the next system coming in tomorrow. quite windy at the moment out there and it will get when they are still through the ceiling and across scotland and northern ireland guests of 70 mph. then the next band of rain coming into the south as they go towards morning. a very small window of dry

and quieter weather to come but it doesn't last. tomorrow's system could be a little bit more potent than today's across england and wales. more rain than we've had today potentially fired that of scotla nd today potentially fired that of scotland on top of today and yesterday's rain. then we've got showers following behind. it's relatively mild, on the upside. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2:00... leaving the eu could cost between £60 billion and £200 billion according to the government's own forecasts for the next 15 years. theresa may denies it means we'll be poorer. our deal is the best deal available for jobs and our economy that allows us to honour the referendum and realise the opportunities of brexit. this analysis does not show that we will be poorer in the future than we are today. the government's economic service forecast published today are actually meaningless,

because there's no actual deal to model. just a 26—page wishlist. anger as a survivor of child exploitation claims that rotherham council has offered the man who raped her the chance to play a role in her son's life. i want a change in law to ensure that no rapist can access children conceived through rape and abuse.