but flit mu” but h” v“ 5th h” v“ be: tends to ease down but there will be further showers or longer spells of rain, soa further showers or longer spells of rain, so a much milder picture for the week ahead, but beyond that, still a few days till christmas, so we will keep you posted. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of insulting the office he once held by supporting another eu referendum. celebrations in poland as negotiators finalise a deal on how to implement the paris climate accord by 2020. chester zoo launches afundraising campaign after being severely damaged by fire yesterday. and the winner of this year's strictly come dancing is announced. documentary maker stacey dooley and dance partner kevin clifton triumph in the 16th series and take the coveted glitterball trophy. and in dateline london,

shaun ley and the panel discuss last week's political drama in brussels and westminster. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. theresa may has attacked tony blair, her predecessor as prime minister, after he backed calls for another referendum on brexit. it's being seen as an unusually angry response from the prime minister. in a statement, mrs may said there are too many people who want to subvert the process for their own political interests rather than acting in the national interest. for tony blair to go to brussels and seek to undermine our negotiations by advocating for a second referendum...

...is an insult to the office he once held and the people he once served. let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley, whojoins me now. strong words from the prime minister and the whole idea of another referendum seems to be gathering a bit of momentum? yes. six months ago it would have seemed like a fairly remote prospect, but there are more and more people in westminster and in wider political circles now saying it could be the only way to end the impasse. tony blair is one of many people advocating that position. theresa may clearly is extremely unhappy with the idea that this is gathering some sort of head of stea m, this is gathering some sort of head of steam, saying that it would undermine the democratic system, because it didn't follow the decision that was taken last time. but there are also reports this morning that some of her team have been discussing with some pro second

referendum mps what it might look like. they have firmly denied that this morning, it seems to be that that conversation was more about what those mps wanted to get the deal through rather than anything else. but this morning on the andrew marr show, the international trade secretary liam fox was asked about that prospect. supposing we had another referendum, supposing the remain side won it by 52 to 48 but there was a lower turnout, which is possible, and then people like me will immediately be demanding it is best—of—three, where does that end up? then we have got the constitutional issue, how do we tell nicola sturgeon and the snp that they can't have another referendum on independence cause they didn't like the result? so, liam fox clearly not a fan of the idea of another referendum. the

problem that he and other government ministers have is there are many conservatives now who think that it might be the only way out of the current deadlock in parliament. and plenty on the labour benches, too, who think it is a good idea, we have been hearing from the labour party as well today? yes, it's notjust the conservative party that has got some division on the idea of a second referendum. there are many in the labour party who want that to become their position, who are pushing jeremy corbyn to try to get him into that place, it's something he is reluctant to do. there are others in the labour party arguing, very similar to the prime minister, that it would undermine the democratic system if the 2016 result was ignored. there will be more of those calls in the coming days for labour to put a no confidence vote down, which might lead to them adopting a second referendum position. the labour frontbencher andrew gwynne was also asked on the andrew gwynne was also asked on the

andrew marr show what labour would do if there was another referendum... labour party policy is that all things should be on the table and that we will be pushing for labour deal, a labour deal that protects workers' rights, a labour deal that protects our consumer protections and our environmentals, one that has that frictionless trade that the prime minister promised...” that frictionless trade that the prime minister promised... i am sorry to jump prime minister promised... i am sorry tojump in again but i think we have got a very clear answer there, which is that in a second referendum, from your point of view, labour would advocate leaving the eu, sitting, but with a labour position? we have said we respect the referendum result of 2016, we wa nt the referendum result of 2016, we want the opportunity to put our values into practice ahead of a general election. what happens next, do you think, nick? we know the commons vote will not be until january,

nick? we know the commons vote will not be untiljanuary, the prime minister went to brussels this week and did not really get what she wa nted and did not really get what she wanted in terms of new assurances, she says she's going to keep talking to the eu but where are we now in the whole brexit process?” to the eu but where are we now in the whole brexit process? i remember having this exact conversation last sunday morning when we thought the meaningful vote was coming up! so let's make no addictions but... 0h, go on! there have been some suggestions from labour that they will try and force some sort of vote on it this week, perhaps not a no confidence vote, but andrew gwynne in that interview was also hinting there might be something else they can do. we've heard a number of people saying this morning that they wa nt people saying this morning that they want that meaningful vote brought forward , want that meaningful vote brought forward, so, this week. figure and is not going to do that. the government is totally resistant to that prospect at the moment. —— the government is not going to do that. i think over the next few days we will hear a lot more about the arguments we are hearing this morning. but what i wouldn't expect by the time we all sit down on christmas day is that we will have a

clear idea of where this is going. this is going to drag on into the new year, perhaps well into january, some are even talking about it going into february. so, we will be having this conversation for a while yet. looking forward to it already! negotiators at the un climate conference in poland have finally agreed a deal on measues to tackle climate change. nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions, nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions to set out how they should implement the promises they've made in the paris agreement of three years ago to cut greenhouse gas emissions and minimise global warming. here's our science editor, david shukman. this is what it's all about. gases released into the air that heat the planet. and after some long, difficult arguments, the world has inched towards a deal for how to reduce them, to try to avoid the risks of dangerous levels of warming in future. the talks at katowice in poland saw

delegates from nearly 200 countries haggling over rules on how to tackle climate change — a slow process, but eventually a deal was done. it will move us want major step towards realising the paris agreement, an ambition that will ensure our children and their children... look back at our legacy and recognise that their parents and grandparents took the right decisions. he was urged to take a bow. but there are questions about what has actually been achieved. the big challenge is that many countries, including poland, rely on highly polluting fuels like coal black. thousands of jobs depend on it. some campaigners say a few governments drag their feet. but others are pleased to have got this far. we've seen countries come

together, they've responded to the science, haven't done enough but they have agreed some roles and they have set themselves a job to go home and do more and work out what they're going to do, engaging with their citizens and businesses and investors, to say, how can we take more climate action? the hope is for a transition to cleaner forms of energy, like solar power. the deal in poland may encourage that. the world is responding to the threat of global warming, but not nearly with the speed that scientists scientists say is needed. david shukman, bbc news. 0ur correspondent matt mcgrath was at the conference in poland — he gave us his assessment of the talks. negotiators went down to the wire, really, on trying to get the operational rulebook for the paris agreement agreed amongst all the countries. there were some big last—minute ordinance about carbon markets, one country in particular, brazil, picked a big fight about that but eventually compromise language was found, much to the

relief of many of the people in here. the text was agreed and accepted here. the text was agreed and a cce pted by here. the text was agreed and accepted by all parties. the key element of this rule book is the ideal transparency, that all countries will be operating with one set of rules in the future, the way that they report and measure their carbon should be on the same set of documents for every country, that is a key element in building trust amongst countries, so that everybody knows what everybody else is doing and they can see it as well. that is and they can see it as well. that is a key element of. the other element is the idea that every country should increase their ambitions to cut carbon by 2020. that might not be as tough as anybody would want here, and some people are critical that the deal is a bit too soft, but i think the practical negotiators here feel, at least they have got a deal and it is an important step forward for the paris climate agreement. we can now talk to michael grubb, professor of energy and climate change at ucl who's now in delhi to attend a climate change conference. is this an important step forward do

you think as our correspondent was saying on climate change? well, i think ina saying on climate change? well, i think in a way the most important thing about this agreement is that it was struck and it was struck against a difficult political background for global negotiations in general. and obviously, particular scepticism in some quarters about willingness to pursue the paris agreement. the expectations of the agenda for this conference on one level live looked terribly demanding, it was really about agreeing the rules for fermenting the paris agreement. particularly around transparency of the reporting processes. and actually i think, what i hear is that a number of people, i think myself also, feel that what has emerged is maybe better than was expected going in, and there were some difficult moments even at the beginning of the conference around

adoption of reports. those have been overcome, they have come out with a global deal, it does clearly and most significantly alive countries on the same reporting process and timescales, rich and poor alike, which is also symbolically very important. and it commits those countries to cutting emissions but it doesn't really force them to, there's no punishment if they don't? well, one of the key features frankly over the last almost ten yea rs frankly over the last almost ten years now, has been moving away from the previous system which had legally binding levels on which countries, towards what is a global but much less binding structure. because many countries, from the us to some poor countries, said that they did not feel legally binding... what the paris agreement does is, it

forces countries to come into accord with their offer and countries promise to make best endeavours to do that. it also establishes a strong global goals. what the governments have acknowledged is that their current offers frankly aim enough compared to the goals that they have agreed. so, what this latest agreement also does is to set the grounds for the next round of what the national commitments should be. thank you very much for your time. apologies, it wasn't a great line into delhi but thank you for your time. chester zoo has launched a £50,000 fundraising campaign after fire destroyed much of the vast roof covering its monsoon forest area yesterday. the area was quickly evacuated, but some animals are still missing. the zoo will reopen today. adam woods reports. the uk's largest zoo enclosure engulfed in flames. woman: oh, my god.

oh, my god. inside, hundreds of rare and exotic creatures. firefighters were quick to arrive as the zoo was evacuated, staff went back into move animals to safety. what could you see? just loads of smoke over the new part of the zoo and it was really cloudy and there seemed to be a lot of panic, fire engines, police, even ambulance. 15 fire crews battled strong wind and rain to bring the flames under control. one person had to be treated for the effects of smoke inhalation. no other injuries have been reported. all mammals living inside the enclosure, including endangered orangutans, gibbons and crocodiles, have been accounted for, but many tropical birds remain missing. an investigation into what caused the fire is now under way, with parts of the zoo expected to reopen later today. adam woods, bbc news.

the headlines on bbc news... theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of insulting the office he once held, by supporting another eu referendum. after two weeks of negotiations, delegates at the un climate conference in poland reach agreement on how to enforce promised cuts to carbon emissions. chester zoo launches a £50,000 fundraising appeal after fire destroyed much of the vast roof covering one of its enclosures yesterday. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine. good morning. it's one of the biggest rivalries in english football, manchester united travel to anfield to face liverpool later. united go into this match in 6th and 16 points behind their bitter rivals, whilejurgen klopp's side are looking to go back to the top of the table. we never thought before a game only

because we have a few good results in the past at home or whatever that it will be easy, the next game. that's not the mode you can win football games. we have to be angry on sunday, and we will be. we fight for our points. it's not that there is anything, you don't solve problems for others, we have our own problems, our own targets, and we go for them. that's all. we know that we are going to play against the leader. we are going to play against a team on a high, and even with the problems we have, and we have doubts about everything because we don't know which players are available, 0ffice office to more but we're going to arrive, we are going to have a team capable of going there and fight for the victory. in the earlier kick offs today, two london clubs are heading to the south coast with brighton hosting chelsea and arsenal travelling to southampton. celtic and rangers are both hoping to finish the day at the top of the scottish premier league. kilmarnock went a point clear of celtic with their win

over dundee yesterday, but the scottish champions have three games in hand, starting away at hibernian this lunchtime. should they lose though, a win for rangers over hamilton would see them go top. liverpool ladies will be hoping to make up for their league defeat to local rivals everton earlier this motnh, with a win the women's continental cup today. the tie, postponed earlier this month because of a waterlogged pitch at prenton park, is due to kick off at 12. edinburgh are hoping to do the double over newcastle falcons today and boost their chances of finishing top of their group and guarantee a place in the champions cup quarter—finals. in the same pool, fourth placed toulon travel to montpellier. and in the earlier kick off, leicester tigers host group leaders racing 92 at welford road who remain unbeaten in this year's competition. justin rose needed to finish in the top 12

of the indonesian masters to finish the year as the world's number one golfer. but he had a bit of a nightmare final round. he started the day tied in fourth place, but in the end it all came down to this final putt on the 18th. this was for eagle and the top spot in the rankings. worst score of the year. brooks koepka finishes 2018 as world number one. katie taylor produced a dominat display in new york to beat eva wahlstrom and successfully defend her ibf and wba world lightweight titles. meanwhile canelo alvarez can now say he's world champion in three weight divisions. that's after he beat liverpool's rocky fielding at madison square gardens earlier this morning. fielding was knocked down four times before the fight was stopped in the third round. i never shied away from the challenge. the phone call i got was canelo wanted to fight, madison square garden.

it's been a great week, met up with some great people. i dare to be great, i live the dream, but i will come again, i will come back. england's hockey players are playing australia for bronze at the men's world cup in india. at the end of the first quarter, the australians are already in charge, with a 2—0 lead. later today belgium, who beat england in the semi final, go on to play the netherlands for gold. 0lympic bronze medallist bianca walkden successfully defended her title at the taekwondo world grand slam. the two—time world champion says she'll spend her prize money on buying another pizzeria — while lauren williams, who also won gold in her weight division earlier, will pay off her parent's mortgage. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. now, strictly come dancing

the final was last night. david sillito our entertainment correspondent has all the details. it's the final! the strictly final, four couples, three dances and from the very beginning, it was ashley roberts, the former pussycat doll who set the standard. the big lift from dirty dancing was flawless. ten! the score, perfect tens. and those 40s kept coming. this athletic show dance on a raised and revolving platform. i personally as a dancer feel that you stretched feel

that you've stretched yourself beyond limits, you've learned techniques you are not familiar with ever before, you have brought to the show a life, a style, and i truly am gratefulfor you. am grateful to you. of course, craig did try to find a fault... i had a small problem with your right toe, darling, but then i decided to get over myself. ten! not a point was dropped all night. but matching those scores dance after dance was faye tozer. this hollywood glitz in high heels on a very high top hat... at the end of this routine to fever, it was perfect tens across the board. what an end of a journey. wow. wow, this is really high. but when it comes to a journey from

being a non—dancer to doing this... ..youtuberjoe sugg was more than holding his own, ending with a charleston. you are the biggest surprise of this series. from a marathon night of dancers tonight, you have just got stronger and stronger and it's an extraordinary amount of work you have put in and it has paid off, you are a star on the dancefloor. for tvjournalist stacey dooley, it began with a foxtrot. then an explosive show dance. everything was thrown at it. the crowd loved it! bruno tried to describe it as her greatest hits. your greatest hits. but craig... i wasn't that keen on the dance.

it was the lowest score of the night. and even at the end of a paso doble described as having power and passion, she was in fourth place. but this isn't up to the judges! all that matters is what the public thinks and they saw it rather differently. stacey and kevin! and even more emotional was her professional dance partner kevin clifton. after five finals, his first strictly victory. so there it is, the winner of this year's glitterball trophy, stacey dooley. david sillito, bbc news. we can speak now to a former strictly professional dancer,

kristina rihanoff. thank you for adjoining us. were you pleased to see stacey, was she your favourite or not? definitely see was because i think it is time we go back to the strictly roots and have anon non—dom so winning the show and also i was supporting joe sugg, who also i was supporting joe sugg, who also had no experience. to see someone also had no experience. to see someone like him and stacy blossoming all the way to the final is absolutely incredible and i think it's going to be very good press and it's going to be very good press and it's going to do great things for the show because it is about time that non—dancer won it. the show because it is about time that non-dancer won it. so you think there are too many people with real dance experience, professional dance experience, who are on the show now? absolutely. ashley had a lot of experience, and so has faith but i

must say faye was outstanding in the final and if must say faye was outstanding in the finaland ifi must say faye was outstanding in the finaland if i had must say faye was outstanding in the final and if i had to put my official dancer or choreographer hat on, i would official dancer or choreographer hat on, iwould have official dancer or choreographer hat on, i would have to say that faye was my winner. but the public decided that stacey was going to lift the glitterball trophy and i think rightly so, because once again, she had absolutely no dance experience and she went all the way to winning the glitterball. and the public again disagreeing, really, with thejudges, you public again disagreeing, really, with the judges, you sometimes wonder what is the point of the judges when it gets to that stage? well, i have said it in my interviews that i think the judges scoring should be taken away from the semifinals, let the public decided. the public gets to decide on all other talent shows. so why not do it with strictly come dancing? i think it is pointless to havejudges dancing? i think it is pointless to have judges scores dancing? i think it is pointless to havejudges scores in dancing? i think it is pointless to have judges scores in the final because they have no effect so why do you have them? the judges can still say what they feel about every performance but i don't think there isa performance but i don't think there is a point to actually having the

leaderboard, because at the end of the day it is a public vote which counts. i suppose maybe the viewers like to disagree with the judges and show that they've got a better grasp of what is a good dancer! but anyway... well, absolutely! going back to my first year on the show, withjohn back to my first year on the show, with john sergeant, it back to my first year on the show, withjohn sergeant, it was exactly that. it was the public support whichjohn that. it was the public support which john and i that. it was the public support whichjohn and i had. the public a lwa ys whichjohn and i had. the public always wa nts whichjohn and i had. the public always wants to have the upper hand in things like that and i am really glad that stacey won, think she's a very worthy winner and she is an amazing journalist and she also had an absolutely fantastic journey on the show. and the showjust seems to get more and more popular, as somebody who has starred in it, firstly how much fun was it to be in and how has it changed your life? firstly how much fun was it to be in and how has it changed your life ?|j think as a professional dancer, it's the best job you think as a professional dancer, it's the bestjob you can never have. and

all of us coming out of the competitive world, sometimes we are lost and we don't know what to do. and in my days, when i competed, strictly did not even exist so we we re strictly did not even exist so we were just strictly did not even exist so we werejust aiming to be strictly did not even exist so we were just aiming to be the best a nswe i’s were just aiming to be the best answers and the best teachers we could be but then along came strictly and the other dance shows and it opened so many doors for us and it opened so many doors for us and like we can all do different other things after strictly like now, iam other things after strictly like now, i am doing panto, other things after strictly like now, iam doing panto, and i never dreamt of that! it is a dream job to have, you meet exceptional people and in normal circumstances, you would never even meet, likes say, when on earth would i meet somebody likejohn when on earth would i meet somebody like john sergeant, was when on earth would i meet somebody likejohn sergeant, was a political broadcaster and i was a professional dancer! it is really special and you make great friends. and a lot of possibilities open because of strictly and it is just dancing around the world and obviously in britain as well, dance schools have so many more kids coming and dancing now and i think it is absolutely

wonderful. it is such a great ambassador, if you wish, for ballroom and latin dancing. great to talk to your, thank you for being with us and good luck with the pa nto! with us and good luck with the panto! thanks! happy christmas as well. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. are you likely to be in strictly macro any time soon, helen? well, i was dancing around yesterday a lot with the weather! it really did give us with the weather! it really did give usa with the weather! it really did give us a merry with the weather! it really did give us a merry dance here at the weather centre! but i am glad to say that the worst is over, this is a picture taken overnight, you can see the snow coming down and it was still coming down in the early hours of the morning but it is clearing out of the way and although it has been a cold start, with lots of sunshine around i think the main area which will have showers this afternoon is across southern and western parts of england and wales and up into western scotland. it is vastly different temperatures was, just

freezing yesterday across parts of yorkshire, and we might get up to 7-8 yorkshire, and we might get up to 7—8 in the north and up to 12 in the south, so we are moving too much milder weather. 0vernight there will bea milder weather. 0vernight there will be a dollop of rain for many of us, slow to clear away from the east. where it is clear, there is the risk of some frost and ice again. and a little bit of fog as well tomorrow morning. monday looks like the driest day of the week but with more wet and windy weather to come on tuesday again. no doubt there will be warnings issued for that and as ever, we will keep you updated. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines: theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of insulting the office he once held by supporting another eu referendum. after two weeks of negotiations, delegates at the un climate conference in poland reach agreement on how to enforce promised cuts to carbon emissions. a five—year—old boy becomes the third victim of the nottinghamshire house fire which killed a mother and her eight—year—old daughter yesterday. now, shaun ley presents our discussion of the week's key issues — it's dateline london.