vast majority. you've there for the vast majority. you've got plenty of cloud and grey skies overhead. this area of low pressure is driving things but the wet weather attached to this weather front. the strongest of the winds on the forward edge, easing across western scotland and northern ireland. the extent of rain right across the uk and the ribbon of darker blue, this is where we are seeing a shorter spell of intense rain and squally and potentially damaging winds. windy with the rain spreading north and east woods. when‘s touching gale force but one oi’ when‘s touching gale force but one or two spots still seeing 50—60, maybe 70 mph. it is a fairly mild day otherwise. temperatures will drop away a little bit, between 8-10. drop away a little bit, between 8—10. towards the evening, if you are on the move later on, the rush hour won't be particularly pleasant. within that area of rain, this is

where we could also see some intense bursts as well. the worst of the persistent rain clearing away from the east of maine in scotland. clearing towards shetland. even there, the rain will clear away as we go into tonight. the rain finally reaching east anglia at the end of the rush—hour and then pushes into the rush—hour and then pushes into the north sea. sky is turning clear up the north sea. sky is turning clear up with a future was around, especially across wales, central and southern england in particular. a cold night than last night, they could even be a touch of frost. into tomorrow, we've got some showers to begin with across parts of the south—east, east anglia, wales and the south—west. they will fade away towards eastern areas. heavy with hailand towards eastern areas. heavy with hail and thunder, pushing further east on a strengthening breeze. a brighter day for many with the best of the sunshine across parts of eastern scotland and north—east england. a cooler night again to ta ke england. a cooler night again to take us into thursday. low pressure

close by but the emphasis of the show was shifting north by thursday. parts of northern ireland and western scotland and north—west england seeing showers come and go through the day. southern and eastern areas should be largely dry with sunny spells but temperatures on the slide a bit. as we get into friday, rain will spread across england and wales to begin with, turning windy through friday. in the lead up to christmas things turning milder. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the government unveils new plans to improve the way waste is dealt with across england. and while we've been on air, we've heard the cabinet has agreed to intensify no deal planning on brexit, saying businesses should prepare as they think necessary. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm

and here's your latest sports news. manchester united are hoping to have a caretaker manager in place for their match with cardiff this weekend following the sacking ofjose mourinho this morning. a replacement will be put in temporary charge before a permanent successor is found at the end of the season. mourinho‘s two and half year spell at old trafford ends following the club's worst start to a league season in 28 years. 0lly foster is there. we will come onto that potential list of candidates to replacejose mourinho but it certainly feels that it isa mourinho but it certainly feels that it is a number of factors which are seen us it is a number of factors which are seen us get to this point. the smoke signals have been there all season from preseason really whenjose mourinho was calling out the

executive by its chairman for not giving him enough money. then the various blips as they have had all the way through the season, little dips infor. the way through the season, little dips in for. they have only one once in the last six weeks. at the beginning of november. then that result at anfield, 3—1 against the league leaders. they find themselves i9 league leaders. they find themselves 19 points behind liverpool. it was the manner of the defeat as well, united ‘s shambolic and showing the gulf that they find themselves in between themselves and liverpool. strangely, on a miserable day at old trafford, his sacking from bihar the dozen or so manchester united fans that we have spoken to seems to have listed the gloom, they are very happy because they want somebody to come in here, just as the club do, to buy into the club's attacking traditions. they want the team to be

playing with verve and a swagger of old. they haven't seen that regularly forfar old. they haven't seen that regularly for far too long. they find themselves in this, not precarious, but a position in the table which they feel demeaned is this great club. they are a long way off where they wanted to be and jose mourinho, him demanding respect at various points during the season. he has achieved an awful lot at various clu bs, has achieved an awful lot at various clubs, into a land, porter, which chelsea twice, it hasn't worked here. the first club he has been in charge of which he hasn't won a league title at. mourinho on his way and they look to find that person who will deliver them flamboyant football and start winning things again. who will that person be because, as we know, they are keen to get a caretaker manager in by the weekend. who when they make that

appointment is going to be the long—term person? appointment is going to be the long-term person? a tricky trip to cardiff but they said they wanted ca reta ker cardiff but they said they wanted caretaker in for the next five months until the end of the season. what an important five months that will be because they are way off the top four, notjust will be because they are way off the top four, not just the will be because they are way off the top four, notjust the top, but qualifying for the champions league is all—important for a club of this size. blanc, a former player, former world cup winner with france, he is a candidate as well. solsklaer in the running. mauricio pochettino, the running. mauricio pochettino, the spurs manager, he is in the running. also zinedine zidane is the bookies favourite. they look to get a caretaker in place by the weekend. what an important appointments that will be in itself. what a big job.

arlene foster live at old trafford for us. —— 0llie foster, thank you. and a reminder we will have an extended sportsday here on bbc news this evening at 6.30pm. plenty of reaction and analysis to mourinho's sacking. and the names in the frame to replace him. ca reta ker caretaker manager to be in place before the match against cardiff this weekend. robert mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged russian interference in the us presidential election, has released details of the lies told by former national security adviser michael flynn to fbi agents. it comes ahead of mr flynn's sentencing later this afternoon. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports from los angeles. the retired us army general was one of donald trump's closest advisers and most ardent supporters during the 2016 campaign. he was appointed as

national security advisor despite the president's predecessor, barack 0bama, warning mrtrump against giving michael flynn a top job. he was in the post forjust 23 days, sacked by donald trump when it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. it also came out that he'd lied to the us vice president mike pence about that conversation. last december, he pleaded guilty to charges that he'd lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia, and he became the most senior member of the trump administration to be indicted. since then, he's been corporating with the investigation led by since then, he's been cooperating with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. earlier this month, robert mueller said mr flynn has provided substantial assistance to the inquiry with first—hand details of contacts between the president's transition team and russian government officials.

as a result, the special counsel has said michael flynn should not go to jailfor lying to federal investigators. he could get up to six months. let's ta ke let's take you back to the brexit meeting. the cabinet planning for a no—deal brexit. they have confirmed they are ramping up preparations for a no—deal brexit. earlier, we heard from the brexit secretary, stephen barclay. he said that the government's priority is to secure a deal, that hasn't changed. in preparation for a no deal scenario, preparations have to be stepped up. this is what he had to say after the meeting today. the government's priority is to secure a deal, that hasn't changed. alongside that, as part of our continuation of preparing the no deal, responsible government needs to ensure that we are ready for that

default option which we don't want to happen but we are ready in case it did happen. at cabinet today we agreed to prepare for no deal, it is agreed to prepare for no deal, it is a operational priority. 0ur priority remains to secure a deal. what would that consist of? we have already seen an increase that consist of? we have already seen an increase in communication from government, for example to pharmaceutical firms to eu from government, for example to pharmaceuticalfirms to eu citizens living within the uk. we will see that temporal increase in the coming weeks. we need to get over the business that this is something they have to prepare for, this is a matter of 14 weeks until we leave the european union. and so having a key focus on this, both within government but the third parties in the business community, for brexit. so should it be business' operational priority as well, and if

so operational priority as well, and if so what should they be doing? this should be more of a priority for business up and down the country. the government's priority remains to secure a deal. with 14 weeks to go, a responsible government ensures that we are ready in case we leave without a deal. that is what we agreed at cabinet and over the coming weeks we will see a significant increase in the communications businesses to ensure that the technical notices that we put out in the summer, the notices we have put up since, actually get the traction within the business community that we need to see the toe that they are planning in the event that no deal were to occur. isn't this irresponsible brinkmanship because there is no majority in the house of commons for no deal? there are clear intentions on behalf of mps to block no deal. this is the government walking mps to the cliff and saying they can only vote for ideal that they hate

oran only vote for ideal that they hate or an alternative. isn't this really irresponsible? it is not enough for parliament not to say what it wants. there has to be an agreed position to move forward. and so there are a number of scenarios being floated in government without people really engaging in the consequences of that. either the consequences to our democracy, not delivering on the referendum, not delivering brexit, or the idea that we can cherry pick and have no deal where the eu would suspend its own red lines which i don't think it's feasible. it is refundable of government to prepare for the event of no deal. 0ur priority remains to secure a deal because that is the best way of both delivering on the referendum result but doing so in a way that protects jobs, ensures the flow of goods over the border. we need to secure a deal, that is in the national interest, that is what the prime minister is working day and night to deliver, but a response or government should carry on with no

deal preparation and ensure that the communication to businesses is clear so communication to businesses is clear so that they step up their own preparation when we are just a matter of 14 weeks away from leaving. unless you are saying that when the vote resumes or the debate resumes, but dominic grieve 's's amendment is now being discarded, this is all meaningless because we either have a situation where theresa may's deal is passed all we have a situation where parliament exerts its decision. and no deal is never going to be accepted in that scenario unless you are saying that dominic grieve's deal is now not going to be accepted. what is referred to as norway or canada, those types of deals require a backstop. the idea that parliament will support that, the reality is that there is no consensus within parliament for any kind of the options being put forward. it is

therefore not enough for a responsible governmentjust to say there is a default where parliament doesn't support any options. the default option in the event of no option is no deal. that is not our intention, our intention is to secure a deal. as part of our contingency planning with 14 weeks before we leave the eu, the responsible thing for the government to do is to prepare for that default action while maintaining our strong commitment which is our priority which is to secure a deal. the prime minister has agreed a deal with the eu to protect the jobs of your viewers, to protect jobs eu to protect the jobs of your viewers, to protectjobs in businesses up and down the country. you are spending public money, putting pressure on the nhs for these contingency measures which parliament will likely block. parliament will likely block. parliament will likely decide but at the moment, as things stand, very little likelihood that parliament will simply step back and allow no deal to take place, even if it is the legal default. isn't this an enormous waste of

the legal default. isn't this an enormous waste of public money and massively undermining the confidence of british business? the way to avoid the cost associated with no deal is to back the prime minister's deal. that is the way to secure the jobs, the businesses, the flow of goods, that is the way to do it, through backing the deal. it is that those mps who are refusing to back the deal, they need to answer they need to answer what is there a consensus for? what is deliverable with the eu? they made clear that any deal requires a backstop. that is one of their red lines. so parliament needs to back the deal because the consequence of not doing so because the consequence of not doing so is we risk the default of no deal. a responsible government must prepare for that eventuality. that is what we agreed at cabinet, that is what we agreed at cabinet, that is what we are going to do. that was the brexit secretary talking about what preparations they have agreed to in cabinet for a no—deal brexit. we have had a few lines from the downing street spokesman speaking in

the last few minutes saying that the cabinet had agreed that delivering the prime minister's brexit deal is a top priority and also what they call the best no deal mitigation. agreeing to set in motion the remaining elements of no deal preparations. a downing street spokesperson also saying there are a number of pieces of legislation that would need to pass through parliament to be ready for no deal. and that's the cabinet have now agreed that we have reached the point where we need to ramp up no deal preparations. so that is the latest from westminster on brexit. in a moment we'll have from westminster on brexit. all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the cabinet agrees that planning for a no—deal brexit will be an 'operational priority‘, amid uncertainty over the fate of the prime minister's deal. plans to overhaul england's waste systems are unveiled to make it easier to know 'what' and 'when' to recycle. and a major operation is under way to refloat a russian ship that's run aground off the coast of cornwall.

i'm maryam moshiri. in the business news... the city watchdog has announced more measures to crackdown on high—cost credit. the fca says it wants to change how banks charge for overdrafts which, it says, would stop banks charging higher prices for unarranged overd rafts. it's proposing a simple, single interest rate. energy regulator 0fgem says changes to the energy market could save consumers £16 per year. it wants to lower the returns network companies can pay to shareholders, and it also wants to lower borrowing costs for energy firms. the new system could also help customers benefit from new technology such as electric vehicles and renewables. the uk's big four accountancy firms are facing a major shake—up under reforms planned by the competition watchdog. the competition and markets authority wants to separate audit

from consulting services, while also encouraging a wider choice of auditors. the market is dominated by four main firms, pwc, kpmg, deloitte, and ey. it is like a scrabble board, isn't it? as we've been saying energy regulator 0fgem has tabled proposals to "re—wire" britain's energy system in a move it says could save consumers £16 per year. it says limits will be placed on how much energy network firms can pay to their shareholders. but national grid said 0fgem's plan does not reflect the risks of operating such networks and that the new framework needs to ensure fair returns to shareholders as well as consumers. let's talk to laura suter, personal finance analyst. do you think what is being proposed here strikes a fair balance between the needs of shareholders and of customers? at the moment, it has

helped that 0fgem feels that it has gone too far towards shareholders. they have benefited from the low cost of borrowing which has pushed up cost of borrowing which has pushed up the profits and gone to shareholders. what the regulator is going to try to do today is due it back towards consumers so they have cheaper deals. we are talking of cost savings up to £16 per year, how much of a significant impact is that going to have when people are paying thousands of pounds per year for their energy and the costs are getting higher? people think what we are talking about today is a cap on the companies that are behind—the—scenes like the pipes and the cable providers to provide our energy surprises with the energy they use. that has a factor in their bills, it is more than one fifth. it isa bills, it is more than one fifth. it is a decent chunk of that but, like you say, £16 a year compared to the thousands that people are paying is quite a small amount. what is the

difference between the tariff price caps that we are going to be seeing and ended early next year and this announcement by 0fgem? there are two price caps which is confusing. the regulator has already announced want to come in byjanuary which is a cap on the amount of energy suppliers can charge you for the amount you use. this is different, this is on the transmission companies that provide the behind—the—scenes stuff, how much they can pay to shareholders. the hope is that if they are paying less to shareholders, then consumers‘ bills will fall and consumers will get more money back. we have had news on electric vehicles, talk through what is going on there. 0fgem also said it wants to skew the balance to make sure that companies are investing backin sure that companies are investing back in the infrastructure. they are expecting a big rise in the number of people using collecting vehicles and they want the infrastructure to be there so people have charging points, and the people can access those. but also the balance of one people are using them to you don‘t

get home and at six o‘clock everyone sta rts get home and at six o‘clock everyone starts charging their vehicle. it is about creating the right pricing structures a re about creating the right pricing structures are people can use these off—peak as well as peak—time. structures are people can use these off-peak as well as peak-time. nora, thank you very much. in other business news... one of the great hopes of the uk tech sector, blippar, has collapsed into administration over a funding row. the augmented reality firm was one of the uk‘s tech ‘unicorns‘ — start—up businesses that are worth $1 billion or more. yesterday‘s dire warnings from asos that its sales were down hit shares in most retailers. the fear is that the slowdown on the high street has now spread to online firms too. asos shares fell 40% yesterday dragging others down with it. it‘s opened 2.5% higher today. and les moonves, the former boss of cbs, will not receive his £95 million severance package after an inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct. the us broadcaster said that he misled the company over the allegations and failed to work

with investigators, meaning it had grounds to fire him. mr moonves stepped down in september after new claims of sexual harassment. a quick look at how the markets are going. the london market is down, there is concern about the price of crude oil. they are worried that there is too much crude oil in the market and that has had an impact on oil prices. in terms of fashion stocks, they slumped yesterday after the profit warning by asos. 0ther stock markets have seen fashion retailers recovering some of that lost ground. more from me in one hour‘s time. back to you. do you remember watership down, the film?|j cried remember watership down, the film?” cried over that. i have heard of the

modern one is not as bad. not as bad as in it doesn‘t make you cry. modern one is not as bad. not as bad as in it doesn't make you cry. that is what we are going to talk about. the 1978 film version of the classic children‘s novel watership down left an entire generation in tears. now a remake is coming to bbc one this christmas. the two—pa rt adaptation has an all—star cast, including star wars actorjohn boyega. tim muffett caught up with john during production. i‘m not letting you get to the others, hazel. if you want to leave, go. watership down for a new generation. we‘ll be able to see any yellow coming from miles away. john boyega is the voice of bigwig. go now, captain holly, or we‘ll kill the lot of you. we should go back and kill cowslip. we should kill the lot of them. first of all, i mean, i was in there watching a bit of your recording, really interesting process. how does that compare to other work you‘ve done? it‘s tough, because it‘s different from filming on set, you‘re just having to imagine whatever it is you have to imagine. there‘s a lot of running, there‘s a lot of fighting.

several different things that don‘t make sense in the room. you‘ve a nerve coming here... watership down, i remember seeing this when i was about six i think, and i was kind of traumatised, i have to say, by the original one. i vividly remember it. # bright eyes, burning like fire...#. ijust remember being freaked out by it. just these big rabbits with nails and black eyes and fighting and scratching and blood. i'll settle with you myself, bigwig. come and try, you crack— brained slave driver! rabbits are not supposed to be that! what i love about watership down is it‘s a... it mirrors off a story we all love — get characters that don‘t fit into those circumstances and put them into a situation that is bigger than themselves. the original was 2—d animation, and it still kind of struck a chord. so what then happens

when you add a little tablet of the hyperreal cg to it. it‘s not live—action, but it gives it an emotional turn that feels like it‘s live—action. from promising young actor to the hollywood a—list, star wars changed everything. this journey you‘ve been on, what has it been like for you? star wars is always going to be great, being part of that, because you live forever being in that kind of franchise. it is an opportunity for you to collaborate with everybody in the industry, as for me, i pick and choose. one of my visions was always to come back to london theatre. i get a chance to go back to my roots. you talk about your roots, i mean, you‘re from peckham in south london, do you feel different in any way and do people treat you differently? last time i was there i went to the off—licence to get a flaming hot monster munch

and some ka pineapple. pretty normal! it‘s strange, in london ijust get a kind of like... "oh, yeah, congratulations," and people keep on moving. i thought the paparazzi would be hiding in your bin bags. i thought that was how my life was going to be — you can‘t go out onto the street, following you around and people outside your hotel screaming your name. a bit disappointing it hasn‘t happened? no, it‘s great. i‘m good with it! i‘m in heaven! this place is better than heaven, this place has carrots! you can seejohn boyega in the first episode of watership down on bbc one this saturday at 7pm and the second episode airs on sunday at 7.20pm. a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a ‘lookalike‘ of friends star david schwimmer after he failed to attend court. 36—year—old abdulah husseni slough

had been summoned to appear at blackpool magistrates‘ court on tuesday accused of theft and fraud. the ross lookalike is said to have stolen a coat, a phone and a wallet from a restaurant in blackpool. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to matt taylor. it is pretty windy out there. it is, pretty grim in fact across many parts of the uk this afternoon. we have seen lots of rain, strong winds, gale force winds to take us through into the afternoon and evening rush hour. it is linked to this area of low pressure behind me. this weather front it is throwing our way is bringing rain and strong winds, 50—60 mph gusts. you can see how expensive it is at present. it is not in northern ireland or part of western scotland. we are seeing

some shorter bursts of pretty intense rain and damaging winds where the winds are squally and change direction all of a sudden. as we go through the afternoon, temperatures start to fall away a little bit as well. as we finish and go into the evening rush—hour, if you are heading out onto the road there will be surface water. the worst is in southern england, the midlands and northern england. the worst of the persistent rain heading away from the east of mainland scotla nd away from the east of mainland scotland but sitting there over shetland toward the end of the afternoon. it will continue into the first part of the night. parts of east anglia avoiding the worst of the rain so far but you will get that as we finished the evening rush—hour. clear skies and a few showers to take us through the night across southern and western areas in particular. a bit chilly and recent night as temperatures dropped back into single figures are many. there

could be a touch of frost will stop here the best of the sunshine. into the afternoon, the showers will be towards the west, some heavy and thundery. there will be some dry and sunny thundery. there will be some dry and sunny areas around thundery. there will be some dry and sunny areas around in scotland and the east of england. temperatures eight and i2 the east of england. temperatures eight and 12 degrees. showers keep going across from southern and western coasts the tigers into thursday but as it is closer to our area of low pressure we will see showers during daylight. frequent showers during daylight. frequent showers here, some into northern england too. isolated elsewhere. many in the south will have a dry and brighter day on thursday. the highest temperatures around ten or 11 degrees. rain returns from thursday night into friday and then milder this weekend. barclay

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m martine croxall. today at 2pm: ramping up preparations for a no—deal brexit — cabinet ministers say it will now be an operational priority. the government‘s priority remains to secure a deal, but we need to recognise, with 11! weeks to go, a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality we leave without a deal. that is the responsible thing for the government to do. that is what we agreed at cabinet. plans to overhaul england‘s waste systems are unveiled — to make it easier to know "what" and "when" to recycle. a major operation is under way to refloat a russian ship that‘s run aground off the coast of cornwall. coming up on afternoon live all the sport withjohn watson — man united sackjose mourinho. yes they have actual two—and—a—half yea rs yes they have actual two—and—a—half years in charge.