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 m 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. the club say they wa nt years in charge. the club say they want a years in charge. the club say they wa nt a ca reta ker years in charge. the club say they want a caretaker manager in place by the weekend. thanks john, and matt has all the weather.

it is grim out there. more to come through the rest of the day but does it set the scene to the big day? i will have your christmas day forecast in half an hour thanks matt. also coming up — a treasure trove of dinosaur history. cliff erosion in hastings reveals footprints and fossils 145 million years old. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. the cabinet has agreed to significantly intensify preparations for a no—deal brexit. with just over 100 days to go until britain leaves the eu, £2 billion of funding is to be allocated to government departments to help them plan for departing without a formal agreement. the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, said a short while ago, that businesses should take the possibility of a sudden exit from the european union

much more seriously. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. months of disruption at the uk's busiest port. uncertainty about travel and driving or using your mobile phone abroad, and concerns that medical supplies could run low. warnings about an no—deal brexit have covered almost every aspect of life. now, some ministers are clear. it is time to ramp up preparations. we will be discussing no—deal planning today. it is right that we step up no—deal planning now, not only do we need to prepare the country, it is also the best way that we will ensure that we get a deal. there is a deal on the table, but parliament doesn't support it. raising the risk, some argue, of leaving without an agreement. we are preparing for eventualities, we are not intending to have a no—deal brexit but parliament needs to approve the deal, otherwise the legal position

is heading for no brexit. not all ministers are united on how to prepare for a no—deal scenario and some have spoken publicly of considering alternatives to theresa may's agreement, but whilst the cabinet discussed contingency planning this morning, the official line at least is that the prime minister's deal is the best way. it needs to be more of a priority fossil fuel business, the government's priority remains to secure a deal but we need to recognise with 14 weeks to go a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal, that is the responsible thing for the government do, that is what we agreed around you will see an increase in the communications to businesses. mps can't agree on much right now but apart from a few who say no deal is

nothing to fear, stopping that scenario is something parliament could build a consensus round, for now there is frustration from mps on all sides though, that they won't be able to consider other options unfill they have voted on the prime minister's deal well after the christmas break. this house has no confidence in this prime minister... jeremy corbyn accused the prime minister of running down the clock so minister of running down the clock so mps have little choice but to vote for her deal, and called for a symbolic vote against her. silly games according to downing street so when would labour push for a confidence vote in the government that could craig trigger an election. we are doing the job of opposition, as we have done, of trying to hold the government and the prime minister to account. it is still a question of when not if, we confront the government with a full motion of no confidence in the government. ministers managed a bit of festive cheer after their last meeting before christmas, but there certainly no sense of brexit being

all wrapped up. let's cross now to westminster‘s central lobby where we can speak to our chief political correspondent — vicki young. all the talk today at cabinet was about this no deal planning, and really upping those arrangements in preparation, given we are onlyjust over 100 days before we leave the european union. now there will be some who say this is a terrible waste of money, that theresa may will get her deal through and this won't be needed. 0thers will get her deal through and this won't be needed. others are saying this is the kind of thing that needs to be done to make sure that that the country is prepared. let us speak to nicky morgan who chaired the select committee. in your role as chair of that committee, are you pleased that no deal planning is happening or do you see this as a waste of money? no, one to have bodies we quiz is hmrc who are responsible for what happens at the border, they have been saying for some time they need more certainty 01’ some time they need more certainty or be given the go—ahead to start

planning, they will need new computer systems, new forms to be filled in, people need to do training, it has to be sensible. it is the right thing for the government to be doing, but we have quizzed the chancellor about how much money is set aside for no deal and a lot of people outside westminster will be thinking that money could be spent on things that people really want to see money spent on, the nhs and education and social care for example. you yesterday were critical of the prime minister for yesterday were critical of the prime ministerfor not yesterday were critical of the prime minister for not planning to yesterday were critical of the prime ministerfor not planning to bring forward her vote, the meaningful vote on her deal until well into january, what are your concerns about that? she is presumably hoping to get something from brussels that can persuade some of your colleagues. unfortunately there have been no indication what the prime minister reported back to parliament or in any of the reports coming from the eu council meeting last week, that there was likely anything substantive that would come back from brussels, that would change

people's minds, who said they weren't going to support the agreement. i understand why theresa may wants to see if she can get some further concessions or clarifications, that will mean more mps are likely to support the agreement, i am mps are likely to support the agreement, iam not mps are likely to support the agreement, i am not sure we are going to get there, by which point mps will have had two weeks away from this place, being not being discussed, and we will three weeks further to brexit happening on 29th march, i would like to have seen a vote this week, i understand why it is not but i worry that time is ticking away very quickly now. 0bviously ticking away very quickly now. obviously there are some who will be saying the alternative to theresa may's deal is no deal, is it looking more like that is going to be the stark choice that you and others are going to face when you come back in january? i am certain that is, the prime minister has said that and thatis prime minister has said that and that is what she will say again to people, there are some people who are saying no, there are other alternatives out there, a slightly different deal, which deals more

with o the ten shall friction at the border, some colleagues wanted there to bea border, some colleagues wanted there to be a second referendum, that is not a position i suppose but there is lots of public sup for it so mps are concerned they won't be left with time to debate for look at alternatives, it will be these are the only options on the table, and i don't think that is the right wray to conduct this. a process of over two—and—a—half years to get to this stage where we can see time running away, and there are some in parliament and outside who want there to be a no deal. we have seen there to be a no deal. we have seen the economic impact as modelled would be disastrous. thank you very much. so, the government now getting ahead to thursday, when this place does go off on its christmas recess and at the moment it does feel as if the next big moment will come in january, with that meaningful vote. there is an snp emergency debate on

the eu withdrawal agreement. let us listen. i don't know if that is perhaps been picked up by the microphone but it has been chuntered from a sedentary position go back to the isle of skye. mr speaker, this is the message to the people of scotla nd is the message to the people of scotland from the conservative benches and the people of scotland will reflect on the kind of ignorance and arrogance which is shown by so—called honourable members. mr speaker, i thank you for granting this debate on this specific and important matter. namely the house should consider the outcomes of the prime minister's recent discussions with the european commission and european heads of government, regarding the withdrawal agreement and potential ways forward. this is and potential ways forward. this is an important debate and nor i or anybody else want to go back to the isle of skye because we will be in

this place standing up four our constituent, i recognise the prime minister made a statement to the house yesterday, however this matter requires further discussion and examination. it is disappointing in the least, that the prime minister is not here to listen and to respond to this debate this is a debate which has been won by the leader of the third party in the house of commons. where is the respect from the prime minister? why is the prime minister not in her plagues? to defend the inaction of her government, it is an outrage, an outrage mr speaker, that the prime minister hasn't got the gaul to come to this house and debate these matters. it is an insult to the people of scotland and an insult to the people of this house. i will happily give way. won't the public find it strange a minister has been asked to come here to talk about a meeting he didn't attend. my right

honourable friend is right. we have to understand the seriousness of the situation. that the entire united kingdom runs the risk of crashing out the european union, and it does so on out the european union, and it does so on the basis that the prime minister and the government is trying to deny this house the opportunity to have a vote. and in the situation we have secured this debate, that is the important the prime minister recognises the importance of her being here, and making sure that she can respond. mr speaker we are in unchartered territory, a government found in co nte m pt of territory, a government found in contempt of parliament, a prime minister facing weekly resignation, barely surviving a vote of confidence from her own party, still in office but not in control. perhaps, more troubling, we are three months away from leaving the european union. we are sleepwalking

to disaster, we know that the cabinet were discussing a no deal scenario today, a deal that very few would support, yet the prime minister's actions in deferring a meaningful vote to the middle of january and with the process of determining ourfuture, having to be agreed by the 21st january, mr speaker, we run the risk of crashing out of the eu perhaps almost by accident. having a meaningful vote on 14th january, with only a week thereafter for this house to agree an alternative is playing with fire. i will give way. he is making a very powerful speech and it started off with great heat, but could i say, if he wants to, if he wants to protect scotla nd he wants to, if he wants to protect scotland and substitute when sips like mine he should vote for this deal. is he not trying to drive us on the edge? it is not the scottish government that want to see us driven over the edge and have no

deal? he should reflect on the fact the scottish national party, the labour party, the liberal democrats and the greens voted in the scottish parliament to make sure scotland's voice is heard. there is a very clear determination of the people of scotla nd clear determination of the people of scotland that we want to remain in the european union. and what we have is deaf ears from the honourable member of gordon that fails and refuses to stand up for the people of scotla nd refuses to stand up for the people of scotland that,'s the reality. i'm going to make some progress. 0ur constituents will not thank us for putting the uk in such a situation that we have one week from voting down the prime minister's deal, to save the uk from a no deal scenario. that is why we need toe have the debate today. more importantly we need to have a vote on the meaningful vote this week. not in the middle ofjanuary but it should be taking place this week. the prime minister is playing a dangerous game, of trying to lock us

out of any alternative and make it a binary choice of her deal or no deal. it is the height of irresponsibility. treating this place and the electorate with contempt. we have to be honest with ourselves, but more importantly, honest with the public. there is no such thing asa the public. there is no such thing as a good brexit. the government's own analysis shows that we will be better off staying in the european union, against any of the brexit options, put simply, we are risking growth and job opportunities, we are risking prosperity and why? we are told by the prime minister it is because we must respect the referendum result. well, mr speaker, when the facts change, our opinions can also change. we have to be straight with

those who voted leave or remain, that we know now that there is a price to be paid for brexit. job loss, putting people on the dole is not a price worth paying. no government worthy of that name subpoena fit for purpose, if it countenances such a scenario, it is an investigation of responsibility. we know that billions... iain blacked for of the snp beginning that emergency debate that his party had requested on the eu withdrawal agreement. he is suggesting that the government is sleepwalking the country to disaster and we risk crashing out with no deal come the end of march next year. much more on that, the coverage continues on the bbc parliament channel. an operation is under way to try to refloat a 16,000 tonne cargo ship which has run aground off the coast of cornwall, in strong winds and heavy seas.

the russian—registered ship has 18 crew members on board and its listing. coastguards say the ship has no cargo and there no reports of any pollution so far. sarah ransome reports. 0ur correspondent sarah ransome is in falmouth. you join mejust at you join me just at that 16,000 tonne ship, she is refloated. they managed to do what they hoped to do, and what they said they were going to try and do at high tide today, just as you were saying there, she ran aground this morning in the high seas and very very strong gale force winds in fact, at some points this morning, early this morning, she ran aground and she was literallyjust a couple of hundred metres offshore, quite a sight, to see. all morning it has been a dramatic morning where a number of tugs have come alongside, there has been a lifeboat alongside, there has been a lifeboat alongside too, just in case. those tugs managed to get lines onboard

this bulk carrier, and as we got to lunchtime there were real concerns they weren't going to be able to refloat her, they felt there wasn't enough traction, they weren't able, the bow was caught at the back end of the beach where there are a number of rohingya rocks there, they we re number of rohingya rocks there, they were concerned she had got super stuck on those. however, as the last, in the last hour they have moved tirelessly to get her back out there, four or five moved tirelessly to get her back out there, four orfive tug, one moved tirelessly to get her back out there, four or five tug, one from foy, a couple from the falmouth area have moved and pushed her off the rocks and as you can see she is back out the sea, to row recap there are still 18 russian crew onboard, she ran aground between about six—and—a—half, six this morning, earlier today coastguards declared it as earlier today coastguards declared itasa earlier today coastguards declared it as a major incident because they we re it as a major incident because they were so concerned about the high winds. it is lumpy, the sea out there but earlier it was ferocious,

and they were having real problems trying to got get any lines onboard to stabilise her. all morning as you can imagine that work has been going on, it is also become a tourist attraction! there are hundreds come down here to take a look at what is on the shoreline. people used to dramatic stuff on the shoreline but not usually this close to shore. thank you sarah. perfect manchester united have sacked their managerjose mourinho after two—and—a—half years in charge. mourinho, who once called himself the special one, has been under pressure after a string of poor results. united are currently 19 points behind the premier league leaders liverpool, who beat them 3—1 on sunday. the club says a caretaker manager will be appointed. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. the so—called special one, about to become the sacked one. jose mourinho arriving at manchester united's training ground this morning shortly before

the club announced he was leading with immediate effect, the end of months of tension and turmoil. little did he know it at the time but this was mourinho's endgame. sunday's limp 3—1 defeat to liverpool marking a new low for united, their worst start to a league season for some 28 years, 19 points behind leaders. for the club's hierarchy watching on glum faced, it was the final straw and for the manager and the fans, the end of a turbulent era. his demeanour, i mean, what a misery in every single interview. his bias, he has not inspired the team and once you start his buys, he has not inspired the team and once you start criticising players in public, then it starts to go pear shaped. it isjust dire. there's no attacking, no desire, he looks as miserable as sin. we are not going to win the title, we'll be lucky to get

into the top four, so let's just forget this season. where did it all go wrong? mourinho initially he had some success, winning the league cup and the europa league. but over the summer, tensions rose, he was unhappy about the lack of new signings and a poor start to the season left him ranting about his reputation. three premierships, and i won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together, three for me and two for them. respect, respect. there were also strains his star player, paul pogba repeatedly left on the bench. this morning, pogba posted this cryptic message, "caption this", seemingly little love lost. it is a far cry from mourinho's success at chelsea where he carved his colourful reputation. manchester united, champions. then again, united as a club also struggling to recapture the glory days.

in the five years since sir alex ferguson retired they have gone through a string of managers, first david moyes, then louis van gaal, both tried and failed to fill the void. now mourinho has joined them, his sacking will cost the club more than £18 million. for united and for the former manager, failure at a very heavy price. jim white is the author of manchester united: the biography. he's in our 0xford studio. thank you forjoining us. 0bviously people knew there were problems at manchester united, for mourinho but how widely anticipated was his departure at this pointlj how widely anticipated was his departure at this point i think a lot of people were expecting him to go in the summer but this came rather unexpectedly ruthlessly and with a certain determination to get things right this time. what does it

mean for the club then, to be letting him go in this way at this point? well, i think what it says, rather than what it means, is they have got it wrong, time after time. since sir alex ferguson retired. in five year, they have got through three managers, none of whom were really appropriate for manchester united. this is a club that has been built on generating its own players through its youth system. it has been built on a kind of swashbuckling swagger in its play. yet, they keep on recruiting pragmatists to take charge, and jose mourinho was the greatest pragmatist of them all, and they swapped really the promise of trophies, for him being able to fit into a system that was appropriate to manchester united. they're not going to get another sir alex ferguson, are they so what sort of manager do they need next? they need a being who who will

deliver good attacking football. that is where the bottom line was being threatened and that is what worries the board more than anything when finances might be in trouble. but the football was so turgid, so poon but the football was so turgid, so poor, that it became a chore to watch, rather than a pleasure, so they need someone who is going to actually return them to that spirit of adventure they used to have under ferguson. it is not that hard, they have a very talented squad, it needs someone to revivify them. as we have said, jose mourinho called himself the special one in the past. how hubris tick is that, given his track record? let us not get too worried about how he is going to fayre? he has a £24 million pay off. i think reputationly this will be a huge damage to him, he started as such a

spirited outsider when he first came to chelsea and took the premier league by storm, redefined the way in which you manage, but he seems to have been overtaken by the new breed, byjurgen klopp, at liverpool, by pep guardiola at manchester city and particularly, by maurecio pochettino, at tottenham hotspur, who is the man i think most manchester united fans would really covet taking over at their club. thank you very mitch gym. ——jim. the government has unveiled its new strategy on tackling household waste in england. the aim is to protect the environment and cut pollution. under the plans, there'd be separate separate collections of food waste every week, to stop waste rotting and releasing greenhouse gases. there'd be a deposit scheme for bottles, cans and disposable cups. manufacturers will have to pay for the disposal of any packaging they produce and they'll also have to label products clearly so that people know what can and can't be recycled.

the proposals will be consulted on next year. here's our environment analyst roger harrabin. 0ur relationship with the stuff we throw away is about to change. starting with new rules to end confusion over what can be recycled and what can't. take jess allen from ipswich. she says she is keen on recycling. but, like many of us, she says she's not sure what goes in what bin. sometimes you see something and it says recyclable, and you follow the rules, but actually, is the capri recyclable or is all parts of it recyclable? it can be quite confusing. the government strategy aims to make it easier for people to recycle. ministers are hoping for a new attitude to waste. scientists say we are all using too much of the planet's resources, buying stuff and then just throwing it away. that in turn generates greenhouse gases that are overheating the earth. it's got to change, they say — government, local government, businesses, you and me. here's one solution. if food waste is collected separately, it gives a stream of valuable gas and a load of soil

fertiliser when it is rotted in a tank like this. ministers want all households in the uk to be offered a food waste caddy to help in this process. across the country, from maidstone to manchester, you have the same approach towards recycling. and, critically, we enable people to also deal with food waste, something which, in the past, we've been very poor at dealing with, and which is critical to ensuring that we all leave a light environmental footprint. but the strategy is much broader than that. fly—tipping will be tackled for instance by tracking the movements of disposal firms with an electronic system. people will be directly affected by a deposit system for all sorts of drinks containers, like this one we filmed in norway. machines give you your money back when you recycle a container. this plan would apply to england only. where we have raised

concerns is where this is focused on just england. it doesn't include scotland, wales and northern ireland. and that can create complexities which can be challenging for us to get over. we want to work with government on the detail to really understand those and try to overcome them. environmentalists have their worries, too. they fear the government's proposals will be watered down in the consultation process. some of these proposed changes are going to require new funding for people like the environment agency and local authorities, which have obviously been quite hard—hit with austerity measures. and then defra itself obviously has a lot on its plate with brexit. so there's the issue of capacity and whether or not they're going to be able to follow through with the great ambitions that are shown in this document. the government insist that the policies will be followed through. we can't just throw stuff away, because there is no such place as away. roger harrabin, bbc news. and if you want to find out

more about what you can recycle in your area — just go to the bbc news website, where you can find information and links to recycling websites. that's all at bbc.co.uk/news. time for a look at the weather. notjust any not just any wetter t christmas weather. we are a week away. do you know what that mean? we are a week and one day from the big easter build up! that depresses me. can we backtrack a bit. what can we expect? this is a view out there this afternoon in scarborough, we don't wa nt afternoon in scarborough, we don't want anything like that, we want something a bit more like this. we are alldreaming of something a bit more like this. we are all dreaming of a white christmas aren't we. let us gaze at that and hold that shot in our minds, because it is not going to look anything like that. that is the one thing i can say. so it is not going to be horrendous you told me

but there is a big gap between... i don't want it to be grey, mild and damp. i hate christmas days like that, you want something fresh and crisper. this weekend it looks fairly mild in the uk but looking at the weather charts for christmas day, for the moment it looks likely high pressure will be in the south—west. with winds flowing clockwise round it we will have a wind from the north or north—west. west to north—west so a slightly cooler direction, could bring a few showers round so the christmas day forecast, a bit of rain here and there, especially the early on, but decent amount of sunshine, christmas eve, could be a bit cooler, could be a bit of frost on the ground, that could be where the white comes from because at the moment away from the scottish mountains, snow is looking fairly unlikely. you don't want it drizzly do you. if you want to go fourth a walk. but between now and then? between now and then, today is probably the worst day, it can't be

as bad as today. it is pretty grim in the uk at the moment. we have low pressure to the north—west of us, that has been pushing this weather front our way, notice just op on the eastern edge how close the isobars are packed. that is why we have the strong winds, winds touching 50, 60mph, here is where the rain is falling as well, for many. it is clearing away from northern ireland, western scotland. a bert end to the day than we started. with the rain zonein day than we started. with the rain zone in wales, eastern scotland, there are some briefer spells of intense rain and gusty damaging winds, 50, 60mph gusts but widely getting close to gale force this afternoon. turning fresher, temperatures down into single figures for many as we finish the afternoon. into the evening rush hour, lots of surface water round from the rain, but it is in central southern england into northern england where we see the bulk of the

wettest weather. the rain clearing away from aberdeenshire, lingering across shetland into this evening and lit take a while before it clears shetland, but elsewhere, east anglia you have avoided the worst of the rain so far, you will get some tonight. that departs, a few showers round and it will be cooler than last night. temperatures down well backin last night. temperatures down well back in to single figures, one or two spots. could even see a bit of frost tomorrow morning. for south—east and east anglia a few heavy showers round. many start the day dry and sunny but into the afternoon, the showers from east anglia and the east depart we will see more develop in western areas is a chance of coming home from work in the rain. ian scotland, eastern england will stay dry throughout. 509 chilly night into thursday, low pressure clost by it is closer in the north—west where we see the

showers at their most frequent and heaviest through thursday afternoon. some parts of eastern scotland and for gloufr in the south you will have a drier day on thursday, more sunshine round and the breeze not as strong as today or wednesday. but temperatures, where they should be for the time of year, eight to 11 degrees, a bit of rain to take us through friday and milder weather into the weekend. but each night before 10pm you can find out the weather to for the week ahead on the bbc news this is bbc news — our latest headlines. 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 14 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 russian shop that ran aground off the coast of cornwall has been successfully refloated. also coming up — a treasure trove of dinosaur history: cliff erosion in hastings reveals footprints and fossils 145 million years old. sport now on afternoon live withjohn watson — as we have been talking about — manchester united and jose mourinho have parted company... no prizes for guessing that. absolutely. perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, such have been their performances this season but perhaps the timing is surprising. suggestions united may have only parted company with mourinho when it was mathematically impossible to qualify for the champions league. manchester united are hoping to have a caretaker manager in place for their match with cardiff this weekend, following the sacking

ofjose mourinho who oversaw the club's worst league start in 28 years. a temporary replacement will be found until the end of the season before a permanent successor‘s appointed. 0lly foster is outside old trafford. the club is keen to make some progress on this quickly and they wa nt to progress on this quickly and they want to have someone in place this weekend, news perhaps in the next 48 hours? less than 48 hours after that terrible defeat to liverpool, five hours after the club announced that jose mourinho was no more after two and a half years, all sorts of speculation as to who would take on this caretaker role. the club was clear they wanted someone to see them through until the end of the season, five months in the hot seat before appointing somebody permanently. all sorts of speculation. at the moment the front runner isa speculation. at the moment the front runner is a former star striker

here. a real folk hero after what he did in1999 here. a real folk hero after what he did in 1999 winning the champions league in the infamous final against by munich. he is in the norwegian league and he hasjust signed a contract extension. he is free until the new season starts in march in norway. he's got all his badges and has done pretty well in two spells in charge. when we look at the permanent manager, laurent blanc wouldn't take on the caretaker role. but the former player, he is being mentioned in dispatches as well. former france manager and p56 manager as well for a few seasons. and also zinedine zidane one of the great players of all time, one of the great managers as well after winning a hat—trick of champions league titles with real madrid. but

then leaving the club somewhat surprisingly at the end of the season. but 0le gunnar solskjaer are being mentioned as taking on that possible caretaker role. wouldn't it be odd if it was against cardiff? that was his one taste of management in the premier league, one season and a bit and saw them relegated, took them down to the championship and was sacked when they were in the championship. that is the latest speculation. they want somebody to be in that caretaker role by the weekend on the trip to cardiff. be in that caretaker role by the weekend on the trip to cardiffm would be an interesting subplot if 0le gunnar solskjaer were to get the job. how have we arrived here? jose mourinho enjoyed relative success is the first year in charge, won the europa league and the league cup and finished second last season. dressing room unrest, was it slightly inevitable with the league position how far they —— they are off the top with this sacking? closer to the relegation zone points

—wise compared to the top of the table, 19 points off liverpool, long way off the top four. that will be their priority, qualifying for the top four in champions league football and all the riches that goes with that and how clubs like this need to operate in that elite level. it was pretty much inevitable. 0nly level. it was pretty much inevitable. only 17 matches into the season and the smoke signals were there from the start of the season when we heard mourinho calling out the executive vice chairman, ed woodward saying you haven't given me enough money. there was dressing room unrest, reportedly calling paul pogba, the record signing, a virus. a lot of fans this afternoon pointing fingers at the boardroom for not being able to get that succession plan in place after sir alex ferguson left five years ago. they just haven't alex ferguson left five years ago. theyjust haven't got it right and they know they're going to have to get this recruitment right next time round. absolutely. thank you.

iam sure i am sure many manchester united fa ns i am sure many manchester united fans hopeful they will see the return to the attacking style of football so often seen under sir alex ferguson. they haven't got it quite right since then. 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. the caretaker manager due to be in place. perhaps we will get news on that later today before a permanent successor is sorted at the end of the season. in the run up to christmas, some people may be tempted to dip into their overdraft to help with their festive spending. well now the financial regulator has proposed big changes to the ways banks charge for going into the red. it wants to ban higher charges for overdrafts that haven't been arranged in advance — and to replace daily or monthly fees with a single, annual interest rate. here's our consumer affairs correspondent coletta smith. lynn is self—employed.

that means each month's bank balance looks very different, so it's hard to keep on top of the family accounts. i've always dipped in and out of overdrafts. i've paid far too much in bank charges than i should have done, because i've not kept in close enough control over the balance. it might be getting towards the end of the month and a payment, maybe the energy bill comes in, it tips me over my overdraft and i don't realise quickly enough, because you have to sort out the money within a day. yeah, i'll get hit with a fee. 52 million people have current accounts, and that means today's new plans by the regulator will have far—reaching consequences. they want a single interest rate charge, whether it's for an arranged or unplanned overdraft. banks would be banned from charging daily or monthly fees. that's going to make life easier for those on lower incomes who struggle to repay overdrafts. people are telling us they are getting trapped in a spiral of debt, that once they've accidentally, because there's been an emergency

they hadn't expected, gone into an unauthorised overdraft, they simply can't get out and it's being compounded month after month. it's big money for banks, though. last year, they made more than £2 billion from overdraft charges. butjust like the payday loan market, the regulator says they have to step in to protect customers. key changes we want to introduce here are really around making sure that the cost of unarranged overd rafts comes down. so, for example, at the moment on average if you have £100 unarranged overdraft you might typically be paying around £5 a day for the cost of that overdraft. under the measures we are talking about here, the cost would be more like 20p. that's welcome news for everyone with an overdraft, but it's going to take time. these changes won't come into force until next april, at the earliest. for lynn, and millions of others, that can't come soon enough. coletta smith, bbc news. a man who threw a banana skin onto the pitch during the north london derby

at the emirates stadium earlier this month has been fined £500 and banned from football for four years. sentencing averof pa nteli, magistrates found there was a "racial element". our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been following the case at highbury magistrates' court. well, it was in the tenth minute of the north london derby on the 2nd of december when arsenal striker aubameyang was celebrating in front of spurs fans, scoring a penalty. and a banana skin was thrown in his direction. now, today, 57—year—old mr averof panteli, wearing a black suit, he is a lifelong spurs fan, he pleaded guilty to throwing the missile onto the pitch. however, his solicitor said it could have been an apple or a plastic cup, he had no idea the severity of what he'd done until later that night, when he was arrested and when he was speaking to police, he realised just what the action he had done had actually meant. he said it was a momentary lapse in judgment that had been deeply upsetting for all concerned and that he also had

received death threats. now, the magistrates took a while to come to their decision. ultimately, the chairman of the bench, said the magistrates decided it was a targeted gesture after a goal was scored by a black player. he was fined £635 in total with costs, but he was also banned from going to any football matches for a total of four years. now, speaking afterwards with his family behind him, mr panteli told me it was something he would regret for the rest of his life and that he wished to apologise to anyone he may have offended. the government's target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands has been left out of draft proposals for a new immigration system. the target was originally set by david cameron, and remains a conservative manifesto commitment. the final version of the much—delayed immigration plan — which aims to end free movement from the eu after brexit — has yet to be agreed. a couple from 0xfordshire found

guilty of being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action, have beenjailed at birmingham crown court. adam thomas and claudia patatas, who named their baby son after hitler, were sentenced to six and a half years and five years respectively. nine migrants, including a child, who had been trying to cross the english channel to the uk, have been rescued from a boat 18 miles off dunkirk. it comes just days after six migrants were rescued off the coast of kent. french rescuers took three hours to find the latest group of people after receiving a distress call. two of the migrants were suffering from hypothermia. the festive season is always particularly hard for people who've recently lost loved ones, and there is help and support forfamilies grieving over the holiday period. it was just before christmas last year that the tv presenter simon thomas suddenly lost his wife, gemma, to leukaemia. 0ur correspondent graham satchell has been to meet simon and his son, ethan, to see how they're coping one year on. what are you looking forward

to most about christmas? hmm... seeing family. ijust remember thinking, i don't want to do christmas at all. if i could fast forward past this. it was literally... a month after gemma died, it was days after her funeral and suddenly you're into the festive season. simon is a former blue peter and sky presenter. his wife, gemma, died in november last year, just three days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. hi, how are you? are you all right? good to see you. come in. thank you. the charity bloodwise has arranged for simon to meetjoe coleman. joe's wife, maggie, also died from blood cancer three years ago. well, the first christmas was really tough. there were tears, there wasjoy, but... a sense of, you know, there's something missing. yeah. whereas the second year, i was quite excited,

christmas is coming. as a family, we were lifted this time. we enjoyed the second christmas a lot better than we did the first christmas, because time is a good healer. it's takenjoe and his two boys, lewis and oliver, a long time to get to this point. maggie was ill for some years before she died. joe's family have raised more than £100,000 for the charity bloodwise, since maggie's death. it'll help to fund research and raise of blood cancer — and raise awareness of blood cancer — the third biggest cancer killer. your boys, if maggie was to see them now, she'd be like... you must wonder what she'd make of it and how much you miss the fact she doesn't see any of it? yeah. that is my... that is a thing that plays on my mind. i wish she could see both these boys now. when you hearfrom people who are a little bit further down the line than you are, itjust gives you encouragement and a sense of hope that you can find life again.

so, what have you written to granny? "dear granny, merry christmas. we miss mummy, but i love you. love, ethan. kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss." five kisses for a high five. you can find details of organisations offering information and support with bereavement at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 0800158 707. maryam moshiri is here. we are very formal this afternoon. in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live.

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 russian ship that ran aground off the coast of cornwall has now been refloated. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 £45 per year. it wants to lower the returns network companies can pay to share holders, 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. so, an important day for the direction of the world's biggest economy. the federal reserve is like the equivalent of the bank of england in the us. they will be deciding on where to put the cost of borrowing in the us. they have been under a lot of pressure. where from? the president of the united states. donald trump has been tweeting pretty furiously about the federal reserve. they should stay independent but he's been pressuring them because he doesn't like the fa ct them because he doesn't like the fact that they are raising the cost of borrowing and he is worried that higher cost of borrowing will slow

down the markets and economic growth. he has tweeted yesterday it is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation the outside world blowing up inflation the outside world blowing up around us, paris is burning, china way down the fed is even considering it another interest rate hike. interesting to see if they reply or answer any of his criticism. let's talk about this with our north american business correspondent. explain what we expect from the federal reserve when we speak to them later on. a quick reminder, we got to the place where america's central bank brought rates close to zero during the financial crisis to try and stimulate the economy. since then, as the economy has recovered and growth has picked up, they have been trying to get back to some sort of new normal, which means raising rates to what they call the neutral level. this year alone, they've raised rates three times as they are expected to

raise rates for a fourth time tomorrow. that is where the criticism began, started to kind of peak donald trump's interest. he issued that tweet on monday you mentioned and there was another one and he has doubled down on his criticism again, urging the fed not to make another mistake and basically telling it to feel the market. what does that mean? how does one feel the market?” market. what does that mean? how does one feel the market? i mean, perhaps it's a reference to the fact that we have seen a real tightening in financial conditions. if you have been here for the last few days and you had seen the stock market on a roller—coaster ride, right now it is up roller—coaster ride, right now it is up but yesterday it down sharply and over 2% of losses and last week it was similar at the end of the week. we talked of correction territory. the market is separate from the broader economy. the mandate of the central bank in america is to focus on employment and price stability, not to worry about the financial

markets. that is where some of the tension comes in. but it is unprecedented, this criticism we have seen. you talked about the fact that the fed is meant to be independent. although past presidents may not have been happy with the monetary policy is undertaken at that time, it is unusual to have seen such a vocal and direct criticism playing out ahead of a meeting like this. and direct criticism playing out ahead of a meeting like thism will be unusual to see the likes of theresa may openly criticising the bank of england's decisions. tell me why it should matter to viewers in the uk what the us does with interest rates. it's all about the borrowing costs and that has an implication in the united states and it also has a knock—on effect on the dollar, that trickles around in a global interconnected economy. i wa nt global interconnected economy. i want to go back very quickly and to say that part of the reason we are all concerned about the vocal criticism we are seeing against the fed is that it is meant to be

independent. if there is a sudden change of policy, that raises questions of the fed's independence, which causes concern where i am standing, that would have a knock—on effect on global markets as well. we live in interesting times, thank you. markets? they are not doing particularly well right now. a couple of reasons. 0il particularly well right now. a couple of reasons. oil prices are a bit lower. and big oil majors and energy companies don't like that. they are low because they are worried there is too much oil in the markets and the price is lower because of demand. retail stocks, we we re because of demand. retail stocks, we were talking about asos, online retailers talking about fashion stocks. the smaller 250 market. i am showing you marks & spencer is an next, they are indicative of what is happening today, fashion stocks are

recovering, the sell—off has stopped. but there is still a worry about whether online retailers can keep up with the rate at which they've been cutting their prices to compete with each other. thank you. see you later. a "treasure trove" of dinosaur history has been identified in a cliff at hastings, according to a newly published study by researchers at cambridge university. it's based on investigations of footprints uncovered there in the last four years. they say they are so well preserved that details of skin, scales and claws of creatures living 145 million years ago are visible. robin gibson reports. that's a nice one. the academics confirm what local enthusiasts know. round here, you're never very far from a dinosaur footprint, all you need to know is where to look. three toes. 145 million years ago, this was a very different world. kent brooks has devoted years to studying its prehistory. you find not only the footprints, but, if you're lucky, you can also find dinosaur bones

in amongst the rocks. 0n bexhill beach? 0n the beach. the bones have been washed out of the clay by the sea, natural erosion. and they're lying on the beach. amazingly, you can find and see dinosaur footprints here, for example, on bexhill beach, without having to risk life and limb clambering along the cliff line. but for the specialists who do, our part of the world is legendary. this we've visited every year for the past five years, it's been really exciting stuff. this new study brings up—to—date this walking with dinosaurs world of iguanodons, stegosaurs and many others. their footprints are curiously preserved here and the constant erosion of cliffs and coastline means that new material is regularly found.

the footprints were made by compression, so where the dinosaurs trod on the soft clay or mud, they compressed the mud, which meant that, as time went by, the mud became hard, but the compressed mud was slightly harder. therefore, it was more resistant to erosion — the erosion that's going on right now, under my feet. a dinosaur museum in plain sight on our coastline. a museum where the artefacts are constantly emerging from the waves. robin gibson, bbc south east today, bexhill. time for a look at the weather... here's matt taylor. hello. one of the more unpleasant of the weather days this week. lots of heavy rain around, severe gale force winds, all being driven by an area of low pressure to the north—west of us. this weather front has been crossing through the day. within a broad area of rain,

there is also little narrow bands of pretty intense rain, as well, which will give especially gusty winds. that will be largely across parts of eastern wales, through good parts of central, northern and western england, as we finish the afternoon. some clear skies into the west, but as you saw, a windy afternoon with winds gusting 40—60 miles an hour in some spots. easing off a little bit in the west, compared with this morning but temperatures also dropping at the same time. so, by the time we hit the evening rush hour, some in the west will start to turn a bit drier but this is where we will be focusing the rain, in across parts of hampshire, towards the london area, across the midlands, northern england as well. as i said, within that, there will be some narrow bands and some shorter spells of pretty intense where the winds will be especially squally. the rain, though, will be clearing away from eastern parts of mainland scotland by the time we hit the end of the evening rush hour but still raining quite heavily and quite persistently across parts of the shetlands. as we go into tonight, the rain will last a few hours across parts of east anglia and the south—east. then that will clear through and it's a story of clearer skies but some showers to the south and west through the night

but a colder night than last night. clearer skies. especially northern england, scotland and northern ireland, don't be surprised to see a touch of frost around. but at least brighter conditions to start tomorrow morning. as for tomorrow, overall, it's a sunshine and showers story. showers plentiful across southern counties to begin with and then it's to the west where the main focus of the showers will be through the afternoon. that does mean some parts of northern and eastern scotland and through some parts of north—east england, the midlands, will stay largely dry but temperatures down on today's temperatures. not far off where they should be for this time of year. 8-10. low pressure still with us through wednesday night into thursday. still feeding in the showers overnight but we get clear skies sheltered from the northern and eastern parts. again, a touch of frost to start thursday morning but the focus for the showers on thursday will be further north, so, northern ireland, west of scotland, north—west england the main areas to see those showers through the day. the odd shower elsewhere, like wednesday, some heavy with hail and thunder, but there will be some across the south and east that will stay largely dry but not completely dry throughout the day

with temperatures very similar to those on wednesday. that's your forecast. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at three. 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 14 weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal, that is the responsible thing for the government 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 russian ship that ran aground off cornwall has been refloated, after a major operation.

coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. jose mourinho leaving manchester united, perhaps before many people thought he would. he does after manchester united's worst start to a league season in 28 years, united say they want to have a caretaker manager in place before the weekend. and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. matt taylor has all the weather. it is grim out there, more strong winds for the rest of day but does this set the scene in the run—up to christmas? i will have the details. thanks matt. also coming up — a treasure trove of dinosaur history. cliff erosion in hastings reveals footprints and fossils 145 million years old hello everyone — this is afternoon live.

i'm martine croxhall. the cabinet has agreed to significantly intensify preparations for a no—deal brexit. with just over a hundred days to go until britain leaves the eu, £2 billion of funding is to be allocated to government departments to help them plan for departing without a formal agreement. the brexit secretary stephen barclay said that businesses should take the possibility of a sudden exit from the european union much more seriously. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. months of disruption at the uk's busiest port. uncertainty about travel and driving or using your mobile abroad, and concerns that medical supplies could run low. warnings about a no—deal brexit have covered almost every aspect of life. now, some ministers are clear. it's time to ramp up preparations. we're going to be discussing no deal planning today.

it is right we step up our no deal planning now, not only do we need to prepare the country, but it's also the best way that we will ensure that we get a deal. there is a deal on the table, but parliament doesn't support it. raising the risk, some argue, of leaving without an agreement. we are preparing for all eventualities. we're certainly not intending to have a no—deal brexit, but parliament does need to vote for a deal, otherwise the legal default position is we will head for no brexit, no deal in march 2019. is we will head for no brexit, not all ministers are united on how to prepare for a no—deal brexit but today the cabinet agreed to intensify the government's effort, and to spend £2 billion on contingency planning across government. businesses will also be told to get ready. we're sending a clear message that this needs to be much more of a priority for businesses, up and down the country, the government's priority remains to secure a deal,

but we need to recognise with 14 weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal, that is the responsible thing for the government to do, that is what we agreed at cabinet and over the coming weeks you will see a significant increase in this communications to businesses. mps can't agree on much right now, but apart from the few who say that no deal is nothing to fear, stopping that scenario is something parliament could build a consensus round, for now there's frustration from mps on all sides though, that they won't be able to consider other options until they've voted on the prime minister's deal well after the christmas break. this house has no confidence in the prime minister due... jeremy corbyn yesterday accused the prime minister of running down the clock, so mps have little choice but to vote for her deal and called for a symbolic vote against her. "silly games" according to downing street so when would we're doing the job of opposition, this week as we have done over

the last two years of trying to hold the government and the prime minister to account. it is still a question of when not if we confront the government with a full motion of no confidence, in the government. ministers managed a bit of festive cheer after their last meeting before christmas, but there's certainly no sense of brexit being all wrapped up. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. let's cross now to westminster‘s central lobby where we can speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. yes, and allmps yes, and all mps and ministers looking ahead now, to january, and that meaningful vote and a suggestion this lunchtime that downing street is beginning to think that the best option may be for the prime minister is to have those amendments go down to her motion on the deal, and everyone put forward their plan b if you like, there are many who say if her deal is to fail, they want to come up with something

else but they could be put down as amendments and if they were votes on it could give an indication of what mps are thinking before they come to point where they vote on theresa may's deal, so that could be one way of approaching things, but for today, the focus is on no deal preparations, and having questions today was the defence secretary gavin williamson, asked about what would be on offer, what kind of preparations the government is making, fora no we have not had any formal requests from any government department, but what we are doing is putting contingency plans in place, what we will do is have 3500 service personnel to support any government department on any on the tin general sips they may need. i am joined by

the former brexit minister david jones, a bit alarmed saying there are 3,500 service personnel ready to be called on if they need it, why would he be saying that? it isjust a degree of reassurance, but, i think it is very important that the government is now communicating it is prepared for no deal. after all, we only have a few weeks left until we only have a few weeks left until we leave it very clear that the withdrawal agreement is not going to find the approval of the house and therefore, really we do have to consider that we will be leaving on the 29th march without a negotiated agreement. putting in place those measures is just nothing agreement. putting in place those measures isjust nothing more agreement. putting in place those measures is just nothing more than prudent. would you regard that as a failure of politicians notjust here but in brussels too, if we were to leave without a deal? no, because i think we have attempted clearly to negotiate an agreement, the fact is that it negotiate an agreement, the fact is thatitis negotiate an agreement, the fact is that it is not accept to believe the house of commons. but i think it is also important to know that preparations to leave without a deal

have been made by government departments now, for well over two yea rs, departments now, for well over two years, and! departments now, for well over two years, and i think what is important now, is that the government is starting to communicate the fact those arrangements are if place. some people will say that the idea of spending £4 billion on this kind of spending £4 billion on this kind of thing is something that was not talked about during the referendum, so it is costing money, having to do these preparations, there will be many who would say that is not what they thought was going to happen?” don't think that anybody when they voted to leave the european union thought they would leave without a certain amount of disruption and the need to acclimatise to the new arrangements but if we spend £4 billion, of course it is significantly less than the £39 billion that we would have to spend where we to accept the withdrawal agreement. so i think in comparison the to that it's a small sum to be paid, to make sure we leave on a smooth basis. there are some mp, some in the labour party of course who think what theresa may is try doing is run the clock down and give

them a stark choice between her deal and no deal, which whatever you say the majority in the house of commons don't want, don't you think that makes it more likely her deal could get through? no, i don't. ithink what everybody in the house of commons has got to have regard to, is the fact that 17.4 million people in this country did vote to leave the european union. i think that anybody who tries to frustrate what people voted for, back in 2016, is going to be very unpopular. members of parliament of course all have electorates and they will all have voters they will have to answer to, they have to bear in mind when we voted we didn't vote for any particular deal, we voted simply to leave, and that is what people expect of members of parliament and of the government. do you think there is any theresa may could come back with from brussels, to reassure people like you about her deal? what she would have to do is have a change to the wording of the withdrawal agreement. she said she

went there to try to seek assurances but frankly members of parliament and lawyers are looking at the agreement and they know the only way it can be improved is if there is a rewriting of the text of that agreement itself and of course the european union have said only last week, that they are not disposed to do that, so i think the government is entirely right to come to the conclusion that it is more likely than not we will be leaving without a negotiated deal and to make preparations for it. than you. those are the preparations the government is putting in place, saying they will inform people about what they are up to in the coming weeks. the government has unveiled its new strategy on tackling household waste in england. the aim is to protect the environment and cut pollution. under the plans, there'd be separate separate collections of food waste every week, to stop waste rotting and releasing greenhouse gases. there'd be a deposit scheme for bottles, cans and disposable cups. manufacturers will have to pay for the disposal of any packaging they produce and they'll also have

to label products clearly so that people know what can and can't be recycled. the proposals will be consulted on next year. here's our environment analyst roger harrabin. 0ur relationship with the stuff we throw away is about to change. starting with new rules to end confusion over what can be recycled and what can't. take jess allen from ipswich. she says she is keen on recycling. but, like many of us, she says she's not sure what goes in what bin. sometimes you see something and it says recyclable, and you follow the rules, but actually, is the cap recyclable or is all parts of it recyclable? it can be quite confusing. the government strategy aims to make it easier for people to recycle. ministers are hoping for a new attitude to waste. scientists say we are all using too much of the planet's resources, buying stuff and then just throwing it away. that in turn generates greenhouse gases that are overheating the earth.

it's got to change, they say — government, local government, businesses, you and me. here's one solution. if food waste is collected separately, it gives a stream of valuable gas and a load of soil fertiliser when it is rotted in a tank like this. ministers want all households in the uk to be offered a food waste caddy to help in this process. across the country, from maidstone to manchester, you have the same approach towards recycling. and, critically, we enable people to also deal with food waste, something which, in the past, we've been very poor at dealing with, and which is critical to ensuring that we all leave a light environmental footprint. but the strategy is much broader than that. fly—tipping will be tackled for instance by tracking the movements of disposal firms with an electronic system. people will be directly affected by a deposit system for all sorts of drinks containers, like this one we filmed in norway. machines give you your money back when you recycle a container. this plan would apply to england only. where we have raised

concerns is where this is focused on just england. it doesn't include scotland, wales and northern ireland. and that can create complexities which can be challenging for us to get over. we want to work with government on the detail to really understand those and try to overcome them. environmentalists have their worries, too. they fear the government's proposals will be watered down in the consultation process. some of these proposed changes are going to require new funding for people like the environment agency and local authorities, which have obviously been quite hard—hit with austerity measures. and then defra itself obviously has a lot on its plate with brexit. so there's the issue of capacity and whether or not they're going to be able to follow through with the great ambitions that are shown in this document. the government insist that the policies will

be followed through. we can't just throw stuff away, because there is no such place as away. roger harrabin, bbc news. therese coffey is a minister at the department for environment, be good afternoon, thank you for joining us. what is, where is the evidence that these ideas being put forward will work? well, we have had a market based system thinking of a levy, and it did itjob but we have plateaued and we believe that not only is it better for recognising there are scare resources but we wa nt there are scare resources but we want producer to be better at designing, people want to recycle and frankly if the producers don't make it more easy to recycle, how they design it, they will pay a hiring levy than those who do. sure play in tend, businesses will only

just pass those cost tonnes the consumer? well, producers will have to absorb the cost, they will lose out in the market i expect. at least it will become more transparent for consumers they know they are buying something that is more difficult to recycle a nd something that is more difficult to recycle and there will be consumer choices made on that as a consequence. which of these measures will be compulsory for to us sign up to the big change i think is that element of what is called extending producer responsibility and the levies that will go with that, that is the big fundamental change of what will affect not only producers and how that money goes through to make it easier for councils do that wider amount of recycling collection we wa nt wider amount of recycling collection we want to see every council to junes take but there are other activityings, the blight on local communities about waste crime is something we are generating more powers, tougher penalty, in order to be able to tackle these hotspot, and i think not only the food waste

collected from homes but the work we are doing on food redistribution making sure surplus good fewed goes to the most vulnerable. how have we are got to this point where what is recycled in different places can be so varied? well, in essence we have a rules where councils can say, it is not in our financial interest, it is not in our financial interest, it is too difficult for us to collect thingers or split them up and similar, i think what the big difference here is that there will be be an addition to the tax that was outlined in the budget 2018 to come in in a few years' time, that more product also have to have recycled materials as part of them. 0therwise againer, the producer cost also go up. so producers will be looking for more recycled plastic to generate products as well as other materials. materials. the best way to generate cash is on pet bottles,

many other plastics simply aren't financially viable and apart from sending them abroad or selling them abroad, i believe this will change their dynamic and will be in a better place to recycle more of the packaging that we use on a daily basis. there is built in obsolescence in many of the appliances we use, it is cheaper to buy a new one than to repair them, how likely is it do you think that is going to need to change? we are very absolutely looking for ward, how it is we want to extend the life of products we use, we will be considering consulting on options for example by automatically have been a five year guarantee for products so it is again in the manufacturer's interest to be considering that sort of length of time before an item might need repair. i recognise what you say about sometimes it may feel cheaper, we need to change that and even if people want to buy new ones how we get that product back so those materials can be reused in the

future, i visited telford earlier this year with a0.com, amazing work they are doing getting equipment back, refurbishing it and getting it back, refurbishing it and getting it back out. it is good work happening an we want to see that more widespread adds a good thing for the economy too. thank you. and if you want to find out more about what you can recycle in your area — just go to the bbc news website, where you can find information and links to recycling websites. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. ramping up preparations for a no—deal brexit — cabinet ministers say it will now be an operational priority. plans to overhaul england's waste systems are unveiled — to make it easier to know ‘what‘ and ‘when' to recycle. a russian ship that ran aground off cornwall has been refloated, after a major operation. and in sport manchester united sack

managerjose mourinho after two—and—a—half years in charge. he leaves following the club's worst start to a league season in 28 yea rs. former united striker 0le gunnar solskjaer is in the frame to replace him until the end of the season before a permanent successor is found and four years to the day until the next world cup final which will be staged in qatar. it is the first time it will be staged in winter. more to come, at round half past. manchester united have sacked their managerjose mourinho after two—and—a—half years in charge. mourinho, who once called himself the special one, has been under pressure after a string of poor results. united are currently 19 points behind the premier league leaders liverpool, who beat them 3—1 on sunday. the club says a caretaker manager will be appointed. jim white is the author of the book, manchester united: the biography. he said the sacking came sooner than he expected.

i think ithinka i think a lot of people were expecting him to go, possibly in the summer, but this came rather unexpectedly ruthlessly and with a certain determination to get things right this time. what does it mean for the club then, to be letting imgo in this way at this point?” think what it says, rather than what it means, is they have got it wrong. time after time, since sir alex ferguson retired, in five years they have got through three manager, none of whom were really appropriate for manchester united. this is a club that has been built on generating its own players through its youth system, it has been built on a kind of swashbuckling swagger, in its play. yet they keep on recruiting pragmatists to take charge, and jose mourinho was the greatest pragmatist

of them all. they swapped really the promise of trophies for him being able to fit into a system that was appropriate to manchester united. they are not going to get another sir alex ferguson are they, so what sort of manager do they need next? they need a a manager who will deliver good attacking football. that was the main problem, and that was where the bottom line was being threatened and that is what worries the board more than anything, when finances might be in trouble. but the football was so turgid, so poor, that it became a chore to watch, rather than a pleasure, so they need someone who is going to actually return them to that spirit of adventure they used to have under ferguson, it is not that hard, they have a very anded squad, itjust needs someone to revivify them. as we have said, jose mourinho's called hymn the special one in the past, how hubristic is that, given his

track record? yes, let us enot get too worried about how he will fare, he has a £24 million pay off so he won't need to worry where his next meal will come from. this will be a huge damage reputationally to him. he started as a spirited outsider when he came to chelsea and took the premier league by storm, redefined the way in which you manager but he seems to have been overtaken by the new breed, byjurgen klopp at liverpool, by pep guardiola at manchester city and particularly, maurecio pochettino at tottenham hotspur, who is the man i think most manchester united fans would really covet taking over at their club. a 16,000—tonne russian cargo ship which run aground off a beach in cornwall early this morning has been refloated. the kuzma minin grounded off gyllyngvase beach on the falmouth coast just after 5:30am. 0ur correspondent sarah ransome watched the ship returning to open sea it's been a dramatic morning and now

into the afternoon here in falmouth, as you can probably see, this 16,000 tonne bulk carrier that was stranded aground on, off the shoreline here, in falmouth, just 100 or so metres from the shoreline has finally, finally been refloated, and is now heading back out to sea. this morning, it was a dramatic time as coastguards and other agencies were involved in trying to get her refloated, were concerned because they were hampered by very high winds, very strong seas and torrential rain this morning when she was eventually — well, she came aground, but as you can see, now, a number of tugs have been used in the rescue, and her engines were turned on to try and give extra boost to get her off the reef here, the rocks at the far end of the beach that were keeping her stuck in and forward on the ground here, off the sea shore. they were waiting for the high tide.

as that high tide came, so the tugs went in and look, the 16,000 tonne bulk carrier vessel with her 18 crew onboard has finally refloated. president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, is being sentenced shortly for lying to the fbi. these are the latest pictures of him arriving at court in washington. he pleaded guilty a year ago after misleading investigators about conversations he'd had with the then russian ambassador to washington. he's since been helping the us special prosecutor, robert mueller, with his investigation into whether president trump's election campaign team colluded with russia. 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 mr trump against giving michael flynn a topjob. he was in the post for just 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 come 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 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 jail for lying to federal investigators. he could get up to six months. let's cross to matthew wilson, associate professor of political science at southern methodist university matthew, thank your for joining matthew, thank yourforjoining u why has it taken so long to get to the sentencing of michael flynn? well, part of it was that he a p pa re ntly well, part of it was that he apparently provided cooperation and material information in a variety of different criminal investigation, so the muller team wanted to depose him on all of those, see what assistant he could provide and we in and the american public don't know what information he has provided that might be harmful to whom, that

remains a this mystery but i think they wanted to get all of those dungs ina they wanted to get all of those dungs in a row. how likely do you think he will receive a jail sentence? well, the government seems to be recommending he not receive a jail sentence, that seems to be the recommendation of the muller team, of course thejudge recommendation of the muller team, of course the judge always has discretion to do something different but certainly it would seem unlikely at this point he would do meaningful jail time. why is that then? what has he done to get off that particular hook? well, in many ways thatis particular hook? well, in many ways that is the big question here. the muller team says he has provided very helpful information in a variety of criminal matters but we know nothing about what they are. we don't know if they involve president trump or president trump's family, or members of president trump's administration, or whether they are just ancillary criminal probes so thatis just ancillary criminal probes so that is a big mystery. apparently

his cooperation has been substantial enoughin his cooperation has been substantial enough in enough material cases, that the special prosecutor thinks he should be rewarded with get out ofjail he should be rewarded with get out of jail card he should be rewarded with get out ofjail card free. what will be troubling the trump administration most then? well, what is interesting hear here is that president trump seems to have maintained a much more favourable attitude towards michael flynn than he has towards his former attorney michael cohen. both now are co—operating with the special prosecutor, but flynn has remained in trump's good grace, so that at least suggests that trump himself does not at this point seem to believe he has reason to deeply fear anything that michael flynn will have to say. we will see if that turns out to be true or not. but what flynn could testify too is the contact between the trump administration and the russian government, that happened in the

presidential transition period between the 0bama administration and the trump administration. what in that could possibly have been criminal or improper, that remains to be seen, but that seems to be the substance of flynn's cooperation. everyone is itching to know what he has said that has been of use to the muller investigation. when, if might we find out? people are starting to get impatient with the investigation. investigation. the president is impay shedget with it, but even more independent minded nonpartisan americans are starting to think this has been going on a while, it is about time toer what what robert glenn mulcairer has on the president. there is tremendous pressure to come forward with some sort of meaningful information, some sort of meaningful information, some sort of meaningful information, some sort of report i would say in the next three to six month, many people thought this would be forthcoming after the midterm election, that is not the case but i think certainly

in 2019, we should see muller lay his cards on the table. matthew wilson, thank you very much for perfect the government's target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands has been left out of draft proposals for a new immigration system. the target was originally set by david cameron, and remains a conservative manifesto commitment. the final version of the much—delayed immigration plan — which aims to end free movement from the eu after brexit — has yet to be agreed. a couple from 0xfordshire found guilty of being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action, have beenjailed at birmingham crown court. adam thomas and claudia patatas, who named their baby son after hitler, were sentenced to six and a half years and five years respectively. nine migrants, including a child, who had been trying to cross the english channel to the uk, have been rescued from a boat 18 miles off dunkirk. it comes just days after six migrants were rescued off the coast of kent. french rescuers took three hours to find the latest group of people after receiving a distress call.

two of the migrants were suffering from hypothermia. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, particularly wet and windy day out there for quite a few of you. gales in many places, a drop in temperature on the way as well into the afternoon as rain clears from the west, but across parts of eastern scotland, eastern wales, and into good part of england stays wet into the evening rush hour. within that broad band of wet weather there could be bursts of pretty intense rain for a time and squally winds, clearing away from the east coast and much of eastern scotland as we go into the first half of the night. that leaves clear skies and a few showers around, with the clearest conditions in scotland, northern ireland, northern eastern england. there could be a touch of frost into the morning, but a bright start to tomorrow, even if it is cooler than today. showers initially in southern counties of england and wales, down back to the coast a bit, and then as the wind picks up in the west again the showers become more numerous here. a bit of sunshine in between, best of the sunshine across northern and eastern parts of the country,

where some could stay dry all day long, but a fresher day compared with today, stays that way until thursday with showers mainly in the north, turns milder on friday, with wind and rain for england and wales. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: you are 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 14 weeks to go that irresponsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal. that is the responsible thing for the government to do. that is what we agreed in cabinet. plans to overhaul england's waste systems are unveiled to make it easier to know what and when to recycle. a russian ship that ran aground off the coast of cornwall has been successfully refloated, after a major operation. also coming up — a treasure trove of dinosaur history. cliff erosion in hastings reveals footprints and fossils 145 million years old. sport now on afternoon

live withjohn watson. and manchester united need a new manager. yes, they do indeed that they are looking to find one as soon as possible. they have a game against cardiff this weekend and they want under caretaker manager in place for that game this weekend following his sacking this morning. he did oversee the club's worst league start in 28 years. a temporary replacement will be found until the end of the season before a permanent successor‘s appointed. 0lly foster is outside old trafford. 0lly, the club keen to have somone in by the weekend. and a former striker is a name in the frame. yes, for that trip to cardiff city, the late striker has

been considered, a former striker, the man who won in the champions league he has been manager and another club for the last couple of seasons, 0le gunnar solskjaer. so he is available, even though he has signed a contract extension. he is on holiday at the moment, but yes manchester united looking to move very quickly to get this caretaker role. 0le gunnar solskjaer the frontrunner in that capacity, but when you look at the long—term, then you look at laurent blanc, who had a couple of seasons here under sir alex ferguson, a former world cup winner with france and manager of france as well, and also psg. as is

zinedine zidane who had some very successful seasons at real madrid and came through the manager ‘s system there after coaching, so it is not like he just walked system there after coaching, so it is not like hejust walked into system there after coaching, so it is not like he just walked into that team. winning three champions league titles in a road allah, but zinedine zidane perhaps more likely a permanent manchester united manager, but the really important appointment will be the caretaker role because manchester united are closer points wise to the relegation zone that they are to winning and they were shambolic in their defeat to liverpool at the weekend and they area liverpool at the weekend and they are a long way off the champions league places as well, the top four. what has been the general reaction they are today? is it fair to say they are today? is it fair to say the majority of united fans are pleased to see him go because the performances, as we know, haven't been up to scratch this season. very short of the attacking football that we re short of the attacking football that were seen for many years under sir alex ferguson. they seem to be

drifting further and further away from the likes of liverpool and manchester city. yes, they are light yea rs manchester city. yes, they are light years away from the way that liverpool and manchester city are playing and accruing points at the moment. a miserable day you're outside 0ld moment. a miserable day you're outside old trafford, so not many have ventured out, but a few have come down to see what is going on and to airtheir come down to see what is going on and to air their views and from the ones that we have spoken to, it certainly seems as if the cloud has lifted. the gloom has been lifted. because they were sick to the back teeth of the way that manchester united were going about their business and theyjust want united were going about their business and they just want to see united were going about their business and theyjust want to see a return to the verve and the swagger of old, which they didn't have under david moyes, and justin patch is really over the last four or five yea rs. really over the last four or five years. they want someone to come in who buys into the club's traditions of attacking football, but they just need to start picking up points because it is looking very likely that they will miss out on european football next season, so it is this

ca reta ker football next season, so it is this caretaker role and it looks like 0le gunnar solskjaer and they have to start getting those results quickly and getting the fans back onside and does finally, some of the fans aren't pointing the finger at mourinho so much, but also at the board here, the ownership, the blazers. the executive vice—chairman as well. for getting them in this mess in the first place. the appointments of managers since sir alex ferguson's retirementjust haven't been right at all. so a lot of the fingers of blame is being pointed upstairs as well as that mourinho's two and a half years in charge at pitch level. many thanks indeed. we will keep you up—to—date when we get any kind of news on that potential appointment in that ca reta ker potential appointment in that caretaker role at old trafford. 0le gunnar solskjaer the name currently in the frame. there will be plenty more to come on this story, as you can imagine, and much more drought this evening as well. we have a special programme at 6:30pm, plenty of analysis and looking at the candidates but it sure to come in

and replace the now sacked mourinho. for now, that is all. back to brexit now, as the cabinet decides to ‘ramp up' preparations for a no—deal brexit. with me to discuss this is tim durrant — a senior researcher on the brexit programme at the institute for government. his work focuses on the government's preparation for a ‘no—deal‘ exit. thank you very much forjoining us. when should this have been made a priority? it is a good question. the prime minister said since she came in injuly 2016 that no deal was better than a bad deal, so you might think they had been preparing for it since then, but it does seem to have been ramping up slowly over time and clearly today the decision has been made to do that. how prepared as the uk? i think at the moment, it is ha rd to uk? i think at the moment, it is hard to say that we are ready for an ordeal. there are so many aspects of our relationship with the eu that will change overnight if we leave without a deal, so managing all of thoseis without a deal, so managing all of those is nigh on impossible and the fa ct those is nigh on impossible and the fact that it has been left leg comes

this becomes a priority means there isa this becomes a priority means there is a lot to do and actually what happens they —— day one depends so much on what the eu and individual countries do that very little is under the government's. white what would a good no deal plan look like? i think it needed to have been started earlier and they needed to bea started earlier and they needed to be a lot more information coming out of the government is one of the criticisms from businesses that there hasn't been enough information telling them exact what they need to do, so for example the government wrote to small businesses that export to the eu a few weeks back saying, talk to your logistics company who transport goods and see what they are going to do, but that doesn't solve anything for that business. it feels like it moves the problem from one person or organisation or company to another. howfair is organisation or company to another. how fair is it to expect the government to have a watertight plan when, as you say, the eu and the component parts of the eu could choose to do something that we weren't expecting? absolutely. there is no way that the government can

manage all of this on itself. having said that, in order to do the best job, i think it should have been preparing this earlier and talking to people about what it would mean earlier in sort of real terms rather than the kind of rhetoric we have seenin than the kind of rhetoric we have seen in recent months. the have said that they will be clear about what their plans are for a no deal, so how helpful will that be? we are expecting more information from the eu tomorrow. probably the approach they are going to take if they want a managed no deal — that they want to manage dual and they will be managing the impact on themselves so they will do things unilaterally and then mitigate the worst of it for europe and then of that otters, great, but it is not their primary objective. like what? an example is that the eu have said clearly that lies between the uk and the eu will be allowed to continue. because that benefits them to. yes, they do not not one flights to be cut off any more than we do. but uk alliance which can currently fly between any european country will no longer be able to fight between european countries once we are outside without a deal. for example now the

uk alone can fly as a participant in the single market. however, that paris to rome flight would no longer be allowed. how much money is going to be thrown at this issue? we heard an announcement today of several billion more from the chancellor. we don't know exactly where that is going. we expect in a location soon. the thing with that is it's going to come later down the line. it's going to come in the next financial year so actually after we have left the eu. the money the government has now to spend between now and the end of the financial year, which is when we leave the eu, they are struggling to spend that because there is a significant underspend already so it is unclear if they can get through that and what they would doing that in the remaining three months. there is one positive thing that you can tell as. to do with switzerland. yes, the government announced earlier in the week that both the trade agreement that the uk has with switzerland, by being a member state of the eu, and the flight arrangements that we have with switzerland, those will be maintained regardless of the outcome

of our negotiations with the eu. because switzerland and the uk are important partners to each other, both governments have prioritised ensuring that it can continue and flights can continue. and they can do that because switzerland is part of the eu. yes. in that agreement stands whether we have a deal with the eu or not. thank you very much. iam sure the eu or not. thank you very much. i am sure we will speak again before the end of march. the financial regulator has proposed big changes to the ways banks charge for going into the red. it wants to ban higher charges for overdrafts that haven't been arranged in advance and to replace daily or monthly fees with a single, annual interest rate. lynn is self—employed. that means each month's bank balance looks very different, so it's hard to keep on top of the family accounts. i've always dipped in and out of overdrafts. i've paid far too much in bank charges than i should have done, because i've not kept in close enough control over the balance. it might be getting towards the end of the month and a payment, maybe the energy bill comes in,

it tips me over my overdraft and i don't realise quickly enough, because you have to sort out the money within a day. yeah, i'll get hit with a fee. 52 million people have current accounts, and that means today's new plans by the regulator will have far—reaching consequences. they want a single interest rate charge, whether it's for an arranged or unplanned overdraft. banks would be banned from charging daily or monthly fees. that's going to make life easier for those on lower incomes who struggle to repay overdrafts. people are telling us they‘ re getting trapped in a spiral of debt, that once they've accidentally, because there's been an emergency they hadn't expected, gone into an unauthorised overdraft, they simply can't get out and it's being compounded month after month. it's big money for banks, though. last year, they made more than £2 billion from overdraft charges. butjust like the payday loan market, the regulator says they have to step in to protect customers.

key changes we want to introduce here are really around making sure that the cost of unarranged overd rafts comes down. so, for example, at the moment on average, if you have £100 unarranged overdraft you might typically be paying around £5 a day for the cost of that overdraft. under the measures we're talking about here, the cost would be more like 20p. that's welcome news for everyone with an overdraft, but it's going to take time. these changes won't come into force until next april, at the earliest. for lynn, and millions of others, that can't come soon enough. coletta smith, bbc news. a man who threw a banana skin onto the pitch during the north london derby at the emirates stadium earlier this month has been fined £500 and banned from football for four years. sentencing averof pa nteli, magistrates found there was a racial element. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been following the case at highbury magistrates' court. well, it was in the tenth minute of the north london derby on the 2nd of december when arsenal striker

aubameyang was celebrating in front of spurs fans, scoring a penalty. and a banana skin was thrown in his direction. now, today, 57—year—old mr averof panteli, wearing a black suit, he is a lifelong spurs fan, he pleaded guilty to throwing the missile onto the pitch. however, his solicitor said it could have been an apple or a plastic cup, he had no idea the severity of what he'd done until later that night, when he was arrested and when he was speaking to police, he realised just what the action he had done had actually meant. he said it was a momentary lapse in judgment that had been deeply upsetting for all concerned and that he also had received death threats. now, the magistrates took a while to come to their decision. ultimately, the chairman of the bench, said the magistrates decided it was a targeted gesture after a goal was scored by a black player. he was fined £635 in total with costs, but he was also banned

from going to any football matches for a total of four years. now, speaking afterwards with his family behind him, mr panteli told me it was something he would regret for the rest of his life and that he wished to apologise to anyone he may have offended. maryam moshiri is here. in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. 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. a russian ship that ran aground off the coast of cornwall has been successfully refloated, after a major operation. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 £45 per year. it wants to lower the returns network companies can pay to share holders, 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. the gender gap is in focus today.

this is not just the gender gap is in focus today. this is notjust about pay, is it? not about pay, but getting women into senior roles. educating, health, politics, business and where women stand on that. the world economic forum have released their latest benchmark on global gender equality. some good news and some bad. it has closed very slightly after widening for the first time in 2017. we took a step back last year and a step forward this year, but it will take 108 yea rs this year, but it will take 108 years to close the gender gap across politics, education. the top country in terms of gender equality is iceland. not surprising. followed by norway, sweden. england is not doing too badly. 115th out of 149 countries. not too bad, all things considered. let's talk to saadia zahidi, managing director, world economic forum. how do u measure the gender gap? we try to understand on health,

education, economic participation and political empowerment, what are the overall resources and opportunities and how equally they are being divided between women and men, and when you look at the gender gap that way, you end up having both rich and poor countries at the very top of the rankings and rich and poor countries at the very bottom of the rankings. so for example, while the rankings. so for example, while the nordic economies are in the very top positions, there are countries such as rwanda and the philippines and namibia but also make it into the top of the rankings. conversely, at the bottom end of the rankings, there are a number of advanced economies, countries like japan and korea, like italy, who are only really in the bottom third of the rankings. at the current rate of change, the data suggest that it will take 108 years to close the overall gender gap and that is only if we go at the current rate. that's just seems like such a long time. if we go at the current rate. that's just seems like such a long timem essentially means that most of us will not be seen this in our

lifetime and it is questionable if a girl born today is likely to see equality in her lifetime, and so the pace of change is really what has to improve, what has to exhilarate, but the trends are very worrying. we have been doing this for about 13 yea rs have been doing this for about 13 years and after an initial peak, we are starting to see this plateau. we are starting to see this plateau. we are starting to see this plateau. we are starting to see gender equality starling, and the reasons behind it are things that we basically didn't manage to address in the last couple of decades, and that is how care work is distributed between women and men and something new, which is how technological changes actually impact the labour market and what it is doing to women's work.” impact the labour market and what it is doing to women's work. i wondered ifi is doing to women's work. i wondered if i could ask a question about if we are not moving fast enough, what are some of the measures that can be brought in across organisations, businesses, governments, that would make things move faster? one aspect is most organisations today are still set up for this traditional breadwinner and caregiver model, and

most families are just not structured that way. most families can't afford to live that way, and so organisations have to change how they do work, how flexible they are, what opportunities they offer to all pa rents, what opportunities they offer to all parents, not just to what opportunities they offer to all parents, notjust to mothers or fathers. to that is one aspect. a second aspect is this transformation of labour market that is currently occurring and all of the technological change that is going to end up automating certain types of work and yet creating new opportunities. i think this transformation is a really positive opportunity for us to try to hard wired gender equality into the future of work so that we don't have the mistakes of the past and what that requires is ensuring that women are getting into the highest growth sectors of the future. i wanted to ask you, the uk is 15th, i believe, in the rankings. that is not a bad ranking. what are our strengths and weaknesses? it is not about drinking, but one thing i want to point out is that even the number one country in the world has not actually reached gender equality and

this is the case of the uk as well. it has closed nearly 80% of its gender gap, but there are is still that 20% ago. the uk does extremely well in terms of women's outcomes in terms of universities, the women and men have fully close the gender gap. in fact, there is a reversed gender gap, more women coming out of universities. when it comes to more labour participation, the uk is in the top third of the rankings, but when it comes to the wage gap, there is still a very significant wage gap in the uk. there is also a very significant gap in terms of leadership roles. so people who are senior officials, people who are managers, people who are at the very top organisations. that is still something that needs to change. ok, managing director of the world economic forum. so good to talk to you. thank you very much. thank you for sharing your interview with me. sharing is caring, as i tell my children. all three of them, yes. 0ne retailer is bucking the trend? sorry, i had to use that picture. it

is just beautiful. did you? we sorry, i had to use that picture. it isjust beautiful. did you? we have heard about asos having a hard time but angling direct. if you want a rod or a tackle, if you know what i mean. if fishing equipment retailer has seen sales rising by over 31%. it has been helped by black friday, which a lot of retailers were helped by. the fishing equipment retailer's sales rose by 31.5% to £14.6 million in the period, helped by a record black friday week when sales jumped 56% to £1.3 million. you will love fishing. i was interviewing someone a few months ago and angling is becoming the new millennial obsession. millennials love it. they love going out and relaxing instead of —— and sitting there and waiting to catch a fish.

that is a collar that he is on? yes, thatis that is a collar that he is on? yes, that is a troll. i couldn't find any other pictures. the london market is a bit lower. we'll edit out that before i play. edit out the bit about tackle as well. i knew you would say something like that. you're very naughty. going on a trip with her is even worse. a "treasure trove" of dinosaur history has been identified in a cliff at hastings, according to a newly published study by researchers at cambridge university. it's based on investigations of footprints uncovered there in the last four years. they say they are so well preserved that details of skin, scales and claws of creatures living 145 million years ago are visible. robin gibson reports. that's a nice one. the academics confirm what local enthusiasts know. round here, you're never very far from a dinosaur footprint. all you need to know is where to look. three toes.

145 million years ago, this was a very different world. kent brooks has devoted years to studying its prehistory. you find not only the footprints, but, if you're lucky, you can also find dinosaur bones in amongst the rocks. 0n bexhill beach? 0n the beach. the bones have been washed out of the clay by the sea, natural erosion. and they're lying on the beach. amazingly, you can find and see dinosaur footprints here, for example, on bexhill beach, without having to risk life and limb clambering along the cliff line. but for the specialists who do, our part of the world is legendary. we've visited every year for the past five years, in the winter and come across new material every time. it's been really exciting stuff. this new study brings up—to—date this walking with dinosaurs

world of iguanodons, stegosaurs and many others. their footprints are curiously preserved here and the constant erosion of cliffs and coastline means that new material is regularly found. the footprints were made by compression, so where the dinosaurs trod on the soft clay or mud, they compressed the mud, which meant that, as time went by, the mud became hard, but the compressed mud was slightly harder. therefore, it was more resistant to erosion — the erosion that's going on right now, under my feet. a dinosaur museum in plain sight on our coastline. a museum where the artefacts are constantly emerging from the waves. robin gibson, bbc south east today, bexhill. time for a look at the weather. hello. one of the more unpleasant

of the weather days this week. lots of heavy rain around, severe gale force winds, all being driven by an area of low pressure to the north—west of us. this weather front has been crossing through the day. within a broad area of rain, there is also little narrow bands of pretty intense rain, as well, which will give especially gusty winds. that will be largely across parts of eastern wales, through good parts of central, northern and western england, as we finish the afternoon. some clear skies into the west, but as you saw, a windy afternoon with winds gusting 40—60 miles an hour in some spots. easing off a little bit in the west, compared with this morning but temperatures also dropping at the same time. so, by the time we hit the evening rush hour, some in the west will start to turn a bit drier but this is where we will be focusing the rain, in across parts of hampshire, towards the london area, across the midlands, northern england as well. as i said, within that, there will be some narrow bands and some shorter spells of pretty intense rain, where the winds will be especially squally. the rain, though, will be clearing away from eastern parts of mainland scotland by the time we hit the end of the evening rush hour but still raining quite heavily and quite persistently across parts of the shetlands.

as we go into tonight, the rain will last a few hours across parts of east anglia and the south—east. then that will clear through and it's a story of clearer skies but some showers to the south and west through the night but a colder night than last night. clearer skies. especially northern england, scotland and northern ireland, don't be surprised to see a touch of frost around. but at least brighter conditions to start tomorrow morning. as for tomorrow, overall, it's a sunshine and showers story. showers plentiful across southern counties to begin with and then it's to the west where the main focus of the showers will be through the afternoon. that does mean some parts of northern and eastern scotland and through some parts of north—east england, the midlands, will stay largely dry but temperatures down on today's temperatures. not far off where they should be for this time of year. 8-10. low pressure still with us through wednesday night into thursday. still feeding in the showers overnight but we get clear skies sheltered from the northern and eastern parts. again, a touch of frost to start thursday morning but the focus for the showers on thursday will be further north, so, northern ireland, west of scotland, north—west england the main areas to see those showers

through the day. the odd shower elsewhere, like wednesday, some heavy with hail and thunder, but there will be some across the south and east that will stay largely dry but not completely dry throughout the day with temperatures very similar to those on wednesday. that's your forecast. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall, today at four: 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 14 weeks to go, that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal, that is the responsible thing for the government 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 russian ship that ran aground off cornwall has been refloated after a major operation. coming up on afternoon live all the sport, john watson. boys coming up, all those bored with john watson, jose mourinho leaves manchester united. yes, plenty more reaction to that, 0le gunnar solskjaer, the former united striker, is a name in the frame to ta ke striker, is a name in the frame to take over as caretaker manager. and matt taylor has all the weather, but it isa

matt taylor has all the weather, but it is a bit bleak in parts. it has beena grim it is a bit bleak in parts. it has been a grim day, let's be honest, wet and windy for many, these are the grey skies in london, rain on the grey skies in london, rain on the way, but will it be grey skies or the way, but will it be grey skies ora the way, but will it be grey skies or a white christmas? i will have your christmas day forecast in half an hour, see you then. also coming up, we'll be live in newcastle, where new figures have revealed the extent of loneliness across the north east during the festive season. and we'll be crossing to salford to hear about the 75—year—old woman who's been nominated as a christmas star for her work with a voluntary pla ygroup. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. the cabinet has agreed to significantly intensify preparations for a no—deal brexit. with just over a hundred days to go until britain leaves the eu, £2 billion of funding is to be allocated to government departments to help them plan for departing without a formal agreement. the brexit secretary,

stephen barclay, said that businesses should take the possibility of a sudden exit from the european union much more seriously. labour says a no—deal brexit is simply not a viable option. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. months of disruption at the uk's busiest port. uncertainty about travel and driving or using your mobile abroad, and concerns that medical supplies could run low. warnings about a no—deal brexit have covered almost every aspect of life. now some ministers are clear — it's time to ramp up preparations. we're going to be discussing no—deal planning today. it is right we step up our no deal planning now, not only do we need to prepare the country, but it's also the best way that we will ensure that we get a deal. there is a deal on the table, but parliament doesn't support it, raising the risk, some argue,

of leaving without an agreement. we are preparing for all eventualities. we're certainly not intending to have a no—deal brexit, but parliament does need to vote for a deal, otherwise the legal default position is we will head for no brexit, no deal in march 2019. not all ministers are united on how to prepare for a no—deal brexit but today the cabinet agreed to intensify the government's effort, and to spend £2 billion on contingency planning across government. businesses will also be told to get ready. we're sending a clear message that this needs to be much more of a priority for businesses, up and down the country, the government's priority remains to secure a deal, but we need to recognise, with 14 weeks to go, that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal, that is the responsible thing for the government to do, that is what we agreed at cabinet, and over the coming weeks you will see a significant increase in this communication to businesses.

mps can't agree on much right now, but apart from the few who say that no deal is nothing to fear, stopping that scenario is something parliament could build a consensus round. for now there's frustration from mps on all sides, though, that they won't be able to consider other options until they've voted on the prime minister's deal well after the christmas break. this house has no confidence in the prime minister due... jeremy corbyn yesterday accused the prime minister of running down the clock so mps have little choice but to vote for her deal and called for a symbolic vote against her. "silly games", according to downing street, so when would labour push for a confidence vote in the government that could trigger on a election? we're doing the job of opposition, this week as we have done over the last two years of trying to hold the government and the prime minister to account. it is still a question of when not if we confront the government with a full motion of no confidence in the government. ministers managed a bit of festive cheer after

their last meeting before christmas, but there's certainly no sense of brexit being all wrapped up. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. yes, clearly a step change in preparations for a no—deal scenario, even though ministers say they want to get theresa may's deal through, that vote not coming untiljanuary. 0ne cabinet minister said it was the right thing to do, up until now departments have been getting on with their own preparations, but there has been a central oversight of the whole operation, and this should change that and try and make sure that things are a little bit more coordinated. in the commons, the defence secretary, gavin williamson, was asked about preparations in his department. we've as yet not had any

formal requests from any government department, but what we are doing is putting contingency plans in place. what we will do is have 3,500 service personnel held at readiness, including regulars and reserves, in order to support any government department on any contingencies they might need. let's discuss this now with the shadowjustice secretary, let's discuss this now with the shadow justice secretary, richard burgon. gavin williamson talking about having 3500 service personnel understand they encase any government department wants them, prudent planning or scaremongering? dramatic evidence of the shambles the government is in when they are even talking about this for a political purpose. i think also it is about trying to blackmail the country, trying to say that the choice is between theresa may's botched deal and a disastrous no deal, and that is why they have kept on trying to kick the can down the road, to ratchet up the pressure on

the public, really, in orderto road, to ratchet up the pressure on the public, really, in order to dupe the public, really, in order to dupe the public, really, in order to dupe the public, pressure them into supporting theresa may's disastrous deal. where does this leave the labour party? given the vote is coming in the middle ofjanuary, there will be just two and a half months before we do leave — will add focus your minds, especially those of you who are in constituencies which voted to leave, delivering on that referendum result? our mind is already focused, one, on voting down theresa may's worst of all world steel, two on preventing a disastrous no—deal brexit, and then putting forward the labour alternative to bring the country together and get something through the house of commons which honours the house of commons which honours the result of the referendum but doesn't jeopardise jobs or the economy. we brought a motionjust yesterday which the government is refusing to have heard in parliament, which actually was about bringing this vote forward, and the only reason really that the government is committing to a date

for the vote is because of pressure from the labour party, but we are clear that they should have the vote this week, because the government are running scared from democracy, and that is not very good. if you brought forward a motion of no—confidence in the government, they would have had to her dad, why haven't you done that? many critics say that yesterday was pretty shambolic with jeremy corbyn saying he wouldn't bring forward a motion, then he did. what going on? we incrementally ratcheted up the pressure on the government to do the right thing, and we will continue to do so. we have always been clear that we will bring the formal motion of no—confidence in the government when we have the best chance of winning it, and it seems really to make sense that most people are predicting that the time when we will have the best chance of winning it is actually went theresa may's disastrous deal is voted down. one cabinet minister said to me yesterday that you have managed to unite the conservative party, a very rare thing these days, because by bringing that confidence motion

against the prime minister personally, actually it got everyone to rally around her. i don't think the conservative party are united, they can't even agree on their own post—brexit immigration policy, we have heard of them delaying the white paper, they can't even say with all honesty that cabinet collective responsibility is maintained when people are putting up maintained when people are putting up putative leadership bids, when people are also putting out their different ideas for brexit, the different ideas for brexit, the different types of deal. it is a government in chaos, a government in office but not in power. why do you think you could come in with two and a half months to go and get the eu to agree to those things that you talk about? that is simply not going to happen, is it? we have negotiating credibility in the way that this damage, failing prime minister, who actually can't even command the support of huge swathes of her own conservative mps, those who know best, doesn't have, but our priority is clear — our priority is stopping? 's botched brexiter deal,

which is the worst of all worlds, and putting forward our alternative and putting forward our alternative a permanent customs union, and a guarantee that there will be no reduction in workers' rights, environment madiba that and consumer rights. we believe that common—sense approach can command the support of approach can command the support of a majority in the house of commons but also, crucially, bring people in the country together, those who voted leave and those who voted remain. so everyone looking ahead to january and that meaningful vote which we know will happen in the week of the 14th of january. vicki, thank you very much, vicki young in westminster. president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn is being sentenced shortly for lying to the fbi. these are the latest pictures of him arriving at court in washington. he pleaded guilty a year ago after misleading investigators about conversations he'd had with the then russian ambassador to washington. he's since been helping the us special prosecutor robert mueller with his investigation

into whether president trump's election campaign team colluded with russia. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. gary, what are the prospects of him going to jail? i think the consensus, really, and we will have to see what the judge says on this, it is down to him at the end of the day, but the consensus is that it is not unlikely that he will escape a custodial sentence. the guidelines are 0—6 months on this. he has cooperated, don't forget, we're told substantially, with the special counsel. 19 separate interviews he has done with the special counsel, and they'll certainly suggesting that he shouldn't get a jail term. we will see what happens, but he could get away with some sort of probationary period, i think, he would effectively not be going to

jail proper. that is not to say that it is not a serious conviction, being convicted, or pleading guilty of lying to the fbi on a number of occasions over a particular interview back injanuary last occasions over a particular interview back in january last year. his counsel, his lawyers attempted to suggest, as is the president, that somehow he was tricked into lying, that he was not really tells about what he ought to do, what was right and wrong in terms of what you can say to the fbi. that, i think, was always seen as a nonstarter? given the fact that he used to run the defence intelligence agency and a nominee, when he was having these comments, to the position of national security adviser. 0ne comments, to the position of national security adviser. one thing they have done is published this document, called a 302 any american legal system, heavily redacted, document, called a 302 any american legalsystem, heavily redacted, but essentially an account of the interview that took place between flynn and those fbi agents, and it

is pretty clear, when you read through this, that they knew he had had these contacts, they were trying to let him know that they knew, offering him the chance to talk about the detail of the contacts, and he denied remembering anything about them, so that is why they charged him, and that is why he pleaded guilty. what we do not know, the $64,000 question, probably worth a lot more than that at the end of the day, is exactly what michael flynn has been telling the special counsel about his broader inquiry into alleged collusion with russia in the 2016 general election. this particular court hearing seems to be attracting a lot of attention, quite attracting a lot of attention, quite a lot of people gathered outside the courthouse there in washington, as we can see from those live pictures. when are we going to hear what michael flynn told robert mueller, along with the wider parts of this investigation? it has been under way a long time now. yeah, it has been

running since may of last year, so 18 months in now. these things have broadened out at various times, gone in different directions. we you will remember he had a case against paul manafort, donald trump's campaign chair. that was really nothing to do with collusion between the campaign, more about manafort‘s and financial dealings, tax evasion and things like that. the key thing about today, maxine, is that flynn is the most senior administration official to have gone through this process. he was the national security adviser, just 423 days, at the end fired by trump, let's remember that, given the tweet from donald trump today wishing him luck, it was actually trump who fired him for lying to the vice president about these contacts. the vice president

went on tv to say that this didn't happen, turns out it did, so we lost a job because of that. very close to the presidents during the campaign, a real cheerleaderfor the presidents during the campaign, a real cheerleader for trump's campaign, and his fall was a blow, a very early blow to the white house, as it tried to set sail on the administration. gary, thank you very much, gary 0'donoghue there in washington. we will keep an eye on that sentencing of michael flynn, the former national security adviser, bring it to you when we get it. the government has unveiled its new strategy on tackling household waste in england. the aim is to protect the environment and cut pollution. under the plans, there'd be separate separate collections of food waste every week, to stop waste rotting and releasing greenhouse gases. there'd be a deposit scheme for bottles, cans and disposable cups. manufacturers will have to pay for the disposal of any packaging they produce. and they'll also have to label products clearly so that people know what can and can't be recycled. the proposals will be consulted on next year. here's our environment

analyst roger harrabin. 0ur relationship with the stuff that we throw away is about to change, starting with the rules to end confusion over what can be recycled and what can't. jess allen says she is keen on recycling but, like many, she's not sure what goes in which rubbish bin. sometimes you follow the rules, but is the cap able to be recycled, all parts of it? the government strategy aims to make it easy for people to recycle. ministers say that we all need a new attitude to waste. scientists say we are all using too much of the planet's resources, buying stuff and then throwing it away. that, in turn, generates greenhouse gases that are overheating the earth. it has got to change, they say —

government, businesses, you and me. here is one solution. if food waste is collected separately, it gives a stream of valuable gas and a lot of soil fertiliser when rotted in a tank like this. ministers want all households in the uk to be offered a food waste caddie to help in this process. across the country from maidstone to manchester, you have the same approach towards recycling, and critically we enable people to also deal with food waste, something which in the past we have been very bad at dealing with, which is critical to ensuring that we all leave a lighter environmental footprint. but the strategy is much broader than that. fly—tipping will be tackled by tracking the movements of disposal companies with an electronic system. people will be directly affected by a deposit system for all sorts of drinks containers, like this one be filmed in norway. machines give your money back when you recycle a container.

this plan would apply to england only. we have raised concerns where this focuses on just england, it doesn't include scotland, wales or northern ireland, and that can create complexities which can be challenging to get over. we want to work with government on the detail to where we understand those. environmentalists worry, too. they fear that the government's proposals will be watered down in the consultation process. some of these proposed changes will require new funding for people like the environment agency and local authorities, which have been quite hard hit with austerity measures. and defra has a lot on its plate with brexit, so it is an issue of capacity and whether or not they will be able to follow through with the great ambition shown in this document. the government insists the policies will be followed through. we can't just throw stuff away, because there is no such place as "away". you're watching afternoon live,

these are our headlines. ramping up preparations for a no—deal brexit — cabinet ministers say it will now be an operational priority. plans to overhaul england's waste systems are unveiled — to make it easier to know what and when to recycle. a russian ship that ran aground off cornwall has been refloated after a major operation. manchester united sack manager jose mourinho after two and half years in charge. he leaves after the club's worst start to a league season in 28 years. former united atriker 0le gunnar solksjaer is in the frame to replace him in a caretaker manager role until the end of the season before a permanent successor is found. and geordan murphy's been appointed head coach of leicester tigers. he's been in the role on an interim basis, the club are eighth with three wins from nine league matches. more to come at around half past.

a 16,000—tonne russian cargo ship which run aground off a beach in cornwall early this morning has been refloated. the kuzma minin grounded off gyllyngvase beach on the falmouth coast just after 5:30am. 0ur correspondent sarah ransome watched the ship returning to open sea. it's been a dramatic morning and now into the afternoon here in falmouth, as you can probably see, this 16,000 tonne bulk carrier that was stranded aground on, off the shoreline here in falmouth, just 100 or so metres from the shoreline has finally, finally been refloated and is now heading back out to sea. this morning, it was a dramatic time, as coastguards and other agencies were involved in trying to get her refloated, were concerned because they were hampered by very high winds, very strong seas and torrential

rain this morning when she was eventually — well, she came aground, but as you can see now, a number of tugs have been used in the rescue, and her engines were turned on to try and give extra boost to get her off the reef here, the rocks at the far end of the beach that were keeping her stuck in and forward on the ground here, off the sea shore. they were waiting for the high tide. as that high tide came, so the tugs went in and, look, the 16,000 tonne bulk carrier vessel with her 18 crew onboard has finally refloated. sarah ransome in falmouth. a man who threw a banana skin onto the pitch during the north london derby at the emirates stadium earlier this month has been fined £500 and banned from football for four years. when sentencing averof panteli, magistrates found there was a racial element. 0ur sports correspondent

natalie pirks has been following the case at highbury magistrates' court. well, it was in the tenth minute of the north london derby on the 2nd of december where arsenal striker aubameyang was celebrating in front of spurs fans, scoring a penalty. and a banana skin was thrown in his direction. now, today, 57—year—old mr averof panteli, wearing a black suit, he is a lifelong spurs fan, he pleaded guilty to throwing the missile onto the pitch. however, his solicitor said it could have been an apple or a plastic cup — he had no idea the severity of what he'd done until later that night, when he was arrested and when he was speaking to police, he realised just what the action he had done had actually meant. he said it was a momentary lapse in judgment that had been deeply upsetting for all concerned and that he also had received death threats. now, the magistrates took a while to come to their decision. ultimately, the chairman of the bench said the magistrates decided

it was a targeted gesture after a goal was scored by a black player. he was fined £635 in total with costs, but he was also banned from going to any football matches for a total of four years. now, speaking afterwards with his family behind him, mr panteli told me it was something he would regret for the rest of his life and that he wished to apologise to anyone he may have offended. natalie pirks. the government's target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands has been left out of draft proposals for a new immigration system. the target was originally set by david cameron, and remains a conservative manifesto commitment. the final version of the much—delayed immigration plan, which aims to end free movement from the eu after brexit, has yet to be agreed. a couple from 0xfordshire found guilty of being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action have been jailed at birmingham crown court. adam thomas and claudia patatas,

who named their baby son after hitler, were sentenced to six and a half years and five years respectively. nine migrants, including a child, who had been trying to cross the english channel to the uk have been rescued from a boat 18 miles off dunkirk. it comes just days after six migrants were rescued off the coast of kent. french rescuers took three hours to find the latest group of people after receiving a distress call. two of the migrants were suffering from hypothermia. the 1978 film version of the classic children's novel watership down left an entire generation in tears. iam i am still scarred by it! now a remake is coming to bbc one this christmas. the two—pa rt adaptation has an all—star cast, including star wars actor john 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 2d 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 hearjohn boyega

in the first episode of watership down on bbc one this saturday at 7pm, and the second episode airs on sunday at 7:20. time for a look at the weather. matt taylor was scarred by the first version, we have been reliving it, haven't we? ican i can still remember being made to watch it as a treat at primary schools, the teacher hated us, obviously! a different era! how was your christmas shopping going? i have got two more things to get. you are doing well! i thought i had finished, then i remembered i had not quite. not a lot of shopping going on here in arbroath this afternoon, looking very devoid of christmas shoppers, and who would blame them? it has been miserable this afternoon, the rain, the gales, don't want scenes like this

in the run—up to christmas, do we? i'm sure it looks beautiful in the summer, but like many high street this afternoon, what you really want, a week today... can you make its know? everyday since august i have been askedif everyday since august i have been asked if it will be a white christmas, we all want a scene like this, the romantics amongst us, it doesn't look likely, but all is not lost, certainly in the run—up to christmas day, it will be quite mild, a bit windy and wet at times, but nothing untoward for those travelling. but just but nothing untoward for those travelling. butjust been looking at the chance for christmas day itself, what we have is high pressure, generally dry, so the closer you are to that, generally drier. winds flow around it clockwise, and that means the air will be coming in from the west or north west, which, after a mild runner—up, might give more of a festive feel, temperatures dropping a touch for christmas day. the

forecast itself is a little bit meh as far as christmas day is concerned. a little bit of sunshine, a few showers, a bit of cool breeze. thank you for arranging that for us! pleasure! we have got to credit you when it is good. what is happening between now and then? more wet and windy weather to come, horrible out there at the moment, it has all come courtesy of this area of low pressure and is weather front, gusts of up to 70 mph as that has come through, and it is only meandering eastwards fairly slowly, so at the moment, heading into evening rush hour, all the way from south—west england into wales, the east of scotland, within that brought rain band, finally starting to make a push towards east anglia and the south—east, some heavy bursts as well. even things drying out in the west, lots of surface water and spray on the roads, take it easy, but heavier rain into the

london area by six o'clock, across much of the midlands, parts of northern england thoroughly wet too, especially the pennines and eastwards. heavy rain in the east of scotla nd eastwards. heavy rain in the east of scotland easing away, just a few showers left, but still pretty wet across in shetland. even here things will turn drier through tonight, the rain eventually arise in east anglia june the 2nd half of the evening rush—hour, then it clears off. clear skies in some areas, and because that airbnb weather front is cooler, temperatures tonight will be lower than last night. —— because that air behind the weather front is cooler. for morning commuters, some areas most likely to see showers, elsewhere a dry and bright start. into the afternoon showers mainly across the west, pushing in across northern ireland, wales, western fringes of england. winds nowhere near as strong as today, picking up

towards south—west england and wales later, temperatures at levels they should be at this time of year, 8-11d. that should be at this time of year, 8—11d. that is how your day is looking tomorrow. thursday will not be drastically different, some showers through the night across southern areas to take us into thursday, again a chance of frost, northern england and eastern scotland, but for thursday itself turning our attention to the north—west of the country, heavy, thundery showers, maybe some hail, western scotland, north—west england. further south, fewer showers, many will have a predominantly dry day, on the breezy side, 8—11 degrees. thursday night we see temperatures not dropping away match in the south, yet more wind and rain on the way, maybe a night—time feature for wales, the midlands, southern england. into friday, a cloudy and damp day, rain getting lighter and magic, a little bit of sunshine topping and tailing the country, quite mild. that is how

you weather is looking. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: 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 14 weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that 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 russian ship that ran aground off the coast of cornwall has been successfully refloated, after a major operation. also coming up — a treasure trove of dinosaur history, cliff erosion in hastings reveals footprints and fossils 145 million years old. before we go to the sports news,

there is breaking news to bring you from new york where writers telling us that president donald trump's charitable foundation set up in his name has agreed to dissolve following a lawsuit by the new york attorney general. she had claimed that trump had misused the foundation to advance his presidential campaign in 2016, and also that his businesses had benefited from it as well. the attorney general in new york is barbara underwood. she is a democrat. she said that the drum foundation's assets will be distributed to charities that will be vetted by her office first before the receive any funds. the deal still has to be approved by a state judge in new york. president trump's trump foundation, charity, to dissolved and assets distributed to

charities vetted by the attorney general. sport now on afternoon live withjohn watson. the big news today is the departure ofjose mourinho from from manchester united. yes, absolutely. really although one story in town following that news this morning. manchester united are hoping to have a caretaker manager in place for their match with cardiff this weekend following the sacking ofjose mourinho who oversaw the club's worst league start in 28 years. andy swiss is outside old trafford. andy, who is in the frame then to potentially coming to replace him, because we know it is likely to be a ca reta ker because we know it is likely to be a caretaker manager that will come in first. that's right. they are hoping to make an appointment on that in the next 48 hours or so. lots of names being bandied around. one of theseis names being bandied around. one of these is 0le gunnar solskjaer, who

was of course a famous name here as a player at manchester united. he famously scored the winning goal in the champions league final in 1999. 0le gunnar solskjaer is currently a manager in norway. would he be interested in coming to take over? perhaps on a caretaker basis? another name being talked about is a former player, laurent blanc, a former player, laurent blanc, a former french international player and also a former manager of the france national team. late yearfor a couple of years at old trafford and has plenty of experience. finally, of course, perhaps the biggest of the names that people are talking about, zinedine zidane, the former real madrid manager who left thejob in the former real madrid manager who left the job in the summer. 0ne former real madrid manager who left thejob in the summer. one of former real madrid manager who left the job in the summer. one of the greatest players in the history of the french national team, so of big names being bandied around here at united, but of course it is five yea rs united, but of course it is five years since sir alex ferguson left

this club and since then they have had a string of failures, most recently jose had a string of failures, most recentlyjose mourinho so the board know they have to get it right. they will do indeed. another name that is in the frame, pochettino. perhaps unsurprising following the way that the impact he has had on the club. that's right. pochettino is very much in the frame, not as because of what he has achieved at tottenham, but the way he has achieved it, the style of football they have played, the attacking, the creative player that has been so sorely lacking here at old trafford in recent months. now, pochettino today at his press conference was asked about the united job, and he was careful to distance himself from. sad news. what happened today. and then your question, it is not my business what is happening at another club. only i wa nt is happening at another club. only i want to send my best wishes to jose mourinho. a lot has happened in my position here as manager of

tottenham, and i cannot answer this type of question because this type of rumour happens in business, in football. it'll be interesting to see whether that is enough to stop all speculation about pochettino, as united look to make that caretaker manager appointment before their match against cardiff on saturday. many thanks indeed for that. we will be keeping an eye on that. alan shearer has been speeding. he believes it is no surprise that the clu b believes it is no surprise that the club have acted the way that they have when the club is not up to scratch on the pitch. they are closer to the bottom of the table than the top. something had to give. because they couldn't continue the way they were going. because they we re way they were going. because they were getting further and further away from the top, which is where they have been for so many years. i know they have struggled over the past couple, but players can't be blameless in all of this because

they have two still go out, whether they have two still go out, whether they like the manager or not, and clearly a lot of them didn't because you could see that they weren't happy. they weren't playing for him. and you could see that in their body language. so something had to give along the line, whether it wasjose mourinho losing hisjob or whether he was going to have the power to sell whoever he wanted injanuary. and they had made up their mind that they want someone else to come in and keep all of the players and try and keep all of the players and try and make the players perform better than they have been. alan shearer speaking there on the sacking of jose mourinho after two and a half yea rs jose mourinho after two and a half years in charge. there will be more throughout the evening, including a special sports programme at 6:30pm. plenty of reaction and analysis to come following the sacking ofjose mourinho today. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit

to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. jeff brown is in newcastle to tell us more about the new figures released by red cross highlighting the loneliness during the festive season and how bad it is across north east. and stuart flinders is in salford where a 75 year—old pat edge who has been running a voluntary playgroup for the last 30 years, has been nominated as a bbc north west tonight christmas star award. first to jeff. how bad is loneliness across the north—east of england at this time of year? well, it is something we often feel embarrassed to talk about and admit, but according to this research from the red cross many of us do feel lonely, especially at this time of year. christmas is a time for a big parties, this time of year. christmas is a time fora big parties, big this time of year. christmas is a time for a big parties, big family gatherings, so if you are on your own it does highlight the whole problem and on the face of it the red cross to paint quite worrying picture for this part of the country which we like to think is a very friendly place to live. they claimed more than half of people in the

north—east, 52%, few often, sometimes or always lonely. a number of reasons for this one. 0ver sometimes or always lonely. a number of reasons for this one. over a third of the people interviewed said they often feel they have no one to turn to. more than four in ten, 40 4x, turn to. more than four in ten, 40 4%, said they don't know their neighbours. that happens quite often, such busy lives people have come in and out of their houses and you never get a chance to see who lives there. two fifths of those who do have people they can turn to our candlelight on say quite often they just live too far away, they live in the other part of the country. family who have moved away, friends have moved away. one in eight say they don't have any friends or they feel close to or who they can talk to. what we should say by some way of context is that the red cross interviewed 4000 adults across the uk. now, of these, or make 168 were actually from the north—east, so we are not saying the findings were wrong, just with a larger sample they might have come up with slightly different findings. we did meet a young mum called hazel. hazel

is 26. she became lonely after moving up to blyth in northumberland with her husband about five years ago. she said she was bullied as a youngster, lost confidence, didn't feel she had an ability to connect with people and all of these problems left in a pretty bad place. depression was the main one. then followed by anxiety, social anxiety, followed by anxiety, social anxiety, followed by anxiety, social anxiety, followed by paranoia because once you have sort of lost that touch with making friends and seeing people, you sort of have that thought in your head that they don't wa nt to thought in your head that they don't want to be around you anyway, so you then have that. how did hazel deal with the loneliness? well, what helped turn her life around was the birth of her daughter, alice, and that almost forced to go out and meet people and also she said she didn't want her to suffer like she had, so she set about going to mother and toddler groups and that gave her the confidence to interact with people and to make new friends, to the point that she has actually now signed up to be a volunteer with

the red cross community connectors serviced in the blyth, and that helps others who had been in her position, and that is the whole point the red cross is trying to put out there. this is such a big time for being with friends and family that if you don't have that kind of support network, it can make the world and even more lonely place to be. last year, the charity said it supported more than 290,000 people in crisis across the uk, is what they are saying is obviously they are looking for support and the red cross is asking for more support, but they are also asking each of us to look at our colleagues, people who live around the corner, maybe just someone you might need on the street, anyone who needs a bit of help and a bit of support, especially at christmas, just give them that help to help combat that feeling of loneliness. thank you very much. to stewart in salford. tell us about the christmas star award. well, north west tonight viewers are very award. well, north west tonight viewers are very familiar with our christmas stars. we have been presenting them for a few years now and the idea is that we give people the chance to nominate someone who

does that little bit extra to make life better for others. it does that little bit extra to make life betterfor others. it is does that little bit extra to make life better for others. it is a tra nsfer life better for others. it is a transfer those nominating to say thank you and a chance to recognise some unsung heroes and what we get out of it is very moving moments of television and a chance to show that there are some good people in the world, so what better christmas message could you have? 0ne world, so what better christmas message could you have? one of those good people is pat edge. tell us about her. she has been a playgroup in salford for 30 years now. some of the original children there have since been going along with their own children. she volunteers at other organisations to, so she has devoted her life to helping the community. so this was a chance in a small way of showing heard that the people who use the services that she offers really do appreciate what she does. here is what happened when she was given the award. we are here to present a bbc north west christmas star award, and that is because of all the work that you have done for the last 30 years. cheering people genuinely appreciate what you

do. how does that feel? amazing, just amazing. well done to pat edge. she is the latest recipient of one of our christmas stars. we get hundreds of nominees every year and people are always telling us we don't broadcasting of good news, well this is our annual bit of unashamedly good news. she was a very popular winner by the looks of it too. thank you very much recognise nationwide this afternoon. and if you would like to see any more on those stories, you can access them via the bbc i play. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 430. charities are warning that more and more families in britain

are struggling to provide even the most basic essentials to care for their children — including cots, nappies and clothes. there are now more than 100 baby banks across the country offering donated items for free, from highchairs and buggies to toys and school uniforms. katharine da costa has been to visit families using one baby bank in buckinghamshire. despite having worked for several years in this country, single mum lenka isn't eligible for universal credit. she and 18—month—old stanley are struggling to survive on £20 a week. without family or free childcare, she says she can't afford to work. her local baby bank has become a lifeline. they literally provide me with everything, bottles, sterilisers, baby grows, nappies for the little one. if i didn't have them, i wouldn't know what i would dress him in or how i would feed him. baby bank for me, it was the light. a food and baby bank run side by side at this church run storehouse

in aylesbury, part of the growbaby chain, this is the fourth—largest in the country supporting 250 families. most are referred by social services, gps or schools but others liked jennifer drop in on a weekly basis. just recently gone on to universal credit, so living on £300 a month's not particularly easy. coming here, getting some free bits of items of shopping every week and little gifts forthe baby, and big items like a crib is so helpful. we have seen numbers rise, and rise quite rapidly. we're getting more and more people that are registering with us every week that are really, really struggling. research suggests 35,000 families have been helped by baby banks in the uk this year. charities warn hundreds of thousands more children could fall below the breadline in the coming years. more families are facing emergency need of financial support, partly because of a general rise in poverty rates, partly

because of an ongoing freeze on the rate of payments for children's benefits. but also partly because of new problems caused by the introduction of universal credit. the government urgently needs to get a handle on the new system to make sure families are getting the money they need at the time they need it. the government says it's committed to supporting families to improve their lives. in a statement, it said: lenka says she will start looking for a part—time job in the new year. a charity has offered some help with childcare costs. in the meantime, her local baby bank is all that's keeping them warm, fed and safe. katharine da costa, bbc news in aylesbury. in a moment she will be telling us

maryam moshiri is here. in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. ‘ramping up' preparations for a no—deal brexit. cabinet ministers say it will now be an ‘operational priority‘. plans to overhaul england‘s waste systems are unveiled to make it easier to know what and when to recycle. a russian ship that ran aground off cornwall has been refloated, after a major operation. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 £45 per year.

it wants to lower the returns network companies can pay to share holders, 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. one of the great hopes of the uk tech sector, blippar, has collapsed into administration over a funding row. the augmented reality firm was co—founded by ambarish mitra, and its technology was used in a partnership with the bbc‘s planet earth i! series. the london market is now over 1%. not a particularly good day. concerns about the global economy and low oil prices have had an impact on the wider london market. brent crude down over 4%. both american market is doing very well. tech stocks in particular are lifting spirits, but it has been quite into modular suite for the market and there is no one better to talk to the markets that my next guess. let‘s talk to justin urquha rt—stewa rt, co—founder

and head of corporate development, seven investment management. we were talking about what has been going on. retail stocks. yesterday, we we re going on. retail stocks. yesterday, we were going on about how asos had sent shivers down the spines of the retail sector. today, that of a recovery. you like it is a reflection of that vital work that ru ns reflection of that vital work that runs the economy, confidence. so many consider brewers are affected by overall confidence in the economy and brexiters affecting an awful lot of those people for instance in the motor car industry who are worried about going on part—time working and things like that, all of the issues around brexit. it has meant that they are less confident about unspent and maybe borrow more. so i am afraid it is good to be a weaker christmas. absolutely. it will be for many retailers. let‘s talk about the markets. the us markets not having a particularly good time. the element node. 0verall what you have seen here is a certain amount of wea kness seen here is a certain amount of weakness coming through. in comparison to what we have seen this year, china has been a real dog this year. it has been the year of the

dog in the chinese calendar. next you will be the year of the pig, so it‘ll be interesting to see if it will be a pic of the year. america has done really well, but now suddenly weakening off quite dramatically and china has done really bad little china has now gone so weak that maybe next year we will start to see a swap around, particularly as we have the issue with regard to the interest—rate decision and the rather strange comments by the president with regard to it. absolutely. we were seeing pictures of the president of china and president trump talking or not talking together at the t20 in argentina. the us— china trade issue really does worry investors, doesn‘t it? it really does because it is very well having a trade war and saying it will go back but it doesn‘t go back as it was. it damages long—term trade. we know this from previous example. it is not a matter of protecting america. it will damage america as well. there are no winners when it comes to the sorts of things. president

trump as to understand that and also he has to understand that the fed and its rate decision tonight will have to look at the long—term decision. the american economy is doing well. it is on a sugar rush at the moment, mainly because of the extra tax benefits that trump has been through. that means that they will start to slow up next year and thatis will start to slow up next year and that is when they would need to cut rates. they can recover until you put them up enough. absolutely. that is probably what the planners. always good to have you on. thank you very much. 0ne always good to have you on. thank you very much. one will look at the markets. there you are. i wanted to look at the board with the retail stocks in it, but we can‘t get that, but i can tell you that retail stocks have recovered, asjustin said. we like to keep you guessing. i like to be in control. we all do. i would like that to happen just for one day, just for one shift. a "treasure trove" of dinosaur history has been identified in a cliff at hastings, according to a newly published study by researchers at cambridge university. it‘s based on investigations of footprints uncovered there in the last four years. they say they are so well preserved

that details of skin, scales and claws of creatures living 145 million years ago are visible. robin gibson reports. that‘s a nice one. the academics confirm what local enthusiasts know. round here, you‘re never very far from a dinosaur footprint, all you need to know is where to look. three toes. 145 million years ago, this was a very different world. kent brooks has devoted years to studying its prehistory. you find not only the footprints, but, if you‘re lucky, you can also find dinosaur bones in amongst the rocks. 0n bexhill beach? 0n the beach. the bones have been washed out of the clay by the sea, natural erosion. and they‘re lying on the beach. amazingly, you can find and see dinosaur footprints here, for example, on bexhill beach, without having to risk life and limb clambering along the cliff line. but for the specialists who do, our part of the world is legendary. we've visited every year for the past five years,

in the winter and come across new material every time. it's been really exciting stuff. this new study brings up—to—date this walking with dinosaurs world of iguanodons, stegosaurs and many others. their footprints are curiously preserved here and the constant erosion of cliffs and coastline means that new material is regularly found. the footprints were made by compression, so where the dinosaurs trod on the soft clay or mud, they compressed the mud, which meant that, as time went by, the mud became hard, but the compressed mud was slightly harder. therefore, it was more resistant to erosion — the erosion that‘s going on right now, under my feet. a dinosaur museum in plain sight on our coastline. a museum where the artefacts are constantly emerging from the waves.

robin gibson, bbc south east today, bexhill. we are keeping an eye on the courthouse in washington, where donald trump‘s former national security adviser, michael flynn, is due to be sentenced for lying to federal investigators about his conversation with the russian ambassador. the special counsel is investigating alleged collusion between the trump campaign and russian operatives. michael flynn struck a plea deal and cooperated in 19 interviews over the course of a year with robert mueller. it is widely expected that he will escape ajail widely expected that he will escape a jail sentence because of his co—operation. he is said to have provided some very useful information for the special counsel. so there are the live pictures

coming from the courthouse in washington. we will bring you that sentencing as soon as it happens. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five. time for a look at the weather. hello. a wet and windy day out there for many of you. a drop in temperature on the way as rain clears out from the west. across parts of eastern scotland and wales it stays wet into the evening rush hour. within that band of wet weather, there could be some bursts of pretty intense rain and also some wind. clearing away from the east coast of england and also eastern scotla nd coast of england and also eastern scotland which leaves clear skies. clear conditions across scotland, northern ireland, northern eastern england. frost into the morning that a bright start to tomorrow, even though it will be cooler than today. showers initially across southern counties. as the wind picks up on the west, the showers become more numerous year. a bit of sunshine in

between. the best of the sunshine across northern and eastern parts of the country were some places stay dry all day. a fresher day compared with today. it stays that way into thursday with showers across the north. milder on friday with wind and rain. today at 5pm: a calamity or a minor hiccup? whatever a no—deal brexit means, the government says it‘ll be ready. the cabinet agrees to make it an operational priority, with continued uncertainty, that theresa may‘s deal for leaving the eu will get commons approval. we need to recognise with 14 weeks to go that a responsible government is preparing for the eventuality that we leave without a deal. 3,500 troops will be on standby, to help any government department cope with a no deal brexit. we‘ll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: waste not, want not. plans to overhaul england‘s waste systems are unveiled to make it easier to recycle, and help the planet. 0nce special, now unemployed.

jose mourinho is permanently substituted by man united. a dramatic operation refloats a russian ship run aground off the cornish coast.