ramping up efforts to recycle our household waste — the government sets out its plans. all councils in england could soon have to collect food waste along with packaging. the aim is to cut down on millions of tonnes of household rubbish that currently goes to land fill every year. companies that make the products could also be made to foot the bill. also on the programme tonight: preparing for a no—deal brexit — the government orders letters to be sent to almost 140,000 businesses warning them to make plans. he's out — the manchester united bossjose mourinho is sacked after the club's worst ever start to a premier league season. the players can't be blameless in all of this because they have to still go out, whether they like the manager or not and clearly a lot of them didn't. a russian cargo ship runs aground off the coast of cornwall — tugs move in to try to pull it off the rocks. rising up in qatar — the stadium where four years today the football world cup final will be played.

later in the hour on sportsday: we'll look at what's next for manchester united with 0le gunnar solskjaer the man most likely to take on the caretaker role until the end of the season. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has set out its plans to tackle household waste across england and make recycling less confusing. under the proposals the government hopes to introduce mandatory food waste collections in england and bring in a consistent labelling system so that consumers know what they can recycle. companies that produce the materials would also have to pay the full costs of disposing or recycling their packaging. at the moment they pay just 10% of the cost.

the plans, set out in the government's waste strategy, have been cautiously welcomed by campaign groups. 0ur correspondent jeremy cooke reports. the throwaway society in full effect. mountains of waste, millions of tonnes of household rubbish sent to landfill every year in england. now, the government's launching a new, radical plan to tackle a festering national problem. it plans how to extend the lives of electrical items like dishwashers. recycle plastics like bottles. deal with methane—producing food waste and old batteries. in ipswich, jess allen is determined to do her bit. but for so many of us, recycling can be complicated. it says the bottle is and the cap is, but the label isn't, so i'll have to take that off before it goes in the bin. jess welcomes the idea of a new, uniform collection across england

and clear labels on which bin for which waste. the supermarket labelling, it tells you it is recyclable but often you think is that in my local area or is itjust generically recyclable if it was to go to the right place? so i think the reassurance you are doing the right thing as much as you can will be really helpful. this recycling plant does plastic. 1.4 billion cartons and bottles, 16,000 tonnes every year. but recycling rates in england are stalled at about 45%, plenty of room for improvement. the whole process is to convert something which is useless into something of real value. but all of this of course, takes major financial investment. money then is key. yes, they recycled plastic flakes here are sold to make new products, but we need more capacity. and it's hoped the government announcement will mean more recycling. to build a plant like this one costs around £40 million.

we are not investing for this government or the next government or even the one after that. we are investing for 20 or 30 years and we need to know that is going to be a good business for the future. radically, the government is saying manufacturers are packaging should pay the cost of disposal. potentially good news for local councils. local government has argued for a long time that the manufacturers that produced the waist, packaging and things like that, they should pick up the cost rather than council taxpayers. the government wants to extend food waste collections across england to stop methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. roll out a deposit and return scheme like this one in no way for plastic bottles and cans. there is plenty of detail to thrash out but environmental groups hope this could bea game environmental groups hope this could be a game changer in the fight

against waste. 0ur correspondent sian lloyd, is at a food waste recycling plant. those are plans for england, what about the rest of the united kingdom? food waste is brought into this recycling plant in cardiff, it is placed in huge vats where it is broken down into methane and then converted into electricity. that is what is happening here and food waste has been made a priority in wales over the past ten years. 99% of households here have food collections. that compares with 35% of households in england who are obliged to put food in caddies and 55% of households in scotland use them. it is a similar situation in northern ireland to here in wales. 0verall, wales is seen as a good example of recycling, it is second

in europe and third in the world. the reasons are the legal targets that have been set in place, councils can be punished if they don't meet those targets and also councils are very much working together to try and use facilities like this one more efficiently. sian lloyd in cardiff, 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. £2 billion is being given to government deaprtments to help prepare the united kingdom for leaving the eu without a deal. the cabinet agreed the move today as uncertainty continues over the fate of theresa may's proposed exit deal. the ministry of defence says 3,500 troops will be available to help if we leave without a deal. here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar. they had no choice. the country had

to prepare for brexit with no deal if it came to it. some quite like the idea, though the eurosceptics are backing mrs may's brexit compromise for now. are people right to be afraid of no deal? no deal would not be good for our economy, we should work to get the prime minister's deal over the line. brexiteers can enjoy their christmas, but there will be trouble in the new year and others will fight and no—deal brexit if they have two and buying a seat belt doesn't mean you should crash the car. but time is running out fast before brexit day next march so £2 billion was allocated for customs, security, finding trade deals, letters were going out to companies, tens of thousands telling firms activate your no deal plans. we even heard 3500 troops would be ready to step in if the country needs them.

in the commons, critical mps are still waiting to have their say brexit, condemned the idea of no deal, well be brexit secretary insisted there is a better way.|j hope members of this house will look again to the risk ofjobs and services in no deal. the risks our democracy when we leave and we should back the deal when it returns to the house. it would be catastrophic for the uk that is why fio catastrophic for the uk that is why no deal has never been a viable option. it is a political hoax and deep down i think the government and this prime minister knows it. deep down i think the government and this prime minister knows itm would be economically catastrophic. this government must remove no deal from the table instead of using it asa gun from the table instead of using it as a gun to mp's heads. from the table instead of using it as a gun to mp's headslj from the table instead of using it as a gun to mp's heads. i would have thought scottish nationalists members of parliament be more interested in how much of our membership fees which will not be

sent to brussels, will be going into scotland, into public services in scotland. the people of this country do not support a hard brexit and the prime minister should have taken it off the table then and she must take it off the table now because it is the worst possible outcome. most think the plan is doomed to defeat and some in the cabinet want other ideas, like a brexit that stays close to the eve, a referendum or no deal put to mps after it happens. i am told mrs may wants to flush out those who are waiting for her plan to fail. well—placed sources say she was over rival options put to mps and voted on at the same time. when her plan comes back to the commons next month. if everything is rejected she might try to fight on for her own brexit compromise. the prime minister shut out her enemies until after christmas when she postpone the big vote on brexit but soon the decorations will be down and it will be time to face the

verdict from mps and running and hiding will no longer be an option. letters will be sent to 140,000 companies across the uk advising them about preparations for a no—deal brexit. but as our business editor simonjack reports, with just over 100 days to go till the uk leaves the eu this advice is already too late for some firms who have taken matters into their own hands. 0n the shop floor of british business, the no deal warning lights have been flashing for months. this tool maker in swindon whose customers are mainly in the eu couldn't wait for politicians and has already set up a branch in germany. it's hard to believe in business how messy it is in politics. there is absolutely zero certainty in westminster so when there is zero certainty there, you are going to find that companies like wilson tool are creating their own certainty. they are just assuming the absolute worst and putting the plans in place for that. i suspect some of those plans will be incredibly hard for companies to roll back on. they are not the only ones trying to take control of their own

destiny, albeit reluctantly. 40 miles down the m4 in bristol, this sports clothing exporter has opened an office in romania and is signing the paperwork on a german warehouse. at this late stage, that's whether there's a deal or no deal. when are we likely to find out that there's a deal on the table? i need to know tomorrow. i can't find out on the 28th of march that there is going to be a deal on the 29th of march. i need to act now. setting up offices, setting up warehouses, moving staff, employing staff, these things take months. this is the last chance. there is not going to be another chance. once we have moved, we will not be coming back. the ramping up of government planning is coming a little late for some businesses. with just over 100 businesses to go, many are taking matters into their own hands. but there are thousands of businesses, particularly smaller ones, who have done nothing, and it is those the government is urging to prepare, but what can the government do now for them? of businesses but ministers agreed

today it was time for businesses to activate contingency plans where appropriate. emma jones runs a support group for small companies and chairs one of the prime minister's business councils. in the situation of no—deal brexit, small businesses will be desperately looking around and wondering what to do. they will be thinking about where their european sales are coming from, what happens to the people they've hired, what are the technology implications, shipping, logistics. what they will be looking for and what would be excellent to introduce now is a brexit advice service to give those businesses the navigation and support they need to get through this situation. clearly not all businesses are anti—brexit, but most would like a deal and all would like to know what to prepare for. the message today is prepare for no deal. it's an outcome that business groups are uniting to try and prevent. simon jack, bbc news.

manchester united has sacked its managerjose mourinho after the club's worst ever start to a premier league season. mourinho has been at old trafford for just over two years. he's been criticised over his signings and the team's style of play. united say they will appoint a caretaker manager for the rest of the season. our sports editor dan roan reports. driven out. jose mourinho near leaving town this afternoon, hours after learning he had been sacked as manchester united manager, the end ofa manchester united manager, the end of a turbulent reign. his fate had been sealed 48 hours earlier. their woeful defeat to liverpool marked a new low, this is their worst start toa new low, this is their worst start to a league season for 28 years. and with the club's hierarchy watching on, patients had run out. you cannot just pin the blame on one person. yes, the manager takes the rap and he has lost his job for that because

ultimately he is the one that has to get the best out of the players. quite clearly, that has not been the case. but when you go back to the summer, he wanted to be back and bring other players into the football clu b bring other players into the football club and for whatever reason, he wasn't. with a salary of around £80 million a year, mourinho spent 400 million on 11 players. but despite such investment, the club finds itself 19 points behind the league leaders. once you start criticising players in public, then it starts to go pear shaped. criticising players in public, then it starts to go pear shapedm criticising players in public, then it starts to go pear shaped. it is dire, no attacking, no desire. he looks as miserable as sin. where did it all go wrong? despite winning two trophies in his first season he never appeared to be attacking traditions and over the summer, tensions rose. he was unhappy at the lack of transfers and clashed with

star players, especially paul pogba. after a poor start, the strain began to show. i have one more premiership alone than the other 19 managers put together. three for me, two for them. respect. the glory years of them. respect. the glory years of the sir alex ferguson era seem a long way away now as they search for their fourth long way away now as they search for theirfourth manager. long way away now as they search for their fourth manager. the long way away now as they search for theirfourth manager. the favourite to ta ke theirfourth manager. the favourite to take over last summer —— necks is giving little away. i only want to send my best wishes tojose mourinho near. mourinho was football's special one. but with him, things often turned sour and having been sacked by chelsea and manchester united comet the sense is the game may have moved on without him. in recent weeks there has been a

growing sense of inevitability about jose mourinho's impending departure and it could be it is the end of him in the british game. he will be missed, but his tenure had become increasingly toxic. but there will be scrutiny of the club's hierarchy as well as theirformer be scrutiny of the club's hierarchy as well as their former manager, the leadership of ed woodward and the ownership of the glazier family. they are adept commercially but on the football field, decisions looks set to be desired. legless on shire looks set to take over on a ca reta ker looks set to take over on a caretaker basis but their next manager is huge decision. united it seems have gone backwards. the time is 6:16pm. our top story this evening: the government announces new plans for expanding recycling — all councils in england could soon have to collect food waste. coming up... banks are to be banned from higher charges on unarranged overdrafts. coming up in sportsday in the next

15 minutes on bbc news: we'll have a detailed look atjose mourinho's departure from manchester united and ask — what next for the club? it's a russian cargo ship weighing 16,000 tonnes, and this morning it ran aground off the coast of cornwall, after getting caught on rocks. hundreds of people gathered on the beach to watch, as efforts began to free it and its 18 strong crew. jon kay was watching. "it's huge and it's close" — the words of a falmouth resident on twitter this morning, when he woke up to this. a 16,000 tonne russian cargo ship, listing and drifting just metres from the shore. in atrocious conditions, with lifeboats on standby, the coast guard declared a major incident, lowering a pilot onto the vessel to oversee

the rescue operation, to try to free the kuzma minin from the sand, where she was stuck. any vessel of this size that comes into contact with the coastline is a real concern, not only for the crew of the vessel, those 18 people on board, but also, you know, the environment. the last thing we want is any oil spillage on our beautiful coastline. it's not clear why the ship came so close to gyllyngvase beach, but, suddenly, she was cornwall‘s surprise tourist attraction. despite the weather, hundreds watched and waited. i've lived here all my life, for 60 odd years, and it's the first time something like this has happened. you've never seen anything this close? no, no, no — never. never. i hope it gets moved pretty quick. we don't want these beaches ruined. lunchtime, and a sudden gap in the weather. the winds had dropped, the tide was high, rescue vessels were on the scene.

we see the line to the tug is taut. it's straining, desperately trying to get this massive vessel out to sea. the engines are running. you see the thick black smoke coming out the funnels? and it does look like it very slowly inching its way away from the beach. it took an hour to refloat the russian ship, with no sign of any pollution. she headed into falmouth bay, where she'll be checked and where questions will be asked. life on cornwall‘s coast can return to normal. jon kay, bbc news, falmouth. the stormy seas led to a number of lorries overturning in high winds this morning on a ferry at cairnryan in south west scotland. emergency crews were sent to deal with the incident as the vessel prepared to sail to larne in northern ireland. p&0 ferries says six vehicles shifted on board during bad weather but no one was injured. the sentencing of president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, has been delayed

until next year following his guilty plea for lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian officials. it was part of their investigation into possible collusion between president trump's election campaign team and russia. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel is in washington. first of all, why has the sentencing been delayed, it was expected this afternoon? this was meant to be a straightforward sentencing for lying to the fbi but the judge took a more serious view, saying i cannot hide my disgust at what you did to michael flynn. arguably, you sold your country out as the national security advisor, while pointing to the stars and stripes on the courtroom. it is clear the judge was thinking of a very much heavier sentence that michael flynn had expected, and so when offered the opportunity to defer sentence on, his lawyers jumped on opportunity to defer sentence on, his lawyersjumped on it. interestingly this morning, donald trump tweeted his support to michael

flynn, saying you've been under a huge amount of pressure, i wish you good luck. as though donald trump seemed to side with the person who'd broken the law rather than the people enforcing it. in a separate development, donald trump has agreed to shut down his family charity, the trump foundation, why? dead donaldj trump foundation, why? dead donaldj trump foundation, why? dead donaldj trump foundation, in court in new york a little while ago the attorney generalfor new york york a little while ago the attorney general for new york spoke of this charity as, let me quote it to you so charity as, let me quote it to you soi charity as, let me quote it to you so i can get accurate, a shocking pattern of illegality, including unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign, repeated and wilful self—dealing, functioning as little more than a cheque—book to serve mr trump has a mac political interest. so the charity will close down. donald trump is that lawyers have said it's misleading, inaccurate and highly politicised. thank you. banks are to be banned from inflicting higher charges on the 14 million people who go overdrawn without prior arrangement, under new plans by the financial regulator. in some cases unarranged overdraft fees can be ten times

more than a payday loan. debt charities have broadly welcomed the plans. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has the details. it's very long—term, and you just feel that there isn't a light at the end of the tunnel, that you're not ever going to do it to. it's a never ending spiral. after years on a debt management plan, carrie's now debt free, but overd rafts were always a big temptation. you've got a food budget, but you get to the till and you found out that, you know, the shop is £10, £15 more than you'd originally planned, just simply because of things you've put in the trolley. very tempting, because all you do if you're handing over a debit card that has an overdraft attached to it and you just think, well, i'm paying for the shopping. did it feel like you were sort of stuck in an overdraft, that you couldn't get out of? yeah, definitely. i mean, it's not a great place to be. you kind of sort of think, how i actually going to get out of this and what am i going to do? with such high fees for unarranged

overdrafts, the regulator has stepped in to stop banks from charging daily or monthly interest. key changes that we want to introduce here are really around making sure that the cost of unarranged overdrafts 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. these are changes that are going to impact a lot of people, because in the last year, a quarter of all adults were overdrawn on their bank accounts at some point. people like lynn. she's self employed, so doesn't have a fixed income and that makes it hard to keep an eye on the budget. yeah, i've always dipped in and out of overdrafts. it might be like getting towards the end of the month, and a payment maybe like the energy bill comes in and tips me over my draft and i don't realise quickly enough.

—— over my overdraft and i realise quickly enough. these new rules won't come into force until april at the earliest. for anyone who's slipped into an overdraft or become stuck there, that can't come soon enough. colletta smith, bbc news, in bolton. the 18th december 2022 — four years from today and millions of people around the world will be glued to the television watching the next football world cup final. the tournament is being staged in the winter for the first time in the middle eastern country of qatar. preparations are well underway already but it's not been easy. there've been allegations of corruption over the tournament bid, criticism of how workers are treated and an ongoing dispute with some of qatar's neighbours that's led to a blockade. richard conway reports from doha. it's qatar's national day — a chance to celebrate and look to the future. this gas rich state is preparing to orchestrate an even bigger bang, though, when in four years' time, when it gets to host football's biggest tournament. world cup plans are now springing off the drawing board and into life. eight stadiums will be used —

seven of them new. it's an opportunity for people to experience us, experience the arab culture, the richness and the rich heritage and culture that we have to offer. that's, i think, what the world cup really offers you. well, it's nothing but sand at the moment but in four years' time, this will be lush, green grass, because it is here where the world cup opening game and final will be staged. it's in a stadium that is rising up out of the desert. it is part of a tournament that organisers hope will change expectations on how and where a major sporting event can be played. qatar has been criticised in recent years over labour standards for workers building its world cup infrastructure. human rights groups have cautiously welcomed recent reforms, but issues remain. some of the workers making $175, £140 a month, is that morally defensible? no doubts that there is room for improvement in that element. the fact is that there was no

minimum wage established previously. now we are talking about implementing and applying minimum wage. so, i have no doubt progress on worker welfare reform will continue, it will progress. it's not a journey that's going to end. qatar, which is the same size as yorkshire, has neverfeatured at a world cup before, with many questioning its right to stage such a prestigious event. have you seen a big difference in the way that people watch football or the way that qatari people love football? yes, of course, yes, of course. see, we all, as arabs, we like, we like football. we can't live without football. with exactly four years until the final, there are many questions over what this world cup will be like, especially for fans far removed from qatar's islamic cultural norms. the hosts, though, believe such fears are unfounded and have a self belief that football can deliver a brighter future for all. richard conway, bbc news, doha. time for a look at the weather.

here's matt taylor. i'm guessing it's wet? certainly, to have the weather of qatar! this evening in birmingham sums up what has been a grim day, wet and windy. still raining heavily in england. clearing away from the west but within the broad area of rain, of darker ribbon are blue, some intense bursts of rain in central and southern england, with gusty winds still hitting 40—50 miles an hour. rain across the rest of eastern england for the rest of the night and then it gets out of the way. later in the night, a few showers in the south and west that many will become clearer and colder than last night. temperatures down into single figures was not northern ireland, scotla nd figures was not northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern and eastern england prone to some frost. a chilly commute tomorrow, a drier and brighter one for many. east anglia, the south—eastern other parts of central and south wales, mod showers to get the commute under

way. view across the south in the afternoon. after a drier start across western areas, this is where we will see the showers in the afternoon. some heavy with hail and thunder. winds at least are not as strong although they will pick up from the south—west later in the day. some eastern areas staying dry and sunny throughout the temperatures back to where they should be, around 7—10 or 11 degrees. a cool night to take us through wednesday night and into thursday. low pressure still close by. a few showers on the go. in 2000 a day time, closer to that area of low pressure where you are seeing showers come and go throughout. western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, plenty of showers. you are showers in the south, more in the way of dry and bright weather with some sunshine. the breeze not as strong as today or wednesday but temperature is fairly similarto wednesday but temperature is fairly similar to tomorrow's values at 7-11. similar to tomorrow's values at 7—11. stan wet and windy weather overnight across england and wales and into the start of friday. —— matson wet and windy weather. thank you. that's all now on bbc one — we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello, i'm 0lly foster. here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening. time's up for mourinho, sacked by manchester united after two and half years. it's down isn't it, it's what happened. there's no desire, and it's as miserable as it can be. a toothless performance at liverpool on sunday was one defeat too far for the united board, but should they take some of the blame? they want a caretaker in position by next weekend, former striker 0le gunnar solskjaer could be the man for the job. and i we lie here at old trafford as manchester united begin their search for the fourth manager in the last five years. also coming up in the programme...

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