reasons is that in france you main reasons is that in france you must have at all times your id or new i’ows must have at all times your id or new rows here they can get into this country and you don't have to have your identity papers all the time and they can melt into the black economy much and they can melt into the black ecoi'ioitiy much more and they can melt into the black economy much more easily. and they are coming because there is still this perception, a lot of them speak english, by the way, that they can come and they can survive here. there has also been a spike in the number is trying to get across. the suggestion being that there is concern that our borders will be very different after brexit? what we are seeing here is for a long time we have heard reports about the calaisjungle in we have heard reports about the calais jungle in various guises that has existed for almost decades, i believe, and what has happened is for a long time we have outsourced a lot of our border control to france in terms of people movement, goods, within the whole eu umbrella. and we're not having to face a massive

u pta ke we're not having to face a massive uptake in what is expected from border police and immigration services and this problem that has existed in calais for a long time of people trying to get across is happening by other routes. and the guardian, police struggling to stop the rise in illegal gun imports to the rise in illegal gun imports to the uk. this is an issue for the police because of the criminal use of these weapons. but also border officials, they are the first line officials, they are the first line of defence to pick these up?m would seem police and border officials, according to the guardian, are seeing a big supply of illegal firearms rising. what is interesting is that after dunblane there was a tightening of gun laws in this country and what we know is that because britain is an island, one of the advantages is a perception was it was much easier to control the arms coming in. but what the guardian is saying is what is

happening is it is new and clean weapons that are being used in majority of shootings whereas guns we re once so majority of shootings whereas guns were once so difficult to obtain that would be rented out for multiple crimes. what i find fascinating but it is on page six, which we don't yet have, is the uk border security are saying there are innovations used by organised crime gangs and smugglers who are increasingly finding new ways, innovating, and new routes, so what are the new ways to get border defences? and a supply of new, clean weapons, not weapons that have been used multiple times? that raises a bunch of issues in terms of the flow of firearms internationally. this idea of them being a new means they are probably new frontiers that have opened up for organised crime is to source weapons so opened up for organised crime is to source weapons so what you would see

was the release of weapons flowing from the former soviet states, that was a common route for firearms. what is not clear is what these new sources are and that might be a deliberate omission by the national crime agency. but what this races, and we saw this in the national audit office report recently on brexit readiness of the borders, is that actually the people policing this, customs officials, we have seen this, customs officials, we have seen a this, customs officials, we have seen a 7% fall in the number of customs officials since 2014—15 at a time when there is going to be vast amounts of pressure on the goods and the illegal goods coming into the country. the daily express... eu panic at no—deal brexit threat. they won't get one of the money they think they are going to get? this is coming ata think they are going to get? this is coming at a very sensitive time for the eu, discussion of the brexit bill, eu elections in 2019 but there is this idea that if we do not have

a brexit deal, but we won't pay that £39 billion, is tricky. we may not have to pay all of that £39 billion but deal or not, the idea that we would somehow be able to not pay this bill altogether visibly very unlikely because it is a very bad thing to be seen in terms of international markets not to pay your bills. when we talk about £39 billion, a large amount of that is a meal we have already eaten. if you leave, you will not be able to go to other restaurants! it would be very sensitive to shave some of the money off but it is very unlikely because it would be very costly in other ways. the credit rating agency, moody 's, says it would result in a sovereign downgrade for the uk and other serious in terms of how the national borrowing costs might go up. if you don't pay this bill, you will pay in other ways. it does also raise the fact that we are a net

contributor to the eu? and that income will be missed? absolutely. but then what we know is that theresa may, the first time we have legendary game, parliamentary recess, it is under huge pressure because the hardest brexiteers are very keen on her taking the position that we don't have to pay that money. but as you rightly say, there will be consequences to that and the eu is planning, not hoping that this will happen, making contingencies in case that were to be the case. who knows where this is going to play out in early january? as knows where this is going to play out in earlyjanuary? as far as knows where this is going to play out in early january? as far as the debates and the meaningful vote. the daily mail, a phone in everyjail cell for inmates. david gauke suggests they should be a landline so suggests they should be a landline so inmates can contact families at any time is private? this is interesting because we talked about this a few weeks ago and this is obviously an idea and at first i thought it seemed like a supremely

bad idea because there are all kinds of implications. organising drug deals or things like that. and the daily mail does point out that around 20,000 phones and seven cards are confiscated each year. however, the reason it seems that whether it is david gauke and other experts being in favour of this and recommending it, is because actually there is a huge queue for communal phones and it causes friction and violence. this is an attempt to give every prisoner a telephone in their cell for £70 billion. white? to cut reoffending. to diminish the violence and inner sense to show some good faith. others will say, when you go to prison it is not so you can have the mod cons? there is supposed to be some sort of things that you are deprived of. it depends on what you think the function of

prisoners. loss of liberty or to rehabilitate? is people being cut off from their families for the large majority of the time helpful to stopping reoffending?” large majority of the time helpful to stopping reoffending? i think thatis to stopping reoffending? i think that is exactly it. if you fundamentally believe that these people have to be reintegrated into society, we have to ask what level of communication they are allowed because we do know that if you withhold family visitation, if you make it harder for fathers to be engaged with their children's lives, it becomes much more difficult to repair some of the damage that has been done to society by the crime in the first instance. the financial times, gatwick emerges from the drum chaos, and a french infrastructure group, you perhaps will tell us more about this... gatwick looks like an appealing prospect? it is fair to say that before the drum drama, gatwick was already far down the

line with this particular deal. but vinci has been very aggressive in the ongoing investments in airport infrastructure. and gatwick is an attractive prospect because whilst the movement might finally be happening on the heathrow third runway, gatwick is very likely to see expansion as well. it is still a major artery from london. brexit or not, you will still see huge volumes of traffic coming through. gatwick are still an attractive prospect, irrespective of the drone drama. they are a very interesting company with lots of fingers in lots of pies. it is a well-known name in france. any british tourist or others who have gone along, as you have, the motorways, in france. but this is a very interesting group because, 43 or so at all, majority

share, in gatwick. and they see this asa share, in gatwick. and they see this as a profitable investment but they also do things like energy, telecoms, i think all sociable engineering prospects. and i think the sale was delayed by the drone thing. you don't do this overnight. this was in the planning and they are extremely happy. i was looking at some of the commons today. i think this is a case of veni vidi vinci! very good! the times... e—mails will never catch on, want number 10 staff... this has been revealed, what they thought the internet was going to bring. confidential papers have been released by the national archive. e—mail will never catch on! if only they were right! inboxes inundated every day! me, too. somebody tells

mei every day! me, too. somebody tells me i should be deleting all kinds of e—mails but i don't have time! i am just trying to catch up and people write to you who you would normally ever communicate with. up to a point, they can't. and when conferences, you are sent war and peace the day before! i love it! but... if you had to write a letter you probably would not send many of the e—mails... you probably would not send many of the e—mails. .. you you probably would not send many of the e—mails... you would just sit down and think about it. and it is not just down and think about it. and it is notjust e—mails down and think about it. and it is not just e—mails nowadays? down and think about it. and it is notjust e-mails nowadays? it is so passe! i wonder if they are having the same conversations right now about things like g—chat! instant messaging being banned at number 10 to keep up the pace of communication? it is incredible that in 94 they said that we would not expect many e—mails but people might try it out for fun at first! they

said that the television! it'll never catch on! that's it for the papers for this hour. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to my guests, benedicte paviot and anna isaac. we'll all be back for a longer look at the papers at 11.30pm. but for now — goodbye. the weather hasn't done anything particularly dramatic today but there has been a mix, some sunshine and some cloud and a few got stuck with fog. parts of southern england under the fog did not get above 5 degrees. through tonight it stays dry but often cloudy and there will be patchy fog but this is a satellite from earlier today. you can see big areas of cloud and also a few patches of fog towards the south and we keep this mishmash of cloudy weather as we head through this evening and tonight.

patches of low cloud and mist over the hills and dense fog patches across southern england and perhaps yorkshire, they could cause issues with travelling. temperatures generally holding up between four and 7 degrees, colder if it stays clear for any length of time. some rain for northern ireland which slides across scotland for the first part of tomorrow, and we start the day cloudy and murky elsewhere, particularly southern england. there could be dense fog patches and in the south it is likely to stay cloudy but the further north you look, by the afternoon, there is a better chance of seeing some sunshine. temperatures for the majority are into double digits. we head towards the weekend and high pressure keeps things settled in the south but frontal systems are passing close to the north of the uk so for scotland there will be rain at times and this is a kind of weather setup that brings a west or south westerly wind and a brisk breeze over

the weekend but that will feed milder air in our direction. on saturday, the morning could be wet across scotland but the rain scoots away with patchy rain left behind from northern england and northern ireland but generally a lot of drier weather, temperatures at 12 or 13 degrees. the far north of scotland could see patchy rain on sunday and elsewhere largely dry, cloudy with areas of fog and eastern scotland and eastern england look most favoured for the sunshine but those temperatures are up by another degree or so. the last day of the year, it is a familiar pattern, high pressure for the south but cloud and fog underneath that and we take those conditions into the evening so if you're out celebrating at midnight, it should be mostly dry but there will be cloud and fog in places. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxhall. the headlines at 11: in iceland, three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed

while crossing a bridge. four others have been critically injured. an increase in hospital parking charges. new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england put up their fees in the last year. i think the system is very complicated and people are ill. you do not come here through choice. britain's most senior police officer says a 'no—deal‘ brexit would potentially put the public at risk. a growing number of local councils have been buying shopping centres to try to revitalise their towns. at 11:30pm, we'll be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers anna isaac, the telegraph's economics correspondent, and benedicte paviot, france 24's uk correspondent.