you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: scotland yard has been strongly criticised in a report about its handling of allegations of abuse and murder by a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. it found warrants to search the homes of suspects were obtained "unlawfully". and this is the scene at scotland yard, where we're due to hear an update later the home secretary, priti patel, is calling on facebook to rethink its plans to encrypt messages on its platforms. encryption is creating those spaces, the spaces for terrorist individuals, terrorist organisations, child abusers, the people that are seeking to do harm to others. the prime minister's chief advisor on europe is holding another round of talks in brussels today, aimed at breaking

the brexit deadlock. the financial watchdog, the fca, says millions of customers are overpaying for car and home insurance because industry competition isn't strong enough. and fans celebrate as katarina johnson—thompson scoops britain's second gold — and breaks the british heptathlon record — at the world athletics championships in qatar. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a report has severely criticised scotland yard for it's handling of its investigation into an alleged vip paedophile ring which turned out not to exist. the police inquiry, codenamed operation midland, was launched to look into allegations made by carl beech, who was laterjailed for lying.

retired high court judge sir richard henriques said that searches of the homes of the former home secretary, lord brittan, the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall and the ex—conservative mp, harvey proctor was ‘unlawful‘. in a statement, deputy commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir stephen house said the force was determined to learn the lessons from sir richard henrqiures review to improve the force's response to similar situation in the future. that was echoed by steve rodhouse who lead the investigation into operation midland. the former met deputy assistant commissioner said, "in hindsight i can see that i did not ensure that we got the balance right between our determination to maintain that confidence and our duty to robustly test the allegations being made."

let's hear from the let's hearfrom the home let's hear from the home secretary. i have, and rightly so, written to the inspectorate to call for an independent assessment to see whether or not the metropolitan police service has very much fulfilled some of the recommendations that obviously they have been asked to do so through the report. the key thing here is, is that there is an independent inspectorate that will look at that, and i think that is the right process to initiate at this stage, and let that investigation take its course and go through the scrutiny that obviously the metropolitan police will inevitably now go through to look at whether or not they have learnt lessons and that they are advancing on some of those key recommendations. i think that is the right step forward right now, and all parties will naturally work together and cooperate with that investigation. our correspondent richard galpin is outside new scotland yard. before we consider what the home secretary had to say, runs through more of what the report actually

says. it's a huge, huge report. which has been absolutely damning of the metropolitan police, in particular that they believed carl beach, they believed all the allegations he was making of child sex abuse without any investigation whatsoever and it seems there was a policy of the metropolitan police that that is exactly what should happen, that they should automatically believe anyone who is making these allegations. so that obviously has been a huge issue, but there are of course many others. one of the others being unlawful searches of the homes of these key figures. this is one of the things which has just figures. this is one of the things which hasjust come figures. this is one of the things which has just come out in the last few minutes. this is about the

search warrants which a number of police officers requested from a judge, so that they could search the houses of all three of the people who had been accused, these very senior politicians, a seniorformer military chief, and others. they are saying this was unlawful because there was no reasonable grounds to believe an offence had been committed and that the judge was misled. and there were inaccuracies in the wording of these warrants to search the houses. so this new development, saying it is unlawful, obviously ups the ante on the metropolitan police. succumbing back to the police, we are a dimension to the message from the met that they we re the message from the met that they were going to learn lessons, is that enough at this point? we have heard the home secretary talking about an independent investigation of what

happened. but that is puzzling because we were already supposed to have had an investigation do wedding independent investigation. have had an investigation do wedding independent investigationlj have had an investigation do wedding independent investigation. i think this increases the pressure on them that obviously will be looked at with great scrutiny as to what extent the metropolitan police have actually implemented recommendations. the whole series of recommendations. the whole series of recommendations put forward in the report, and the question is how far has the metropolitan police gone to actually implement them, and that is what we are waiting to hear as to whether they have done anything, and obviously this will be the key part of this new inspection being called for by the home secretary. richard, thank you. we will have a lot more reaction from all quarters on this breaking story as the next hour or two go on. meanwhile, another breaking story.

the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party — standing down at the next election , to stand as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. the former tory leadership candidate has been a prominent critic of borisjohnson, and is strongly against leaving the european union without a deal. ina in a statement he said... with me now is our political correspondent iain waston. this decision i suppose has been expected from some quarters. this decision i suppose has been expected from some quarterslj this decision i suppose has been expected from some quarters. i think it has been half expected at least. he was already halfway out the door. he was already halfway out the door. he was already halfway out the door. he was basically thrown out of the

parliamentary conservative party for opposing borisjohnson parliamentary conservative party for opposing boris johnson over parliamentary conservative party for opposing borisjohnson over no—deal. he wanted to make sure we leave the eu with a deal. then he had to take a decision as to when he was going to stand as an independent member of parliament. so we had a tale of two announcements this morning, the first was that their word to his local party and local paper saying he would not be standing again as an mp, he was resigning from the conservative party completely, even asa conservative party completely, even as a grassroots member. and he said in addition to that he didn't want to stand against local conservatives. so he wouldn't be standing as an independent mp. but thatis standing as an independent mp. but that is not a template which he is attaching to london, because he is now going to stand against the already selected conservative candidate for mayor of london. he made that announcement around iiam this morning. in fact, when he said he was standing down for the conservative party, a range of former conservatives and independents were bemoaning his loss

to politics, and brad among them. but it seems he very much intends to continue in politics, and his pitches going to be, and i quote, he is going to break the suffocating embrace of our dying party politics, he said, and he is pledging to walk around all 32 london boroughs, not campaigning he says, but listening to people. this is who has walked across iran and afghanistan in the past. if i was to paraphrase casablanca, there might be some parts of london he should not be walking through. he says the problem here as regards the capital city, there is a great deal of division, this goes beyond brexit, and he is there to unite it. but of course politically there are a few potential dangers in his approach. first, if he wants to bolster those people who are arguing that we should be leaving the eu without a deal, or if we've left by then should keep a close relationship with them, it might that vote. it is

saying he wants to be a one nation conservative and the party is moving too far to the right, he may well split the conservative vote and allow an labour mayor to get in. so there will be consequences to his actions, but one thing is for sure, despite standing down as an mp he is definitely going to fill —— fulfil his pledge to the people of cumbria this morning and that is that his voice will still be heard in british politics, at least until the london may rl election next year. the uk and us governments have called on facebook to rethink its plans to use encryption for messages on all of its platforms. in an open letter to the company's chief executive, mark zuckerberg, the home secretary, priti patel said the firm's policy could hamper international efforts to grant law enforcers faster access to private messages on social media. facebook argues that it is working closely with child safety experts and governments to keep people safe.

but what is encryption? our technology report, chris fox explains. there are lots of things we send over the internet that we might not want everybody to see. but as our messages travel across the web, they could be intercepted by law enforcement or criminals. encryption is a way of scrambling data so it can only be read by the people you want. many websites, such as e—mail and online banking, already encrypt information sent between your device and the service provider without you having to do anything. but to be certain messages aren't intercepted as they travel across the internet, many people choose to encrypt their messages themselves. one of the many ways of doing that is with public key encryption. with this method, everybody gets two keys, one you can share with everybody, your public key, and oneyou keep to yourself, your private key. the keys are long numbers that form part of a complicated mathematical algorithm that scrambles your messages.

the sender encrypts their message using the receiver's public key. that secures the message, like a padlock on a box. only the receiver can unlock the message with their private key. even though the public key is freely available, the numbers involved can be made so big that it takes too long for today's computers to reverse the encryption process with just the public key. some services already encrypt your messages like this without you having to do anything. that way, they can't be forced to hand over your messages to law enforcement, because they genuinely can't decrypt them. so you can see why some governments might not be happy about it. some governments have urged service providers to build a so—called backdoor into their systems that could give law enforcement access to your messages. even without that, a determined snoop could try to read your messages before they get encrypted, for example by logging which keys you press to type them. and even today's strongest encryption is not infallible. one day, computers may be powerful enough to crack today's codes in seconds.

and chris earlier explained some of the issues at stake. the purpose of end—to—end encryption is to keep your messages safe as they travel across the internet. that keeps everybody safe. it means that your messages to your partner or anything you are sending about your banking details are scrambled as they go across the internet, they can't be intercepted and read by criminals or law enforcement. so that does mean that if people are using messages, messaging apps for criminal purposes, those messages can't be read by law enforcement if they intercept them. that does present a security problem. but there isn't a halfway house here. if you are forcing people to switch off the end—to—end encryption just so that you can track the small number of criminals that use those apps for nefarious purposes, then essentially you are putting everybody‘s messages at risk from being exposed to criminals or being snooped on by governments, and that is a question that people will have to ask — is that a compromise we want to make?

andy burrows from me from the nspcc. thank you for coming in. what is your view all the charity's view on this? we are horrified by the proposals to encrypt facebook‘s messages. we think this is a scandal in child protection, at a stroke it means in child protection, at a stroke it m ea ns yea rs in child protection, at a stroke it means years of sophisticated technology to be able to identify child abuse that is being traded on the social networks, to identify grooming taking place on these sites, and at a stroke that will be lost. we a re sites, and at a stroke that will be lost. we are talking about 12 million referrals made by facebook every year to law enforcement that will disappear as a result. in practice that means 2500 arrests made by uk law enforcement last year, 3000 children safeguarded as a result of the referrals that will as a stroke disappear. is it

proportionate to have scrutiny by available to governments of the m essa 9 es available to governments of the m essa g es of available to governments of the m essa 9 es of every available to governments of the messages of every law—abiding citizen, which seems to be the binary alternative we are talking about? we are really concerned about the loss of what we are a dc to make sure that child abuse is not proliferating on big social networks like facebook. the reason we are then seen the proposals from government about additional measures, about being able to have access to encrypted messages, is because we are seeing facebook wanting to proceed with his proposals in the first place. on the issue here is fundamental, open social networks like facebook are absolutely at the centre of what we see when we think about grooming risks, because groomers are able to use platforms like facebook to make initial contact with children really easily, lots of children, and then be able to migrate them to the less scrupulous players, two other encrypted messaging sites, to live streaming sites, and what is so

dangerous here and the reason we are so concerned is the implications if a groomer is able to make contact with a child and then with just a click be able to message them on an encrypted site, bringing all of that together is hugely dangerous. yet i suppose, the paedophiles have always got the facility for moving on an encrypted service, if you kept facebook the way it is. the issue, i think, is bringing all of this together on a single app means that this is a less frictionless experience, it means there is less opportunities for a child to pause and reflect and think about whether this feels right or uncomfortable. so ifa this feels right or uncomfortable. so if a paedophile moved to a more heavily encrypted app, then that would involve a child in a thought process , would involve a child in a thought process, do i want to go on that app? absolutely right. what we really see is children will use

these open social networks and probably all of us are very liberal with who we will accept as friends. so when you have all of this belt into a single platform like facebook, like instagram, those risks are considerable. so what is the answer? the right to privacy and the answer? the right to privacy and the risks you are talking about, how do we find the right balance in 2019? for us, it is very difficult to see how you can encrypt children's accounts without introducing really unacceptable risks. for us, we are not convinced encrypting children's accounts... but what is the technical solution? when it comes to adult accounts, there are steps that could be taken, things like being able to look at the content of group chats, who is joining those chats, what third party links to other websites are being looked at. but there is also a challenge for facebook, if they want to go ahead with this, they employ

some of the greatest talents in terms of engineering resource, they can come up terms of engineering resource, they can come up with solutions that demonstrate they are meeting an a cce pta ble demonstrate they are meeting an acceptable threshold, meeting the legal duty of care we want to see introduced through regulation in the uk, so the challenge really is on them to come up with solutions that say this can be done safely. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: scotland yard has been strongly criticised in a report about its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. the home secretary, priti patel, is calling on facebook to rethink its plans to encrypt messages on its platforms. the prime minister's chief advisor on europe will be holding another round of talks in brussels today, aimed at breaking the brexit deadlock. and in sport: katarina johnson—thompson says it's still feels like a dream after she won heptathlon gold at the world athletics championships — setting four personal bests and breaking the british record. andy murray's impressive run

at the china open is over — but there were encouraging signs in his quarter—final defeat to the world number five dominic thiem. and wolves win a major european match for the first time in 39 years — a late goal gives them victory over besiktas in the europea league. i'll be back with more on those stories later. boris johnson's chief europe advisor will hold another round of talks in brussels today, as the government tries to break the brexit deadlock. david frost's visit comes as the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said he still had plenty of questions about the uk's plans. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has voiced his concerns about how the plans would be enforced. we can speak to damian grammaticas who's in brussels. any update on discussions? as you

say, the uk prime minister's chief brexit advisories here, the eu questioning him today about the proposals that the prime minister put forward. but the eu has serious concerns about those, we know that from yesterday and today, the irish side particularly saying that in their view from these proposals that have been tabled as they stand are not the basis for any agreement and the key areas have now been discussed for the past 2a hours, thatis discussed for the past 2a hours, that is the ideas for a customs... dealing with customs, the eu... the prime minister saying they would not be no checks around the border but set back. the eu wants to know how could those possibly work. and also the question around consent, around giving a veto effectively to the northern irish assembly, which isn't

even setting, so how could that work? what would happen if the veto is exercised? work? what would happen if the veto is exercised ? then work? what would happen if the veto is exercised? then all the plans would seem to fall away. so the eu and ireland has serious issues around all that. but these negotiations and discussions are really important, they are discussions. because in them the eu is testing how much room there is for manoeuvre, is the uk willing to negotiate further next week? if there is, i think there would be serious negotiations next week. if it isn't, then we are into a serious difficulty. damien, thank you. with just two weeks before the eu summit and a looming deadline for the prime minister to seal a deal, we look at the whole island of ireland and attitudes to brexit, the backstop and the political future for both sides of the border. let's cross now to geeta guru—murthy who's in dublin.

thank you very much. we are alive today, broadcasting from trinity college, dublin. an elite university, known throughout the world, modelled on oxford and cambridge and home to phenomenal laminae, including leo varadkarthe current taoiseach. and also the father of modern conservativism, as well as oscar wilde. now it is packed with tourists and students. i wa nt to packed with tourists and students. i want to show you, you can see the weather is not great here, and ireland has been coping with a storm, and that is reflected in the papers, weather and politics coming together, battered, says the irish daily mail, and boris's plan takes a beating as well. it says there are two major... the irish examiner has a front page saying varadkar, we may have to live with no—deal. and quite

a bit of comment in the papers today about what that might mean. the irish times has police chief rules out pso's stuffing checkpoints. the police chief has said they will not be checking documents, goods, the back of white vans and so on. the return to violence is something that is much feared in terms of what happens with brexit. i have two guests now to try to unpick the reaction to what is going on this week. thank you both very much. this latest proposal, this is boris johnson's final plan, say the british government, what you make of it? not a lot. we currently have no border on the island of ireland to speak of, and he is proposing to replace it with two borders. so it's

actually considerably worse than any previous proposal we've had and certainly worse than the withdrawal agreement that was negotiated with theresa may. ifi can bring agreement that was negotiated with theresa may. if i can bring you agreement that was negotiated with theresa may. ifi can bring you in, it might not deliver everything, that you might want, but it is better than a no—deal brexit? that you might want, but it is better than a no—deal brexit7m delivers two borders and we don't wa nt delivers two borders and we don't want any border, i think we are entitled to that. the british government is obliged to further the economic develop meant of northern ireland. brexit damages that, but had no—deal brexit ora two borders brexit hugely damages us. that cannot be allowed to happen. we cannot be allowed to happen. we cannot accept it. we know too much about what happened over many hundreds of years. this university was founded by elizabeth the first, notice that is lightly revered on the side of the sea, but this country has come together and we do not want to start anything that damages that or causes uncertainty

in the north of ireland because the reality is there are people there who have used violence in the past but also in the recent past and they will take advantage of any uncertainty, they will also take advantage of any checkpoints, any border infrastructure... the police chief here said they will not be any police checking of goods or traffic... but customs people will be checking things, so they will be targets of these individuals. they will need to be protected. i don't share the police chief's sanguinetti about this. and you live on the border area you are telling me, is it just those border area you are telling me, is itjust those border border area you are telling me, is it just those border communities border area you are telling me, is itjust those border communities and those in farming that will be most affected or are others throughout the island going to be? first, there is the political dimension that thomas mentioned. the peace process eliminated the security border that was there before. the single market eliminated the customs border. so there is no operational border at there is no operational border at

the moment. the current proposal would bring this back into play. but only in the most minimal way, because there are all the trusted trader schemes, there is technology that can be used to try to minimise things, the smaller companies will probably be exempt... that is really not correct. ultimately the trusted trader schemes are about legitimate trade, border controls are about illegitimate trade. that isn't going to be eliminated by any technology. if you felt technology could solve those problems you could put facial recognition into heathrow airport instead of passport controls, but no one would dream of that. but that is the kind of solution that is being proposed when technology gets talked about. what do you think the irish government's response should be now and can we wait a week? that is the current plan, that brussels will give this about a week. this country has huge respect for the uk. queen

elizabeth ii came to this city, spoke irish when she was here and gained huge respect. all this threatens to put that in huge danger and that's a huge danger to our people. isn't that perhaps being talked up? no. anyone who lived through this, and i was in college before the good friday agreement came into place, there are people here from both sides of the border and both sides of the community in the north came together here in ways they could not come together in their own communities in the north of ireland. this damages that immensely. if there is no—deal, if whatever the british, and puts forward has knocked back by dublin and brussels, then there will be a ha rd and brussels, then there will be a hard border, won't there? boris johnson is already proposing to borders. we cannot accept that. but isn't any sort of deal in the transition better than no—deal brexit? nobody can operate diplomacy

on the basis of a poker game. we are countries who are friends, are dotted at i wish we were still in the eu. boris johnson dotted at i wish we were still in the eu. borisjohnson is saying maintain those standards for four years, we think that's uncertain, but that begs the question as to why britain will accept less food standards in that period? leo varadkar has been saying maybe britain should have another referendum and people are being dragged out unwittingly. he said very clearly yesterday that there are five ways of avoiding a hard border. one of them is for the uk to stay in their eu, and that is something that he thinks the majority would actually vote for. of course, that is something you have to test with a proper referendum rather thanjust talking to test with a proper referendum rather than just talking about it. thank you, both, very much for coming out to us today. now it's time for a

look at the weather. damp, drizzly, and have some quite windy around the coast of wales and southern england, gasps up to a0 or 45 southern england, gasps up to a0 or a5 mph. some pretty impressive waves. that wet weather across wales and through the midlands, into the southern parts of england as well. still some rain across the north as well but it will dry out this afternoon. sunny spells across scotland, maximum temperatures of 12 to 16. fairly gusty winds around the western and southern coast of wales and through the south of england. through tonight it will be quite cloudy, drizzly across the south—west, otherwise clear spells going into the start of the weekend. temperatures drop down to single figures here, elsewhere staying just above, in double figures. rain moves

in on saturday, moving eastwards. it turns quite heavy on sunday, particularly across eastern areas of the uk. further west you are, it turns a little brighter and sunnier. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live with carrie gracie. the headlines: scotland yard is criticised for carrying out unlawful searches of suspects homes during its investigation into a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party, and standing down at the next election, to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. the prime minister's chief advisor on europe will be holding another round of talks in brussels today, aimed at breaking the brexit deadlock. the financial watchdog, the fca, says millions of customers

are overpaying for car and home insurance because industry competition isn't strong enough. the home secretary, priti patel, is calling on facebook to rethink its plans to encrypt messages on its platforms. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. katerina johnson—thompson has been reflecting on a magnificent gold in the world athletics heptathlon. she broke the british record in the process, with a far better long jump than her main rival. then a personal best in the javelin, which is traditionally one of her weaker events — that was one of four pbs in doha. and she rounded off a fantastic couple of days, by winning the 800 metres to take gold.

and after only about an hour's sleep, kjt told us what she plans to do next. one thing i'm desperate to do is go home! go home to liverpool, see my dog, see all my family, getting this gold medaljust dog, see all my family, getting this gold medal just means dog, see all my family, getting this gold medaljust means the absolute world to me. itjust means that i wasn't deluded in thinking that i wasn't deluded in thinking that i was able to do these things. just having believe in yourself. after six women's world champions in 32 years, we've had two in 2a hours — and there's been praise from a couple of those former champions on social media sally gunnell said: she's been receiving congratulations from every corner — including her old school teacher, who spoke to us earlier and told us she'd always been a role model.

what you see now is what we saw in school. she is just what you see now is what we saw in school. she isjust a fantastic person. a really, really lovely person. a really, really lovely person. stood out for all the right reasons in school. through her heart and soul into everything she did. a real team player. andy murray's impressive run at the china open has come to an end at the quarter—final stage. but there were some encouraging signs in his defeat to world number five dominic thiem. murray took the second set to a tie—break before going out, and he'll be pleased with his performances in beijing, as he makes his return to the top level of singles tennis, following hip surgery at the beginning of the year. it was another frustrating night for manchester united in the europa league — although manager ole gunnar solskjaer said they put in a good performance against dutch side az alkmaar. he'd been critical of the plastic pitch, and he was furious that they were denied a penalty when stijn wuytens brought down marcus rashford with 10 minutes to go. however, united didn't

have a single shot on target as it finished goalless. they're now without a win in their past 10 away games. wolves won their first major european match since 1980. and it came in dramatic style — willy boly scoring in stoppage time to give them a 1—0 win over besiktas in istanbul. it's six consecutive home european matches from six for arsenal, after gabriel martinelli scored two quick—fire goals to put them on their way to a a—0 win over standard liege. celtic got a bit of revenge over romanian side cluj. they were the team that knocked them out of the champions league in august, but celtic beat them 2—0 last night to go top of their group. but rangers had top spot in their group snatched away in stoppage time, after the swiss champions young boys scored a late winner, to make it 2—1. defending motogp world champion marc marquez escaped serious injury in a dramatic crash in first practice for

sunday's thai grand prix. he came off his repsol honda on a bend, sliding across the tarmac and gravel while the bike flipped behind him — but luckily it didn't hit him. he was taken to hospital, and although he was bruised, he was given the all—clear and he was back on the track within a couple of hours to take part in second practice. marquez could win his sixth world title this weekend. iam glad i am glad he is all right. that is all the support for now but there is more on the bbc sport website, including live radio and text commentary on the world cup match in the rugby between south africa and italy. currently south africa leading by 17—3. thank you, jane. we have got some reaction from downing street into the report on the problems of operation midland, the

metropolitan police investigation into an alleged vip ring, after allegations from carl beech which turned out to be fabrications. downing street has said, this is a deeply concerning case. the trial of carl beech raised serious issues over the med police's response. we welcome the decision to publish further detail. it is vital the public receive independent assurances that the met has learned lessons identified in this review. that is why the home secretary has asked hm inspectorate of co nsta bula ry asked hm inspectorate of constabulary to follow up on the reporter's findings and ensure the necessary improvements have been made and continue to be made. that is from the prime minister's official spokeswoman. lots more reaction to that over the course of the next couple of hours. it is obviously a big breaking story. right now, something else. a couple whose dream wedding in las vegas was nearly ruined

by the collapse of thomas cook, have now tied the knot, with sir rod stewart watching on. sharon and andrew aitchison eventually made it to vegas on time, and found a special guest waiting for them. ben ando takes up the story. # have i told you lately that i love you? # have i told you there's no—one else above you? # you fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness # ease my trouble, that's what you do...# a wedding serenade by sir rod stewart for sharon cook and her new husband, andrew aitchison. but last week, when they appeared on bbc breakfast, the outlook for the happy couple had seemed anything but. we were due to fly with 19 of our closest family and friends on sunday morning, 5:30 in the morning.

it's not going to happen now, really. they spent £9,000 on flights for themselves and their guests with thomas cook. when it went bust, so, they thought, did their dreams. we paid for the flights, i managed the group booking, so we paid for a certain number of our family and then other people had gone through me and enabled to book through thomas cook by debit card. because it was flight only, it is not atol protected. but then delta airlines and caesar's palace stepped in, to fly them to the states and make sure the wedding went ahead. # fill my heart with gladness... yeah! # ..take away your sadness...# both: # ease my trouble, that's what you do #. with sir rod as the very special surprise guest. wonderful. everything's good, enjoy! ben ando, bbc news.

that was a silver lining. good luck to the happy couple. the winner of the royal institute of british architect's most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced on tuesday. there are six nominations for britain's best new building of 2019, which include a sculpture park, new council housing and a property made entirely of cork. all this week we have been taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings. today we are looking at london bridge station — the enormous project in the heart of the capital connecting travellers all over the country and beyond. london bridge station was probably the most muddled and difficult station to get around in london. it was very overcrowded and wasn't a particularly nice environment. the brief from our client was to create

a new station in the middle of the existing station by cutting through all the victorian arches to create this large concourse. the station has been completely reorganised and it is now, i hope, one of the best stations in london, going from one of the worst. how the station looked and needed to operate was an important, but not the most important part. it was how we built it and kept london running. there's over 120 million passenger journeys every year that we have to manage. all of those trains, all of those passengers, had to keep on going. we had to design the building in strips, or nine mini stations, effectively. build them, and once they were completed, we moved onto the next bit, demolished it, built the new bit, the new bit was running alongside the old bit. it is the largest concourse in the uk.

it is twice the size of liverpool street station and actually bigger than the pitch at wembley stadium. the station canopies themselves curled up in the centre to create what we call an eyebrow, but that's to actually allow north light and a component of south light down into the station and make it a day—lit concourse. when the light streams down through and hits the wood, it creates a really lovely environment. i also love the western arcade, the link between the new concourse and london underground. we put in concrete arches which match the existing brick ones, which is actually the site of the first viaduct built in 1836 at the station. we get people coming in here, coming to lunch now, to meet other people. for a social thing, not even getting on the train. it's just... ..it's amazing. that's the word i can only use.

let's return now to dublin and rejoin geeta guru—murthy, who's speaking to people in the irish capital about attitudes to brexit, the backstop and the political future for both sides of the border. over to you. thank you very much. yes, we are in trinity college, absolutely stunning university. historically, of course, hugely important here and attracts people from right around the world. in fact, they are holding a special brexit clinic today. and what a no—deal brexit will mean potentially for their staff, for those who teach here, for those who teach in the uk too. you can see that in practical ways people are having to think about a no—deal brexit because the reaction, as you will have seen to boris johnson's latest reaction, as you will have seen to borisjohnson's latest proposal, has

been decidedly lukewarm. the irish taoiseach will go away and consider it with other european leaders. but we are getting a sense here certainly in dublin that what has been proposed by the government is not a final answer that could get agreement, potentially. what about the cross border communities? they are the people who would be most affected by brexit. chris page has been investigating. the border is being used as a political football, and it's not doing anyone any good in the island of ireland. boating on the border is the essence of tranquillity, but the simplicity of life on the water also shows the complexity of the issue which has stalled brexit. here, and at other parts of the border, it's just unpoliceable. a hard border — it's unworkable, whatever they say. and they can put whatever agreement they want in place, but it's not going to be possible. how can you police a hard border here?

it'sjust — it's not going to be possible. well, in some places, it is hard to know where the border is at all. but here, we do know where it is, because this stretch of the waterway actually marks the frontier. over there, it's northern ireland. this bank is the irish republic. the canal has become a symbol of the peace process. it's a gateway to both countries, which shows how much has changed. when it opened, 25 years ago, the conflict wasn't over, and still overshadowed everything. now, the waterway is an artery for this area's lifeblood — tourism. visitors often start theirjourney on the longest river in the republic. on the shannon, business people want brexit to be settled. uncertainty doesn't help people to book a holiday, and it would definitely be great if we could get this thing over the line and out of the way by the end of october.

a deal is the best possible solution for irish tourism. about halfway to northern ireland, the canal curves through the town of ballinamore. people here feel they are at pivot point. gail gets supplies for her garden centre from across the border, and she hopes there won't be any complications. we're a small family business. myself and my husband run it, along with just a few part—time workers. so we can't really afford to be taking on an extra administrative layer within the business. our time is very tight, we're always on the run here. there's always a million things to do. the closer you get to the frontier, the more real brexit feels. for so long, so many have thought so little about crossing the border. brexit has sent ripples through politics, business and identity. in ireland, what people seem to want most is calmness amidst the uncertainty.

well, i am joined well, iam joined now well, i am joined now byjoe healy, the president of the irish farmers association, to talk in a little more detail about what this latest option that has been put forward means. what is your response to it? it's crazy. we have described it as akin to putting lipstick on a pig. it doesn't do anything. itjust moves the goalposts, same pitch. it does nothing to allay the fears and concerns does nothing to allay the fears and concerns of irish people and particularly irish farmers. but it is getting more support, it seems, within the parliament in london and it would be a more stable way of delivering brexit than a no—deal brexit, wouldn't it? but what do we ask for it? do we want a no deal or any sort of a deal, or make a good deal? even from a former's point of view, and we have close relationships with farmers in

britain, we are very clear that a deal that is good for farmers in any of our countries, is good for farmers in the other countries as well. explain in practicalterms what this proposal would look like for the people that you represent? this proposal we talk about, we think it is flying a kite, but is moving the goalposts. it is moving the border affect —— a few miles more further from where it is. if you go back to when there was a border, where there were so much trouble, and anywhere there is a border and illegal economy will spring up, and where you have a legal economy is, you have trouble. we rememberthe legal economy is, you have trouble. we remember the troubles of the late 805 into the 905. we don't want to go back there. i think that any politician that makes any decision that even create5 politician that makes any decision that even creates the slightest potential for that to record again 5hould potential for that to record again should hang their heads in shame. does the farming community here have to trade with the north and the uk? what percentage of your goods have

to do that? last year, 3796 of our agri— food goods was traded with the uk. of that, you are talking about 5 billion euros. of that, 800 million was traded with northern ireland. they export about 600 million euros worth into the south. but our main trade is with the mainland uk of between four and 4.5 billion euros. if we go back to 2017, only 35% of our exports, that increased by 2% la st our exports, that increased by 2% last year. what that shows is that the geography and market returns will dictate where you do your trade. also, the investment that irish farmers and processors has invested over recent years has been to satisfy the market that is the uk market, the tastes, the cultures, what their demands are. joe healy, thank you very much. president of the irish farmers association. we

are back all day with more reaction here at trinity college. thank you. let's go back to our top story. the independent report by a retired high courtjudge sir richard henriques, into operation midland, the disastrous investigation into the allegations of a vip paedophile ring. allegations made by carl beech, who was subsequently imprisoned for 18 years earlier this year. the latest details coming out of what is a very dense and detailed report are a criticisms by sir richard of the metropolitan police decision to hold a press briefing in december 201a, very soon after the investigation began. detectives talked about the claims by make, the name used by carl beech —— row nick.

sir richard says that the message informing the public via the media that, quote, we believe nacre, that message was a serious mistake. sir richard is also critical of the effect that some bbc journalists richard is also critical of the effect that some bbcjournalists had on the investigation. he says that the state had been reached when the bbc reporters needed to be told that the potential damage they were causing to the investigation, he said it was not sufficient to instruct the metropolitan police's press office that nick should be left alone, an officer of high rank should have given instructions to those responsible not to feed information to nick, pointing out the consequences of doing so. criticism is not just the consequences of doing so. criticism is notjust of the investigation itself but of some of

the ramifications in terms of media and public awareness of that investigation. we will have lots more at the top of the hour. in a moment we'll have all the business news. but first, the headlines on bbc news. scotland yard has been strongly criticised in a report about its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party, and standing down at the next election, to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london the home secretary, priti patel, is calling on facebook to rethink its plans to encrypt messages on its platforms. i'm ben bland. here's the business news. people are overpaying about £1.2 billion a year in home and car insurance, according to the city regulator. the financial conduct authority estimates that six million of us are each paying an average of £200 too much.

it's partly because loyal customers are penalised with automatic price rises if they don't switch providers. but the fca said competition wasn't working well enough for consumers either. the retail giantjohn lewis is telling landlords that own the stores it leases they will have to give the retailer a discount, as it tries to cut £100 million a year from its costs. john lewis has told some landlords that it will withhold part of the next service charge, which is paid on top of rent for services like heating and security. some landlords could take legal action to get the money. bp's chief executive, bob dudley, will step down next year, after running the oil company during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. mr dudley has been chief executive for nine years. he took over after the deepwater horizon drilling accident. bp insider bernard looney will replace him in february. mr dudley is the third ftse 100 chief this week to step down. when did you last switch

to a different provider for your home or car insurance? if it's been a while, you might want to double checkjust how much your paying for your cover. that's because the city regulator found that loyal customers are often taken advantage of. and you may well be paying a lot more than you should if, for example, you just let your policy renew automatically. in fact, it's such a problem the watchdog is suggesting solutions including a ban on automatic price rises and forcing firms to move customers on to cheaper, better deals. katie martin is from citizens advice. katie, what do you think of those proposals? or would they work? we think they are ripped really bold. we welcome them. this affects millions of people every year, many of whom can least afford to be paying over the odds. we are really pleased to see these proposals. they are incredibly strong and bold but they are just proposals and it is really important to the regulator

follows through on those, sticks to those guns when they produce the final recommendations later in the year. is it really fair to blame the firms? they are out to make a profit. we are told enough times, switch your energy provider, switch your insurance provider, if we get stung are we notjust guilty of being a bit lazy? the regulator has said the competition isn't working, so the market is clearly failing. you have to recognise it is the people that can least afford it were the most. it is older people, people on low incomes, people with health problems. we have people coming to us problems. we have people coming to us all the time who are paying hundreds and hundreds of pounds over the odds. this is an exploitative practice. it is a systematic scam and we think it is absolutely right the regular is cracking down on it. anecdotally i have noticed one tactic a lot of these companies use, you phone them, you ask them to cut the renewal quote, they quote, they say they can't do that but they can throw in an extra phone or something

on top as a sweetener. you then think, iam now on top as a sweetener. you then think, i am now paying on top as a sweetener. you then think, iam now paying more on top as a sweetener. you then think, i am now paying more than i was at the start of the call. is that very practice or a problem as well? there are lots of unfair practices in the insurance market. that is why the fca has conducted this review. it is why they are cracking down on some of these practices. fairness is absolutely key. you can negotiate with your provider. sometimes they provide you with better deals and cheaper options. sometimes they give you free gifts. whatever it is, it is not working at the moment and it really needs to be tackled. whether it is prices, the way they operate in terms of incentives, it is not working and needs to change. katie martin, thank you. other business news. the uk hasjoined the us and australia in putting pressure on facebook not to encrypt all messages across its apps, including whatsapp and messenger. in an open letter, the countries argue that it threatens "lives and the safety of our children". they said it could hamper international efforts to grant law enforcers faster access to private

messages on social media. facebook said "people have the right to have a private conversation online". personal computer maker hp will cut up to 9,000 jobs around the world as part of a push to slash costs and boost sales. that's about one in six of its workers. the company said the job reductions would help the firm save about £800 million within the next three years. hp, which has around 55,000 employees, said the cuts will come from a combination of redundancies and voluntary early retirements. i mentioned the pressure on john lewis earlier. well, the latest figures for retail in general are bleak. the high street has suffered its worst september in eight years. people spent less amid the brexit uncertainty, there was fall in people visiting stores and some big—name firms closed. in—store sales plummeted by 3.1% compared with a year ago. this is according to the accountancy firm bdo's high street sales tracker.

london's ftse 100 recovered a bit. bp lending the most support after the oil major named chief executive bob dudley‘s successor. but the index is still heading for its worst week in 20 months, as worries of a slowdown and risk of recession keep markets on edge. going in the other direction, retailers including next and tesco, reflecting investor anxiety about the state of retail following those figures from the monthly high street survey. that's all the business news. at the top of the hour we will go through the disastrous operation midland. all the things coming out of the enquiry. we hope to have a statement from the met. now the weather. rain in the forecast over the weekend. we have got some rather damp and drizzly

conditions at the moment across central and southern part of the uk. but gusty winds around the coast of wales and the south of england. a0 to 50 mph in some places. you can see the rain as it moves further south. becoming limited to southern parts. further north it will become drier, brighter skies across scotland. maximum temperatures around 12 to 16 degrees. through this evening that rain becomes a bit more limited to the far south—west, damp and drizzly here. elsewhere, some clear skies will allow temperatures in the east of england to fall into single figures. elsewhere, temperatures holding up in double figures into saturday morning. a dry start to saturday for many. sunshine towards the eastern part. rain moving into western parts on saturday. that will spread into the east during sunday. brighter skies behind that later. bye—bye.

continue this morning the metropolitan police has published a fuller version of the report. we have also the first time published the majority of the chapter on operant dotted up so richard was invited to review non—recent sexual assault allegations. the met was and is determined to learn lessons from the review to review our response to similar responses in the future. and we published his recommendations and the key failings he had identified in operation midland in 2016. metropolitan police and the officers involved cooperated fully with sir richard throughout his enquiry. as the investigation into carl beech was ongoing at that time, we were not able to publish the bulk of the

report. but since carl beech has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice been found guilty of perverting the course ofjustice earlier this summer, we are now able to publish much more detail. the other chapters of his report do not relate to carl beech and our reviews of separate investigations. it remains highly unusualfor investigations. it remains highly unusual for the police to review this much information. i'm sorry, it remains highly unusual for the police to release this much information about an investigation outside criminal proceedings, but we feel it is important that those directly affected by it or those concerned by some of the rumours that surround these investigations andindeed that surround these investigations and indeed the report itself, are able to see as much of it as possible. this exceptional level of information is being published in response to the need to dispel the rumour, the strong public interest in showing transparency, to demonstrate the decision—making and

complexities involved in the investigations, and our commitment to learn from past mistakes and help maintain public confidence. in preparing for today's publication we have been particularly conscious of that dreadful and damaging impact these false allegations and our investigations have had on these wrongly accused individuals and theirfamilies. we wrongly accused individuals and their families. we have wrongly accused individuals and theirfamilies. we have consulted all of them about today's publication, as well as sir richard himself. within the few areas that had to remain redacted, nothing is being hidden simply because it is critical or embarrassing for any officer orfor critical or embarrassing for any officer or for the metropolitan police service as a whole. the metropolitan police service has had this report for nearly three years now, so we have as you would rightly expect already acted on the majority of so richard pass make recommendations. these actions are detailed in a document accompanying

the report. serious mistakes were made in operation midland and we have apologised for those. i apologise for them again today. however, we do not agree with everything sir richard wrote in this report. or indeed all of his recent state m e nts report. or indeed all of his recent statements regarding further investigations into the actions of individual officers. the independent office of police conduct investigation which resulted from so richard's findings was also critical of much of the midland and within 20 investigations, ultimately concluded that the allegations nick made her grave and warranted investigation and we believe those involved in applying for the search warrant acted with due diligence and in good faith at the time. the officers involved have explain their actions to both sir richard and then again to both sir richard and then again to the eye opc, this was the

appropriate body to consider any misconduct. having been in possession of all the relevant evidence, including the report, their investigators concluded there was no grounds for this conduct. that should be where this ends for those individual officers. ourfocus as the metropolitan police is about ensuring we have learnt the lessons from the report. we have already acted on so richard plus make recommendations and we will act on those we expect from the iopc in the coming days. we have also received formal notification from the home office of the inspection by her majesty plasma inspectorate into the implementation of so richard plus market recommendations, the upcoming recommendations we also expect to receive from the iopc, and lessons learnt these investigations. the commission welcomes independent assurance that the relevant lessons are embedded in our practice. this

is obviously important for public confidence. the hmi have the appropriate skills and independence to do this work and we welcome their engagement. as police officers which owned the service to help people and protect them from crime. we expect to be scrutinised for our decisions, and that difficult judgments to be scrutinised for our decisions, and that difficultjudgments we sometimes have to make. when we get it wrong, as we have in the circumstances, with such damaging consequences, we find it genuinely distressing. so, finally, let me be very clear, i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made. and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have caused. i promise we will do all we can to prevent them happening again in the future. thank you. i'lljust take a few questions now.

so one of the things we've done is we explain to our investigating officers the issue around belief, which is something so richard henrqiures' report highlighted and had in recommendations, so we explain to them we expect them to deal with all victims sensitively, to record their allegations accurately, but then to carry out an investigative function which would include gaining corroboration for the allegations themselves. so that is one really concrete thing we've done. the policy is quite clearly a 2—stage policy, where we listen to victims, we record accurately what they say, but then we carry out an investigative function that will include looking for corroboration for their allegations.

i won't refer directly to tom, i think you would have to speak to him about that, but i think it's quite clear at the time of this there was a significant amount of pressure on a significant amount of pressure on a lot of different public bodies in relation to not taking seriously allegations around the sort of assault. that does not excuse the m ista kes assault. that does not excuse the mistakes that we made in these circumstances, but i think it explains some of what went on and some of the thinking we had, and it goes back to the issue of belief, i think. that statement we have repeatedly said that statement was an error, it should not have been said. i would say so, yes. you say you don't agree with everything in the report, could you give us some examples? he made 25

recommendations, the majority were for the metropolitan police service and we picked up the vast majority. there were a couple of recommendations he made around how we deal with information from the public and what we release to the media, that we have not gone forward with, and we think that is the appropriate thing. but we have recorded that we are happy to explain all that to the hma to look at what we've done. we will explain that to them. make sure they our thinking. and what do you say... if you read the report, the commission applause name does not rip here anywhere in the report. the commissioner is focused on taking the organisation forward and will be working very closely with the hm! on their inspection to make sure we embed the lessons from these investigations. i will take one more. no? ok, thank you very much. so the metropolitan police deputy

commissioner giving his response to the publication of the full detail of the sir richard henrqiures report into operation midland and its failings. and sir stephen making the point that the metropolitan police have had the content of this report from the retired high courtjudge since 2016, and have acted on almost all its recommendations. he said nothing has been redacted at this moment for the sake of avoiding embarrassment to the police, that it couldn't, the full report, be published at at the time because the report was ongoing, but now the carl beech who made the allegations is now injailand beech who made the allegations is now in jail and that beech who made the allegations is now injail and that it is beech who made the allegations is now in jail and that it is now possible that the investigation is close in the case is closed for the

police to deal with publication of the report in full. so a lot of detail at this morning, and a lot again from the metropolitan police in terms of acknowledging mistakes made, expressing a determination to learn lessons, and again a repetition of the apology to all those who have suffered. the report has severely criticised scotland yard for its ‘poorjudgement‘ of an investigation into an alleged vip paedophile ring which turned out not to exist. the police inquiry, the report by retired high courtjudge sir richard henriques found searches of the homes of the former home secretary, lord brittan the former chief

of the defence staff, lord bramall and the ex—conservative mp, harvey proctor were ‘unlawful‘. it also criticised labour deputy leader, tom watson for believing ‘nick‘ — carl beech's alias, and subsequently putting pressure on officers to investigate his claims. whilst detectives were also criticised for believing carl beech was a ‘credible and fair‘ witness. (ani)in a statement, tom watson said it was ‘unfortunate in a statement, tom watson said it was ‘unfortunate that the review which contains multiple inaccuracies regarding myself, has been selectively leaked, seemingly to refocus criticism away from the metropolitan police". (ani) the met police‘s deputy commissioner, sir stephen house said the force was determined to learn the lessons from sir richard henrqiures review to improve the force‘s response to similar situation in the future. this was echoed by steve rodhouse who lead the investigation into operation midland. the former met deputy assistant commissioner said: the home secretary, priti patel has ordered the inspectorate of constabulary to review the met police‘s investigation.

i have, and rightly so, written to the inspectorate to call for an independent assessment to see whether or not the metropolitan police service has very much fulfilled some of the recommendations that obviously they have been asked to do so through the report. the key thing here is, is that there is an independent inspectorate that will look at that, and i think that is the right process to initiate at this stage, and let that investigation take its course and go through the scrutiny that obviously the metropolitan police will inevitably now go through to look at whether or not they have learnt lessons and that they are advancing on some of those key recommendations. i think that is the right step forward right now, and all parties will naturally work together and cooperate with that investigation. our correspondent richard galpin is outside new scotland yard. it isa it is a fast moving story this

morning, what you see is the key things we learned? i think from this press co nfe re nce things we learned? i think from this press conference we‘ve just had, clearly the metropolitan police are being contrite, they are apologising, particularly for the distress caused to those who were caught up in this, the three people who were under suspicion but were then cleared, and obviously for theirfamilies as then cleared, and obviously for their families as well. but they are not accepting everything in this report, as was said, i think that is very important because so richard henrqiures said that essentially he believes there should be a criminal investigation into some of the officers who were involved in operation midland, and obviously thatis operation midland, and obviously that is not going to happen as far as we understand it, from what we have heard today. i think there is still some way to go to resolve quite a few issues. we will come back to you in the next few moments, but thank you for now.

more on today‘s main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. let‘s discuss the report findings with the former director of public prosecutions, lord macdonald. he‘s in our oxford studio. thank you forjoining us. i‘m sure you‘ve been across all the developments of the last 90 minutes orso, developments of the last 90 minutes or so, what do you think?” developments of the last 90 minutes or so, what do you think? i haven't had a chance to read the report that has been released, but some things are clear, has been released, but some things a re clear, firstly has been released, but some things are clear, firstly it is clear that the police investigating these alleged offences were warned by a qc who hurt interviewed carl beech it was like he was a fantasist and the police should interrogate his computer, which they failed to do. if course if they had interrogated his computer they would have

discovered he was himself a paedophile which would have cast his allegations in a separate light. secondly, i think a key development today was there doesn‘t seem to be an intention to take up so richard henrqiures‘ insistence they should now be a criminal investigation into some of the officers involved in this investigation. he was very concerned and clear in his conclusion that the warrants that we re conclusion that the warrants that were issued to search the homes of the individuals, were unlawfully obtained. do you think now, we just heard from the home secretary saying the inspectorate will now investigate whether the met have adequately implemented the recommendations of sir richard henrqiures‘ report, which they have had since 2016. so do you think that will draw a line under the matter, that they will deal with those three points you made? no, i think that is

a report was quite a limited remit and it is the least the home secretary could have done. it is not at all clear that the inspectorate will be looking at the question as to whether there should now be in a criminal investigation of officers who in sir henrqiures‘ investigation deliberately misled the judge granting the warrants by telling the judge that carl beech‘s assertions to them had been consistent, the truth was there were at least seven major inconsistencies in his accou nts major inconsistencies in his a ccou nts to major inconsistencies in his accounts to the police, that was known to the police and yet they told a districtjudge under oath that they had a witness who was giving consistent accounts. and that isa giving consistent accounts. and that is a very serious matter, and it is not at all clear that priti patel‘s reference of this matter to the inspectorate is going to focus on that and i think it is something it should be focused on. i agree with sir richard, who is a highly experienced high court judge, sir richard, who is a highly

experienced high courtjudge, former barrister, his firm conclusion is those warrants were obtained unlawfully. this is a very serious matter. if those warrants had been refused, if the police had told the judge the truth and the warrants we re judge the truth and the warrants were refused it might have brought an end to this and saga much earlier. the granting of those wa rra nts earlier. the granting of those warrants gave impetus, strength and energy to this enquiry and vindication to the fantasist carl beech. so the question of the wa rra nts beech. so the question of the warrants is at the heart of this and i have not heard anything from the metropolitan police this morning to suggest they are grappling with that. there was certainly no detail on that in the statement we just heard from the deputy commissioner. nor was there any acceptance in his statement that there should be a criminal investigation of officers involved. do you think the met is failing to make a clean breast of things here? they have apologised fulsomely, and one would expect them

to do that. but it is obviously in their interest as an institution to try to draw a line under this now and you would expect them to do that. they have some succour in the fa ct that. they have some succour in the fact that the independent office into police conduct felt the officers who obtained the warrants should not be investigated any further, but so richard henrqiures strongly disagreed with that conclusion and i think that is the matter that needs teasing out. he has strongly disagreed with the conclusion that there should be no further investigation. of course one can understand why the metropolitan police as an institution would not wish for there to be investigations of that sort, but this is matter of public confidence, public confidence has already been shaken by that enquiry and the failings in this enquiry. public confidence is also called into question if we are confronting a situation in which in the midst of a scandalously inept enquiry of this sort the police also as part of that enquiry misled a judge under oath. what puzzles me

listening to you is why given that we have the independent office for police conduct, who have done an investigation, we are about to have her majesties inspectorate of constabulary, both regulatory with oversight and the job to say the things that you are saying if those things that you are saying if those things need to be said, and instead we seem to have you saying it from a position outside whereas the people who setjob it is to regulate our saying something different. can you clarify that? that is not necessarily an unfamiliar situation and i‘m sure it‘s not unfamiliar to sir richard either. because people can take different judgments sir richard either. because people can take differentjudgments on the same set of facts. i would place great reliance in the judgment of sir richard henrqiures who was commissioned by the police to look at these. sorry to interrupt, are you basically saying we cannot rely on in this country on the regulator

is responsible for regulating and overseeing the police? is responsible for regulating and overseeing the police ?|j is responsible for regulating and overseeing the police? i think we need an explanation from the iopc as to why they did not interview some of the officers they then went on to exonerate. and this is a question that sir richard henrqiures has asked himself. ithink that sir richard henrqiures has asked himself. i think there are questions to be asked about the way we regulate the police, there have been for many years, it is the old question, who regulates the enforcers ? question, who regulates the enforcers? who investigates the investigators? i don‘t think we can a lwa ys investigators? i don‘t think we can always assume regulators will get these things right, and i very much fear in this case they may not have got things right. well, thank you very much forjoining us with your view of the issue. we just wejust going to we just going to pause and look at the sport. katarina johnson thompson has reflected on a magnificent win

in the heptathlon. she said she only had now applause sleep before speaking to the media this morning. she broke the british record setting for personal bests over the two days. she rounded it all off by winning the 800 metres to take the gold. she told us what she plans to do next. one thing i am desperate to do next. one thing i am desperate to do is go home. home is in liverpool. see my dog, see my family, and getting this gold medaljust means the world to me, it means i wasn‘t deluded in thinking i could do these things. and just having belief in yourself. she needs a well-deserved rest. andy murray‘s impressive run at the china open has come to an end at the china open has come to an end at the china open has come to an end at the quarterfinal stage, but there we re at the quarterfinal stage, but there were some encouraging signs in his defeat to dominic tm. he took the tie—break and will be pleased with

his performances in beijing as he makes his return to the top of singles tennis following hip surgery at the beginning of the year. two players have withdrawn from the england squad ahead of saturday‘s match and with del webb returned to their respective clubs. it means melissa what lawley will be promoted to the squad. the riverside is sold out for the fixture. defending moto gp world champion marc marquez escaped serious injury in practice. he came off his honda ona in practice. he came off his honda on a bend, skidding across the tarmac and gravel, while the bike flipped behind him. luckily it did not hit him. he was taken to hospital and although he was bruised he was given the all clear and miraculously was back on the track within a couple of hours‘ time to ta ke within a couple of hours‘ time to take part in second practice. he could win his sixth world title this weekend.

there is more sport on a bbc sport website, including live, radio and text commentary on the rugby match between south africa and italy. i‘ll between south africa and italy. i‘ll be back in the next hour. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party — standing down at the next election — to stand as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. the former tory leadership candidate has been a prominent critic of borisjohnson, and is strongly against leaving the european union without a deal. in a statement he said: "as for the future, i am a public servant to my core and will stay involved in politics, endeavouring to make my voice heard. i will, of course, continue to explain why i voted for a brexit deal, but ultimately i want to move beyond brexit, and focus on getting things done on the ground." our political correspondent iain watson says it‘s a decision which wasn‘t entirely unexpected. he was already halfway out the door.

he was basically thrown out of the parliamentary conservative party for opposing boris johnson over no—deal. he wanted to make sure we leave the eu with a deal. then he had to take a decision as to whether he was going to stand as an independent member of parliament. so we had a tale of two announcements this morning — his first was to his local party and local paper in cumbria saying he would not be standing again as an mp, he was resigning from the conservative party completely, even as a grassroots member. and he said in addition to that he didn‘t want to stand against local conservatives, so he wouldn‘t be standing as an independent mp. but that is not a template which he is attaching to london, because he is now going to stand against the already selected conservative candidate for mayor of london. he made that announcement around 11am this morning. in fact, when he said he was standing down for the conservative party, a range of former conservatives and independents were bemoaning

his loss to politics, amber rudd amongst them. but i think as soon as they opened the evening standard they realised that he very much intends to continue in politics, and his pitch is going to be, and i quote, he is going to "break the suffocating embrace of our dying party politics", he said, and he is pledging to walk around all 32 london boroughs — not campaigning he says, but listening to people. this is somebody who has walked across iran and afghanistan in the past. but, if i was to paraphrase casablanca, there perhaps might be some parts of london he should not be walking through. he says the problem here as regards the capital city, there is a great deal of division, this goes beyond brexit, and he is there to unite it. but of course politically there are a few potential dangers in his approach. first, if he wants to bolster those people who are arguing that we should be leaving the eu without a deal, or if we‘ve left

by then should keep a close relationship with them, it might that vote. —— split that vote. it is saying he wants to be a one nation conservative and the party is moving too far to the right, he may well split the conservative vote and allow an labour mayor to get in. so there will be consequences to his actions, but one thing is for sure, despite standing down as an mp he is definitely going to fulfil his pledge to the people of cumbria this morning and that is that his voice will still be heard in british politics, at least until the london mayoral election next year. ian mentioned the conservative candidate for mayor, he has deliberated a couple of lines on the news that rory stewart will stand against him. he said, i welcome any candidates decision to stand and hold mr khan to account over his

woeful record in london. so a welcome there from the conservative mayoral candidate to the announcement of an independent candidacy from rory stewart. boris johnson‘s chief europe advisor will hold another round of talks in brussels today, as the government tries to break the brexit deadlock. david frost‘s visit comes as the eu‘s chief negotiator michel barnier said he still had plenty of questions about the uk‘s plans. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has voiced his concerns about how the plans would be enforced. earlier our brussels correspondent damian grammaticas sent this update. the uk prime minister‘s chief brexit advisories here, the eu questioning him today about the proposal is that the promise to put forward. but the eu has serious concerns about those, we know that, we know that from

yesterday and today, the irish side particularly saying that in their view from these tables, the proposals that have been tabled, as they stand, are not the basis for an agreement and the really key areas have now been discussed a lot for the past 2a hours, that is the ideas for a customs dealing with customs, the eu saying, the panis are saying there would be no checks around the border but set back. those are not fleshed out, the eu wants to know how could those possibly work. and also the question around consent, around giving a veto effectively to the northern irish assembly, which isn‘t even sitting, so how could that work? what would happen if the veto was exercise? then all these plans would seem to fall away. so the eu and ireland have serious issues around all of that. but these are issues around all of that. but these a re really issues around all of that. but these are really important, these discussions today, because i think in then the eu is testing how much room there is for manoeuvre, is the

uk willing to negotiate further next week, if it is there would be serious negotiations next week, if it isn‘t then we are into a serious difficulty. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. thank you very much and are very good afternoon to you. not that long ago that hurricane lorenzo was a major storm in the atlantic, as it moved across the uk it weakened dramatically. certainly not a hurricane any more. the remnants just bringing a bit of rain across southern half of england and wales this afternoon. still fairly busy for some south—western coast. further now north largely dry with sunny spells developing, highs of 12 to 17. through this evening and tonight we develop a split, western areas will have a lot of cloud, some damp drizzly weather the coasts and hills, further east was see clear spells and quite chilly. some parts of scotla nd spells and quite chilly. some parts of scotland could get all the way down to freezing. there could be felt in eastern areas as well.

especially across the north—east. there could be dense fog, it could be slow to clear. but some brightness early on eastern parts, but cloud and rain spreading from the west, turning windy again in western areas, temperatures between 13 western areas, temperatures between i3 and i7. western areas, temperatures between i3 and 17. some rain becoming slow moving and lingering in the east on sunday and that could cause one or two problems.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live with carrie gracie. the headlines: scotland yard has been strongly criticised in a report about its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. in which turned out not to exist. preparing for today‘s we in preparing for today‘s publication we have been particularly conscious of the dreadful and damaging impact

of the dreadful and damaging impact of these false allegations and our investigations have had on those wrongly accused individuals and theirfamilies. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party, and standing down at the next election, to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. the prime minister‘s chief advisor on europe is holding another round of talks in brussels today, aimed at breaking the brexit deadlock. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink its plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. and fans celebrate as katarina johnson—thompson scoops britain‘s second gold, and breaks the british heptathlon record, at the world athletics championships in qatar. let‘s return to our top story, a review of scotland yard‘s disastrous inquiry into false allegations of vip abuse and murder found that warrants to search the homes of suspects were obtained "unlawfully".

operation midland was sparked by claims made by carl beech, who was laterjailed for lying. the mp harvey proctor, whose home was raided by police, said the investigation had "deliberately and unlawfully trashed" his life and reputation. the deputy commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir stephen house, gave a statement outside new scotland yard a little earlier. it remains highly unusual for the police to release this much information about an investigation outside of criminal proceedings. but we feel it‘s important that those directly affected by it, all those concerned by some of the rumours that surround these investigations, andindeed that surround these investigations, and indeed the report itself, are able to see as much of it as possible. this exceptional level of information has been published in

response to the need to dispel the rumour, the strong public interest in ensuring transparency, to demonstrate the decision and complexities involved in investigations, and our commitment to learn from past mistakes and help maintain public confidence. in preparing for today‘s publication we have been particularly conscious of the dreadful and damaging impact these false allegations and our investigations have had on these wrongly accused individuals and theirfamilies. we wrongly accused individuals and their families. we have wrongly accused individuals and theirfamilies. we have consulted all of them about today‘s publication, as well as sir richard himself. richard galpin is outside new scotland yard. richard, is this the end of the matter? no, i don't think so. as you we re matter? no, i don't think so. as you were hearing they are, the police are being contrite, they are

apologising and they are saying that they have actually already implemented most of the 25 recommendations which the retired judge who wrote this report had called for. but there are disagreements still, particularly over the issue of whether they should be a criminal investigation. certainly the retired judge, richard henriques, has said there should be a criminal investigation of some of the officers involved in the operations. and obviously that would bea operations. and obviously that would be a very significant move. but the police say absolutely not. there are no grounds for even disciplinary actions. so it seems that there will bea actions. so it seems that there will be a continuing row going on between the two of them. i suppose the other area where there is likely to be a row, or a continuing controversy, is that of unlawful search warrant a few? yeah, this is absolutely one of

the key elements that we have received today, the fact that they are unlawful and the arrest warrants should not have been applied for. this is very important because he is saying in his report that thejudge, who they had to go before to get the search warrants, had been misled by the officers, and not only that, but there had also been inaccuracies in what was written into those search warrants. so those are very significant developments. it is a question of how they are going to deal with that going forward. and talking about dealing with things going forward, we know from the home secretary that there is to beat this investigation by the inspectorate of co nsta bula ry investigation by the inspectorate of constabulary into whether the metropolitan police have adequately implemented sir richard‘s recommendations. so i suppose the inspectorate of constabulary could say, we expect to see a criminal

investigation? i suppose, absolutely that could be the case. but obviously the fact that there is now this inspection going on to see if the metropolitan police actually have carried out the implementation of these recommendations in itself is going to put more pressure on the metropolitan police here. it‘s obviously really quite a difficult day for them. the list of failings which came out in the original report is very, very long, a3 points. richard, thank you. we will get more later. let‘s return now to dublin and rejoin geetea guru—murthy, who‘s speaking to people in the irish capital about attitudes to brexit, the backstop and the political future for both sides of the border.

thank you very much. i am going to be speaking to a journalist, columnist, here in a moment for more views on what people here make of boris johnson‘s latest views on what people here make of borisjohnson‘s latest proposal. it isa borisjohnson‘s latest proposal. it is a serious proposal that is getting support in london, but is it getting support in london, but is it getting support in london? that is com pletely getting support in london? that is completely crucial. we had some initial reaction from leo varadker yesterday, lukewarm to say the least. we are expecting also to hear from him in the next hour. we will see if he cast further light. we think there will be further discussions in the coming days before there is a full response from dublin and brussels. but what about the cross border communities? those are the people that are perhaps most acutely affected by what happens. chris page has been investigating. the border is being used as a political football, and it‘s not doing anyone any good in the island of ireland. boating on the border is the essence of tranquillity, but the simplicity of life on the water also shows the complexity of the issue

which has stalled brexit. here, and at other parts of the border, it‘s just unpoliceable. a hard border — it‘s unworkable, whatever they say. and they can put whatever agreement they want in place, but it‘s not going to be possible. how can you police a hard border here? it‘sjust — it‘s not going to be possible. well, in some places, it is hard to know where the border is at all. but here, we do know where it is, because this stretch of the waterway actually marks the frontier. over there, it‘s northern ireland. this bank is the irish republic. the canal has become a symbol of the peace process. it‘s a gateway to both countries, which shows how much has changed. when it opened, 25 years ago, the conflict wasn‘t over, and still overshadowed everything. now, the waterway is an artery for this area‘s lifeblood — tourism.

visitors often start theirjourney on the longest river in the republic. on the shannon, business people want brexit to be settled. uncertainty doesn't help people to book a holiday, and it would definitely be great if we could get this thing over the line and out of the way by the end of october. a deal is the best possible solution for irish tourism. about halfway to northern ireland, the canal curves through the town of ballinamore. people here feel they are at pivot point. gail gets supplies for her garden centre from across the border, and she hopes there won‘t be any complications. we‘re a small family business. myself and my husband run it, along with just a few part—time workers. so we can‘t really afford to be taking on an extra administrative layer within the business. our time is very tight, we‘re always on the run here. there‘s always a million things to do.

the closer you get to the frontier, the more real brexit feels. for so long, so many have thought so little about crossing the border. brexit has sent ripples through politics, business and identity. in ireland, what people seem to want most is calmness amidst the uncertainty. iamjoined i am joined here now by vincent boland, a columnist for the sunday business post newspaper. thank you for joining business post newspaper. thank you forjoining us. you have been getting some soundings from people close to the irish leadership. what are you hearing? generally speaking they are very disappointed with borisjohnson's new they are very disappointed with boris johnson's new proposal. they are very disappointed with borisjohnson's new proposal. it doesn't go anywhere close to where the irish government would like. there is one issue that about think they are very encouraged by, which

is keeping northern ireland in the single market for goods. and i think that has moved to the british government a little closer to the irish position. but i think there is still a wide gap between them. i don't get a sense of any new —— any real optimism or momentum from dublin at the moment. what are their key concerns around the customs question? the issue with the proposal as it stands is that it is common to all intents and purposes, re—partitioning of ireland, it is the positioning of a border on the island of ireland for the second time by the irish. there is a border. it may not be a hard border. yes indeed. but this is putting an economic border where one does not exist. it was membership of the european union that actually allowed the irish border to disappear when the irish border to disappear when the single market was created and the single market was created and the customs union left of the board are completely irrelevant. this brings it all back. this is a big thing. north and south. it is going

to be an enormous imposition for businesses, notjust along to be an enormous imposition for businesses, not just along the border, but actually trading on both sides, wherever they are based. border, but actually trading on both sides, wherever they are basedm may not be the perfect outcome for you ormike may not be the perfect outcome for you or mike the taoiseach,, but if this is rejected and borisjohnson perhaps extend, perhaps goes to the country in a general election and comes back with perhaps a more pro—hardline brexit parliament, you are going to be faced with a new deal? yes, i think the prospect of no deal is front and centre. so why not accept this compromise? because of its implications for the border and the way that it misrepresents the border and that it imposes the burden of managing that border on ireland, with the british taking the response to —— no responsivity for it. that is a key issue. i can't see from an irish perspective how they can possibly accept that. from a european perspective it leaves a

hole in the issue of a single market. both issues are essential. unless both of them are resolved, the proposal is going nowhere. and finally, are people who are confident that brussels will back dublin all the way? so if dublin says no, that‘s it? or is there room for further says no, that‘s it? or is there room forfurther compromise? says no, that‘s it? or is there room for further compromise?” says no, that‘s it? or is there room for further compromise? i think there is a real understanding of the irish position among the other 26 eu member states. the taoiseach was in stockholm yesterday meeting the swedish prime minister. he is in copenhagen today. there is quite strong backing coming out of those capitals for ireland's stance. there has been an enormous amount of effort put into explaining the irish position across europe and so i think the solidarity is there. i think the solidarity is there. i think that there are differences of opinion so between germany and france over the irish position, but they are not in any way going to undermine dublin's negotiating

sta nce undermine dublin's negotiating stance at this stage. vincent boland, thank you very much. clearly a long way to go. we will see what the coming hours and days bring. back to you. thank you. the uk and us governments have called on facebook to rethink its plans to use encryption for messages across all of its platforms. in an open letter to mark zuckerberg, the home secretary, priti patel, said the firm‘s policy could hamper international efforts to grant law enforcers faster access to private messages on social media. facebook argues that it is working closely with child safety experts and governments to keep people safe. and chris fox earlier explained some of the issues at stake. the purpose of end—to—end encryption is to keep your messages safe as they travel across the internet. that keeps everybody safe. it means your messages to your partner, or anything you are sending about your banking details, are scrambled as

they go across the internet, they can‘t be intercepted and read by criminals for law enforcement. so that does mean that if people are using messages, messaging apps, for criminal purposes, those messages can‘t be read by law enforcement if they intercept them. that present a security problem. there is a day halfway house. if you are forcing people to switch off end—to—end encryption just to track the small number of criminals that use those apps for nefarious purposes, then essentially you‘re putting everybody‘s messages at risk from being to criminals or mike being snooped on by governments. that is a question people will have to ask. is that a compromise we want to make? chris fox. the headlines. scotland ya rd chris fox. the headlines. scotland yard are criticised for carrying out unlawful searches of the homes of suspects during an investigation into a suspects during an investigation intoa vip suspects during an investigation into a vip paedophile ring which turned out not to exist. conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party to run as an independent candidate for

the mayor of london. and the prime minister past she —— the prime minister past she —— the prime minister chief executive on europe is holding more talks in europe today aimed at ending the brighter deadline. the winner of the royal institute of british architect‘s most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced on tuesday. there are six nominations for britain‘s best new building of 2019, which include a sculpture park, new council housing and a property made entirely of cork. all this week we have been taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings. today we are looking at london bridge station — the enormous project in the heart of the capital connecting travellers all over the country and beyond. london bridge station was probably the most muddled and difficult

station to get around in london. it was very overcrowded and wasn‘t a particularly nice environment. the brief from our client was to create a new station in the middle of the existing station by cutting through all the victorian arches to create this large concourse. the station has been completely reorganised and it is now, i hope, one of the best stations in london, going from one of the worst. how the station looked and needed to operate was an important, but not the most important part. it was how we built it and kept london running. there's over 120 million passenger journeys every year that we have to manage. all of those trains, all of those passengers, had to keep on going. we had to design the building in strips, or nine mini stations, effectively. build them, and once they were completed, we moved onto the

next bit, demolished it, built the new bit, the new bit was running alongside the old bit. it is the largest concourse in the uk. it is twice the size of liverpool street station and actually bigger than the pitch at wembley stadium. the station canopies themselves curled up in the centre to create what we call an eyebrow, but that‘s to actually allow north light and a component of south light down into the station and make it a day—lit concourse. when the light streams down through and hits the wood, it creates a really lovely environment. i also love the western arcade, the link between the new concourse and london underground. we put in concrete arches which match the existing brick ones, which is actually the site of the first viaduct built in 1836 at the station. we get people coming in here, coming to lunch now, to meet other people. for a social thing, not even getting on the train. it's just...

..it's amazing. that's the word i can only use. it's it‘s nice to hear about a building where the people who work in id really love it. that is encouraging. you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year‘s riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel on tuesday more than a quarter of mammals in the uk are on the brink of being wiped out. that‘s the stark warning from the state of nature report, which says climate change and more intense farming methods are to blame. claire marshall has been finding out more. you look at the river usk, look at that beautiful typical landscape of this national park, and it is hard to believe what a terrible state our

nature is in, things disappearing all the time, a quarter of our mammals. but people are trying their best to sort it out. i am here to talk to two people from a pioneering youth led charity, action for conservation. what is the different thing that you are doing? i mean, frankly, conservation groups don‘t seem to be saving our wildlife at the moment. we work to inspire and empower young people between the ages of 12 and 18 to take action on nature. the statistics coming out of the report are shocking. for young people in particular who are growing up people in particular who are growing up seeing the effects of these declines, their vision of nature is very different to that of generations before them. but yet we are seeing young people bringing hope to this situation, they are fronting a report, the climate strikes and greta thornburg, is driven by young people. it is an exciting time. now that they are

sharing their voice though, we need opportunities for them to be part of the solution. that is what we are trying to do here. it is the largest youth led nature conservation project that we know of in the world. and we are working with a group of young people between the ages of 12 and 17 to take action here and restored nature to the site. ok. and this is one of them. we love. you grew up in central cardiff and now you are out here saving nature. how did you start doing this? i think! have saving nature. how did you start doing this? i think i have always had a real strong emotional connection to nature and it has a lwa ys connection to nature and it has always been a very important part of my life. i have always wanted to learn how to protect it and make sure that the species that are being lost will be able to come back and i will be able to see them in my lifetime and my future children will be able to see them. i think living ina be able to see them. i think living in a city has made it even more important because i have been able to see both sides of different

habitats, the contrast between being ina habitats, the contrast between being in a city and going into the countryside has definitely been very special. it is a privilege to be able to have it so close to where we live. you have actually been involved in projects already. tell us about what you have done?” involved in projects already. tell us about what you have done? i have been involved in lots of the strikes based on climate change, the youth strikes for climate, i have been involved in extinction rebellion, various protests and demonstrations. i have been to lots of baseline survey kind of events and oyster restoration. why have you been involved in that? oysters are really important because they are so low down in the food chain in the marine ecosystem and they actually act as a habitat as well as an important species for other species to live on. they are really important to protect. clare marshall in brecon.

a couple whose dream wedding in las vegas was nearly ruined by the collapse of thomas cook, have now tied the knot with sir rod stewart watching on. sharon and andrew aitchison joined us on the breakfast sofa, when the travel company was on the verge of going bust. they eventually made it to vegas on time, and found a special guest waiting for them. ben ando takes up the story. # have i told you lately that i love you? # have i told you there‘s no—one else above you? # you fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness # ease my trouble, that‘s what you do. ..# a wedding serenade by sir rod stewart for sharon cook and her new husband, andrew aitchison. but last week, when they appeared on bbc breakfast, the outlook for the happy couple had seemed anything but. we were due to fly with 19 of our closest family and friends on sunday morning,

5:30 in the morning. it‘s not going to happen now, really. they spent £9,000 on flights for themselves and their guests with thomas cook. when it went bust, so, they thought, did their dreams. we paid for the flights, i managed the group booking, so we paid for a certain number of our family and then other people had gone through me and enabled to book through thomas cook by debit card. because it was flight only, it is not atol protected. but then delta airlines and caesar‘s palace stepped in, to fly them to the states and make sure the wedding went ahead. # fill my heart with gladness... yeah! # ..take away your sadness...# both: # ease my trouble, that‘s what you do #. with sir rod as the very special surprise guest. wonderful. everything's good, enjoy!

ben ando, bbc news. that is a nice story. it is a good job they had sir rod are there for the singing. good luck. ben brown will be here shortly with the bbc news at one — first it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. the remnants of what was hurricane lorenzo continued to wea ken was hurricane lorenzo continued to weaken across the uk. you can see the areas of cloud on the satellite picture still bringing some wind and rain. behind me this big swirl of cloud, an area of low pressure will throw a frontal system are microwave for the weekend. it will be slow moving. some places will see a lot of heavy rain. equally there will be some spells of sunshine. through the rest of the afternoon the hurricane still bringing some rain across wales, the southern half of england. still blustery for a post on wales micro—and the south—west. the winds

generally release through the afternoon. further north, brighter spells, a little bit of sunshine. top temperatures between 12 and i6 degrees as we go through this evening and overnight we develop a split in our fortunes. western areas will see a lot of cloud. it will turn misty, murky, damp and drizzly first—come coasts and hills. further north and east under clear skies it will turn rather chilly. some spots in scotland could get all the way down to freezing with a touch of frost. they could be some fog patches across the eastern areas as well. perhaps most extensive across north—east england. any early fog should clear. we see some early brightness, sunshine across the eastern half of the uk. in the west, cloud. rain in northern ireland and south west of scotland, wales and the south—west. the winds are strengthening in the far north and west of scotland. those temperatures where they have been for the last couple of days. 13 to 17 degrees. as we go through saturday night this weather front, this band

we go through saturday night this weatherfront, this band of rain, becomes a slow some heavy bursts of rain trudging eastwards. this front really, if anything, just stalls during sunday. we are likely to develop an area of low pressure and that will hold the front back, stopping it from moving through. the potential for wet weather across central and southern scotland, down the eastern side of england. yellow weather warnings in force. the lowest tier of morning. more rain could cause some travel problems and may be some localised flooding. all the while western areas will brighten up. we will see some sunshine through the afternoon and top temperatures between 12 and i7 degrees.

a damning report criticises the police for their investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring that never existed. these were among the falsely accused suspects — the report says scotland yard unlawfully obtained warrants to search their homes. i have the utmost contempt for senior officers of the metropolitan police, past and present, for the turmoil that they have put people‘s lives through. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have caused. i promise we will do all we can to prevent them happening again in the future. we‘ll bring you details of the report‘s findings and reaction.