hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2:00pm. scotland yard is strongly criticised over its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. 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'm 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. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal boris johnson will comply with the law and seek an extension to the brexit deadline. downing street insists the uk will be leaving the eu

at the end of the month. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. walking out — former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — with olly foster. encouraging progress for andy murray. he was quite chipper today, he says he's been playing his best tennis yet on the singles comeback trail. that's despite a quarterfinal defeat in china today. and there's been a big win for south africa over italy at the rugby world cup. thanks olly and helen has all the weather. wet conditions set to continue. u nfortu nately, yes, unfortunately, yes, that's right, martin, as storm lorenzo is approaching quite rapidly, we look for the next significant rainmaker coming up. i will have the details

just before the bottom of the hour. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. a damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for its investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring — which never existed. carl beech falsely claimed he was the victim of abuse by high—profile politicians and senior military officers. the report says the police unlawfully obtained warrants to search the homes of suspects. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the details. after hearing hours of allegations, police described carl beech‘s story as "credible and true". i had poppies pinned to my chest, whilst they did whatever they wanted to do.

he claimed in the ‘70s and ‘80s he'd suffered sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. but he wouldn't wake up. he didn't move. there was a lot of blood. in fact, the tale he told was both incredible and untrue. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, was one of those beech falsely named. he claimed the ex—tory mp harvey proctor had actually murdered two boys. others he wrongly accused included the former home secretary lord brittan, who died during the police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and the long—time labour politician lord janner. the police investigation into the so—called westminster paedophile ring went on for 18 months and ended without any arrests or charges.

a senior retired judge, sir richard henriques, was brought in to review the police inquiry. finally, his full report has been published. it details one of the most damaging episodes in the modern history of the metropolitan police. but today, the force is refusing to do any interviews. instead, there was this statement. when we get it wrong, as we have in these 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. deputy assistant commissioner steve rodhouse headed the investigation. the henriques review quotes a log that he made, acknowledging that beech, then known by the pseudonym "nick", may have fabricated some

or all of his allegations. sir richard says, since he'd formed that view, i am unable to see how he could properly formulate a decision to inform the public that "we believe nick". also criticised is deputy labour leader tom watson. the review says there can be no doubt that tom watson believes nick, adding that his interest created further pressure on officers. harvey proctor believes tom watson should resign as labour's deputy leader and be expelled from the party. i have icy contempt for mr beech. it is matched with my icy contempt for tom watson. and the labour party should immediately dissociate themselves from mr watson. dolphin square, an apartment block in westminster, was one of the locations where carl beech claimed to have been abused. the review says tom watson

was in a group which passed information to beech about dolphin square which he then used in his police interviews. carl beech is now a convicted liar and paedophile. he has done long—term damage to those whose lives and reputations he tried to destroy. but he has also raised questions about the competence and independence of the country's leading police force in the face of political pressure. june kelly, bbc news. let's bring you more reaction from no 10 downing st following documents published by the scottish court which suggests that the government will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension so that brexit doesn't occui’ on extension so that brexit doesn't occur on october 31 and the eu leaves without a deal if a deal isn't struck before then. downing street still claims according to our political editor laura kuenssberg they can avoid a delay to brexit evenif they can avoid a delay to brexit

even if there is no deal. a no 10 source told the bbc that they are still not prevented from leaving at the end of october. the explanation goes like this. the government will comply with the benn act, that is to prevent the uk leaving the eu without a deal, which only imposes a very narrow, specific duty concerning parliament's very narrow, specific duty concerning pa rliament‘s letter requesting a delay, and which can be interpreted in different ways. but the government is not prevented, says this source, by the act, from doing other things that cause no delay, including other communications, private and public. so, people will have to wait and see how this is reconciled, and it finishes by saying the government is making its true position on delay known privately in europe, and this will soon become public. so, the suggestion is that those document is published by the scottish court in no 10's view don't tell the whole story. we will no doubt be talking about that quite a bit for the rest of the afternoon.

the nhs has announced its biggest ever winter vaccination campaign. about 30 million people — nearly half the uk population — will be offered the flu vaccine this year. for the first time, all primary school pupils in england will be offered a free vaccination — bringing england into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland. children are what's known as ‘super spreaders‘ because they're the most likely to pass the virus on to each other and to vulnerable relatives. last year, there were nearly 1,700 flu—related deaths in england. earlier, our health editor hugh pym said it was an ambitious plan. it is continuing the work of recent yea rs it is continuing the work of recent years in england, adding different years in england, adding different year groups years in england, adding different yeargroups on, years in england, adding different year groups on, offering free vaccines via the nasal spray. from this year, it will be all primary school children. the whole effort coordinated from here by public health england. that is, of course, simply bring england into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland who have adopted this policy for the

last couple of years or so. it should be rolled out over the next couple of months. the orders have just started going on, so it isn't happening immediately. there has been a slight delay in the vaccine becoming available to health trusts who then go into schools and run these clinics, and that has put the whole thing back by a few weeks. we have heard in a very limited number of cases that some parents have been told that a clinic planned for this week or next week has been postponed and has been rearranged for december. these are a small number of cases, one or two concerned people have been asking about that. but public health england are stressing it doesn't matter whether it happens this month, next month or even into december, your child will still be protected, although obviously the flu begins to kick in from mid to late december onwards. hugh pym. we can cross over to south wales now, where the green party

is holding its autumn conference in newport. the co—leader jonathan ba rtley is speaking so let's take a listen. i want to start by saying thank you. you know, we don't hear it often enough. so, thank you to all the leaflet deliverers and the door knockers, the activists and the councillors, thank you to the food preparers and motion writers, or most of them. the committee members and working groups, the staff and volunteers, you are the backbone of oui’ volunteers, you are the backbone of our party and we couldn't do it without each and every one of you. applause and i want to say a special thanks to sian who is giving a speech on sunday focusing on being london's first green mayor. go on then. applause sian, your commitment, your passion, your determination is inspirational

and it has been a pleasure to work with you over the last year. thank you, sian. applause and what a year it has been. i was in brussels three weeks ago meeting with the leaders of other european parties. a green wave is sweeping the continent and we are surfing it across england and wales. truly, this has been one of the most extraordinary yea rs this has been one of the most extraordinary years in our party's history. at the beginning of may, we more than doubled our counsellors. a few weeks later, we more than doubled our meps and we have increased our presence in parliament with nataliejoining jenny increased our presence in parliament with natalie joining jenny in the house of lords. applause the urge to bough in your presence

will be even harder to resist! laughter —— beau. we havejust hit an incredible milestone. last week we gained our 15,000th member of the green party. applause and in november, caledonia passed the country's first climate emergency motion. now over half of the uk's principal local authorities have done the same, making it one of the fastest growing environmental movements in history. applause from our new young green chairs, rosie, thomas, to caroline, holding the government to account every single day in parliament, the message is clear. —— carla denyer. the oceans are rising, but so are we.

applause the spark of dissent against climate breakdown was lit many years ago by activists struggling against oil extraction in the global south. campaigners here in britain campaigning outside power stations. by campaigning outside power stations. by the green politicians saying the unsayable. that an economy built on fossil fuels has catastrophic implications. and that spark has become a wildfire of revolt. with extinction rebellion taking the streets, youth strikers walking out of school and yes, more green politicians being elected than ever before. applause just look at the numbers of people taking climate action and forcing governments to sit up and take notice. 6 million on the global

climate strike. 100,000 on the streets of london. over 200 different strikes across the uk, and the vast, vast majority of people saying our government isn't doing enough will stop we are here to be the megaphone of that movement, to give those people a political voice and tone those demands into action. applause and by making the climate crisis a political imperative, we are defining the issue of our times. showing the way ahead for governments all over the world. but what of this government? while the planet burns it fans the flames of hatred. bile, bitterness and division. i am ashamed of what our country has become. but this isn't just about brexit. this is the death

rattle of an old order. we are seeing the break—up of the political system. the breaking apart of the economic system. the breakdown of our life support system. we have been saying it for years, we knew it was coming, and now it is here. and the question for us is how we will respond. and, conference, the answer to me, seems clear. now is the time for complete transformation of everything. you know, when i was born a0 something years ago... laughter we were given a dream, a vision of the future where we would create unprecedented wealth, technology and automation would mean we spent more time with our family and automation would mean we spent more time with ourfamily and our friends, where we would discover that endless supply of energy that was the stuff of science fiction. well, fast forward a0 something

yea rs well, fast forward a0 something years and we have created untold riches, technology has revolutionised everything, and we have discovered how to harness the wind, the sun and the tides. but instead of that vision we were promised, we work longer hours, the wealth is held by the super—rich, while 1a million live in poverty and climate breakdown threatens our very existence. no wonder people are angry and want change. because it's the same failing system that has shut people out from power that has brought us to the brink of environmental catastrophe. the same system that has gutted our nhs and polluted our air, given us food banks while choking our oceans in plastic, closed borders while creating climate refugees, left people feeling helpless in a world thatis people feeling helpless in a world that is out of control. everything needs to change. and only the green

party acknowledge this is the scale of the challenge and the magnitude of the challenge and the magnitude of the challenge and the magnitude of the action that must be taken. the imperative to fight not only the threat of brexit but the conditions that have brought us brexit. and with a general election looming, a vote for the green party is the most powerful vote you can cast right now. conference, we will fight to remain in europe, yes, but we will also fight to transform britain. applause but the prime minister is still careering us towards a crash out brexit and he is willing to tear down democracy to do it. and when caught manipulating the constitution, what does he do? he laughs atjustice, he pretends he is on the side of the people. was

cambridge analytica on the side of the people? this is your part now. our dominic cummings and jacob rees—mogg on the side of the people? i want to do that one again, back up the autocue. our dominic cummings and jacob rees—mogg on the side of the people? our politicians who lie about money for the nhs and then pursue a destructive brexit that would destroy lives on the side of the people? audience: no! if they we re the people? audience: no! if they were they wouldn't try to play people like pawns in a game. if they we re people like pawns in a game. if they were on the side of the people they would trust the people and give the people a people's vote. applause but the mask is slipping as these

politicians desperately cling onto power. they know that the system has had its day and their swansong is a nasty tune, an authoritarian anthem whose sheet music is a divide and rule script, and we must resist it with every fibre in our being. applause the political classes won't say it so we will. learn the lessons of history. when you see the scapegoating of disabled people, of migrants, of those on benefits, injunctions against protesters, surveillance deployed against everyone, indefinite detention, the accusation that judges everyone, indefinite detention, the accusation thatjudges are enemies of the people, the denial of science, racism, sexism, notjust normalised but espoused by leaders,

we cannot stay silent, we cannot compromise and we must say with one voice, "no more!" applause and it must also involve action. the way to take on this new authoritarianism, the path to unite our country, the route to transformation of our economy must bea transformation of our economy must be a radical shift in power. and we would rebuild a democracy fit for the 21st—century. just imagine what 160 local authorities who have passed climate change emergency motions could do with real power. we'd give it to them. increase in corporation tax to fare levels so we could reverse cuts to local authority budgets and they could

become the engines of the green new deal. —— fair levels. applause real power to ban fracking, issue green investment bonds, renew infrastructure with low carbon alternatives, create renewable energy, build new council housing and insulate old homes, support green local businesses and run local transport, participatory democracy, allowing residents to form panels and citizens assembly is to directly input into decision making. that's what taking back control looks like. applause and we would bring transformation to the national level too. a fossil free politics liberated from vested interests. the constitutional convention.

applause we would do a lot more. the bill of rights and a written constitution. applause proportional representation and an elected second chamber. applause and, conference, we would abolish the pernicious home office. applause because transformation of our country demands a system that is truly representative and fair to everyone. applause and that's why we aren't taking a revoke article 50 position. we may disagree with those on the other side of the debate over europe. we may disagree with the corruption of

the referendum. that is not a reason to ignore and sidelined those who voted leave. applause we have always said that the referendum must be the start and not the end of a democratic process. if we wa nt the end of a democratic process. if we want to stay in europe, we must win the argument on europe. applause and we say to labour this — yes, we are glad that you have finally signed up to a people's vote. we wish you'd done it sooner. but it's not enough. don't agree to end free movement, don't acquiesce to pulling up movement, don't acquiesce to pulling up the drawbridge, don't accept that we should be left poorer. we need a cast—iron guarantee that you'd fight for britain to remain.

applause we will have a better future if we remain in europe. our young people know it. they know it is only by working together that we can address the climate emergency. while politicians have buried their heads in the sand and denied the truth, they have taken to the streets to call for climate justice. young people. the one truly shut out of politics. the ones having their future stolen from them. they are showing what leadership looks like. applause isn't it troubling when a ten—year—old has to take time out of their day to remind us of our responsibilities? young people are informed, young people are organised, young people must be heard.

applause so today, i'm setting out how the greens would give young people real power. not just votes at greens would give young people real power. notjust votes at 16 but the right to stand for parliament. applause applause a future generations act which would require the needs of young people to be taken into account before every government decision. applause applause a ministerforfuture applause a minister for future generations to represent young people at the heart of government. applause and a young person select committee made up of representatives from the youth parliament with the power to scrutinise and hold the government to account. and until we get reform of our electoral system and the house of lords, we would appoint

young people to the second chamber of parliament so that they can vote and initiate legislation. applause our future applause ourfuture leaders applause our future leaders should be given the power to lead right now. when a country faces an existential threat, it moves on to a war footing and thatis it moves on to a war footing and that is what we must do. hanging above everything else is the climate emergency threatening our very survival. the survival of our species. the greatest challenge in modern history. extreme weather events a re modern history. extreme weather events are breaking records, people are dying in floods and heat waves, crops are failing, sea levels are rising, the sixth extinction is gripping the globe. and the impacts

are not evenly felt. the poorest are hit hardest, those who contributed least to the climate crisis are suffering already for the gas guzzling governments and corporations who contributed the most. that's just where we are now. ata 0.8 most. that's just where we are now. at a 0.8 degrees rise above industrial levels. imagine what three degrees looks like, 6 degrees, or runaway climate breakdown. it's time to stop denying the truth and let the truth have its say. business as usual is not an option and we have just ten years to complete what needs to be done, and we cannot continue on with the same path and with the same thinking that has brought us to the brink of disaster. applause we need a ten year mobilisation to get on net zero by 2030, so today we are setting out a green vision for

wholesale, urgent transformation of agriculture, of transport, of industry, of energy, the very way that we very live and work. for too long, governments have pursued gdp in the mistaken belief that a rising tide floats all boats. but those without boats have been drowning. sucked down by a whirlpool of poverty, worsening air quality, chronic mental health and ecological destruction. and that tide is set to drown us all. so we'd put the climate chancellor into downing street, make the treasury a ministry of transformation, carbon budgets at the top of the agenda, the environment as the bottom line. all spending and decision—making determined by the health of the natural world and the well—being of people.

applause i would the chancellor to be caroline. applause and that chancellor would drive forward the green new deal. the biggest release of investment to local communities and local businesses that the country has ever seen. businesses that the country has ever seen. a massive investment in green technology. decarbonising the economy and creating millions of jobs. but let me explain what i mean by greenjobs. yes, it means people in hard hats installing solar. it means factories manufacturing green tech. but greenjobs means factories manufacturing green tech. but green jobs also means an army of carers, teachers, artists, nurses and youth workers. jobs that are high—value and low—carbon.

applause and they must be the backbone of the british economy that prioritises human need of corporate greed. applause powered by empathy and kindness and is much as solar and wind. so we would close the government's arms export agency and end all subsidies for the uk arms industry. applause war, misery, and suffering would no longer be among britain's exports to the world. we would scrap plans for a new generation of nuclear weapons, too, and instead put an extra £6 billion a year into the nhs. it

would mean that the closure of all detention centres, halving our prison population, and giving the excluded jobs they can build a life on. applause transforming our education system, abolishing league tables, young people no longer treated as economic units to compete on a global marketplace, instead equipped with the confidence, the skills, the knowledge to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing world around them. unleashing a new wave of creativity and innovation by giving small businesses access to lending at affordable rates for community banks. applause i love our party policy. structure and work to meet the reality of an

increasingly automated world, reducing the working week, and to give everyone safety and an opportunity in the new green economy. we would scrap universal credit, ditch benefit sanctions, and introduce a universal basic income for everybody. applause the green new deal means a green transport revolution, too. the slash and burn of hs two must be halted in its tracks. —— hs2. we cannot allow this assault and destruction of over 100 ancient woodlands and the loss of invaluable biodiversity. we would spend that £70 billion on a local transport infrastructure for every local community. electrocution of rail, new lines, new buses. and who

would scrap the government's road—building programme as well. we would use a vehicle excise duty to deliver a free bus travel for eve ryo ne deliver a free bus travel for everyone right across the country. the biggest travel upgrade to this country has ever seen, giving people the incentive to get out of their ca rs the incentive to get out of their cars and onto affordable, accessible, state—of—the—art transport. we would end airport expansion. we would introduce a progressive frequent flyer levy and enter the binge flying of the super rich. a carbon tax. applause applause a carbon tax and an end to petrol and diesel cars by 2030. that is the kind of action we need to transform our transport system for good. and

our transport system for good. and our relationship with the land needs to change, too. we must move away from the extraction of resources that enrich a few to a future where eve ryo ne that enrich a few to a future where everyone benefits from nurturing our environment species who rely upon it. so we will transform our land. the storage to its pre—factory farming state, reduce the carbon it emits, and increase the carbon it absorbs, where the land flourishes, we will flourish with it. applause imagine landscapes, a revitalised natural world, planting 700 million trees, a quarter of the uk covered by forest by 2030. someone has got to say it, so we will — that means

making it cheaper to move away from a meat —based carbon intensive diets to embrace healthier, low carbon alternatives. applause communities like newport could once again be at the heart of industry and prosperity. this country could lead to the world in clean technology. just six tidal lagoons down the west coast could provide as much power as a dirty nuclear plant. built ina much power as a dirty nuclear plant. built in a fraction of the time, safer, cleaner, and ready to provide energy on demand. 100,000 new low council homes a year. 30 million homes and submitted to the highest standards. old gas boilers are stripped out, and every home a power station fuelled by decentralised renewable energy. the green new deal

is not fanciful thinking, it is practical, it is realistic. we must do what science demands, not what is deemed politically possible. it is easy to fear the future. our century is only 19 years old, but already we have seen 17 of the hottest years on record. brexit hangs over our heads. fires rage from the amazon to the arctic, and democracy is under attack. but the night is always darkest before the dawn. greens, don't fear the future. we welcome the future. because we have the will, and we have the way. taking

decisive action to address the climate emergency isn'tjust about averting disaster. it is about creating a brand—new britain. forget austerity, forget worshipping gdp, forget pointless and bloody foreign wars, forget fracking, coal and oil, forget working longer hours for lower pay, forget air so toxic and you to death. this can be a new start. the best of days of britain can still be ahead of us. we need a decisive break from the business as usual, and we are ready to make the leap. the green party has always been on the right side of history. the time is now to shape our future. thank you. applause green party leaderjonathan green party leader jonathan ba rtley speaking there at the autumn

conference in south wales, in newport, to a very appreciative audience, obviously, as you would expect. a lot of that emphasis was on the environment and climate change, and jonathan bartley are saying that it was time to stop denying the truth. business as usual is not an option, but also stressing that the green party has always been on the right side of history. away from climate change, he also talked about wanting to move... scrapping the home office, and what he argued would be a radical shake—up of immigration policy, and instead to set upa immigration policy, and instead to set up a ministry for century to oversee a fairer system, in his view, including the closure of all migration detention centres. well, it is not just migration detention centres. well, it is notjust the green party holding the conference at the moment. like cumbria are also meeting this morning in swansea. ——

plaid cymru. joining us from the conference in swansea is our wales correspondent, hywel griffiths. what are the priorities today for adam price? we expect him to be pretty buoyant. his party is doing relatively well in all this uncertainty, the our head on some recent policy in wales. his message to the party will be about looking beyond brexit, having other policies, and i think voters are desperate to talk about things other than brexit. he will also be asking for another referendum on brexit if there is a deal. he says there should be a people's field, so echoing something we have heard from the green two. maybe not going quite as far as the lib dems and wanting to revoke outright, but plaid cymru

will tomorrow on whether they want to have a beautiful policy. some focus on brexit, talk about the negative politics, trying to contrast that with what adam processes is the future for wales. and bringing up the issue of an independent wales. we have seen support for welsh independence grow in the last couple of years, again during that time of uncertainty. at the moment, it is around 25% of the population, but that is a high watermark at the moment. they want those numbers to grow, so there will be talking about the future prosperity of wales, it has control of its destiny. it is not about taking back control from brussels, it is about giving control to cardiff bay over the decisions that really matter in people? every lives. not just really matter in people? every lives. notjust devolution, but may be potentially a referendum on welsh independence in the next decade. the delegates who will be hearing from adam price probably not much discussion about potential pacts with the lib dems if there is to be eight general election before brexodus done. it is a deal they did

ina brexodus done. it is a deal they did in a by—election earlier this year so that they could get all the force of the approval of the main put behind them. in some seats where they are not favourites, they could doa they are not favourites, they could do a deal, but they will go head—to—head in places such as current again. he will motivate them about talking about the positive future, the that voters want to hear, rather than just more discussion around brexit. you mention this idea of an independence referendum. and of course, plaid cymru, welsh nationalist party, that is where you would expect it to have its origins, but how widely supported with such an idea be across the whole of the country? the polls show at the moment that it is still a minority view, but it is certainly growing in recent years, probably combining with this time of political uncertainty around brexit. we have seen marches in cities like

cardiff and in merthyr tydfil, recently another one planned for wrexham, so there is momentum and the different groups supporting independence upwards to scotland for inspiration as to how people coalesced there a few years ago to get a very coalesced there a few years ago to get a very narrow coalesced there a few years ago to get a very narrow result in the scottish referendum. that said, given adam price would accept it may bea given adam price would accept it may be a decade away before there as if enabled, let alone a chance of a victory first time around. i think it isa victory first time around. i think it is a mid to long—term aspiration, but during this time when people are talking about taking control, may be losing trust in conventional politics, they see it as an opportunity to bring people towards them. and plaid cymru's membership is atan18 them. and plaid cymru's membership is at an 18 year high, so since the very first years of devolution, they have not enjoyed this level of support of people on the ground. people who knock on doors will hear more from adam price now, as he ta kes to more from adam price now, as he takes to the stage in swansea. he has not quite arrived, i have the benefit of seeing the screen onto

the podium, he is not there, he is keeping is waiting, but thank you for teeing it up so well. we will of course return to swansea a little later, and hear from course return to swansea a little later, and hearfrom the plaid cymru leader adam price. the former conservative leadership candidate rory stewart has resigned from the party, and announced he will run as an independent candidate to become london's mayor. mr stewart will leave parliament at the next election. our political correspondent, iain watson, had the latest from westminster earlier. it was just it wasjust in it was just in the summer that he was a contenderfor the it was just in the summer that he was a contender for the conservative party leadership. now, the autumn, he says that the old—style party politics is effectively dead, it is suffocating. he has to break out of the embrace of the party political system. interestingly, he announced to his local newspaper that he was standing down as the mp for penrith and the border, quitting the conservative party, and said he would not be standing against local conservatives there is an independent. they're notjust a few hours later, he said he would be

standing as an independent when it comes to the london mayoral race next year, and would be standing against the conservative candidate sean bailey. he he welcomes everyone to that particular race, but rory stewart says he will now have an an opportunity to test his contention, that the tone of his old party is too aggressive for brexit, and people are in the mood for compromise. back to swansea with the leader of light can be adam price is about to deliver his speech to conference. —— where are the leader of plaid cymru is about to deliver his speech. being from the same valley as ryan davis, when the staff told me you're going to be on the stage in this one grand in october, i thought, going to be on the stage in this one grand in october, ithought, that going to be on the stage in this one grand in october, i thought, that is a bit early for panto. my mother used to come here and see ryan come

at one time she arrived late with her mother and two heavy bags of shopping, before knew it, she was writing the next half hour of unscripted entertainment. she is in the front row today. she was early, just in case. and i still get to embarrass her. sorry, mam! it is great to be here in swansea, sometimes known as the nipples of the north, except we in wales are fortu nate to the north, except we in wales are fortunate to have two nipples. italy only has one. —— two naples. it was the home of the first fare—paying railway. it can boast a legion of luminaries in science and technology. growth who invented the

fuel cell. a plaid cymru member who developed a radar in world war ii to beat the nazis, and went on to do feed —— demonstrate that half of wales did not have to get its radio from the west country. it was here in swansea bay that the first submarine telegram was sent by somebody who went on to trial the world's first electrically powered boat. and most recently, alan cox of swa nsea boat. and most recently, alan cox of swansea helped develop the kernel that went into the android phone. at the world has a tiny bit of swansea in the world. and the other half have chips powered by a company from cardiff with apple phone's. not bad for a country of 3 million people. the city found its greatest wealth was the talent and creativity of its people, and a minute into my speech, i haven't even mentioned dylan thomas yet. we have to find a way of

tapping into that scene of self—confidence. my father, who is also here today was a minor in the red vein of snaked its way from the ground beneath our feet. red vein of snaked its way from the ground beneath ourfeet. richard burton, the prince of port talbot, speaking about his own father, said this. my must believe themselves to be the aristocrats of the working class. they had these muscular buttocks. only richard burton could get away with a line like that. and what with the arrogant strut of the lords of the confess. they were the kings of the underworld, they look down on people from below. miners we re down on people from below. miners were often actual victims of disease, but they never saw themselves as victims. they carried themselves as victims. they carried themselves with the eternal swagger

of someone who knows they have the power to move mountains. so lets all of us find our inner miner. that is nothing in wales that is wrong, but nothing in wales that is wrong, but nothing that we cannot put right. we have less than 1% of rail investment. the british government has invented more in love which they will never build than they have invested in capital products in wales in the last decade. it is time to end that injustice. if we were independent, we would and we will have other means available. if we we re have other means available. if we were a eu member state in our own right we would get £2 billion more, just as ireland did when it was poorer than wales, to look at them now. 50% figure by population, 500% richer in gdp. as an independent country, we could issue our own

long—term bonds, even with negative interest rates, at the moment. the financial times should be required reading for every welsh nationalist. suchis reading for every welsh nationalist. such is the demand for the safe harbour of sovereign debt in an uncertain world, that governments are able to enjoy negative interest rates. bond owners are paying governments for the privilege of lending them money. germany hasjust issued a 30 year bond which yields less tha n issued a 30 year bond which yields less than 0%. as is the case now of the majority of government bonds in europe. a few weeks ago, austria incredibly announced a 100 year bond, the longest ever in history, which if it held to maturity, would give the lender only half their money back. and an independent wales would be able to avail itself of this huge historic opportunity. except, at this unique moment, where the cost of borrowing is at an all—time low, westminster and limits the welsh government's borrowing as thatcher used to rate councils. this

is the opportunity, to using much liked phrase at the moment, a vassal nation. so if westminster will not let us issue a bond, then it is time it appeared dubstep styles. and i don't mean a charity, but the money we are owed, for all the wealth that cascaded through ports like this one, with hardly a penny flown back to wales. we do not want any charity, but reparation for a century of neglect that has left a country rich in its resources a bitter legacy of poverty, sickness, blighted lives, and broken dreams. the dup's amounts were stuffed with £1 billion. westminster owes us 20 times that for the wealth that they stole. northern ireland deserves a new deal, absolutely, but surely thatis new deal, absolutely, but surely that is right for wales, too. so anyone who comes knocking on our door now or in the future must know this, that economicjustice will be

at the very head of our demands for wales. oh, and we want our water back, too. applause our days of lying down are over. we are getting ready to stand on our own two feet. we demand the means to heal our broken country, a national reconstruction programme, a £20 billion fund for wales, 2 billion a yearin billion fund for wales, 2 billion a year ina billion fund for wales, 2 billion a year in a decade of transformation. we are done with cementing the privilege of others. we will build a road out of poverty and exclusion. we will build a road for a prosperity to all. we will build a road to our own better future, and this time, it is westminster that will be paying the toll.

applause wales was and the for the workshop of the world. it was quite literally the locomotive of the industrial revolution, where an engine coughed its way on the very first railway tracks. at the coal exchange in the 1907, a stone's throw from our the senedd, the first £1 million deal in the world was delivered and signed. but for us in wales, the story of the 20th century was one of plunder, not profit. westminster‘s rule in wales has left at the deepest scars in our landscape, wales has left at the deepest scars in ourlandscape, and wales has left at the deepest scars in our landscape, and our lives, deprived of our inheritance, left without the tools, the levers and the police with which to prise ourselves out of the rut of poverty. a mural that has moved a nation, should be engraved on the walls of whitehall, too. a permanent memorial

to injustice, to the villages that serve not our own but another nation's needs. there is a gaping wound in our memory. noddy has put this case better than the great phil bennett, who fired up the national tea m bennett, who fired up the national team ahead of the 1970 seven grand slam decider against england. they have taken alcohol, our steel, what have taken alcohol, our steel, what have they given us? —— our call. absolutely nothing. —— our coal. even got gareth roberts worked up when he said they had stolen the rivers as well. a keen angler, gareth roberts. we cannot rebuild the villages, but we can rebuild our country. wales is at a watershed moment. the world is spinning on its

axis, and all the focus is now on a no—deal brexit, but wales has had no deal, no plan, no policy for the last 100 years, since forcing germans to produce coal for free or left wales overnight without a market. wales is the fifth largest exporter of electricity in the world, placed above energy norway, even. but despite that fact, there are factories in wales with full order books that cannot expand simply because they cannot afford to connect to the national grid, whose patchy footprint in wales means their name here is something of a fiction. we are a 21st—century nation, with 19th—century problems. we need something on the scale of the marshall plan after world war ii, the solidarity fund in post—unification germany, such as the size of the wealth gap in this so—called united kingdom. unionists say they value this union. we have

started the stopwatch, you are on borrowed time. now it's your chance to prove it. imagine what we could do with a sovereign wealth fund to rebuild our country from the bottom up. a multi—billion pound programme could catapult wales from the reader to lag out half a generation. past wea kness to lag out half a generation. past weakness could even become a future strength, thanks to years of underinvestment, wales is equivalent toa underinvestment, wales is equivalent to a blank slate. a test—bed for the leading edge worthy wales of 2030 as the world of 2015 in prototype. and if westminster refuses to pay its debts, the next plaid cymru government will commit to a step change in the level of our annual infrastructure investment as a nation, increasing it by 2% of gdp

by 2025 with the kind of national infrastructure mission of the scottish government has just announced. raising that bar of ambition can reconnect our country, north to south, east to west, for the first time in 50 years. we will build a tra ns—wales the first time in 50 years. we will build a trans—wales railway from swa nsea build a trans—wales railway from swansea to aberystwyth and bangor and onwards, not just swansea to aberystwyth and bangor and onwards, notjust a transport corridor along the western seaboard, but a national expressway of people and ideas, knowledge and opportunity, linking businesses and four universities along its path with flourishing science and business parks at each one. we will build for wales a digital spine, with our network of roads and ra i lwa ys with our network of roads and railways the nerve endings through which we will bring fibre and

satellite and 5g technologies to every community. wales can become the leader of the path, giving broadband to homes and public services, and creating a global competitive advantage for a key home—grown sectors like precision medicine and agriculture, autonomous vehicles, big data, artificial intelligence, smart cities, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and other evolving industries. they began to do it on the transpennine express in england. so let's get the of wales pumping two, the lifeblood of the 21st—ce ntu ry pumping two, the lifeblood of the 21st—century connectivity. in the former coal field, 21st—century connectivity. in the former coalfield, getting 21st—century connectivity. in the former coal field, getting from 21st—century connectivity. in the former coalfield, getting from one valley to another requires the heroism of the serious, and a plaid of the size of an elephant. the

tracks were put there to extract the coal, not disconnect communities. let's put that right. london is now pushing to have its second crossrail, and the north of england is meant to get one, too. this is wales' time, time to build a crossrail for the valleys. a wales' time, time to build a crossrailfor the valleys. a plaid cymru government would create a new 50 kilometre rapid transit service, connecting the east and west of the former coalfield, and to end in an hour and ten minutes, line cross valley travel for the first time in 50 yea rs. if valley travel for the first time in 50 years. if we want to change the valleys, then that is the level of ambition we need. connecting 250,000 people with new opportunities. creating a real metro, not whether‘s scaled down pretend one. we will ta ke scaled down pretend one. we will take people out of their cars, yes, by giving them a real alternative. adam price, the leader of the welsh

nationalist party plaid cymru speaking at the autumn conference in swa nsea. speaking at the autumn conference in swansea. he said that in his view, westminster owes wales £20 billion for wealth it has stolen. he said that if wales were independent, it would be able to issue its own government bonds and raise its own money for investment.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 3:00 — scotland yard is strongly criticised over its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. 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'm 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. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal boris johnson will comply with the law and seek an extension

to the brexit deadline. downing street insists the uk will be leaving the eu at the end of the month. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. walking out — former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — with olly foster. some good progress for andy murray? lots of positives, martin. andy murray says he's been playing the best tennis yet on the singles comeback trail. that's despite a quarter—final defeat in china today. there's been a big win for south africa over italy at the rugby world cup. all the details coming up. thanks olly and helen has all the weather — wet conditions set to continue. i'm afraid so, just in time for the weekend we say goodbye to storm

lorenzo and this is the next rainmaker queueing up in the atlantic. more on thatjust before half past. also coming up — we're in dublin for a special day day of brexit coverage. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. a damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for its investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring — which never existed. carl beech falsely claimed he was the victim of abuse by high—profile politicians and senior military officers. the report says the police unlawfully obtained warrants to search the homes of suspects. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the details. after hearing hours of allegations, police described carl beech‘s story as "credible and true".

i had poppies pinned to my chest, whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. he claimed in the ‘70s and ‘80s he'd suffered sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. in fact, the tale he told was both incredible and untrue. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, was one of those beech falsely named. he claimed the ex—tory mp harvey proctor had actually murdered two boys. others he wrongly accused included the former home secretary lord brittan, who died during the police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and the long—time labour politician lord janner.

the police investigation into the so—called westminster paedophile ring went on for 18 months and ended without any arrests or charges. a senior retired judge, sir richard henriques, was brought in to review the police inquiry. finally, his full report has been published. it details one of the most damaging episodes in the modern history of the metropolitan police. but today, the force is refusing to do any interviews. instead, there was this statement. when we get it wrong, as we have in these 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. deputy assistant commissioner steve

rodhouse headed the investigation. the henriques review quotes a log that he made, acknowledging that beech, then known by the pseudonym "nick", may have fabricated some or all of his allegations. sir richard says, since he'd formed that view, i am unable to see how he could properly formulate a decision to inform the public that "we believe nick". also criticised is deputy labour leader tom watson. the review says there can be no doubt that tom watson believes nick, adding that his interest created further pressure on officers. harvey proctor believes tom watson should resign as labour's deputy leader and be expelled from the party. i have icy contempt for mr beech. it is matched with my icy contempt for tom watson. and the labour party should immediately dissociate themselves from mr watson.

dolphin square, an apartment block in westminster, was one of the locations where carl beech claimed to have been abused. the review says tom watson was in a group which passed information to beech about dolphin square which he then used in his police interviews. carl beech is now a convicted liar and paedophile. he has done long—term damage to those whose lives and reputations he tried to destroy. but he has also raised questions about the competence and independence of the country's leading police force in the face of political pressure. june kelly, bbc news. our correspondent richard galpin is outside new scotland yard. richard, what else has come out of this report? there have been some more lines coming out, particularly notable is the fact that according to the review, the metropolitan police had failed for six months

before going to interview carl beech‘s mother. the retired judge said the police should have gone very quickly to speak to carl beech‘s mother because of potentially there being inconsistencies in the accounts being given by carl beech and the accou nts being given by carl beech and the accounts which his mother had given also. he was saying this was inexcusable that this did not happen. as i say, until about six months after the investigation had begun. and also saying that the police should have asked him to do a medical examination and the police also should have asked to look at his computers and mobile phones, and if they had done this they may well have discovered the inconsistencies which would then have changed the whole complexion on this investigation. also, there has been

criticism ofjournalists, including the bbc, saying that some of the investigative work which they were doing, impacted on the police investigation. richard, for the moment, thank you. richard galpin at new scotland yard. the government has formally acknowledged for the first time that borisjohnson will write to the eu requesting a delay to brexit if he fails to agree a new deal in the next fortnight. the disclosure came in documents presented at scotland's‘s highest civil court. but downing street maintains it can still find ways to avoid a delay despite mps passing a law demanding that borisjohnson asks for one should negotiations with brussels fail. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, sent this update. here's the conundrum — the prime minister has previously said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for an extension.

just a couple of days ago, in fact, he said the only alternative to his government's alternatives was no deal. it's a position that he and other ministers in his government have set out again and again and again. and yet this morning, here in the outer house of the court of session, government documents submitted to the court was cited that stated that the prime minister will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension to the brexit deadline no later than october 19. the petitioners here don't trust the prime minister to carry that out. that's why they've brought the case. we expect to hear from the government lawyers this afternoon. lorna gordon. let's get more from our political correspondent jessica parker, who's at westminster. not so fast, so downing street, there may be other ways around it. absolutely, the face of it this is seemingly a big moment, we have this undertaking that we had about in court that the prime minister accepts he is obliged to ask for a

delay to brexit, send that letter as stipulated under the benn act. boris johnson has repeatedly talked about sticking to the october 31 deadline, deal or no deal. ministers have been saying, yes, we will abide by the law but we will also test this law, and that led to a lot of speculation that they were seeking some kind of loophole. but as you say, downing street very much insistent today that actually they don't necessarily accept that this means that the 31st of october deadline is off. how can this be possible? one way would be if borisjohnson this be possible? one way would be if boris johnson does this be possible? one way would be if borisjohnson does manage to secure and get a deal approved by the 19th of october as stipulated in the 19th of october as stipulated in the benn act. intriguingly, downing street sources also are saying today that the government is not prevented from doing other things that cause no delay, including other communications private and public. people will have to wait and see how this is reconciled. i think the ongoing guessing game as to what the government might be plotting in

order to frustrate the efforts to stop and no—deal brexit, keeping people guessing today. thank you for joining us. the nhs has announced its biggest ever winter vaccination campaign. about 30 million people — nearly half the uk population — will be offered the flu vaccine this year. )for the first time, all primary school pupils in england will be offered a free vaccination — bringing england into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland. children are what's known as ‘super spreaders‘ because they're the most likely to pass the virus on to each other and to vulnerable relatives. last year there were nearly 1,700 flu—related deaths in england. earlier our health editor hugh pym said it was an ambitious plan. it is continuing the work of recent years in england, adding different year groups on, offering free vaccines via the nasal spray. from this year, it will be all primary school children. the whole effort coordinated from here by public health england. that is, of course, simply bring england into line with scotland,

wales and northern ireland who have adopted this policy for the last couple of years or so. it should be rolled out over the next couple of months. the orders have just started going on, so it isn't happening immediately. there has been a slight delay in the vaccine becoming available to health trusts who then go into schools and run these clinics, and that has put the whole thing back by a few weeks. we have heard in a very limited number of cases that some parents have been told that a clinic planned for this week or next week has been postponed and has been rearranged for december. these are a small number of cases, one or two concerned people have been asking about that. but public health england are stressing it doesn't matter whether it happens this month, next month or even into december, your child will still be protected, although obviously the flu begins

to kick in from mid to late december onwards. hugh pym. our health editor. facebook is under fire for plans to extend encryption across all its messaging services. critics claim the move will make it harder to fight online crime, including child abuse and terrorism. the british government has joined the us and australia in raising serious concerns about the plans.0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, reports. that's why i believe that the future is private. earlier this year, mark zuckerberg announced plans to use what's called end—to—end encryption on all of facebook‘s messaging services. this would mean only the sender and recipient of a message could read it. so even if law enforcement agencies asked the company for access to those messages, it would not be able to provide it. the home secretary has been in washington signing a deal to make it easier to get access to data held in america. and in a joint letter with us and australian officials, she's called on facebook to rethink its plans.

encryption is creating those spaces, spaces for terrorist individuals, terrorist organisations, child abusers, the people that are seeking to do harm to others, children, individuals, and our own countries and national security so i would really urge facebook to engage with us in active dialogue, which is something that has not happened thus far, that's why we have issued this letter. facebook owns whatsapp, already encrypted and subject of complaints from police. but the company now plans to extend encryption into its other services. today, privacy campaigners backed facebook, arguing it was important for everyone's communications to be protected. effectively what government is saying is that citizens shouldn't have a right to a private conversation and that government should always have a back door in. facebook seems unlikely to back down and the battle over encryption and what kind of security we want and with what consequences, is onlyjust beginning.

gordon corera, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. scotland yard is criticised for carrying out ‘unlawful‘ searches of suspects homes during its investigation into vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. and in sport, andy murray says he is playing his best tennis of the year despite his quarterfinal defeat to dominic thiem at the china open in beijing. it is his best run at a singles tournament in over a year. south africa scored seven tries against italy at the rugby world cup injapan, a9—3 the final score. they have knocked the italians off the top of their pool. there was a scare

for the defending moto gp champion marc marquez in thailand. he was taken to hospital after a crash in practice but he was able to return to the track to post one of the fastest times. i will be back with a full update for you in the next 15 minutes. the authorities in hong kong have announced a ban on wearing face masks, after months of violent protests in the city. many activists wear the masks to hide their identity and to protect themselves from tear gas. demonstrators caught wearing them could face up to a year in prison. at least 15 people in england have tested hiv positive while waiting tojoin a trialfor a pill which prevents the disease. taking daily ‘prep' tablets can stop a person from becoming infected, but places on the trial have been restricted as ben hunte reports. i was stunned. it wasjust like, oh, my god, how has this happened? david is one of the people identified by hiv consultants

who acquired the virus whilst waiting for a place on the impact trial. he says he couldn't afford to spend £30 a month buying prep privately. trying from two different clinics to get onto it, and not being able to get onto it, and then getting hiv, i was very, very angry. why is it that you weren't practising safer sex whilst waiting? i generally had regular partners, as opposed to casual ones. one slipped through the net somehow, or he's lied. the bbc has learned that the pill costs the nhs £11 a month while someone is sexually active, compared to 100 to £500 per month to treat an hiv—positive person for life. hiv professionals gathered in london one prep available to anyone in a high—risk group. nhs england are funding the drug through the trial, but it's local authorities that fund sexual health clinics. now it's available as the unbranded generic version, which is much less expensive, but the reality of creating more sexual health appointments when our funding has been cut is a very big challenge.

high—risk patients can take the daily pill which prevents hiv from establishing in the body, but to get access to the free pill you have to be part of a clinical trial, and spaces are limited and places vary around the country. access to prep is currently through sexual health clinics, like this one in london, and many but not all have waiting lists. how many people do you know of who have acquired hiv while waiting for a place on the prep trial? on the service, i know three people who have acquired hiv, people waiting to get prep are very unlikely to complain and go public because it's a very stigmatising thing to actually talk about openly. nhs england and public health england declined an interview. but the nhs said:

ben hunt, bbc news, london. a man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs, wearing a device which mimics the skeleton and is controlled by his mind. the team developing the technology in france say it might one day dramatically improve people's quality of life. the patient said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the "first man on the moon". james gallagher reports. it's a small step for thibaut, but could this be a giant leap in paralysis? thibaut‘s arms and legs were paralysed after a fall damaged his spinal cord four years ago. but when he's strapped into this robotic suit he can use his thoughts to move again. he told me learning to walk came quite quickly, but using the exoskeleton to precisely bend and stretch his arms or rotate his wrists took much longer. so how does the exoskeleton work? well, first, thibaut has implants

resting on the surface of his brain, they are reading his thoughts, his brain activity, his brain waves, and they are being beamed to a computer. now, the computer has to rapidly digest that information and transform that brain activity into instructions which are sent to the exoskeleton. from thought to movement, it takes less than a third of the second. thibaut first used his brain implants to control a computer game, before trying the exoskeleton. now the french researchers plan to test the technology on three more patients. we perform a proof of concept, like the man on the moon. but it is just a step towards neuroprosthesis at home. this experimental exoskeleton is not going to become widely available soon. if you look, thibaut is attached to the ceiling

to stop him falling over. it means the exoskeleton can't be used outside the laboratory, and this kit is also too expensive for most of the world to benefit. but this is still a breakthrough and shows the potential of technology to transform lives. james gallagher, bbc news. the former conservative leadership candidate, rory stewart, has resigned from the party, and announced he will run as an independent candidate to become london's mayor. mr stewart will leave parliament at the next election. and rory stewartjoins us now from westminster now. thank you forjoining us. what has prompted this? two things, one of them, i feel prompted this? two things, one of them, ifeel our prompted this? two things, one of them, i feel our old political system and parties are becoming more extreme and being driven apart and there is a gaping hole in the centre ground of british politics for what i'd call a common—sense, moderate, independent approach, and the second is that i think the way to really

make change in the modern world is intensely local, through being a mayor, not through being a member of parliament. one of the things that was frustrating as a member of parliament is that my constituents we re parliament is that my constituents were often asking me about very local issues and i was having to be in that shouting chamber in westminster where it was very difficult to get anything done. i wa nt to difficult to get anything done. i want to get back to the real issues and the way to build an independent centre ground, the way to really get british politics working is through practical change in somewhere like london. how much was your hand forced by having the tory whip withdrawn. ? it is certainly true that having the tory whip withdrawn was an important part of the decision. as you know, i voted against a no—deal brexit so i resigned from the cabinet and then i had the tory whip withdrawn, and i have seen the conservative party move ina have seen the conservative party move in a direction which is, to be honest, more and more difficult for me. ifind boris honest, more and more difficult for me. i find boris johnson's honest, more and more difficult for me. ifind borisjohnson's tone feels to me more populist than i'm co mforta ble feels to me more populist than i'm comfortable with and i realised i am

more comfortable being an independent. but how likely are you to succeed in your bid to become the mayor of london without that party machinery around you? it's going to be very, very difficult. the only way in which i'm going to win is if ican way in which i'm going to win is if i can really excite people about change and about supporting an independent but it's going to be very dependent on volunteers, it's going to be very dependent on people sending in small donations. i don't have the money of a big party and the campaign structure of a big party but the initial reaction has been very positive. in some private polling i'm already second in this race within a day of starting. so, i think there is potential here, but you are absolutely right, it is going to be challenging and we are going to be challenging and we are going to be challenging and we are going to have to work 2a/7 write the way through until may. you have recorded a short video standing in front of st paul's cathedral and you have talked about the challenges that london faces in terms of safety, pollution. housing. and then at the end you say you are going to

achieve these changes through love. which was not what i was expecting you to say, i have to say. won't people snort at that idea?|j you to say, i have to say. won't people snort at that idea? i think people snort at that idea? i think people who snort at love are getting into a cynical, sad state. love is everything we have as human beings. i think love isn't a lazy, sentimental thing to be embarrassed by. i think it is a painful, very honourable thing, which is about acknowledging the dignity of other human beings and committing to them. it is not a clear policy onjeremy corbyn has said you back to cuts that ripped the heart out of communities and have done so much damage to the police, nhs and schools and he would be a disaster for london, he says. how do you get away from your associations with the party? the conservatives you have just left. i'm trying to get away from all that kind of language and i am frankly disappointed thatjeremy corbyn, who sometimes conducts himself with dignity, should behave

in that way, but i suppose that's just an example of everything i'm talking about, which is that both the labour party and conservatives, and even sometimes the lib dems, are resorting to these extraordinary kind of throwing of political insults back and forward. that's exactly what i don't want to do. but i believe the mayor of london is an idealjob for an independent and it's an opportunity to really work with local people, regardless of what party affiliation they have, just to make it a better city. we have an enormous amount in common and there is something rather tired and there is something rather tired and depressing about that kind of language. coming from jeremy corbyn. i don't know why he is doing it. rory stewart, we appreciate you talking to us this afternoon. thank you. with just two weeks before the eu summit and a looming deadline for the prime minister to seal a deal, we're taking a look at the attitudes to brexit on the island of ireland, the backstop and the political future for both sides of the border. joining me from belfast harbour is our northern ireland economics and business editorjohn campbell.

tell us more about what the thinking is. there has been so much for people to digest various ideas about what might replace the backstop if borisjohnson were what might replace the backstop if boris johnson were successful. what might replace the backstop if borisjohnson were successful. i think one of the big develops this week is that the uk government and the dup have acknowledged for the first time that the only way you are going to be able to keep the land border open in ireland is for northern ireland to continue to follow the eu rules on things like food, agriculture and manufactured goods. that would mean there would not have to be any checks for those product standards as they cross the irish border. but what it would mean is they would be a new regulatory border within the uk and that border would be somewhere around here in belfast harbour. in practice, what it would mean is that goods coming into northern ireland from the rest of the uk would have to be subject to checks and controls somewhere around this harbour. in practice, probably not everything would be checked, it would be all based on

risk assessment, but it is a big move from the dup to acknowledge that has to happen. when the eu are trying to draw any positives out of what the plan borisjohnson has put on the table this week, that's the major one, this acknowledgement there is no kind of magic technological solution to deal with the product standards issues on the island of ireland, it willjust involve northern ireland continuing to follow eu rules and therefore checks on products as they come into northern ireland into ports like belfast. john, thank you very much. let's cross now to geeta guru—murthy, who's in dublin. geeta, an acknowledgement from the irish government that there is some change coming from london, but not enough. absolutely. the sounds coming out of the political leadership have not been positive here. but how far any side will shift of course will emerge in the coming hours and days and we are broadcasting to you here in trinity couegein

broadcasting to you here in trinity college in dublin. we are talking to as many people as we can to try and get a sense here. the sense we have got has not been entirely positive either in terms of the response to boris johnson's new either in terms of the response to borisjohnson's new proposal but with me is martina devlin, who is a writer on these affairs. what is your sense of where the irish reaction is now, and whether people expect that there will be a deal and should be a deal? we would love to see a deal. it is in everyone's interests for a deal to happen but we are not that hopeful right now. because, our bottom line is the good friday agreement, peace on this island. it is an extraordinary achievement, a landmark achievement, it is 21 years old, and frankly, we are mystified that people in britain don't celebrate the fact that one of their governments was part and parcel of delivering this extraordinary, miraculous agreement, which changed outcomes. why risk

that? whyjeopardise which changed outcomes. why risk that? why jeopardise it? which changed outcomes. why risk that? whyjeopardise it? why go back to something that is counter— productive ? there were to something that is counter—productive? there were 30 years of violence, militarisation, and economic wasteland. that was altered, thanks in part to britain sitting down with ireland, north and south, and with america and other people and good and delivering something that saved lives. you were telling me a few minutes ago you are from omagh, a lot of people will know that place and it will resonate but is the threat of violence not a bit exaggerated? the custom checks, for example, that the government are proposing, can be done, you know coming in pretty low manner, can't they? is it necessary that this threat has to be visceral and real ain? threat has to be visceral and real again? 0k, in whose interests is it to say the threat doesn't matter?

the threat is real. i have spoken to men of violence and they say they will regard any border infrastructure as undermining, as walking away from the good friday agreement, and they say all bets are off, the war is back on. why take that chance ? off, the war is back on. why take that chance? my sense from reading and talking to people here today is that people are gearing up for a potential no—deal brexit, may be after an extension and an election, who knows? where do you think that leaves this country in terms of reunification? i think reunification isa reunification? i think reunification is a question of when, not death. there will probably be a god poll in the next four to five years, which is allowed by the good friday agreement. it'll an agreement by both sides of the border, and there isa both sides of the border, and there is a majority vote, i think, so far, according to polling in favour of

the unification, certainly in the republic. there is no political party south of the border which wouldn't favourite. which party wouldn't favourite. which party wouldn't want to be the one which regulated ireland? —— is a united ireland. there is ajob regulated ireland? —— is a united ireland. there is a job of work to persuade some, but look at the numberof persuade some, but look at the number of unionists who have applied for our irish passports since brexit. it is a way for them to remain in the eu. many in the northward said it would completely oppose unification. thank you, good to get your unification. we are talking to people throughout the day here at trinity college. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather forecast now. a fairly wet summer, although we just discussed it was hard to believe because we had some heat.

the 70 wettest summer on record, but the 12th warmest, and then september, from many parts of the country, the blues indicating above average rainfall, the brown slightly below average, the white lament about average. so scotland did not see as much rainfall and some parts, and across east anglia and the south—east. but for the majority, a wet september. and of course, october started quite wet. i was going to take you back to tuesday, the start of october, in the isle of man when a deluge of torrential rain, nearly 50 millimetres following in a couple of hours on the isle of man. a major incident, people trapped for quite a while. not quite as much in northern england, but about 20 to 30 millimetres captured. and we have had lorenzo, so itjust keeps coming, with very small breaks if

you like, a lot of the water now causing a saturation of the ground and still river levels are fairly high, which is the concern. what is going to come? a lot more u nfortu nately to going to come? a lot more unfortunately to come. more rain as we go over the weekend, not a wash—out. i think most of us will get one drier day of the weekend, but no sooner do we say goodbye to lorenzo, hard but no sooner do we say goodbye to lorenzo, ha rd to but no sooner do we say goodbye to lorenzo, hard to believe it was a category five hurricane are just a couple of days ago, but this next big swell of cloud out in the atla ntic big swell of cloud out in the atlantic as the next rainmaker. it looks as though it will give us more rain than lorenzo did. but today at least the rain is petering out. some train coming through in cumbria and across the highlands. gradually drying from the north, so quite a few showers, ploughed around across england and wales in particular. and thatis england and wales in particular. and that is the study for the rest of the afternoon. a brisk wind in the north, still fairly breezy and

south—west areas. but the wind and rain easing out of the way, and feeling fairly pleasant if you have the sunshine out there. not as cool as yesterday. but as we have just been talking about, we have got to change afoot. more rain to come back in. not tonight, tonight under the clear skies i think will turn quite chilly in many northeast others, whereas further south and west, a legacy of cloud, some relatively mild tonight. but up in the north—east, it could be as low as freezing in the glens of scotland. as well as that, lay a lot of moisture around this time of year. could turn misty with some dense fog potentially for the likes of the veils. that will take some time to clear now we are into october. the high cloud coming ahead of this weather system, bringing the change again. now that western scotland and crossing the irish sea into western fringes of england and wales through the afternoon. a southerly wind picking up, warmer direction for us, ora picking up, warmer direction for us, or a milder direction. if picking up, warmer direction for us, ora milder direction. if you picking up, warmer direction for us, or a milder direction. if you are in

the sunshine, 30 to 60 will feel quite pleasant. —— 13 to 16. but quite pleasant. —— 13 to 16. but quite wet tomorrow evening and overnight. the problem with this weather system as it does not want to go anywhere quickly. it comes across the eastern side of the country for much of sunday. a low pressure system developing halt its progress eastward. low—level met office warning is out for at the amount of rain we could see, perhaps as much as 50 millimetres again, but the ground is now saturated after all the rain we have had in the space of a couple of weeks. so it will take a time to clear away on sunday. the west, should be a drier day, and quite pleasant of the ones follow later. but we do not have to wait until —— long until more rain next week with another system coming off the atlantic.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines — scotland yard is strongly criticised over its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal borisjohnson will comply with the law and seek an extension to the brexit deadline. downing street insists the uk will be leaving the eu at the end of the month. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. walking out — former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns

from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london. sport now on afternoon live. andy murray has been tested at the china open, three matches and four days. did very well in the doubles, but now he is making his singles comeback trail, a different kettle of fish. it's all manner of strains on that dodgy hip. his run came to an end against the world number five dominic thiem, straight sets defeat, but listen to andy murray afterwards, he was full of positives. they asked him if he was ahead of schedule and he said probably, if you can string together a few more weeks like this on tour, three orfour a few more weeks like this on tour, three or four matches at a time,

then you can see himself back to a level somewhere in the top 20 for now. it was outside the top 500 heading into this tournament, and thatis heading into this tournament, and that is dominic thiem celebrating, a fine player. andy murray outclassed in the first set, took the second straight. time rate. its first quarterfinal at this level another year, the first time he has played a top ten player in over two years. he is 32 now, and we all worry might wonder if you'll ever get close to a fourth grand slam singles title. he is improving. next stop, shanghai, the masters event, which he has won three times. it'll be a tough field but interesting to see if he can go deep into that as well. and injapan at the rugby world cup, south africa looking dominant. a real reality check for italy, because they have had a really big wins against canada and namibia, so they were sitting on top of pool b with maximum points,

but they must have been bracing themselves seen the storm clouds gathering, coming their way, themselves seen the storm clouds gathering, coming theirway, because of soaring group, new zealand champions, first up another rugby heavyweight, south africa. no contest really, a9—3 to the springboks today at the world cup. seven tries. a bonus point win for them. italy did not help their cause, they had their prop sent off for a cause, they had their prop sent off fora tip cause, they had their prop sent off for a tip tackle. five more tries followed that for the springboks, taking them above italy to the top of their pool. the italians in hopes of their pool. the italians in hopes of progressing now rest on beating the all blacks, which they have never done. a big match for england tomorrow morning, they have never lost to argentina to world cup, but eddiejones once they will need to be brutal if they are to beat them in tokyo. in the top of their pool going into the game, with two bonus

point wins themselves. jones has picked a full—strength side, says there are no last—minute messages for his team. they know what to do, the game will be decided and that forward pack. you play against argentina, the base their game in the scrum, so it is the man we had, so you have to take them up front to beat argentina, you have to take them upfront. the scrum, b moore, them upfront. the scrum, b moore, the ruck attack and ruck defence. two wins out of two for wales so far. their defence coach saying they still have not put in a full 80 minute performance yet. he reckons they've got what it takes to reach they've got what it takes to reach the semifinals. first thing first, fiji next wednesday. a testing week. we are fiji next wednesday. a testing week. we a re fully fiji next wednesday. a testing week. we are fully focused on fiji. we saw it in last night a huge threat, the guys who watched the game, the guys

who didn't will be picking up this week. so we have existed about playing the match first and foremost, we could top our group making it even more special. some football news, chelsea boss mike fran kirby and manchester united's abbie mcmanus have withdrawn from the england squad ahead of saturday's match against brazil. liverpool's melissa lawley will be promoted to the matchday squad. she has already been training with england this week. the riverside is sold out for that brazil fixture. marc marquez escaped serious injury ina dramatic marc marquez escaped serious injury in a dramatic crash in first practice for sunday's thai grand prix. came off his hand on a bend, slid across the tarmac at great speed while the bike cartwheeled behind him, which luckily did not hit him. —— kim offers honda. went to the hospital, was cleared, and back on the dragon a couple of hours. posted the sixth fastest

time. —— on the track in a couple of hours. you can win his sixth world this weekend. he is lucky, back in the next couple of hours. more now on the documents presented at scotland's highest civil court which have disclosed that borisjohnson will write to the eu requesting a delay to brexit, if he fails to agree a new deal in the next fortnight. downing street still maintains we will leave the eu on the 31st of october, despite mps passing a law demanding that the prime minister should ask for an extention if negotiations with brussels fail. our correspondentjessica parker is at westminster. we have never heard borisjohnson say in public personally that he will write this letter to the eu, to brussels, asking for an extension if parliament has not by the 19th of october approved a deal or improved ano october approved a deal or improved a no deal. but today, we have heard in courta a no deal. but today, we have heard in court a submission from the government which says the prime minister except in relation to the

benn act that have neither condition is met, he will send a letter in a form set out in that act. as you mention, downing street today insisted that they plan on sticking to the 31st october deadline, and there are other things they can do in order to make that happen. to try to make sense of all of this, am joined by lord falconer, the former labour lord chancellor. possible, your reaction to the fact they have made this admission in court today. what do you think downing street is up what do you think downing street is up to here? they are trying to prevent at the moment in a court in scotla nd prevent at the moment in a court in scotland the scottish court making some form of order compelling the prime minister to sign the letter. and what it prime minister's lawyers arguing in scotland as you do not need to make an order requiring the prime minister to sign the letter because he is willing to sign the letter a nyway, because he is willing to sign the letter anyway, if there is no deal approved by parliament, or a deal is

approved by parliament, or a deal is approved by parliament, or a deal is approved by parliament. if that does not happen, the conditions are satisfied, and he has got to sign the letter. what the lawyers for joanna cherry and others are saying is worrying him, but he has been saying all along they want to leave on the 31st october, which inconsistent with and requesting an extension. the mystery deepens. he is trying to avoid the order being made, and they are saying if he is willing to sign the letter, how can he say they will leave on the 31st of october? and he offers no explanation. separately from that, as you said in your intro, number ten has said we are living on the 3ist ten has said we are living on the 31st of october. so in london, he is saying we are leaving on the 31st of october, and in scotland, he has seen, or his lawyers are saying, i am willing to sign a letter which means we will not leave on the 31st of october. in terms of a court order that could be made, is that something that could take the process out of the prime minister's hands? for example, see the cabinet secretary send a letter on his behalf? is that what they are trying

to avoid? they are trying to avoid any sort of coercive order. i do not know precisely what order is being sought at the moment between the group of claimants in scotland, but i would imagine they are initially seen, could we have an order that simply requires boris johnson seen, could we have an order that simply requires borisjohnson by court order to sign? and if he does not sign at that point, then they will come back and seek another order getting some substitute to sign for it. they, the premier and minister's lawyers, are trying to resist any order of any sort are trying to resist any order of any sort being made. he is given in this undertaking in a submission to court. therefore he is obliged to stick by it. is that correct? there are two things in court, one is an undertaking which you give to the court which is like a court order, if you break undertaking, you would be in contempt of court. if you do not give an undertaking, but simply say that you will comply with the court order, that is not the same as giving a promise to do so, it is just a statement of your future and

tension. and what the prime minister is trying to achieve in scotland at the moment is only saying he will comply, not giving a promise that can be enforced by contempt. downing street making it clear that they plan on sticking to the 31st october deadline, so say the prime minister reaches the point where he has not secured a deal, he has not secured permission from the parliament to go forth. he sent the letter, downing street talking about other things they can do in order to stick to stick to the deadline. have you any idea what that might mean?|j stick to the deadline. have you any idea what that might mean? i have no idea what that might mean? i have no idea what that might mean? i have no idea what that might mean. the only thing i can think of this that he asks for the extension, but then either a deal is done which means that we do leave on the 31st of october by agreement with the european union, even though he has asked for an extension, and parliament has approved it, that is one possibility. another possibility is that the european union and the extension. but he has also said in

the same document filed with the scottish court that he will not do anything, or he is bound by the principle, that means you cannot ta ke ste ps principle, that means you cannot take steps to frustrate the request he has sent. so in law, you are not allowed to send a letter asking for an extension, and in the same envelope, put another letter saying, please do not grant me the extension. if you are required by an act of parliament to send a letter asking for an extension, you cannot buy the back door try and frustrate the letter of the act requires you to send. so he is also committed not to send. so he is also committed not to to try to prevent that which is asking for. thank you for your time this afternoon. so as a sort of the brexit process, we are left to some extent guessing, speculating as to what the plan and downing street might be. they are trying to suggest that they have a plan, but the big question now, what is it? thank you, jessica parker at westminster. plaid cymru's party conference is under way in swansea — leader adam price has

delivered his speech. joining us from the conference is our wales correspondent, hywel griffiths. what were adam price's priorities today? he wanted to talk about wales as an independent nation, the ultimate goalfor as an independent nation, the ultimate goal for applied coming back. —— for plaid cymru. they feel the uncertainty of brexit and politics in general at the moment is an opportunity for them. their membership has grown, they have been clear on their stance on brexit, in favour of a second referendum. add a wa nts favour of a second referendum. add a wants people to consider again people's desire to break away from controversy. he says that brexit is not the answer, an independent wales within the eu is the answer. that is the message he wants delegates to ta ke the message he wants delegates to take back. he was rubbish and boris johnson's attempt at a deal or no deal and the odd sort of choice, talking about the detrimental effect it would have on the welsh economy

and jobs it would have on the welsh economy andjobs in it would have on the welsh economy and jobs in welsh agriculture. but what gets people here motivated is the idea that independence may be a step closer. we have seen poll support rise, although the majority of people in wales are still against it. but they feel there is a policeman some momentum coming down the party, which is helpful if we are on the cusp of a general election. thank you very much. in a moment, the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live 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 home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london.

here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the financial regulator says that insurance customers are overpaying about £1.2 billion a year for their home and car policies. the financial conduct authority estimates that 6 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 demanding a discount from its landlords, as it tries to cut £100 million a year from its costs. it's told some landlords that it will withhold part of their service charges — the fees on top of rent for things like heating and security. some landlords have warned they'll take legal action to get their money in full. car industry leaders say that new sales figures are "pretty awful". so far this year, sales are down by 2.5%. the society of motor manufacturers

and traders says that consumer confidence is being undermined by political and economic uncertainty. a bit ofa a bit of a chore, but you'd better check your insurance. yes, one of those things you put off. you know it is coming up, you get a letter and you think i will look into it later. but unless there is an absolutely astronomical pleasantries, most absolutely astronomical pleasa ntries, most people absolutely astronomical pleasantries, most people will not change the deal. in the financial regulator has said today that companies are taking advantage of this. they estimated £1.2 billion is effectively overcharged to consumers every year. £200 too much per person, if you're one of those affected. it is one of those things in general, you often feel like royalty to a company sometimes is not rewarded. we get this with utility bills as well, if you do not pay too much attention, you will not get the best deal. —— loyalty to a company. they only give the best

deals to new customers. it doesn't make sense. so what will be regulator do about it? they do have some powers. for the time being, they say they are just talking to they say they are just talking to the industry's members about resolving it. but if theyjust exercise those powers, they include a ban on automatic renewals if premium goes and perhaps even forcing firms to always ensure that customers are on the cheapest possible deals. here is what the fca told us earlier. we have a range of powers that would allow us to do this. it is important to recognise that there are lots of people shopping around in this market, and are getting cheaper prices, so one of the things that we wanted to make sure in the coming weeks and months is that we get the right settlement here that not only helps protect these people, the 6 million people we think are paying very high prices, but also make sure that for those getting a good deal out of this market now, we continue to do so. this market now, we continue to do so. and it is happy birthday to fair trade. yes, 25 years old today, and

it is. most of us do, it will never get any older. fair trade certification which guarantees farmers in poorer parts of the world making sure you get a fair price for the crops that they grow. start at 25 years with coffee, now bananas are certified fairtrade, two, chocolate, cotton, and even gold. so join me to get into the party mood, the birthday celebration, as catherine david, head of commercial partnerships for the fairtrade foundation. thank you for being with us foundation. thank you for being with us today. how would you encapsulate what you have achieved in these past 25 yea rs ? what you have achieved in these past 25 years? we are delighted to be here today, celebrating 25 years of fairtrade. it is largely thanks to the support of the uk public who have shown how much they care about farmers across the world. every time you buy that fairtrade cup of coffee, cup of tea, chocolate bar, you're sending a signal to someone somewhere else in the world that you care, and you think they deserve a

fair price. so we will be getting in the party spirit this weekend. events a re the party spirit this weekend. events are happening up and down the country. i think my favourite one is in wales, a group of campaigners are building a sand sculpture on the beach to replicate the fairtrade mark. but hundreds of events are going on, so please go to our website and check it out, orjust buy a fairtrade product and enjoyed this weekend. lots of consumers out there, not everyone, but will also bea there, not everyone, but will also be a bit more in the knowledge that what they are doing, the money is going to a good cause. can you just clarify for us, what does it cost? what does it add to the cost of a bag of coffee or a bunch of bananas that you know the farmers are getting a fair price? the way the fairtrade system works is that it guarantees the find themselves and receives a minimum price, that it cove rs receives a minimum price, that it covers the cost of production, which is fantastic. from a shop at‘s perspective, that does not necessarily make the product more expensive. —— a shopper‘s perspective. you can buy a fair trade cup of coffee at greggs for

£1.50, but you can also buy a premium bar of chocolate for that. somebody has to pay for it, though. doesn't mean the company is producing fairtrade goods are taking a hit on their margins? we think a fair price is a fair thing to expect from businesses. our research shows that the uk public expects that, too, they just expect that the uk public expects that, too, theyjust expect companies to do the right thing. catherine david from fairtrade, happy birthday, enjoy the party. let's talk about the markets now. the ftse100 is up 0.8% for the day, but heading for one of its worst weeks in 20 months. that is part of all the concerns out there right now apart from the global economy and whether bigger economies are heading into recession. the dow is up, newjobs and out of the us and the illustrious, so that is effect. needy investors not too fussed by the fact that long—standing chief

executive is resigning, he has announced today. shares up by 1.56%. but the pound is slipping against both the dollar and the euro, it has gone below 1.12 you, based on brexiteers. ok, thanks for the update, see you in a while. —— brexit fears. time now for the weather. some are more wet weather to come this weekend, turning our attention to this cloud around this area of low pressure. it is the cloud that is concerning us because it is going to hang around. more of a rainmaker than we have seen through lorenzo, so all warnings and force at the moment. not a complete wash—out this weekend, most areas will see one dry day. for example, overnight we give the cloud over southern and western

areas, so relatively mild, whilst further north and east appealing continues to be drowned in the sky is clear, so we will see chilly weather, some ground frost but in the glens of scotland, we could get down to freezing. some low level fog, even dense fog, in the vale of york by morning. to get into clear because of the time of year. after that, a mostly fine and dry started today in central and eastern areas. cloud piling quite quickly ahead of the next rainmaker, which then brings the wet weather through northern ireland, south—west scotland, through the morning, crossing the irish sea to parts of england and wales. they went starting to pick up, but from the south, a relatively mild direction, and temperatures will do better on saturday. if you see some sunshine, could feel quite pleasant. it looks as if we will see some trend across the north of scotland and another mouse once again. , turning point wet. slow—moving weather system, mouse once again. , turning point wet. slow—moving weathersystem, in the space of six hours, we are

expecting it to give quite a deluge because it will hang around. followed by only eight refrigerant high pressure, so for sunday, the drier weather should be further west as opposed to these. but there are those level ones out from the met office because of the persistence and intensity of the strain. in about six hours, a0 or 50 litres of rain, must have a month was mackworth, following on from a wet september as well. but drying up further west, and still relatively —— 40 further west, and still relatively —— a0 or50 further west, and still relatively —— a0 or 50 millimetres of rain. but the next semantic low pressure brings in more rain, and potentially more does well this time. the website. —— the warnings are on the website.

you're watching afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. scotland yard is strongly criticised over its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. 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'm 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. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal borisjohnson will comply with the law and seek an extension

to the brexit deadline. downing street insists the uk will be leaving the eu at the end of the month. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. walking out — former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. with olly foster. an encouraging performance from andy murray? lot's of positives despite defeat in beijing, he's says he ahead of schedule in his comeback. also coming up, a big win for south africa at the world cup. and some good news for manchester city and their star player kevin de bruyne. thanks olly, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. helen has all the weather. no sooner is a storm lorenzo out of the way and we are looking out to the way and we are looking out to the atlantic for the next rainmaker. i will have full details on that

just after a:30pm. also coming up — we're in dublin for a special day of brexit coverage looking at attitudes to brexit on the island of ireland. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. a damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for its investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring — which never existed. carl beech falsely claimed he was the victim of abuse by high—profile politicians and senior military officers. the report says the police unlawfully obtained warrants to search the homes of suspects. five years ago, the met described carl beech's claims as "credible and true". the following year, they raided the homes of wrongly—accused vips, including the former mp harvey proctor.

but later the operation midland inquiry was closed without a single arrest — having cost millions and ruined reputations. instead, police investigated the accuser himself — carl beech — and this year — he was jailed for 18 years for perverting the course ofjustice and child abuse offences. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. after hearing hours of allegations, police described carl beech's story as "credible and true". i had poppies pinned to my chest, whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. he claimed in the ‘70s and ‘80s he'd suffered sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. he even said he had witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car.

in fact, the tale he told was both incredible and untrue. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, was one of those beech falsely named. he claimed the ex—tory mp harvey proctor had actually murdered two boys. others he wrongly accused included the former home secretary lord brittan, who died during the police investigation, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and the long—time labour politician lord janner. the police investigation into the so—called westminster paedophile ring went on for 18 months and ended without any arrests or charges. a senior retired judge, sir richard henriques, was brought in to review the police inquiry. finally, his full report has been published. it details one of the most damaging episodes in the modern history of the metropolitan police. but today, the force is refusing to do any interviews. instead, there was this statement. when we get it wrong,

as we have in these 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. deputy assistant commissioner steve rodhouse headed the investigation. the henriques review quotes a log that he made, acknowledging that beech, then known by the pseudonym "nick", may have fabricated some or all of his allegations. sir richard says, since he'd formed that view, i am unable to see how he could properly formulate a decision to inform the public that "we believe nick". also criticised is deputy labour leader tom watson. the review says there can be no doubt that tom watson believes nick, adding that his interest created further pressure on officers.

harvey proctor believes tom watson should resign as labour's deputy leader and be expelled from the party. i have icy contempt for mr beech. it is matched with my icy contempt for tom watson. and the labour party should immediately dissociate themselves from mr watson. dolphin square, an apartment block in westminster, was one of the locations where carl beech claimed to have been abused. the review says tom watson was in a group which passed information to beech about dolphin square which he then used in his police interviews. carl beech is now a convicted liar and paedophile. he has done long—term damage to those whose lives and reputations he tried to destroy. but he has also raised questions about the competence and independence of the country's leading police force in the face of political pressure.

june kelly, bbc news. let's go to hillsborough castle where we can hear from irish foreign minister simon coveney. the prime minister has provided some solutions this week but certain elements of his proposals do not stand up to scrutiny, particularly in the context of customs and customs checks potentially on the island in future. the taoiseach said today... did you speak about that matter, and based on what you know in terms of where we are working through those proposals, should one be granted, how long should that be, because clearly we won't get it sorted by the 31st? i wouldn't give up sorted by the 31st? i wouldn't give up on that. i think it's possible to get a deal this month. i believe

that the british prime minister wa nts to that the british prime minister wants to get a deal this month. we will certainly work to that timeframe if the british position evolves a nd timeframe if the british position evolves and we want to be helpful with that. i don't think we should give up on that. if it is not possible, ireland has always said that we would prefer an extension to ano that we would prefer an extension to a no deal. but that's the irish position. i don't speak for lots of other eu member states. did you speak about an extension? the primary focus with the secretary of state was conversations that we have been having with parties from northern ireland with a view to try and find a foundation and basis for the re—establishment of an executive and functioning assembly. i think there are no brexit circumstances in which we are better off not having an assembly than having an assembly in place. and so we need, despite all of the challenges that

negotiators in brussels between the michel barnier task force and the british negotiators, despite all of the challenges that of course some of us are involved in, we also need to try to do everything we can to get functioning devolved government in place again in northern ireland so that the institutions of the good friday agreement can function and do their job, friday agreement can function and do theirjob, which is to bring people together, find compromise, soften the polarisation that we have seen in politics here for the last two yea rs, in politics here for the last two years, and that was the main focus of the meeting that we have just had. thank you. given the fraught circumstances, is this mission impossible? will the taoiseach busying borisjohnson next week? do you know anything about that? this is not mission impossible, there is a deal to be done here and let's not

forget we have a withdrawal agreement that we know works. we are trying to change that to accommodate a new approach from a new british prime minister. i think it is possible to change that but we have to make sure that while we change the approach, the outcome has to be the approach, the outcome has to be the same and the outcome has got to be no border infrastructure between north and south on this island. because we know the impact that has, not just because we know the impact that has, notjust on trade, but also on politics too and that's what we are trying to prevent, and i believe it's possible to do that with goodwill and energy on all sides and i think you'll get that next week. we don't have any confirmed meetings with the british prime minister next week. thank you. they finally let him go. the of the irish minister speaking outside hillsborough castle about the post put forward by boris johnson to the irish backstop, the mechanism that would stop there

being a return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. he says it is still possible to get a deal, it is not mission impossible. he says what they are talking about is changing a workable existing withdrawal agreement into something that still means there would be no hard border, no infrastructure between northern ireland and the republic. but he says, just to remind you, that that alternative borisjohnson put forward would see northern ireland remaining in the single market but coming out of the customs union, and that would be problematic for some people because of the concerns about the need to be checkpoints for customs at a place somewhere within northern ireland, which of course could be immensely sensitive politically for a lot of people. he also said it is essential to get a functioning government working again at the stormont assembly. much more on brexit and what's coming down the track throughout the afternoon.

the government has formally acknowledged for the first time that borisjohnson will write to the eu requesting a delay to brexit — if he fails to agree a new deal in the next fortnight. the disclosure came in documents presented at scotland's highest civil court. but downing street maintains it can still find ways to avoid a delay — despite mps passing a law demanding that borisjohnson asks for one should negotiations with brussels fail. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon is in edinburgh and has this update. here's the conundrum — the prime minister has previously said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for an extension. just a couple of days ago, in fact,

he said the only alternative to his government's alternatives was no deal. it's a position that he and other ministers in his government have set out again and again and again. and yet this morning, here in the outer house of the court of session, government documents submitted to the court was cited that stated that the prime minister will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension to the brexit deadline no later than october 19. the petitioners here don't trust the prime minister to carry that out. that's why they've brought the case. we expect to hear from the government lawyers this afternoon. lorna gordon. the nhs has announced its biggest ever winter vaccination campaign. about 30 million people — nearly half the uk population — will be offered the flu vaccine this year. for the first time, all primary school pupils in england will be offered a free vaccination — bringing england into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland. children are what‘s known as ‘super spreaders‘ because they're the most likely to pass the virus on to each other and to vulnerable relatives. last year, there were nearly 1,700 flu—related deaths in england. our health editor hugh pym says it‘s an ambitious plan. it is continuing the work of recent years in england, adding different year groups on, offering free vaccines

via the nasal spray. from this year, it will be all primary school children. the whole effort coordinated from here by public health england. that is, of course, simply bring england into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland who have adopted this policy for the last couple of years or so. it should be rolled out over the next couple of months. the orders have just started going on, so it isn‘t going in, so it isn‘t happening immediately. there has been a slight delay in the vaccine becoming available to health trusts who then go into schools and run these clinics, and that has put the whole thing back by a few weeks. we have heard in a very limited number of cases that some parents have been told that a clinic planned for this week or next week has been postponed and has been rearranged for december. these are a small number of cases, one or two concerned people have been asking about that. but public health england are stressing it doesn‘t matter whether it happens this month,

next month or even into december, your child will still be protected, although obviously the flu begins to kick in from mid to late december onwards. hugh pym, our health editor. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. scotland yard is criticised for carrying out ‘unlawful‘ searches of suspects homes during its investigation into vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. andy murray says he is ahead of schedule on his comeback on the single store despite his quarterfinal defeat to dominic thiem at the china open in beijing. it is his best run in the singles tournament in over a year. south africa scored seven tries against italy at the rugby world cup in

japan, a9 having three the final score in shizuoka. they have knocked the italians off the top of that pool the italians off the top of that pool. and kevin de bruyne are‘s groin strain is only minor. the manchester city star will miss sunday‘s match against wolves but should be available again after the international break. i‘ll be back on time at around a:30pm with the rest of your sport. surrey police have launched an investigation into the unexplained death of a newborn baby, at the largest women‘s prison in britain. an inmate reportedly gave birth to the baby at hmp bronzefield in surrey, alone and unsupervised last week. the prison director has confirmed the baby‘s death and said they are undertaking a full review. i‘m joined now byjon donnison. what more do you know? hmp brownsville, the largest women‘s prison in britain houses around 750 inmates. the prison is a private one run bya inmates. the prison is a private one run by a company who have confirmed

that last friday an inmate gave birth but sadly the baby did not survive. there have been unconfirmed reports that the woman gave birth unsupervised while she was alone in herself. the prison itself is not commenting on that, we have had a statement from vicky robinson, director at the prison, and she says we are supporting the mother through this distressing time, our thoughts are with her, herfamily this distressing time, our thoughts are with her, her family and staff involved. we are undertaking a full review but it would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage. for the moment, thank you very much. things have just changed and the story in front of me has turned into facebook. facebook is under fire for plans to extend encryption across all its messaging services. critics claim the move will make it harder to fight online crime,

including child abuse and terrorism. the british government has joined the us and australia in raising serious concerns about the plans. our security correspondent, gordon corera, reports. that‘s why i believe that the future is private. earlier this year, mark zuckerberg announced plans to use what‘s called end—to—end encryption on all of facebook‘s messaging services. this would mean only the sender and recipient of a message could read it. so even if law enforcement agencies asked the company for access to those messages, it would not be able to provide it. the home secretary has been in washington signing a deal to make it easier to get access to data held in america. and in a joint letter with us and australian officials, she‘s called on facebook to rethink its plans. encryption is creating those spaces, spaces for terrorist individuals, terrorist organisations, child abusers, the people that are seeking to do harm to others, children, individuals, and our own countries and national security so i would really urge facebook to engage with us in active dialogue, which is something that has not happened thus far, that‘s why we have issued this letter.

facebook owns whatsapp, already encrypted and subject of complaints from police. but the company now plans to extend encryption into its other services. today, privacy campaigners backed facebook, arguing it was important for everyone‘s communications to be protected. effectively what government is saying is that citizens shouldn‘t have a right to a private conversation and that government should always have a back door in. facebook seems unlikely to back down and the battle over encryption and what kind of security we want and with what consequences, is onlyjust beginning. gordon corera, bbc news. with just two weeks before the eu summit and a looming deadline for the prime minister to seal a deal, we‘re taking a look at the attitudes towards brexit on the island of ireland, the backstop and the political future for both sides of the border. geeta guru murthy is in dublin for us.

enjoying her now. geeta. thanks very much. i‘m in the stunning setting of trinity college in dublin. we have been speaking to a range of voices all day to try and get a sense of reaction here. this was leo varadkar‘s alma mater, of course, but he‘s not been here, he‘s beenin course, but he‘s not been here, he‘s been in copenhagen expressing not a hugely positive reception to boris johnson‘s latest proposal. i spoke also to pat leahy, political editor of the irish times, for his response. we are here college in dublin getting a range of voices with some reaction to the latest on brexit. with me now is pat leahy, political editor of the irish times. pat what is your take on what is happening with this latest offering and what no 10 and leo varadkar is saying? where do you think we are? well, i think that the sense in london that

a deal might be close is not shared in dublin and as far as i can gather, not shared in brussels either. that‘s for two reasons. first of all, there are from the eu's first of all, there are from the eu‘s perspective, fundamental difficulties with the borisjohnson proposal. there is a veto for stormont which dublin will not wear, at least in its present form, and there is the question of continued customs checks between north and south, which again is a difficulty for dublin. but also there is the issue of the practicalities of agreeing a deal before the european summit, which is in a fortnight‘s time and signing it off. i‘m told by people who have done these things before that there simply is not the time to agree and then draft a legally binding agreement between now and then, even if there was agreement on the issues, which there isn‘t. agreement on the issues, which there isn't. so what does the irish government expect? what are the ways

this could play out because no 10 downing st is still saying they could and will still leave at the end of october? how could that happen? trying to predict what is going to happen in brexit is a mug‘s game, but the assumption here and in brussel is is that the uk will not leave on the 31st, that there will be an extension, with the boris johnson is forced to apply for it himself or whether somebody else does it, that there will be an extension. i think that is likely to be followed by a general election in the uk, and after that, if boris johnson returns to the next parliament having campaigned as the man to deliver brexit and won a majority, if he returns then, then perhaps they will be then negotiations on the basis of this week‘s document and you may be looking at a deal or a no deal situation then, if it is a three month extension at the end of january. if it is a more pro, hard brexit parliament as it could be,

does that leave ireland in a worse place, and what do you think we have learned from the deal that‘s on the table now, or the offer on the table? one of the significant things about the offer made by mrjohnson this week is that it demonstrates that he is prepared to treat northern ireland differently to the rest of the uk. now, not differently enough for dublin‘s liking, or from the eu‘s liking, but once that principle has been conceded, then i think people might see that as the basis for future negotiation.“ think people might see that as the basis for future negotiation. if he doesn‘t need the dup in a future parliament, then you are looking at what sort of solution? then you perhaps have something like the original northern ireland only backstop whereby the north stays largely in the customs union and the single market, while the rest of the uk doesn‘t. that was the original proposal. because of dup objections, theresa may extended that largely to the rest of the uk. that‘s no longer on the cards. but has been the big shift in british policy since boris

johnson took over. if there is a northern ireland only backstop then officials in dublin think that perhaps is something like the landing zone that the two sides could agree on in the future. but borisjohnson has to be able to deliver a majority in parliament for that. he can‘t do it in this parliament, which is why people here and in brussels think that an election in the uk is probably the next step. he might want a second referendum and a remain victory after an election, but what if it is another hung parliament and it keeps going on and we end up somehow with a new deal brexit? won‘t people look back and say hang on, the varadkar, you have dragged it out and ended up with the worst of all worlds from ireland‘s point of view? with the worst of all worlds from ireland's point of view?” with the worst of all worlds from ireland's point of view? i think that‘s the gamble that the irish government is making. but at the same time, the current proposal from borisjohnson would result in some sort of customs checks, some sort of border checks here in ireland and for the irish government that‘s the worst thing about no deal. so the compromise that is offered to them

this week has the elements of a no deal that they believe to be the worst outcome, so there really is no incentive for them to sign up to this deal at this point. pat leahy, the political editor of the irish times. pat also was telling me just before we recorded that about how potentially the british government could disrupt things. laura kuenssberg has tweeted this idea that britain might formally ask for an extension but somehow the government is still saying that the uk will leave. how could that happen? well, boris johnson uk will leave. how could that happen? well, borisjohnson could threaten to be financially disruptive of the framework going forward next yea r. disruptive of the framework going forward next year. just saying, if you keep us in now, we are really going to be difficult, eu, in the next few months, or they could try and get someone to veto any extension at the end of october. but of course many manoeuvrings. pat lea hy‘s ta ke of course many manoeuvrings. pat lea hy‘s take on of course many manoeuvrings. pat leahy‘s take on it was ultimately it might not be about technical ways to avoid an extension and it‘s all

about the politics and what boris johnson can get away with, and that is what leo varadkar‘s team are thinking about now. the expectation here, many people think, is an extension, but of course, very, very unpredictable hours and days ahead of us. we have been bringing you lots of reaction from trinity college, dublin. it has been stormy earlier this morning. the sun has finally come out and i don‘t know whether that is any positive indication about where we‘re heading, but that‘s it for now. studio: it is a stunning whatever it might mean. —— setting. geeta guru—murthy, thank you. a man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs, wearing a device which mimics the skeleton and is controlled by his mind. the team developing the technology in france say it might one day dramatically improve people‘s quality of life. the patient said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the "first man on the moon". james gallagher reports. it‘s a small step for thibaut, but could this be a giant

leap in paralysis? thibaut‘s arms and legs were paralysed after a fall damaged his spinal cord four years ago. but when he‘s strapped into this robotic suit he can use his thoughts to move again. he told me learning to walk came quite quickly, but using the exoskeleton to precisely bend and stretch his arms or rotate his wrists took much longer. so how does the exoskeleton work? well, first, thibaut has implants resting on the surface of his brain, they are reading his thoughts, his brain activity, his brain waves, and they are being beamed to a computer. now, the computer has to rapidly digest that information and transform that brain activity into instructions which are sent to the exoskeleton. from thought to movement, it takes less than a third of the second. thibaut first used his brain implants to control a computer game, before trying the exoskeleton. now the french researchers plan to test the technology on three more patients.

we perform a proof of concept, like the man on the moon. but it is just a step towards neuroprosthesis at home. this experimental exoskeleton is not going to become widely available soon. if you look, thibaut is attached to the ceiling to stop him falling over. it means the exoskeleton can‘t be used outside the laboratory, and this kit is also too expensive for most of the world to benefit. but this is still a breakthrough and shows the potential of technology to transform lives. james gallagher, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with helen. hello, as lorenzo moves away we are turning our attention to the atla ntic turning our attention to the atlantic for the weekend‘s rain,

this deep area of low pressure will throw the weather fronts and, slow—moving weather fronts, so they look as though they will give us more rain than we have seen during the passage of lorenzo, which as i say is starting to clear out of the way. we are still left with a legacy of cloud across much of southern england, wales and northern ireland but to the north and east through the evening and overnight it will turn chilly, could have a touch of frost and potentially patchy fog and dense patches of fog in the likes of the vale of york, in contrast further south, milder underneath the blanket of cloud gradually thickening through tomorrow, bringing rain to northern ireland, south—western parts of scotland and eventually northern england and northern wales. they could be quite a bit of cloud ahead of it spoiling the sunshine and giving the odd spot of drizzle, but with the southerly winds are strengthening it is a milder day on saturday, but potentially a very wet day especially in central and eastern areas on sunday.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines — scotland yard is strongly criticised over its handling of allegations from carl beech about a vip paedophile ring, which turned out not to exist. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal borisjohnson will comply with the law and seek an extension to the brexit deadline. downing street insists the uk will be leaving the eu at the end of the month. the home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms.

walking out — former conservative leadership contender rory stewart resigns from the party and plans to stand for mayor of london. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. an encouraging performance from andy murray? lots of positives despite defeat in beijing, he‘s says he ahead of schedule in his comeback. three matches in four days progress for him, but his run came to an end against dominic thiem. a straight sets defeat, but just against dominic thiem. a straight sets defeat, butjust listening to andy murray on court afterwards and talking to the media, full of positives about how he has been playing. tournament after tournament after tournament, they if he is

ahead of schedule and he and he says he probably is. if you can putjust a few more weeks together like this one, he can see himself operating at the level of a top 20 player. at the moment, he is outside the top 500 because of all these months of inactivity. andy murray outclassed in the first set, took the second straight. it‘s his first quarterfinal at this level another year, the first time he has played a top ten player in over two years. he is 32 now, and we all wonder if he‘ll ever get close to a fourth grand slam singles title. he is improving. next stop, shanghai, the masters event, which he has won three times. it‘ll be a tough field, but interesting to see if he can go deep into that as well. and injapan at the rugby world cup, south africa

looking dominant. a real reality check for italy, because they have had really big wins against canada and namibia, so they were sitting on top of pool b with maximum points, but they must have been bracing themselves for storm clouds gathering, coming theirway, because also in theirgroup, new zealand champions, first up another rugby heavyweight, south africa. no contest really, a9—3 to the springboks today at the world cup. seven tries. a bonus point win for them. italy did not help their cause, they had their prop sent off for a tip tackle. five more tries followed that for the springboks, taking them above italy to the top of their pool. the italians‘ hopes of progressing now rest on beating the all blacks, which they have never done. a big match for england tomorrow

morning, they have never lost to argentina at a world cup, but eddiejones warns they will need to be brutal if they are to beat them in tokyo. england top of their pool going into the game, with two bonus point wins themselves. jones has picked a full—strength side, says there are no last—minute messages for his team. they know what to do, the game will be decided in that forward pack. you play against argentina, the base their game on the scrum, so it is the manlihood so you have to take them up front. to beat argentina, you have to take them upfront. the scrum, tha maul, the ruck attack and ruck defence. kevin de bruyne i will be missing this weekend for manchester city. manager pep guardiola says his groin strain is not too serious. he picked

up strain is not too serious. he picked up the problem last weekend against everton, which ruled him out of the champions league on tuesday. he has also been left out of the belgium squad for their european qualifiers. pep guardiola expects him to be fed after the international break, his stock level stop —— expects him to be fit. -- stock level stop —— expects him to be fit. —— to his star player. some football news, chelsea‘s fran kirby and manchester united‘s abbie mcmanus have withdrawn from the england squad ahead of saturday‘s match against brazil. liverpool‘s melissa lawley will be promoted to the matchday squad. she has already been training with england this week. the riverside is sold out for that brazil fixture. marc marquez escaped serious injury in a dramatic crash in first practice for sunday‘s thai grand prix. came off his honda on a bend, slid across the tarmac at great speed while the bike cartwheeled behind him, which luckily did not hit him. went to the hospital, was cleared, and back on the track

in a couple of hours. posted the sixth fastest time. he can win his sixth world this weekend. all the sport for now, back in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide, and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. alex dunlop is in norwich for us with a story of a 12—year—old girl with type 1 diabetes whose life has been transformed thanks to a new medical system. we‘ll be back with him injust a moment. and jeff brown is in newcastle and can tell us more about the lionesses who will be in the region tomorrow — we‘ll speak more about this in a minute.

first, though, alex. medical advances have come along, but this one has completely turned a younger girl‘s life around. today i met up with tilly rose from norfolk, one of around 29 thousand children in the uk with type one diabetes, potentially easily dangerous condition. she has had it since she was four years old, and it has really restricted her alive, having to regulate blood sugar levels. not a great deal of fun, she has never really got a decent night‘s sleep because her mum and dad have to wake up because her mum and dad have to wake up to make sure she is ok. and she has had to be rushed to hospital a number of times. the whole family had a pretty miserable time of it. a few weeks ago, the nhs gave tilly a new type of pump, and it injects insulin into her body. what is different about this pump is it ta kes different about this pump is it takes control of the dosage, so you have got the pump itself, that the size of a mobile phone, which

contains the insulin, which is fed automatically via a tube into tilly‘s body. but she has also got a second bit of kit, what is called a continuous glucose monitor, which is attached to her arm and monitors her glucose levels. here‘s the clever bit, every five minutes, they both talk to each other via bluetooth, which makes sure thatjust the right amount of insulin is delivered to her day and night, so no more getting up in the night. so effectively, the machines they cover the whole stress of it, and they let tilly get on with her life. the whole stress of it, and they let tilly get on with her lifelj the whole stress of it, and they let tilly get on with her life. i feel much nicer, i can do a lot more stuff, and i'm not being left out from certain things like other people in school, and stuff like that. he used to be left out, but a much more normal life now? yes, i have more freedom and i can do stuff that other kids can do that i can

now do as well. she referred to in there, but how has it transformed tilly‘s life? there, but how has it transformed tilly's life? a completely different life now, she is an active kid, she plays for a local football team. before she got this kit, she would have to keep going off the pitch, her sugar levels would spike and so on, but now she can stay on. we take it for granted, but you can stay on for the whole training session. i think what is really important as her coach says that mental has transformed her, she is concentrating better at school, to looking ahead she says i can go away for days at a time without worry and, without my parents were she is looking forward to going to university now. a word of caution, before all parents line up their children for this kit, it only works for people with type one diabetes, not take to, and will only be eligible for children who are over the age of six. luckily, they have just got three patients at the

norfolk and norwich hospital who use this machine. if you are interested, it is called a medtronic 670. tilly is the first child in east anglia to use it. but it is not cheap, in the two bits. the pump is funded by the nhs, which cost around £2700. that is over four years, then nhs, which cost around £2700. that is overfour years, then it nhs, which cost around £2700. that is over four years, then it is renewed. and the new expensive but as the cgms, which sits to arm. that costs £3200 a year, and it really is up costs £3200 a year, and it really is up to your local clinical commissioning group, your local nhs to decide who gets it. there are a number of hoops you have to jump through. otherwise, you or your family have to stump up for that. i asked him if she would give up the machine, and she said, you will have to fight me for it. i can imagine, but priceless to them. thank you, alex. let‘s go tojeff brown

now, he‘s in newcastle. the brazilians are in town. how much excitement is there that brazilian women are facing the england team?l lot of excitement appear. the first one being the preserve of phil neville‘s linus is in the world cup recently, reaching the semifinals, and the fact that the games were live on the bbc in prime time. at raised the profile of the women‘s game. that has been reflected at the rise of super league matches across the country. and as you just outcome it isa the country. and as you just outcome it is a sell—out at a middlesbrough‘s riverside ground, 32,000. that is a new record for the lioness is playing outside wembley. they got 25,500 last year at southampton. next month, they play germany at wembley, with 75,000 fans expected for that. the hole the

women‘s game has helped, but also the north—east connection. there we re the north—east connection. there were seven members of the lionesses squad from up on our patch, jill scott, a long serving midfielder, and steph houghton, the captain, forth from your site. beth mead, striker, is from north yorkshire, and lucy bronze, european women has met footballer of the year and in the running for world player, she is from northumberland. but perhaps the biggest cheer will be forjordan nobbs, born not far from biggest cheer will be forjordan nobbs, born not farfrom the middlesbrough ground, store at stockton—on—tees. she started her career with sunderland, now with arsenal, and last year suffered a serious knee injury which sadly ruled out of the world cup. this is her first ruled out of the world cup. this is herfirst game ruled out of the world cup. this is her first game back with england, ruled out of the world cup. this is herfirst game back with england, so i think she will get the biggest cheer of the day from the home fans. the region is very well represented. what is the connection between teesside and brazil, though? this goes back to 1995 when the then middlesbrough manager bryan robson signed a brazilian player of the

year, a guy called first microscopy isa year, a guy called first microscopy is a legend at middlesbrough, he had three spells with the club. —— a guy called juninho. he was only about five foot six, and are used to call him the little fella. tomorrow, some of the fans will be dusting off their old brazilian fans and giving them a nostalgic errand. —— their old brazilian flags. brazil has produced some amazing men‘s teams in the past, but we women are pretty good as well, aren‘t they? the past, but we women are pretty good as well, aren't they? yes, the one to watch out for is marta. the first female footballer to leave her footprints and summit at the american stadium, and has been compared to perley.

—— maracana. —— compared to pele. she has got more goals in the world cup finals than any other player, and has scored a quarter of brazil‘s world cup goals. 33 now, doubts on whether she will turn out tomorrow. we are hoping she will. but if you are looking for pointers to the game, england beat brazil earlier this year to— one. so fingers crossed for tomorrow. thank you, more of those stories this evening at 6.30, in the respective local news. thank you both for taking us nationwide. —— england beat brazil

2-1 nationwide. —— england beat brazil 2—1 earlier this year. in the last half hour, president trump has spoken to reporters, and continued to defend his phone conversation with ukraine‘s president volodymyr zelensky, calling the democrat‘s impeachment inquiry a "witch hunt". if they proceed, they willjust get their people, they are all on line, because even though many of them do not want to vote, they have no choice, they have to follow their leadership, and it will get into the senate and we are going to win. the republicans have been very unified. this is the greatest witchhunt in the history of our country. so the one that started immediately, we we nt one that started immediately, we went through two years, and came out like a ten. it came out perfect. a few days go by, and the start of this nonsense. this isjust as ridiculous. so the democrats unfortunately have the votes, they can vote very easily, even though

many of them do not believe they should do it. and i do believe that because of what they are doing with nancy pelosi and their real leaders, aoc plu plus three, that is there a real leaders, i believe they are going to do it. more now on brexit and the northern ireland secretary julian smith has been meeting ireland‘s foreign minister to discuss the uk government‘s brexit deal. speaking to journalists in the last hour, simon coveney said borisjohnson‘s offer was a step forward in talks, but changes need to be made to ensure there are no border checks on or around the irish border. this is not mission impossible. there is a deal to be done here. we know that we have a withdrawal agreement that works. we are trying to change that to accommodate a new approach from a british prime minister. i believe it is possible to change that, but we have to make sure that while we change the approach, the outcome has to be the

same. and the outcome has got to be no border infrastructure between north and south on this island, because we know the impact that that has, not just because we know the impact that that has, notjust on trade, but also on politics, too. and that is what we are trying to prevent. i believe it is possible to do that with goodwill and energy on all sides, think you will get that next week. at least 15 people in england have tested hiv positive while waiting to join a trial for a pill which prevents the disease. taking daily prep tablets can stop a person from becoming infected, but places on the trial have been restricted as ben hunte reports. i was stunned. it was just like, oh my god, how has this happened? david is one of the people identified by hiv consultants help waiting for a place on the impact trial. he said he could not afford to spend £30 a month buying prep privately. crime from two different clinics to get onto it, not being able to get onto

it, and then getting hiv, i was very angry. —— trying from two different clinics. why will you not practising safer sex while waiting?” clinics. why will you not practising safer sex while waiting? i generally had regular partners. but one slip through the net, or has lied. the bbc has learned that the pill cost the nhs £11 a month, while some is sexually active, compared to 100 to £500 a month to treat an hiv—positive person for life. hiv professionals gathered in london what prep available to everyone in a high risk group. nhs and wind is funding the drug through the trial, but it is local authorities that fund sexual health clinics. now it is available as the unbranded generic version, which is much less expensive, but the reality of creating more sexual health appointments when our funding has been cut is a very big challenge. high risk patients can take the daily bill which prevents hiv from establishing in the body, but to get access to the free pill, you have to be part of a clinical trial, and

places vary around the country. access to prep is currently through sexual health clinics, like this one in london, and many but not all have waiting lists. how many people do you know of who have acquired hiv whilst waiting for a place on the prep trial? in this service, i know three people who have acquired hiv, but that are trying to get prep are very unlikely to complain and go public, because it is a very stigmatising thing to talk about openly. nhs england in public health england declined an interview, but the nhs said...

in a moment, we‘ll get the latest business news. first, time to catch up with the headlines on afternoon live. 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 home secretary calls on facebook to rethink plans to encrypt messages across its platforms. the conservative mp rory stewart has revealed he is quitting the party to run as an independent candidate for the mayor of london. and now your business headlines on afternoon live. the financial regulator says that insurance customers are overpaying about £1.2 billion a yearfor their home and car policies. 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 demanding a discount from its landlords, as it tries to cut £100m a year from its costs. it‘s told some landlords that it will withhold part of their service charges — the fees on top of rent for things like heating and security. some landlords have warned they‘ll take legal action to get their money in full. car industry leaders say that new sales figures are "pretty awful". so far this year, sales are down by 2.5%. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says that consumer confidence is being undermined by political and economic uncertainty. a look at the markets now. the ftse is up on the day, so too is the us index. but actually for the week as a whole, it is one of the worst weeks in about 20 months for the ftse100. that is because of these

general concerns about the global economy, not just the general concerns about the global economy, notjust the domestic economy, notjust the domestic economy, too, but also indications specifically that the uk could, and i stress could, beheaded a recession. and today, more economic data, we have just recession. and today, more economic data, we havejust had recession. and today, more economic data, we have just had a recession. and today, more economic data, we havejust had a bad disappointing car sales, and some are bad figures around the high street. in the united states as well, the big monthly figure for how manyjobs well, the big monthly figure for how many jobs created in well, the big monthly figure for how manyjobs created in the us. 136,000 over the past month, a bit lower—than—expected, and looking at how the pound has been performing today, it was down below 1.12 you area bit today, it was down below 1.12 you are a bit out there, but down against both the pound and the dollar should have said the euro and the dollar. even though the dollar has been strengthening for other reasons, the factor to stand against both suggest it is more to do with

brexit and other concerns. we will now speak to a senior market a nalyst, now speak to a senior market analyst, thanks for being with us. let‘s start by looking at the global picture and those us jobs figures which missed estimates must be adding to concerns about a global slowdown. yes, they did miss estimates, but just slightly, slowdown. yes, they did miss estimates, butjust slightly, as far as that headline figure was concerned. it was interesting was we saw the us unemployment was much better, the unemployment rate was 3.5%, a 50 year low, which is better than we were expecting. so coming into these figures, we were expecting things to be much worse than they actually are. so across the week, we have had some really dismal data from the us, the manufacturing sector, the service sector, it has painted a gloomy picture, but today‘s actual employment figures were not quite as bad as perhaps they could have been. and for that reason, we have seen the us stock market tick higher, and also the dollar higher as well. and

the domestic picture, car sales figures, some retail sales figures, pretty disappointing today. all in all, a lot of disappointing data this past week. what is the underlying trend here, do you think? this week has been pretty dismal, as far as this week has been pretty dismal, as faras uk this week has been pretty dismal, as far as uk data is concerned. we have had a deepening contraction as far as the construction sector is concerned, and the manufacturing sector, and the service sector as well. so the big picture is really very gloomy, and literallyjust weeks before brexit will apparently happen. so things are looking bad, as you said the car figures, happen. so things are looking bad, as you said the carfigures, and consumer confidence is quite low at the moment. consumers arejust not ready and not prepared to take big purchases right now. looking at the currency markets, we have seen the pound falling against the euro and the dollar today. as always, whenever there are raised concerns about a no—deal brexit. what has

actually happened today that has spooked investors, do you think? today we have got the data we have seen across today we have got the data we have seen across the week, and the concept, an ideal footing seen across the week, and the concept, an idealfooting that seen across the week, and the concept, an ideal footing that boris might actually suggest a extension to brexit, just in the last hour or so. to brexit, just in the last hour or so. that would mean continued uncertainty, so although we would avoid the no—deal brexit scenario, which obviously would be better for the pound, there are concerns also that a prolonged uncertainty is not any good for the pound either. these markets are never happy. thank you very much for that. and that is all for me. a painting by the mysterious british street artist banksy has sold for a record amount for one of his works. the picture depicting the british parliament full of chimpanzees went for nearly £10 million at auction in london. five times its pre—auction estimate.

gareth barlow reports the uk parliament, but not as you know it, cheering politicians replaced by a troupe of chimpanzees. howling instead of hear hear. painted a decade ago, the artwork could be considered especially pertinent in an increasingly polarised political world. pertinent in an increasingly polarised politicalworld. one of our oldest democracies, and within that, we see the regression towards tribal animalistic behaviour. regardless of which side you stand on the brexit debate, there is no question over the last few weeks, we have seen incredible behaviour here in the house of commons in the uk. at four metres wide, the painting is ba nksy‘s at four metres wide, the painting is banksy‘s largest piece, and now command the highest price. his reaction to the record figure? shame ididn‘t reaction to the record figure? shame i didn‘t still own it. that is all from afternoon live.

now it‘s time for a look at the weather. the cloud hanging around. warning is in force at the moment. not a com plete in force at the moment. not a complete wash—out this weekend, most areas will see a dry day. overnight tonight, the legacy of cloud remains in southern and western areas, so relatively mild. further north and east, rain continuing to peter out undisguised freedom, so chilly weather, a touch of frost, but in the glens of scotland, we could get down to freezing. some low—level fog, even dense fog for example in the vale of york by morning. that will take some time to clear at this time of year. but then, a mostly fine and dry statutorily day in central and eastern areas, some

sunshine, but the cloud piling on quite quickly ahead of the next rainmaker which brings the wet weather through northern ireland, south—west scotland, through the morning, crossing the irish sea into parts of england and wales through the afternoon. winds picking up from the afternoon. winds picking up from the south as you can see, so a relatively mild direction. in temperatures doing a little better on saturday. if you see some sunshine, it could feel quite pleasant, and it looks as if we will see some sunshine across the north of scotla nd see some sunshine across the north of scotland and the northern isles once again. through the evening, turn quite white across most areas. it how slow—moving the weather system is. in the space of six hours, quite a deluge because it will hang around, followed by only a brief ridge of high pressure. by sunday, it looks like the drier weather will be further west as opposed to east. but there are low level warnings out from the met office for central and eastern areas because of the intensity of the stream. in about six hours, we could see a0 or 50 millimetres of rain, following on from what has been quite a wet september as well. but

at least it is drying up further west, and relatively mild air, so would be 15 to 17 celsius and it is an end to the day across northern ireland, wales, the south—west. but that grows out of the way and the next atla ntic low that grows out of the way and the next atlantic low pressure brings in more rain, dust and potentially more wind as well. the warnings are on the website. goodbye.

today at five — a damning report criticises the police for their investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring that never existed. the homes of several prominent men were raided by police, including former conservative mp harvey proctor. scotland yard‘s accused of unlawfully obtaining search warrants. 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. we‘ll have the latest from new scotland yard. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. uk government documents submitted to a court in scotland reveal the prime minister will send a letter asking brussels for a delay