towards parliament, and they keep moving to keep trying to stretch the police, to catch them out. so far, they seem to have successful in that. it is certainly a challenge for the police, and so far this morning they have hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: made 135 arrests. american businesswoman jennifer arcuri details her close friendship with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london, that was dan johnson. but refuses to say the media watchdog, ofcom, if they had an affair. has said it has "serious concerns around the transparency of the bbc‘s boris never ever gave me complaints process" following its handling favouritism, of the naga munchetty case. the bbc recently reversed a decision never once did i ask him for a favour, to partially uphold a complaint never once did he write a letter against the presenter for comments she made about president trump. of recommendation for me. let's get more on this, we can speak to our entertainment the prime minister says correspondent colin paterson. he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman what has happened today? ofcom has involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. published a very detailed ten page we would have tried to get her a suspended sentence so she could have carried report about their investigation on being a mum, so that she wasn't into what happened on bbc breakfast taken away from her own children. way bank on the 17th ofjuly. that was the day naga munchetty and dan walker were on the sofa and this but forgiving her for issue came up where they were leaving, i'm nowhere near. discussing president donald trump the police watchdog clears detectives over how they handled and issues surrounding racism. ofcom false claims of a paedophile ring

at westminster, but there's fierce have gone through their dialogue criticism of its findings. that day on a sentence by sentence coming up on afternoon live basis. after analysing it, they have all the sport — ben croucher. said that they did absolutely nothing wrong. they have not broken good afternoon. there is a new man their broadcast code. but what ofcom tasked with leading the english are unhappy about is the complaints cricket team. chris silverwood has procedure that the bbc had after been appointed head coach and we that. you remember in september it was announced that they had have the latest from andy murray's partially upheld a complaint against naga munchetty and then four days latest co m e have the latest from andy murray's latest come back match. louise is on later the director—general of the the beach. i'm thrilled to be with bbc overturned that decision. ofcom you. we have had a couple of inches are saying the bbc was not transparent enough both in that in norfolk yesterday. some original decision and why it was threatening cloud, but its showery overturned by the director general tony hall. they say the bbc need to across the country for the week. look into this urgently and there is thrilled and honoured! also an interesting bit in this report where it actually appears at also coming up — the bbc and ofcom are in dispute as endometriosis affects one in 10 women and can cause debilitating to whether ofcom have a right to pain and, sometimes, infertility. on average, it takes comment on this bbc show, whether seven and a half years to diagnose in the uk. bbc breakfast, this exchange, falls we'll be asking why? under thejurisdiction

bbc breakfast, this exchange, falls under the jurisdiction of ofcom. ofcom say absolutely that they do. the bbc argues that it dealt with it internally and that is how it should be done. absolutely. ofcom says one of their complaint is the only person who actually got to see the hello everyone, this full reasoning behind the bbc‘s is afternoon live. decision was the person who made the an american businesswoman at the centre of a controversy over complaint. ofcom have asked for a her friendship with borisjohnson when he was london mayor coffee of the person who made —— has refused to say whether she had an intimate relationship with him. asked for a copy. the bbc would not jennifer arcuri joined trade missions led by mrjohnson, send that to ofcom. ofcom are saying and received thousands of pounds in public money — giving rise that the bbc have to change this and to questions over whether he had failed to declare a conflict of interest over their relationship. be more transparent. if the bbc makes a decision like that, they have to explain what they have done. ms arcuri said today the prime this ruling today could have quite minister was just "a really good friend" and that he never gave her "any favouritism." far reaching implications. colin, mrjohnson has insisted everything a lwa ys far reaching implications. colin, always good to talk to you. thank was done "entirely in the proper you very much. way," and denies breaking any rules. here's our correspondent helen catt. bringing you the business news in a i hope you're having a productive... moment but first the headlines. american businesswoman when then mayor of london boris jennfer arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair johnson agreed to speak at her with boris johnson events, young tech entrepreneur when he was mayor of london. the prime minister says he will talk jennifer arcuri was overjoyed.

ready to hang out! to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. the independent office look at that — boris is hanging out! for police conduct says police officers didn't deliberately mislead a judge over claims of a vip westminster paedophile ring, but there were shortcomings he ended up being a star in the investigation. attraction at several. you like hanging out with us, right? she took part in a number of trade missions run by city hall and received public funds while he was in post. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. thomas cook customers face further frustration as some struggle to access the website for claiming refunds on the first speaking to itv‘s good morning britain day it is launched. earlier, jennifer arcuri denied theirfriendship had earned her around 800,000 custoers were due preferential treatment. to travel with the company boris never ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him in the coming months. for a favour, never once did he write a letter the civil aviation authority, which is handling the process has of recommendation for me. he didn't know about my asking to go apologised and asked affected to trips. customers to try the website later. she said mrjohnson had concerns grow about the fate become a really good of europe's largest economy friend and that he visited her at her office in her flat in east as factory orders in germany drop london five, ten, by 6.7% in the year to august. and handful of times. she refused to answer questions about whether there had some economists now warn germany, been a more intimate relationship. one of the uk's largest trading because the press have partners, could be on the brink

of recession due to made me this objective weak domestic demand and the impact of trade disputes. ex—model pole dancer, i'm really not going to more evdence that house prices have answer that question. stalled in recent months, so you won't deny it? this time from the halifax. i'm sorry. the lender says property prices fell i'm not going to be putting myself by 0.4% in september compared in a position for you to to the pevious month, weaponise my answer. the london assembly is investigating boris johnson's links withjennifer arcuri. its code of conduct says... meaning the average home was 1.1% higher than a year ago — which is the slowest rate of growth since april 2013. it says growth remains "subdued while the current period of economic uncertainty persists. some breaking news. on a visit to hospital it comes from washington. president in watford earlier, trump looks like he could be under borisjohnson was asked some pressure to keep his financial if he thought he had broken it. no, and i've said i think everything i will details. there has been a blow. the say on the matter. the london assembly president has broken the president still have questions. we want him to set out his dealings of presidents releasing their with jennifer arcuri and we also financial details. it is customary want him to explain this issue around declarations. what did he do? in the us to release tax returns. he promised in the 2016 election

borisjohnson has previously said campaign that he will be doing just he will cooperate with the london this. he hasn't. there has been a assembly investigation although he thought they were barking up the wrong tree. number of attempts to force him to provide these details, this one yet another challenge then for the prime minister at the looks like it could have been start of yet another crucial week. successful. let's talk to... helen catt, bbc news, westminster. vivienne nunis is at our chief political the new york stock exchange. correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. many the new york stock exchange. attempts to get pre to many attempts to get president trump to delete delete mag release these details. what is this one all about? where does this leave things. she didn't answer the question she was this is a attempts that the district asked. i guess people are interested attorney here in manhattan launched. in borisjohnson‘s love life. she he tried to subpoena donald trump's didn't answer about their relationship. but she did admit they tax returns dating back to 2011. the reason that they are trying to get we re relationship. but she did admit they were good friends. if you look at hold of those tax returns is because the code of conduct. it is about they want to investigate whether any new york state laws were broken when declaring interests, so it could be it donald trump allegedly paid hush a picture for borisjohnson. the maybe issue is whether publish funds we re money to stormy daniels and another maybe issue is whether publish funds playboy model. both alleged had were misused. there have been ongoing investigation and they will run for some time and this is a affairs with donald trump. that is

where the district attorney wanted to get hold of that information. massive distraction for the prime donald trump launched a counter lawsuit trying to block that minister, people talking about his subpoena. his lawyers argued that as relationships and suspected wrong president he should be immune of doing. he denied anything was done such criminal investigation but today a federaljudge here in new wrong and he is trying to close this york has ruled against that down, because he has many other argument. i will read you what he things he needs to be looking at. said when he handed down the ruling. some of his inner circle will hope he said," he cannot endure such a these investigations don't come out against him, but also it was so long categorical and limitless assertion of presidential immunity from ago, it is not the ministerial code, judicial process. we do know donald he is not in thatjob any more, they trump has launched an appeal against that ruling this morning. this case is continuing but certainly donald say unless there is the proof he trump has lost a day's round. indeed sanctioned money going to somebody, he has. he doesn't have a case to answer. let's talk about movements on the geopolitical stage. nb eight wading another big week for brexit negotiations? yes the phone calls into ten situations. explain more. between the prime minister and other this is a real interesting story. prime ministers. what the downing the general manager of the houston street insiders are saying, is look, rockets one of the ten free mac

the uk has compromised and are expecting the eu to make compromises teams here... he tweeted in support of its own. but at the moment, there are not any signs of that happening. there is still a fundamental issue about really whether northern of the hong kong protesters. the damage was done. he deleted the ireland should be in the customs union with the eu, rather than in a tweet quickly. there has been a huge customs union with the rest of the uk. that is a huge sticking point. class, chinese sponsors have cut the other issue is about giving the people of northern ireland some kind of say. i think that is a ties, the chinese social media possibility of more compromise there platform has stopped screaming and doesn't have to be done in the matches. the nba was supposed to way that the uk government is setting out. but as things stand, there seems to be no plans for the have pre—season matches in china this week. a huge backlash from prime minister to travel to see any chinese fans angered by that tweet. plenty to watch out for there. it european leaders, there is a summit looks quite calm where you are in the stock exchange at the moment. the following week and emmanuel macron is saying there needs to be what are people looking up for this some kind of deadline by friday as we? later this week, speaking of to whether it goes into talks. china, we have the beginning of the downing street say they don't talk next round of trade talks in oi’ downing street say they don't talk or think about this in terms of a washington between us and chinese deadline, but some do accept that by officials. one of that taking place the end of the week they will need against a backdrop of a really

difficult time politically for the to know which direction it is going president. not only have we had the -is to know which direction it is going — is the eu willing to compromise? story about the tax returns this morning, we have also the the summit, will it be discussing any of this in order to move forward impeachment proceedings going on in washington. how that will affect the and you have the issue of the 19th negotiating table this week remains to be seen. that is something that october, the date by which if there investors will be watching out for. is no deal and parliament hasn't yes, tense times there. vivian, voted for no deal, borisjohnson has great to talk to you. as soon as we to ask for another delay to brexit said it was quite, people started and all of ram if ramifications of walking past. you can guarantee that is going to happen. she is still there, that for him. thank you. tell her we are not coming back to her. shall we talk about the markets? go on. pretty sedate at the moment. hsbc, there have been reports of 10,000 job cuts are coming down the line. the company is not actually confirming or denying there is a sports at the moment. —— reports at the moment. sources close to the

boss, what does that mean? buy on boris johnson has urged an american woman who is wanted for questioning over a fatal car crash rumour, sell on facts, that is what to return to the uk. markets are all about.|j anne sacoolas, the wife of a american diplomat, left the country after the accident rumour, sell on facts, that is what markets are all about. i am sure in northampshire this summer. they haven't worked that out before. a teenager, harry dunn, was killed in the incident. mrjohnson said he was prepared we will talk to you later, thank you to raise the matter personally very much. with the white house, if she did not cooperate. youtube has deleted hundreds richard galpin reports. of videos for breaching their policies on nudity and sexual 19—year—old harry dunn was an accomplished motorcyclist, conduct, following an investigation according to his family. for the bbc‘s panorama programme. on the 27th of august, the videos were published he was killed following a by so—called "pick up artists" collision with a car here in who claim to teach what they call "seduction techniques." northamptonshire, not farfrom a us this takes place in face—to—face air force base. training sessions, his father was quickly at the scene. and by uploading encounters to youtube which they say they've secretly recorded with women. myles bonnar reports. at the time when i got there, he was struggling to breathe, so ijust in september, the self—styled spoke to him and said, harry, it is your dad, let them know pick—up artist adnan ahmed, who calls himself adi a—game, what they have got to do, was found guilty of harassment. he was part of a growing global they are here to help you. online business of so—called pick—up i'd like to think it gave him some artists who use youtube to publish comfort because he did quieten down, what they call infield videos. because he was complaining about chest pains. i'd like to say as well secret recordings they claimed that the emergency services were were of them with unsuspecting amazing. young women, some during sex.

it is like they brought panorama has been investigating the company that trained him, to the hospital to harry, giving him street attraction. blood and everything on the side of the road. on their youtube channel, they had the car was being driven by the wife more than 100,000 subscribers. i'll give you all the necessary theory, but for extra clarity, of a diplomat living at it will all be backed up by intimate in—field footage, because we wanted to capture the real thing and real this base. she's been named as anne sacoolas. reactions, it had to be filmed afterwards, she flew back to the united states, despite covertly, guerilla style. telling police she had no such plans. the film continues with audio of him harry's family are appealing apparently having sex for her to return. with an 18—year—old he met i don't... that same day. we don't want to think that she chose panorama got in touch with youtube, to leave, as a mother, who have now deleted adnan ahmed i wouldn't have done that myself, and street attraction's channels, saying they breach their policies. and many other people but street attraction also sells that have come forward supporting us feel exactly the same, face—to—face courses so we don't want to believe that it teaching the same techniques. was her choice. i went undercover on one to find out more. but i believe that she could overrule any diplomatic one of the first lessons lead coach immunity and decide to get on that plane eddie hitchens taught and come back herself, and that's is what he called the cold approach, what we're urging her to do. how to stop women you don't know in the street. the family's appeals are now being followed up by so, mike, i want you to try the chief constable

and stop this girl. northamptonshire police. she looks pretty mancunian to me. ok, you can, you can. he says he's written she seems... in the strongest terms to she's too young for me. the us embassy urging it doesn't matter, them to set aside even if she's underage... another coach, richard hood, her diplomatic immunity in order told me about what he called to allow the justice last—minute resistance to sex, process to take place — a view now shared by or lmr. the prime minister. i do not think that it can a massive one, when you get be right to use the to the apartment, tell her to take the shoes off, process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose, and i hope as soon as you walk through the front door, that anne sacoolas will come back you start taking your shoes off. and engage properly with the it's basically the first part processes of law as they are carried of escalation, because sometimes girls can be annoying, and if they are already in their shoes and theirjacket, out in this country. she'll be like, ok, now, that's enough for tonight, harry's mother has said, we'll leave the rest for next time. if necessary, she is prepared to go to washington to appeal directly to president trump there is an idea with lmr that women to get anne sacoolas back to britain. richard galpin, bbc news. put up a certain amount of supposedly token resistance prior to having sex. the thing that's really worrying about this is that it creates a situation in which a woman's "no" our correspondent in washington can never be legitimately heard as a "no". i tried to get eddie and richard is gary o'donoghue. to give me an interview the family saying they want to go but without success. instead, i caught up with them out to the us to raise it there. is at another of their boot camps where they denied targeting underage girls, saying they always find out

it getting much coverage there at the moment? a little bit, yes. it's how old the girl is before doing anything sexual. they said they don't pressurise women into having sex not the top of the news agenda, but and that it was nonsense that they publish secretly recorded it is getting some coverage. there audio of their sexual encounters. isa the women in their videos, it is getting some coverage. there is a generic statement from the state department who deals with they said, are actresses. diplomatic issues that has said it myles bonnar, bbc news. is not at this stage looking at panorama: secrets of the seduction boot camp waiving diplomatic immunity, it is on bbc one tonight at 8:30pm. doesn't do it hardly at all, it says and it does extend its condolences to the family. i think the appeal now, a story about opera, but this from borisjohnson there will be time with a happy demouement. heard at the white house. they will respond to that in some way or another. we are not sure how or you may have seen this footage when. but it is unlikely i think of emily zamourka, a homeless lady, that they're likely to change their singing on the los angeles subway. mind. it is a... it's something the video went viral, and it prompted offers of support and help. that's one of those anomalies of international law that diplomats and their spouses have their immunity and it is part of signing up to

those international treaties. it is and this is her singing at a little very ha rd those international treaties. it is very hard for the family of course. italy celebration over the weekend. of course it is a story with no emily's difficulties started when her violin was stolen, three years ago, meaning winners, you have a family going she couldn't keep performing and teaching, and lost her home. through hell here and a family no there are now efforts to raise money so she can buy a replacement, doubt going through similar and she's also been offered a place difficulties there. the possibility to stay while she gets her life back together. ofa difficulties there. the possibility of a career in ruins as well, we are now it's time for a talking about the wife of someone who has this status? yes, we don't look at the weather. know any detail about what's happened to them. they were in thank you. good afternoon. we have britain we understand for three weeks. so that is a pretty, that seen some thank you. good afternoon. we have seen some rain around today and in fa ct seen some rain around today and in doesn't sound like a posting, does fact it was a pretty wet starting it? on the face of it, that sounds parts of hampshire. this week it will be windy at times with further like something that's been brought outbreaks of rain. some showery and thatis outbreaks of rain. some showery and that is the story for the rest of toa like something that's been brought to a premature end, presumably in the we have seen one spell of wet connection with what happened. the weather easing to the east and this slightly distasteful thing is the band of showers into the north west promise to stay and co—operate and of england will move steadily for then leaving. we don't know the circumstances of that, whether the the south—east. heavy downpours and embassy made that happen in the uk, gusty winds into the north. this is

whether there was diplomatic pressure from the state department to do that. we just don't know, the driving force behind the story because we haven't heard anne over the next couple of days. it sacoolas's side of the story. it is will stay pretty windy. through the not clear to me, we have a will in rest of the afternoon, blustery winds, outbreaks of rain at times, particular, but i think, as i say, the appealfrom all slipping steadily south and particular, but i think, as i say, the appeal from boris johnson particular, but i think, as i say, the appealfrom borisjohnson is something that, because of nature of east. for the rest of the day, temperatures around where they should be for the time of year, 11 to 16 celsius. through the early the uk/us relationship, albeit one thatis the uk/us relationship, albeit one that is different from three years evening, perhaps a spell of wet ago, still it will require some kind weather across the south east and of response from the white house. you and i have been around the block then we will seek showers through then we will seek showers through a few times and you know this is a the night across the far north—west of scotla nd the night across the far north—west of scotland and northern ireland. story that will gain traction, but with the breeze around and some particularly when they appear on cloud, it is not going to be a cold night, in fact it will not be cold american television, the breakfast shows will be interested in this through the week, frost free for story? yes, i think that is right. i many. we start off tomorrow morning ona many. we start off tomorrow morning think given the nature of the work, on a relatively quiet note. showers from the world go into the north oi’ think given the nature of the work, or at least anne sacoolas's west. with the wind, it will drive husband's work, that may be less some of these showers further inland likely. i don't know at this stage as we go through the afternoon. with whether there are plans to do that. the nature of showers, some will but of course the other thing now is escape the showers altogether and it will stay dry but windy and it will that it but of course the other thing now is thatitis

but of course the other thing now is that it is possible to get up a huge be fairly warm at around 12 to 17 head of steam, as clearly harry celsius the high. if you catch the showers, they merge together with dunne's family are doing with their longer spells of rain with even social media work. that can create a though odd rumble of thunder. it is a pretty messy scenario across the lot of pressure, notjust on the country. the low pressure drifts british prime minister, but pressure over here as well. we will see where further east and we see these that goes. as i say, i'm not wildly weather fronts feeding outbreaks of showery rain from west to east across the country. by wednesday it hopeful, this happens on a is almost a repeat performance. reasonably regular basis around the similar into thursday and friday with the potential of more world that diplomats get into persistent rain into the south east corner as we move into the weekend. sometimes quite serious situations, there's temperatures down to where we should be for the time of year, particularly road traffic accidents, you see this with and don't really 11 to 17 celsius. it will be often face the law. you will remember the windy and wet at times. infamous case of yvonne fletcher backin infamous case of yvonne fletcher back in the 80s, who was shot from the libyan embassy and we understand that her, the person who shot her got ina that her, the person who shot her got in a car and was driven to the airport under the guys of diplomatic

immunity. thank you. a senior retired judge has attacked the police watchdog over its decision not to take any action against officers involved in the metropolitan police's heavily criticised investigation into an alleged vip paedophile ring. operation midland ended without any arrests or charges after one complainant, carl beech, made a series of bogus allegations against public figures. today the police watchdog defended its decision not to recommend any action against officers. when it published its report on the scotland yard inquiry. june kelly reports. the police investigation into an alleged westminster paedophile ring cost £2.5 million. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, was among those forced to bear the human cost. falsely accused, as was lord brittain, the ex tory mp harvey proctor, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and long—time labour politician lord janner.

now the former senior judge who reviewed the disastrous scotland yard inquiry has slammed the investigation by the police watchdog into the conduct of the officers involved. law and order defends on the oversight of those invested with power. who guards the guards themselves? who watches the watchers? a malfunctioning police force has not received the necessary oversight. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 3: american businesswoman jennifer arcuri details her close friendship with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london, carl beech, a hospital inspector but refuses to say and school governor duped to experienced detectives if they had an affair. with his bogus allegations. a cruel and compulsive liar, boris never ever he set out to undermine the reputations of those gave me favouritism, never once did i ask he wrongly accused. him for a favour, lord brittain died before never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. carl beech had been exposed. the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash

in which a teenager was killed. sir richard henriques believes police unlawfully obtained the warrants to search the homes we would have tried to get her of the innocent victims. a suspended sentence the police watchdog rejects this. so she could have carried today its director—general said... on being a mum, so that she wasn't taken away from her own children. but forgiving her for leaving, i'm nowhere near. the police watchdog clears harvey proctor, who lost his home detectives over how they handled and hisjob because he was under false claims of a paedophile ring suspicion, was allowed to see at westminster, but there's fierce the police watchdog's report criticism of its findings. before its publication today. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — ben croucher. the iopc is hand in glove with the metropolitan police. good afternoon, england cricket have there should be a full investigation into these police officers. a new head coach, chris silverwood, while carl beech is in prison the former essex and england bowling coach. and news of andy murray's for his lies, the police watchdog latest match on his return from injury just latest match on his return from injuryjust after half past 3. is insisting it has carried out looking at the weather is louise. we a thorough and detailed investigation into what went have a recall autumn flavour to the on at scotland yard. june kelly, bbc news. weather. not only for the rest of the day, but throughout the week. blustery with plenty of showers. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: american businesswoman jennfer arcuri refuses to say more coming up.

also coming up — endometriosis affects one in ten women and can cause debilitating whether she had an affair pain and, sometimes, infertility. on average, it takes with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. seven and a half years to diagnose in the uk. we'll be asking why? the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. the independent office hello everyone, this for police conduct says police is afternoon live, — officers didn't deliberately mislead i'm simon mccoy. a judge over claims of a vip an american businesswoman at the centre of a controversy over westminster paedophile ring — her friendship with borisjohnson but there were shortcomings in the investigation. when he was london mayor to chris silverwood is named as the has refused to say whether she had an intimate relationship with him. jennifer arcuri joined trade new coach of english cricket. andy missions led by mrjohnson, and received thousands of pounds murray continues his come back with in public money — giving rise to questions over whether he had a win at the shanghai masters. and failed to declare a conflict of interest over their relationship. england say they will not take any ms arcuri said today the prime minister was just "a really good risks over the fitness of billy friend" and that he never gave her "any favouritism." mrjohnson has insisted everything vunipola as they wait to see the was done "entirely in the proper way," and denies breaking any rules. extent of his ankle injury at the here's our correspondent helen catt. by extent of his ankle injury at the

rug by world extent of his ankle injury at the rugby world cup. i'm backjust after i hope you're having a productive... 2.30. when then mayor of london boris it's often described johnson agreed to speak at her as a hidden epidemic — one that affects 176 million people events, young tech entrepreneur across the world. jennifer arcuri was overjoyed. endometriosis is a condition that ready to hang out! can affect women from their teenage years and causes intense pain. look at that — boris is hanging out! he ended up being a star more than 13,000 who suffer attraction at several. from it in the uk have you like hanging out with us, right? shared their experiences with the bbc — they say it has badly affected their education, careers, relationships and mental health. she took part in a number following the research, of trade missions mp‘s are today launching an inquiry into its impact. run by city hall and received public broadcaster emma barnett has been speaking about living with the condition. funds while he was in post. speaking to itv‘s i was in agony. good morning britain earlier, jennifer arcuri denied theirfriendship had earned her preferential treatment. my periods could be very heavy, they could be lighter, boris never ever but the one constant theme gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him for a favour, never was how much pain i was in. once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. i mean, it was bone—grinding. he didn't know about my and yet when i went to see doctors asking to go to trips. with my mum, they would say, she said mrjohnson had become a really good "this is whatjust some girls have." friend and that he visited her at her office in her flat in east you are listening to london five, ten, emma barnett on 5live...

as someone who often and handful of times. interviews politicians, i get answers for a living, she refused to answer questions about whether there had been a more intimate relationship. or i try my very best, i had failed to get answers from doctors and i saw all sorts of doctors over the years. because the press have made me this objective i didn't know until the age of 31 ex—model pole dancer, i'm really not going to answer that question. i had endometriosis. so you won't deny it? i'm sorry. i'd gone 21 years without diagnosis. i'm not going to be putting myself in a position for you to weaponise my answer. endometriosis is a condition in women where cells that represent i'm being used as a pawn. like the womb lining, that should leave your body the london assembly is investigating boris during a period, don't, and instead, johnson's links withjennifer arcuri. they stay within your body its code of conduct says... and attach themselves to different organs, building up lesions and causing really difficult pain for women. in the largest study of its kind, the bbc has on a visit to hospital spoken to more than 13,000 in watford earlier, women with endometriosis. borisjohnson was asked nearly all said it had if he thought he had broken it. affected their career, sexual relationships no, and i've said i think everything i will say on the matter. and mental health. the london assembly still have questions. around half said it impacted

their ability to have children. we want him to set out his dealings and half said it led with jennifer arcuri and we also want him to explain this issue to suicidal thoughts. around declarations. i'm going off to meet mum and daughter victoria and jessica who both have endometriosis. what did he do? borisjohnson has previously said i think people just think it's a painful period. he will cooperate with the london "oh, shut up, it's a painful assembly investigation although he thought period, get on with it." they were barking up the wrong tree. i really wish it was a painful period and i only had to cope with yet another challenge then it once a month, but we live for the prime minister at the start of yet another crucial week. with pain every single day. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. depression is a massive part of endometriosis as well. it has been for us. our chief political i've been on antidepressants correspondent, vicki young, since i was 17, which is the same is in westminster. time i was diagnosed. at its worst, how bad has endometriosis affected you? it affects everything. still brexit is the dominant feature everything. and little sign of a break through i've been so poorly recently, there? yes, the proposals he put on i've been at home, not being able to go to college and even at home, there? yes, the proposals he put on the table last week have been i can't do anything and i'm exhausted every single day. dismissed by eu leaders. boris has it brought you closer, do you think? johnson will continue to speak to this sort of pain solidarity? them by phone today and he spoke to yes, because we understand each other. i have really good friends and i can them by phone today and he spoke to the french president, emmanuel macron who, suggested a deadline of speak to them and say i'm really friday. they feel, the french, that

struggling today but no—one really understands like someone there has to be some sign of who is going through it, just like you can understand how much pain i am in right now movement. they want more compromise but my friends don't. from the uk government. it is clear they don't have to live like this. that isn't going to come. downing the same number of people have the condition in this country street feel they have compromised as type two diabetes and they have put that on the table and we know next to nothing and how to treat it. and they have put that on the table and they're and they have put that on the table and they‘ re not and they have put that on the table and they're not going to now move any further. they feel it is up to it's seen to be embarrassing to talk about it. the eu to make compromises of its i didn't think i'd ever come on national television and talk own. so i think that idea of a about my bowels, but, hey! i did it with you! deadline by friday is not recognised by downing street, but they do accept there has to be some real sign of movement by then, because it's heartbreaking to have spoken the eu summit is the following week to victoria and jessica and they will have to decide the about essentially living this joint agenda for that. the opposition life in agony but it really reinforces to me how important parties have been meeting, they're it is that if you recognise any concerned that borisjohnson won't of these symptoms, that follow the law when it comes to the you go to the gp and get a referral to a specialist, 19th october if there is no deal and that you fight for treatment he won't write that letter asking and for a better existence. for a delay to brecht brexit so they have to decide what to do. at the the head of the world moment they're stuck and they cannot endometriosis research foundation is lone hummelshoj, agree on the next step forward. this what is the snp leader said to me

shejoins me now from denmark. earlier. i would simply say to research, any reports like this, colleagues that majority we have for help to put a spotlight on something no deal has to come into effect by that clearly many women live with, using the time to call for a motion without perhaps understanding what they have got? that is absolutely of no confidence to remove the prime minister from office and puts in a correct. we need that awareness, ca re minister from office and puts in a care taker administration with the because that awareness is going to goal of getting the extension and because that awareness is going to delivering an election that is not bea because that awareness is going to be a call for action for national about electing a government, but an governments and institutions to invest in research, so that we can administration that delivers on the mandate. we are playing with fire, improve treatments for people like because we are talk about leaving in victoria and her daughter. is that place a prime minister who may drive treatment progressing in a way that us place a prime minister who may drive us off the cliff edge, irrespective you are satisfied with? no, it of what the law says. the snp would be willing to backjeremy corbyn, really isn't. we don't understand they think as the head of the the cause of endometriosis and opposition he should have the first without understanding the cause, we chance to be prime minister in those can't develop a cure. we even circumstances. but not everyone agrees. the problem that there is, struggle to diagnose endometriosis, you have got around 20 former because the only way to do is so an conservative mps who have made it clear there is no way they would invasive procedure. investment in backjeremy corbyn for prime minister, even if it werejust

research, so we backjeremy corbyn for prime minister, even if it were just for a invasive procedure. investment in research, so we can invasive procedure. investment in research, so we can understand how few days. also there are former and why it develops and what labour mps who have left the party treatments work for specific types and they have said they won't do it of disease will improve the lives of and they have said they won't do it those affected. for that, we need and for those reasons, the leader er of the liberal democrats is also saying thatjeremy corbyn simply investment, a lot of investment in doesn't have the numbers. i'm research. giving the debilitating nature of the pain and the fact it absolutely prepared to go to forward with a government of national euan can cause infertility, there may be tichlt i think we —— national unity. some surprise that we are not i think we need that. that could be further advanced? i think it is scandalous that we are not further anybody that commands the confidence of the house of commons and will ahead. it affects 176 million young actually obey the rule of law by sending that request for an women around the globe and yet we extension. astonishingly at the don't even have acceptable weekend, the labour party through john mcdonnell said they would never treatments without side effects in 2019. surgery is a corner stone of back anybody other than jeremy corbyn and if they stick to that the treatment of endometriosis, but position, seriously, it will end up it isa the treatment of endometriosis, but it is a highly skilled profession, being the case the biggest block to just like cancer surgery, and there ain being the case the biggest block to a in deal brexit will be jeremy corbyn himself. so parliament is set are not enough surgeons to treat the many that are affected and they do to be prorogued again tomorrow, mps need very specific training to do won't be back until monday for the

so. need very specific training to do so. one of the things highlighted queen's speech. so really for the here is the impact notjust physically, but the mental impact opposition parties, that is it for them, there is nothing more they can that this has and many women talking do. there is no more action they can ta ke do. there is no more action they can take until next week. thank you. about being driven to thought of suicide because of this. well, legal action in edinburgh aimed pelvic pain is stigmatised and we at forcing the prime minister are not good at talking about it, to ask for a brexit extension if he can't reach a deal because it is not a visible injury with brussels has been dismissed. the case was brought that people can sympathise with you by the snp mp, joanna cherry, about. so... if you're in pain for and others, at the court of session. they asked the court to create an order which would force that people can sympathise with you about. so... if you're in painfora very long time, and not being taken mrjohnson to comply with the so—called benn act, which requires him to send a letter seriously and you're on a course of to the eu asking for a delay hit and miss treatments, that will to brexit, to avoid a no—deal affect your mental health. you never get a rest from him. thank you for departure from the eu. your time. boris johnson has urged an american woman who is wanted for questioning detectives are investigating over a fatal car crash whether human remains found in woodland could be those of the missing student to return to the uk. joy morgan. anne sacoolas, the wife the 20—year—old was murdered in december 2018 of a american diplomat, by shohfah—el israel, left the country after the accident who was jailed in august. in northampshire this summer. officers were called to the woodland a teenager, harry dunn, in stevenage on saturday. was killed in the incident. mrjohnson said he was prepared the mp stephen hepburn has been suspended by the labour party to raise the matter personally

while an allegation of sexual with the white house, if she did not cooperate. richard galpin reports. the mp stephen hepburn has been suspended by the labour party 19—year—old harry dunn while an allegation of sexual was an accomplished motorcyclist, harrassment is investigated. according to his family. mr hepburn, who has represented the safe labour seat of jarrow in the north east of england on the 27th of august, since 1997, is alleged to have he was killed following a targeted a female party member collision with a car here in in her 20s at a curry house northamptonshire, not farfrom a us 1a years ago. air force base. the alleged incident has been his father was quickly at the scene. referred to the labour party's ultimate disciplinary body, the national constitutional committee. at the time when i got there, he was struggling to breathe, so ijust spoke to him and said, harry, it is your dad, let them know what they have got to do, a humpback whale has been they are here to help you. spotted in the river thames near the dartford crossing. multiple sightings of the 26—metre i'd like to think it gave him some whale were reported near the bridge on sunday. comfort because he did quieten down, because he was complaining about chest pains. i'd like to say as well the british divers marine life that the emergency services were amazing. rescue have confirmed the whales rescue have confirmed the whale's it is like they brought to the hospital to harry, giving him presence and they've been observing blood and everything it's movements saying its behaviour on the side of the road. has been ‘perfectly normal‘. the sightings come almost the car was being driven by the wife exactly a year after benny of a diplomat living at the beluga was noticed this base. in the thames by gravesend.

looks like something out of jaws! she's been named as anne sacoolas. afterwards, she flew back now the weather. we are looking at to the united states, despite telling police she had pretty pictures and red sky in the no such plans. morning. were you up early enough to harry's family are appealing seeit? morning. were you up early enough to for her to return. see it? no. look what you would have i don't... seen see it? no. look what you would have seen if you had just opened the we don't want to think that she chose curtains, just ten minutes or so to leave, as a mother, earlier. about 7 o'clock sun rise, i wouldn't have done that myself, beautiful in eastern england. this was london as you can see. a and many other people that have come forward supporting us feel exactly the same, beautiful one in hertfordshire and i so we don't want to believe that it saw it, simon. also across parts of was her choice. but i believe that she could sussex and into eastern england. a overrule any diplomatic immunity and decide to get on that plane bit of a weather folklore red sky in and come back herself, and that's what we're urging her to do. the morning, shepherd's warning, all these pictures out to the east. that is because most of our weather comes the family's appeals are now being followed up by from the west. so we had a blanket the chief constable northamptonshire police. he says he's written of cloud and the sun reflects on in the strongest terms to that cloud and we have the the us embassy urging them to set aside orange—looking skies. her diplomatic immunity in order to allow the justice that cloud and we have the orange-looking skies. was it chilly process to take place — at that time of morning on the old a view now shared by broom stick? no, iwas the prime minister.

at that time of morning on the old broom stick? no, i was out having a run! i won't have got away with i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity that, i will pay for that later. it for this type of purpose, and i hope has been a while i will let you off. that anne sacoolas will come back and engage properly with the nice to have you back. what is in processes of law as they are carried store for the rest of us before i out in this country. get into real trouble. some harry's mother has said, if necessary, she is store for the rest of us before i get into realtrouble. some rain has prepared to go to washington to been pushing in from the west, but appeal directly to president trump to get anne sacoolas back to britain. richard galpin, bbc news. it has been fragmented and not as heavyin it has been fragmented and not as heavy in norfolk as we had yesterday. to the west, it is sunny spells and scattered showers, although not much sunshine around at the moment. but there are real craig barker is a professor of international law cluster of showers, because of at london south bank university. this... this low pressure close to iceland. the wind is driving in . let's talk about the law as it plenty of showers across western stands. i mean, frankly at the scotland, through northern ireland moment, she has fled, well, she has and along west—facing coasts. we have a front that has to continue to gone back to the united states, there is nothing that can force her clear from the south—east and early back? within the law, she has rush hour more rain and temperatures around 11 to 16 degrees this immunity from jurisdiction, although she is the wife of a diplomat, it is

afternoon. there is that wetter weather easing through the early pa rt weather easing through the early part of evening and behind we keep extended to the family. as it the showers going. particularly in stands, there is very little that we the showers going. particularly in the north—west. driven by blustery can do. it requires the us to make a decision. however serious the winds w the showers and cloud, its won't be a cold night and stays allegation? yes and indeed the more frost—free throughout the week with double digits. we start tomorrow on serious ones, the less likely they a quieter note. plenty of showers are to waive immunity. but waiver is from the word go to the north—west of scotla nd unusual in any circumstances. is it from the word go to the north—west of scotland and northern ireland and with a south westerly wind, that a system that is often abused, is it open to abuse? it is open to abuse. will drives showers inland. some of the showers could be heavy with some i have been working in this for 30 thunder. but as with the nature of yea rs i have been working in this for 30 years and i have very rarely come showers, you might escape them and across abuse, particularly of think keep that drier slot and type. diplomats usually behave well, temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees. we they have a free card and they don't almost put the weather story in actually abuse it. they're required repeat this week. i could take the to abide by the law and they generally do. we should stress, she afternoon off and just play recordings. until the weekend, there hasn't faced any criminal

is the risk of perhaps some more proceedings, we don't know what happened, but family want to know persistent rain in the south—east by what did happen? yes and the the end of the week and into the investigation, it seeps odd that —— weekend. more details on all of that, but if you haven't already got seems odd that the investigation is stymied in this way. it is one of the message, where have you been? it those things where they do often do will be windy and weather and some showers will ease and some of you this. the part that upset the family may dodge them. is this woman told the police she would not be going back to the united states. is there anything that would have alerted them to the fa ct that would have alerted them to the fact that she was perhaps going back? i would have expected the diplomatic immunity to have been clear to the police when they were questioning her. i'm not sure at what point they became aware of it. but you know one would have imagined she would have said that. if she didn't, the sense i get is she was wanting to co—operate and then she was put under pressure to return to the us. the family of the young man this is bbc news.

our latest headlines: who died, want a change in the law. the american businesswoman jennifer arcuri has refused yeah. but what you're saying is to comment on claims she had an affair with boris johnson when he was mayor of london. there are waivers that are available? yes the convention, the just for the record, law itself has a number of options you are not denying it? i am not answering, within it. waiver is one of them. that is my record. another is that the jurisdiction of did you break the gla code of conduct? the us courts could apply, although no, and i have said everything i think i am going to say the us courts could apply, although the offence, the alleged offence was on that matter. committed in the uk, there might be borisjohnson says he will personally speak to the white house about withdrawing the possibility of criminal proceedings in the us. more likely the diplomatic immunity thatis of an american woman who left the uk proceedings in the us. more likely that is assuming that a court is after a road traffic accident willing to hear the case in the. in which a 19—year—old man died. the independent office united states there might be an for police conduct says police officers didn't deliberately mislead opportunity to bring a civil claim a judge over claims of a vip in the the united states. of course westminster paedophile ring, but there were shortcomings in the investigation. there are no winners a horrible story, you have a family here grieving and no doubt the lady herself, whatever the facts of the incident will also be suffering? i've no doubt that she will be sport now on afternoon live finding this very difficult and may with ben croucher. ben, tell me more about the new man indeed want to come back. and the in charge of england cricket. united states government may be chris silverwood is the man stopping her. the issue is the with the unenviable job of following trevor bayliss extent to which the uk, we have

as england head coach. bayliss stepped down after the ashes heard from mrjohnson, saying he and having led england doesn't think diplomatic immunity should be used. he needs to put to the 50—over world cup pressure on the us government, perhaps all the way to the president in the summer. to get them to realise that there is silverwood is perhaps not a an opportunity for them to do the household name... right thing here. what i think the americans will be concerned about and it has to be said is that they don't want to set a precedent. it is but has been in the england setup for a couple of years now working with the bowlers, unusualfor don't want to set a precedent. it is unusual for these things to happen having previous been successful and if they start waiving immunity in a coaching role with essex. more established international players such as gary kirsten and alec stewart were considered regularly, then they may feel for the role but our cricket they're required to do it and it correspondent jonathan agnew explains silverwood's pedigree sets a precedent. thank you. and knowledge of the dressing room has counted in his favour. he isa he is a former fast bowler, he played a handful of tests, he played you're watching afternoon live, for yorkshire, a popularfigure within the game and moved into court these are our headlines: coaching will stop he was very the american businesswoman successful at essex, got them jennfer arcuri refuses to say promoted to the first division in whether she had an affair with borisjohnson when he one year and to win the championship was mayor of london. the prime minister says he will talk in the following year. that is his to the white house about withdrawing credentials really because england diplomatic immunity for a woman

involved in a car crash here are looking to tighten their in which a teenager was killed focus on test cricket. whilst he the independent office for police conduct says police hasn't poached a national team officers didn't deliberately mislead a judge over claims of a vip before, he has been involved in as westminster paedophile ring — bowling coach. getting essex to the but there were shortcomings in the investigation in sport, chris silverwood is named bottom to the top will have counted as the new coach of the england men's team. he said the squad has in his favour as england focus on potential for growth. andy murray test cricket now. well, silverwood's first task has won again at the shanghai will be in new zealand next month for two tests and t20 internationals. the squad has already been picked masters. england say they will not for that one but it's england's desire to win back the ashes ta ke masters. england say they will not take any risks over the fitness of next winter that will be his long term goal. billy vunipola as they wait to find let's talk tennis. andy murray out the extent of his ankle injury. continues his recovery and plays in i'm backjust after half past. china. six or seven months ago he had hip surgery, a long—standing injury. he is continuing his comeback in asia. he has won again today reaching the last eight in beijing last week. now he is into as we've been hearing, the second round of the shanghai masters. he wasn't up against a top in the last few moments, opponent but world number 56. plenty has said she's, "deeply

sorry for the mistakes that were made" during the force's investigations into false claims of sexual abuse. operation midland ended of firepower to worry murray. murray without any arrests or charges lost the first set in this latest after one complainant, carl beech, made a series of bogus tournament coming back from hip allegations against public figures. surgery. tournament coming back from hip surgery. took the second x— two with that brilliant crosscourt shot in the decider, one of the highlights. today the police watchdog defended its decision not to recommend any taking out his frustration in an action against officers. when it published its report unusual way, it is fair to say. on the scotland yard inquiry. june kelly reports. murray won the final set 6—3. he is now going to meet italy's tenth seed the police investigation abia fig meanie in the next round. into an alleged westminster paedophile ring cost £2.5 million. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, was among those forced to bear the human cost. fabio fognini. falsely accused, as was lord brittain, the ex ahead of theirfinal rugby world cup pool match against france this weekend, tory mp harvey proctor, england are sweating the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, on the fitness of back row billy vunipola. and long—time labour politician lord coaches say janner. they will wait another day before making a definitive decision on his ankle injury. if he's not deemed to be fit, it's expected mark wilson will come now the former senior judge

who reviewed the disastrous into the side instead. scotland yard inquiry has slammed the loser of that match will likely the investigation by the police face wales in the quarter finals. watchdog into the conduct warren gatland has made two changes for theirfinal pool match against fiji. both in the back row where james of the officers involved. davies and ross moriarty come in. just time to tell you that fabian delph has pulled out law and order depends on the oversight of those invested with of the england football squad that power. will play the forthcoming who guards the guards themselves? euro 2020 qualifiers in the czech republic and bulgaria. the midfielder picked up an injury who watches the watchers? during everton‘s premier league defeat at burnley on saturday. no further replacements are planned at this moment in time a malfunctioning police as gareth southgate's preparations force has not received begin with a 24—man squad. the necessary oversight. and before we go, we loved this video on social media from the olympic gold medalist jack laugher. here he is at a training camp in turkey with a few other members of the british diving team, carl beech, a hospital inspector and school governor, duped and they're channelling the avengers experienced detectives with his bogus allegations. a cruel and compulsive liar, with their best superhero he set out to undermine the reputations of those impressions. he wrongly accused. lord brittan died before very, very nicely done. carl beech had been exposed. sir richard henriques believes police unlawfully obtained if we scroll back down the line, we the warrants to search the homes of the innocent victims. will see all of them holding their the police watchdog rejects this. today its director—general said... posters as well. i don't know about

you, simon, but my torso needs a little bit more work. yes, well, mine doesn't. obviously was not no comment. mikei mike i gave up on it many years ago. harvey proctor, who lost his home and hisjob because he was under you are watching afternoon live. suspicion, was allowed to see the police watchdog's report before its publication today. passengers who had their thomas cook holiday cancelled can apply for a refund from today. the civil aviation authority is expecting applications the iopc is hand in glove from around 800 thousand people. from around 800, 000 people. with the metropolitan police. it says its website is facing unprecedented demand — there should be a full investigation so if people are having trouble submitting claims today — they should try again tomorrow. into these police officers. the final flights to bring home stranded holidaymakers while carl beech is in prison who were abroad when the company went bust arrived back for his lies, the police watchdog is insisting it has carried out in the uk this morning. a thorough and detailed our personal finance correspondent investigation into what went on at scotland yard. june kelly, bbc news. simon gompertz is here. unprecedented demand, unsurprisingly, but they are struggling a bit already. some are unhappy because they have had to wait these two weeks before they can put a claim in. wait these two weeks before they can police have arrested more than 130 puta claim in. we wait these two weeks before they can put a claim in. we have had a big people in connection with a climate change protest in london, organised fly back, people repatriated, and it by extinction rebellion. was always the case of the civil the group has blocked lambeth

aviation authority was going to and westminster bridges, start the refund claims today, so but says its aim is to shut down the whole of westminster. our correspondent, dan johnson, that's started two weeks after the sent this from trafalgar square. there was gridlock this morning at collapse, and it is probably going some of london's iconic landmarks. to be another couple of months potentially before people get their what do we want? climate justice! money back. they are rushing in to try and get a claim protesters popped up to block key money back. they are rushing in to try and geta claim in in money back. they are rushing in to try and get a claim in in time and junctions, roads and bridges, they are finding that it is targeting parliament difficult on the website. the caa and government buildings, all in the name of highlighting says there are not lectures on their their climate concerns. system, it is simply the weight of numbers. it is a bit like when you the police had promised a robust response but warned these demonstrations and the disruption have a festival and everyone tries to get in on the same day to get are stretching their numbers. still, they stepped in quickly their spaces online. in the same to cut protesters free and make arrests, and we have been way, people have been trying and told to expect two weeks there just isn't enough space online of this sort of direct action. for them to put these applications we are facing the loss of the majority of life on earth in. some are finding it even within a few generations. difficult to fill in the form to get we don't know what the planet will a refund. so, unhappiness out there. a couple of hours ago, 11,500 had look like by the end of the century, but it is highly likely that it will be largely uninhabitable. so what do you do when you know that submitted and more since then some people have been trying all morning that that is coming? u nsuccessfully. people have been trying all morning

unsuccessfully. worrying process for the protests reach people. they have spent the money right around the world. this was sydney. and want it back. once they have extinction rebellion submitted their fun, how easy is the is a global movement, process , submitted their fun, how easy is the process, will they get their money and it made its presence felt back? the problem is you are here in france and in india too, calling for greater international planning a holiday in a few weeks' commitments on carbon emissions. time, you have paid for it and you but back in london, not everyone haven't got any other money so you agrees with the approach. need to get the refund in order to i think you are hysterical pay for your replacement holiday extremists, and you are alienating public because you have booked the time away probably. that is a dilemma opinion, people face. if they paid by direct and they ain't going to turn off their lights debit, then they will get the money until you ask them to individually. there well may be more frustration back pretty quickly by october 1a, over the next fortnight, so back pretty quickly by october 1a, so that will be good. of course, a but these climate campaigners say lot of people paid on credit cards, they feel this is their only option to get urgent action thatis lot of people paid on credit cards, that is where this 60 day aim that the caa has said comes into pay. to address our warming planet. they aim to pay within 60 days which for some families will be a problem. inafew for some families will be a problem. in a few cases, the flights were not and we can hearfrom helena thomas cook but the accommodation was thomas cook in their package and wilkinson at the london protest. they can still go away on those we are close to lambeth bridge, flights but they would have to book where the demonstrators have replacement accommodation and the

only money they will get back is congregated and ta ken where the demonstrators have congregated and taken over. if we give you an idea of what it looks what they originally spent on holiday, so if it small, they will like. there is a line of police officers, some coming over the be in holiday, so if it small, they will beina holiday, so if it small, they will bridge. what they have done is be inajam. stopped the demonstrators from holiday, so if it small, they will be in a jam. those who just booked flights, and not covered in the taking over the bridge itself. so package holiday regulations, they don't get the money paid back from far, the police have told us they the atoll scheme so they will have to fall back against a claim against have made 135 arrests so far. but the credit card company or travel not only here but also trafalgar insurance. thank you. square and down near downing street, police have arrested more than 130 people in connection with a climate where some of the demonstrators have change protest in london, taken over. organised by extinction rebellion. where some of the demonstrators have ta ken over. that where some of the demonstrators have taken over. that has been their the group has blocked lambeth intention. they say they want to and westminster bridges, but says its aim is to shut down the whole of westminster. ta ke intention. they say they want to our correspondent, dan johnson, take over around 29 government buildings. let's speak to one of sent this from trafalgar square. demonstrators, joe, tell us why you can see that they are right you're here? so, i don't, this is here across the road and that means the main streets around trafalgar square are closed, and that is a deliberate strategy not something i've normally done, to target these high—profile sites. i'm a doctorand if we look around here, not something i've normally done, i'm a doctor and a mother and i feel we can see the protesters 00:40:51,595 --> 2147483051:57:10,512 have packed a trailer 2147483051:57:10,512 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and there are actually demonstrators i have a duty to react to the real threat that climate change presents and other methods have been tried and other methods have been tried and haven't been successful and i

feel compelled to be here and be pa rt of feel compelled to be here and be part of this. you want to be here, but what is it you want to be done? to raise the awareness of the real concern about climate change and see some meaningful action. we know governments have claimed there is a climate emergency, but there hasn't been any meaningful action following from that. a lot of people in london say it is causing disruption and the protests will continue for two weeks, is this the best way to do this? i know a lot of us, myself included feel uncomfortable about that, but the disruption for a couple of weeks compared to the potential disruption of climate change in my children's young adult livhood is minimal and other things s livhood is minimal and other things s haven't been successful. the protests will continue they say for

the next couple of weeks. 135 people have so far been arrested. thank you very much. it's often described as a hidden epidemic — one that affects 176 million people across the world. endometriosis is a condition that can affect women from their teenage years and causes intense pain. more than 13,000 who suffer from it in the uk have shared their experiences with the bbc — they say it has badly affected their education, careers, relationships and mental health. following the research, mp's are today launching an inquiry into its impact. broadcaster emma barnett has been speaking about living with the condition. i was in agony. my periods could be very heavy, they could be lighter, but the one constant theme was how much pain i was in. i mean, it was bone—grinding. and yet when i went to see doctors with my mum, they would say, "this is whatjust some girls have."

you are listening to emma barnett on 5live... as someone who often interviews politicians, i get answers for a living, or i try my very best, i had failed to get answers from doctors and i saw all sorts of doctors over the years. i didn't know until the age of 31 i had endometriosis. i'd gone 21 years without diagnosis. endometriosis is a condition in women where cells that represent like the womb lining, that should leave your body during a period, don't, and instead, they stay within your body and attach themselves to different organs, building up lesions and causing really difficult pain for women. in the largest study of its kind, the bbc has spoken to more than 13,000 women with endometriosis. nearly all said it had

affected their career, sexual relationships and mental health. around half said it impacted their ability to have children. and half said it led to suicidal thoughts. i'm going off to meet mum and daughter victoria and jessica who both have endometriosis. i think people just think it's a painful period. "oh, shut up, it's a painful period, get on with it." i really wish it was a painful period and i only had to cope with it once a month, but we live with pain every single day. depression is a massive part of endometriosis as well. it has been for us. i've been on antidepressants since i was 17, which is the same time i was diagnosed. at its worst, how bad has endometriosis affected you? it affects everything. everything. i've been so poorly recently, i've been at home, not being able to go to college and even at home, i can't do anything and i'm exhausted every single day. has it brought you closer, do you think? this sort of pain solidarity? yes, because we understand each other. i have really good friends and i can

speak to them and say i'm really struggling today but no—one really understands like someone who is going through it, just like you can understand how much pain i am in right now but my friends don't. they don't have to live like this. the same number of people have the condition in this country as type two diabetes and we know next to nothing and how to treat it. it's seen to be embarrassing to talk about it. i didn't think i'd ever come on national television and talk about my bowels, but, hey! i did it with you! it's heartbreaking to have spoken to victoria and jessica about essentially living this joint life in agony but it really reinforces to me how important it is that if you recognise any of these symptoms, that you go to the gp and get a referral to a specialist, that you fight for treatment and for a better existence. alex roach is 25 and has had

endometriosis for years but it took a long time to diagnose. shejoins me now. first, how long did it take to diagnose and why so long? first, how long did it take to diagnose and why so long ?m first, how long did it take to diagnose and why so long? it took seven long yea rs diagnose and why so long? it took seven long years of fighting for me to be diagnosed with endometriosis. there are many reasons for which it ta kes there are many reasons for which it takes so long for women to get a diagnosis, which is something that is so key in preventing the disease from progressing, because that is the nature of the disease. i saw so many doctors and many did not believe me. many said it wasjust many doctors and many did not believe me. many said it was just a painful period. i was told i had ibs. i was given every other sort of excuse in the book for seven long yea rs excuse in the book for seven long years and it was a real struggle to get a diagnosis. for that time, you we re

get a diagnosis. for that time, you were suffering debilitating pain, it must have had an effect on each part of life. yes i was absent from school and i couldn't give my teachers a reason why. it affected my relationships and i wasn't equipped with any kind of justification or any kind of understanding as to why i was in pain all the time. i used to swim competitively and if i couldn't go toa competitively and if i couldn't go to a gala, because i was unable to walk or leave the house, ijust, i was left without any answers for seven yea rs, was left without any answers for seven years, trying to convince people that there was something really wrong. it is that sort of pain, unable to walk? yeah, to the point, it is not even an unable to walk just because it point, it is not even an unable to walkjust because it hurts so much i don't want to move, the pain is so bad that it radiates down the back of my leg and when you reach a certain level of pain you become

numb and my legs become unresponsive. when it was diagnosed, imean i'm unresponsive. when it was diagnosed, i mean i'm sure there was relief, was there anger? there was anger, there was fear, there was frustration. mainly relief, because i knew i wasn't mad. this is something that's stayed with me even after my diagnosis and having the disease for many years, i just two yea rs disease for many years, i just two years ago found myself again, i had an operation and had the endometriosis removed and it has grown back and i was going back to my gp's saying, look i've endometriosis and in agony, my desk job is too painful and putting to much pressure on my organs. i was told by five different gps that it was all in my head. i paid privately to go for a scan and the moment the scan started they identified it and

it neated needed to be operated on. the understanding in the medical community was not where i needed it to be to get the help that i needed. it is pretty shocking to hear what you have just described. it is pretty shocking to hear what you havejust described. i know you don't have children, it must be a concern that your long—term prospects of having children will be affected by this 100%. it is a leading cause of infertility in women. people discuss fertility almost as a simply can you can you not have children but the reality of it is so much more complicated. many women who have endometriosis, some will have kids without problem, some will have kids without problem, some will need ivf and the home on is that i needed for that have side effects —— the hormones he did that have side effects. there was an article published by the bbc that

found women with endometriosis are likely to miscarry. we are also more likely to miscarry. we are also more likely to miscarry. we are also more likely to have ectopic pregnancies which can be fatal. there is an array of additional complications and baggage that comes with it. array of additional complications and baggage that comes with itm is incredibly brave of you to talk about it on television like this and i really appreciate your time. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. lets catch up with the weather. hello there. quite a lot of cloud across the country so far today and there has been outbreaks of rain. let's take a look at the latest story. we have got a weather front down into the south—east and then behind a rash of showers, particularly heavy and frequent up into the far north—west. by the end of the afternoon, that rain is still to clear away from the south east corner, clearer skies through the evening and overnight and still some showers going across scotland and northern ireland and north—west england. with all the cloud around as well, those temperatures will hold up,

eight to 12 celsius. we start off tomorrow morning on a relatively dry note, there will be a little bit of early morning brightness for some of us but showers from the word go the further north and west. as we go through the afternoon, a blustery south—west wind will drive further showers inland as well. so sunny spells and scattered showers driven along pretty quickly by strong blustery south—west winds. top temperatures by the middle of the afternoon peaking at 12 to 17 celsius. take care. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the american businesswoman jennifer arcuri has refused to comment on claims she had an affair with boris johnson when he was mayor of london. just for the record, you are not denying it? i am not answering, that is my record. did you break the gla code of conduct? know and i have said everything i am going to say on

that matter. borisjohnson says he will personally speak to the white house about withdrawing the diplomatic immunity of an american woman who left the uk after a road traffic accident in which a 19—year—old man died. the independent office for police conduct says police officers didn't deliberately mislead a judge over claims of a vip ——the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she‘s ‘deeply sorry‘ for mistakes that were made duringthe force‘s investigation into claims of a vip westminster paedophile ring. let‘s go to the sport. a new man in charge of england cricket, who is he? is chris silverwood is his name. he used to play for yorkshire at 1520 years ago. he is a man england are trusting to lead them over the next few years. he replaces trevor bayliss. he is credited in turning england into the most formidable side which com related into the world cup win in the summer. silverwood didn‘t have the most stellar international career, played just a dozen times but he has got an impressive coaching resume. he is expected to have a main focus on red

ball game. he is a former fast bowler, he played a handful of test for england, played long—term for yorkshire, a popularfigure within the game and then moved into coaching like some players do, of course, and he is very successful at 06. he got them promoted to the first division in one year and to win the championship the following year, so that is his credentials. england are looking to really tighten their focus on test cricket. while he hasn‘t coached a national tea m while he hasn‘t coached a national team before, he has been very much involved in bowling coach over the last few years. it is that ability to get essex from the bottom to the top in consecutive years which will have counted in his favour as england focus on test cricket now. silverwood‘s first task is going to be in new zealand next month. england will pay two test matches and 5t20 internationals. the squad has already been picked for that one. it is england‘s desire to win

back the ashes in 2021 which will be silverwood‘s long—term goal. back the ashes in 2021 which will be silverwood's long-term goal. andy murray, i feel silverwood's long-term goal. andy murray, ifeel a bit sorry silverwood's long-term goal. andy murray, i feel a bit sorry for him. we were having this discussion in the office. when does andy murray‘s come back stop and when does he become a normal tennis player again. who knows. maybe a grand slam is on the cards. using the second read of the cards. using the second read of the shanghai masters as he continues his recovery in a long—standing hip injury. he won in three sets in china. he produced some incredible passing shots that we came to love. that when he decided it was particularly impressive. his frustration grew and took it out in his cell. it didn‘t have the desired effect. murray won the final set about six — three. elsewhere in china, edmund lost and

will lose his british number one ranking. ahead of theirfinal rugby world cup against france this weekend, england are sweating on the fitness of back row billy vunipola. they will wait another day before making a definitive decision on his ankle injury. if he is not deemed to be fit, it is expected mark wilson will come into the side instead. the lose of that match were likely to face wales in the quarterfinals. warren gatland has made two changes for their final match against fiji. but in the back row, james davis and ross moriarty coming in. manchester united striker matt marcus ratchford. blashford said on twitter you cannot hide in football and the last few weeks haven‘t been good enough. united are 12th in the table and two

points of the relegation zone. blashford focus will now be on the england team. midfielder picked up the injury during everton‘s premier league defeat against burnley on saturday. no further replacements are planned as southgate‘s preparations continue with a 20 man —— 2a man squad. more in the next half an hour. thank you very much for that. the media watchdog, ofcom, has said it has "serious concerns around the transparency of the bbc‘s complaints process" following its handling of the naga munchetty case. the bbc recently reversed a decision to partially uphold a complaint against the presenter for comments she made about president trump. i‘ve been speaking to our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. so ofcom have published a very detailed ten page report about their investigation into what happened on bbc breakfast way back on the 17th ofjuly. that was the day naga munchetty and dan walker were on the sofa and this issue came up where they were discussing

president donald trump and issues surrounding racism. now, ofcom have gone through their dialogue that day, sentence by sentence. after analysing it, they have said that naga munchetty and dan walker did absolutely nothing wrong. they have not broken their broadcast code. but what ofcom are unhappy about is the complaints procedure that the bbc had after that. you will remember in september it was announced that they had partially upheld a complaint against naga munchetty and then four days later, the director—general of the bbc, tony hall, overturned that decision. what ofcom are saying is that bbc was not transparent enough both in that original decision and why it was overturned by the director general tony hall. they say the bbc needs to look into this urgently. and there is also quite an interesting bit in this ten—page report where it actually appears that the bbc and ofcom are in dispute as to whether ofcom has a right to comment on this bbc show, whether bbc breakfast, whether this exchange, falls under

the jurisdiction of ofcom. ofcom say absolutely that they do. and yet the bbc argues that it dealt with it internally and that is how it should have been done. yes, absolutely. ofcom say one of their complaints is the only person who actually got to see the full reasoning behind the bbc‘s decision was the person who made the complaint. ofcom have asked for a copy of what the person who made the original complaint was sent to say why the decision had been partially upheld, the bbc would not send that workings to ofcom. ofcom are saying that the bbc has to change this, they have to be more transparent. if the bbc makes a decision like that, they have to explain what they have done. so, this ruling today could actually have quite far—reaching implications. that was connor patterson. some breaking news. we are hearing a three—week—old baby was stabbed in

wallsend in newcastle last weekend has died in hospital as a result of the injuries received. this follows a case of a mother and the baby boy suffering life—threatening injuries ina suffering life—threatening injuries in a property at the weekend. they we re in a property at the weekend. they were found by police at an address near wallsend. a man in his 20s who northumbria police said was known to the victims was arrested at the scene on the victims was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder at the time. in the last few minutes we are just hearing that the three—week—old baby boy who was stabbed in that incident has died in hospital. we will bring you more on that as we get it. new figures obtained by the bbc suggest knife crime is rising at a faster rate outside london, in areas including norfolk, surrey and lancashire. between 2014 and 2018, offences involving knives in england and wales increased by more than two—thirds. almost half of suspects are under the age of 2a, and a quarter of victims are female. our home affairs correspondent sarah corker reports. step into the sensationally stylish blackpool town ballroom... in the shadow of its famous tower,

blackpool has some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in britain. there is a darker side to this seaside town. if someone started on me, i‘d stab ‘em. a lot of people bring knives, like, when we have fights, like. these boys are 1a and 15 years old. one told me he‘d been stabbed in the leg. he then showed me a picture of himself holding a machete at home. to protect their identities, their voices have been changed. is it a normal thing for people to carry knives around here? yeah, pretty much. why do you think people are carrying knives? protection — so if someone comes to you with a knife, you pull out a knife as well. then nothing‘s going to happen. i know people carrying them. people how old? ourage. 14—year—olds carrying knives? 13 at the least, carrying one. why would a 13—year—old boy need to carry a knife? protection. protection from what, though? from each other.

at blackpool football club‘s community trust, students are taught about the dangers of carrying knives. lauren is 18, keeley 17 — both have been threatened. me and my mate were walking home, and a guyjust came out and threatened to stab one of my mates. he had a knife pointing to him. do you feel safe going out? no. i got threatened with a machete on the park by a group of lads when they were playing football, because they wanted to play in our half but we said no. serious knife crime here in blackpool has almost tripled over the last five years. county—lines drug gangs, cuts to youth services, poverty, unemployment, exclusion rates at schools — they‘ve all been linked to a rise in youth violence. 15 miles away in preston, byron is still living with the trauma of his brother‘s death. my brother was fatally stabbed in the neck, so i‘ve got his name across my neck.

every time i look in the mirror, i get to see his name. jon—jo was stabbed by a group of men in this street after an ongoing feud. he was just 18 years old. it was a planned attack, wasn‘t it? yeah, he was stabbed with a sword, a small axe, and he was beaten with a golf club. the whole country is suffering through knife crime. and little places like preston and these small cities like preston get no mention, and we‘re suffering just as much as everyone else in this country. the home office is recruiting 20,000 new police officers over the next three years to help tackle what byron describes as a war against knife crime. sarah corker, bbc news. we will have the businesses in a moment but first the

the american businesswoman jennfer arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she‘s "deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made" during the force‘s investigations into false claims of sexual abuse. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. thomas cook customers face further frustration as some struggle to access the website for claiming refunds on the first day it is launched. around 800,000 custoers were due to travel with the company in the coming months. the civil aviation authority, which is handling the process has apologised and asked affected customers to try the website later. concerns grow about the fate of europe‘s largest economy as factory orders in germany drop by 6.7% in the year to august. some economists now warn germany, one of the uk‘s largest trading partners, could be on the brink of recession due to weak domestic demand and the impact of trade disputes.

more evdence that house prices have stalled in recent months, this time from the halifax. the lender says property prices fell by 0.4% in september compared to the pevious month, meaning the average home was 1.1% higher than a year ago, which is the slowest rate of growth since april 2013. it says growth remains "subdued while the current period of economic uncertainty persists. holidaymakers who‘d booked with thomas cook finally have a chance to apply for their money back but it hasn‘t been straighforward for some? it is not easy. the civil aviation society say it should be straightforward, they have a website, you put your details and an emily comes back. they have likened it to glastonbury, everybody trying to get on at once and get their money back at the same time, that of

course caused a few problems along the lines. they say to keep trying but let‘s get a little bit more on how you go about that. not always straightforward. pippa jacks is the group editor of travel trade gazette. good afternoon. hello. let's talk about operation matterhorn because thatis about operation matterhorn because that is the operation we were alluding to. getting everyone home from abroad. it went smoothly. alluding to. getting everyone home from abroad. it went smoothlym has. considering the scale of the initiative, it has gone pretty smoothly. there will be some holiday makers who will be annoyed that they had to wait overnight or get a cut when i got back to the uk —— as a coach when he got back to the uk. but it has gone pretty smoothly for the process of getting your money back. 360,000 bookers, customers who booked, they‘ll all have to go to this website. take us through what to expect and how to go about this. the caa is only getting involved in

those 360,000 bookings which involved a flight, so had at all protection under the caa‘s regime. you need to find out first whether you are entitled to refund from the caa. if you only booked a flight or hotel booked package through the thomas cook website but it is a different provider. go to the website, read it through, it is very clear, and it will help you work out whether you are eligible for a refund. if you are, if you pay by direct debit, the caa is issuing refunds automatically. it estimates around 100,000 of the 360,000 bookings that it needs to refund our direct debit payments and some of them have been refunded already or they expect them to all be done within 1a they expect them to all be done within14 days, so pretty quick by direct debit. unfortunately other payment methods are estimating more like 60 days. if you paid by credit

card, cash, cheque, you need to fill in the claim form and give them up to 60 days to get your refund. bearing in mind what happened with the website today, we are hoping that that will be possible and people will get the money back in that timeframe. in the meantime, it is interesting. you put the words thomas cook into a search engine and the top results aren‘t the company or the caa, it is another company offering to help you get your money back. this has opened up opportunities for not just legitimate companies but some scams as well. definitely. there was one significant scam website going around last week. we have had people receiving phone calls and text m essa g es receiving phone calls and text messages so receiving phone calls and text messages so it is important to go to the caa website and use that as your first port of call rather than just typing into google and ending up on a fraudulent website by mistake. when you book a holiday, you tend to

book other things around it as well, everything from airport parking to all of these little extras you want to do when you get out there. what is your advice for people who have spent money in these ways?m is your advice for people who have spent money in these ways? if they are eligible under the at protection scheme, keep all of your receipts and tried to include that in your claim back from the caa. it depends how you booked, which channel, who you booked with but there are certainly things that can be done to recoup some of that lost money. really interesting and useful advice there. thank you so much. that's coming thing is interesting. you type it in and... we will come to that in just a second. you type in and the scammers get ways of... you would expect the company to come up. it does but there are also companies coming up saying that they can help people get their money back. it is a bit worrying because people are particularly vulnerable and worried about how they will get their money

back. there is already a system there to not pay anybody a third—party fee. there to not pay anybody a third-party fee. absolutely. the advices keep trying if you can get through the first time. let's have a look the markets. they are looking a little bit dark. the numbers aren‘t looking at dark. they are quite flat. feeling a little bit more gloomy, only been open for about an hour. pretty quiet on the corporate front. some reports hsbc are cutting possibly 10,000 jobs. you can see the pound against the dollar, not budging very much at the moment. all eyes on westminster was that we have an urgent question being asked in the house about the with oral agreement. as you will know. the house about the with oral agreement. as you will knowlj the house about the with oral agreement. as you will know. i do. we are not seeing much movement in the currencies either. thank you very much. a bbc investigation has discovered that1 in 6 of the cases of children seriously injured or killed by an adult in the past decade are

as a result of being shaken. the research looked at serious case reviews recorded on the nspcc‘s website. now midwives are trying to help families understand the dangers, as tracy gee reports. at 16 weeks old, charlie was violently shaken. i came out of the shower to find charlie grey, lifeless, not breathing, in his father‘s arms with no explanation. charlie‘s biological father had maliciously hurt him. they did tell us to prepare for the worst, that his injuries were equivalent to a high—speed car accident because he had been shaken that violently. charlie‘s father was jailed for four years after causing grievous bodily harm. he left his son brain—damaged, blind and with restricted movement. to assess the scale of the problem, we manually checked every serious case review on the nspcc‘s website for the past decade. what we have found is that one in six cases relates to shaken baby syndrome. many parents that do shake their baby don't

do it intentionally, are doing it in the spirit of the moment when something has just broken or gone wrong. this woman was convicted of the manslaughter of her three—month—old baby boy. she maintains her innocence to this day but in sentencing her, the judge attributed the death to a momentary loss of self—control. he would wake up and start crying. i tried to make him calm down, like, cuddling him and things like that. for a few seconds it was happening and then he stopped breathing. it feels like i was just shocked. the death of my son is going to be remembered with me for the rest of my life. midwives are now educating parents about shaken baby syndrome in hospital the minute their baby is born. you need to put her down, take a minute for yourself... it is launching in north yorkshire and york in november and joanne is an ambassador for the cause. how do you feel about the fact that you are now using your story that started out so tragically to now make

a difference in people‘s lives? i am just proud because i know what it feels like to go through something like that. if i can stop it happening and help another family, then makes me feel really proud. and viewers in yorkshire and lincolnshire can see more on that story on inside out this evening at 7:30pm on bbc1. more fallout from the report for police conduct which found no evidence of misconduct with how detectives handled the vip paedophile ring. we have had this reaction from harvey proctor who says his life has been destroyed as a result of that original investigation. he has issued a statement. the publication of the report has shown that the investigation was a transparent stitch up designed to reach only one possible conclusion to exonerate the police officers concerned. it goes on to say this is the work of a body which is intended to be an

independent watchdog over the conduct of the police. he says it is a watchdog that is blind, deaf and toothless. it is breathtaking that in determining if there had been any misconduct on the part of the police, they decided not to interview any of the senior officers with responsibility for the case. and it goes on to name those he says we re and it goes on to name those he says were involved. he says this is more like the chicken guarding the hen house than the fox. he says i have sympathy with the newspapers who have declined name... it is time for the i opc to identify the decision maker and to explain why someone with no legal knowledge would be chosen for an important and sensitive task. he hasjust he has just released that. cressida dick formally apologised saying she is deeply sorry. she says i

recognise our mistakes will have a lasting impact on those who enjoyed intrusive enquiries and were thrust into the spotlight. for some this is an issue which has fundamentally damage their trust in us. this is a matter of great regret for me. harvey proctor very much very angry still as a result of the continued, what he says, is essentially a cover—up of that report. we will have more reaction to that coming up. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. keep that wet weather gear close at hand, you are likely to need it this week. whether you will be able to keep the umbrella up due to the strength of the wind is another matter. this has been the story so far this morning. rather heavy skies and some rain at times. some of it has been quite persistent but it is turning quite showery as we go through the next few hours, and for the remainder of this week, that is going to be the story. the wind is remaining quite a feature, there will be some

showery outbreaks of rain at times. so, over the last few hours, we have seen a pulse of wet weather moving away from eastern england, plenty of showers behind it. the showers heaviest and most widespread up into the north—west, even with the odd rumble of thunder here. that is because we are nearer to this area of low pressure which is sitting out in the atlantic, dominating the weather story. plenty of isobars to the southern flank of that driving in plenty of showers across the country. we have got this front to ease some rain through east anglia, the south east corner, during the early evening rush hour. behind it, the wind is still very much a feature. a little bit of brightness from time to time and temperatures will peak at around 11 to 16 celsius. that is just about where they should be really for the time of year. we will see that rain easing away from the south overnight. quite a lot of cloud continues across the country and plenty of showers just driving in across northern ireland, western scotland and north—west england. because of the cloud around, we are going to keep double digits through the night, eight to 12 celsius. we start off tomorrow with some

brightness from time to time in sheltered eastern areas. showers from the word go out to the west again, some of them heavy and thundery, and that strong south—westerly wind will drive a few showers further inland as we go through the day. again, some of you will escape the showers and keep some brighter spells but it is going to be a blustery feeling day and some of you will keep some heavy showers with the odd rumble of thunder mixed in there as well. temperatures a similar story, 12 to 17 celsius on tuesday, that is 63 fahrenheit. we have still got low pressure up into the north—west. this is going to be the story throughout the week. circulating around these lows like catherine wheels really. we will see bands of showers coming in from the west. for the remainder of the week, it stays breezy at times, some of the showers will be heavy and top temperatures of around 16 or 17 celsius. take care.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at 4: american businesswoman jennifer arcuri details her close friendship with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london, but refuses to say if they had an affair. boris never ever gave me favouritism, never once did i ask him for a favour, never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman

involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. we would have tried to get her a suspended sentence so she could have carried on being a mum, so that she wasn't taken away from her own children. but forgiving her for leaving, i'm nowhere near. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she‘s "deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made" during the force‘s investigations into false claims of sexual abuse. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with ben croucher. chris silverwood said he is thrilled to be the new head coach of the england men‘s cricket team. i will tell you more on that and another win for andy murrayjust tell you more on that and another win for andy murray just after 11.30. and louise has the weather. thank you. it is an unsettled week, blustery winds and sharp down pours

from time to time. all the details coming up. also coming up — endometriosis affects one in 10 women and can cause debilitating pain and, sometimes, infertility. on average, it takes seven and a half years to diagnose in the uk. we‘ll be asking why? hello everyone, this is afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. an american businesswoman at the centre of a controversy over her friendship with borisjohnson when he was london mayor has refused to say whether she had an intimate relationship with him. jennifer arcuri joined trade missions led by mrjohnson, and received thousands of pounds in public money — giving rise to questions over whether he had failed to declare a conflict of interest over their relationship. ms arcuri said today the prime minister was just "a really good friend" and that he never gave her "any favouritism." mrjohnson has insisted everything

was done "entirely in the proper way," and denies breaking any rules. here‘s our correspondent helen catt. i hope you're having a productive... when then mayor of london boris johnson agreed to speak at her events, young tech entrepreneur jennifer arcuri was overjoyed. ready to hang out! look at that — boris is hanging out! he ended up being a star attraction at several. you like hanging out with us, right? she took part in a number of trade missions run by city hall and received public funds while he was in post. speaking to itv‘s good morning britain earlier, jennifer arcuri denied theirfriendship had earned her preferential treatment. boris never ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him for a favour, never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. he didn‘t know about my asking to go to trips.

she said mrjohnson had become a really good friend and that he visited her at her office in her flat in east london five, ten, and handful of times. she refused to answer questions about whether there had been a more intimate relationship. because the press have made me this objective ex—model pole dancer, i‘m really not going to answer that question. so you won't deny it? i‘m sorry. i‘m not going to be putting myself in a position for you to weaponise my answer. i‘m being used as a pawn. the london assembly is investigating boris johnson‘s links withjennifer arcuri. its code of conduct says... on a visit to hospital in watford earlier, borisjohnson was asked if he thought he had broken it. no, and i've said i think everything i will

say on the matter. the london assembly still have questions. we want him to set out his dealings with jennifer arcuri and we also want him to explain this issue around declarations. what did he do? borisjohnson has previously said he will cooperate with the london assembly investigation although he thought they were barking up the wrong tree. yet another challenge then for the prime minister at the start of yet another crucial week. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. have all the questions been answered onjennifer arcuri for this to move on? no, there is one element which is whether they did or did not have an affair. it is a distraction, but for borisjohnson there is the

difficulty of the ongoing investigations, so you can never be sure how long it is going to go on for or what they will find, will he have to give written evidence to the inquiries or be called himself to a nswer inquiries or be called himself to answer questions? all of that going on with unanswered questions. he denies any impropriety, saying he didn‘t need to register any kind of interest and there was no misuse of public funds, the fact that she received grants. i think this will carry on and he will be asked questions about it until it is resolved. another big week for brexit negotiations, but nicola sturgeon‘s called on liberal democrats and labour to grow up on twitter. talk us through it. this is just descended into, they talked about a rebel alliance, so—called. it is not much of an alliance. what

they did achieve the opposition parties, they got the law changed, so parties, they got the law changed, so the prime minister will be forced if there is no deal to ask for a delay to brexit. but that is as far as they have got. they brought parliament back. but sense then they have not been able to achieve much, because they don‘t agree on whether they could form a government of national unity, because they can‘t agree who would be at the head of it. the snp say it is the liberal democrats blocking the way, because they won‘t backjeremy corbyn. this is what their westminster leader said. that majority that we have for no deal has to come into effect by us no deal has to come into effect by us calling for a motion of no confidence to remove the prime minister from office and puts in a ca re minister from office and puts in a care taker administration with the simple goal of getting the extension and delivering an election. it is not about delivering a government,

but delivering an administration that delivers on that mandate. we are playing with fire because we are talk about leave in place a prime minister that may drive us off the cliff edge, irrespective of what the law says. labour say any government of this kind would have to be led by jeremy corbyn. but many say we won‘t back him. the problem they have is they‘re stuck, unable to get around one figure and the liberal democrat are hitting back saying it is not them that are getting in the way.|j am absolutely prepared to go forward with a government of national unity, i think that we need to have that, as an insurance option. frankly, that could be anybody that commands the confidence of the house of commons and who will actually obey the rule of law by sending that request for an extension of article 50. astonishingly at the weekend, the labour party through john mcdonnell said they would never back

anybody other than jeremy corbyn and if they stick to that position, seriously, it will end up being the case that the biggest block to stopping a no—deal brexit will be jeremy corbyn himself. the liberal democrats say that because you have around 20 former conservative mps who will never backjeremy corbyn, plus quite a few labour mps who have left the party, they say it doesn‘t make a difference if they back jeremy corbyn, because he does vn the numbers to become prime minister. today the house of commons is sitting, they have been discussing whether the government should publish the legal text of the deal borisjohnson should publish the legal text of the deal boris johnson has should publish the legal text of the deal borisjohnson has put forward. the government is refusing to do so, they say they will consider doing it if they think it is helpful to the negotiations. is that your backing group or the extinction rebellion? it is not my back group — they‘re better. thank you.

with me now is georgina wright from the institute for government. what will happen. we know talks are happening with the eu, but are they happening with the eu, but are they happening fast enough? the eu have said the proposals do not meet their conditions so, a deal by next week is looking unlikely. what happens in terms of the pressure of the timing, 3ist terms of the pressure of the timing, 31st october we know what boris johnson says will happen and we know that others say it can‘t happen, what could happen? we know that government wants to secure a deal and that steven barclay was in the netherlands talking to the touch prime minister. but they say they need more clarity and the proposals don‘t go far enough. i think the mood in brussels is turning the attention, is shifting towards an extension. if government did request

an extension, what would be the eu‘s conditions. we know they don‘t want this extension to be a rolling one. that is they don‘t want to set another extension only to approach and realise they need another. they wa nt to and realise they need another. they want to make sure if the uk does remaina want to make sure if the uk does remain a member state, want to make sure if the uk does remain a memberstate, it want to make sure if the uk does remain a member state, it doesn‘t interfere with other week. we have a new commission and how to spend the next seven year budget. that is what is happening there, what about what is happening there, what about what is happening there, what about what is happening here, parliament, you can‘t predict on an hourly basis what could change there? yes the eu will be looking at that closely. you know parliament is going to be prorogued again and we will have a new queen‘s speech. it is unclear. we know that the government‘s attempt will be to secure a deal in time by the next eu council. if it fails to do that, and unless mps

vote in favour of no deal, then government may be forced to demand an extension. then happens? everything remains to be seen. that will be another negotiation and a crucial one between what the uk government is to accept and what the eu is ready to offer. thank you. legal action in edinburgh aimed at forcing the prime minister to ask for a brexit extension if he can‘t reach a deal with brussels has been dismissed. the case was brought by the snp mp, joanna cherry, and others, at the court of session. they asked the court to create an order which would force mrjohnson to comply with the so—called benn act, which requires him to send a letter to the eu asking for a delay to brexit, to avoid a no—deal departure from the eu. in the past few minutes, the prime minister‘s spokesman has said the foreign secretary dominic

raab is expected to speak to us secretary of state mike pompeo about the case involving an american woman who is wanted for questioning over a fatal car crash. anne sacoolas, the wife of a american diplomat, left the country after the accident in northampshire this summer. a teenager, harry dunn, was killed in the incident. mrjohnson said he was prepared to raise the matter personally with the white house, if she did not cooperate. richard galpin reports. 19—year—old harry dunn was an accomplished motorcyclist, according to his family. on the 27th of august, he was killed following a collision with a car here in northamptonshire, not farfrom a us air force base. his father was quickly at the scene. at the time when i got there, he was struggling to breathe, so ijust spoke to him and said, harry, it is your dad, let them know what they have got to do, they are here to help you. i‘d like to think it gave him some comfort because he did quieten down, because he was complaining about chest pains. i‘d like to say as well that the emergency services were amazing. it is like they brought to the hospital to harry, giving him blood and everything

on the side of the road. the car was being driven by the wife of a diplomat living at this base. she‘s been named as anne sacoolas. afterwards, she flew back to the united states, despite telling police she had no such plans. harry‘s family are appealing for her to return. i don't... we don't want to think that she chose to leave, as a mother, i wouldn't have done that myself, and many other people that have come forward supporting us feel exactly the same, so we don't want to believe that it was her choice. but i believe that she could overrule any diplomatic immunity and decide to get on that plane and come back herself, and that's what we're urging her to do. the family‘s appeals are now being followed up by the chief constable northamptonshire police. he says he‘s written in the strongest terms to

the us embassy urging them to set aside her diplomatic immunity in order to allow the justice process to take place — a view now shared by the prime minister. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose, and i hope that anne sacoolas will come back and engage properly with the processes of law as they are carried out in this country. harry‘s mother has said, if necessary, she is prepared to go to washington to appeal directly to president trump to get anne sacoolas back to britain. richard galpin, bbc news. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick has said she‘s "deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made" during the force‘s investigations into false claims of sexual abuse. operation midland ended without any arrests or charges after one complainant, carl beech, made a series of bogus allegations against public figures. today the police watchdog defended its decision

not to recommend any action against officers. when it published its report on the scotland yard inquiry. june kelly reports. the police investigation into an alleged westminster paedophile ring cost £2.5 million. lord bramall, a former chief of the defence staff, was among those forced to bear the human cost. falsely accused, as was lord brittan, the ex tory mp harvey proctor, the late conservative prime minister sir edward heath, and long—time labour politician lord janner. now the former senior judge who reviewed the disastrous scotland yard inquiry has slammed the investigation by the police watchdog into the conduct of the officers involved. law and order depends on the oversight of those invested with power.

who guards the guards themselves? who watches the watchers? a malfunctioning police force has not received the necessary oversight. carl beech, a hospital inspector and school governor duped experienced detectives with his bogus allegations. a cruel and compulsive liar, he set out to undermine the reputations of those he wrongly accused. lord brittan died before carl beech had been exposed. sir richard henriques believes police unlawfully obtained the warrants to search the homes of the innocent victims. the police watchdog rejects this. today its director—general said... harvey proctor, who lost his home and hisjob because he was under

suspicion, was allowed to see the police watchdog‘s report before its publication today. the iopc is hand in glove with the metropolitan police. there should be a full investigation into these police officers. while carl beech is in prison for his lies, the police watchdog is insisting it has carried out a thorough and detailed investigation into what went on at scotland yard. june kelly, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the american businesswoman jennfer arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. dominic raab is expected to hold talks with the us secretary of state about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash

in which a teenager was killed. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she‘s "deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made" during the force‘s investigations into false claims of sexual abuse. chris silverwood has been named coach of england men‘s team. andy murray is there i to the second round of shanghai masters as he steps up his come back from injury. and manchester united‘s marcus rashford has apologised to fans for their start to the premier league season. he said it hurts and supporters deserve better, with united two points off the relegation zone. i‘m back with morejust after half past. it‘s often described as a hidden epidemic — one that affects 176 million people across the world. endometriosis is a condition that can affect women from their teenage years and causes intense pain. more than 13,000 who suffer from it in the uk have shared their experiences with the bbc — they say it has badly affected their education, careers, relationships and mental health. following the research,

mp‘s are today launching an inquiry into its impact. broadcaster emma barnett has been speaking about living with the condition. i was in agony. my periods could be very heavy, they could be lighter, but the one constant theme was how much pain i was in. i mean, it was bone grinding. and yet when i went to see doctors with my mum, they would say, "this is whatjust some girls have." you are listening to emma barnett on 5live... as someone who often interviews politicians, i get answers for a living, or i try my very best, i had failed to get answers from doctors and i saw all sorts of doctors over the years. i didn‘t know until the age of 31 i had endometriosis. i‘d gone 21 years without diagnosis.

endometriosis is a condition in women where cells that represent like the womb lining, that should leave your body during a period, don‘t, and instead, they stay within your body and attach themselves to different organs, building up lesions and causing really difficult pain for women. in the largest study of its kind, the bbc has spoken to more than 13,000 women with endometriosis. nearly all said it had affected their career, sexual relationships and mental health. around half said it impacted their ability to have children. and half said it led to suicidal thoughts. i‘m going off to meet mum and daughter victoria and jessica who both have endometriosis. i think people just think it‘s a painful period. "oh, shut up, it‘s a painful period, get on with it." i really wish it was a painful period and i only had to cope with it once a month, but we live with pain every single day.

depression is a massive part of endometriosis as well. it has been for us. i‘ve been on antidepressants since i was 17, which is the same time i was diagnosed. at its worst, how bad has endometriosis affected you? it affects everything. everything. i've been so poorly recently, i've been at home, not being able to go to college and even at home, i can't do anything and i'm exhausted every single day. has it brought you closer, do you think? this sort of pain solidarity? yes, because we understand each other. i have really good friends and i can speak to them and say i'm really struggling today but no—one really understands like someone who is going through it, just like you can understand how much pain i am in right now but my friends don't. they don't have to live like this. the same number of people have the condition in this country as type two diabetes and we know next to nothing and how to treat it. it‘s seen to be embarrassing to talk about it. i didn‘t think i‘d ever come on national television and talk about my bowels, but, hey! i did it with you!

it‘s heartbreaking to have spoken to victoria and jessica about essentially living this joint life in agony but it really reinforces to me how important it is that if you recognise any of these symptoms, that you go to the gp and get a referral to a specialist, that you fight for treatment and for a better existence. i‘m joined now by becca fowles, who was diagnosed with the condition four years ago, and dr rosemary leonard, who‘s a gp in west dulwich. let me pick up that last point, go to yourgp. let me pick up that last point, go to your gp. you did for, many years. absolutely. explain the process and what the reaction was. the process that got me there, i started my period at about 1k and it was, i felt it was omplt k and then a couple of years later it got to the point where the bleeding was very

heavy and the pain was excruciating to the point where i was being sick andi to the point where i was being sick and i was having to take time off school. i went to the doctor and they said, that‘s normal, have the pill. so i they said, that‘s normal, have the pill. so i did, they said, that‘s normal, have the pill. so i did, because at that age, ididn‘t pill. so i did, because at that age, i didn‘t know to question it. there was so i didn‘t know to question it. there was so little information and people didn‘t talk about women‘s health that long ago. ok, so you've done that long ago. ok, so you've done that once. yeah. then it gets worse? yes, then i took the pill for about ten yea rs yes, then i took the pill for about ten years and continued to have had period, which you weren‘t supposed to. when i came off the pill, it was just a hundred million times worse and it started affecting how i could you‘re in ate. and it started affecting how i could you're in ate. you were still in pain? every day i'm in pain. i have

chronic pain and the thing about endometriosis it is chronic. there is no known cause and no cure. so it went to your bladder? it turned cyclical and i couldn‘t wee for a number of hours and it was about seven hours of day when i started my period, i would seven hours of day when i started my period, iwould need seven hours of day when i started my period, i would need to go but i couldn‘t. as soon as i was off my period, it would get back to normal and then it went through to the whole time of finding it difficult to wee. as a result i have had four operations in four years since i have been diagnosed and now i have a pace backer in my back, which is a nerve stimulator, which helps me wee. i wanted to, just how many yea rs wee. i wanted to, just how many years between that initial consultation with the gp and diagnosis of what it was? 14. 14 yea rs ?

diagnosis of what it was? 14. 14 years? the average is seven and a half. so i‘m not unusual. something‘s gone very wrong here. yes, one of the problems is it is gps, young girls, they do get period pain, so it is explaining what is normal period pain and what is severe period pain. there has been a lack of awareness about endometriosis among gps. i trained in gynaecology and i find women who come into the practice who have clearly got something going on in their pelvis and they have been given pain killers and i can sort them out. but one problem with endometriosis is you cannot diagnose it with an ultrasound, you have to put a it with an ultrasound, you have to puta camera, it with an ultrasound, you have to put a camera, it is someone look into the pelvis and what endometriosis is it is the issue

like the lining of the womb and it bleeds once a month. but it has nowhere to go and it causes irritation and inflammation and scarring. and being put on the pill is one of treatments. you need to stop the cycle of the hormones, because the endometriosis tissue acts like the womb lining and builds up acts like the womb lining and builds up each month and you need to stop that cycle and the pill can be used. we also use a coil frequently, which is what you've got now. if it is serious, the only solution is surgery serious, the only solution is surgery to serious, the only solution is surgery to remove serious, the only solution is surgery to remove it. the treatment is one thing, but it is the length of time before someone can diagnose and the attitude which makes me angryjust and the attitude which makes me angry just hearing doctors and the attitude which makes me angryjust hearing doctors saying to someone, angryjust hearing doctors saying to someone, this isjust normal. what you need to do, for any woman who is

concerned, hang on i've got, for mothers of teenagers, if you have a teenage girl who is needing time off school, that should not be happening. if that pain is so bad it can't be controlled, that needs sorting out and the answer is to go to yourgp and sorting out and the answer is to go to your gp and say who here has an interest in women's health? and most practices now are working as group practices now are working as group practice and there will be somebody, maybe the practice nurse, or one of the doctors who has an interest in women's health who knows about endometriosis. when eventual lay doctor says we know what its, you feel relieved, are you angry too, you have been going through this for 14 years? i was angry and i do get angry, but i felt like it mainly i felt like my feelings and what had been going through was valid, because i had been made to feel like

what i was going through wasn‘t real. i got asked by one doctor if i needed counselling, because of what. .. needed counselling, because of what. . . that needed counselling, because of what... that is common too. it is not acceptable. but that is just the way it has been for so many people. it is not helped by the nhs, i'm being a bit political, but the nhs has huge financial pressure and if we refer somebody to a hospital it is ticking a money box. your advice is ticking a money box. your advice is to see a specialist. you have to pushit is to see a specialist. you have to push it for now, that is awful, but thatis push it for now, that is awful, but that is what you have to do. thank you for talking about it. now the weather. let‘s look at the latest cloud and rain radar. it

tells the story clearly. a lot of cloud across the country. some showers. but we are seeing something brighter in the west. that said, we are seeing a real rash of showers accompanying the sunshine. so a mixture of sunshine and showers for the next few hours. tonight we keep the next few hours. tonight we keep the showers going into scotland, northern ireland and north—west england and it will be a mild night, double digits widely and mild throughout the week. tomorrow, we will see start off on a quiet note. plenty of showers from the west. some will be driven inland through the afternoon. because the winds will stay strong and blustery winds from time to time and the showers could be heavy and thundery. in terms of feel of the weather, similar values to today and highs of 12 to 17 degrees. that is 63 fahrenheit about where we should be for this time of year.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the american businesswoman jennifer arcuri has refused to comment on claims she had an affair with boris johnson when he was mayor of london. just for the record, you‘re not denying it? i am not answering. that is my record. did you break the gla code of conduct? no, and i have said everything i am going to say on that matter. dominic raab is expected to hold talks with the us secretary of state about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she‘s ‘deeply sorry‘ for mistakes that were made duringthe force‘s investigation into claims of a vip westminster paedophile ring. sport now on afternoon live with ben. more about the new man

in charge of england cricket. yes, chris silverwood is the man with the unenviable job of following trevor bayliss as england head coach. bayliss stepped down after the ashes and having led england to the 50—over world cup in the summer. silverwood has been in the england setup for a couple of years now working with the bowlers, having previous been successful in a coaching role with essex. more established international players such as gary kirsten and alec stewart were considered for the role but our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew explains silverwood‘s pedigree and knowledge of the dressing room has counted in his favour. he is a former fast bowler, he played a handful of test for england, played long—term for yorkshire, a popularfigure within the game and then moved into coaching like some players do, of course, and he was very successful at essex. he got them promoted to the first division in one year and to win the championship the following year, so that is his credentials. england are looking to really tighten their focus on test cricket.

while he hasn‘t coached a national team before, he has been very much involvedas bowling coach over the last few years. it is that ability to get essex from the bottom to the top in consecutive years which will have counted in his favour as england focus on test cricket now. well, silverwood‘s first task will be in new zealand next month for two tests and five t20 internationals. in the long term, he‘s apparently got detailed plans as to how england can win back the ashes in australia in a couple of years. let‘s talk andy murray. every time he wins again, it increases the pressure on future games. he probably puts most of that on himself. andy murray had hip resurfacing surgery injanuary. nobody — least of all murray himself — was certain he‘d return to the top level. well, he‘s back playing again. he made the quarters in beijing last week and is now into the second round at the shanghai masters and said, "my movement overall has been very good in comparison

to what it was a month ago. at the beginning i didn‘t feel good but the last couple of weeks have been much improved." well, let‘s show you how he faired againstjuan ignacio londeo — who is ranked 56th in the world. the argentine took the first set against murray who raised his game thereafter and produced some of those incredible passing shots we came to love. that one in the decider was particularly impressive. londero‘s frustration grew and he started to take it out on himself. it didn‘t have the desired effect as murray won the final set 6—3. he‘ll play fabio fognini next. it‘s a rest day at the rugby world cup. but heading towards the final pool matches, the focus in not on the rugby but on the weather. a number of teams need victories to reach the quarterfinals, including ireland who need a bonus point win over samoa. but typhoon hagibis is on course to hit japan by the weekend and rules dictate a 0—0 draw is awarded in the event of a cancellation.

world rug by world rugby has been in touch with us and they are as keen as we are, as you are, to get this game played. i believe there is a contingency plan in place, i think there are updates every 24 hours, but we just get on with our dayjob and try to best prepare. every single day and we will see what comes of that. manchester united striker marcus rashford has used social media to apologise for the club‘s poor form. united lost to newcastle yesterday, extending their worst start to a league season for 30 years. rashford said on twitter... united are 12th in the table, two points off the relegation zone. his focus will be in england next week.

everton‘s fabian delph has withdrawn from the england team for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifier in the czech republic and bulgaria. the midfielder picked up an injury during everton‘s premier league defeat at burnley on saturday. no further replacements are planned as gareth southgate‘s preparations begin with a 24—man squad. that‘s all the sport for now. holly hamilton will be back for you 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. let‘s go to rogerjohnson who is in salford for us this afternoon and can tell us more about an archeology student who is piecing together the story of the liverpool buildings devastated in the may 1941 blitz by sorting through beach rubble. tell me how. i am going to tell you all about it. what a treat to be the only person talking to you this afternoon. i thought it was you that should have the birthday treat but it is me that gets a treat on your

birthday. just go on with the story. let me tone about it, emma marsh, an archaeology student, in liverpool, she has come up with this idea to go through what has emerged on crosby beach. crosby beach is famous because antony gormley‘s iron men stand on that beach but behind that in the sand dunes we are starting to see lots of breaks, house bricks, building bricks, all sorts of rubble which is surely but surely emerging and it turns out it was put there during the second world war. in 1941, the luftwaffe spent seven lies blanket bombing liverpool. 4000 people were either killed or injured, 7000 people were left homeless, thousands of buildings across the city were completely destroyed. when there‘s luftwaffe rates were over, the question was what did they do with all this mess and rubble that was left on the city

boss back streets. in the end, what was decided as they were loaded onto trucks and ta ken was decided as they were loaded onto trucks and taken to the beach at crosby and jumped against the seat, sea crosby and jumped against the seat, sea defences effectively. that is what now emma is slowly picking her way through, looking at the different bricks, and trying to work out, if she can work out, where they came from. she has managed to trace, for example, one of them came from a pub in vauxhall, it was the... she has been clever being able to piece together social history. a novel approach certainly but that begs the question why it hasn‘t been done before. your mac is a fair question. it is only now... for a long time it has been covered in sand and grass. as erosion is taking place across the crosby beach, slowly but surely the crosby beach, slowly but surely the sand is blown away, the bricks are starting to emerge, the story is starting to unfold, however... i say

it isa starting to unfold, however... i say it is a race against time, i suspect they have many years of it before they have many years of it before they are eroded away but i guess in time these bricks will slowly erode, they will be covered again and history will once again disappear. there is a slight element of speed required but emma has hit upon this idea is part of her university studies the and it has certainly caught the attention of people who are quite impressed with what she is doing. there is a full report on inside out north—west here on bbc one tonight. people elsewhere in the country can on the iplayer. simon, happy birthday, it is privileged to be with you. always good to be with you, roger. what is your main story tonight? we have a number of different stories this evening, the identification of a boy who was killed... killed his friend in a stabbing in south manchester a couple of months ago. he has been named now, he was turned 18. he was cleared of murder and manslaughter, it was self defence, but that is a

controversial story in this part of the country and that will be one of our main stories this evening. 6:30pm, bbc one. good to see you in a tie, roger. i made a special effort for your birthday. well, thank you. and if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer. a reminder, we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm on afternoon live. police have arrested more than 130 people in connection with a climate change protest in london, organised by extinction rebellion. the group has blocked lambeth and westminster bridges, but says its aim is to shut down the whole of westminster. our correspondent, dan johnson, sent this from trafalgar square. there was gridlock this morning at some of london‘s iconic landmarks. what do we want? climate justice! protesters popped up to block key junctions, roads and bridges,

targeting parliament and government buildings, all in the name of highlighting their climate concerns. the police have promised a robust response but warned these demonstrations and the disruption are stretching their numbers. still, they stepped in quickly to cut protesters free and make arrests, and we have been told to expect two weeks of this sort of direct action. we are facing the loss of the majority of life on earth within a few generations. we don‘t know what the planet will look like by the end of the century, but it is highly likely that it will be largely uninhabitable. so what do you do when you know that that that is coming? the protests reach right around the world. this was sydney. extinction rebellion is a global movement and it made its presence felt here in france and in india too, calling for greater international commitments on carbon emissions. but back in london, not everyone agrees with the approach. i think you are hysterical extremists, and you are alienating public

opinion, and they ain't going to turn off their lights until you ask them to individually. there well may be more frustration over the next fortnight, but these climate campaigners say they feel this is their only option to get urgent action to address our warming planet. although the protesters are currently sat here passengers who had their thomas cook holiday cancelled can apply for a refund from today. the civil aviation authority is expecting applications from around 800 thousand people. it says its website is facing unprecedented demand — so if people are having trouble submitting claims today — they should try again tomorrow. the final flights to bring home stranded holiday—makers who were abroad when the company went bust arrived back in the uk this morning. earlier i spoke to personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. some are unhappy because they have had to wait already for these two weeks before they can put a claim in. so, we have had the big fly back,

140,000 people repatriated, and it was always the case that the civil aviation authority, the caa, was going to start the refund claims today. so that started two weeks after the collapse and it is probably going to be another couple of months, potentially, before people get their money back. so, they are rushing in to try and get a claim in in time and they are finding that it is difficult on the website. now, the caa says there aren‘t glitches on their system, it is simply the weight of numbers. it is a bit like when you have a festival and everyone tries to get in on the same day to get their spaces online, and in the same way, people have been trying and there just isn‘t enough space online for them to put these applications in. some are finding it even difficult to fill in the form to get a refund. so, unhappiness out there. a couple of hours ago, 11,500 had managed to submit, the caa says, and more since then, but clearly some people have been

trying all morning to get their claims in and unsuccessfully. it is a worrying process for people. they have spent the money, they want their money back, totally understandably. once they have submitted their form, how easy is the process, will they get their money back? well, the problem is, of course, you were planning a holiday perhaps in a few weeks‘ time, you have paid for it and you haven‘t got any other money, so you need to get the refund in order to pay for your replacement holiday because you have booked the time away, probably. so, that is a dilemma people face. if they paid by direct debit, then they will get their money back pretty quickly by october 14, so that will be good. but, of course, a lot of people paid on credit cards, that is where this 60 day aim that the caa has said comes into play. they aim to pay all of those within 60 days which, of course, for some families is going to be a problem. some of them have a decision to make, as well, because in a few cases the flights were not thomas cook but the accommodation was thomas cook in their package, and they can still go away on those flights but they would have to book replacement accommodation

and the only money they will get back is what they originally spent on the holiday, so if it costs more, then they will be in a spot of bother as well. and, of course, those people who just booked flights, they are not covered by the package holiday regulations, they don‘t get their money paid back from the atol scheme and so they will have to fall back on a claim against their credit card company or if they have got appropriate travel insurance, to claim on that instead. that is leading the business news which is coming ina in a moment. first there‘s bring your headlines. the american businesswoman jennfer arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. dominic raab is expected to hold talks with the us secretary of state about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says she‘s "deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made" during the force‘s investigations into false claims of sexual abuse.

hello. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. thomas cook customers face further frustration as some struggle to access the website for claiming refunds on the first day it is launched. as you have been hearing. around 800,000 custoers were due to travel with the company in the coming months. the civil aviation authority, which is handling the process has apologised and asked affected customers to try the website later. concerns grow about the fate of europe‘s largest economy as factory orders in germany drop by 6.7% in the year to august. some economists now warn germany, one of the uk‘s largest trading partners, could be on the brink of recession due to weak domestic demand and the impact of trade disputes. more evdence that house prices have stalled in recent months, this time from the halifax. the lender says property prices fell by 0.4% in september compared to the pevious month,

meaning the average home was 1.1% higher than a year ago — which is the slowest rate of growth since april 2013. it says growth remains "subdued while the current period of economic uncertainty persists. questions being asked the fate of pizza express? why? don't look so worried. we haven‘t booked your birthday meal there yet. i wish! laughter we were talking earlier about rumours. there have been various reports that pizza express, unconfirmed, is in conversation with some of its lenders about restructuring its finances, which would make sense, because this is a company that has had few problems with profits, it is making a loss in fa ct, with profits, it is making a loss in fact, and part of that is because of

its heavy mountain of debt and interest. it would be quite inevitable. you missed my one about source. ——you missed my one about sauce. it is not about to go the way of jamie italian. it is not looking at the cba. but this is perhaps a sensible step and many analysts out there are underlying the fact it... the worry is the rumour. these things build, don‘t they? absolutely, these things build. there are all sorts of conversation and debates about who makes the best pizza. james hughes is chief market analyst at axi trader. good afternoon to you. i‘m not going to ask you about where you like your

pizza is best but let‘s talk about pizza express because this has taken off quite rapidly. yes, and this is the thing that we get with these sorts of discussions. whenever we see a rumour like this or anything comes out. we have seen the high street in such a bad way recently. there are stories and jamie's italian. it makes people jump to conclusions. in these days with twitter being the number one place for a lot of market news for people, that obviously does spark some sort of snowball effect and there is that worry, of course, because of the high debt levels and the numbers coming out saying that it is around {1.6 million in debt per restaurant which is enormous amounts of debt. but one thing we are all saying and this is something we have to reiterate, they are looking to maybe manage some of this debt. this is a way of making sure that they can bring those debt numbers down and continue trading in the way they do now. it is not a case of looking to

go the same way and completely restructure anything and look to bring these rents down and look to cut costs in any way, it is not the same as that. it is looking to restructure some of those debts in order to keep the company trading in the waiters at the moment. so we should be reassured rather than concerned. let‘s talk about some of the numbers about the high street. british retail consortium, their report on the state of the high street was due out tomorrow, they pressed the wrong button and released it a bit early. we know those numbers are very weak, they are ultimately the lobby groups. how seriously should we take these concerns? we have to take them seriously. the market pays attention to them. it is not really too much ofa to them. it is not really too much of a surprise. yes, the numbers are weak and the numbers for september are incredibly bad, but we can't be surprised by this. again, we don't wa nt surprised by this. again, we don't want to bring up brexit all the time but what brexit does and what this overall u nce rta i nty but what brexit does and what this overall uncertainty does is it makes

people reluctant to put their hands in their pockets. that shows within these numbers, we come into a very expensive time of the year when we look towards the third quarter and after the summer look towards the third quarter and afterthe summertime, september numbers aren't always particularly good anyway, but these numbers are weaker than they have been over re ce nt weaker than they have been over recent years. to see these numbers so recent years. to see these numbers so bad, itjust shows you recent years. to see these numbers so bad, it just shows you that the uncertainty is there, the high street is still struggling and people just aren't willing to put their hands in their pocket as much as they were before. yes. you sound remarkably relaxed and quite reassuring at the moment but let‘s talk about germany because the numbers coming out today are quite worrying when it comes to manufacturing. and we should be worried about that as well. for sure. i worried about that as well. for sure. lam worried about that as well. for sure. i am not relaxed about what is going on in germany at the moment. this is not anything new because in germany we have been talking about the potential for recession for almost around eight to nine months now. we looked at gdp numbers that we re now. we looked at gdp numbers that were coming in, particularly bad. we did get two consecutive quarters of

negative growth there before jumping backin negative growth there before jumping back in line again but these factory orders incredibly bad. the full 6.7% as they did in the year—on—year figure is a massively over what expected. we did expect particularly bad numbers anyway. with the domestic situation in germany being as bad, we knew there was issues with trade, donald trump has been focusing on europe, focusing on the auto industry and looking at adding more tariffs on europe. that means domestically germany has to be performing a lot better than it does to stave off recession. we have to remember that germany really is one of the only economies that really props up the whole of the euro zone. if we see germany really struggles, the eurozone could follow. absolutely. a timely warning. james hughes, thank you. prompted right there by the markets. look at that. we were just hearing about germany and the state of the industrial orders. they are real concerns about

that motor of the german economy which is in turn the motor of the european economy slowing down. it despite that you can see markets rallying a little bit there. a bit ofa a bit of a spring in their step at the start of the week. a slightly cheery picture. i am sure it is because of your birthday. thank you. see you later. we are hearing now that 148 people have been arrested so far during this protest by extinction rebellion. in westminster, the activist barricaded themselves to vehicles earlier today, as those demonstrations got under police have been seeing cutting protesters from a carand some been seeing cutting protesters from a car and some having chained themselves together. extinction rebellion protesting in cities around the world including berlin, amsterdam and sydney. this, of course, is london. it is claimed it

is five times bigger than other events. 148 arrests. new zealand is preparing to mark the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the british explorer captain james cook. his landing on october 8, 1769 in what is now the city of gisborne is being commemorated the arrival of a replica of cook‘s ship, the endeavour. but maori activists insist the event is offensive and glorifies a man who murdered indigenous people. phil mercer reports now from gisborne on new zealand‘s north island. captain cook‘s first encounter with maori at poverty bay, or turanganui—a—kiwa, was marked by bloodshed. a local chief was killed. indigenous activists say it was the start of a brutal colonisation led by the british explorer. he was a very cruel man who meted out torture and murdered our ancestors. that‘s how i see him — as a murderer

and an imperialist expansionist. campaigners say that before the arrival of captain cook on these shores in 1769, maori were a free and independent people living in a thriving civilisation. they insist that the theft of their lands by the british has had lasting consequences. indigenous new zealanders suffer high rates of unemployment, ill—health and suicide. incarceration is a serious problem too. this man is a former gang member who dropped out of school and was jailed for drug dealing. drugs was the easiest thing for us to do. you know, we could get drugs and we could turn that over and make money. where there were no other opportunities but drugs, really, for us. kind of ended up in a circle. we go to jail, get out, back to jail, get out.

it‘s not uncommon for maori to live the life that i‘ve lived because we‘ve had the same struggles. the arrival of a replica of cook‘s ship, the endeavour, is part of a broader celebration of maori and polynesian seafarers who settled in new zealand long before the british. as a community in the past we‘ve tended to be quite focused on our own culture, i think, on both sides. so rather than trying to create a single version of the truth for everybody, we‘re trying to make a much more complex telling so that everyone can find their place in it. that‘s really been our focus — to make it nice and broad. james cook‘s legacy here in new zealand is still fiercely debated. was he a barbarian or an enlightened nation builder? after 250 years, that vexed question remains a source of friction and division. phil mercer, bbc news, gisborne. that‘s all from us. huw edwards is next. let‘s catch up

with the weather. hi there. good afternoon everybody. i hope you have managed to dodge the showers out there. some of them have been heavy with the odd rumble of thunder and lightning. this is the latest radar from the last three hours. you can see there are some breaks in the cloud and brightness coming through. the emphasis throughout this week is all about low pressure. at the moment it is centred to the south of iceland. you can see clearly that we have got strong winds with those tightly packed isoba rs. have got strong winds with those tightly packed isobars. the wind is blowing in plenty of showers along west facing coast but some further inland. we also have reina clearing from the south east during the early evening rush hour. it will continue to do so. through this evening we will continue to see some of their showers easing. a feed of showers continues to northern ireland, scotland, some of them pushing inland. generally speaking, temperatures in double figures. it

will be a relatively mild start to our tuesday morning and frost free. it will be another windy start as well. some showers to the north—west will be driven further inland as we go through the day. sunshine and showers for many of us. not all of us will see some of the showers. they will rattle through at quite a pace due to the strength of the wind. some merging at times for longer spells of rain. pretty autumnal flavour to whether i am afraid over the next few days. 12 to 17 celsius, 63 fahrenheit, as an afternoon high. not much in the way of change into wednesday. low still setting up into the north—west, weather fronts drifting west to east, bands of showery rain and it will stay breezy as well. it will stay frost free right across the country and there is the potential as we move towards the end of the week for seeing more heavy and persistent rain across southern parts of england. if you haven‘t already got the message for the

week, it does look as though it is going to state windy and wet at times. temperatures peaking at 16 or 17 celsius, the average for this time of year. i will be back with a look at the weather in the bbc one news bulletin at 6:25pm and i will tell you all about the weekend‘s weather with a little more detail. have a lovely evening. huw edwards is up next and nick miller will have all the weather in the five hour. take care. today at 5pm... pressure on the us to send a diplomat‘s wife back to the uk as a suspect in a fatal car crash. teenager harry dunn was killed in the crash in august. the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about waiving the woman‘s s diplomatic immunity. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose. we‘ll have the latest and we‘ll speak to the police

force investigating the death of harry dunn. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... the businesswoman jennifer arcuri speaks about her close friendship with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. she said he never showed her favouritism and she refused to say if they‘d had an affair. boris never ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him for a favour.