you're watching bbc news at nine with me carrie gracie. the headlines: health bosses warn politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the general election, but say a bidding war has already begun. whoever wins the election, government spending as a share of the economy is likely to rise to 1970s levels, according to a think tank motherca re announces plans to put its uk retail business into administration, putting hundreds ofjobs at risk mcdonald's chief executive steve easterbook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. in an interview to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev warns that tension between russia and the west is putting the world in colossal danger.

lewis hamilton says he is "flying super—high" after being crowned world champion for the sixth time. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. health bosses in england have warned politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon during the general election campaign. nhs providers, the organisation which represents health trust leaders, has urged parties not to make empty promises over future funding for the health service. our health editor, hugh pym reports. nhs providers says hospitals and other trusts have been preparing for winter, but the pressures are bigger

than ever. with health featuring prominently already in the election campaign, there is a warning that politicians need to be straight and clear about funding promises and not overdramatise the problems. we recognise there is a political po ten si around the health service, people care about the health service, but it is important we have afairand service, but it is important we have a fair and balanced debate that presents the fact as they are to the public. 4.4 million people are waiting for routine operations and there are 107 thousand staff vacancies. how to tackle the issues are what the leaders of health trusts say they want to hear from the parties.

and, at around quarter past nine we will be speaking to the ceo of nhs providers, chris hopson. the parties have started spelling out their promises for the election in five and a half weeks' time. labour will continue setting out its vision for the nhs with a promise of extra training places for doctors and nurses. it's also announced a plan to save free tv licenses for the over—75s. the conservatives are promising to raise the national living wage to £10.50—an—hour by 2024, after an independent review for the treasury found this would not affect employment. and plaid cymru will launch its election campaign this morning, saying it is the party with the ‘highest ambition‘ for wales. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. it's another monday and with five weeks to go, round it up for us? what is striking i suppose is the

determine ation of labour to keep up the attack over the naturer —— nhs, but you get the sense they want the make this the cutting edge of their campaign. iwas make this the cutting edge of their campaign. i was struck at the launch byjeremy corbyn of the campaign, there was a moment in the hall when they all started stamping the floor and chanting, not for sale, they all started stamping the floor and chanting, not forsale, meaning the nhs is not for sale. it is one of those emotive rallying cries for labour folk. team corbyn of those emotive rallying cries for labourfolk. team corbyn determined to make it a central issue. we saw the release of the latest labour party broadcast, where they tried to evoke memories of 1945 labour government, from the creation of the national health service and we have seen mr corbyn going on the offensive, citing this possible trade deal with donald trump and the

danger that in the negotiations the americans might demand greater access to nhs services. something of course which mr trump has denied. but clearly the intention of team corbyn is to throw borisjohnson on to the defensive by focussing on the nhs and again today, john ashworth, the shadow health secretary, insisting when labour produces its plans for the nhs it will mean much more money than than being offered by the conservatives. we will give the nhsa by the conservatives. we will give the nhs a properfunding by the conservatives. we will give the nhs a proper funding settlement and we will set out our plans for how much more money the nhs will get. we will bring back a training bursary and expand training places for gps for family doctors and sweep away the bureaucratic regime that is stopping the nhs recruiting properly internationally. at the same time, the conservatives will be unveil their proposals to increase the

living wage to two thirds of median earnings by 2025. that will bring it up earnings by 2025. that will bring it up to £10.50 and reduce the eligibility. these are not new proposals, they were unveiled at the tory party conference. what is interesting is the move by the conservatives to focus on low income voters and it is part of their strategy to appeal to labour voter, particularly in leave voting constituencies. a lot of pitch we are getting from the conservatives are getting from the conservatives are around issues such as ending austerity, a tougher approach to law and order, issues which they think will attract those voters. but they say the economy is improving and there is the scope to increase the

living wage. it is important when we make the changes that the overall impact doesn't mean it will have an adverse impact. as long as we continue to have a growing, stronger economy, which has taken some time to turn around, we are seeing the benefit of wages increasing avp this and this is an important factor and i expect it to continue to grow as long as the evidence shows it won't have an adverse impact on jobs. the liberal democrat are pressing forjo swinson to be included in a live television broadcast and they question how fair it is to have two brexiteers, they would havejeremy corbyn a brexiteer alongside boris johnson and no remainor, when we know the country is split on the issue. plaid cymru launch today with their leader adam price not giving

anything away really on the idea of anything away really on the idea of a remain alliance, but setting out the benefits for wales from independence, because he believes if wales was stayed in the eu that would guarantee extra funding to boost infrastructure in wales. we have huge problems that we need to fix in wales, child poverty, a creeking transport infrastructure, but how do we solve the problems? we don't solve them by put jeremy corbyn or borisjohnson don't solve them by put jeremy corbyn or boris johnson into don't solve them by put jeremy corbyn or borisjohnson into downing street. we solve them by having the strongest ever welsh voice in westminster. contrast the way that wales is often ignored compare that to scotland, where for over a decade now the people of scotland have been vote fogger ing for their party. that is what we need to do for wales. and last but not least we have nigel farage of the brecht

party unveiling the 600 prospective candidates he says are poised to stand at the election. he has given borisjohnson 14 stand at the election. he has given boris johnson 14 days stand at the election. he has given borisjohnson 14 days to dump his deal or risk having brexit candidates in all the tory seats. nigel farage is not standing and he is under pressure to back off from the threat with this morning the head of european research group, the so—called spartans if you like, steve baker saying to nigel farage he risks throwing away brexit if he stands in tory constituencies, because that will split the leave vote, depriving he says, mrjohnson ofa vote, depriving he says, mrjohnson of a majority. all to play for. we will see you later in the morning. if you want to know about why an election has been called and the issues that voters care about, see our really simple guide to the general election, at bbc.couk/news, or on the bbc news app.

motherca re is planning to call in administrators for its british business. the chain — which sells goods for babies and children — said its 79 uk stores are no longer profitable enough. our business correspondent, dharshini david, is here. isaid at i said at the top of the programme that hundreds of jobs i said at the top of the programme that hundreds ofjobs were at risk, but it looks like more. 2,500. those will be anxious people waiting to hear whether mother care's will be anxious people waiting to hear whether mother ca re's uk will be anxious people waiting to hear whether mother care's uk arm can find hear whether mother care's uk arm canfind a hear whether mother care's uk arm can find a buyer. that is what it comes down to. will they be shocked. well, this chain has been struggling for years. it may sound strange, because it is a captive market and new babies and we all want to do our

best for them, but mother care has suffered. a lot of stores are based in out of town shopping centres and not that easy to get to. we have seen not that easy to get to. we have seen the declines and a series of bosses, none of them have been a woman, given that mother care is meant to appeal to new mums might be an issue. and they have tried to sell off things like the early learning centre. but that has given pa rents learning centre. but that has given parents one fewer reasons to visit the score. they made £36 million of losses last year and they say we can't go further. we have closed stores, but we don't have the cash any more. now the wait is on to hear whether it can find a buyer for the brand, which has been on our high streets for almost 60 years. and the other big business story, which is the firing of the ceo of mcdonald's

over a relationship. a relationship which goes against the company's policies. it is not illegal to date somebody from the firm. but it is against macdonald's policy. he has described the relationship as a mistake and he is leaving. we will to hear the size of his leaving package. but he took over in 2015 and turned around 38,000 stores strong business and the share price has pretty doubled under his tenure. so the market is there saying, well, this is the man who actually did what we hoped, he was a fan of macdonalds from the time he was at school. he has been replaced by another mcdonald's insider who saw him asa another mcdonald's insider who saw him as a mentor, the answer is it will be business as usually. the taste of burgers won't change.

will be business as usually. the taste of burgers won't changem was a consensual relationship, he is a divorcee. it is in the post me too climate. yes it is legal and it is not an issue, butch it is about the post me too environment and the fact that these kind of relationships, particularly in american work places get frowned on. we don't know the ins and outs on this. but it is something they feel they have got to lead from the top on. a divorcee with three daughters, you have to feel sorry for him in some ways. thank you. police in vietnam have arrested eight people in connection with the deaths of thirty—nine migrants who were found in a lorry container in essex last month. two other suspects were detained in the country on friday. vietnamese police say they are determined to destroy the smuggling networks taking people from east asia to britain.

millions of people in the indian capital delhi have been told to stay indoors, to avoid the toxic "eye—burning" smog that's covered the city. officials have imposed a traffic restriction scheme, limiting vehicles to using the roads every other day, to tackle the problem. many schools have been closed, and flights have been diverted because of poor visibility. 0ur correspondent salman ravi is in delhi. are these restrictions working? people are co—operating with the authorities, there are less vehicles on roads and last year also even before that the scheme, called rationing of the traffic system, odd and even number plates work on alternate days. but people who have found violating the new regulation they have been actually fined, a penalty has been imposed on them. it

will carry on from 8am to 8pm, it is a12 will carry on from 8am to 8pm, it is a 12 hour rationing system. one of the factors specific to delhi in this extreme smog is stubble burning, i understand, there is something in parliament to discuss that today? yes, this has been actually been debated among the political parties. india's a big country, having different governments in different states. the major portion of stubble burning comes from the northern indian states like punjab. that smoke is being burned and comes to delhi and especially in the winter is about to come, this stubble burning increases, because the farmers have to plant new seeds for the next harvest. the problem is that the

central government, it had issued machines to dispose of the stubble, but to give you some figures, 28,000 farmers who burn the stubble during the season of the year, but the machines provided are the number is very small and is only 60,000. so you imagine what the farmers are going to do with just 60,000 machines being given to the farmers. this is why delhi has been actually, we have been suffering with thick smog and if you step out of house, you will find a burning sensation in the eyes, nose and lungs, and 32% increase of respiratory problems have been reported from different hospitals across delhi and even the satellite townships around delhi. the most vulnerable group is the old

people and the children, below five yea rs of people and the children, below five years of age, because it is a very, thatis years of age, because it is a very, that is very a condition of air emergency has been declared and schools have been shut down and construction work has been stopped. but the government needs to actually look to the stubble burning issue to reduce pollution. the rationing system of traffic traffic is not going to have much impact, but it will reduce the pollution. it can't be eradicated until the stubble burning stop, so the federal government has to intervene. last night the cabinet secretary spoke to officials of other state and asked to stop stubble burning and fines should be imposed on farmers who are stubble burning. thank you.

health bosses warn politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the general election —— but say a bidding war has already begun. motherca re announces plans to put its uk retail business into administration, putting around two and a half thousand jobs at risk lewis hamilton says he is "flying super—high" after winning his sixth formula one world championship. he's now within just one of michael schumacher‘s all—time record of seven. everton's andre gomes will have surgery today after fracturing his ankle during his sides one—all draw with tottenham. a distressed son heung—min of spurs was sent off for his tackle on the midfielder. mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch

after suffering racial abuse in a match in italy. the incident came whilst playing for his latest club brescia against hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa's protocol. more on those stories in about 20 minutes. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has warned that tension between russia and the west is putting the world in "colossal danger", because of the threat of nuclear weapons. he was speaking with our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. these days it is rare to see mikael gorbachev in front of a camera. at 88 years old, he avoids the limelight. "i'm slowing down," he tells me. "i can barely stand up." but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world. that his achievements are at risk.

and one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race between the soviet union and america. his diplomatic double act with ronald reagan slashed the two superpowers' nuclear arsenals. but the arms race has reignited. there is new tension and fierce rivalry between moscow and the west. how dangerous do you think the current confrontation is between russia and the west? translation: as long as weapons of mass destruction exist, nuclear weapons, the danger is colossal. all nations should declare. all nations. nuclear weapons must be destroyed to save ourselves, and our planet.

in the past we used to talk about the cold war. how would you describe the current stand—off between russia and the west? translation: chilly, but still a war. look at what is happening. in different places there are skirmishes. there are shooting. ships and aircraft are being sent here, there and everywhere. this is a situation we do not need. it was gorbachev‘s reforms at home that inspired millions across eastern europe to rise up against communism. he did nothing to stop it. but 30 years ago, how did he react when the berlin wall fell and east and west germany were set to reunite?

there must not be bloodshed. that was ouraim. we could not allow that over an issue of such magnitude for germany and for us, for europe. the whole world. so we declared we would not interfere. from iron curtains to iron ladies. he famously hit it off with margaret thatcher. but what does gorbachev make of brexit? translation: you can figure that one out yourself. you british are clever clogs. i will not give you advice. you decide. so not only a president but a true diplomat. more now on health bosses warning politicians to not use the nhs as a ‘political weapon' during the general election campaign. nhs providers has urged the main parties to not make ‘empty promises‘ over future funding

for the health service. chris hopson is the ceo of nhs providers. he‘s in our central london studio. thank you forjoining us. so are you worried that parties are lying to voters ? worried that parties are lying to voters? well i think if you look at the history of the last four or five general election campaigns, the nhs has been front and centre, it is our biggest and most important public services, but what we found in the campaigns is there has been a lot of heat and very little light. so we thought it was sensible at the start of campaign to basically urge politicians to be honest and open and realistic and clear about the promises that they make and let‘s try and avoid getting into cheap political slogans and trying to weaponise the service as a means of fighting a party political battle. i‘m sure many will understand your

motives, but do you think the politicians are listen somethinglj hope politicians are listen something” hope so, the politicians, i know both the secretary for health and the shadow secretary of state for health and they both want the best for the nhs, but when we get into the heat of a general election campaign, all kind of thing happen. let me give you an example, this channel and the rest of the bbc has been clear that we are facing a social care crisis. so what happened in the 2015 general election? it revolved around a death tax. in 2017 it revolved around a dementia tax. what we didn‘t have was the long—term solution that we need for oui’ long—term solution that we need for our social care system. so all i‘m saying is i think general election debate s and campaigns provide the opportunities for a sensible discussion about the long—term needs of our health care service are and we need a proper debate, rather than

one that skims over the top and bashes the other side. but they can‘t stop them, unless there are sanctions for the things you describe, as opposed to the mature discussion you would like see, u nless discussion you would like see, unless there is a sanction for the vote grabbing scare headlines, they will go on won‘t they? vote grabbing scare headlines, they will go on won't they?” vote grabbing scare headlines, they will go on won't they? i think we all have a responsibility here. you have a responsibility in the media, i have a responsibility as an informed stake holder who spends him tyke talking to front line leader, we have got a responsibility to say when this tips into cheap slogans. for us a to say that is not the debate we want. you can see this on the front line, the nhs is under real pressure and however hard the front line work, they can‘t keep up with demand and we need a proper debate about what does the nhs need

to ensure we provide the right care, given we have this huge extra demand and since we have the opportunity to ta ke and since we have the opportunity to take advantage of some real medical advances. so let‘s have a grown up conversation and notjust spend our whole time playing political punch and judy. we have got time for one last question and answer, i don‘t know if you want to give me a positive example of politician who you think are engaging in best practice and the reasoning you‘re describing or give me a negative example of somebody who has done the opposite. we are not a party political organisation, so i won‘t pick out individual politicians, but one example is that in order for the nature nhs to keep up with demand, it needs funding increases of 3.

35%. that is what the government has announced, but there is a danger that people pretend that money can buy more than what it can. thatjust enable us to keep up with demand. if we wa nt enable us to keep up with demand. if we want to keep up with form it is 496. we want to keep up with form it is 4%. if we want to transform the nhs it is 5%. the debate i‘m looking for is if politicians say, here is our promise of extra money, please be realistic about how much that extra money can buy and don‘t pretend that it buys you the world when it doesn‘t. it buys you the world when it doesn't. i hope they're listening. thank you. mps will elect a new speaker of the house of commons today, following the retirement ofjohn bercow. mr bercow stood down last week after ten years in the role. there‘ll be a vote in parliament to decide his successor this afternoon. the eight contenders include the current deputy speaker, lindsay hoyle and former deputy prime minister harriet harman.

hannah white — deputy director at the institute for government — joins me now. explain what is so important about this role. what we have seen in the course of brexit is the speaker‘s role in the house of commons and the role in the house of commons and the role is to interpret the rules, the precedents, which are all complicated, which govern how the house of commons works. but the speaker has other jobs house of commons works. but the speaker has otherjobs with the administration of the house of commons and presenting the house of commons and presenting the house of commons to the word. what challenges does that speaker face in divided times? i think the outcome of the general election will be crucial for the next speaker, if we have not minority government or a small majority, the decisions made by the speaker, as we have seen withjohn

ber echo —— bercow can be controversial. somebody has to make a choice and mps will decide who that will be. i mentioned a couple of candidates. what do you think will win and how do mps decide who to vote for? interestingly it is a secret ballot. although the whips will have their preferences and will have communicated them to mps, mps can make their own decision. speaker elections are difficult to predict, particularly this one, because a lot of mps won‘t necessarily be in westminster and think it is enough ofa westminster and think it is enough of a priority to come to westminster and who is voting may impact the outcome. who is voting and the candidates get to make a speech. they will make a pitch. there are eight candidates and each will try to argue why they should be given thejob. there are to argue why they should be given the job. there are front runers who have been experience in the house as

being deputy speakers and we have lindsey hoyle and eleanor laing and we have experienced other members from the both the conservative and labour parties. are you, would you put your money on anyone at this point? the fronts runner seems to be lindsey hoyle. the senior deputy speaker. but i have to sayjohn bercow was not the front runner last time, so anything could happen. thank you. in a moment the weather but first let‘s join victoria derbyshire to find out what she‘s got coming up in her programme at ten. we will talk to the parents of harry dunne who, are campaigning to get a prosecution of anne sacoolas. she has gone to the united states and we

will talk to friends of british backpacker who was found drowned off the coast of cambodia. thank you. coming up in sports, lewis hamilton reacts of being crowned world champion for the sixth time. the title moves him to within reach of michael schumacher‘s all—time record of seven world championships, and confirms his position as one of the greatest competitors in formula one history. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. there is going to be more rainfall in the forecast throughout this week. it is particularly heavy today across the north and east of scotland. it is also going to turn colder from mid week onwards with colder air moving in from the arctic. this is the scene this morning with rain across

eastern england. there will be some lengthy dry spells and the brightness coming through at times and temperatures getting up to ten or 12 degrees. through tonight the rain in eastern scotla nd through tonight the rain in eastern scotland will move further southwards and north—east england will have a bit of rain tonight, moving south and west. 0vernight temperatures six to seven or eight ounces, nothing too cold going into tuesday, which will be a fairly u nsettled tuesday, which will be a fairly unsettled day with some rain at times. —— eight celsius. hello. this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines: health bosses warn politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the general election but say a bidding war has already begun.

whoever wins the election, government spending as a share of the economy is likely to rise to 1970s levels, according to a think tank. motherca re announces plans to put its uk retail business into administration, putting around 2500 jobs at risk. mcdonald‘s chief executive steve easterbook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. during the run—up to the election we‘ll be looking in detail at how the parties are using digital and social media in their campaigns with our reporterjoe tidy. we were wondering when the conservative party would get started with the advertising and here we are. they have launched it in a big way over the weekend, saturday and sunday. they have gone from no adverts on instagram 276 different adverts, and they are aimed at

specific places, marginal seats, and they have messages, swingometer images, saying it only takes 450 people to switch in cole valley, they don‘t vote for the brexit party because that will be a waste of a vote. and these adverts are being aimed at much younger people. they are for the 25 to 34 bracket but the swingometer messages are for a more general audience with more of a bias towards 34 to 45—year—old women. that segmentation according to age is interesting. what are labour doing? they have a large presence and they launched on friday with 36 active adverts at the moment including a new video they put up on fracking, and the debate on that has intensified, so quick work from them to get video and put it up on saturday. the lib dems have also had a busy time with 64 adverts, but

every advert is either as it is or a slight variation, changing the wording or the picture, so they have the most adverts if you count that. 64 adverts. the interesting thing about the lib dems, when it is pictures of boris johnson about the lib dems, when it is pictures of borisjohnson and jo swinson, there‘s adverts are being targeted mainly at women, more at women, and the ones ofjeremy corbyn are being aimed towards men. and what about the money? that is always an interesting question. who is expanding and on what? we got the figures up until the 1st of november from the facebook advertising library, and despite labour running half the adverts of the conservatives, they have spent more than double. labour have spent 25,000 compared to the conservatives are sending 9500 and the lib dems has spent £23,000, but there could bea has spent £23,000, but there could be a delay in the figures and the conservatives only started their

campaign on saturday and sunday, so we might not see that money until today and tomorrow, or it might be about targeting. if the conservatives are going for hyper local, they are going for a smaller audience in specific areas, while labour and the lib dems are going wider, meaning prominence which costs more money. do you want to know how it works? fascinating! if you wanted to run an advert on facebook, you can target it very specifically, which is how this is happening. you could go for the whole of the world orjust wales. i have got an advert and i wanted to go to all women in wales and according to facebook that is about 1 million people. the next one, you can target even more. if you want to go to all women between 18 and 25 who live in port talbot, that would give you a much smaller amount of people, i think it says 100,000. but if you want to go even more

targeted, you can go for interests, so targeted, you can go for interests, so you targeted, you can go for interests, so you can go targeted, you can go for interests, so you can go for yoga and golf. i could target all the women living in port talbot who are between 18 and 25 who like yoga and goals and according to facebook that is about 52,000 people. —— yoga and golf. according to facebook that is about 52,000 people. -- yoga and golf. do you 52,000 people. -- yoga and golf. do y°u pay 52,000 people. -- yoga and golf. do you pay different amounts for different segments of the audience or is itjust how many people the advert is going to? i am not sure about that, but the fewer people the advert is reaching, the smaller cost compared to going for the whole country. that figures. say you wa nted country. that figures. say you wanted to put in an advert, will they tell you how much it will cost you in port talbot for whatever audience? yes. i used to run a blog andi audience? yes. i used to run a blog and i did some advertising through facebook and it literally tells you what it will cost. if you want this many people to see this advert, it will cost you £5, whatever it is.

and at the level i was, it even said if you want 500 likes, that will cost you £20 and that it does work. you can pay for the likes? you can pay for likes, audience, sign—ups, clicks for your website. fascinating. and when are you coming back to talk through this? every day! thank you. and while we are on this, let‘s talk about the most red and most watched things on their website. the most red is the mcdonald‘s boss fired after his romantic relationship with an employee. we have been talking about that and also mothercare. and something we haven‘t talked about in a news bulletin is this teenager dying after a police pursuit. a car hit a building in burnage dying after a police pursuit. a car hita building in burnage in dying after a police pursuit. a car hit a building in burnage in greater manchester last night. 0fficers

trying to stop a ford fusion and two people taken to hospital with injuries. 0ne thought to be a boy in his late teens has died. and that has got a lot of interest and concern on our website this morning. and mikhail gorbachev, which we talked about, we ran an interview, the world in colossal danger. another two, i need to work and sex work suits me says this sex worker, and this is about an attempt by this particular sex worker to find places to live. she concealed her line of work from landlords, even though it is legal in the uk for someone to sell sex in property alone. this is a discussion about the rules around brothels and sex work which has got a lot of interest online this morning. we believe that there because it is all have got time for on the morning briefing. now the sport and we promise you more on

lewis hamilton. sally has the rest of the sport as well. plenty more to say. good morning. lewis hamilton has become the second most successful formula one driver of all time after clinching his sixth world title at the us grand prix in texas. a second place finish was enough to move him to within one of michael schumacher‘s record. hamilton says he feels as good as ever as he looks to close in on title number seven. here‘s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. everything in his view could be chaos — it didn‘t matter. all lewis hamilton had to see was the end of this grand prix. to win the world title, he didn‘t need to win here. eighth place would do. but watch that silver car overtaking. and hamilton has passed him. always racing. sebastian vettel was soon out. didn‘t wait for the ferrari mechanics — he had his own diagnosis. i think that the suspensionjust failed. yep, failed. something broke. while hundreds work in a team, all for the driver. hamilton‘s career was inspired by his father.

now, anthony watched as lewis gave everything again — wouldn‘t even let his team—mate past him. well, he is a rival. eventually that was bottas going past, safely. second place for hamilton meant he was champion again. what a drive, mate. that is it. radio waited for his words. through the mask, we could only imagine his emotion. then hamilton was back, safe on the summit. well, he had never left it. 0n the all—time grid, hamilton is second, with only michael schumacher winning more drivers titles. and why should hamilton, aged 34, stop here? he‘s in a great place to equal michael‘s championship wins, and maybe even go for an eighth world championship in 2021, 2022. we will see. it is all about when he

wa nts to we will see. it is all about when he wants to give up. races, titles — does this look like a man who is tired of winning? joe wilson, bbc news. let‘s have a look at some of this morning‘s back pages. and not surprisingly lewis hamilton dominates things. king lewis the sixth is the headline in the express. it‘s hamilton again in the guardian with a picture showing him coming to terms with what he‘s just achieved. the telegraph focuses on football and an horrific injury suffered by andre gomes in the game between everton and tottenham. we‘ll have more on that incident at goodison park in just a moment but first here are some of the tributes being paid to lewis hamilton in the wake of his sixth world title. hamilton‘s former teammate nico rosberg had this to say: "karting together who would have thought that we‘d both be f1 world champion one day. and you? you‘ve achieved it for the sixth time — on your way

to becoming the goat." romain grosjean said "congrats champ — hope to be back (like the good old days) to challenge you for podiums in the future." everton midfielder andre gomes will have surgery today after fracturing his ankle during his side‘s 1—1 draw with tottenham. a distressed son heung—min of spurs was sent off for his tackle on the portuguese midfielder. we are not showing it, that is how gruesome it is. other players and the supporters near the incident could barely look while serge aurier was later substituted. i was in the changing room after the game and seeing how upset sonny is, one of the nicest people you could ever meet, who would never wish to hurt anyone. obviously i don‘t know how involved he was but he can‘t even pick his head up. it was sad to see. tea rs everywhere. i think we have to try and pick each other up and the whole of tottenham sends our best. leicester continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers. they‘re up to third after beating crystal palace 2—0. jamie vardy with leicester‘s second goal.

leicester have won seven of their last nine league matches and arejust two points behind manchester city. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. alfredo morelos scored twice in the 3—0 win which took steven gerrard to his first final in charge of rangers where they‘ll face celtic. the former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse in a match in italy. balotelli, who now plays for brescia, kicked the ball into the stands and tried to leave during their game against hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa‘s protocol. he went on to score after being persuaded to play on by his team—mates. there was a brilliant performance from kenya‘s joyciline jepkosgei at the new york marathon. she won the women‘s event in what was her first ever competitive race at that distance. she almost broke the

course record as well. not too shabby. coming up today we‘ll keep you up to date with all the latest sports news. we‘ll round everything up in sportsday when we‘ll also be hearing from former f1 driver jolyon palmer on lewis hamilton‘s latest title success. that‘s all the sport for now. we look forward to later. thank you, sally. new research has revealed the financial challenge new mothers confront when they return to work. a poll by the company now pensions found more than two thirds of mothers consider giving up work because of the cost of childcare. those who do return to work often end up working shorter hours, with less saved in their pensions as a result. with me is jane portas, of the insuring women‘s futures foundation, which helps women build financial resilience. thank you for coming in. tell us

about the research. 90% of thank you for coming in. tell us about the research. 9096 of women wa nt to about the research. 9096 of women want to return to work but are struggling with the cost of childcare. about 70% of women are actually thinking that they perhaps can‘t return to work because of the cost or they need elderly parents and the wider family to help support childcare. why is this particularly women ‘s issue. childcare. why is this particularly women 's issue. i think what is interesting is if we look at this in a much broader context, the average age for women today to have a child is in her 30s and we see that women significantly like financial resilience in their 30s. but actually we need to think more broadly about who is paying for the child care, who is doing the childcare and how we value women returning to work. and we need to see this as an investment in women‘s financial futures. the work we have been doing is looking at the financial risks that people face through their life course and

understanding the differences between men and women‘s financial risks, so we can take targeted interventions and what i call six moments that matter, where we can actually improve financial resilience. when you talk about financial resilience, what do you mean in case some viewers don‘t follow? it is about having enough money to live on a regular and daily basis, to actually be able to plan for a secure financial future into retirement, and to be able to sustain the life events that may happen to us. those life events may be active decisions, such as when to enter a relationship, who to work for, when to have a baby, and how to manage the money and finance and pensions through their life journey. we see some very significant differences between the decisions that are being taken that are really impacting men and women‘s financial resilience. and actually part—time work is one of the key decisions

thatis work is one of the key decisions that is fundamentally impacting women‘s financial resilience in the uk today. some of those things are so uk today. some of those things are so deeply structural. men don‘t have the same shared parental leave, they don‘t have shared parental leave entitlements. that is one of the things along with pay disparities which mean women are earning less and they are more likely for all these reasons to be the parent doing part—time work. these reasons to be the parent doing part-time work. there is a review going on at the moment looking at pa rental leave going on at the moment looking at parental leave by the government‘s equalities office but actually their actions we can all take as individuals and one other thing is it we don‘t talk about money and pensions enough in the uk. i would get everyone involved in the money talk pensions week this year. we are launching a national campaign to improve financial resilience in the uk this year. but also in the workplace, in terms of creating flexible working in the future. we

will all want to work flexibly into the future as we live the 100 year life and that includes all kinds of flexible work, part—time, flexible hours, time out, so how do we make that work so everyone can enjoy a rewarding career and save for an adequate pension? it is a great aspiration and i wish we had longer to talk about it. fascinating. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: health bosses warn politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the general election but say a bidding war has already begun. motherca re announces plans to put its uk retail business into administration, putting around 2500 jobs at risk. mcdonald‘s chief executive steve easterbook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. for the past three months oil slicks

have been washing up along the brazilian coastline, affecting more than 1200 miles of beaches. now the country‘s president, jair bolsonaro, has said the worst is yet to come. gareth barlow has more. it‘s become a familiar sight on brazil‘s beaches, pristine sands tarnished by oil and tar. for months, workers and volunteers have removed tonnes of black sludge, and now the president is warning the worst is yet to come. it‘s painstaking work, but vital for the environment, and brazil‘s tourist sector. the authorities suspect a greek tanker that sailed from venezuela is to blame. translation: oceanographic calculations of previous activity were made, and according to the modelling, it is believed that only one ship could have left that oil spill. on sunday, hundreds of people hugged the sea to show that brazil‘s

beaches are still open. the worry is there could be more oil about to wash ashore. gareth barlow, bbc news. hundreds of minicab drivers may be working fraudulently after buying qualifications for cash, the bbc has found. drivers in london must sit mandatory exams to get a licence to work. but an undercover bbc investigation has exposed colleges cheating the required tests. london‘s licencing authority tfl now says it‘s put on hold nearly 2000 applications. guy lynn reports. it‘s supposed to be a btech under strict exam conditions. this is the reality here. i will give you the answers here. eight wannabe cab drivers at this college, vista training solutions, get fed the answers for an assessment. they‘re told to get a few wrong,

to make the fraud more convincing. all minicab drivers in london must now pass exams, in english and map reading and topography, which prove they‘re safe and qualified to get their badge from transport for london, or tfl, to work. the mandatory exams are usually sat at tfl testing centres, but private colleges such as this reputable one offer btechs in taxi training. the btechs prove the aspiring cabbies have been trained and rigorously assessed, so tfl accept them too. but other colleges are just cheating those btechs for cash. this man is a manager at vista training solutions.

0ur researcher is told to come at the end of the day. check out how many others this place is cheating btechs for. everybody signs fake registers to dupe the authorities and examining bodies that they have attended the mandatory three days of training. and then we just pay. this man and gertie will later cheat the rest of the btech online exam, pretending to be the real candidates. two weeks later, our researcher gets his btech and guess what? it‘s a pass. 0ur cheated btech can now be sent to tfl to get that cab driver licence and according to these vista managers, hundreds have been. but how widespread is this? we heard reports of similarfraud in other

places and tfl now say as a direct result of bbc london‘s investigation, 1667 applications are now on hold. passengers are getting into those vehicles and they need to know they are safe and to hear parts of that are being forged around london, that is not right, that is really worrying. and tfl need to get a grip on this. tfl said they would do that and are deeply concerned about the allegations. vista training solutions said they were shocked and are launching an internal investigation. they said managers gertiem kamili and abdullah, who ignored us when we got in contact, aren‘t working for them any more. but we finally caught up with gertie. hi, there. can you tell me why you have been arranging qualifications for cash? not me, mate. you have been arranging qualifications for cash. we have got you secretly recorded doing it. why have you been doing it? not me.

it‘s not you? no. so who is it we have got secretly recorded? not me. the authorities will be pretty interested in having a chat with this man. the question is — how many other fraudulently obtained licences are out there? you can see more on that investigation on bbc london at 6:30pm and 10:30pm tonight. viewers around the uk can catch up on the iplayer. bigger and taller mobile phone masts could be built without councils‘ permission across the countryside, under a proposed overhaul of planning rules in england. it is part of government plans to speed up the roll out of 5g networks and improve mobile coverage in rural areas. janye mccubbin reports. from 1g, we have whizzed through the ages to... ta—da...5g! with signals already beaming into cities around the country and many are excited. it will be instant. there‘s no loading times,

no buffering, no waiting. you‘re going to be able to watch the video straightaway without any lag or any stoppage. this is about more than downloads. it‘s about smart homes and smart cities. one example would be connected ambulances. so, having paramedics receive real—time information from consultants to actually help patients on the ground. that‘s life—saving and life—changing. but wait! i don't even have one bar. we don't get 36 and they're talking about 56 ? forget hotspots. 8% of the country is a total not spot. 25% of the country a partial not spot. while the government wants to relax planning laws to push ahead with the technology to fix this, campaigners in some parts of the country want the brakes slammed on. the government says the science is safe. campaigners want more proof. the deadline for thoughts is end of play today. now the weather with simon. thank you. a misty and mickey started the day for many of us and we have had some showers which have been heavy and persistent. that was the scene

in hampshire this morning with varying amounts of cloud and through the week it will stay quite u nsettled the week it will stay quite unsettled with further rain at times but also turning colder from mid week onwards. today the situation is week onwards. today the situation is we have this area of low pressure moving gradually south and east. this weather front is the culprit for the wet weather across eastern scotla nd for the wet weather across eastern scotland through today. it will gradually ease off as we go through tuesday. the rain will continue across it in scotland which could lead across it in scotland which could lea d o nto across it in scotland which could lead onto localised flooding issues. further west of scotland there will be something drier brighter. some brighter spells in northern ireland and wales but some showers continuing and windy conditions across scotland through this afternoon. the rain will eventually clear to the south and the east and temperatures today will be getting to ten or 13 degrees. 0vernight some showers across england and wales and some clear spells. the rain moves into north—east england, gradually pushing further south through the

night. it will not be particularly cold with temperatures staying up to seven or 9 degrees on tuesday morning. 0n seven or 9 degrees on tuesday morning. on tuesday you will need your umbrella handy because it will be quite cloudy with some rain and showers are moving further south and east as the day goes on. there will be brighter skies developing across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england but it will be chillier in the north with temperatures only eight or nine, but in double figures for northern ireland, england and wales. 12 to 13. as we go through wednesday, quite quiet with this weather system pushing in from the west. the other thing about wednesday is the change in wind direction with air from the north moving further south across many parts on wednesday. more of us experiencing a chill in the air. throughout wednesday, i mentioned that when moving in from the west and it will continue to push east.

around the irish sea coast, some rain and it will be drier further east and brighter on wednesday before the cloud increases in the afternoon. for many of us, temperatures taking a drop down to five to 8 degrees and some double figures in the south. goodbye.

hello, it‘s monday, it‘s 10 o‘clock, i‘m victoria derbyshire. the parents of harry dunn are pleading with prosecutors to charge anne sacoolas, the driver of the car that knocked him off his motorbike and killed him. if they do, they want british and us authorities to ensure she returns to the uk for the court case. harry‘s pa rents charlotte and tim are here to tell us about the latest stage in their fight for justice. "don‘t weaponise the nhs during the election campaign." that the plea from nhs bosses to politicians, but can they manage it? friends of amelia bambridge, the british backpacker who drowned off a cambodian island tell this programme they‘ve spent the last few days scouring social media to report and remove images of her dead body