hello, you're watching afternoon live i'm simon mccoy. today at two: the liberal democrats say the uk will get a remain bonus of 50 billion pounds over five years if brexit is stopped as they launch their general election campaign. when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain that i could do a betterjob than either of them. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted next year promising to secure a better deal with the eu. a labour government will get brexit sorted within six months giving you, the british people, the final say. jacob rees mogg apologises, after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored

fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police, following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougal. rugby union is in shock as saracens are docked 35 points and fined more than £5 million for violating salary cap regulations. the club says they didn't deliberately breach them. thanks, jane. and louise lear has the weather. bit of a mess out there today, a lot of cloud around, the best of any such iron is across scotland. it is colder here. —— the best of any sunshine. i will have all the details coming up later. thanks, louise. also coming up, we'll report from bristol, the city that could become the first

place in the uk to ban privately owned diesel vehicles from its centre in an attempt to cut pollution. hello, this is afternoon live. i and simon mccoy. the liberal democrats have launched their campaign for next month's general election, saying it is the only party standing up to stop brexit and that doing so would bring the country a £50 billion remain bonus over five years, which could be spent on public services. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn, speaking in essex, said labour would get brexit done in six months promising to secure a better deal with the eu and put it to the public in another referendum next year. the conservatives insist they are the party to deliver brexit and that the uk will leave by january 31st next year. our political correspondent chris mason has the latest on today's campaigning. our liberal democrat candidate for prime minister, jo swinson!

in case you wondered how upbeat the liberal democrats are, there you have it. at their campaign launch in westminster this morning. their promise to scrap brexit if they won was central. both labour and the conservatives want to negotiate and deliver brexit. i never thought that i would stand here and say that i am a candidate to be prime minister. but when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them! labour's been talking brexit too in harlow in essex, a seat the party needs to win from the conservatives. jeremy corbyn‘s pitch is to negotiate what he sees as a better brexit deal and then put that to a referendum with remain as the other option, all within six months. if you want to leave the eu

without trashing our economy or selling out the nhs, you will be able to vote for it. if you want remain in the eu, you will be able to vote for that. either way, only a labour government will put the final decision in your hands. because this has involved the whole country from the start, it can't now be left to politicians. the conservatives say the labour's proposed timetable for this is a fairy tale. meanwhile the cabinet has met for the last time before parliament is dissolved. we are about to go forward to a general election which i think it's fair to say that none us particularly wanted to hold. the prime minister says it's necessary because parliament blocked brexit. the tories claimed they will deliver brexit and sort out the long term relationship with the eu within a year. that could prove a tall order and so... could it be extended? no. definitely not? absolutely. we will make sure that

we have a properfree trade agreement with the european union and of course, some people the past have argued that it will be challenging, but i think if you look at the way in which for example borisjohnson injust 90 days moved from square one to concluding a change in the withdrawal agreement and getting rid of the backstop, he has demonstrated he has the leadership quality to be able to secure a deal in that time. the scottish national party don't like brexit but do want another referendum, on independence. this election is firstly a chance to escape the mess of brexit but secondly, an opportunity to take scotland's future into scotland's hands, it's a real crossroads moment for scotland. the brexit party say the conservative deal with the eu doesn't amount to a proper brexit. nigel farage with his candidates in westminster yesterday, today he's campaigning in bolsover in derbyshire.

big leaves area, being represented by labour party that has broken all of its promises and now wants a second referendum, offering remain against a form of remain. that is a betrayal of the promises made to this people during the referendum during the general election. the gloves are on for now, but there is still more than five weeks to go. didn't hit anybody! chris mason, bbc news. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. it is all about brexit today. yes, it is. forsome it is all about brexit today. yes, it is. for some parties, it is all about brexit today. yes, it is. forsome parties, i think that suits them. we know the conservatives want to go through this campaign saying to people, we have got a deal, if you give boris johnson a majority in the house of commons, he can come back before christmas, the deal can be voted through in january and christmas, the deal can be voted through injanuary and then the uk will finally have left the eu. now, i think the labour, they have been a bit more reticent about talking

about brexit, they have come under a lot of criticism about having a confusing policy, jeremy corbyn says it is clear, he wants to renegotiate the deal. he says that he would do that within three months and then hold another referendum and so really saying that by the beginning ofjune, it can be sorted. the question he still has not answered and will not be decided by the party until afterwards is whether in that referendum they were campaign for remain, as some in the shadow cabinet want to do, whether they we re cabinet want to do, whether they were campaign to leave under the deal they have negotiated. that is still the uncertainty that there is around the labour party policy. the liberal democrats saying we are the only ones being consistent. jo swinson acknowledging some people hate the idea of going back on the referendum and revoking article 50. but she said if they were rated as a majority government that is what they would do, if not they would pursue this idea of another

referendum. in terms of the mead music, it is quite clear that journalists in terms of the mead music, it is quite clear thatjournalists are not taking figures at face value. jeremy corbyn facing questions on figures he was giving. do you sense that fax are getting more and more valuable ina campaign are getting more and more valuable in a campaign like this because think so. every organisation, including the bbc, wants to put things in context. quite often parties will come up with a figure thatis parties will come up with a figure that is correct in one way and we have seen it over absent years of campaigns where people say spending has gone up by this amount. it depends where you take this starting point from. of course figures can be selected by parties to show certain things. but i think it is much harder now for parties to do that. it will be interesting to see whether they continue to do things when they see that quite quickly organisations, whether it is people on twitter or broadcasters or newspapers, look at these figures

and very quickly so that is not the whole picture. that is the thing, it is about the whole picture and putting the contacts and play a people, when they hear these figures, can make more sense of them. parliament effectively closes this evening. it dissolves this evening. ido evening. it dissolves this evening. i do not think it is the shortest ever session, but these shorter since the 1920s. 60 mps know for sure they are not coming back because they are retiring. there is who do not know whether they are coming back and has been interesting over the last three days, wondering around the house of commons, you can see the ones who looking glum, we think it might be pretty challenging for them to hold their seats. 0n the other hand, everyone is saying it is really impossible to predict partly because brexit has changed everything. will this be a brexit election? we said that in 2017, and people talked about other things for top end may not happen, it may not turn out like that. equally having the liberal democrats going up in the liberal democrats going up in the polls, it seems, plus the brexit

party think they're going to stand in the majority of seats, that does make it much harder to predict because you do not know what kind of impact that could have on the votes of the other parties. i shall talk to you later. thank you very much. jacob rees mogg, the leader of the house of commons, has said he is "profoundly" sorry after he suggested the victims of the grenfell tower fire lacked "common sense" by not leaving the building despite being told to do so by the fire brigade. he made the initial comments on lbc yesterday. 0ur correspondent tom symondsjoins me now. as we say, it was an interview yesterday. what exactly did he say? an interview yesterday with lbc, it is crucially to point this out, it is crucially to point this out, it is with nick ferrari, the host of the programme. the comment became a political story overnight after labour said... attacked what he said. let's hear what he said.

the more one's read over the weekend about the report and about the chances of people surviving, if you just ignore what you're told and leave, you are so much safer. and i think if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building. it just seems the common—sense thing to do. he is saying having read reports of the rental tarot apart, he said either of us were in burning building, we would leave it, that is common sense. “— building, we would leave it, that is common sense. —— having read reports of the grenfell tower report. the other way is in the minds of somebody who might be in that building, was it common sense to get out? as you would expect, it was criticised by grenfell united which represent survivors and bereaved from the fire and this morning, as he came out of the cabinet, jacob rees—mogg results about this allegation that he had accused people in the fire of lacking common

sense. mr rees mogg, do you really think 6 re nfell mr rees mogg, do you really think grenfell residents lack common sense? grenfell residents lack common sense ? do you grenfell residents lack common sense? do you regret your comments? so he is saying that that is not what i said. later in a statement he said that he had meant to say that before the report, he would have followed the state advice but with hindsight, he and anyone else would get out and he offered the relatives and those who survived the grenfell tower fire what he called a profound apology. labour has said there is an example of the nasty party and i think you can agree, we can agree that it think you can agree, we can agree thatitis think you can agree, we can agree that it is the first if you like mid speak incident of this election campaign and there may be many to come. tom, thank you very much. more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. police were alerted injuly after one family reported their child had alerted them to an incident at the jack

and jill childcare nursery in torquay. the nursery is now closed. with the details, here'sjohn ayres. the police were contacted onjuly 29 with information relating to an alleged sexual assault at this nursery in torquay. later that day, a person was arrested and then later released on police bail. the police investigation is continuing. the person has moved out of the area while that takes place. ata while that takes place. at a media conference today, the police said a number of children aged two and above have been identified as potential victims. although they would not say how many beyond more than one. asa beyond more than one. as a result of a multi—agency investigation, it has focused on a large amount of cctv footage from within the nursery setting and as a result of the feeling of the footage, we have identified a number of additional offences against other children in the nursery setting. more than 100 families who have

children at the nursery have been conducted as part of the investigation, and support is being provided for those who think may be victims. we are working closely with our police colleagues who have specially trained officers supporting those families, depending on the needs of those families. the police say this contact is limited to the nursery setting and do not believe any other members of staff had any knowledge of this matters. the reassurance we can provide is at this point we are not looking at any image —related offences in terms of the taking and distribution of images. we are focused on one person connected to that nursery who has been arrested and has been on bail sincejuly 2019. helpline has been set up for the families who think they may have been affected. the police is continuing. —— the police investigation is continuing. a former head of m15 has said a parliamentary report into alleged russian interference uk elections should be published before next month's general election.

he said it could not be rushed because there was a matter of national security. i'm joined now by the conservative mp and chair of the foreign affairs select committee, tom tugendhat. good afternoon. it should be published? yes. it is an important report. people in the united kingdom are going through an important process , are going through an important process, the election of a government and i think given the accusations had been made about russian interference in previous polls, referendum or election, i think it is appropriate that it is published now and as the minister himself project, and i think quite rightly, screw as the dispel is fa ntasy. rightly, screw as the dispel is fantasy. let us do just that. let's put the report out in public and that the scrutiny of members of parliament and the scrutiny of members of the public who can read the report to dispel the fantasy of whatever some people may believe. downing street reported to state that this process usually takes several weeks to complete and frankly there's not enough time with

parliament being dissolved tonight. i think that is a great shame because there is no more important moment in the nation's life then when we choose those who lead us, those who represent us and those who ta ke those who represent us and those who take decisions on our behalf so i would have hoped this was the sort of thing that the government could privatise as matter of extreme urgency, giving the importance of the poll before us. people are going to ask what have they got tight? i do not think they couldn't have anything to hide, i do not think that is a reasonable question. what is reasonable is that our accusation is that social media are being used by hostile enemy states and indeed the foreign affa i rs states and indeed the foreign affairs committee has just published its last report, 23rd at this parliament over the last two years on how democracies need to look at defending themselves from autocracies. clearly we have seen this in various reports about chinese interference in the academic space and we've seen that about russia that no russian interference in the political space. i think it

is really important that this report is really important that this report is published as soon as possible. he is an unfair question, but out there, the public are preparing to vote in another general election, they are going to think this is a bit odd because we are talking about a process, allegations of an intervention in the paresis which we are about to undergo. it is not an unfair question, i did not say that. isaid it unfair question, i did not say that. i said it is not a cover—up. what i am saying is... you can see why people think it is one. i can see why i want it published. it is hard for me to defend the country, as you seem to be asking me to do. i keep saying i wa nt to be asking me to do. i keep saying i want to see this publish. that is exactly why the foreign affairs committee has published as a matter of urgency our last report, it is not as complete as we like, does not include elements of enquiry that we would like to do but the importance, this is the last day of the parliament, was to get out there so people can see the evidence that we we re people can see the evidence that we were able to collect in the weeks

and months before. who do you think is stopping this coming out? i am afraid i have no idea. really? no, i'm afraid i have no idea. i have not had a conversation with number ten about this. it was interesting in the urgent question earlier, there is a sense that someone within the downing street and everyone is pointing to a certain figure, an adviser to borisjohnson pointing to a certain figure, an adviser to boris johnson exit pointing to a certain figure, an adviser to borisjohnson exit will not be in the interest certainly of borisjohnson not be in the interest certainly of boris johnson and the not be in the interest certainly of borisjohnson and the conservatives to let this out. ido to let this out. i do not know why people say that. i ama i do not know why people say that. i am a conservative, i keep arguing it for it to be published, many other conservatives including... sorry to interrupt, this is why this is so odd. you are conservative saying they should be published. everybody out there and outside the westminster bubble is saying this is ridiculous. why is it not been published with i can't answer the question, i don't speak for the government, i don't speak for number ten. i am arguing that it should be published.

frustration all round ? published. frustration all round? it is one of those silly things, just get on with it moments. i suspect, i've not read the report, i'm not on the intelligence and security committee, i suspect the moment it is published, people will say, is that all? i think the important thing on the site is a just published the damn thing. well, i say! sorry. you be clearer. again, listening to various phone—ins this morning, it is the airof phone—ins this morning, it is the air of suspicion that we have about anything to do with politics at the moment that gets people thinking, hello, there's a reason for this. basically you are saying to your own government, you have made a mistake here. i am saying to the coming of the united kingdom, and it is myjob as the chair of the foreign affair committee, for the next seven or eight hours, to scrutinise their work on foreign affairs and that is exactly what i'm doing. i am testing

them. i do not think it is a huge issue but i think it is a bit silly. just publish it. ok, of course, front and that she will be going into an election campaign yourself. —— matthew will be going. we've all got to apply for ourjobs again, we all fight at one minute past midnight. it is up to the people across these islands to choose who they want to represent them. there are some great reasons to a nswer them. there are some great reasons to answer a conservative government to answer a conservative government to return, not least on national security and standing up to the united kingdom, defending the interests of the british people at home and abroad. i think this is a great opportunity for us all to have a real conversation about some of the other issues that's been going on as well. thank you forjoining us this afternoon. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the liberal democrats say the uk will get a ‘remain bonus‘ of 50 billion pounds over five years if brexit is stopped

as they launch their general election campaign. jeremy corbyn says labour will get brexit sorted within six months. jacob rees mogg apologises, after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. it is the biggest sanction in rugby union and services are docked 35 points and find for breaching salary cap regulations —— saracens are docked. england snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. they go to— one down, a batting collapse after looking on course for the win. liverpool play tonight against kent, ahead of their league match with manchester city cop has hit back against accusations from pep guardiola that's ideo money dives ——

mane dives. a study has found that three quarters of people who use food banks are from homes affected by illness or disability, according to a study commissioned by the charity trussell trust. it found that the average weekly income of someone using a food bank is £50, after their rent has been paid. michael buchanan has more details. in 2010 the trussell trust handed out 41,000 food parcels. last year that number was 1.6 million. each person is unique in their own way, but also helped to paint a broader picture. my husband died a year ago, i've been left with nothing so i've had to use food banks. i used to go four or five days without food until i discovered this place. forjaffar, the problem is the gig economy, a variety of uncertain little jobs, never quite amounting to enough money. i've been claiming benefits for over a year now.

but i have been getting some good opportunities coming my way. if you could find a permanent job, you probably wouldn't need to come here? definitely. i do a lot of self—employed stuff like in property, or might even be stuff like courier, cycling, just to make ends meet. but a lot of self—employed stuff. it's uneven all the time, you can't be sure from month to month that you're going to have x amount of money? no, exactly. the sheer number of food banks now operating is a small factor in why so many people use them. but other reasons are overwhelmingly more important. today's research shows of those needing food banks, many have just £50 a week to live on. nearly three quarters are in households

affected by ill health or disability, two thirds had problems with the benefit system. for example, single mums are massively overrepresented, people with illnesses, people with disabilities, these are all people who we should expect to be anchored from poverty by our benefits system, but have not been caught. ministers say they spend £95 billion annually and what they call the welfare safety net and are always looking to improve it. but no one expects the need for food banks to disappear anytime soon. michael buchanan, bbc news. scientists say a do it yourself test could revolutionise screening for cervical cancer, which is at a 21 year low. women could carry out a urinal swab test at home and send the sample by post for analysis, saving them a trip to the gp‘s surgery. 0ur health reporter michelle roberts has the details. smear tests can be life—saving but millions of women are not going for them. women aged 25 to 64 in the uk are invited for checks, but the number taking up the offer has been falling. figures suggest one in four women did not attend a smear test when invited. experts say it could be

down to embarrassment, lack of awareness of awareness or people putting it off. researchers say a new form of test carried out by women themselves at home could get more women screened. the test measures chemical changes detectable in urine or vaginal swabs to assess a woman's cancer risk. a high score suggests a higher risk and the woman should have further tests. the lead doctor says diy checks could be a game changer. it is detecting 96% of women who have a precancer lesion, it is very efficient but because it is to replace another test, we need to do this in 10,000 women. campaigners say home testing would be possible, and popular but larger trials are needed before the nhs can decide whether to offer it. we are seeing coverage at an all—time low in england, it is low in other countries as well, we need to find a way

to offer a test that women want, that is accessible, and what self sampling can offer and it is something that we have been calling for a long time could be that solution, potentially a real game changer. the nhs is currently moving to testing smears for the presence of a virus called human papilloma virus or hpv. almost all cases of cervical cancer are linked to the virus. it can cause other cancers in men and women. from this september in england, all boys aged 12 to 13 will be routinely offered a vaccine along with girls, to help protect against cancers caused by hpv. michelle roberts, bbc news. scientists say men born at high risk of developing prostate cancer should have extra checks every year from the age of a0. men with certain changes in their dna are more likely to develop prostate cancer.

scientists at the institute of cancer research say annual blood test could help spot tumours early, when they were easier to treat. time for a look at the weather. louise is here. i'm nota louise is here. i'm not a ray of sunshine. a weather watcher extra from yesterday. this is from yesterday? there is something wrong with my definition of forecast. i am getting to that. they had doubled their monthly rainfall in october and this is having an impact on mother nature. have you got your tissues at the ready? devastating impact on hedgehogs. 0ne wildlife hospital has seen 200 hedgehogs being brought in. why? it is because of that wet weather that with been seen in 0ctober, they have not been able to put on enough weight, some of them have been drowning to the volume of rain they have been seen. are you

crying? no, i have got a cold. i am all right. they should weigh 600 grams at this time of year. some only weigh 85 grams. their mother is a trend have another letter but they are not able to put on enough that before they hibernate. isn't that sad? the weather before they hibernate. isn't that sad ? the weather can before they hibernate. isn't that sad? the weather can have an impact on mother nature. lots of warning about november theft. check your bonfires. he will have to hunt if they are that tiny. if you are heading out for firework displays this evening, not that many bonfires at this time of year but nevertheless, the shower surround and certainly plenty of fireworks taking place this evening and it is turning colder. it is a bit of a dog's dinner, as my mother used to say. a lot of cloud around, a lot of showers coming off the north the best the sunshine has been in scotla nd best the sunshine has been in scotland and that is why it is likely to stay. a northerly wind are

striving in some showers on this expose case. a little bit of everything mixed in there. it is not feeling very warm. temperature struggling to get into double pitches in to scotland. maybe a maximum of 12, 13 celsius if we are lucky. tonight, the shows. to ease away, skies will clear and the northerly component starts to kick in across the country. temperatures are likely to fall away. first thing tomorrow morning, and it is a difference to the feel of the weather, looks as if we are going to see captured in low single figures quite widely, maybe down the lay freezing. maybe some frost, some fog around, i knew since after firework night. and maggie start first thing in the morning. the best of the dry, sunny area in short it ellis. as we go to tomorrow, more cloud and habits of showery rain pushing in from the west. the most persistent rain into the south—west by the end of the afternoon, and more west east ifido of the afternoon, and more west east if i do not feeling very one with it

either. around seven to ten at the very best. low pressure is set to return, unfortunately. this will bring some pretty persistent rain overnight wednesday into thursday, as we see several weather fronts firing around that low. we are almost back to square one, where we we re almost back to square one, where we were at the beginning of this week. some of the rain heavy and persistent as it moves its way up again into wales, we'll need to keep again into wales, we'll need to keep a close eye on that. to the north of that, if few showers, because it is cold some of that, a few showers, because it is consummate the showers could be wintry to the tops of higher ground as well. this colder feel is set to continue as we go through the end of the looking week into the start of the weekend. friday looks a little bit drier and brighter, the start of the week and they that rain to come. look at these weather fronts pushing they that rain to come. look at these weatherfronts pushing in they that rain to come. look at these weather fronts pushing in from these weather fronts pushing in from the west, overnight saturday into sunday we see a band of heavy rain easing away, plenty of showers and staying cold. a real autumn story over the next few days.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the liberal democrats say the uk will get a "remain bonus" of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped, as they launch their general election campaign. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted within six months, promising to secure a better deal with the eu. jacob rees mogg apologises,

after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. more than 100 families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police, following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. a huge punishment for saracens? yes, this is the biggest sanction in the history of the premiership, and just as the england players have returned from japan after the world cup. nine members of the england squad play for saracens, so they will have been greeted with this news today. an independent panel found that saracens had failed to disclose payments over three seasons and were found to have exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players. they have been docked 35 points and

fined £5 million, to seismic. 0ur correspondent joe wilson has more. when we look more at the statement premiership rugby have put out today, they talked about the decision upholding the principle of the salary cap and it is important to see it in the broader issue of professional rugby union's ongoing financial viability, and premiership by financial viability, and premiership rugby has to ensure there is a competitive level playing field. they say they are pleased the process has reached its conclusion, but of course saracens have the right to appeal against it and as it stands this severe punishment would seem to threaten their ongoing viability, certainly their superiority as a sporting force. the club have said in a statement that they're pleased the panel acknowledged saracens did not deliberately attempt to breach the salary cap. they also say that player co—investments do not constitute salary

under the regulations. the punishment sees saracens drop to the bottom of the premiership. tough punishment indeed. let's talk cricket because england snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. england looked like they were going to win the third t20 in this series against new zealand, but they collapsed pretty spectacularly. they were chasing 181, got to 139 for two, but then disaster — they lost five wickets for just ten runs in 18 balls. new zealand's colin de grandhomme top scored for them with 55 from 35 deliveries, helping them to 180 for seven in their 20 overs. a 63—run partnership betweenjames vince and dawid malan looked to put england on course for victory before that late collapse. eoin morgan's wicket triggered the loss of five wickets for just ten runs.

england lost by 1a runs and trail 2—1 in the five—match series. the champions league returns this evening. chelsea face last season's semi—finalists ajax while liverpool face genk at anfield. jurgen klopp said he was "not in the mood to talk about manchester city" ahead of the match. liverpool host the belgian side genk just five days before a crucial game against city in the premier league, with claims from pep guardiola that striker sadio mane dives — something klopp has been quick to dismiss. sadio it is not a diver. he went down but there was not a contact. it is not like jumping over a down but there was not a contact. it is not likejumping over a leg and doing it like he hit you or whatever. all of the other penalties we re whatever. all of the other penalties were penalties because he was in that situation. i am 100% sure if

something like this would happen from man city they would want a penalty, because somebody kicked a player in the box and it is a penalty. after missing last month's matches through injuryjuventus, midfielder aaron ramsey is back in the wales squad for the upcoming games against azerbaijan and hungary. gareth bale is also included in the squad. he hasn't played for his club real madrid since picking up a calf injury in wales' draw with croatia in mid october. manager ryan giggs admits bale's lack of match fitness is a concern. he's a two—time rugby world cup winner with new zealand's all blacks but now sonny bill williams is set to play in rugby league's super league next season. he's likely to sign a two—year multi million pound contract with newly promoted canadian side toronto wolfpack. he'll become one of their marquee players. williams was part of the new zealand team beaten by england in the rugby world cup semi finals last month and has made 12 appearances for new zealand's rugby league team.

that's all the sport for now. simon, back to you. let's return to politics. labour have said if they win the election they will get brexit done very quickly. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris has been taking a look. six months they are saying, is that feasible? that is what jeremy corbyn said so the tories said they will get it done, labour said they would get it done, labour said they would get it done, labour said they would get it sorted so that means they would negotiate a new deal and hold a referendum within that six month period. there we go. there is jeremy, there is what you said this morning as i have told you. it was worth making it clear. is it possible? does the european union wa nt to possible? does the european union want to start another negotiation? will it jump for joy? want to start another negotiation? will itjump forjoy? no. will they engage with a government that

appears to have a clear majority in the house of commons? i think they will and we know labour has already had discussions with michel barnier‘s team about the kind of things they want to do, negotiate a customs union, have a much closer relationship than the conservatives have suggested with the single market, which is probably an outcome that would suit the eu more than the distant relationship mrjohnson advocates so there would be some attraction in that for the eu but they wouldn't go into another negotiation with enthusiasm. it could be done relatively quickly in theory but we have heard a lot of that over the last three years. labour is also saying that it would hold a referendum in that six month period. it has said it will begin legislating for that referendum straightaway. the ucl constitution unit says it would take a minimum of 22 weeks to organise, just under six months, potentially possible. getting everything ready for the

last referendum took over a year, so again, possible but a really tight timetable and one thing we have seen throughout the last three plus years is tight time tables tend to slip a bit. the conservatives saying there won't be an extension to the transition period and that is the period in which crucial trade deals are expected to be done. is that enough time? again, really tight. michael gove was doing a round of interviews this morning and he was categorically clear on the record there will be no extension after brexit, so in other words the current planned transition ends at the end of december 2020 and that he says would be it so that gives you a year to do everything. sort out the free trade agreement with the european union, design and implement the new arrangements that are supposed to be in place for the irish border. potentially things

like new checks if they are needed, if they are not covered by the free trade agreement. free trade agreements normally take a long time. the government says yes but this is different because it is two parties starting from the same place so it will be easier to reach an agreement. their critics say yes but normally in a trade agreement you move closer together so goodwill is generated. this will be one of the first in history where they are trying to move apart so you create new tensions. the other thing is it's not really a year. if say the conservatives win a healthy majority and managed to leave at the end of december, possibly january, they have got to decide whether the transition will be extended under the terms of the withdrawal agreement by the 1st ofjuly next year so that this the first six months of next year everything would have to be done. you talk to most experts about how free trade agreements are done, they say it is not enough time. in theory the

conservatives said we would push on, meet the deadline, get brexit done. in practice again slipping is the experience we have had over the last couple of years. we get promises like this on a daily basis and we should expect many more. it is an election, parties are promising to deliver policies and putting their best foot forward. i guess people will have looked at the last few yea rs will have looked at the last few years and thought this hasn't happened in brexit. it's no surprise both of the main parties and the liberal democrats say they will also sort brexit by cancelling article 50 sort brexit by cancelling article 50 so each of the main parties are saying we have a very clear plan how to do this but of course a plan in theory on paper isn't necessarily what happens in practice. there is one thing, how many times have we concluded a chat here by saying that if there is one thing we know, this isa if there is one thing we know, this is a complicated process? we are doing our best to clarify. we are,

yes. thank you. chris morris. bristol could become the first place in the uk to ban privately owned diesel vehicles from the city centre, in an attempt to cut pollution. under the proposals, such vehicles would be prevented from entering a central area of the city between 7am and 3pm. the council will decide this afternoon whether to approve the clean air plan, which also includes a congestion charge. fiona lamdin has been in bristol for us. it always is pretty busy here in the city centre but fast forward 16 months and if this ban comes into place, to ban diesel, things here could look very different. bristol is busy. it is bustling and at times it's hard to breathe but under clean—air proposals things could soon be improving. let's take a look at the detail. within the white boundary would be a new charging zone, meaning the most polluting of taxis,

buses and goods vehicles — but not private cars — would have to pay to drive within. the cost, between £9 to £100 per day. but take a look at the area in red. it's where bristol is going further than any other city. a ban on all privately—owned diesel vehicles in the city centre, no matter what age they are, between 7am and 3pm. buses, taxis, commercial and emergency service vehicles will be exempt. the mayor has always pushed back on suggestions for a citywide congestion charge. he said that would adversely affect the poorest in the city, but he admits this plan will be a challenge. it needs to be ambitious because we have to get our air clean in the shortest possible time. what we have spent our time doing is thinking about those impacts and how we make sure that we don't solve one problem and create three others. critics say the move will penalise private motorists and cut off some vital routes to busy motorways.

motoring organisation the rac has called for the government to intervene. we are very concerned this is a blunt instrument. it's not doing what other local authorities implementing clean airzones are doing, which is taking a phased approach, trying to get people to the cleanest possible vehicles. this isjust going to ban all private diesel cars from the very heart of the city. but what do most motorists in the city think? it would be a good idea to keep emissions down and so forth. but for the people who want to come into work, into the city, it's not a very good idea. my friends have kids, i don't want to see them getting lung problems from all the pollution. if we can do anything to help, then let's do it. everyone is pushing for electric cars, aren't they? and the price of electric cars are through the roof. taxi drivers are under no illusion about who will bear the burden of extra costs. the cost will be transferred towards the customer. if you charge us £5 every time, i will charge £5 to my customer. so what ever the mayor wants to do, he's going for the public.

bristol does pride itself as being environmentally minded. for many residents, this idea will be a breath of fresh air but, if it's approved, for motorists, the reality of the politics of pollution could prove a step too far. there are still many hurdles to clear. the cabinet will meet this afternoon at bristol city. if they vote yes it will go in front of the government and they will come back at the start of next year to thrash out the finer detail. if this diesel ban is passed, people who work and live in bristol will have to think very differently about how they move across the city. in a moment, the latest business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live.

the liberal democrats say the uk will get a "remain bonus" of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped, as they launch their general election campaign. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted within six months, promising to secure a better deal with the eu. jacob rees mogg apologises, after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. a government plan to create 200,000 new homes in england forfirst time buyers has failed to build any. the spending watchdog says more than £170 million was spent over two years buying land in places like plymouth, bury, basildon and cinderford. the national audit office found the sites were all now being used for general housing, only some of which was affordable. the "starter homes" plan was announced in 2014, aiming to provide homes ata discount to those under 40. registrations of new cars fell 6.7% in october compared with a year ago. that's according to the industry

body, the society of motor manufacturers and traders. it said 10,000 fewer cars were registered last month. the number of diesel cars fell most sharply down 28%. but sales of hybrid electric cars increased by a similar percentage. battery electric vehicles sales rose more than 150%. the uk services sector which includes retail and food and drink stagnated in october. a survey of activity found that it neither grew nor shrank. that's actually an improvement on the previous month when activity dropped slightly in september. this is according to an index known as the pmi. services which also covers banking, leisure, accountancy and finance make up about 80% of the uk economy. i would like to show you a couple of logos and see if you can spot the difference. what is the difference?

that is a new one on the left which i suppose is a way of distinguishing the company from the popular app and website. i was going to say one is in capitals and the other isn't but if you want to go down that line you are welcome. it says it across the bottom. you don't miss a trick. essentially this is facebook trying to rebrand. it wants to distinguish them from the main facebook site. you will still see the usual blue logo on the facebook site and app... but they will change the colour for some things? for instagram you will get the capital letters version and it will be in purple, whatsapp are going to go with green so they are showing they are part of the family

of facebook services but distinct from the main app and it is to do with moving away from some of the negative press, the criticism they have had over data and privacy, the way they handle user content. let's get more on this. samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange. why is this? there's a few reasons. they are trying to brand the apps they have within one family. i think a lot of people don't realise instagram is owned by facebook, that whatsapp is owned by facebook so what some executives are saying is this allows them to offer a clearer message to consumers about which products they are using that are all pa rt products they are using that are all part of that facebook family. but it is certainly clear this comes at a

particular moment in facebook‘s history. they are facing an unbelievable amount of criticism from anything in terms of privacy and what they are doing with people's information, how they are protecting people's privacy, to the kind of influences that are being allowed onto facebook, you know the kind of misinformation that gets disseminated on it. and even we see the department ofjustice is launching investigations into a lot of these social media companies so there is certainly a lot of attention on facebook. this will come at a time in which they are able to do some rebranding. and not eve ryo ne able to do some rebranding. and not everyone is impressed by this move. i note that the democratic hopeful elizabeth warren, the senator, has said she thinks facebook can rebrand all they want but they cannot hide the fact they are too big and too powerful. comments she made on facebook. absolutely. elizabeth

warren has been a big proponent of trying to break up these big tech companies. she says that about amazon and facebook, that they have become too large. even the department ofjustice believes there is something to that, which is why they are launching these anti—trust investigations into these companies. just how did they get so big and how are they able to monopolise so much of this real estate? and also what did they do to push away any of the competition? this is certainly something she has been calling for quite a bit and there's a lot of other people calling for the same thing, to see these big social media companies break up. it is something we heard from big banks as well, that they have become too big and they also need to be broken up in some way. 0k, they also need to be broken up in some way. ok, thanks very much.

let's go back to football and a lot of sadness over the collapse of bury football club. this is perhaps one they printed before they got to 30 yea rs, they printed before they got to 30 years, slightly out of date. back to this report, the situation with bury came about because the company could not pay its debts, there were long standing financial problems and the ta keover standing financial problems and the takeover bid failed. a committee of mps basically concluded that football is failing at every level of governance. what does that mean? this committee said they heard time and again that supporters felt powerless as they watched a club they dearly loved suffer shocking mismanagement and financial misconduct. the committee chairman,

the mp, wrote to say the authorities must learn to respect and act upon supporters‘ concerns and warned that if reforms are not introduced the only alternative is for the government to step in. what are the reforms they are suggesting? there area number of reforms they are suggesting? there are a number of things they think could be done to avoid the repeat of the collapse of bury. they have suggested supporters ombudsman, financial tests for owners of football clu bs, financial tests for owners of football clubs, and this idea of an ombudsman would listen to people‘s concerns about the way clubs are being run and have the power to step in and act on that if needed. they also suggest they should ban clubs from borrowing against fixed assets like stadium. 0k, we will look at the markets later in the day. we

might do. depends. we will see. presumptuous, but we will try.|j will talk to you later. thanks. the eagerly awaited new series of the royal drama the crown begins later this month with oscar—winning actress 0livia colman taking over from claire foy as the queen. this series begins in 1964, and ends 13 years later with the silverjubilee. 0ur correspondentjohn maguire has been behind the scenes. good morning. it‘s 1stjuly, 1969, welcome to the investiture of the prince of wales here at carnarvon castle. or, at least, as it‘s being reimagined by netflix, the exact same castle, the exact same location. as the world‘s most famous family return, 0livia colman — 0scar winnerfor one role as a monarch — takes on another one. it‘s so much fun. i mean, look at the hats you get to wear. it‘s extraordinary, isn‘t it? i‘d forgotten about the hats. yes.

it‘s there, this is pretty good copy. yes, i‘ve seen pictures, "no way." oh, yes, way. yeah, yeah. 0n set, in between takes, i‘m granted a royal audience. a person made a vow in their 20s to serve the nation, she‘s done it, she‘s now in her 905. she is extraordinary. and hasn‘t stepped away from it. yeah. i‘ve become almost obsessed with her. she‘s amazing. and the show is much an investigation of the institution as it is the people, so it's about those figures within this organisation, the sort of pressures, the weird loneliness of it. tell me, it‘s all any of us want to know. what do you want from us? well, the truth is we don't know what we want. a recurring theme in the crown is the relationship with her prime ministers. jason watkins is harold wilson. i‘m not going to do the voice now, you‘ll have to wait. it‘s called a high larynx. he has a particular voice, but myjob is to sort of show him in all his eccentricities, perhaps, and his voice, and it‘s a much impersonated voice,

but i have to fill it up with what‘s going on and what the real emotions are going on and the real events of the day, which were traumatic. age is rarely kind to anyone. nothing one can do about it. acting royalty playing real royalty, as the crown and the woman who wears it return. john maguire, bbc news, carnarvon. now some pictures of an incredible escape. this is a man in oakland, california when he fell onto the tracks. luckily a quick thinking employee pulled him awayjust in time. that was the bay area rapid transport station. it was crowded following an nfl football game, but

thenif following an nfl football game, but then if you missed it last time let‘s show you again... a remarkable escape. he falls onto the track, but tha nkfully escape. he falls onto the track, but thankfully a quick thinking employee managed to drag him onto the platform just in time. remarkable. let‘s have a look at the weather with louise leah. i hope i don‘t have to follow that all afternoon! a few showers around, it will turn increasingly colder as we go through the day and overnight, and this cold weather is here to stay for the next few days. it is a messy picture really though at the moment. a lot of cloud around, some scattered showers driving in of the east coast. sunny spells and scattered showers into scotland, that northerly wind continuing to drive showers here. already feeling noticeably colder despite having sunshine around so temperatures struggling to get into double figures. further south highs of

around 11 to 14 celsius, getting colder still as we move into tonight and tomorrow. 0vernight tonight, some showers easing way, sky clearing, and the northerly component driving the colder air source across the country. single figures to greet us tomorrow morning, perhaps a touch of frost in rural areas, morning, perhaps a touch of frost in ruralareas, in morning, perhaps a touch of frost in rural areas, in the north with temperatures dipping below minus two degrees. maybe some early morning fog is well courtesy of my works night. that will lift with sunny spells in eastern areas, not a bad day. but rain in western fringes and by the end of the day showers in wales and the south—west of england as well. you will notice the difference with the feel of the weather tomorrow, and the cold air is going to stay with us. u nfortu nately is going to stay with us. unfortunately it will then turn more u nsettled

unfortunately it will then turn more unsettled with the weather front spilling in from the west and circling around that area of low pressure, we are almost back to where we were on monday morning with persistent rain across east anglia, up persistent rain across east anglia, up through the midlands and the north of england, wales and northern ireland. there is potential may be for some localised flooding if that lingers for sometime. to the north sunny spells, but because the temperatures are struggling the showers to higher ground will turn increasingly wintry as well. the colder theme continuing as we move into friday, but a lull in proceedings before more wet weather is expected to arrive as we move into saturday and sunday. into the weekend, staying cold but wet at times.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. today at three: the liberal democrats say the uk will get a remain bonus of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped as they launch their general election campaign. when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain that i could do a betterjob than either of them. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted next year promising to secure a better deal with the eu. a labour government will get brexit sorted within six months giving you, the british people, the final say. jacob rees mogg apologises, after saying people living

in grenfell tower should have used common sense and ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. police contact more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon following the arrest of an employee over allegations of sexual offences. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougal. rugby union is in shock as saracens are docked 35 points and fined more than £5 million for violating salary cap regulations. the club says they didn‘t deliberately breach them. thanks, jane. and louise lear has the weather. it is the 5th of november, remember your hat, coat and gloves as it turns noticeably colder for the rest of the day and into tomorrow. thanks, louise. also coming up, we‘ll report from bristol, the city that could become the first place in the uk to ban

privately owned diesel vehicles from its centre in an attempt to cut pollution. hello, this is afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. it isa it is a moment for seismic change. that is from the jo it is a moment for seismic change. that is from thejo swinson. the liberal democrats have launched their campaign for next month‘s general election, saying it is the only party standing up to stop brexit and that doing so would bring the country a £50 billion remain bonus over five years, which could be spent on public services. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn, speaking in essex, said labour would get brexit done in six months, promising to secure a better deal with the eu and put it to the public in another referendum next year. the conservatives insist they are the party to deliver brexit and that the uk will leave by january 31st next year. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has the latest on today‘s campaigning. 0ur liberal democrat candidate for prime minister, jo swinson! in case you wondered how upbeat the liberal democrats are, there you have it.

at their campaign launch in westminster this morning, their promise to scrap brexit if they won was central. both labour and the conservatives want to negotiate and deliver brexit. i never thought that i would stand here and say that i am a candidate to be prime minister. but when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them! labour‘s been talking brexit too in harlow in essex, a seat the party needs to win from the conservatives. jeremy corbyn‘s pitch is to negotiate what he sees as a better brexit deal and then put that to a referendum with remain as the other option, all within six months. if you want to leave the eu without trashing our economy or selling out the nhs, you will be able to vote for it. if you want remain in the eu,

you will be able to vote for that. either way, only a labour government will put the final decision in your hands. because this has involved the whole country from the start, it can‘t now be left to politicians. the conservatives say the labour‘s proposed timetable for this is a fairy tale. meanwhile the cabinet has met for the last time before parliament is dissolved. we are about to go forward to a general election which i think it‘s fair to say that none of us particularly wanted to hold. the prime minister says it‘s necessary because parliament blocked brexit. the tories claimed they will deliver brexit and sort out the long term relationship with the eu within a year. that could prove a tall order and so... could it be extended? no. definitely not? absolutely. we will make sure that we have a properfree trade agreement with the european union and of course, some people

the past have argued that it will be challenging, but i think if you look at the way in which for example borisjohnson injust 90 days moved from square one to concluding a change in the withdrawal agreement and getting rid of the backstop, he has demonstrated he has the leadership quality to be able to secure a deal in that time. the scottish national party don‘t like brexit but do want another referendum, on independence. this election is firstly a chance to escape the mess of brexit but secondly, an opportunity to take scotland‘s future into scotland‘s hands, it‘s a real crossroads moment for scotland. the brexit party say the conservative deal with the eu doesn‘t amount to a proper brexit. nigel farage has stepped into the election ring in bolsover in derbyshire. and here‘s why. big leave area, you know, 70% leave in many of these seats, being represented by a labour party that has broken all of its promises and now wants to have a second referendum if it wins power, offering remain

against a form of remain. that is a betrayal of the promises made to these people during the referendum and during the last general election. the gloves are on for now, but there‘s still more than five weeks to go. didn‘t hit anybody! chris mason, bbc news. micky young has been giving us her analysis. they can serve this want to go through this campaign, if you give borisjohnson the majority in the house of commons, he can come back before christmas, the deal can be voted through injanuary before christmas, the deal can be voted through in january and before christmas, the deal can be voted through injanuary and the uk will finally have left the eu. now, i think for labour, they have been a bit more reticent about

talking about brexit, they have come under a lot of criticism about having a confusing policy, jeremy corbyn says it is clear, he wants to renegotiate the deal. he says that he would do that within three months and then hold another referendum and so really saying that by the beginning ofjune, it can be sorted. the question he still has not answered and will not be decided by the party until afterwards is whether in that referendum they will campaign for remain, as some in the shadow cabinet want to do, or whether they would campaign to leave under the deal they have negotiated. that is still the uncertainty that there is around the labour party policy. the liberal democrats saying that is uncertain, we are the only ones being consistent. jo swinson acknowledging some people hate the idea of going back on the original referendum and revoking article 50. but she said if they are elected as a majority government that is what they would do, if not they would pursue this idea of another referendum. in terms of the mood music, it is quite clear thatjournalists are not taking figures at face value. jeremy corbyn facing a lot

of questions on figures he was giving on money being spent on the nhs. do you sense that facts are getting more and more valuable in a campaign like this? yes, i think so. every organisation, including the bbc, wants to put things in context. quite often parties will come up with a figure that is correct in one way and we have seen it over absolutely years of campaigns where people say spending has gone up by this amount. it depends where you take the starting point from. it depends where the finish point is. of course figures can be selected by parties to show certain things. but i think it is much harder now for parties to do that. it will be interesting to see whether they continue to do things when they see that quite quickly organisations, whether it is people on twitter or broadcasters or newspapers, look at these figures and very quickly say that is not the whole picture. that is the thing, it is about the whole picture and putting the context in place

so people, when they hear these figures, can make more sense of them. parliament effectively closes this evening. it dissolves this evening. an incredibly short parliament, given the queen‘s speech wasn‘t that long ago. i do not think it is the shortest ever session, but these shorter since the 1920s. 60 mps know for sure they are not coming back because they are retiring. there are ones who do not know whether they are coming back and it has been interesting over the last few days, wondering around the house of commons, you can see the ones who looking glum, we think it might be pretty challenging for them to hold their seats. 0n the other hand, everyone is saying it is really impossible to predict partly because brexit has changed everything. will this be a brexit election? we said that in 2017, and people talked about other things. it may not happen, it may not turn out like that. equally having the liberal democrats going up in the polls, it seems, plus the brexit party saying they‘re going to stand in the majority of seats, that does make it much harder to predict because you do not know what kind of

impact that could have on the votes of the other parties. breaking news, we are hearing that‘s workers on southern rail are due to strike. —— south—western. that way clearly affect the election and christmas, that is the latest we have. we are hearing train journeys over the christmas period will be severely affected by engineering work. london paddington is going to be closed from december 2014 december 27. a reduced timetable there. this will effect great western railway and rail services. workers on south—western railway striking for 27 days in december. the festive period. the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg, has said he is "profoundly" sorry after he suggested the victims of the grenfell tower fire lacked

"common sense" by not leaving the building despite being told to do so by the fire brigade. he made the initial comments on lbc yesterday. 0ur political correspondent tom symonds spoke to me earlier. an interview yesterday with lbc, crucially, it‘s important to point this out, sitting with nick ferrari, the presenter of the programme, because of what he says in the clip. this comment became a political story overnight after labour said that it was... well, attacked what he said. but let‘s just hear exactly what he had to say. the more one's read over the weekend about the report and about the chances of people surviving, if you just ignore what you're told and leave, you are so much safer. and i think if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building. it just seems the common—sense thing to do. and just to point out there, he is saying having read, i think reports of the grenfell tower report, this is what he‘s saying, that if either of us were in a fire,

whatever the fire brigade said, we would just leave the burning building, that‘s common sense. so that comment can be read in two different ways. way one, if you like, having read the report in hindsight, but the other way is in the minds of somebody who might be in that building, was it common sense to get out? as you would expect, it was criticised by grenfell united, which represents survivors and bereaved from the fire. and this morning, as he came out of the cabinet, jacob rees—mogg was asked about this allegation that he‘d accused people in the fire of lacking common sense. mr rees—mogg, do you really think grenfell residents lack common sense? no, that's not what i said. that's not what i said. do you regret your comments? that's not what i said. thank you. and so he‘s saying there that‘s not what i said. and then later in a statement, he said that he had meant to say that before the report, he would have followed the stay put advice but with hindsight, he and anyone else would get out, and he offered the relatives and those who survived the grenfell tower fire

what he called a profound apology. labour has said this is an example of the nasty party and i think you can agree, we can agree that it is the first, if you like, misspeak incident of this election campaign and there may be many to come. more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. police were alerted injuly after one family reported their child had alerted them to an incident at the jack and jill childcare nursery in torquay. the nursery is now closed. with the details, here‘sjohn ayres. the police were contacted onjuly 29th with information relating to an alleged sexual assault at this nursery in torquay. later that day, a person was arrested and then later released on police bail. the police investigation is continuing. the person has moved out of the area while that takes place. at a media conference today, the police said a number of children aged two and above have been identified as potential victims. although they would not say how many

beyond more than one. as a result, a multi—agency investigation, led by the police, commenced. that investigate has focused on a large amount of cctv footage from within the nursery setting and as a result of the viewing of the footage, we have identified a number of additional offences against other children in the nursery setting. more than 100 families who have children at the nursery have been contacted as part of the investigation, and support is being provided for those they think may be victims. we are working closely with our police colleagues who have specially trained officers supporting those families, depending on the needs of those families. the police say this contact is limited to the nursery setting and do not believe any other members of staff had any knowledge of these matters. the reassurance we can provide is that at this point we are not looking at any image—related offences in terms of the taking and distribution of images. we‘re focused on one person connected to that nursery who has

been arrested and has been on bail sincejuly 2019. a helpline has been set up for the families who think they may have been affected. the police investigation is continuing. john ayres, bbc spotlight, torquay. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the liberal democrats claim the uk will get a ‘remain bonus‘ of 50 billion pounds over five years if brexit is stopped, as they launch their general election campaign. jeremy corbyn says labour will get brexit sorted within six months. he brexit sorted within six months. promised to secur with he promised to secure a better deal with the eu. jacob rees mogg apologises, after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. research suggests three quarters of the bank uses are from homes affected by illness or disability. it is the biggest sanction in the history of the premiership. saracens are top 35 points and find £5

million the breaching cat salary regulations. england trail in the t20 series against new zealand. they were on course for the when but suffered a batting collapse, leaving them to— one down. liverpool play tonight against genk. klopp has hit back from accusations from pep guardiola that mane dives. i will have more on the stories later. the united states has formally notified the united nations that it intends to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement, sparking international condemnation. it is the first formal step of a one year process of leaving the deal, culminating the day after next year‘s presidential election. the paris agreement commits nearly 200 nations to reducing greenhouse emissions. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0‘donoghuejoins me now.

this was expected and, in many ways, america has suffered the heat as a result. yes, president trump has been saying this for some time, made as beach a couple of years ago saying this was going to happen. this was the first opportunity the us had to make this sort of formal notification to the united nations and if president trump is re—elected next year, he can pull out the day after. as you said, as you are to that, the terrible wildfires in california, many climate activists here pointing to those as being the potential consequences of climate change. a lot of criticism here. but also bear in mind this is something thatis also bear in mind this is something that is quite a popular thing amongst president trump‘s supporters, this idea that climate change is, in his words, a hoax. he was picked up on that by the governor of california where they have had the worst fires figures and

becoming governor saying the president had no reason to criticise anyone else because of his stance on climate change. the governor of california with around 25 other governors have formed this climate action alliance. they are trying to implement some changes in accordance with paris, the paris accords, even though their own national government will not do that, they have limited powers in these areas. but they are trying to say, look, there are things you can do isa say, look, there are things you can do is a local government level, to try to precede some of these aims of these climate control treaties. it is worth pointing out that president trump is not the first american president to pull out of one of these. george w bush pulled out of these. george w bush pulled out of the kyoto protocol. this is a theme, if you like, on the right as we know, but it is something that has become perhaps even more controversial in recent times, particularly because of the pressure

from young people, creeps on the left of politics here. climate change is a very —— groups on the left of politics here. something that would lose lots of votes. i think that is right. we will see, his demographic isn‘t particularly young and it isn‘t particularly left, as you know. in some ways, they may need to lose on the subject as far as he is concerned. and it does, you know, it does deliver on some of the things he promised to do. to that extent, he could say, i saidi do. to that extent, he could say, i said i would do this and i‘m going to do it. but it does indicate that one of the areas where partisan divide, if you like, something that does divide people here very

strongly, left and right. because of the house, nancy pelosi, saying this with this disastrous decision that sells out our children‘s future. with this disastrous decision that sells out our children's future. you have had similar things from other democrats as well and other campaigners. imean, the campaigners. i mean, the interesting thing will be the extent, i think, to which other countries react to this. we already know that president macron is in china today, he is due to have a meeting with xijinping is in china today, he is due to have a meeting with xi jinping tomorrow and there is talk whether or not china will be asked to try and step up. the difficulty with the paris of course is that china agreed to many of its targets on the basis that the us was doing something similar. with the us pulling out, that does put significant strain on the whole kind of international structure and he ta kes of international structure and he takes responsibility, given that the us is one of the biggest polluters in the world. gary, good to see you. gary 0‘donoghue there in washington.

a study has found that three quarters of people who use food banks are from homes affected by illness or disability, according to a study commissioned by the charity trussell trust. it found that the average weekly income of someone using a food bank is £50, after their rent has been paid. michael buchanan has more details. in 2010 the trussell trust handed out 41,000 food parcels. last year that number was 1.6 million. each person is unique in their own way, but also helped to paint a broader picture. my husband died a year ago, i‘ve been left with nothing so i‘ve had to use food banks. i used to go four or five days without food until i discovered this place. forjaffar, the problem is the gig economy, a variety of uncertain little jobs, never quite amounting to enough money. i‘ve been claiming benefits for over a year now. but i have been getting some good opportunities coming my way. if you could find

a permanent job, you probably wouldn‘t need to come here? definitely. i do a lot of self—employed stuff like in property, or might even be stuff like courier, cycling, just to make ends meet. but a lot of self—employed stuff. it‘s uneven all the time, you can‘t be sure from month to month that you‘re going to have x amount of money? no, exactly. the sheer number of food banks now operating is a small factor in why so many people use them. but other reasons are overwhelmingly more important. today‘s research shows that of those needing food banks, many have just £50 a week to live on. nearly three quarters are in households affected by ill health or disability, two thirds had problems with the benefit system. for example, single mums are massively overrepresented, people with illnesses, people with disabilities, these are all people who we should expect to be anchored from poverty by our benefits system,

but have not been caught. ministers say they spend £95 billion annually on what they call the welfare safety net and are always looking to improve it. but no one expects the need for food banks to disappear anytime soon. michael buchanan, bbc news. scientists say a do—it—yourself test could revolutionise screening for cervical cancer, which is at a 21—year low. women could carry out a urinal swab test at home and send the sample by post for analysis, saving them a trip to the gp‘s surgery. 0ur health reporter michelle roberts has the details. smear tests can be life—saving but millions of women are not going for them. women aged 25 to 64 in the uk are invited for checks, but the number taking up the offer has been falling. figures suggest one in four women did not attend a smear test when invited. experts say it could be

down to embarrassment, lack of awareness of awareness or people putting it off. researchers say a new form of test carried out by women themselves at home could get more people screened. the test measures chemical changes that are detectable in urine or vaginal swabs to assess a woman‘s cancer risk. a high score suggests a bigger risk and the woman should have further tests. lead researcher dr belinda nedjai says diy checks could be a game changer. it is detecting 96% of women who have a precancer lesion, it is very efficient but because it is to replace another test, we need to do this in 10,000 women. campaigners say home testing would be possible, and popular but larger trials are needed before the nhs can decide whether to offer it. we are seeing coverage at an all—time low in england, it is lower in other countries

as well, we need to find a way to offer a test that women want, that is accessible, and what self sampling can offer and it is something that we have been calling for a long time could be that solution, potentially a real game changer. the nhs is currently moving to testing smears for the presence of a virus called human papilloma virus or hpv. almost all cases of cervical cancer are linked to the virus. it can cause other cancers in men and women. from this september in england, all boys aged 12 to 13 will be routinely offered a vaccine along with girls, to help protect against cancers caused by hpv. michelle roberts, bbc news. let‘s have a look at the weather. you have some animal concern? twice the average rainfall, it is having an effect on mother nature. because it has been so wet, a hedgehog

population has halved in the last ten years. suddenly last month, some of the animals... they have helped over ten years? have you not notice? they have halved because it has been so wet, they have not been able to feed up. they have been drowning in the rain. they should be around 600 grams in weight. that is before they go into hibernation. some of them are coming into the hospitals 85 grams. it is not a pretty thing. it is quite cute, isn‘t it? grams. it is not a pretty thing. it is quite cute, isn't it? is it? i like hedgehogs. i want to try and save them, really. look after them if you can. november five, bonfire night. if you do have a bonfire, to remember to check for those hedgehogs that i try to get some early hibernation. it could turn quite chilly as well for bonfire night tonight. quite a lot of cloud across the country

through the day messy story. i the show is running in not the case. the northerly wind has been driving showers and across the far north of scotland. for the evening, showers and across the far north of scotland. forthe evening, if showers and across the far north of scotland. for the evening, if you are setting out for a bonfire display, it does look as though the temperatures are set to fall away. daytime eczema for the rest of the day, 9—14dc. this skies remain pretty close. as darkness falls, the temperatures will fall as well. showers back towards the coast. we are likely to see low single figures for many of us first thing tomorrow, perhaps just below in rural parts of scotland. suggesting white temperatures will be below freezing, thatis temperatures will be below freezing, that is the blue on the map. even a foggy start after the fireworks. a pretty murky start but hopefully some sunshine. central and eastern areas not a bad day, reef respite after this wet weather that we have been seeing. very brief because there will be some outbreaks of rain

into western fringes. by the end of the afternoon, more heavy rain, south—west england, northern island. as we move out of wednesday into thursday, it will not get too mild. staying pretty cold, pretty u nsettled. staying pretty cold, pretty unsettled. the weather front spiralling around that low, bringing outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy and persistent at times. particularly the east anglia, midlands and into north—west, eventually into northern ireland. it just got in, we keep the sunshine and showers. because the temperatures are struggling, it means the snow level. to fall. we will see some snow perhaps across the higher ground in the temperatures again really struggling indeed. friday looks likely to be dry, settled, sunny but cool. a brief respite before more wet weather is expected into the

weekend. the low pressure is set to return. weather fronts weekend. the low pressure is set to return. weatherfronts bringing spells of heavy rain at times and it is going to stay pretty dismal. there you go. sorry! don't la. -- don‘t laugh.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines... the liberal democrat site the uk will get a remained bonus of £50 million over five years if brexit is stopped. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted in six months, promising to secure a better deal. jacob rees—mogg apologies after seeing people living in grenfell tower should have ignored far service advice and fled the building. families in turkey have been contacted families in turkey have been co nta cted by families in turkey have been contacted by police after the arrest ofan

contacted by police after the arrest of an employee over sexual offences. the rmt says workers will strike during december over a long running dispute about guards on trains. to the bbc sport centre and news of the saracens, and quite up punishment. yes, this is a hefty fine, they have been docked 35 points and given up fine of more than £5 million, the biggest fine in the history of the premiership as the history of the premiership as the england players return from japan. nine members of the england squad play for saracens and the fact they have been fined and docked these points is because an independent panel found saracens failed to disclose payments over three seasons to players and had exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players. saracens continue to

be one of the dominant forces in english rugby union. the panel found that saracens had failed to disclose payments to players and to have exceeded the ceilings for payments to senior players. thisjudgment would this judgment would seem to threaten their ongoing viability, certainly their ongoing viability, certainly their superiority. saracens have said they are pleased the panel acknowledged the club did not deliberately try to breach the cap and they say their investments do not count as salary but the punishment goes ahead and season saracens dropped to the bottom of the premiership. let‘s talk about england‘s batsman. what on earth? it has not gone well.

england looked like they were going to win the series against new zealand, they were chasing 181, they got to 139—2 and then lost five wickets for just ten runs, got to 139—2 and then lost five wickets forjust ten runs, and that was on 18 balls. new zealand had the top score, that helped them to 180—7 and then a 63 run partnership looked to put england on course for that victory but that was before that late collapse, eoin morgan‘s wicket triggered the loss of five wickets forjust ten triggered the loss of five wickets for just ten runs, triggered the loss of five wickets forjust ten runs, meaning england lost by 14 runs and they trail to— one in the series. today they will sit down and think losing 5—10, and that lost them the game but that's the only period were up until that

point they were in control so it's about getting over the line and that comes with experience, we had a lot of inexperienced guys today and that might have showed. champions league returns this evening. chelsea face last season‘s champions ajax. jurgen klopp was asked about the upcoming league match against manchester city but was not in the mood. liverpool host head of that game in the premier league with claims by pep guardiola that sadio mane dives, something jurgen klopp has dismissed. he is not a diver so there was a situation where he had contact and went down, but there was contact, it's not like jumping overa leg but there was contact, it's not like jumping over a leg to look like he

hit you, there were penalties because he was in that situation, we we re because he was in that situation, we were not sure if something like this would happen, they would want a penalty because somebody kicked a player in the box. adam ramsay is backin player in the box. adam ramsay is back in the squad ahead of matches against azerbaijan and hungary. ryan giggs has said match fitness is a concern. that‘s all the support for now. i will have more in the next hour. back to politics now. labour has been saying that if they win the election, they‘ll get brexit sorted within six months. i spoke to our reality check correspondent chris morris who has been taking a look at whether this is feasible. jeremy corbyn said this morning, we will get brexit sorted within six months so the tories say they will get brexit done, labour say they will get it sorted.

that means they would negotiate a new deal and then hold a referendum within that six—month period. is it possible? there you go. there we go, there isjeremy, that is what he said this morning. worth just making it clear. is it possible? does the eu want to start another negotiation? will itjump forjoy if labour come and say we want something different from theresa may and borisjohnson? no, they won‘t. will they engage with a government that appears to have a clear majority in the house of commons? yes, i think they will and we know labour has already had discussions with michel barnier‘s team about the things they want to do, negotiate a new customs union, have a much closer relationship than the conservatives suggested with the single market which is probably an outcome that would suit the eu more than the more distant relationship mrjohnson advocates so it would be some

attraction for the eu but they wouldn‘t go into another negotiation with enthusiasm. it could be done relatively quickly in theory but we have heard that a lot over the last three years. the other thing labour says is that it would also in those six months hold a referendum. what it said is that it will begin legislating for that referendum straightaway. the ucl constitution unit says it would take a minimum of 22 weeks to organise a new referendum so just under six months, potentially possible. getting everything ready for the 2016 referendum so again possible but a really tight timetable and one thing we have seen and heard the last three years is that timetables tend to slip. conservatives say there won‘t be an extension to the transition period and of course that the period in which crucial trade deals are expected to be done. is that enough time?

again really tight. this has been suggested for a time by number 10 sources but gove was doing a round of interviews this morning and he was categorically clear on the record there will be no extension after brexit so in other words the current planned transition ends at the end of 2020, december 2020 and he says that would be it so that gives you a year to do everything, sort out a free trade agreement with the eu, design and implement all the new arrangements that are supposed to be in place for the irish border, potentially things like new checks if they are needed, if they are not covered by that free trade agreement. free trade agreements normally take a very long time but the government says this is different because this is two parties starting from the same place so it will be easier to reach an agreement. their critics say yes but normally in a trade agreement you move closer together and so goodwill is generated. this will be one of the first trade

agreements in history where the two sides are trying to move apart so you create new tensions in the relationship. the other thing is that it‘s not really a year. say the conservatives win a healthy majority and managed to leave at the end of december, possibly not until the end of january, they have to decide if the transition will be extended under the terms of the withdrawal agreement by the 1st ofjuly next year so the first six months of next year, everything would have to be done. you talk to most experts about how free trade agreements are done, they say that is not enough time so again in theory the conservatives say we can push on, meet a deadline and get brexit done, in practice slippage is the experience we have had in the past couple of years. we‘re getting promises like this almost on a daily basis. and we should expect many more. it‘s an election, parties are promising things, they are promising to deliver policies, they are putting

their best foot forward. i guess people will have looked at the last few years and thought this hasn‘t happened in brexit, it‘s no surprise both the main the liberal democrats say they will also sort brexit quite simply cancelling article 50 so each of the main parties are saying we have a clear plan but a plan in theory on paper isn‘t necessarily what happens in practice and if there‘s one thing, how many times we concluded a chat here by saying this, if there‘s one thing we know, this is complicated process. that was chris morris in the studio with me earlier. staying with politics, confirmation via twitter from philip hammond who says he will not be standing in the general election. he tweeted, it is with great sadness that i am announcing my decision to stand down at the

forthcoming general election. that is the tweet that appeared in the last few minutes. he has included the letter to his constituents, having served for 22 years, he announced he would resign as chancellor instead of waiting to be sacked by borisjohnson when theresa may left office but he is now also standing down as mp. it has emerged that a welsh assembly member who denied sabotaging a rape trial was e—mailed about it last year. he endorsed mr england as a candidate for a welsh assembly elections. mary glynjones joins us now from cardiff. give us the background. the e—mail was sent last

summerfrom background. the e—mail was sent last summer from geraint evans, background. the e—mail was sent last summerfrom geraint evans, the secretary of state‘s long term advisor and said i have spoken to ross and he is confident no action will be taken by the court, referring to ross england who was a member of staff in alun cairns‘ office and his campaign manager, who was a witness in a rape trial when he made statements that led to the trial‘s collapse. the judge he made statements that led to the trial‘s collapse. thejudge had ruled that evidence inadmissible and he said to mr england, you have single—handedly sabotaged this trial, get out of my court, so the victim denied the claims about her sexual history and the defendant was convicted in a retrial. last week after this was reported, mr england was suspended as a candidate pending an investigation and i have been questions to alun cairns and other

members of staff at welsh conservatives about what they knew and when. last week sources said mr cairns was informed about what happened at the trial before ross england was chosen as a candidate but then came the denial from the party‘s chair, or that alun cairns knew anything about what happened so this e—mail contradicts that, it implies that mr cairns was party to a discussion about the trial with other members of staff before he endorsed ross england but it also doesn‘t tally with the claim mr cairns made last week that he only found out about it when that colla pse found out about it when that collapse was reported by bbc wales. we asked the secretary of state for a response and have not heard anything but we had quite a confusing response from welsh conservatives say this e—mail does not contradict statements they have

made but it clearly suggests the secretary of state was made aware of what happened in the trial despite their denial that he knew anything about it until last week, so in the last couple of hours there have been calls from across the political divide for mr cairns to resign, his shadow saying he has been lying about what he knew and his decision to back ross england was an error of judgment and the cover—up was unforgivable and sources in the party have said they don‘t see how he can carry on given the toxic nature of these allegations and the risk bringing down the whole conservative party in wales, and the timing could not be worse as the party fights a general election. bristol could become the first place in the uk to ban privately owned diesel vehicles from the city centre, in an attempt to cut pollution. under the proposals, such vehicles would be prevented from entering a central area

of the city between 7am and 3pm. the council will decide later this afternoon whether to approve the clean air plan, which also includes a congestion charge. fiona lamdin has been in bristol for us. it is always pretty busy here in the city centre, but fast forward 16 months and if this ban comes into place, the ban to ban diesel, things here could look very different. bristol is busy, it‘s bustling and, at times, it‘s hard to breathe here. but under clean air proposals, things could soon be improving. let‘s take a look at the detail. within the white boundary would be a new charging zone, meaning the most polluting of taxis, buses and goods vehicles — but not private cars — would have to pay to drive within. the cost, between £9 to £100 per day. but take a look at the area in red. it‘s where bristol is going further than any other city. a ban on all privately—owned diesel

vehicles in the city centre, no matter what age they are, between 7am and 3pm. buses, taxis, commercial and emergency service vehicles will be exempt. the mayor has always pushed back on suggestions for a citywide congestion charge. he said that would adversely affect the poorest in the city, but he admits this plan will be a challenge. it needs to be ambitious because we have to get our air clean in the shortest possible time. what we have spent our time doing is thinking about those impacts and how we make sure that we don‘t solve one problem and create three others. critics say the move will penalise private motorists and cut off some vital routes to busy motorways. motoring organisation the rac has called for the government to intervene. we are very concerned this is a blunt instrument. it's not doing what other local authorities implementing clean air zones are doing, which is taking a phased approach,

trying to get people to the cleanest possible vehicles. this isjust going to ban all private diesel cars from the very heart of the city. but what do most motorists in the city think? it would be a good idea to keep emissions down and so forth. but for the people who want to come into work, into the city, it‘s not a very good idea. my friends have kids, i don't want to see them getting lung problems from all the pollution. if we can do anything to help, then let's do it. everyone is pushing for electric cars, aren't they? and the price of electric cars are through the roof. taxi drivers are under no illusion about who will bear the burden of extra costs. the cost will be transferred towards the customer. if you charge us £5 every time, i will charge £5 to my customer. so what ever the mayor wants to do, he‘s going for the public. bristol does pride itself as being environmentally minded. for many residents, this idea will be a breath of fresh air but if it‘s approved, for motorists, the reality of the politics of pollution

could prove a step too far. well, there are still many hurdles still to clear. the cabinet here at bristol city will meet this afternoon. if they vote yes, it will then go in front of the government and it will come back to bristol at the start of next year to thrash out the finer detail. one thing is for sure though, if this diesel ban is passed, people who work in bristol, people who live here in bristol will have to think very differently about how they move across this city. we will talk about that story in just a moment in our business section with ben. first, a look at our headlines. the liberal democrats claimed the uk will get a ramon bonus of £15 million overfive will get a ramon bonus of £15 million over five years if brexit is stopped. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted in six months,

promising to secure a better deal. jacob rees—mogg apologises after seeing people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire service advice and fled the building. time for business headlines. a government plan to create 200,000 new homes in england for first time buyers has failed to build any. new homes in england for first time the spending watchdog says more than £170 million was spent over two years buying land in places like plymouth, bury, basildon and cinderford. the national audit office found the sites were all now being used for general housing, only some of which was affordable. the "starter homes" plan was announced in 2014, aiming to provide homes at a discount to those under 40. registrations of new cars fell 6.7% in october compared with a year ago. that‘s according to the industry body, the society of motor manufacturers and traders. it said 10,000 fewer cars were registered last month. the number of diesel cars fell

most sharply, down 28%. but sales of hybrid electric cars increased by a similar percentage. battery electric vehicles sales rose more than 150%. the uk services sector, which includes retail and food and drink, stagnated in october. a survey of activity found that it neither grew nor shrank. that‘s actually an improvement on the previous month when activity dropped slightly in september. this is according to an index known as the pmi. services, which also covers banking, leisure, accountancy and finance, make up about 80% of the uk economy. just take checking that script. let‘s talk about the car registration story because that reflects what‘s going on in car habits. yes, especially at that gear shift from petrol and diesel and

towards greener alternatives so when you break down the figures, you start to see people are slowing down purchases of diesel cars sharply, they were down 28% in october compared to last year. petrol cars down more than 3%. and hybrids, electric sales going up. sales of those art climbing, especially battery—powered electric vehicles, the number of those jumped 150%. do you have a hybrid electric —— a hydro powered electric vehicle?|j think hydro powered electric vehicle?” think there are models. but i was here to talk about whether these percentages equate to numbers because percentages can give a

glimpse but does it tell you the actual story? hybrid and electric vehicles still make up a much smaller proportion of the actual number of vehicles sold. if you look at all the vehicles registered in 0ctober, it something like 19,000, petrol and diesel vehicles were still up to 124,000, so things are moving slowly, akin to switching lanes rather than a sudden handbrake turn but let‘s go to amanda stratton, the motoring editorfor confused dot—com. is this reflective of the incentives people are being given, the government talking about giving people great number plates if they drive these cars, the right to drive in bus lanes, what is it down to? i think there's a huge appetite

to? i think there's a huge appetite to move into greener vehicles, i'm not convinced that giving access to bus lanes or green number plates is the driving force behind it, it will obviously be a benefit so i think there's a big appetite but the real issue is the ridiculous messaging the government is putting out, mixed messaging because until there is a proper charging infrastructure according to the research we and others have done, people don't feel confident enough to make the switch wholly so great that art 19,000 vehicles registered last month but it isa vehicles registered last month but it is a drop in the ocean when you combine the internal combustion vehicles being sold so we need to see a seismic shift in infrastructure and incentives. we have seen the government flip—flopping with incentives for battery vehicles and then hybrids we re battery vehicles and then hybrids were ta ken out battery vehicles and then hybrids were taken out of that scheme, the

financial incentive was dropped and now we are hearing this news bristol, clean diesel is still one of the best alternatives if you cannot afford a battery electric vehicle so it's a shame what bristol are doing, people do not know what to do. something i picked up on reading around this topic, one of theissue reading around this topic, one of the issue seems to be the same problem with smartphones, charging points are not a universal type of socket, they vary. there are different charge points with different charge points with different types of plugs. most cars sold in the uk are a certain type that fits most of the plugs but when you talk about the super fast chargers, these are only really some of the high end vehicles, very expensive vehicles can take those super fast chargers, the types of chargers where you were looking at

80% in around 20 to 30 minutes so it's a complicated scenario, people are confused about what options are open. i keep saying about electric vehicles that they are only good if you have your own parking at home because the lack of parking infrastructure, in some regions they have one or two public charge points per 100,000 people, so have one or two public charge points per100,000 people, so untilwe have a really decent charging infrastructure that is fast and reliable, i don't think we will see a huge shift into electric vehicles. is there any such thing as a non—battery—powered electric vehicle? yes, you can have hydrogen fuel cells, an up—and—coming technology, there are a few big manufacturers, they actually have hydrogen fuel cells cars available so hydrogen fuel cells cars available so you felt the car with hydrogen in

the same weight you fill it with fuel, that creates an electric charge so you still have an electric vehicle but it's fuelled with hydrogen. it still has a battery. it's still an electric vehicle. there is no pleasing some people, amanda! let's talk about heating. go on. have you got the heating on at home? no, have you ajumper? i have several. imagine getting home to find your thermostat behind at plastic cage. someone who works for the bbc posted this on twitter, his landlady had fitted this so tenants

couldn‘t fill in the heating. is it aki a she? i don't think that's the idea, he rents with a group of others so bills were included in what he pays, £700 a month and the question is can the landlord do this and yes, in multi—occupancy dwelling the landlord can‘t control the heating, there are no rules against boxing up the thermostat. but if you say heating is included in bills can that implies you need some sort of heat. the heating is provided but te na nts heat. the heating is provided but tenants cannot control it and some of the housing advice charities say if you have this situation, you can discuss it amicably with the landlord to sort it out and there is a lot of detail on the website. the

ftse100, up in positive territory this afternoon, primer‘s owner saint british foods are benefiting, william hill down after us talking about clamping down on online casinos. thank you. louise lear has the forecast. it‘s not a straightforward weather story to tell. it is quite messy out there and there is a lot of cloud with a few scattered showers. the best of any sunnier breaks certainly in scotland, and in comparison to the weather you had yesterday, a better day. but shower clouds driving in some showers up into down the north and one or two showers running in along the east coast. also temperatures struggling, seven to 13 celsius. but it is sent to get even colder still. this theme will continue into bonfire night, if you are heading to an organised firework display or you are having some fireworks in the back garden,

showers still threatening and it will turn quite chilly. 0vernight tonight these skies will continue to clear and some of those showers will ease back towards the coast. so that is going to allow those temperatures to fall away. that is going to be a bit of a shock to the system first thing on wednesday morning. low single figures, perhaps just below in a few rural spots. a touch of frost, maybe even some fog to greet us first thing. that it will be a largely dry day for the next couple of days

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at 4. the liberal democrats say the uk will get a ‘remain bonus‘ of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped — as they launch their general election campaign. when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted next year — promising to secure a better deal with the eu. a labour government will get brexit sorted within six months by giving you the british people a final say. former chancellor philip hammond says he‘s standing down as an mp ‘with great sadness‘ — after defying borisjohnson

over a no—deal brexit. the rmt union says workers on south western railway will strike for most of december in a long—running dispute over guards on trains. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — jane dougal. saracens rugby club will appeal the heavy punishment given to them by breaching the salary cap regulations. the club say they are shocked and disappointed at the fine. thanks, jane, and we‘ll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. louise lear has all the weather. a bit ofa a bit of a bleak start to the day with a lot of cloud on some showers but a better day in scotland with some sunshine around and feeling much colder. all the details coming up much colder. all the details coming up through the afternoon. thanks, louise. also coming up — he‘s pledged to be accountable — the newly—elected speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, will be talking to us on his first day in the job.

hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. it‘s a moment for ‘seismic change‘ in british politics. that was the message from the lib dem leaderjo swinson as she launched her party‘s campaign for next month‘s general election. she said the lib dems were the only party standing up to stop brexit — and she claimed doing so would mean an extra £50 billion over five years for public services. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn has outlined his party‘s brexit plans — saying he‘ll sort it out in six months — securing a new deal and holding another referendum. the conservatives insist they are the party to deliver brexit and that the uk will leave by january 31st next year. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has the latest on today‘s campaigning: 0ur liberal democrat candidate for prime minister, jo swinson! in case you wondered how upbeat the liberal democrats are, there you have it. at their campaign launch

in westminster this morning, their promise to scrap brexit if they won was central. both labour and the conservatives want to negotiate and deliver brexit. i never thought that i would stand here and say that i am a candidate to be prime minister. but when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them! labour‘s been talking brexit too in harlow in essex, a seat the party needs to win from the conservatives. jeremy corbyn‘s pitch is to negotiate what he sees as a better brexit deal and then put that to a referendum with remain as the other option, all within six months. if you want to leave the eu without trashing our economy or selling out the nhs, you will be able to vote for it. if you want remain in the eu, you will be able to vote for that. either way, only a labour

government will put the final decision in your hands. because this has involved the whole country from the start, it can‘t now be left to politicians. the conservatives say labour‘s proposed timetable for this is a fairy tale. meanwhile the cabinet has met for the last time before parliament is dissolved. we are about to go forward to a general election which i think it‘s fair to say that none of us particularly wanted to hold. the prime minister says it‘s necessary because parliament blocked brexit. the tories claimed they will deliver brexit and sort out the long term relationship with the eu within a year. that could prove a tall order and so... could it be extended? no. definitely not? absolutely. we will make sure that we have a proper free trade agreement with the european union and of course, some people in the past have argued that it will be challenging, but i think if you look at the way in which for example borisjohnson

in just 90 days moved from square one to concluding a change in the withdrawal agreement and getting rid of the backstop, he has demonstrated he has the leadership quality to be able to secure a deal in that time. the scottish national party don‘t like brexit but do want another referendum, on independence. this election is firstly a chance to escape the mess of brexit but secondly, an opportunity to take scotland‘s future into scotland‘s hands, it‘s a real crossroads moment for scotland. the brexit party say the conservative deal with the eu doesn‘t amount to a proper brexit. nigel farage has stepped into the election ring in bolsover in derbyshire. and here‘s why. big leave area, you know, 70% leave in many of these seats, being represented by a labour party that has broken all of its promises and now wants to have a second referendum if it wins power, offering remain against a form of remain.

that is a betrayal of the promises made to these people during the referendum and during the last general election. the gloves are on for now, but there‘s still more than five weeks to go. didn‘t hit anybody! chris mason, bbc news. in the past hour the former chancellor, philip hammond, has announced he won‘t be standing for re—election. he was one of the conservatives who lost the whip after voting against the government over brexit. he‘s sent an open letter to his constituents in ruislip in north west london — and in a tweet spoke of his ‘great sadness‘ at standing down from the commons after 22 years. the newly elected speaker of the house of commons began his first day in the job with a formal walk through the houses of parliament. sir lindsay hoyle defeated his labour colleague — chris bryant — in the fourth round of voting in the commons last night.

well, let‘s speak to the man himself — sir lindsay hoylejoins us from westminster. first of all, congratulations, what does it feel like? still walking on airat the does it feel like? still walking on air at the moment. does it feel like? still walking on airat the moment. i've does it feel like? still walking on air at the moment. i've got to say it is an absolute privilege, here i am the 158 speaker and i pinch myself this has happened and i have got the job. it is a privilege to be the new speaker. how are you going to change things? we all come with different styles and every speaker is going to be different and hopefully the styli bring is the style i have used previously in the chamber, trying to use good order, keep it calm and don't let it boil over, use a little bit of humour and work with the chamber. that is howl wa nt work with the chamber. that is howl want to play things. a bit different from your predecessor. go on, say

something slightly about your predecessor. how do you think you did the job? you know as well as i do that i am not here to say that. he did it his way and i will do it a different way. people say, why don't you say something? the speaker that at his way and he will be remembered for his ten years and hopefully i will be remembered for my term of office. i am accepting that i have got this great, fantasticjob. as i say, it is a pure privilege to become the new speaker of the house of commons and it is about the way we all do things differently. of commons and it is about the way we all do things differentlym pretty rowdy bunch, i think it is fairto pretty rowdy bunch, i think it is fair to say. you must have some r fair to say. you must have some weaponry ready? i have got through and not had to say order once. that is the good news so far. a good track record just at the moment but i think that will soon disappear as we get onto more toxic subjects. but

ido and we get onto more toxic subjects. but i do and always have done, the budget day the last nine years. keep in good order on that day is difficult so if you can manage budget day i think you can manage anything. and you have also been standing at that chair on other very difficult days. i am thinking of 2017, the westminster attack. your own wife was on the way to work and you had no idea what was happening. there must be moments thatjob is pretty thankless. 0f there must be moments thatjob is pretty thankless. of course. it is a greatjob but there pretty thankless. of course. it is a great job but there are pretty thankless. of course. it is a greatjob but there are times pretty thankless. of course. it is a great job but there are times and never want to go through again. i was in the chair and the attack was taking place and somebody whispers in my ear, there is an attack on parliament, a policeman dying, keith, and he was our village bobby. defending democracy and defending the house of commons. i never want to relive that, i never want to go through it. it is a great tragedy we have to learn from, he was a great

person, and! have to learn from, he was a great person, and i have to say, we want a safe house of commons and you're quite right. there are things we don't want to happen but unfortunately it was a bad time and we will never forget it but what we can do is make parliament safe and hoped nobody ever is attacked and that way again, and it is difficult for mps at the moment but none more so for mps at the moment but none more so than on that day that i was in that year when they had to close parliament down. the death of keith palmer we are talking about. a lot of people may recognise your voice already having been deputy speaker. what they want to know is what you like at home. there are a couple of things that struck me. first of all when you are watching the england by when you are watching the england rugby match there was a photograph that went viral of you watching but you weren‘t watching the game! that went viral of you watching but you weren't watching the game!m was at that point when we just lost! would you want to carry on watching? i couldn't believe south africa had managed to score. i think that is

why they snapped me. it was the despair on my face. i knew the game was up and everything had gone wrong and there was no way we could pull it back. that is why i couldn't watch any more of the television. 0ne watch any more of the television. one of those moments you think they should not have gone this way. one thing not in that photograph as your pets. i just want to go through these. you knew this was coming, so let‘s start off, the tortoises called... maggie. after one prime minister. she has got a hard shell than she is not for turning. she has three stone in weight! we have a huge rottweiler called gordon and that the tortoise works the rottweilerjumps that the tortoise works the rottweiler jumps up and that the tortoise works the rottweilerjumps up and gets out of the way. what if you call the rottweiler? he is called gordon. after a former prime minister within the nicest possible way. he has a

clunking port and if you stop stroking him this big port bangs you to start stroking again hence he is called gordon. let's talk about the parrot which i think can actually say order. it is named boris. it repeats itself quite a lot. it is a great character of the house. it does annoy the dog because he will say set, what are you doing? unfortunately he does say, would you like a drink? i think he means a cup of tea, of course. he is very good, pa rt of of tea, of course. he is very good, part of the family and he will say, see you later. they are great pets and you get used to them. we are not done yet because there is dennis the cat? unfortunately dennis has died. that is an old photograph, he was a rescue cat we have had a long time. a great character and as tough as they come. the vets said this is one cat who will take some controlling andl cat who will take some controlling and i have to say he took no prisoners, so unfortunately dennis is going. you named him dennis after

dennis skinner? he had real strength and wasa dennis skinner? he had real strength and was a real fighter, a true fighter, hence we named him dennis, and then of course the other cat, patrick. he has a big boy, and american men can, but of course patrick mclaughlin, who had authority, this cat has got authority, this cat has got authority as well and it pushes its way around, so he has a great cat as well. we have got another dog by the way called betty. that is betty boothroyd, isn‘t it? way called betty. that is betty boothroyd, isn't it? it is indeed. he isa boothroyd, isn't it? it is indeed. he is a great dog. i wonder how you would judge and however many years it is that you have done this job, how would you view it as having been a su ccess how would you view it as having been a success for your? i think success is about when people look back, we have the most fractures within society, parliament at an all—time

low in people's views. i want to try and bring respect back to the house, i want to make the village... the implication is that respect is gone andi implication is that respect is gone and i was wondering why you think that is. you talk to people outside and people cannot believe how they see parliament acting. what i have got to say is that parliament is about respect within the chamber. bawling and shouting somebody down is not a good example. i think people want to see as of course debate and have differences of opinion but not to be abusive, not to be shouting, because if parliament is reflecting that way i think society reflects in that way. what i want to do is bring the village of westminster together. i wa nt village of westminster together. i want people to have respect and tolerance of each other. i want to make sure the staff feel part of it. if we can ensure that people turn round and say actually i want to become an mp and i want to work in the house of commons i know we have turned the corner. when we have so

many mps leaving because they don't believe it is for them i have worries about democracy in the future so we have to give support for mps future so we have to give support formps and make future so we have to give support for mps and make sure we have the right security and make sure the public do not think they can get away with saying, i am going to rape you, murder you, threatening families, that is unacceptable. these people put themselves up for office, they are elected, we should give them the respect they deserve. pa rt of give them the respect they deserve. part of that is respect and tolerance right across the estate but also back in the constituencies as well. who is going to say order to your? is at your dad to a still serving in the house of lords? he still gives me a lot of advice. he is very good and came in to watch the questions this morning. he said, are you nervous doing questions this morning? i was very nervous that my father, my daughter and my wife or are watching me and knowing the eyes we re are watching me and knowing the eyes were upon me so that is what makes me nervous, but he is very good and

gives me some really good strong advice. i've got to call it a day so thank you. i wish you good luck in your newjob, thank you. i wish you good luck in your new job, thank thank you. i wish you good luck in your newjob, thank you very much for joining your newjob, thank you very much forjoining me. thank you. let's get more politics. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is also in westminster with the chairman of the conservative party ja mes cleverly, who is a candidate for braintree. we have gone five minutes without talking about brexit so let‘s get back to that because that has been the subject today with the liberal democrats launching their election campaign and also a speech byjeremy corbyn. let‘s speak about the government‘s brexit policy. i am joined by james cleverly, government‘s brexit policy. i am joined byjames cleverly, the party chairman. you are up against it when it comes to brexit candidates. lots of people are concerned that because nigel farage is threatening to stand in seats all across the country that will take precious votes from your? we have candidates standing against is every election and it is one of the things you deal with but the

point i would make the people thinking of voting for the brexit party, to all voters, is the message we get loud and clear as people want this done and want brexit dance of the government can focus on their priorities, schools and hospitals and policing, and that is what we have got. we have a deal, it is oven ready and can be done well before the deadline in january ready and can be done well before the deadline injanuary and then the country, parliament and government can move on to deal with the issues that affect people's everyday lives. that is what we are offering. first of all you will have to move on to the next major brexit negotiations which is talking about a trade deal. maybe people think it is not realistic today saying that you‘re not going to extend that transition period which means that really a free trade agreement has to be done by the summer of next year, and nobody thinks that is possible? perhaps they are the same prime minister to renegotiate the deal that was on offer previously and he did that. perhaps the people who thought it was impossible to get

rid of the backstop on the prime minister that that. the truth is that there is a simple choice at the selection between the conservatives are looking to get this done so we can move on and the labour party and the liberal democrats, the snp, the brexit party, who want months and maybe even years of writing about brexit. i know what i am in favour of. nigel farage says this deal is not a proper brexit and that is why he is against it and why he will field candidates. there are people within the brexit party saying it has a deal and that the country should embrace it. boris johnson himself, michael gove, very much the leading lights of the league campaign, many of them backers of the league campaign and indeed people who are in the brexit party, they are all saying this is a deal thatis they are all saying this is a deal that is a good deal for the country, get brexit down so we can move on and talk about and deal with the issues that affect people's every

day lives. are you concerned about jo swinson looking to appeal to those who voted remain and in some areas of the country, particularly london and elsewhere, your party could be squeezed on one side by the liberal democrats and by the brexit party elsewhere? the liberal democrats are not going to form a government, so in order to exert influence they would have to get into bed with the labour party, who have already said that they are looking at offering a second referendum to the snp has a price for their support, so we are looking ata for their support, so we are looking at a sequence of events that could mean we have not only another referendum on membership of the eu but also a referendum about scotland leaving the united kingdom. the labour party say at least six months of negotiation and then a possible second referendum. i of negotiation and then a possible second referendum. land of negotiation and then a possible second referendum. i and all of negotiation and then a possible second referendum. land all the other people i speak to say let's get this done so instead of arguing about the issues that have already been argued about and resolved, we should get on with servicing the

british people. getting money into schools and hospitals and police office rs schools and hospitals and police officers on the street. that is what people want. and finally there is a row brewing in wales calling for the welsh secretary to resign saying he knew about a court case for one of his colleagues was a witness.” don't have full details, my understanding is that the person involved has been suspended. alan is a fantastic secretary of state, deeply respected and effective. i don't have the full details on the sand that has a very sensitive issue sol sand that has a very sensitive issue so i don't want to speculate. thank you very much indeed. today very much seen as all the parties putting forward their very different approaches to the issue of brexit. the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg, has said he is "profoundly" sorry after he seemed to suggest the victims of the grenfell tower

fire lacked "common sense" by not leaving the building — despite being told to do so by the fire brigade. he made the initial comments on lbc yesterday. 0ut political correspondent tom symonds spoke to me earlier. an interview yesterday with lbc, crucially, it‘s important to point this out, sitting with nick ferrari, the presenter of the programme, because of what he says in the clip. this comment became a political story overnight after labour said that it was... well, attacked what he said. but let‘s just hear exactly what he had to say. the more one's read over the weekend about the report and about the chances of people surviving, if you just ignore what you're told and leave, you are so much safer. and i think if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building. it just seems the common—sense thing to do. and just to point out there, he is saying having read, i think reports of the grenfell tower report, this is what he‘s saying, that if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would just leave the burning building, that‘s common sense. so that comment can be read

in two different ways. way one, if you like, having read the report in hindsight, but the other way is in the minds of somebody who might be in that building, was it common sense to get out? as you would expect, it was criticised by grenfell united, which represents survivors and bereaved from the fire. and this morning, as he came out of the cabinet, jacob rees—mogg was asked about this allegation that he‘d accused people in the fire of lacking common sense. mr rees—mogg, do you really think grenfell residents lack common sense? no, that's not what i said. that's not what i said. do you regret your comments? that's not what i said. thank you. and so he‘s saying there that‘s not what i said. and then later in a statement, he said that he had meant to say that before the report, he would have followed the stay put advice but with hindsight, he and anyone else would get out, and he offered the relatives and those who survived the grenfell tower fire what he called a profound apology.

labour has said this is an example of the nasty party and i think you can agree, we can agree that it is the first, if you like, misspeak incident of this election campaign and there may be many to come. rail passengers face severe disruption in the run—up to christmas. the run—up to christmas — after it was announced workers for south western railway will go on strike for 27 days nest month. members of the rmt union have voted to walk out in the long—running dispute over guards on trains. the company operates services in and out of london waterloo. let‘s speak to steve hedley, who is senior assistant general secretary for the rmt, whojoins me. you will ruin people‘s christmas? south—western railway are going to ruin people‘s christmas because they can‘t put a deal on the table that satisfies all our aspirations, guaranteed a guard on the train, and then west absolutely no explanation

and not talking as about why, they have withdrawn the deal. when did that happen? two weeks ago. we reach that happen? two weeks ago. we reach that agreement two weeks ago, we went through a safety validation process and they said that was all fine and the method of dispatch was fine and the method of dispatch was fine and the method of dispatch was fine and then we learned yesterday, we have just put it in their boardroom today, that the deal has disappeared and is no longer on the table. this is going to bring misery toa table. this is going to bring misery to a lot of people. i know that actually dates mean they can at least vote, so just explain what action you are proposing? there are 27 days of action starting on monday second december and that will run through until 11th and then of course we are calling the strike off so people can vote for a day. the 12th will be free of strike action and we are sure people will exercise your democratic mandate and get rid of this horrible government of that

is their wish. then we will put the strikes back on on the 13th in the strikes back on on the 13th in the strikes will continue until first january. is there any sense that you are taking, i mean, this is drastic action. 27 days is pretty much unheard of. is there a bit of electioneering going on? absolutely not and we have made sure we can‘t be criticised for that because those constituencies who were actually taking through were largely not vote for the labour party anyway, so are making should of the facility for people voting. 0ur making should of the facility for people voting. our members are absolutely furious because they have been strung along right through the summer period where they were told that this deal is getting close to finalised. in fact a deal on the table with high—level managers in the room and high—level traders from the room and high—level traders from the rmt and people are absolutely livid now that this deal has been taken of the table. i know we are trying to get south—western railway for comment. what do you think is

behind this? i can only imagine there has been some political interference and it is just speculation. i can‘t prove this, but if you have got really senior managers in the room that they have reached a deal and it has been through the whole safety validation process then i think it is somebody from the department for transport to interfered. i know you hope this doesn‘t happen but there are people right now planning their christmases who will have to work on the basis that this does go ahead and who are going to have to change their plans. and i absolutely sympathise with that and all i can say is that is the last thing we wanted. this we thought had been done and dusted. i would appeal to anybody, get on the phone with your mp and councillor and get on the phone with the department for transport and south—western railway and ask them why they had a deal on the table that would have satisfies everybody in major christmas went smoothly and then for no given reason whatsoever then for no given reason whatsoever the deal has been withdrawn.

a study has found that three—quarters of people who use food banks are from homes affected by illness or disability. the report — commissioned by the trussell trust which runs a network of food banks across the uk — also says the average weekly income of people using them is £50 after paying rent. michael buchanan reports. in 2010 the trussell trust handed out 41,000 food parcels. last year that number was 1.6 million. each person is unique in their own way but also helped to paint a broader picture. my husband died a year ago. l have had to use food banks. 1 used to go fourand l have had to use food banks. 1 used to go four and five days without food until i discovered this. to go four and five days without food untili discovered this. the problem for these two as the gig economy. a variety of uncertain jobs never quite amounting to enough money. i have been claiming benefits for over a year now but i have been

getting some good opportunities coming through. if you could find a permanentjob you coming through. if you could find a permanent job you probably coming through. if you could find a permanentjob you probably wouldn‘t need to come here? definitely. i do a lot of self—employed stuff like on property or might even be stuff like courier or cycling just trying to make ends meet but a lot of self—employed stuff. make ends meet but a lot of self-employed stuff. so it is uneven all the time, you can‘t be sure from month—to—month that you will have a certain amount of money? exactly. the sheer number of food banks now operating as a small factor in why people use them but other reasons are overwhelmingly more important. the research today shows that of those using food banks many have just £50 a week to live on. nearly three quarters and households affected by ill health or disability, two sorts of problems with the benefit system. for example single mothers are massively overrepresented, people with illnesses and disabilities. these are all people who we should expect

to be anchored from poverty by our benefit system but you are not being caught. ministers say they spend £95 billion annually on the welfare safety net and are always looking to improve it but no one expects the need for food banks to disappear any time soon. you are watching afternoon live on time for a look at the weather. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it‘s not a straightforward weather story to tell. it is quite messy out there and there is a lot of cloud with a few scattered showers. the best of any sunnier breaks certainly in scotland, and in comparison to the weather you had yesterday, a better day. but shower clouds driving in some showers up into down the north and one or two showers running in along the east coast. also temperatures struggling, seven to 13 celsius. but it is sent to get even colder still. this theme will continue into bonfire night, if you are heading to an organised firework display or you are having some fireworks in the back garden, showers still threatening and it will turn quite chilly. 0vernight tonight these skies will continue to clear and some

of those showers will ease back towards the coast. so that is going to allow those temperatures to fall away. that is going to be a bit of a shock to the system first thing on wednesday morning. low single figures, perhaps just below in a few rural spots. a touch of frost, maybe even some fog to greet us first thing. but it will be a largely dry day for the next couple of days before more rain arrives later in the week. the liberal democrats say the uk will get a ‘remain bonus‘ of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped as they launch their general election campaign. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted within six months promising to secure a better deal with the eu. former chancellor philip hammond says he‘s standing down as an mp ‘with great sadness‘ after defying borisjohnson over a no—deal brexit. more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in torquay have been contacted by police, following the arrest of an employee in relation

to allegations of sexual offences. the rmt union says workers on south western railway will strike for most of december in a long running dispute over guards on trains. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. rugby union and a big punishment for reigning premiership champions saracens? yes, 35 points deducted and a fine of more than £5 million, the biggest fine in the history of the premiership just fine in the history of the premiershipjust as fine in the history of the premiership just as members of the england squad return from japan and are greeted with this news, because an independent panel found saracens failed to disclose payments over three seasons and exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players so in breach of the salary cap which is placed on all the teams

in the premiership. joe wilson has more details. saracens continue to be one of the dominant forces in english rugby union. the panel found that saracens had failed to disclose payments to players and had exceeded the ceilings for payments. when we talk about senior players at saracens when we talk about senior players at sara ce ns we when we talk about senior players at saracens we mean some of the most famous players in rugby but saracens have the right to appeal against it and as it stands this severe punishment would seem to threaten their viability, punishment would seem to threaten theirviability, certain punishment would seem to threaten their viability, certain their superiority as a sporting force. saracens say they will appeal and that means the punishment will be suspended in lieu of that, and i say we are pleased the panel acknowledged saracens did not deliberately reach the cap and a site player co—investments do not

count as salary. that punishment will see saracens drop to the bottom of the premiership if that appeal is not upheld. south africa returned home, did they have that trophy with them? they didn‘t have the trophy because it was only one half of the springboks who arrived home, still given a heroes welcome, led by a black captain for the first time but he and the coach are not home yet, they are on a second plane that has been delayed but lets look at the first plane, one half of the the tea m first plane, one half of the the team coming through, arms triumphantly lost, johannesburg airport packed to the rafters with fa ns airport packed to the rafters with fans waiting to see the squad that won that trophy for their country for the third time, such an incredible achievement and so significant, they beat england 32—12

in the final injapan. congratulations to them. england look like they would win the third t20 in the series against new zealand but collapsed spectacularly. they got to 139—2 but then lost five wickets for just ten runs. they got to 139—2 but then lost five wickets forjust ten runs. new zealand‘s colin de grandhomme helped them to 100 and 80 overs, at a partnership between james them to 100 and 80 overs, at a partnership betweenjames vincent and davitt malan looked to put england on course but eoin morgan‘s ricketts triggered a loss for ten ru ns ricketts triggered a loss for ten runs so england lost by 14 runs and trail to— one in the five match series. the champions league returns this evening, chelsea face ajax while liverpool take on gang. jurgen

klopp was asked about their league match with manchester city but said he wasn‘t in the mood to talk about them. pep guardiola claimed that striker sadio mane dives, something thatjurgen klopp was quick to dismiss. sadio is not a diver so there was a situation in the villa game where he had contact and went down, but there was contact, it‘s not likejumping over a leg to look like he hit you. there were penalties because he was in that situation. we were sure if something like this would happen for man city, they would want a penalty because somebody kicked a player in the box. just news that liverpool will play their league cup match with aston villa on the 17th of december. it

clashes with the fifa world cup in qatar so a second team will be expected to play. news nationwide is next. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. alex lovell is in bristol talking about a ban on diesel vehicles in the city. allen sinclair is in the pub. notjust any pub, mind, it‘s contesting for we will be back with you in a minute, finding out what you are up to. first, alex, a diesel ban for bristol? we talked about it this afternoon already but what‘s going on? we talked about it this afternoon already but what's going on? there was some confusion because it‘s a diesel ban for private cars so this is in diesel ban for private cars so this isina

diesel ban for private cars so this is in a bid to cut air pollution in the city. bristol suffered from poor air quality for some time and has high levels of nitrogen dioxide. it is one of 24 local authorities that have been ordered to find ways to lower these levels and they have twice missed the government deadline is to provide those details of a clea n is to provide those details of a clean air zone until now so it was released last week but it is being debated today so let‘s look at the proposal. it is wider than just this diesel ban, there are two areas, the first is a city centre clean air zone which you can see in white, we re zone which you can see in white, were all high polluting vehicles except private cars would have to pay a charge so it will include commercial vehicles, buses, taxis, va ns commercial vehicles, buses, taxis, vans and lorries that don‘t meet certain emission standards. the charge would depend on the size of the vehicle, between £9 and £100 a

day, then there is the diesel ban, so let‘s look at the smaller area in red, in the middle of the city. no private diesel cars would be allowed in this area from 7am until 3pm, but the ones that paid to go into the larger clean air zone can go into the red zone even if they are a diesel spewing man, but no private diesel spewing man, but no private diesel cars so petrol and electric ca rs are diesel cars so petrol and electric cars are exempt. this has caused a lot of debate. let‘s hear from the rac and also local drivers. we are very concerned this is a blunt instrument. it's not doing what other local authorities implementing clean air zones are doing, which is taking a phased approach, trying to get people to the cleanest possible vehicles. this isjust going to ban all private diesel cars from the very heart of the city. meanwhile commercial vehicles are going to be able to drive through, these are predominantly diesel, and

pollute as much as they like as long as they pay the fee but any private motorists will face a fine and this will cause hardship to thousands of people, it will cut off people in the south, who struggled to get to motorways because the edges of the zone taken some of the major routes which seems like madness so we are urging the government to intervene and protect that common sense approach to sorting this out like london and every other town and city. it would be a good idea to keep emissions down and so forth. but for the people who want to come into work, into the city, it's not a very good idea. we have an air pollution problem, i live by the m32 and traffic is backed up all the way, my friends have kids and i don‘t want to see them getting lung pollution from the problem. everyone is pushing for electric cars, aren't they?

and the price of electric cars are through the roof. so what happens next? they will debate it today, the city council, if that‘s approved the plans will go to the government, the council want the plans to come and by 2021 but things can get in the way, the cost of implementation, that will need to be worked out and it‘s hoped this would enable bristol to achieve clea n would enable bristol to achieve clean air compliance by 2025. thing that has been discussed and praised by some as a scrappage scheme for older vehicles to drive into the century, grants for taxis and light vehicle owners so they can upgrade and retrofit equipment and loans so businesses can replace a vehicle and i understand the scrappage scheme can be redeemed against the value of an electric bike or public transport but that cities meier is up for

election next year or so he has to find a balancing act with this controversy, he has to be tough on motorists but also when it wrote so how he will do this, we will have to wait and see. alex, thank you. good to see you. let‘s go to alan sinclair from south today, to see you. let‘s go to alan sinclairfrom south today, you get good at something, it takes time and practice so the fact the family have owned this pub for 200 years may be why it is in the running for uk pub of the year. you are fulfilling a long—held ambition, the same as what we all have. pint filling, i am going to give this a go, i‘m not sure if taste and technique go hand in hand but it‘s not too difficult. spot on. look at this place, it is something special, a contender to be potentially pub of the year, the

only pub in berkshire with a heritage interior and a track record of winning awards including pub of the year. look at some great archive footage, 30 years ago the south today cameras were here last time when a pub was named pub of the year. tucked away in the tiny village of old words, the bell has been quenching the thirst of travellers for 600 years a little has changed in that time, which according to the landlord is as it should be. it was always don't alter it, five generations never need enough money. why mess with something that works? a little has ever altered around here. that was the former landlord ian speaking and his wife and son still run the pub

now. we will talk to them later about why they believe that bell should be named uk pub of the year again. there are three other pubs in the running, what can you say about them? nothing, we are not interested in selling the stories of three other pubs. i think they are all up north somewhere and it‘s grim up north somewhere and it‘s grim up north but cameras have specific criteria for naming their pub of the year, factors like the quality of the beer, lots of local lines on sale here, then the ambience, the atmosphere you feel when you walk into the pub, and we will find out probably in january, february, whether this pub is named pub of the year but i‘ve been here for a little while, i‘ve sampled its delights, i can wait, i‘m fine. cheers.

while, i‘ve sampled its delights, i can wait, i'm fine. cheers. that clipboard, is that the bbc editorial guidelines because i think you have breached several of them in the last 20 minutes? have i? this is one of those days in work that you can go home happy. i don‘t think i will go home happy. i don‘t think i will go home for a while. i'm not sure you will be going back to work for a while either. alex lovell at least is with us. thank you. and if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer and a reminder we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm on afternoon live. the snp has complained to sky news

and 0fcom about what it calls the undemocratic decision to exclude the party from a live debate. the channel arranged a debate between jeremy corbyn, borisjohnson and jo swinson. the snp said it has written to the head of sky news calling for the party to be included in any debate. let‘s get the thoughts of the snp mp dave lyndon. why take this action? it's utterly undemocratic, the snp is the third largest party in the house of commons and is overlooked by sky so that‘s an unsustainable position and i hope skype see sense, do the right thing and include the snp because throughout this campaign we have a strong message to end the brexit mess and give scotland the right to choose its future an idea of shutting out the snp and scottish

voices is unsustainable and i hope chine skype change their ways. there is no law on this. i think it's unfairand you is no law on this. i think it's unfair and you seejo swinson come the third largest party in the house of commons appears to be excluded so this does not stand up to scrutiny and sky news‘s decision on this is wea k and sky news‘s decision on this is weak and must change. we have seen separate debate in scotland, would that satisfy you? no, the snp is the third largest party in the uk in terms of members and seats in the house of commons, it can be inconvenient for broadcasters but for now we are part of the uk and should be treated equally and once again scotland is being disrespected and that is unsustainable and they

must change their decision. or what? we will wait and see what happened, we have made representations to sky news and if we are serious about having a fair news and if we are serious about having afaircampaign news and if we are serious about having a fair campaign they will reverse their decision, if they do not the snp will look at alternative avenues but we want a fair campaign andi avenues but we want a fair campaign and i am sure sky news 12 as well. when there is a devolved government in scotland, is it necessary for broadcasters like skype or indeed any of the broadcasters to have to have that difficult format of difficult party leaders in one debate? it has worked in the past, a separate debate north of the border. i think the snp is bringing a unique argument, one is to stop brexit and the other is to allow scotland to choose its future. we are hearing

that from at least one other party. the liberal democrats aren‘t offering a chance for scotland to choose its future but to shut the snp out because it is inconvenient is an unsustainable position. we are the third largest party in the house of commons, the third largest membership in the uk so what sky news are proposing and what other broadcasters may propose is unsustainable and that is why we wa nt to unsustainable and that is why we want to include the snp in that debate. it makes politics richer to have those other views and broaden the debate and it‘s important electors have the chance to hear from people like nicola sturgeon and ian blackford and i hope sky news see sense and start to include us in that process. good of you to talk to us. ben bland is here with the

business news but first the headlines. the liberal democrats say the uk will get a ‘remain bonus‘ of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped as they launch their general election campaign. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted within six months promising to secure a better deal with the eu. former chancellor philip hammond says he‘s standing down as an mp ‘with great sadness‘ after defying borisjohnson over a no—deal brexit. hello, here are your business headlines. a government plan to create 200,000 new homes in england forfirst time buyers has failed to build any. the spending watchdog says more than £170 million was spent over two years buying land in places like plymouth, bury, basildon and cinderford. the national audit office found the sites were all now being used for general housing, only some of which was affordable. the "starter homes" plan was announced in 2014, aiming to provide homes at a discount to those under 40. registrations of new cars fell 6.7%

in october compared with a year ago. that‘s according to the industry body, the society of motor manufacturers and traders. it said 10,000 fewer cars were registered last month. the number of diesel cars fell most sharply down 28%. but sales of hybrid electric cars increased by a similar percentage. battery electric vehicles sales rose more than 150%. the uk services sector, which includes retail and food and drink, stagnated in october. a survey of activity found that it neither grew nor shrank. that‘s actually an improvement on the previous month when activity dropped slightly in september. this is according to an index known as the pmi. services, which also covers banking, leisure, accountancy and finance, make up about 80% of the uk economy. we have to talk about the problems

facing retail but primer seems to be doing all right. this is one of the uk's doing all right. this is one of the uk‘s largest fashion retailers, announcing profits were up 80% after the opening of new stores in europe. its owner said it had a resilient year and was boosted by the continued expansion of the fashion chain but if you strip out the effect of opening those new stores, like for like sales fell so store expansion is what they have to thank for that boost to sales. associated british foods has other interests. it owns many food brands, things like 0valtine, ryvita, jordan cereals, twinings. most people are familiar with brands made by associated british foods. wine,

beer... we won‘t go on. associated british foods. wine, beer... we won't go on. on grocery sales it described sales as robust, but it also has a lot of interest in sugar, but it saw a decline there, partly because sugar prices are down and sales have fallen but the good news for the group as a whole is that the growth from the primark division more than made up for the fall in the sugar business and shares are reflecting the confidence of investors have in its performance. i will not show you the shares just yet, performance. i will not show you the sharesjust yet, i performance. i will not show you the shares just yet, i will come to that later. shanti kelemen is investment director at brown shipley. primark bucking the trend when it comes to pressures facing retail. pa rt of comes to pressures facing retail. part of that is because they are a low— cost part of that is because they are a low—cost retailer and consumer is worrying about the future will go to

those low—cost models. the other thing that boosted the outlook is that a lot of their cots are in dollars and with the pound rallying from being mere £120 earlier this year to nearer $1 30, that's a boost for their year to nearer $1 30, that's a boost fortheir margins when year to nearer $1 30, that's a boost for their margins when they are buying cotton in dollars. another story that got a lot of conversation going among business watchers as this move by the boss at boeing saying he will not take a bonus, in some ways it would have been unthinkable for him to take a bonus, shareholders would not have been impressed if in the fallout after the disaster of the 737 max he were to walk away with a bonus. it makes good publicity sense and there are problems with the company and as the ceo he needs to take responsibility. i don't think ceo he needs to take responsibility. idon't think boeing is going away,

they have an incredible franchise and there was a huge demand for air travel and boeing and airbus are the only two big players in that industry that can't supply planes we hope to travel on but boeing still has a long way forward in terms of compensation for victims, we still don't have the 737 max flying again and they have to think about how they develop planes and is a good fit for purpose? and just to get your thoughts on the services survey, services make up 80% of the uk economy and the picture is not brilliant, they are not expanding but the sector is not shrinking. what should we make of that?m could have been worse, it's a bit of relief that we are not heading for a recession, you often see the government or bank of england come in and help out when you get pmi readings that are declining but none

of that will happen until we have an election and get some movement on brexit because the bank of england won't want to make drastic changes on things like interest rates where thatis on things like interest rates where that is ongoing and the other thing positive for the uk, we are linked globally and there have been noises about having a trade deal signed and that could lead to a pick—up in some activity globally which the uk would benefit from. thank you. let's have a look at the markets and that is the picture, the ftse100 ending the date slightly higher, helped by a rise in the price of oil, that has lifted the share price of the big oil companies after expectations that the oil producing club of countries will cut supply, primark‘s owner associated british foods are up owner associated british foods are up more than 5% after there was a result we were talking about but

gambling and gambling —related firms are falling after mps called for a raft of measures to overhaul online casinos so that is a snapshot of what‘s happening in the markets. thank you very much. you're welcome. owners of unregistered drones will face fines of up to 1000 pounds when new rules take effect at the end of this month. the civil aviation authority says anyone wanting to fly the gadgets, including children, will now have to pass an online theory test. registration opened today. that is it from afternoon live for now. coming up next is the news at 5pm but for now a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. it‘s certainly been a day of mixed fortunes so far, a much better day through scotland. colder, yes, but drier than yesterday. but there are some nuisance showers around. now, if you‘re out this evening for bonfire night, those

showers may well linger and it‘s going to turn pretty chilly for all of us as the night progresses. let‘s take a look at where the showers have been over the last few hours. you can see fairly widespread running down across those east coasts and just pushing their way further inland. we‘ve also got a rash of showers driven on by a northerly wind, and they‘re going to continue across exposed coasts of scotland. but there is more sunshine around for scotland in comparison to yesterday. and the further west you are, the better of the drier, brighter weather around. top temperatures for the rest of this afternoon, sitting around seven to 13 celsius as a high. so as we go through this evening, as you can see, we will continue to have a few showers. they will fade away and overnight, we‘ll get some clearer skies. now, as cold air continues to drive down from the north with those clearer skies, temperatures are likely to fall away. so it is going to be a chilly start to our wednesday morning. low single figures for many, just below in a few spots. that‘s where the blue tones are sitting. so a touch of frost and possibly a touch of fog first thing in the morning. sheltered central and eastern areas starting off with the best of any brightness.

so the fog and frost will lift away and it will stay relatively quiet here. but at the same time, the cloud thickens and we‘ll have a few scattered showers pushing into west coasts before eventually more persistent rain arrives by the end of the afternoon. so some subtle changes as we move through the day on wednesday. still feeling pretty chilly out there. four to 11 celsius at the very best. now these frontal systems pushing in from the west will arrive through wednesday night, across england and wales in particular. so that low pressure centred across the uk yet again means more rain to come. so we could start off on thursday on a pretty miserable note for many, some of that rain quite persistent and it will grind to a halt across the midlands, the north of england and north wales. we‘ll need to keep a close eye on that. sunny spells and scattered showers continue into scotland. here still those temperatures struggling, five to nine celsius. further south, we‘re lucky if we see nine or ten as a daytime maximum. so the cool theme is set to continue, a little bit drier and brighter on friday before more rain

threatens for the weekend.

today at 5 — as the parties start to launch their campaigns, the lib dems claim the election could produce "seismic change". the lib dems claim the uk would get a "remain bonus" of £50 billion over five years if brexit was stopped, as they launch their general election campaign. when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted next year, and then put the new deal to a referendum. but borisjohnson insists the conservatives are the only party that can deliver brexit, and that the uk will leave by the end of january. during the day, the former conservative chancellor philip hammond, who‘s criticised the prime minister‘s handling