w wn—mr flit itfimigg ‘a travel problems but through friday, this bump in the isobars is going to edge its way and this is a ridge of high pressure as it topples in. more on the way of sunshine. showery rain might be slow to clear from eastern parts of england. temperature is no great shakes. attending cardiff, 11 in plymouth. temperatures will take a nosedive. widely down to freezing ora a nosedive. widely down to freezing or a good few degrees below. quite a widespread frost. fog patches to greet us on saturday morning. for most, a decent amount of sunshine, notice out west already, a change. outbreaks of rain. some snow over the high ground, the pennines, up into scotland, another single digit day for most of us. that weather slides eastwards. another one of these pumps in the isobars, another

ridge of high pressure trying to topple them. so some of this showery rain clear increasing amounts of dry right wow bar. temperatures still struggling. into monday, it could be another cold start with mist and fog around, fine weather, sunshine, likely to see a frontal system pushing in late in the day. into the middle part of next week, first glance, big weather, dips in jetstrea m, glance, big weather, dips in jetstream, troughs digging down but yesterday, you might remember a trough settling just to the south—east of the british isles spinning upa south—east of the british isles spinning up a slow—moving area of low pressure which would throw rain from the eastern brisk winds but it now looks more likely the pattern as changed, shifted northwards so we

will bring rain in from the north—west instead. that means where we will see the wettest weather and down towards the south is a chance that we could see dry weather. there will be spells of wind and rain at times but exactly where the wettest weather will be remains up in the airat times. it weather will be remains up in the air at times. it will, however, remain quiet chilly. hello, this is bbc news with carrie gracie. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, with giles kenningham and maya goodfellow. first the headlines: borisjohnson has launched his pa rty‘s election campaign, saying his brexit deal delivered everything he campaigned for. tom watson has announced his resignation as labour's deputy leader and says he won't be seeking re—election as an mp. high courtjudges have ruled that a police ban on extinction rebellion protests in london last month was unlawful. and several people have been injured

after the ceiling collapsed during a show at the piccadilly theatre in london's west end. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator giles kenningham and and the political writer and academic maya goodfellow. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads the way with a picture of the prime minister, who launched his party campaign in the general election race. the paper calls it a tricky first day for boris johnson. the telegraph describes the conservative launch and headlines boris gets his bounce back, but leads with the story about labour's deputy leader standing down as an mp.

the guardian reports on tom watson's departure from labour and discusses the direction of the party under jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. the times agrees and claims mr watson clashed withjeremy corbyn on anti—semitism, brexit and the direction of the party. also leading on labour but on a different angle is the mirror, who focus on the party's pledge to pump £150 billion into regions in the north of england. and the sun captures the moment arsenal footballer sead kolasinac prepares to fend off two moped thugs as one threatens to stab him in the street in north—west london. let's see what our reviewers make of it all. to start us off with the front page of the guardian... this is the fact that tom watson is stepping down as an mp. he has been an mpforwest stepping down as an mp. he has been an mp for west bromwich east since

2001. and really there has been an exchange of letters that have been publicised on twitter between himself and jeremy corbyn, him saying that this is personal, it is not medical. tom watson is also someone not medical. tom watson is also someone who has a book coming out in the new year, so i imagine he will spend some time publicising that, which i think is to do with his weight loss. he will be campaigning around sugar companies, doing things about remission for people with type 2 diabetes. and so i think while tom watson is standing down as deputy leader, standing down as mp, he is not going to be going anywhere in terms of british politics. giles, what do you make of this story?m is interesting in terms of what the exchange of letters doesn't say as opposed to what it does say. it is very notable that tom watson doesn't say he wishes to see jeremy corbyn

in numberten. i do say he wishes to see jeremy corbyn in number ten. i do think tom watson has in recent years become somewhat ofa has in recent years become somewhat of a tainted political figure. he was heavily embroiled in the fake vip scandal where he piled pressure on detectives and never showed any humility afterwards when it was found out he was completely on the wrong side of the argument and there was a sense this was always going to dog him. in the political dynamics are interesting here. the tories we re are interesting here. the tories were looking to go after tom watson's seipt, a slight majority in a heavy brexit part of the country, he was not liked by leadership, and they thought they could get it. now they thought they could get it. now the seat is up for grabs. there is the seat is up for grabs. there is the famous political expression, do not interrupt your opponents while they are making a mistake. the tories have had a very rocky 24 hours and they will be jumping for ivy hours and they will be jumping for joy at this news, because the focus is back on internal machinations and splits in the party. which in a way is the gloss the daily mail puts on it. labour's election calamity, they are calling it. strong language.

it. labour's election calamity, they are calling it. strong languagem is rather unsurprising coming from the daily mail, given their political positioning. i think they are making a little bit more of this than exists in the moment. we will see how this story unfolds, but as it stands now it doesn't really read asa it stands now it doesn't really read as a calamity. i think they want to spin it like this because there have been some departures from both parties. there have been slightly rocky moments in the sense of why people are leaving. we have had people are leaving. we have had people criticising the conservatives and the direction they are going under boris johnson. i and the direction they are going under borisjohnson. i think it is perhaps overstated to say that this isa perhaps overstated to say that this is a calamity at this stage given the tone of the two letters between jeremy corbyn and tom watson. we will see what happens, but right now it doesn't look that way. it becomes a calamity if tom watson does that kiss and tell sit down broadcast interview which keeps the story going where he lays bare the fractious relationship he had with jeremy corbyn, the fact they didn't get on, the fact they were on opposite ends of the party. so far they are wishing each other happy gardening tips, and this line,

jeremy corbyn was rocked by the resignation of his deputy, is that not right? i thought he was relieved. it is hardly ideal in the midst of a general election campaign for your deputy to resign. so it has knocked a labour of course. i think longer term for the campaign it strengthens his grip on the party. having said that, if labour wants to bea having said that, if labour wants to be a broad church, watson represented that broad church. this signifies even more of a lurch to the left. i think what is actually happening here is to say that this is bad for labour, i think what tom watson is saying in that letter is i am going to continue to be committed to the labour cause and campaigning for a labour government. and so i think it is kind of overstating where it is at the moment. and if we look at the selections that have been conducted by the labour party, it is still that broad church vibe going on. suggesting thatjeremy corbyn as leader has a grip on the party, he was elected twice by party members. looking at the daily

mirror, we have the kind of spin that labour themselves might want to have on today. you were talking about the tribal nature of different papers, well, this one, power to the north, and the irreversible shift of institutions and cash away from london. this is the daily mirror, so it is perhaps not surprising this is the headline story they are leading with, and i think this is interesting as someone who grew up in newcastle in the north—east, i know that the north generally and the north—east in particular has been historically underfunded, has been historically underfunded, has been historically underfunded, has been historically ignored. so we will see where this goes in terms of the policy substance. but it is a powerful message in terms of power to the north. we have heard politicians saying across the spectrum for some time now, talking about northern powerhouses, regional investment, and some of the highest child poverty rates outside central london are in the north—east. so these are areas that are often neglected in terms of investment. so we will see where this goes. and in terms of election arithmetic, there

are some necessary votes to appeal to in the north. exactly, there are some hard—core leave labour seeds in the north which they will be worried about losing to the brexit party and the tories. you can see the politics at play here. making the wider point, all politicians talk about levelling up and rebalancing the economies, a recognition by both sides they have to get a majority and be a one nation party. you say both parties, let's look at the other lot, then. giles, after a day of dead cats, johnson gets his bounce back. dead cat bounce and, what are his cats? it is this whole analogy that after you have a scandal you put a dead cat on the table, and your opponents spend the whole time clearing that up as opposed to attacking you. the tories

have had a 24—hour is with the resignation of alun cairns, the welsh secretary. is that then putting dead cats on their own table? two i think there have been a series of problems. the challenge now is to seize the initiative back. the slogan is get the exit done, and people will be sick of hearing it, but they see it as a clear dividing line between labour and the tories. i think there is a wider point within this whole campaign. we know the electorate is incredibly volatile here, and people saying theresa may didn't get a majority in 2017. the difference this time is borisjohnson is a very good campaigner. this line that he gets his bounce back, were you impressed? did you think it was a bouncy speech in birmingham? i think it was good, and you look at the objects, why is he doing it at birmingham, the west midlands? that is the biggest swing district. the tories have to make inroads in those areas. he still has the x factor whereby he can run a

much more spontaneous campaign than a lot of politicians can and be a lot more free—flowing, doesn't have to always stay on message, and the public still like him in a way that other politicians haven't got. they will be looking to really leverage and matched that out. the metro have this interesting photo which takes us this interesting photo which takes us back to, you know... i am not going to call it fake news, but it is odd. it is a misunderstanding of what was really going on. it is kind of strange. i think borisjohnson and the conservatives wouldn't mind this kind of comparison, the comparison between johnson and churchill, but this image was from his speech today outside downing street, when i believe that the number two he was gesturing in reference to two referendums...m wasn't the victory gesture.|j reference to two referendums...m wasn't the victory gesture. i think thatis wasn't the victory gesture. i think that is not quite accurate, and what we will see in this campaign is attem pts we will see in this campaign is atte m pts by we will see in this campaign is attempts by a lot of outlets to hold politicians to account with fact checking. we have seen this from a

number of different channels, including the bbc, of fact checking some of the things borisjohnson said in today's speech, as well as other political parties. is it really matching reality, the past nine years? it is whether people access that kind of news, and whether it cuts through. because i think this kind of fact checking is incredibly important when we have, you know, parties using things like social media to get their messages through. how accurate are those m essa 9 es through. how accurate are those messages and what are the consequences for spreading things that may not actually be that accurate? and picking up on one of the things that maya was saying, one of the dead cats they were struggling with today is the question of the keir starmer video, which relates back to that question of fa ct which relates back to that question of fact checking. is this actually the video always the video doctored? a big row over that today. there are two points, as opposed. they will be annoyed by that but it did get an argument going about the fact that labour have fundamentally incoherent

position on brexit. there is a wider point about fake news during the election. the media is becoming more and more fragmented, these papers are in terminal decline, broadcasters as well, people are getting their news from a multitude of sources, so what is being done to regulate that? what is the fact checking going on and i don't think in this country we have a trip on it at all. in germany, you have a syste m at all. in germany, you have a system where if you have fake news on your website you are faced with a $40 million fine if you don't take it down within 24 hours, and i do think we need more stringent measures. going back to the front page of the metro, i take your point that he was referring to referenda rather than doing a winston churchill victory sign. but winston churchill victory sign. but winston churchill is his hero. we are going to hear more churchillian language and rhetoric. yes, i mean, ithink this is probably a comparison that

johnson quite likes, it is not one that he would shy away from it anyway. and there is kind of bombastic rhetoric that he quite likes to use. and so this idea of get done is going to be the big strapline for this conservative campaign. it is a bit simplistic in terms of what is going to happen nextin terms of what is going to happen next in the country, but also the fa ct next in the country, but also the fact that we are not just electing next in the country, but also the fact that we are notjust electing a government to deal with brexit, but for the next five years, potentially, if there is another election next year. so i think this point about fact checking on the things that politicians are saying, they will come under scrutiny for some of the claims they are making around universal credit. we saw today the advertising standards authority say that the government had put out ads about universal credit that made unsubstantiated claims and there has been this issue of the 200,000 homes they promised in 2015 that never materialised in —— according to the national audit office. so there are a number of insta nces office. so there are a number of instances of politicians making claims about things they have done i think they are going to do. whether

that matches up with reality, we can! to see that under a microscope in this election campaign. have you two got the politics out of your systems ? two got the politics out of your syste ms ? if two got the politics out of your systems? if you have, we're going to move on. yes? yes. all right. the times has an interesting tale about sick days. it is slightly counterintuitive. we hear so much about snowflake millennials, but the fa cts about snowflake millennials, but the facts seem to contradict it. absence rates have halved based on sick days. and i think it may also be a reflection of the changing nature of the economy. we have more people on flexible hours, we have the gig economy, more people feel like they are forced to take that time off. they are working in different ways. so yes, we hear a lot about snowflakes, millennials, buti suspect it might not be quite as straightforward as that. you are making it sound like quite... a story about people who just kind of can't afford to be ill, basically.

story about people who just kind of can't afford to be ill, basicallylj don't can't afford to be ill, basically.” don't want to say sinister, but i am saying the nature of work has changed. if you are working in more ofa changed. if you are working in more of a flexible way, obviously you have less of a safeguard. that is just the nature of working that way. and it may be that, you know, people aren't taking the time off. air at times. it will, however, remain quiet chilly. looking three, four paragraphs down the story, they are quoting an occupational health study saying there is a greater willingness among employers to support staff with blooms, good news story.” employers to support staff with blooms, good news story. i guess it's hard say exactly what is causing this, in part this idea that there is support for some staff in terms of their health issues or struggles they might be having at work. further down the story, sorry to bring it back to a potential negative, but also quoting someone who is saying, a policy adviser who

is sagging, one of the problem series it doesn't make sense because we hear a lot about work—related stress, that being on the increase and this may be to do with post financial crash that people are still going to work when they are unwell, wishing themselves to the limit. this thing is that giles is talking about which is something slightly different in terms of people's right. there is another thing about people feeling they have to go to work. you talk about employees being more sympathetic. in the realm of mental health, that stigma has been removed. people are more open and willing to understand. that may be part of it. they also note that managers and senior officials have the lowest absence rate, so now, extinction rebellion, a story on the front page of the i.

—— extinction rebellion. a story on the front page of the i. -- extinction rebellion. a setback for the police. they have come under fire of the arrests during extinction rebellion, they were found to be unlawful and could be liable for compensation. i have sympathy for the police, they brought london to a standstill. i am all for peaceful protesting in a democracy but this goes back to snowflakes, we've got to let people let what they need to do, we will get into this ambulance chasing culture, then you are paralysing the police. the protesters, they won their day in court today and once you've which we, we can't see on the front page, this is potentially going to cost. i actually don't think this is necessarily to do with

snowfla kes. think this is necessarily to do with snowflakes. the ruling is not only about lawful arrest, it's about the blanket ban. the police's attempt to have a blanket ban beyond two or three people gathering on what the high court ruling is saying, that is unlawful. there may be a knock—on effect the people arrested for breaking that band, a lot of arrests, if you can remember, the guardian columnist george monbiot was on the people who said they would not accept this banker ban, and then went and got arrested so will there be some kind of compensation? i don't think we know yet about the specifics of that but i think it's more to do with the police attempting to ban that kind of protest. there is one line because we should just acknowledge nicola adams, great boxer, she is retiring. an iconic email boxer. she is retiring at the age of 37 due to

fears she could lose her side. an incredible innings, around for a long time. it's one of the most brutal sports that does affect people after they retire and there are long—term consequences. she just doesn't want to lose her side. congratulations to her. congratulations to her. congratulations to her. congratulations to you to refer sticking it out with me. and that is it. you can see the front pages. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website, at bbc.co.uk/papers, and it will also be on the bbc iplayer. thank you, giles kenningham and maya goodfellow. good evening, here's your latest sports news.

tottenham have given themselves a great chance of qualifying for the knock out stage of the champins league with a confidence boosting 4—nil win away at red star belgrade. spurs beat the same opposition 5—0 at home last month, and had another comfortable night in serbia as patrick gearey reports. in belgrade, the light at the end of the long, long tunnel is the entrance to a cauldron. this is the burning heart of red star, a place that drives on a chaotic energy, that drives on a chaotic energy, that spurs managed to harness. in a few seconds, they created a few chances, all of tottenham's players had cricket some point. someone, anyone. the new boy had a go. red star had chances themselves but spurs were up for this challenge. it appeared in shock after his tackle lead to andre gomez suffering a serious injury at the weekend. this

was his answer and then perhaps his apology. an evening that was supposed to be an ordeal was actually proving therapeutic for totte n ha m. actually proving therapeutic for tottenham. then substitute christian erickson squeezed home a fourth. spurs had turned chaos to routine and conquered the cauldron. manchester city could only manage a one all draw against atalanta — who were playing in the san siro beacuse there own stadium doesn't fulfil uefa specifications. it was an eventful match which ended with defender kyle walker keeping goal for city. imran sidat has the story. in the cauldron of the san siro, the task for manchester city was simple. a win, and they will qualify for the last 16. raheem sterling scored an 11—minute hat—trick when these sides met 2 weeks ago and it took him just 7 minutes to open his account here. he just couldn't keep sterling out of the action and when his the free kick appeared to hit an atalanta arm here,

var said penalty. gabrieljesus, the man to set up, a moment he will not want to see again. atalanta are playing in the champions league for the first time in their history and they were back on level terms early in the second half when chelsea's mario pasalic was left free to go in. it was all going on in milan. claudio bravo was brought on at half—time after an injury to edison and a rush of blood here saw him see red. kyle walker was forced to put on the gloves and his forst act was to stop this free kick. despite a late barrage, city hung on for a point and will have to wait for qualification. imran sidat, bbc news. there's been one group stage game in the europa league and arsenal conceded a late equaliser to portuguese side vittoria guimaraes. arsenal looked to have scored the goal which would have put them on the brink of qualification for the next stage when shkodran mustafi headed in but they couldn't keep vittoria out and bruno duarte acrobatically levelled in stoppage

time in portugal. after breaching the premiership's salary cap regulations, saracens could be in more hot water after pulling out of the launch of the european champions cup in cardiff. a fine for that could be in addition to the £5 million and 35—point penalty from premiership rugby pending an appeal. exeter‘s chief executive has called on them to be relegated whilst former england captain chris robshaw says whatever the outcome, the damage on the sport is significant. i think for us in rugby, we tend to also always think our grass is greener than others, we look down on other people, we look down on football, we look down on athletics for cheating and stuff like this but we are exactly the same now, we are in that position, rugby is now, rugby is in a tough place which as a unionised collective we are going to have to get out of it and we are just as guilty.

before we go — there's lots more on the retirement of nicola adams on the bbc sport webiste. you can read more about her decision to step away over fears for her sight. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. parts of england and wales look extremely wet on thursday thanks to an almost stationary weather front which is tied into this new area of low pressure which is going to park itself on top of the uk. after a pretty wet night parts of england and wales, that main band has been moving northwards and will end up across parts of east anglia and northern england into north wales. the north and south of it through the day, we should see sunshine but also showers. concerns for this portion of the country which could see some at times heavy and persistent rain, certainly for northern england and into north wales but they could be some travel disruption fuelled by cold and/or strong north—easterly wind. to the

north of it, sunshine but the best of it across western scotland. a few showers here, wintry on the hills, blustery and the north but if you have in bunbury showers across the south and south—west but also sunshine. temperature—wise may be reaching 10 degrees in the south of the sunshine. it's going to be a really cold day wherever you are, temperatures in single figures but it continues to rein through the latter pa rt it continues to rein through the latter part of the day and into the evening across the same areas so the risk of budding but the main band will gradually ease down as it pivots toward the south and east. under clear skies, it's going to be a cold night we have the cloud. a bit to hang back with that weather front. original high pressure builds into the country. it's going to be a cold, frosty start of the northern west and bright with plenty of sunshine. it looks like the sunshine will build into many central areas. it will have a bit of cloud, wanted

to showers across the east of england thanks to that weather front. a chilly day wherever you are but at least there will be more sunshine around to compensate. the friday night, we eventually lose that weather front and the clear skies turns really cold and dusty but the next frontal system will arrive across the west ‘s are not as cold for northern ireland. as it will be across the rest of the country. saturday starts cold and frosty. quickly spreading in on sunday, a gradual improvement as the rain clears away.

hello, welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: the uk's election campaign gets formally underway — but prime minister borisjohnson's big speech is overshadowed by resignations from both main parties. president trump's impeachment inquiry goes public. after weeks of testimony behind closed doors — hearings are set to be be broadcast live. i'm rico hizon in singapore, also on the programme: has hong kong become a city of permanent protest? we investigate a city polarised by five months of unrest. and — levelling the playing field. australia's female footballer team strike a landmark deal to earn pay