and you can find a full list of the candidates standing in those constituencies on the bbc news website after nominations have closed next week. a british army reject who trained to fight against so—called islamic state has been jailed. fight against so—called islamic state has beenjailed. aidanjames, from merseyside, was found guilty of attending a place where terrorist training was given in iraq at a refugee camp where the proscribed pkk was present. he also received a sentence for drug offences. now look at the weather, wet for many others, ben? rain is causing roberts for some parts of the uk, especially northern england but many of us have been seeing wet weather —— rain for some parts. she was to the north, but as this stripe of rain here is giving cause for concern, it's been very wet for a time across eastern england, the north midlands. the focus is on northern england. there isa focus is on northern england. there is a met office amber warning and

force affecting parts of greater manchester, northern derbyshire, up into parts of west and south yorkshire. the potential that we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. that sort of rainfall will bring some localised flooding and certainly some very poor travelling conditions, but in a broader area than that across northern england, also north wales, you can expect some very wet weather through the guest of the afternoon. for scotland and northern ireland some showery rain, it's drying out and brightening up, quite breezy. to the south a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers and those are your temperatures for the rest of the afternoon, 8—10. the rain will continue for a time across northern england and north wales. that's why we are so concerned about flooding and travel problems. the rain will sink down into the midlands. it will tend to peter out. to the south—east of that, one or two fog patches, one or two showers. quite a chilly night, chilly and northern ireland and scotland and some of the showers in northern scotla nd some of the showers in northern scotland are likely to be wintering over high ground. into tomorrow,

yes, there will still be some showery rain affecting eastern parts of england, still the odd shower into the north. those could be wintry over the hills but generally speaking it's a quieter day, a drier, brighter day, even though not an awful lot warmer, 7—11d at best. and through friday night watch the blue colours are spreading across this chart. a widespread frost. it's going to be a cold night, some freezing fog patches potentially as well. but out west things will be turning a little milder by the end of the night because here comes our next weather front. that frontal system will bring rain but it will be edging into the cold air. this will be our next headache over high ground of wales assay above 300 metres, there could be some snow falling and there are roads at that elevation. worth bearing in mind, maybe wintry winteriness mixing in for elsewhere. the rain and hill snow should clear away into sunday and this bump of high pressure will

start to build in. after all of that weather action sunday looks like a quieter day with some spells of sunshine. before that in northern england the rain causing some problems for the rest of today. a reminder of our top story. the cheque books are out. the shadow chancellor sets out plans to borrow billions of pounds in extra spending. the social transformation fund will begin the urgent task of repairing oui’ begin the urgent task of repairing our socialfabric begin the urgent task of repairing our social fabric that's been torn apart by the tories. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. let's start with the retirement of a former england rugby captain. northampton hooker dyland hartley has called time on his career after failing to recover

from a long—term knee injury. joinig us is our reporter james burridge... any surprise in this decision by hartley to retire? not really, this knee injury he picked up playing for his club back in december so their recovery has been pretty arduous and painstaking. he missed the six nations and the crunch came when he knew he was not going to make their world cup squad either. in the past he had rushed the return from injury, he had even gone to america to get that but it was a race against time which he lost. he knew it was only a matter of time before he had to hang up the bits. hartley says in his statement that his career hasn't been perfect, but he wouldn't have had it any other way. how do you reflect on his career? has he had his ups and downs? he has had plenty of those. plus points, 96

caps, england's second most capped player. he was there in 2013 when they thrashed the wallabies, grand slam and the six nations title. before all that came the controversy, 60 weeks of bands, he left a lions tour. a controversial character but no doubt the man that eddiejones turn to when english by eddiejones turn to when english rugby was in a crisis. and in the last hour, we've heard scotland have been fined for comments made at the world cup, can you tell us more? this is a £70,000 fine from world by. this is a £70,000 fine from world rugby. they want the sru to make an apology. it goes back to the final game injapan when scotland played the hosts and that— was about to wreak havoc on the country. at the time, sru said world rugby were far too rigid and should be looking at contingency plans. they said they we re contingency plans. they said they were looking at legal plans. as a

result of that, world rugby theory have brought the game into disrepute and want our apologies. the sru steadier going to consider their options and arbitration and the story is not over yet. thank you very much. staying with rugby union, and the owner of saracens says the club won't have to sell any of its stars after being found to have breached premiership rugby‘s salary cap. nigel wray has admitted on the club's website that they did fail to report some things on time. but he remains adamant that they've not broken the rules, adding that "investment is not salary". there have been calls for saracens to be given more sanctions. tottenham captain hugo lloris remains on course to return to training early next year after having surgery on his elbow. lloris dislocated his elbow during the premier league match against brighton last month. a statement on the club's website said surgery had been advised but that it wasn't expected to lengethen his recovery time. well, lloris's spurs side are a step closer to the champions league knockout stages after beating

red star belgrade 4—0 last night. son heung min scored twice, a win for spurs from their last two group games will see them through. and manchester city drew 1—1 all against atalanta, but they found themselves in a bizarre situation as they had to put an outfield player in goal. kyle walker pulled on the gloves and saved a free kick going towards goal. claudio bravo had replaced the injured ederson, but was then sent off. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. let us return to the action of the election. borisjohnson has been out on the road in the election campaign for the first time today. he visited a tea factory in stockton—on—tees — checking the assembly line — and having a cuppa with some of the employees. the plant is located a labour seat ——with less than a 1,000 vote majority from the 2017 election. our political correspondent jonathan blake is following the prime minister.

from t he has gone to whisky? that is correct, it is time for a wee dram this afternoon in this distillery. it is a far—reaching tourfor distillery. it is a far—reaching tour for the distillery. it is a far—reaching tourfor the prime distillery. it is a far—reaching tour for the prime minister distillery. it is a far—reaching tourfor the prime minister on distillery. it is a far—reaching tour for the prime minister on this the first full day of their general election campaign in 2019. he has come to scotland with a clear message, that it is only the conservatives who can stop another independence referendum. in seeking to put clear water between the tories and the scottish labour party and the lib dems who say they do not wa nt and the lib dems who say they do not want another referendum. artist johnson has said only the tories can stop the snp attempts to break out their uk. that unionist argument does play well for the prime minister here, only because of the seats the tories picked up at the last general election they were able to become the largest party and form a government so the prime minister knows he needs to hold onto those

seats but it is tricky territory for borisjohnson. he seats but it is tricky territory for boris johnson. he is seats but it is tricky territory for borisjohnson. he is something of a divisive figure in scotland. remember the majority of voters in scotla nd remember the majority of voters in scotland voted to remain in the eu so scotland voted to remain in the eu so having such a staunch brexiteer leading the conservatives is not an ideal situation. without former leader ruth davidson, scottish tories are lagging behind a little bit. borisjohnson will be making the argument very clear today saying he as the leader will not give up on the union which he described as the most successful, fantastic political union in the world. he will have to campaign had because he will need to —— you will know he has to hold onto the seats they picked up here in the last election and win more if they are to have strong hopes of winning the election in december. is there evidence that the departure of ruth davidson has had the tories? there isa davidson has had the tories? there is a sense that they are lacking a

bit of direction. that sense of purpose that ruth davidson gave, she was a very distinctive metre, a popular figure was a very distinctive metre, a popularfigure notjust was a very distinctive metre, a popular figure notjust in the was a very distinctive metre, a popularfigure notjust in the party but in scotland more broadly and allow the conservatives to set themselves apart hidden scotland from the main westminster politics and borders johnson obviously leading the party are uk level. —— apart here in scotland. apart from that, they are hamstrung here in this campaign and will be doing all they can to make up for that which is perhaps something the other parties with more recognisable leaders, certainly in terms of the scottish national party, will see to capitalise on. thank you very much. jonathan blake there. staying with the election — throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely

at the places where the election could be won and lost — visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today we're in leeds —— and amy garcia is there for us. welcome back to leeds. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today we're in leeds to find out the questions and issues voters want to discuss. here, there are eight constituencies, five of which are held by the labour party and three by the conservatives. here in leeds central, this seat has been held by hilary benn. for demographics, 80% are below the age of 50 — in part of course to the large student population.

but if you head back south to morley & outwood, that number drops to a little over 60% of the population aged under 50. it is no currency to that in past elections party metres have come here to launch elections. we recognise that, we have some of those constituency which a few when them, invariably when the elections, them, invariably when the elections, the key seats you mentioned. if you go along the m62 corridor, keenly thatis go along the m62 corridor, keenly that is the tightest eat in our patch. just 239 votes in it, one by labour from the conservatives. —— tightest feet. the last time labour launched their manifesto in bradford, the tories launched it in halifax. it is a really, really important area. notjust leeds but

across the region. headlines tonight, ignore these at your payroll, how important is it for politicians to listen to the north? they need to listen to the north, it has been thinking a long time it needs more help and more investment. he had seen a manifesto from northern metres spelling out what they want, more money to make sure transport is in their own hands and they can run it in the north. look at the state of our trains, some of them are effectively buses with wheels taking off and put on the rails. investment has not been put in the past. people want to know that politicians will take the north seriously which is whyjohn mcconnell has been talking on the north today. he made a big play coming up to rotherham before the election saying that the north had more power in its own hands to choose its own destiny. looking at

transport, investment in crossrail in london whereas it takes over an hour to drive to —— to get the train to manchester. it may take an hour 01’ to manchester. it may take an hour or 50 minutes to take the train, quicker to drive. it is not the same in the south. here in yorkshire investment is only £11 a head so the disparity is clear so politicians wa nt to disparity is clear so politicians want to know that while this election is about brexit and there will be thinking about brexit, the unknown sure the will help and what politicians can do for the north. the majority of yorkshire voted to lead but you have areas like leeds, york and harrogate which voted to remain so those heartland labour constituencies which would never dream of going conservative and a difficult place. yes there are

pockets the lib dems will want to take. they want to try and take those places packed —— back, there are places that the greens will no longer be standing following the deal with the lib dems. they will wreath harrogate to the lib dems. brexit will be a huge part of the election and the reason why when having the selection and we have the brexit party on the other side of the argument trying to when labour areas. over 70% a0 to leave the eu and the brexit party think they can sneak in there and say that the brexit policies of the tory government do not wash. you just need to tune into as to find out the latest. we will have much more from leeds with christus —— with

christian fraser after two o'clock this afternoon. just to bring you some breaking news, police and essex have formally identified all 39 bodies found in the chuck in the october on the 23rd which follows the arrival of police from the noun. —— in the truck. working alongside the police officers, they have presented a case to the senior coroner of the identity of the bodies of those found in the trailer truck. all are formally identified and the families of the victims have been notified. the senior officer in charge that it is an important step in the investigation and enables us to work with their colleagues to support victims and their families. it is only correct give them time to ta ke it is only correct give them time to take in the news of the death of their loved ones before we look for further information. our thoughts and with friends and family of those

whose tragic journey ended and with friends and family of those whose tragicjourney ended owner source. the headlines on bbc news: labour sets out plans to borrow £150 billion over five years to replace, update and expand schools, hospitals, housing and care homes. for the conservatives, the chancellor sajid javid also promises spending on infrastructure — but insists his priority is to control government borrowing. the former labour mp who's urging people to vote conservative. he sasteremy corbyn is completely unfit to lead the country. prosecutors in the us have charged two former twitter employees and a third man with spying for saudi arabia. they are accused of accessing personal information of some twitter users who criticised the saudi government and royal family. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has the latest. according to the us justice department, the men face

charges of working for the kingdom of saudi arabia without registering as foreign agents. the charges came after the arrest of one of the former twitter employees, a us citizen who is alleged to have spied on the accounts of three users. the second former twitter employee who was an engineer with twitter is accused of accessing the personal information of some 6,000 twitter accounts. this was in 2015, after being recruited by saudi agents. one of those accounts belonged to a prominent dissident who later became friends with the journalist jamal khashoggi who was assassinated in istanbul last year. these former twitter employees apparently used their company credentials to access this personal information of users. the third person is a saudi citizen who was employed by the saudi royal family and is said to have acted as an intermediary between the two twitter employees and saudi officials.

we have had a statement from thejustice department here in united states saying the us will not allow us companies and us technology to become tools of foreign reputation, —— repression, in violation of us law. twitter have also issued a statement saying it recognises the length bad actors will go to to try to undermine its service. the national union of students has said that more needs to be done to tackle landlords and letting agents unfairly targeting students with deposit deductions at the end of their tenancies.. for some renters, amounts can total hundreds of pounds. but the landlords association insists most do not take unreasonable amounts from deposits. for the victoria derbyshire programme, john owen reports. earlier this year the act was introduced to protect tenants from

unfair agencies but we have been told that students renting private housing. running vulnerable to exploitative challenges by line thoughts. they say they face unfair deductions from their deposit at the end of their tenancy. we left in august but would receive notification that the landlord wa nted notification that the landlord wanted to charge extra as well as taking our deposit. jessica says she got charged a total of £1600 between four housemates, despite their deposit being just £300. peter carey, £30, he decided to be had not left the property and assets state, we had let there for two years and they had not allowed for wet and tear. we had been charged for

reading. we were charged for the garden even though we had the next neighbour come over with the tremor. —— for reading. students are treated unfairly. in cardiff benjamin had a similar experience. he also said some landlords and estate agents cease students as a way to rake in easy cash. i am angry at landlords being able to do this, it seems to being able to do this, it seems to be part of the process they will try and get money out of you towards the end of year tenancy because they know students will not fight it. according to a recent survey, just 61% of students received their deposit back in full at the end of the tenancy. of those who had part of their deposit

2496 2a% said although they disagreed they did not formally challenge them. we came to the london offices of the national union of teachers, their calling for extra force meant undertaking of legislation in the area and we want to get their reaction to what students told us.|j am not surprised to hear about this. every year there will be stories about landlords mistreating students. when they do break the low and do not put the deposits away and then take them away unfairly. the national landlords association told us national landlords association told us most landlords do not take unreasonable deductions from deposits. government said tenants should check the deposits asked for is not more than five weeks worth of rent and it will be protected in a government approved scheme. the british team hoping to break

the world land speed record say they're increasingly confident, after their car reached speeds of 500 miles—per—hour for the first time. the jet—powered ‘bloodhound' has been getting quicker and quicker in training in the kalahari desert, but will need to go faster than 763 miles—per—hour if it's to smash the record. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been to check on progress. the bloodhound crawls out into the desert sun shine. british engineering brought halfway round the world to the flattest stretch of dried mud you'll ever find. out on the scorching track, the team prepares to power up the car's secret weapon, a jet engine on loan from the raf. the driver, current world land speed record holder andy green, does his final checks. andy, what's going through your head? preparation for the run. we're going to get the car ready, start the engine, the highest temperatures its run, and then i'm going to do a gentle left hand turn.

we're pointing exactly into the wind at the moment. line it up with the track, 500 mph, double chute deployment. this time, they're testing the parachute to slow the car down. when you're travelling at 500 mph, you can'tjust slam on the brakes, which is why the track here is ten miles long. it's half formula 1 car, half the space shuttle. and he's off. a gust pushes the car sideways. this is a difficult and dangerous business. 501 mph today. after this year's test, the aim next year is to strap on an extra rocket and perhaps to reach 1000 mph. that's amazing! goodness me.

that was the most impressive i've seen yet. this is that yorkshire businessman now funding the project after it nearly went bankrupt last year. but this ambitious, perhaps even eccentric, campaign is notjust about speed. the real aim the organisers insist is to inspire a whole new generation of students to take up engineering and perhaps to confront and overcome bigger challenges. some breaking news from twitter, harry and meghan‘s son archie is beginning to crawl and has his first two teeth. more of that and afternoon live but now it is time for a look at the weather. good afternoon, not for the first time, rain is causing problems this autumn. this is the radar picture, you can

see showers to the north and south. in between this slow—moving band of rain, that rain now setting into parts of north england and north wales but in this area here between greater manchester and derbyshire, into western south yorkshire there is a met office amber warning with the potential of 100 millimetres of rain which will likely cause localised flooding and poor travelling conditions. this rain persists throughout the afternoon, quite widely throughout north england and wales. some heavy spells of rain to the shouth, thundershowers. further north it is drying out a little, across scotland, some showers in northern ireland, quite breezy in northern areas with temperatures between seven and 11 degrees at best. especially disappointing between this cloud of rain. this rain will continue for a good while this evening across northern england, sinking south across south wales

south wales into the midlands still some showers... one or 2 showers for scotland and northern ireland but clear spells, it will turn into a chilly night, chilly across the south—east as well with some ice patches on the south—east. this rain will continue to fizzle as it heads south—east. further west, dryer and bright. some showers across north scotland, some of these wintry as it is another cold day and a chilly night, watch the blue shades spreading across the chart, widely we will get to freezing or below. some freezing fog patches as well. not as cold in western regions because we will be bringing in outbreaks of rain, the rain staggering eastwards on saturday, uncertainty about the exact timing but we could see snow across the hills of wales and the midlands. temperature wise, 5—9 degrees

at best for most of us. that rain will clear away on saturday night, sunday should be a quieter day for most of us with some spells of sunshine.

hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm shaun ley. today at 2pm: labour sets out plans to borrow £150 billion over five years to replace, update and expand schools, hospitals, housing and care homes. this will begin the urgent task to repairour this will begin the urgent task to repair our socialfabric this will begin the urgent task to repair our social fabric which has been torn apart by the tories. for the conservatives, the chancellor sajid javid also promises spending on infrastructure but insists his priority is to control government borrowing. this election it could be won or lost in the north of england so today we are in leeds where there are two or three rather tight marginals. caught on cctv, the last moments of british backpacker grace millane,