this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday... ceremonies take place across the uk to mark remembrance sunday. the royal family and senior politicians joined military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaph to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. the queen watched from the foreign office balcony as prince charles laid a wreath on her behalf. now 10,000 veterans are marching past the cenotaph. the chancellor defends a conservative party analysis of labour's spending plans, as labour says they are a complete work of fiction. the environment agency continues

to warn there's a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire, with seven severe warnings still in place. a warning that extreme weather conditions in australia could fuel more bushfires. three people have already lost their lives. and click investigates fears that 56 networks could damage our health. that's in half an hour. services have been held across the uk country to commemorate those who lost their lives in conflict, as the uk marks remembrance sunday. members of the royal family attended a ceremony at the cenotaph in central london, where prince charles laid a wreath on behalf of the queen,

who was watching from a balcony. he was joined by the duke of cambridge and the duke of sussex, who also attended the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall yesterday evening. a two—minute silence was held across the country at 11 o'clock. following the service, thousands of war veterans marched in a slow procession past the war memorial. our correspondent sarah campbell is at the cenotaph in central london. as always, a very moving ceremony. the pavement absolutely packed with people that have been here for a couple of hours waiting to observe the two—minute silence. you can probably hear the band is behind me. because it is the march of the vetera ns. because it is the march of the veterans. up to 10,000 veterans who are marching past the cenotaph, organised by the royal british legion. from them, i have alex owen. this is a really important event for vetera ns to this is a really important event for veterans to be involved in, isn't

it? it is hugely important. the vetera ns you it? it is hugely important. the veterans you see here today, 6.7 million embers of the armed forces given it up and down the country, this is just given it up and down the country, this isjust one given it up and down the country, this is just one event that happens in the nation's capital. in towns and cities across the county, we will see similar things or so it is important that we come out and recognise those who defended our freedom and liberty that we enjoy today. the poppy appeal this year, what is the message you are trying to emphasise this year? anyone that saw the commemorations down at portsmouth for d—day 75 this year will know that it has been a pivotal moment for the battle that took place every five years ago in 191m during the second model when the tide turned, and our military people, i was serving people made those amazing sacrifices, alongside oui’ those amazing sacrifices, alongside our commonwealth allies to be able to bring us the freedoms we enjoy 110w. to bring us the freedoms we enjoy now. this year, i personally am thinking about veterans that i spoke to recently who fought in monte cassino. a guy called boyce who i

met, i spoke to him and he said if it wasn't for the polish soldiers that he fought shoulder to shoulder with, he would still be in monte cassino. and i think that sense of comradeship spread across the generation that fought 75 years ago, and also the generation today. my trip in afghanistan, i had two fijians on a nigerian, a south african, and a ghanaian, and we handed over to americans at the end of the tour. we wouldn't have been able to do that without the help of those guys. i would like to bring in patrick jackson from the royal yeomanry. you are here today. how important is it to come and be a pa rt important is it to come and be a part of this ceremony?” important is it to come and be a part of this ceremony? i found it, as usual here, very poignant. there are a lot of formalities to this event, and rightly so. i suppose the other memorials and ceremonies taking place across the country that you mentioned can be perhaps a little bit more affecting. but the

two—minute silence always makes one, as one should do, reflect on the main thing is one of members or re calls, main thing is one of members or recalls, people, friends, who sacrificed their lives over the last campaigns. the friends i knew of also my forebears. you are in several tours of afghanistan, so like - say, this will remind you like you say, this will remind you of people you have known. like you say, this will remind you of people you have knownm like you say, this will remind you of people you have known. it always does. i suppose during that two minutes, you probably see a sea of faces through 1's mind. and considering what they did and the sacrifices they have made, freedom doesn't come cheap. and every year, for these two minutes, we are reminded of that. alex, the poppy appeal this year is asking people, it is aimed at young people? to put

down devices for two minutes, both today and tomorrow? is there a concern that, as the distance between the two world wars gets further away, that perhaps events like this may mean less to younger people? i'm not sure that it means less. i think that tomorrow on armistice day, it marks 100 years since as marking the end of the first world war with two minutes' silence, that means much more than that. we mark the fallen from all conflicts. but tomorrow, 100 years on, we have that chance now to look at society and how society is acting and get them to put down those laptops, close those phones, turn off technology and just reflect the two minutes. they gave their lives, the least we can do is give them two minutes of ourtime. the least we can do is give them two minutes of our time. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. probably a lot more to say —— not much more to say than that, is there? two minutes to reflect on the people who gave their lives in service of their country. sarah, thank you very much.

jack mortimer, who's 96, was part of the allied invasion of nazi—occupied europe on d—day in191m. bbc yorkshire arranged for him to meet with sinar, a schoolboy, to talk about what remembrance day means. what do you think it would be like, being a soldier? what would it be like...? did you say? well, i know what it is like to be a soldier, because i was a soldier. i'm a d—day veteran, so i landed in normandy on d—day. i had quite a few sad experiences during the war, i don't really like to talk about them, really. everyone in those thousands and thousands of ships, and those 130,000 men that landed

on d—day, they were all frightened. and, in concentrating on theirjob, maybe sometimes they forgot how scared they were. if i was in the war, i would have been scared because i find non—military training... i'm not, like, i don't like fighting and killing other people. yeah, so i would have definitely been scared. war is terrible. it is terrible. people get killed, and that shouldn't happen. no one deserves to die. no one. remembrance day to me means that it is a time to remember those people who fought in the war to protect us. yes. and i am proud of that. my thoughts, going back to some... so when my compatriots in the army, who i still remember,

although they have passed on, but they are remembered during those two minutes every year. how did you earn those badges? pardon? how did you earn those medals? well, i am proud of these badges. this one is the 1939—45 star issued for active service. this is where i did the active service in france and germany. and that is simply a war medal awarded by the king at that time. happy remembrance day. thank you very much indeed. now, look, what i was going to do, i would like to give you that as a souvenir. that is... thank you very much. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much. you too. what i like to do is i'd

like to give you a hug. that is rather lovely. that was jack mortimer, 96 and part of the d—day allied invasion in191m, talking to a ten—year—old schoolboy. labour has criticised conservative attempts to unpick their spending plans as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. the conservatives say labour's spending plans would cost the country an extra £1.2 trillion over the next five years. chancellor sajid javid explained how his party had come up with the figure for the labour spending plans. we have taken their manifesto from a couple of years ago, which they still stand by. if they have withdrawn a policy, we haven't taken that into account. but you haven't counted it properly. you haven't costed the 2017 pledges fairly. every single costing in this dossier that we have published today has either come from labour's own figures. most of them, actually,

over 50% of the costings, are from labour's own figures. the rest of them have either come from independent external sources, and in some cases, yes, we have had to work them out ourselves, but we have done that in a reasonable way, and we have set out exactly in the document how we have done this. labour reject the conservative characterisation of their spending plans. they say they have not yet published a manifesto, so the conservatives do not have a set of proposals to cost. shadow local government secretary andrew gwynne made their displeasure clear to andrew marr. this is an absolute work of fiction by the conservatives. you can't trust a word that johnson and his ministers say on this issue. we will have a fully costed manifesto in due course, when we launch that. and, you know, the challenge is actually for the conservatives to fully cost their own manifesto, something they didn't do in 2017. well, meanwhile, the green party has also been putting forward its plans if it were to win the election.

speaking on the andrew marr show, green candidate caroline lucas defended the pledge to invest £100 billion a year to fund the party's climate policy. well, £100 billion a year over ten years is what we think is necessary to try to reach net zero by 2030. we think the government's target of saying we're going to get to net zero emissions by 2050, another 30 years away, is just simply not to up to scrutiny, and it's like dialling 999 and saying, "can i have a fire engine, please, in 30 years' time?" it's not commensurate with what i think is an emergency. we are convinced that we are going to be able to spend this money wisely. i've been working on the idea of a green new dealfor over ten years. i'm very proud to have been part of the small group in the uk of the environmentalists and economists that came up with this idea of a green new deal. it is transformative. it will mean decarbonising transport, the way we use our land, the way we heat our homes. it'll have huge positive benefits in terms of things like people not dying from air pollution,

and the cost to the nhs of air pollution, the cost to the nhs of people living in cold homes. we think that this will pay for itself, because there'll be more jobs, so taxes will be coming back into the revenue. and, quite honestly, the idea that when we are facing a climate emergency, we will be sitting around saying, "i'm not sure we can afford to tackle it," i don't think future generations will forgive us for that. matthew goodwin is professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent. thanks to being with us. let's ta ke let's take stock at the end of the first week of election campaigning. there is a lot of talk in the papers today about whether the brexit party, nigel farage, arguing to be persuaded to abandon their plans to field hundreds of candidates around the country. what potentially, do you see is the impact of that decision? this is one of the absolutely central aspect of the election if the brexit party do stand candidates across 500, 600 constituencies, and if they polled

eight or nine or 10% of the vote, that will jeopardise eight or nine or 10% of the vote, that willjeopardise boris eight or nine or 10% of the vote, that will jeopardise boris johnson's prospects of winning a big majority, a majority that he says he needs to deliver brexit. interestingly, over this weekend, we have had a series of polls that have put the brexit party at a much lower 6% of the vote, even still in some of those all—important marginal seats, vote, even still in some of those all—importa nt marginal seats, that could be a problem for borisjohnson and the conservative party. so i suspect that this question of is there going to be some kind of informal deal? that will possibly roll on right until the final few days and weeks of the campaign. what about the brexit party's potential impact on labour as well? if you listen to nigel farage, he says they will focus mainly on those more northern labour seats, the so—called red wall in british politics across the midlands and the north. lots of seats where, in 2016, the majority of people voted to leave the eu. and

nigel farage has history in those areas. in 2015, if we remember, you finished second in a large number of labour seats. nigel farage is hoping to build on that. labour have problems, borisjohnson to build on that. labour have problems, boris johnson is problematic because in order to offset a ny losses problematic because in order to offset any losses in any cap or remain areas of the country, boris johnson and the conservatives are also going to need to capture those pro—brexit labour seats, certainly a good number, maybe two dozen. so i think we may find ourselves focusing a lot on december about what is happening in the midlands, the north west, and the north—east. happening in the midlands, the north west, and the north-east. you have written in one of the day's papers about the role of young people, potentially, in this election. how significant could that be, the youth vote ? significant could that be, the youth vote? as always, the youth vote could be a very significant. we are seeing a big increase in allocations to register to vote, many coming from young people. my article really talks about generation z, people that were born after 1996. for many

of those young students and non—students, this is going to be the first election that they can participate in. because they weren't eligible to vote in the 2016 referendum. of course, historically, their turnout rates have been lower than the older, more typically pro—brexit pro conservative voters. so if they want to make a difference in this election, they really are going to have to turn out and vote in bigger numbers than they have donein in bigger numbers than they have done in recent elections. and following on from that, the role of social media, in terms of this election, online advertising that kind of thing. how significant do you think that is going to be? as always, i think what happens during the campaign is going to have a big potential influence on the campaign. one of the problems this time around as we don't exactly know who is being given what messages and what constituencies, because of social media campaigning has become so advanced that it is quite difficult to keep track of the messaging that is going on from one seat to the

next. we should bear in mind as well that there are still significant numbers of undecided voters in this election, by a significant number. so what happens this week and today and december 12, during that campaign, that could make all the difference. we could see some bigger swings in the polls. we are already seeing the two big parties increase their share of the vote, largely at their share of the vote, largely at the expense of those challenges, the lib dems and the brexit party. there is all to play for. thank you very much indeed. professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent. sorry the quality of the line that they're not as good as we had hoped. we got matthew's message there, i think. and if you find some of the language used during the election is confusing, log on to the bbc website, and you'll find an election jargon buster, to translate those political terms in to plain english. terms into plain english. lord mawhinney, the conservative politician who was a prominent

member of government throughout the 1980s and 1990s, has died. he was 79. brian mawhinney was an mp for more than 25 years. he was a northern ireland minister, secretary of state for transport, and chairman of the conservative party. lord mawhinney was also chairman of the football league. the headlines on bbc news... the royal family and senior politicians join military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaph to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. in the election, there's a row over spending, after the conservatives publish what they claim would be the cost of a labour government. floods in south yorkshire continue to cause chaos, with seven severe warnings still in place, meaning there's a danger to life. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre,

here's jane dougall. there was a flashback to the summarising and's cricketers needed a super over to beat new zealand. they were tight after 11 overs each in auckland. the match shortened because of the weather. so, just like the world cup final between the same two sides, they went to a super over. england scored 17 runs and restricted new zealand to just eight for their over. it means england win the series 3—2. former england bowler steve finn said it was an encouraging performance. it all looks very healthy at the moment. i think series like this where guys come in and stake a claim in theirfirst series where guys come in and stake a claim in their first series to really put their hand up and say, "i belong in international cricket. i can do that andi international cricket. i can do that and i can perform to the best of my ability and do what i think." and bring that to the international scene, i think the guys have done that here. i think itjust grows the pool of players that england have to pick from when it comes to picking that world cup 15 or whatever it is

next year. undoubtedly the biggest match in the premier league this weekend is later today when leaders liverpool host the defending champions manchester city. both vying for the title this season, but could there be a third contender? leicester are up to second place in the league. they beat arsenal 2—0 at the king power stadium. jamie vardy‘s 11th goal of the season put them in front, and james maddison secured the win as he added a second. that's a fourth consecutive league win for leicester, and it's a better start to their season than in 2015/16, when they went on to win the league. chelsea are also well in the mix. they're up to third after their sixth league win in a row, beating crystal palace 2—0. tammy abraham and christian pulisic with the goals. however, tottenham's poor run of form continues after they drew 1—1 with sheffield united, and there was controversy at white hart lane because of, you've guessed it, var!

son heung—min put tottenham ahead in the second half. george baldock equalised for sheffield united with this fortuitous goal. but united could have won it, because they had a goal very controversially ruled out by var, which judged this to be offside. just look at the margin. ifjohn lundstram's boots were one size smaller he might have got away with it. the england women's manager, phil neville, says the lionesses' form is compeletely unacceptable. they lost their fifth win in seven matches in front of a record crowd for an england women's game at wembley. more than 77,000 fans saw ellen white get an equaliser just before half time. however, a late goal from the germans condemned england to a 2—1 defeat. it means they only have one win in their last seven matches. neville acknowleged it wasn't good enough, but said he won't step down. i don't listen to those types of people that are saying those types of things. i have been in football long enough that, as a manager, you have got to take the responsibility,

ido take have got to take the responsibility, i do take the responsibility, it is a lot to do with me. and we have just got to make sure that i improve asa just got to make sure that i improve as a manager, and the players will improve too. there have been medals for british athletes at the world pa ra—athletics championships in dubai earlier today. hannah cockroft took gold in the t34 100m in what was a new world record. it's also her fifth consecutive world title. to boxing now, and the brit billy joe saunders knocked out marcelo coceres to successfully defend his wbo super—middleweight title. the fight was stopped in the 11th round after saunders floored coceres three times. but it had been a tough match up until that point, the argentinian challenger pushing saunders all the way at the staples center in los angeles. they were on the undercard of the fight billed as the biggest internet event in history.

british youtuber ksi survived a knock—down against fellow internet star logan paul to win on a split decision. both have a combined a0 million subscribers on you tube. both have a combined a0 million subscribers on youtube. this was their first fight as professionals, with their previous bout in manchester last year ending in a draw. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. see you later on. australia's prime minister, scott morrison, has dodged questions thousands of people are facing a third day of chaos from severe flooding in parts of england with damaged homes, disrupted businesses, and travel disruption. seven severe flood warnings are in place on the river don in yorkshire meaning there's a danger to life. there's also concern that water levels are rising on sections of the river trent near newark. jenny kumar reports.

this is the village of fishlake on the lower reaches of the river don, where almost the entire community, thatis where almost the entire community, that is around 700 people, have been forced to leave their homes. the waters here are showing little sign of receding, and levels could remain high for some time to come. elsewhere on other rivers, like the lower reaches of the trent in nottinghamshire, water levels are still rising. the only way in or out of fishlake still rising. the only way in or out of fishla ke is still rising. the only way in or out of fishlake is by boat, or on the back of a farm trailer. for this woman, rescue couldn't come soon enough. i only moved in five weeks ago. iam enough. i only moved in five weeks ago. i am waiting for a transplant. but frustration is mounting among some residents in fishlake, the owner of this luxury spa, devastated by the damage to her property and

the village. we have been failed on a level of significant magnitude by the council. the lack of communication to this village has been terrible, and i don't know how they can possibly say that they have given us any support. the lack of communication is quite incredible. doncaster council says it is working with its partners around the clock to provide support and resources for people affected by the flooding. absolutely devastating. and this was the view from inside one of the flooded homes, wading through the cold, dirty floodwater. this is the kitchen. living room. brand—new kitchen. living room. brand—new kitchen. derbyshire and the town of matlock have also been hit hard by the floods. the woman who died after being swept away by the water near da rley dale has

being swept away by the water near darley dale has been named as a former high sheriff, annie hall. she was described as a special person and an inspirational force for good. for some, the flood levels are falling, and the clean—up can begin. for others, the misery is likely to continue for days to come. we have heard there about the flooding in the village of fishlake. the old butchers cafe in fishlake, which hasn't been flooded, has opened up to offer support for the local community. i'm joined now by the owner, louise holling. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. just describe the situation in fishlake today us. just describe the situation in fishla ke today and us. just describe the situation in fishlake today and what you are trying to do to help. we have been stranded in our house in the property in fishla ke stranded in our house in the property in fishlake for the past 48 hours. we have onlyjust managed to get out of this morning to get into our cafe to open up to get the residence here and give them a warm coffee, bacon sandwiches, to do as

much as we can. everybody else has already been offered great support, but what we are trying to do now is a community is trying to coordinate to get some emergency services to those elderly people. for people with animals, the farmers, that can't get out of their properties because they civilly cannot leave at this moment in time. the problem that we are seeing with the media as we are seeing pictures of the site of the village that is ok, but what they are not seeing is the after effects, there is still flooding, we have one farmer who has got over 100 cattle that are stranded in the village. we have no way of reaching them for food village. we have no way of reaching them forfood or village. we have no way of reaching them for food or water village. we have no way of reaching them forfood or water or village. we have no way of reaching them for food or water or any emergency services at this moment in time. we were talking a bit earlier to pam webb who owns the travel lodge, who i think you have been looking after. she was a very angry, is that anger shared amongst other people there? i mean, anger with the council for people there? i mean, anger with the councilfor a start? people there? i mean, anger with the council for a start? we people there? i mean, anger with the councilfor a start? we have had no communication from the council whatsoever. pam and i tried ringing through to the environment agency and the local council, ed miliband

came yesterday to give a hotline number. we tried the hotline number this morning and it didn't work. that is the frustration that we have with the council at this moment in time. nobody is giving us an applet, we need to know why this happened, and why it has happened so quickly. somebody needs to answer our questions and give us some answers as to how we are going to get some emergency rescue teams in here to start with the aftermath of the event. and that is in the short term, and then a long—term it will ta ke term, and then a long—term it will take months potentially, i suppose, and thousands of pounds to get everything back to normal? absolutely. the businesses and the houses that have been effective, as you said, travel lodge, the damage done will be taking months to sort out. there will be lost, it is just devastating. we have been housing three local families whose health has been devastated. we have been with them, we have been keeping them dry. it will take months and months and thousands and thousands of pounds. we just need answers to to

get these people some help with their insurance and get this recovery going as soon as possible. have you known anything like this in terms of flooding in the area? absolutely not. we have been speaking to elderly farmers in the village that have been here and know a lot about the training and about the area, they have never in the yea rs the area, they have never in the years that they have been here seen the flooding as bad as it has been. there has to be a reason why, all of a sudden, fishlake is seeing flooding as bad as it is. louise, thank you for talking to us. i know it isa thank you for talking to us. i know it is a very distressing situation for you and everybody there in fishlake. that for you and everybody there in fishla ke. that is for you and everybody there in fishlake. that is louise, the owner of the old butchers cafe in fishlake trying to help people who have been badly affected by the flooding. you

are at least three people are dead and thousands have been displaced by a weekend of bushfires in australia. (tx the prime minister scott morrison said the military could be called upon to support firefighters who are currently tackling more than 100 fires in queensland and new south wales. prime minister scott morrison said the military could be called upon to support firefighters who are currently tackling more than 100 fires in queensland and new south wales. now, it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. after all the rain we've had to contend to with this week, today is our chance to draw breath. through this afternoon, it stays predominantly dry with some spells of sunshine. still one or two showers peppering northern scotland and eastern coastal counties of england, some patches of cloud elsewhere, but for most, it will be blue skies overhead. the winds relatively light, so even with temperatures ofjust six to 11 celsius, it won't feel too bad out there. however, cloud will take on a northern ireland later, we'll see outbreaks of rain here this evening. as that rain gets into scotland, we'll see snow developing over high ground, could well see a covering of snow, say, above 250 metres. some wintriness over the hills of the pennines, rain further south, an increasingly blustery night and not such a cold one as we've had