and then the daily telegraph is asking how ‘woke' are you going to be this christmas? as environmental charities suggest you swap glitter and excess for rented trees and e—cards. with me is oliver cornock, editor—in—chief of the oxford business group. welcome back. let's get stuck in. many of the papers in the uk are focused on the general election and nigel verizon in particular, his announcement yesterday that the brexit party, some 300 candidates would not be going against the conservatives —— nigel farage. would not be going against the conservatives -- nigel farage. this has been billed by the financial times and the other papers as a boost for the conservative party, and in some ways it is helpful. the argument of course is that it is contested labour seeds, marginal seats in brexit, pro brexit areas in the midlands and north of england which would be a much more helpful

move for farage to step back in and let the tories can just those. this election unfortunately is about one thing in lots of ways — brexit. and i think the broader story about nigel farage is he is quite a one issue man, he is the former leader of the uk independence party, pro brexit, and now this new iteration of that. and i think if this is perhaps a reflection of the realisation that people are now sick to death of theirs. there has been three years of stasis and the only way to get beyond this is a majority in the house of commons to get things moving. and ijust wonder, this is pure speculation, whether there was a realisation that this has begun to run its course?” there was a realisation that this has begun to run its course? i was about to ask you that. why do you think you made this choice now? but you have already answered that question. the question is will the conservatives benefit is to a great

degree —— benefit from this? conservatives benefit is to a great degree -- benefit from this? boris johnson has taken a very strong pro brexit stance, he hasn't done it yet. he has almost called farage's block on this. we will cover every twist and turn in the run—up, it's not far away at all now, december 12. -- bluff not far away at all now, december 12. —— bluff on this. and google's project nightingale. apparently these patients don't know about it? it's a big tag story. there are so many positive angles do something like this. the ethics side of it haven't been thought through. it is a real worry for anybody in the technology sphere, the big data sphere, which is what this is. is

that it's a way for anyone in the technology sphere, but most of us use google whether we like it or not, we might be using search, maps, mail, all sorts of things. we are all part of this and again it comes down to the consent element. now actually, some of the benefits of a huge census of information would be very positive in terms of public health. google of course set itself up health. google of course set itself up on the basis of managing information. some might argue it is mismanaging at the moment. from the business side as well, google is behind its rivals in terms of the cloud computing, other areas, behind its rivals in terms of the cloud computing, otherareas, is behind its rivals in terms of the cloud computing, other areas, is on have marched on that, apple, microsoft. this is quite interesting. google's cloud services are managing this and again, the pa rent are managing this and again, the parent organisation, alphabet, have permitted everybody in that organisation under the umbrella to have access to this. so the

positives where it handled property against the negatives...? —— handled properly. there are so many implications about this. i don't know about you but when i go onto a website or searching, there is a lwa ys website or searching, there is always that question, accept this or accept that. you just press the button to get where you want to be. so they could argue we have had consent, not in this case but in many other cases, where you think, hang on, they are using my data? but you press that button. we get everything for free on the internet but actually nothing is for free. no such thing as a freelance. let's look at the sydney morning harold. trying to keep abreast of this

terrible bushfire week, you know this is cold catastrophic —— called. unprecedented, and even the edges of syd ney unprecedented, and even the edges of sydney at risk. of the "catastrophic" categories quite new, even for this country that is very familiar with bushfires. it's interesting it is lapping up the doors of sydney. 78 overnight warnings. it is the beginning of summer, not the middle or the end. this is being stoked by whether that is extremely hot and dry and low in humidity. it isn't the right time to talk about one does need to consider what can be done to prevent these in future, green margins, irrigated areas, there needs to be some planning here. some population management. an interesting angle in an american paper about how indigenous australians have managed very well with fire historically. i

wonder if there is an argument by nothing more traditional techniques? it's interesting, as you say, this has to be looked at in terms of future planning, not just has to be looked at in terms of future planning, notjust for australia but other parts of the world where we are what is an annual event because of our climate getting warmer. it's becoming that much more catastrophic and far—reaching. we seen catastrophic and far—reaching. we seenin catastrophic and far—reaching. we seen in california with the fires there as well, with president trump accusing the mayor of — the governor of california for not planning well enough or doing things from stopping the fire spreading as far as it is. and in the uk we have been building on floodplains, how can we plan for all of this? in the washington post, over 400 records for the cold could be broken in washington state alone. these extreme weather conditions are impacting every corner of the world 110w. impacting every corner of the world now. as you say, it seems to be

happening very regularly. we talk about this month in, month out. this siberian express hitting a huge swathe of middle — eastern america, and quite early in the season. coming up to thanksgiving, you think this could impact sales figures, people getting out. i understand there will be a mild swing coming back. we often get the tail end of these weather patterns in europe, but again, stepping back, this is something that is a theme, isn't it? we need to plan for this. you think about retrofitting buildings and all these things, especially when you couple that with our impact on the environment as well, the sustainability. very cold weather, so sustainability. very cold weather, so then you need to get heating. all pa rt so then you need to get heating. all part of the same cycle. and it was what we were talking about this earlier. heating and cooling is

impacting the environment all over the world. here we have in the daily telegraph, christmas tree, christmas tree, how sustainable are branches? the daily telegraph has usually been pretty cynical with environmental issues and ‘woke' areas. i think we are seeing a lot more focus on this sort of area. it has been covered in three ways, including the issue. sustainability is an issue. we live in an era of egregious consumption. and christmas, this time of year globally, obviously very aware that many countries and cultures do not celebrate christmas but it is a huge event and it is one where we spend, we waste. and i spent time in the middle east and the arab world, i spend time during eid. there was a real move this year to cut back on

some egregious consumption there. some of the bankers were really cut back and there was a very conscious statement about why the banquets we re statement about why the banquets were being cut back —— some of the banquets were cut back. and there are some ideas here. you can rent your tree, that is coming a popular move. the tree is replanted. many viewers have been in touch and say they have used the same plastic tree for years. you can get natural decorations from the countryside. lots of things you can do. and share experiences rather than buy things as well. thank you, oliver cornock. and thank you for your contributions and your comments. follow us on our hashtag #bbcthebriefing.

hello there. it's been a very unsettled start to november, even indeed before november, we've seen a lot of rainfall around. low pressure's been firmly in control and it's been quite cold as well. the rest of the week stays unsettled thanks to low pressure, it will be quite windy too and we will see some snow around as it will remain cold, particularly over the higher ground. lower pressure firmly in control of our weather for tuesday, bringing fairly strong wind from the north—west there will be a lot of showers circulating around it. early on tuesday, it looks like most of the showers will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland, northern england, some wintriness over the high ground of scotland but further south, it should be dry with lengthy clear skies. but that does not mean it won't turn quite chilly here. 1—3 degrees here with the showers, generally 4—5 degrees to start tuesday. so we start with sunshine across the south, and in other areas, but bands of shower and long spells of rain spreading into south—eastern areas into the afternoon. and there will contine to be some wintriness over the high ground. it will feel cold with temperatures 7—8 degrees. out on the wind,

it'll feel quite raw. low pressure pushes off into the north sea and allows a bump of high pressure to build in before wednesday before this next weather system moves in wednesday night into thursday. it could bring some areas quite a lot of rainfall, unfortunately. through wednesday, though, it could be a chilly start in central, eastern and northern areas but dry and bright thanks to that bump of high pressure. the next weather system will be arriving across northern ireland and wales and the south—west of england, bringing some heavy rain here later in the day and it will be another chilly one, temperatures struggling to get up as much as 4 degrees across scotland. so, through wednesday night a few showers here and the weather front across the south—west will push northwards and eastwards, it'll pivot as well, we think. bit of uncertainty too, its northwards or southwards extent but some areas could see quite a lot of rainfall it could be the flood—affected areas in the midlands and northern england could see quite a bit of rainfall. but again, i have to emphasise there's some uncertainty on the position

of the weather front. there are a number of flood warnings still in force and this rain could exacerbate that. so stay tuned to the forecast and head onto the bbc weather website. as we head out into friday the weather front eventually starts to fade and move southwards and eastwards. so it could be quite cloudy on friday across southern and eastern areas, one or two showers here, quite blustery. but further north and west, we will see a ridge of high pressure move in. it's an improving picture here with some good spells of sunshine. and temperatures again on the low side, sticking in single figures for most.

good morning and welcome to blackford. —— breakfast. the prime minister will chair a cobra emergency committee meeting after more than a thousand homes were evacuated and hundreds were damaged by floods in the north of england. doctors issue a safety warning over e—cigarettes, after a teenager nearly died after vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in his lungs. in the election campaign, labour pledges a three billion pound increase in adult education investment while the conservatives launch a fresh attack on what they calljeremy corbyn‘s "reckless" spending plans. and i'm here in bishop auckland finding out why