good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the pressure is on. the army prepares fresh defences for flood—hit parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the mayor of venice warns that the city is on its knees after the worst flooding there for more than 50 years. "don't give up on stopping brexit". donald tusk, the outgoing president of the european council, sends a message to british voters. raheem sterling will be a notable absentee as england play their 1,000th match tonight. it has been 146 years, with one trophy and plenty of tears. one more point against montenegro

will take them to the euros. holidays are coming, and that means so are the christmas ads. nearly £7 billion will be spent on them this year, so as thejohn lewis film is revealed, i'll have a look whether the focus is on tv or online. westlife are back with a new album, with a helping hand from ed sheeran. they will be here after 8:00am to tell us how it happened. it isa it is a cold start to the day, for some of us a frosty one, but also some of us a frosty one, but also some heavy rain extending through wales to central and south—eastern england. that will move northwards today towards northern england. u nfortu nately today towards northern england. unfortunately it is also going to rein in areas where we already have some flooding. i will have more details in 15 minutes. it is thursday 1a november. our top story: the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk.

the village of fishlake near doncaster has been cut off by flooding, with hundreds of people being forced to leave their homes and businesses. a yellow weather warning for rain is due to come into force around nottingham, sheffield and doncaster in the next few hours. breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. the floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons carol, cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fisheries. you have sent back to. you have barriers as well. how does it work? so for the barrier we get trained on how to do it. there is basically the metal a—frame that we put in place. underneath, then we put in place. underneath, then we put the landing on top and then we could be done with a clip, and then there's the big chains at the bottom to kind of weight down to make sure the water doesn't go underneath it. we are england's northern cavalry, so we are england's northern cavalry, so you've got people who are based in and around the area. you've got quys in and around the area. you've got guys from just down the road in catholic, et cetera. so it is their

friends and family, kind of, so it has a close to home feel helping out here. but for many, it is too little, too late. it is not the first time we have been flooded, it is the first time the village has been flooded. we have been having this last five or six years, but nobody listens to us. are just fighting a losing battle. do you feel let down? we do feel let down here. we started fighting friday night. where i live, we didn't get sent base delivered until 11:30pm on saturday night, by which point the damage had been done. six days since the fighting started, the biggest fear is that heavy rain will soon fall again, on saturated ground. meanwhile, the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees after floodwaters submerged shops, homes and historical landmarks. luigi brugnaro says it will cost hundreds of millions of euros to repair the damage. at least two people have died afterflooding reached the highest levels in the region for more than 50 years. our reporter ben ando has more.

as the waters fell a little in st mark's square last night, venice had a moment to reflect on the devastating impact of a tide and civic failure. the six—foot floodwaters were the highest for 50 years, surging through the 12th century crypt beneath the basilica as streets become canals and the merchants of venice were left to count the cost. venice should be protected. a giant ring of 78 gates and dams was started in 2003 but has become mired in corruption and delay. last night, italia's prime minister said that must end. translation: we have spent a lot. there has been a lot of controversy and so many scandals in the past. what should we do? if we consider public interest and everything that's at stake, the only decision is that we have to complete this in the fastest and most effective way.

80% of the city is submerged. venice has 50,000 inhabitants, but takes in 36 million visitors a year 0 a city drowning in its own popularity, and the inexorable impact of a changing climate. another high tide is expected later this morning. one of the most senior figures in the european union, donald tusk, has waded into the uk's general election campaign, warning voters not to give up on stopping brexit. the outgoing president of the european council is due to step down next month, and during a speech in bruges last night he said his remarks were something he wouldn't have dared to say a few months ago, as he could be fired for being too frank. after its departure, the uk will become an outsider, a second rate player. 0ne become an outsider, a second rate player. one of my english friends is probably right when he says, with melancholy, that brexit is the real end of the british empire.

we are joined now from westminster by our political correspondent jonathan blake. let's talk first of all about donald tusk‘s comments. tell us a little more. donald tusk as president of the european council, the body that represents the heads of government of all eu member states, and he has made no secret of the fact that he doesn't want the uk to leave the eu. but now, just weeks before his term in office comes to an end, he has their own caution to the wind and waded into the live debate during the general election campaign, saying that it is not too late for britain to reconsider brexit, as well as the clip you heard there, he used a footballing metaphor, saying we have had extra time, we have had ata time, we have had extra time, we have had at a time, but it could still go to penalties. he will be accused of interfering, but that clearly isn't going to stop donald tusk, as i say, nearing the end of his tenure as president of the european council, saying that britain could reconsider leaving the eu and challenging the view that many senior eu figures now have that britain needs to leave the

european union as soon as possible. it feels like a bit of a long goodbye at a train station, with donald tusk on the platform there, and the uk on board the train, waving through the window, waiting to see whether it is going to pull away or be delayed yet again. and jonathan, conservatives talking about immigration today. yes, i promise from the tories that if they win the general election, immigration would fall overall. and thatis immigration would fall overall. and that is a clarification, because so far in this campaign, cabinet ministers have been asked whether immigration would go up or down under a conservative government, and they simply haven't had an answer. but while the conservatives are saying what they want to happen to immigration, they aren't giving us any more detail on how they are going to achieve it. it was nine yea rs going to achieve it. it was nine years ago the tories first promised to bring immigration down, net migration down, under 100,000, to bring immigration down, net migration down, under100,000, and that simply hasn't happened. so they are not going to put a number on it. they are accusing labour of allowing a surge of immigration if they get

into power. labour say that simply isn't the case, and is knowingly misleading. the fact is we don't have a detailed policy on immigration yet from either party. jonathan, thank you. you can find out what each party is promising to do on the issues that matter to you in our general election policy guide. it is at bbc.co.uk/news, or on the bbc news app. feats of superhuman skill and endurance are being celebrated today on the 16th annual guinness world record day. records broken in the last year include the longest underhand basketball shot, by donte harrison, of the harlem globetrotters. he was just over 83 feet away from the hoop. his team—mate chris franklin got the furthest kneeling backwards shot, from 63 feet away. i want to know how many times it took them. it doesn't matter, the dancing is great. all of which takes us dancing is great. all of which takes us rather nicely to sally, with the sport. i won't be dancing. i might

do that flick flack, if we can do it safely outside. we are talking about raheem sterling, and his altercation with another player. three lions, 1,000 matches. england prepare for a landmark game at wembley. they only need a point against montenegro to reach the euros, but they won't have raheem sterling, who has been dropped. gareth southgate says they can cope without him. manchester city's bernardo silva has been banned for one match and fined £50,000 over a tweet sent to a team—mate. he compared benjamin mendy to a cartoon character on a brand of chocolates. the fa accepted silva hadn't intended the comment to be racist. rafa is still fighting at the atp tourfinals in london. nadal says his comeback victory over daniil medvedev was a one in 1,000 chance.

and another day, another sophie hahn world record. she has set two world—best times in the past two days at the world para athletics in dubai. and hannah cockroft has won the t34 800m gold. at the start of this week we we re 800m gold. at the start of this week we were not even sure if rafa was going to play, it was touch and go whether he would even be there, so he is doing well. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. obviously we are looking at more rain coming and lots of flood—hit areas really concerned about this. that's absolutely right, good morning, everyone. what we have first of all asa everyone. what we have first of all as a cold start to the day. there is as a cold start to the day. there is a widespread frost, particular under the clear skies in the northern half of the country, where today will see the lion ‘s share of the sunshine. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces, but we have some heavy rain. through the course of the

night the low pressure and whether front ringing this rain has been aligned across south wales, central parts of england, into the south—east. and it has notjust brought rain. it has also brought some hill snow. now, brought rain. it has also brought some hillsnow. now, it brought rain. it has also brought some hill snow. now, it is going to be moving northwards as we go through the course of the day. you can see the line of rain here continuing to very slowly pivot and move northwards. ahead of it, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine and a few showers, wintry on the hills. but if we focus on this line, look where it is heading. 11am, this will change into midday. it will push south—east across the midlands, through derbyshire, and into southern parts of yorkshire. so these are areas that some parts have already had issues with flooding. so more rain to come, and whenever you see the greens on the weather charts, that is telling you that we are looking at some heavy bursts of rain as well. now, as we head onto the afternoon, behind this band of rain in the south—east, there will bea rain in the south—east, there will be a few showers. 0ne rain in the south—east, there will be a few showers. one or two of those will be heavy. they will brighten up. the other feature of

todayis this a strong wind. a brisk northerly or north—easterly wind. that is going to make these temperatures feel even than they suggest, and they anyway are below average for this stage in november. as we head through the evening and overnight, this band of rain doesn't move that much further north. it gets into yorkshire, into wales, down towards the south—west. it wea ke ns a ll down towards the south—west. it weakens all the time and the rain in it will turn more patchy in nature. behind it, a lot of cloud and a few showers, and ahead of it we will see some clear skies, and still some showers, some of those still falling as snow on the hills in scotland. temperature—wise, the temperatures you see in the charts tell you what you see in the charts tell you what you can expect in towns and cities. they will be lower than that in rural areas, so they will be lower than that in rural areas, so once they will be lower than that in rural areas, so once again there will be the risk of ice on untreated surfaces in the north, and also some snow showers and some frost. but generally speaking the temperatures aren't as low as they were last night. last night they reached —7.8

in dalwhinnie, in scotland, making it the coldest night of this autumn so it the coldest night of this autumn so far. so tomorrow, another cloudy day. we will still have a good few showers rattling from the west to the east, and then we have another band of showers coming in from the south—east. some of those will merge to give longer spells of rain. as we travel further north, there will be one 01’ travel further north, there will be one or two showers, but generally speaking the weather here a little bit drier. even on saturday it is going to be a fairly cloudy day, the cloud thick enough here and therefore some patchy, light rain or indeed some drizzle, but we have the first signs of a whether front waiting in the winds in the atlantic, and that will slowly work its way into northern and eventually through the outer hebrides. sunday, the easiest way to describe this is messy. 0nce the easiest way to describe this is messy. once again it is going to be fairly cloudy. there will be some showers or some rain around, and also some hill snow, but the rain isn't going to be as heavy. temperature—wise, six to about nine degrees, so still below par. it is

not until later in the following week that we start to see temperatures get back to roughly where they should be at this stage in november. the met office has lots of warnings out for rain, and some for snow. the snow ones valid in the south until 10am this morning, and you can see all the details of those on our website. thanks very much, carol. in exactly four weeks, 50,000 polling stations around the uk will open for people cast their vote to decide who will be our next prime minister. the december election date means festive plans for some venues have had to be put on hold, with pantomimes, school nativity plays and christmas events being rescheduled or cancelled. 0ur reporterjon kay has been to meet some of those affected. four weeks to go. this school in morcombe will be a polling station so morcombe will be a polling station so their nativity has to be rearranged. for the 600 pupils,

so their nativity has to be rearranged. forthe 600 pupils, it will mean a day off. but for pa rents, will mean a day off. but for parents, it will mean extra childcare. people have got bills to pay, rent paid. mortgages to pay. if they not pulling in the pennies, it has a massive impact on what food they can put on the table and nobody can they can put on the table and nobody ca n afford they can put on the table and nobody can afford to lose money before christmas. so many times over the past three or four years with all these elections. there is a church hall down there. why can't i use that? it is mad at that time of year. for the head teacher, it means an extra sack full of stress. the children are for a day back friday and then another week before they are off and they are getting tired of that, an eight week term so we try to make it as gentle and routine as possible. we head north from morcombe to carlisle. this is the hall where they always count the votes a nd hall where they always count the votes and declare the winner on election night. not this time. the

venue election night. not this time. the venue is already booked. a pantomime replacing politics. this is the council chamber. the man in charge has had to move the count here. it will be the first time for a general election. in council officers against the uk, it is a race against time to organise a surprise christmas election. here, they have cancelled style holidays so they can book 75 polling stations, and new flood proof ballot boxes, a reminder of what a winter vote might mean. we're used to tough winters here in cumbria so i think we will be fine. how do you keep those polling stations operating if it is a cold, freezing day? we are providing some grit to each of the polling stations in case paths get icy and so on, we can take care of those. across the uk, there will be 50,000 polling stations next month. like this call

in the lancashire village of full ridge. they are all around here? it is chockablock. trouble is janice had booked for the pensioners christmas lunch on the 12th of december. all the tickets have been printed and sold. so when you heard that that thursday was election day and that this place was needed as a polling station... 0h, and that this place was needed as a polling station... oh, i and that this place was needed as a polling station... 0h, ifreaked out. it is terrible. because that is tradition for the village, every year we have had it on the thursday two weeks before christmas. i even e—mailed the council to say, can't you have it somewhere else? i thought you were going to save you nearly e—mailed the prime minister! i wish i had have done. but good news. with the raffle prizes all wrapped, janice has managed to rebook lunch. please come it is wednesday, the 11th, not thursday the 12th. wednesday the 11th. i have told you now.

so, just to be clear, janice's christmas lunch will be on the 11th, but for the rest of us, the general election is on the 12th. i bet that christmas lunch will be lovely. yeah. early. iwill look lovely. yeah. early. i will look forward to that. let's take a look at today's papers. good morning. i had my first cranbury and turkey sandwich. it was nice. i enjoyed that. cranbury and turkey sandwich. it was nice. ienjoyed that. have cranbury and turkey sandwich. it was nice. i enjoyed that. have you had a mince pie? it was earlier than i was expecting. you went early. no mince pies yet. first of december. i wait. you are quite strict and regimented. i know once i start, there is no stopping me. once i start on the mince pies, i have had it. let's have a look at some of the front pages on a thursday morning. the telegraph carries a dramatic photograph of a flooded road in lincolnshire. its lead story reports that the conservatives offered an electoral pact to nigel farage aimed at getting the brexit party

to target just a0 key seats. mr farage is said to have turned the deal down. the times says the labour leadership appears to be split over whether nhs staff would be included in its plans for a 4—day working week. its main picture shows gillian anderson at the premiere of the latest series of the crown in which she plays margaret thatcher. the guardian reports there has been a backlash in the labour party after the unite general secretary, len mccluskey, called for a curb on the free movement of workers. its main picture shows the flooding in venice. the metro reports on a difficult day yesterday for boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, both of whom faced some tough crowds while they were out and about. the paper's headline is "heckle and hide". and buzzfeed covers the same story with a more literal headline: "boris johnson finally visited flood—hit south yorkshire and it didn't go well." those are the front pages. an interesting one that has developed

ofa interesting one that has developed of a potential royal mail strike before christmas. the royal mail took this to the high court and yesterday the high court ruled that it was going to block royal mail workers from striking. that would have threatened, be around election time as well in the run—up to christmas. lots of people thinking, hang ona christmas. lots of people thinking, hang on a minute, what will happen to my post? the union is not happy with that. they will say they will appeal the decision. they might even try another ballot to go through and get another ballot to go through and get a strike in before christmas sometime, but that won't be until after the election. the royal saying irregularities in the ballot. another interesting one, tesla have decided to settle a base in germany, a big manufacturing centre in germany, and they have said a few yea rs germany, and they have said a few years ago elon musk, a big entrepreneur in charge founded it. he had spoken a little bit about the uk being a hub. but he said brexit uncertainty has meant they have

looked elsewhere. can i give you one more about christmas? you have already put the tune in my head. holidays are coming from your headline. well, today you say what isa headline. well, today you say what is a date for certain things to talk about christmas and today isjohn lewis at his revealed snippet later. it isa lewis at his revealed snippet later. it is a little dragon, a little girl. it is a nice song in the background. it is not for me to pick up background. it is not for me to pick up any of this. quite right. was it marks & spencer last week? yes, loads of them have been out. elder, john lewis today. a little dragon and a little girl and a nice little story on we will talk about later. it is like a movie premiere now, isn't it? yes. this story is

rumbling on. i want to show you this on the back page of the time. it more from gareth southgate admitting he has upset stirling after dropping him for the big game tonight and there is a quote down here where he describes, at times, i wonder around andl describes, at times, i wonder around and i played for england and i have had the hub with many of them. he suggest he has not with him at the moment. he would be upset, but he will get over it. it's remind ourselves what it is all about. this is in the guardian today, and these pictures here... other old pictures? this is england's first international game. they played scotland in glasgow and it was a goalless draw and this is basically a record of that first full international game in scotland. scotland had the slope of the pitch for the first half, they played on a hill. it was that good! i love this. a total of 1244 people have now

played for england since this game, and as half the amount of people who actually watch this. i think everybody who has ever played foot all, you should all have played on a really severe sloping pitch because... it just makes really severe sloping pitch because... itjust makes it hard. as long as at half time you fine. that is there. i story from the times today. this is related to old age. a study that they are looking at if there are similarities between those who live on 100 years old, this team of scientists have gone around the world meeting people, some of who are 117 years old. for example, this woman has celebrated her 100th birthday at the age of 85 and she is dead now by the way, she died in 1997, lived in france, at 85 she took up fencing at the age of 85. when she celebrated her 100th birthday, she was still cycling, and

at 117. .. birthday, she was still cycling, and at 117... she birthday, she was still cycling, and at 117. .. she reached birthday, she was still cycling, and at 117... she reached 117. what did she do? go on. i am pausing for effect. played squash. she gave up smoking. brilliant! they are saying if there is a tire between very old people and what they are like. if there is a tire between very old people and what they are likem if there is a tire between very old people and what they are like. it is basically what you are made. she gave up smoking and that is the year she died? yes, she immediately died! some extraordinary people. one of the biggest factors in deciding how long you live... where you live and the best place to live is on a hill. why? because you are walking up and downhill all the time. people who live on a hill live longer. unless you have a car. you need to not use your car. we have a game to play. we have all been given cards because we have all been given cards because we

have all been given cards because we have a guest coming on who has written a book about fairplay in the house. we are going to play this game after. i will give you an idea about what is about. divvying up chores. you can hear the arguments already happy in —— happening. we asked some couples who do the jobs in the house. here is what they said. laundry. that is washing things. do i have to explain that to you? i have a woman that comes in. the laundry ferry. i don't even know how to work the laundry washing machine. laundry. me. no! groceries, 50-50. no! opening the mail. mostly because the bells... it is me. dishes. you, because i do the cooking. true. actually, we have given that over to our country aldrin. birth control. you! i've got

five. four. three for me. tove mabel wh. i have sex. and i have six. seven. these are all high intensity manual ones. these all can be done sitting down. i love that. he gets the sitting down jobs and she has a high intensity. the author has come up with 100 things and you ask who does what in the house and it is supposed to help. 0k. help. ok. here... our floor help. ok. here... ourfloor manager has given us these cards. have you got yours? i have got dry—cleaning. yeah, ido yours? i have got dry—cleaning. yeah, i do that. dishes. yours? i have got dry—cleaning. yeah, ido that. dishes. no. garbage. no. dry—cleaning? it just means garbage. no. dry—cleaning? itjust means that you ta ke dry—cleaning? itjust means that you take it to someone to do. at the point is... it is not really a household chore. i am completely with you. this is why you don't get it. the book looks at how these seemingly little things take time. it is like a 15 minutejob

seemingly little things take time. it is like a 15 minute job out of your day. another thing on the list. it isa your day. another thing on the list. it is a chore. groceries. me. always. that is quite a big job. that's? well, that has to be divided into all sorts of stuff. cleaning up after them. cat litter. it is also a pleasure. yeah, but when it is raining and freezing cold it is less so. opening the mail. that is not difficult. time—consuming. that is not difficult. time-consuming. opening the mail! laundry made me realise that over the years i have come to do my own laundry. quite right too. what do you mean come to have to? what is wrong with you? let... don't go to the next item. let me defend this. as opposed to everybody doing everybody‘s washing. you do your own then you have your stuff clean when you want to clean and there is no aggro. you don't work as a team. i

quite like that. you have to have one. we have time. loads of time. i am told we have no time. u nfortu nately am told we have no time. unfortunately the card i drew was home maintenance. oh, dear! it is not my territory. money manager. again, not really my territory. cleaning? ah... it is a good game! thank you very much. find out what is happening where you are this morning. what do you actually do? there are other choices available. newspaper reading, i believe. good morning. i'm sonja jessup. campaigners in hackney claim controversial plans to close some local roads partly aimed at cutting pollution will in fact make the problem worse near some schools and nurseries. the council is consulting local people on plans to shut certain roads in stoke newington to stop

them being used for rat run traffic. iam —— my i am —— my little girl goes to this school so there is no escape for her, really. she is playing in this playground which will be tipped over the legal limit and she will sleep on this road which will see an increase in traffic and pollution so iam increase in traffic and pollution so i am deeply worried about this. a court in new zealand's heard how the man accused of murdering essex backpacker grace millane told police how he struggled to put her body in a suitcase. the 27—year—old, who can't be named, claimed he panicked afterfinding grace wasn't breathing and denies murdering her. prosecutors have told auckland high court he strangled her in december last year after a tinder date. now, it's children in need tomorrow of course, and every year, londoners give so generously, helping charities across the capital. they include richard house, a children's hospice in east london, which supports young people with life—limiting conditions. it's helped joshua and his family. when you said hospice, i was like,

no, it is not happening, we're not going there. my son is not ready die yet. when i first saw it, i was like, 0k, yet. when i first saw it, i was like, ok, i saw the facilities, i saw how they interact with the kids and what they do and i thought, wow! let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's been an accident on the m11. it's down to one lane northbound heading towards junction 5 for loughton, and traffic‘s slow back towards the north circular. there's also flooding in the area. and here's how it looks at the blackwall tunnel — normal rush—hour delays northbound. slow from the woolwich road flyover. time for the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. it has been raining all night for most places and there have been pretty heavy downpours as well, so a lot of surface water on the roads on the pavements for a good while this

morning. plenty of surface spray, giant bottles and there is a met office read the raining —— weather warning. for most places it has started to ease as that rain band gradually pushes north although it isa gradually pushes north although it is a bit lighter and patchy and will last longest in northern and western counties, still some heavy birth to come here and it will be followed on by some heavy showers as we have true this afternoon. watch out for those. cloudiest and coolest towards western counties where we might not get past four or five celsius. a bit of brightness in central london, seven degrees. through this evening and overnight it will turn rather breezy, plenty of cloud and then showers putting in from the east as we head into tomorrow morning. we should remain frost free, bridges between three and five celsius. tomorrow, a chilly easterly wind, and your window and some showers at times. i'll be back in around half an hour. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: rafe spall gives colin paterson a lesson in how to react when you witness an attack from another planet while on the set of the war of the worlds. i have just i havejust done i have just done thejurassic park film, and it turns out seeing a dinosaur is pretty similar to seeing a tripod martian. this is all you have to do. westlife will be on the sofa to explain how family life has inspired their comeback album, and what it was like to work with ed sheeran on their new single. the team from seven worlds, one planet tell us about filming this female dingo in australia who must use all her stamina and intelligence to catch a kangaroo

to feed her hungry pups. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the village of fishlake, near doncaster, has been cut off by flooding, with hundreds of people being forced to leave their homes and businesses. a yellow weather warning for rain is due to come into force around nottingham, sheffield and doncaster in the next few hours. 200 army soldiers are helping to bolster defences. we're england's northern cavalry, so you've got people who are based in and around the area. you've got guys from just down the road in castleford, et cetera. so it's their friends and family, kind of, so it's got that close—to—home feel for us, helping out here.

meanwhile, the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees after floodwaters submerged shops, homes and historical landmarks. luigi brugnaro says it will cost hundreds of millions of euros to repair the damage. at least two people have died afterflooding reached the highest levels in the region for more than 50 years. one of the most senior figures in the european union, donald tusk, has waded into the uk's general election campaign, warning voters not to give up on stopping brexit. the outgoing president of the european council is due to step down next month, and during a speech in bruges last night, he said his remarks were something he wouldn't have dared to say a few months ago as he could be fired for being too frank. after its departure, the uk will become an outsider, a second—rate player. one of my english friends is probably right when he says, with melancholy, that brexit is the real end of the british empire. the home secretary, priti patel, has claimed that immigration will fall if the conservatives win the election. it is not yet clear by how much or when this would happen.

the party wants to introduce a points—based system to determine who has the right to live and work in the uk. the conservatives have never achieved their promise, made in the last three elections, of cutting annual net migration to below 100,000. a man who set the world record in 2017 for reaching the fastest speed in a jet engine—powered suit will attempt to soar into the record books again today as he tries to beat his own record. richard browning hopes to surpass his record of 32.02 mph as he flies over brighton pier at 8:00am o'clock this morning, marking guinness world records day 2019. that is him presumably doing his practice runs. it is an extraordinary picture. it sounds really weird, but it looks

old—fashioned, it looks really weird, but it looks old —fashioned, it looks like something out of the 19705, do old —fa5hioned, it looks like something out of the 19705, do you know what i mean? it is real, it is actually happening!” know what i mean? it is real, it is actually happening! i would so love to do that. you would love to do that, wouldn't you ? to do that. you would love to do that, wouldn't you? 32 mph doesn't sound that fast, and then you see him doing that and it looks very, very fast. a controversial few days for england. it has been tricky for gareth southgate. he has had his management skills really tested. but tonight is important. england play the 1,000th match in their history against montengro this evening, knowing they only need a point to reach the finals of the european championships. at the moment, england have 568 wins, but they will be expected to add another to that total at wembley. their first opponents, scotland, have beaten them more than any other nation, 41 times, and no—one in the current squad is anywhere near peter shilton's whopping 125 caps.

in fact, the nearest to him, raheem sterling, won't be adding to his 55 caps, as he has been dropped because of a row withjoe gomez which has dominated the build—up to the match. dropping sterling has been one of the most controversial decisions of gareth southgate's time in charge. i think ithinki i think i have two always look at what's the right thing for the team, to perform now and in the future, and ultimately that will be what's right for the country. so of course my decisions are the only ones that get tested by the game, and the outcomes of the game, and what happens over the next month5 outcomes of the game, and what happens over the next months and years. manchester city's bernardo silva has been banned for one match and fined £50,000 over a tweet he sent to a teammate. he compared benjamin mendy to a cartoon character on a brand of chocolates, something an anti—racism group said enforced a racial 5tereoype. the fa accepted silva hadn't intended the comment to be racist.

the former heavyweight world champion tyson fury says raci5m towards his traveller background was behind some of his controversial comments, and has played a part in his mental health issues. fury has been criticised in the past for remark5 he has made about women and homosexuality, but has written in a new book that he had felt like an outsider in his sport, and was trying to compensate by playing the part of an outlaw. i had lost the passion to be myself. so i'd be this character all the time. the mask would be on co nsta ntly. time. the mask would be on constantly. where i used to put the ma5k constantly. where i used to put the mask on for press conferences, boxing venue5 mask on for press conferences, boxing venues and boxing stuff, the ma5k would be welded to my face all the time now. and if i —— i knew if i was to get back to normal and have a normal life again, and have any sort of life, then the mask would have to be taken off at some point. rafael nadal says he was super lucky to come from behind and beat daniil medvedev at the atp tourfinals in london.

nadal came through over three pulsating 5et5. it is a result which keeps him in with a chance of reaching the semis. stefanos t5it5ipa5 i5 already in the last four. he is the youngest player in the tournament, but he dominated his match with alexander zverev, winning in straight sets. hannah cockroft has won gold in the t34 800 metres. this follows on from sophie hahn's second world record in two days at the world para athletics championships. what's more, both of the records she has broken were her5 to start with. she added a gold in the t38 200 metres to the 100 metre title she won yesterday. and, for our last item, a goodbye. no—one says goodbye quite like the former manchester united and sweden striker zlatan ibrahimovi , who is leaving american side la galaxy. he has tweeted this message saying...

some ego there, hey? and nice picture. if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, so nice, don't say anything at all, so nice picture. i am not saying there i5 nice picture. i am not saying there is anything wrong with having an ego, but there is certainly one there. much of venice remains underwater after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels, and leaving tourists to wade through the rising water. the city's mayor said the damage would leave a permanent mark, and that the latest floods showed the effects of climate change. we are joined now by shouro dasgupta, who is a climate change lecturer from the university of venice. thank you very much for talking to u5 thank you very much for talking to us this morning. i know you have lived there for four years. good

morning, a pleasure tojoin. lived there for four years. good morning, a pleasure to join. you have been there for four years, and this is unprecedented, the5e have been there for four years, and this is unprecedented, these levels. so yes, i have been here for seven years, and this is unprecedented, not just years, and this is unprecedented, notjust in seven years but in more than 50 years. so the highest level ever recorded was than 50 years. so the highest level ever recorded wa5194 centimetres in 1966. but two nights ago we reach 187 centimetres, which will leave a permanent mark in venice's landmarks. and what has the reaction been of authorities, in terms of what they can do to help people there? so the reaction so far has been, let's say, reactionary, right? it is short—term. that will not 5olve it is short—term. that will not solve the problems in the long run, solve the problems in the long run, so the federal government has said they will release an unspecified amount of money. the coastguard were mobilised, along with some of the

other emergency services. but venetian5 are very resilient in nature, and we will get through this. but the severity and frequency of the high tide5, this. but the severity and frequency of the high tides, and the levels of them, are getting dangerous. and we also understand they have been some deaths reported as well. is this as bad as you have ever seen it, and can you describe kind of what you are seeing, what buildings are being impacted, home5? are seeing, what buildings are being impacted, homes? so yes, so there has been one confirmed death. on the buildings, this is the worst that i have seen, but on the buildings, st mark's basilica wa5 have seen, but on the buildings, st mark's basilica was flooded badly, and this was only the sixth time in 12 years that the —— 200 years it has been flooded. many of the

palaces will have damage. the famous theatre has been closed, not because it has a flood damage, but because the electrical systems have been damaged by water and they do not wa nt to damaged by water and they do not want to risk a fire right now. but many of the city's famou5 landmarks and buildings and museums are undergoing threat. and also, just to update you, we understand two people have died on the island of pale5trina. a man was electrocuted as he tried to start a pump, a second person was killed elsewhere. tell me, what is being put down as the cause for these rising water levels ? the cause for these rising water level5? is it geographical, i5 the cause for these rising water level5? is it geographical, is it climate change, is it the structure of the city? tell me. so venice provides an interesting example of

the interaction of man and the environment, mainly due to its proximity to the sea level. at the last three days there has been a perfect storm. we have had wind gu5t5 of more than 100 kilometres per hour. the full moon, and of course the rising sea level. all re5ulted course the rising sea level. all resulted in 187 centimetres of high tide. but if you want to look at the major cause, you could put it down to climate change. rising sea level, increased frequency of wind 5torm5. but you need to add to that that venice i5 but you need to add to that that venice is sinking every year. but boil it down, going into the future, climate change will play a bigger role in the high tide5 climate change will play a bigger role in the high tides in venice. thank you very much for taking us through what is going on where you are. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. just seeing some of those images with the flooding scenes in venice,

and all eyes on some pretty grim conditions for some parts of the uk, with more flooding. that's right, there's more rain in the forecast which will cross some parts of england which have already seen flooding issues. this morning we have a cold part of the day, so we will do the easy part of the weather first stop cold acro55 will do the easy part of the weather first stop cold across scotland, northern england and northern ireland, and we have a widespread frost in scotland and northern england, pockets of frost in northern ireland, the risk of black ice where we have seen some showers on untreated surfaces. so watch out for that. the other thing we have his heavy rain, and would you believe, some 5now a5 his heavy rain, and would you believe, some 5now as well. the heavy rain is currently acro55 part5 of wales, through the midlands, heading down into the south—east. overnight tonight that has depo5ited some mostly heal 5now acro55 overnight tonight that has depo5ited some mostly heal 5now across the hills of south wales. we could still see some around the cotswolds, herefordshire and shrop5hire before the morning is through. the met office has a yellow warning for that 5now, office has a yellow warning for that snow, and it is valid until ten a.m.. it is courtesy of this weather front here. this is producing the rain which takes its way into

south—west england, and then it moves it out of the south—east of england. you can see that quite nicely here. and it sends it northwards into east anglia. meeting in the midlands, getting up to derby5hire and nottingham5hire, into lincolnshire and eventually towards south yorkshire. now, wherever you see south yorkshire. now, wherever you 5ee yellow5 on the chart, that is telling you you can expect some heavy bouts of rain. so you can see the extent of it as well, at 11am in the extent of it as well, at 11am in the morning down towards the south—west of england, and then through the rest of the day it will 5lowly through the rest of the day it will slowly move northwards, getting acro55 slowly move northwards, getting across the midlands and into yorkshire a5 across the midlands and into yorkshire as well. the rain in yorkshire as well. the rain in yorkshire we don't expect to be as heavy as the rain is at the moment. but that could change. so you can see where we have got the greens and yellows. moving north of that, for the rest of northern england, scotla nd the rest of northern england, scotland and northern ireland, we do have some brighter skie5, but still a peppering of showers. and some of tho5e a peppering of showers. and some of those hours will be wintry on the hill5. those hours will be wintry on the hills. and temperature way5, temperatures are below average for the time of year. they will feel cold in their own right, but when

you add on the brisk north or north—easterly wind5, it will really exacerbate the cold feel. so if you are heading out, do take note. through this evening and overnight this band of rain continues. you can see it moving through york5hire. it will start to weaken and fragment and the rain and it will turn more patchy. there will be quite a lot of cloud around as well, so for england and wales, not as cold a night as the one just and wales, not as cold a night as the oneju5t gone. and wales, not as cold a night as the one just gone. further north, for scotland and for northern ireland, under clear skies, it for scotland and for northern ireland, under clearskies, it will be cold. the5e temperatures are in town5 be cold. the5e temperatures are in towns and cities. in rural areas they will be lower than this, and indeed there will be some frost around, and also once again the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. so tomorrow we start off with a fair bit of cloud acro55 tomorrow we start off with a fair bit of cloud across england and wale5. still a good ra5h bit of cloud across england and wale5. still a good rash of showers. later on in the day we will see some more showers coming in from the south—east, some of those merging to give some longer spell5 of rain. but north of all these showers and rain, acro55 pa rt5 of north of all these showers and rain, acro55 parts of scotland and also northern england, we are looking a little bit more on the way of

5un5hine. a5 for the weekend, cloudy and damp at times. it's become a bit of a christmas tradition — thejohn lewi5 advert is out today. it is the moment we are after 5everal yea r5 it is the moment we are after several years agojohn lewi5 5tarted investing a lot of money in their chri5tmas advert5 and people think, right, now is the time to pay attention. lot5 right, now is the time to pay attention. lots of big retailers have had their advert5 out. john lewi5 have had their advert5 out. john lewis is out today. here is a little snippet, we can see some pictures of a little girl who was friends with a little dragon, and the dragon get5 too excited about christmas. you are going to see a lot of this over the coming weeks now. not an ideal scenario, a dragon in a cold, icy environment. havoc in use and it

will end happily ever after with a nice song in the background. the snowman comes nice song in the background. the 5nowman comes back to life? nice song in the background. the snowman comes back to life ?|j wouldn't want to ruin the full 5urpri5e wouldn't want to ruin the full surprise of those people. i have been bingeing on christmas ad5 over the last 24 hours. some of them are quite emotional and that will be di5cussed quite emotional and that will be discussed later about how they work, how the end. please can we look at some numbers? go on then. it is big bu5iness. some numbers? go on then. it is big business. the some numbers? go on then. it is big bu5iness. thejohn lewi5 one isjohn lewi5 bu5iness. thejohn lewi5 one isjohn lewis and waitrose this year because tho5e lewis and waitrose this year because those businesses are getting closer together. 6.8 billion pounds overall i5 together. 6.8 billion pounds overall is the spend on ads this time of year. what is interesting is if you delve into those numbers, how the breakdown is changing. it is not all about television. on tv it will be inafew about television. on tv it will be in a few days. tv spend i5 about television. on tv it will be in a few days. tv spend is down 1%. still a chunky amount of cash but

lest advertising spend them this time last year. if we look online... that is up by quite a big amount. that is up by quite a big amount. that is up 13% on last year. more spending is online and on television. which is maybe not 5urpri5ing television. which is maybe not surprising in the grand scheme of all the retailers. so that is where we are with the money, but it is very competitive now because they are all getting involved. what are the others like? should we have a look at a few of the others doing the round at the minute? you will see a few of these, literally all of the food retailers are getting involved. here we go. iceland have got frozen. frozen. m&s has two ad5 on that shows what is going on with their business. they have a third one and a clothing one separately as well. ali have gone cla55ic for them, kevin the carrot i5 well. ali have gone cla55ic for them, kevin the carrot is popular with people a few years ago and they

have stuck with kevin the carrot. a5da, this was more of a classic one, a story of a brother and sister looking at picture5 one, a story of a brother and sister looking at pictures of their grandad who got magic du5t out of the sky. did you cry at any point? i did not, but when we were watching the plethora of christmas advert over the last two years, there was one last year that was actually not a multibillion pound budget, an individual made it themselves with a real personal story. it went viral andi real personal story. it went viral and i was reminded of it this morning and that was the one a few of us were like... it at that moment. it wasn't for any particular retailer, it was just somebody 5aying, retailer, it was just somebody saying, i can make these with my eye5 saying, i can make these with my eyes closed almost, but it was because the emotion wa5 eyes closed almost, but it was because the emotion was there...|j because the emotion was there...” think i am quite good, when i see the5e think i am quite good, when i see these things tugging at my heart5tring5, i want to turn the tv off. not everybody things like that.

you are probably not in the 6.8 billion target market. we will talk about the emotion in our about the making of all this because it is no good just printing money and chucking it at it and hope people by your stuff. you need to... it is about the brand as well, notjust chri5tmas all year round. about the brand as well, notjust christmas all year round. if i see an advert with a scottjade, i will often an advert with a scottjade, i will ofte n wa nt an advert with a scottjade, i will often want a scotch egg afterwards. i would just add that to the picture. —— scotch egg.” i would just add that to the picture. -- scotch egg. iwill keep an eye out. can we do a scotch egg ometer? that is yourjob in the next hour. go back through the advert and find how many scotch egg5 go back through the advert and find how many scotch eggs are in there. steven speilberg, orson welles and jeff wayne have all had their go at making the sci—fi cla55ic the war of the worlds.

this sunday, a new 3—part ver5ion, set in edwardian england, lands on bbc1, staring rafe spall and eleanor tomlinson. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson met them on set and was given a lesson in how to stare at alien5. three, two, one from action. no—one would have believed there would be an alien invasion on mer5ey5ide. on location for the new bbc series the war of the worlds. do you think it could be from mars? they could end up could be from mars? they could end up in sorry! i thought this is as big as any movie i have done. it is huge. robert carlyle plays the astronomer ogilvie, his first world of —— warof astronomer ogilvie, his first world of —— war of the worlds experience was the album. this is my earliest memory of war of the worlds. i can't

work like this. is it a shooting star? that's right. a shooting star. why have i got these gla55e5 star? that's right. a shooting star. why have i got these glasses on? they are not real! i like them. this add5 instant character. i look 5cientific. add5 instant character. i look scientific. the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one... george hasjust left his wife and now has to flee alien5. something has arrived in england. when alien5 appear, there is lots of this acting, really. yeah. no, that i5 this acting, really. yeah. no, that is too much. you have to remember that the audience are going to be seeing it, so you don't need to sell it for them. i have just done the

jura55ic it for them. i have just done the jurassic park film and it turns out seeing a dinosaur i5 jurassic park film and it turns out seeing a dinosaur is pretty similar to seeing a tripod motion. this is all you have to do. —— martian. i didn't see it, but i could see the truth. it is opening. next, the beachin truth. it is opening. next, the beach in the rain. to see one of elinore tomlinson's big scenes. she play5 amy, a character not in the original book. it is an interesting idea taking a well—known story and putting in a female lead into it. will this become more common?” putting in a female lead into it. will this become more common? i hope so. i think we are seeing more female lead5 come to the forefront which is fantastic practices like my5elf. which is fantastic practices like myself. i think it is important that we see more for women, more female directors and more female writers. it is directors and more female writers. it i5a directors and more female writers. it is a time for change and a time for that is not happening.

somebody has some clearing up to do. you have to run into the sea. can't wait. make sure you get it on camera. absolutely. she wanted us to get it on camera, and we did. just time for the day's final big explo5ion. thank you. it looks good, doesn't it. going in the sea at this time of year! miserable challenge. that is what it is. the war of the worlds is on bbc one on sunday at 9pm. there is lots coming up on the programme. still to come on breakfast: australia is home to the most dangerous bird on earth, the ca55owary, which has dagger—like claws and stands at six feet tall. we'll hear from the team behind seven worlds one planet about why only half of the chicks 5urvive into adulthood. beautiful images. it doesn't look

real, doe5 beautiful images. it doesn't look real, does it? it is extraordinary. we will talk to the filmmakers later on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i'm sonja jessup. campaigners in hackney claim controversial plans to close some local roads partly aimed at cutting pollution will in fact make the problem wor5e near some schools and nur5erie5. the council is consulting local people on plans to shut certain roads in stoke newington to stop them being used for rat—run traffic. it has angered some. my little girl goes to this school so there is no escape for her, really. she is playing in this playground which will be tipped over the legal limit and she will sleep on this road which will see an increase in traffic and pollution, so i am deeply worried about it. a court in new zealand's heard how the man accused of murdering essex backpacker grace millane told police how he struggled to put her body in a suitcase. the 27—year—old, who can't be named, claimed he panicked afterfinding

grace wasn't breathing and denies murdering her. prosecutors have told auckland high court he strangled her in december last year after a tinder date. now, it's children in need tomorrow of course, and every year, londoner5 give so generously, helping charities across the capital. they include richard hou5e, a children's hospice in east london, which supports young people with life limiting conditions. it's helped joshua and his family. when you said ho5pice, i was like, no, it is not happening, we're not going there. my son is not ready to die yet. when i first saw it, i was like, ok, i saw the facilities, i saw how they interact with the kids and what they do and i thought, wow! let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a faulty train that's causing problems for the circle, district and hammersmith and city line. the district line actually not running between high street kensington and edgware road. meanwhile, more problems with faulty jubilee line train5, causing minor delay5.

this is how it looks on the north circular. southbound traffic is slow from finchley high road into the a1 at henly5 corner. and there's been an accident on the m11. it's down to one lane northbound heading towards junction 5 for loughton. time for the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. it has been raining all night for most places and there have been some pretty heavy downpours around as well, so a lot of surface water on the roads on the pavements for a good while this morning. plenty of surface spray out there, some giant puddle5 and there is a met office weather warning. for most places, it has started to ease as that rain band gradually pushes north although it is a bit lighter and patchy and will last longe5t in northern and western counties, still some heavy bursts of it to come here and it will be followed on by some heavy showers as we head through this afternoon. watch out for those. cloudie5t and coolest towards we5tern counties

where we may not get past 4 or 5 degrees celsius. a bit of brightness in central london, 7 degrees. through this evening and overnight it will turn rather breezy, plenty of cloud and then showers putting in from the east as we head into tomorrow morning. we should remain frost free, tempertures between 3 and 5 celsius. tomorrow, a chilly easterly wind, and your window and some showers at times. i'll be back in around half an hour. check out our website for more. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the pressure is on. the army prepares fresh defences for flood—hit pa rt5 of south yorkshire, as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the mayor of venice warns that the city is on its knees after the worst flooding for more than 50 years. "don't give up on stopping brexit". donald tusk, the outgoing president

of the european council, sends a message to british voter5. raheem sterling will be a notable absentee as england play their 1,000th match tonight. it has been 146 years, with one trophy and plenty of tears. holidays are coming, and that means so are the christmas ad5. nearly £7 billion will be spent on them this year, so as thejohn lewi5 film is revealed, i'll have a look whether the focus is on tv or online. winning the world cup, his headingley heroics, and protecting his family from the press. we hear from england cricketer ben stoke5. to be... not expo5e like that, but to be the centre of attention around because a family member or as someone who is in the public eye, is ju5t di5gu5ting. we have the risk of ice on untreated surfaces in the north. some frost but some 5un5hine surfaces in the north. some frost but some sunshine and showers for you. further 5outh, some heavy rain, mostly heal snow, and that is going

to be moving northwards through the day acro55 to be moving northwards through the day across some of the areas already flooded. but i will have more details in 15 minutes. it's thursday 14 november. our top story: the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken part5 of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the village of fishlake, near doncaster, has been cut off by flooding, with hundreds of people being forced to leave their homes and businesses. a yellow weather warning for rain is due to come into force around nottingham, sheffield and doncaster in the next few hours. breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. the floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fi5hla ke. you've got sandbags here. yep. you have barriers as well. how does it work? so for the barrier, we get trained on how to do it.

there's basically the metal a—frame that we put in place underneath. then we put the lining on top, and then we clip it down with the clips. and then there's the big chains at the bottom, to kind of weigh it down, to make sure the water doesn't go underneath it. we're england's northern cavalry, so you've got people who are based in and around the area. you've got guys from just down the road in castleford, et cetera. so it's their friends and family, kind of, so it's got that close—to—home feel for u5, helping out here. but for many, it is too little, too late. it's not the first time we've been flooded, it's the first time the village has been flooded. we've been having this for the last five or six years, but nobody listens to us. we're just fighting a losing battle. do you feel let down? so yeah, we do feel let down here. like i said, we started flooding friday night. where i live, we didn't get sandbags delivered until 11:30pm on saturday night, by which point the damage had been done. six days since the fighting started, the biggest fear is that heavy rain will soon fall again, on 5aturated ground.

let5 on 5aturated ground. go to fishlake. let5 on saturated ground. go to fishlake. not raining right lets go to fishlake. not raining right at the moment and the water levels have gone down, but as i was saying in the report there, there is concern about the rain which is forecast in this area and the impact that will have. the ground is obviously saturated, and a5 that will have. the ground is obviously saturated, and as you can 5ee, obviously saturated, and as you can see, many road5 obviously saturated, and as you can see, many roads are still covered in water and are very difficult to get through. some traffickers able to get into the village, which is good news, for sure. but many people are concerned, and a5 news, for sure. but many people are concerned, and as we heard the piece earlier, people are trying to come to terms with the long—term impact of this. some people feel that down by the lack of support they have had. it has certainly brought the community together, which is one positive, and people are checking on neighbours, making sure people are 0k. neighbours, making sure people are ok. but there really is a feel here that the warnings about floods, which have been in place in previous years, should have had closer attention paid to them. so today we

expect to see more flood barriers and sandbags being put into place in anticipation of the wet weather which unfortunately is forecast.” know you are going to be talking to people from the area as well a little later in the programme, so we will speak to you soon. meanwhile, the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees after floodwater submerged shops, homes and historical landmarks. luigi brugnaro says it will cost hundreds of millions of euros to repair the damage. at least two people have died afterflooding reached the highest levels in the region for more than 50 years. our reporter ben ando has more. as the waters fell a little in st mark's square last night, venice had a moment to reflect on the devastating impact of a tide and civic failure. the six—foot floodwaters were the highest for 50 years, 5urging through the 12th century crypt beneath the basilica a5 5treet5 become canals and the merchants of venice

were left to count the cost. the city should be protected. a giant ring of 78 gates and dams was started in 2003, but has become mired in corruption and delay. last night italia's prime minister, giuseppe conte, said that had to end. translation: we have spent a lot. there have been lots of controversies and so many scandals in the past. what should we do? if we consider public interest and everything that's at stake, the only decision is that we have to complete this in the fastest and most effective way. 80% of the city is submerged. venice hasjust 50,000 inhabitants, but takes in 36 million visitors every year. a city drowning in its own popularity, and possibly the inexorable impact of a changing climate. and another high tide is expected later this morning. one of the most senior figures in the european union, donald tusk, has waded into the uk's general election campaign, warning voters not to give up on stopping brexit. the outgoing president of the european council is due to step down next month,

and during a speech in bruges last night, he said his remarks were something he wouldn't have dared to say a few months ago as he could be fired for being too frank. after its departure, the uk will become an outsider, a second—rate player. one of my english friends is probably right when he says, with melancholy, that brexit is the real end of the british empire. we are joined now from westminster by our political correspondent jonathan blake. frank talking donald tusk. what do you make of that? he will be out of a job shortly, so he is clearly using the limited time he has left to try and assert this influence, and as president of the eu council, thatis and as president of the eu council, that is the body that represents the heads of government of all eu nations, strictly speaking he should

be impartial. but as you heard there, he is not even pretending to be and it has been no secret for a long time that donald tusk does not wa nt long time that donald tusk does not want brexit to happen. he also used a footballing metaphor in that speech last night, saying we have had extra time, we have had added time in the brexit process, but it could yet go to penalties. an appeal to those who don't want brexit to happen to not give up. the general election is happening. he will be accused of interfering but he is clearly not worried about that, and the outcome of the vote on 12 december could determine whether donald tusk gets his wish or not. and jonathan, immigration of course one of the big issues in this general election. conservatives on that subject today. yes, clarification from the conservatives and a promise that under the tories immigration would fall overall. that is what the home secretary, priti patel is saying. this is a shift by the tories because in recent days and weeks cabinet ministers have been asked whether the conservatives

wa nt to been asked whether the conservatives want to increase or reduce immigration, and they simply haven't had an answer. but while they now have said that they do want to cut immigration overall, they haven't said by how much or exactly how they are going to do it. we know they wa nt to are going to do it. we know they want to bring in an australian style points based system after brexit when, under the conservatives, freedom of movement from eu countries would end. but there are still very few details on how that would work. and as for the numbers, it was nine years ago the conservatives first promised to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands. that hasn't happened, it has been a broken promise election after election, so don't expect them to put a number on it this time around. you can find out what each party is promising to do on the issues that matter to you in our general election policy guide. it is at bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app.

feats of superhuman skill and endurance are being celebrated today on the 16th annual guinness world record day. records broken in the last year include the longest underhand basketball shot, by donte harrison of the harlem globetrotters. he was just over 83 feet away from the hoop. his team—mate chris franklin got the furthest kneeling backwards shot, from 63 feet away. sally of course will bring you up—to—date with all the sport a little later on. carol will bring us up—to—date with the weather. let's go back to south yorkshire and to the village of fishlake which as we know has been devastated by flooding over the past few days. tim muffett is there for us this morning to see how people are coping with the aftermath. as you can see, the floodwater is

still very much here although it has come down, i am glad to say. but rain is forecast and that rain will be falling on saturated ground, so defences have been put up. more sandbags have been put in place. fingers are crossed that they will do theirjob. let's have a chat to three people who live locally, pam, ki rsty three people who live locally, pam, kirsty and scott. pam, you are a business owner and your business has been hit very badly. we have seen you on the report, justifiably upset. how are you bearing up with the devastation that is happening? like with everyone in this village, it has been completely devastating. it is both my home and my business. i think it is the same for a lot of people. i am i think it is the same for a lot of people. iam hoping now we i think it is the same for a lot of people. i am hoping now we will get some positivity. the water levels are receding. we can see the pumps are receding. we can see the pumps are now in action. hopefully the rainfall isn't quite as heavy and as co nsta nt as rainfall isn't quite as heavy and as constant as it was first reported. we've got to now try and take some positivity out of this and hope that we are seeing some light after a

very dark tunnel. do you think you have had the support you need? initially no, absolutely let down. i have been on camera right from the beginning, saying what everybody else felt, that we were let down very badly by doncaster council, the environment agency, the emergency services have been absolutely wonderful. in my view, the community was doing what other agencies should have been doing. they have, some would say, too little, too late, set up would say, too little, too late, set up and listened, and they are going to agree to work together to get what we need to get this community and the surrounding communities to some kind of normality. fingers crossed that that happens. kirsty, do you feel that the community is dealing with this ok? is it kind of surviving ok? yes, absolutely. the levels of community spirit is just immense. iam levels of community spirit is just immense. i am so proud of everybody that has got involved. the offers of

help, of donations, amongst many other things, ijust quite incredible. and there is a car coming down here, and you will see how difficult it is, the water level coming right up. there will be a wave coming towards us, which hopefully won't overlap over our wellington boots. do you think the people you have spoken to, do they notice more support in recent days? absolutely. yesterday as far as my role goes was extremely productive. i was able to sit down with the prime minister and all of the authorities. we got some really strong, clear levels of communication. so hopefully today will be another step forward. yes, because the prime minister visited here yesterday. he did. and other politicians have been commenting on the way this has been dealt with. do you welcome politicians getting involved with this, or does it frustrate you? we certainly... i think pam will agree with me, we welcomed the prime minister yesterday. initially they could have been a little bit more support, but

yesterday was an extremely big step forward. we have a few technical problems, i have been told, so sorry about that. we will come back to you ina about that. we will come back to you in a little while. the community coming together, it would seem, but the water is very much here for the moment, and fingers crossed the rain won't be too heavy. apologies for the technical issues affecting some of the sound. i think we got the gist of what that is. we will be going back to tim throughout the programme. a lot of people will want to know what the weather has in store for the next few days. carole, what is the picture? well, there is more rain on the cards today. this morning we have a cold start. let's start with the easy pa rt cold start. let's start with the easy part of the weather first, and thatis easy part of the weather first, and that is across scotland, northern ireland and northern england stop it isa ireland and northern england stop it is a cold start for you. we have had the coldest night of this autumn so far, temperatures fell to —8.1 celsius in dalwhinnie so widespread frost and also looking at the risk of ice and untreated surfaces, especially so across eastern scotland. but for you, for northern

england and for northern ireland, you can expect some sunshine today with some showers, and on the hills they are likely to be wintry. come further south, for the rest of england and wales, it is a fairly cloudy start. we have also got some rain. we have heavy rain across wales, extending through the midlands and in an arc over towards the south—east. and that has produced mostly hill snow across the hills of south wales, wiltshire, gloucestershire, for example, the cotswolds. and the met office has a weather warning out for this until 10am this morning for that snow. so you can see brightest guys in the north of the country, then we run into this rain. now, the rain is going to move southwards, so it will get into south—west england, and it is going to pivot, so it will clear the far south—east of england and push across some north—eastern areas of england. it will remain in the midlands. so by midday, this is roughly where we expect rain to be. and as you can see on the map, it crossing areas that already have seen some flooding. wherever you see the greens, that is telling you you are looking at heavy bursts. so that

rain moving across nottingham5hire, derbyshire, into lincolnshire, and eventually into south yorkshire. behind it, in the south—east, things will brighten up. they will be a few showers left in its wake, and we hang onto the sunshine further north. but still some showers coming in on the brisk north or north—easterly wind, and some of those will be wintry on the hills. you can see the kind of wind gusts we are expecting through the course of today, so it will be quite cold if you are exposed to that winter. but the wind not as strong in the south—east. and the temperatures are nothing to write home about. they are below average for this stage in november. add on the wind then you get the picture. as we head onto the evening and overnight, that same band of rain continues to move north on its eastern extent, and we still haveit on its eastern extent, and we still have it dangling down towards the south—west. but what is going to do is fragment, and the rain and it will turn more patchy. to the south of that, there still will be some showers around. a fair bit of cloud, not as night as the one just gone stop to the north of it, under clear

skies, temperatures will drop once again and we're looking at some frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. and still a brisk wind, still some showers coming in, and some of them will still be wintry on the hills. so tomorrow we start off on a cloudy note for england and wales. still that patchy rain turning more showery through the day, and then later on we have another band of rain coming in from the south—east. not as heavy as the rain we're looking at today, and again it will be fairly patchy in nature. whereas for northern ireland and central and northern scotland, we are looking at something drier and brighter. but still temperatures below average for this stage in november. into saturday, well, it's going to be a fairly cloudy day, actually, the cloud thick enough to produce some light rain and some drizzle here and there. the odd bright bot, but a weather front waiting in the winds will come into northern ireland in western scotland —— bright spot. and a quick look at sunday. well, it is messy again. cloudy, damp, with some

hill snow. thank you very much. see you later. infour thank you very much. see you later. in four weeks, 50,000 polling stations around the uk will open for people to cast their vote for people to decide who the next prime minister will be. it means festive plans for some venues have had to be put on hold with pantomimes, school nativity is rescheduled or cancelled. singing four weeks to go. this school in morcombe will be a polling station so their nativity has to be rearranged. singing for the 600 pupils, it will mean a day off. but for parents, it will mean extra child care. cheering people have got bills to pay, rent to pay, mortgages to pay. if they're not pulling

in the pennies, it has a massive impact on what food they can put on the table and nobody can afford to lose money, really, before christmas. so many times we've had to do it over the past, like, three or four years with all these different elections. there's a community church hall down there. why can't they use that for the elections? it's mad anywayjust generally at that time of year. for the head teacher, it means an extra sack full of stress. the children are off for a day, then they're back friday and then they've only got another week before they're off and they are getting tired at that stage, it's an 8—week half term, this one, so we're trying to make it as general and as routine as possible. we head north from morecambe to ca rlisle. this is the hall where they always count the votes and declare the winner on election night. all shout: oh, no, it isn't! not this time. the venue's already booked. a pantomime replacing politics. so, this is the council chamber. the man in charge has had

to move the count here. it will be the first time for a general election. in council officers against the uk, it's a race against time to organise a surprise christmas election. here, they've cancelled staff holidays so they can book 75 polling stations, and new flood—proof ballot boxes — a reminder of what a winter vote might mean. we're used to tough winters in cumbria, so i think we'll be fine. how do you keep those polling stations operating if it's a cold, freezing day? for example, we're providing some grit at each of the polling stations just in case paths get icy and so on, we can take care of those. across the uk, there will be 50,000 polling stations next month, like this hall in the lancashire village of foulridge. the tables are all round here, are they? it's chockablock. trouble is janice had booked it for the pensioners' christmas lunch on the 12th of december. all the tickets printed and sold. so, when you heard that

that thursday was election day and that this place was needed as a polling station... oh, i freaked out. it was terrible. because that is tradition for the village — every year we've had it on the thursday two weeks before christmas. i even e—mailed the borough council to say, "can't you have it somewhere else?" i thought you were going to save you nearly e—mailed the prime minister! i wish i had've done. but good news. it's the biggie. with the raffle prizes all wrapped, janice has managed to rebook lunch. please, it's wednesday the 11th, not thursday the 12th — wednesday the 11th. i've told you now. just to be a clear, the christmas lunch will be on the 11th. that is the key date. there is something happening the day

afterwards. nothing. the general election on the 12th. that is the other thing. we have the gang back on the sofa. good morning. the telegraph carries a dramatic photograph of a flooded road in lincolnshire. its lead story reports that the conservatives offered an electoral pact to nigel farage aimed at getting the brexit party to target just 40 key seats. mr farage is said to have turned the deal down. the times says the labour leadership appears to be split over whether nhs staff would be included in its plans for a 4—day working week. its main picture shows gillian anderson at the premiere of the latest series of the crown in which she plays margaret thatcher. the guardian reports there has been a backlash in the labour party after the unite general secretary len mccluskey called for a curb on the free movement of workers. its main picture shows the flooding in venice. the metro reports on a difficult day yesterday for boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, both of whom faced some tough crowds while they were out and about. the paper's headline is "heckle and hide". and buzzfeed covers the same story

with a more literal headline: "boris johnson finally visited flood—hit south yorkshire and it didn't go well." have a look at the inside pages. the potential postal strike before christmas. yesterday the high court ruled christmas post strike ruled illegal. the union vows to fight on. they are saying we will appeal this. they are saying we will appeal this. the workers at royal mail. the high court has said the technicalities on the ballot mean it was not a fair process and the strikes cannot go ahead. but they still think they might be able to get another appeal in before christmas and get another ballot in and potentially go on strike. it is not fully off the table. lots of football stories in the paper this morning but i want to show you this. the boss of manchester city's etihad campus, a huge 80 acre training ground hasn't lost hisjob for various reasons but

they say because the players are not happy with the temperature of the water in the showers among other things. do we know what the temperature is? we don't. it is not something i have personal experience. it is anything more annoying than not quite getting the right? a few problems at the training ground, which is state—of—the—art. it is literally like being on another planet, it is so posh. the showers can ruin your whole day. it set you off on the wrong... slightly too cold. there is a little thing you can turn. the temperature gauge. i would be very grateful for that. they are ok, aren't they? cold showers? all right. they will survive. a cold once in awhile is all right. it is not great when the water goes wrong in your shower, but there have been

various problem that the training ground and unfortunately somebody has lost theirjob. we are playing a game. charlie love the game. we are asking who does the most chores. you are enjoying this too much! christmas day with charlie. is it a christmas day with charlie. is it a christmas tyre? we are not changing the subject. we are asking who does the most chores in your house —— tie. we are talking to the author who says dividing up tasks fairly can be a key to a happy relationship. put them all on cards and we have all been given cards and charlie will go first and tell us with of the chores he does at home. what have you got on your card? no, you do your card. we're not moving you do your card. did he check them as to what the question is? here we go. laundry... am i involved in the laundry? sometimes. what does that mean? involved? next

one. let's move onto the next question. create the laundry? meals. do you cook? i do some cooking. the week a dinner, that is what it says. what about tuesday? we all want to be involved. lawn and plants? i love them. love looking at them. someone has to have the job of sitting up there and looking at them to enjoy it. charlie, you are not giving a great account of yourself. when this started... cani account of yourself. when this started... can i point out, when this began, this little thing, the idea was everyone was going to have a go. idea was everyone was going to have ago.i idea was everyone was going to have a go. i know we are almost... we are now having a go at you. that is what... tell us what you do. at least one other person has to answer. i have a good one. dishes. who does the dishes? the dishwasher. if you are lucky enough to have a

dishwasher, that is fantastic. you have to put the stuff in, unloaded. the other day when we interview those famous tennis players, roger federer cleared his own dishes. i bet you he empties the dishwasher. do you empty the dishwasher at home? it is time now... time to get the news, travel and weather. where you are. he does that bid. that is how we divvy it up here. enjoy. see you in a bit. good morning. i'm sonja jessup. campaigners in hackney claim controversial plans to close some local roads, partly aimed at cutting pollution, will in fact make the problem worse near some schools and nurseries. the council is consulting local people on plans to shut certain roads in stoke newington to stop them being used for rat run traffic, which has angered some. my little girl goes to this school so there is no escape

for her, really. she is playing in this playground, which will be tipped over the legal limit and she is sleeping on albion road, which will see an increase in traffic and pollution, so i am deeply worried about it. a court in new zealand's heard how the man accused of murdering essex backpacker grace millane told police how he struggled to put her body in a suitcase. the 27—year—old, who can't be named, claimed he panicked afterfinding grace wasn't breathing and denies murdering her. prosecutors have told auckland high court he strangled her in december last year after a tinder date. now, it's children in need tomorrow of course, and every year, londoners give so generously, helping charities across the capital. they include richard house, a children's hospice in east london, which supports young people with life limiting conditions. it's helped joshua and his family. when you said hospice, i was like, "no, it is not happening, we're not going there. my son is not ready to die yet."

but when i first came, i was like, ok, i saw the facilities, i saw how they interact with the kids and what they do and i thought, wow! let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a faulty train that's causing problems for the circle, district and hammersmith and city line. the district line is actually not running between high street, kensington and edgware road. meanwhile, more problems with faultyjubilee line trains, causing minor delays. this is the a40 — london—bound traffic is slower than usual from hillingdon towards the north circular at hanger lane. and in ealing, new broadway is closed between the high street and bond street after an accident. time for the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. it has been raining all night for most places and there have been some pretty heavy downpours around as well, so there's a lot of surface water on the roads and the pavements for a good while this morning. plenty of surface spray out there, some giant puddles and there

is a met office weather warning for heavy rain valid all day. for most places, it has started to ease as that rain band gradually pushes north, although it is a bit lighter and patchy and will last longest in northern and western counties, still some heavy bursts of it to come here and it will be followed on by some heavy showers as we head through this afternoon. so, watch out for those. a bit of brightness, but cloudiest and coolest towards western counties where we may not get past 4 or 5 degrees celsius. a bit of brightness in central london, 7 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, it will turn rather breezy, plenty of cloud, clear spells at first, and then showers pushing in from the east as we head into tomorrow morning. we should remain frost free, temperatures between 3 and 5 celsius. tomorrow, a chilly easterly wind, and your window and some showers at times. that's all for now. i'll be back in around half an hour. now, it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.

here is a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news: the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the village of fishlake, near doncaster, has been cut off by flooding, with hundreds of people being forced to leave their homes and businesses. a weather warning for rain is due to come into force around nottingham, sheffield and doncaster in the next few hours. 200 army soldiers are helping to bolster defences. we're england's northern cavalry, so you've got people who are based in and around the area. we've got guys from just down the road in castleford, et cetera. so it's their friends and family, kind of, so it's really got that close—to—home feel for us, helping out here. meanwhile, the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees after floodwaters submerged shops, homes and historical landmarks. luigi brugnaro says it will cost hundreds of millions of euros to repair the damage caused by the flooding, which reached the highest levels seen in the region for more than 50 years.

one of the most senior figures in the european union, donald tusk, has waded into the uk's general election campaign, warning voters not to give up on stopping brexit. the outgoing president of the european council is due to step down next month, and during a speech in bruges last night, he said his remarks were something he wouldn't have dared to say a few months ago as he could be fired for being too frank. after its departure, the uk will become an outsider, a second—rate player. one of my english friends is probably right when he says, with melancholy, that brexit is the real end of the british empire. the home secretary, priti patel, has claimed that immigration will fall if the conservatives win the election. it is not yet clear by how much or when this would happen. the party wants to extend a points—based system to determine who has the right to live and work in the uk. the conservatives have never achieved their promise, made in the last three elections, of cutting annual net migration

to below 100,000. a man who set the world record in 2017 for reaching the fastest speed in a jet engine—powered suit will attempt to soar into the record books again today as he tries to beat his own record. richard browning hopes to surpass his record of 32.02 mph as he flies over brighton pier at 8:00am this morning, marking guinness world records day 2019. that looks like so much fun. just so much fun. do you fancy that, charlie? zipping about?” much fun. do you fancy that, charlie? zipping about? ijust worry a little bit about stopping, that's all. you have to get the landing right, haven't you ? all. you have to get the landing right, haven't you? 8am he will try and break the record, so good luck to him. i don't fancy that at all, so good luck to him. but it could be

quite speedy on the pitch tonight for england, even though one particular person is missing. england play the 1,000th match in their history against montengro this evening, knowing they only need a point to reach the finals of the european championships. at the moment england have 568 wins, but they will be expected to add another to that total at wembley. their first opponents, scotland, have beaten them more than any other nation, 41 times, and no—one in the current squad is anywhere near peter shilton's whopping 125 caps. in fact, the nearest to him, raheem sterling, won't be adding to his 55 caps, as he has been dropped because of a row withjoe gomez which has dominated the build—up to the match. dropping sterling has been one of the most controversial decisions of gareth southgate's time in charge. i think i have to always look at what's the right thing for the team to perform, now and in the future, and ultimately that will be what's right for the country. so of course my decisions

are the only ones that get tested by the game, and the outcomes of the game, and what happens over the next months and years. manchester city's bernardo silva has been banned for one match and fined £50,000 over a tweet he sent to a teammate. he compared benjamin mendy to a cartoon character on a brand of chocolates, something an anti—racism group said enforced a racial 5tereoype. the fa accepted silva hadn't intended the comment to be racist. the former heavyweight world champion tyson fury says racism towards his traveller background was behind some of his controversial comments and has played a part in his mental health issues. fury has been criticised in the past for remarks he has made about women and homosexuality, but has written in a new book that he had felt like an outsider in his sport and was trying to compensate by playing the part of an outlaw.

i had lost the passion to be meself, so i'd be this character all the time. the mask would be on constantly. where i used to put the mask on for press conferences, boxing venues and boxing stuff, the mask would be welded to my face all the time now. and i knew, if i was to get back to normal and have a normal life again, and have any sort of life, then the mask would have to be taken off at some point. rafael nadal says he was super lucky to come from behind and beat daniil medvedev at the atp tourfinals in london. nadal came through over three pulsating sets. it is a result which keeps him in with a chance of reaching the semis. stefanos tsitsipas is already in the last four. he is the youngest player in the tournament, but he dominated his match with alexander zverev, winning in straight sets. hannah cockroft has won gold in the t34 800 metres at the world para athletics championships. this follows on from sophie hahn's second world record in two days. what's more, both of the records she has broken

were hers to start with. she added a gold in the t38 200 metres to the 100 metre title she won yesterday. and, for our last item, a goodbye. no—one says goodbye quite like the former manchester united and sweden striker zlatan ibrahimovic, who is leaving american side la galaxy. he's tweeted this message. the middle bit, to the galaxy fans, you wanted zlatan, i gave you zlatan. it is great. his original autobiography is a textbook in swedish schools. he has a really interesting background. it is a great tale, so i think the ego is all part of that whole thing he has

construct it. we will see you later, thank you very much. much of venice remains underwater after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and leaving tourists to wade through the rising water. st mark's square bore the brunt of the flooding, and the mayor of venice says the city is on its knees. we are joined now from venice by historian and broadcaster francesco da mosto. very good morning to you. i know this is a city that you know and love. i wonder, for viewers here in the uk, could you just first painted picture of what this flooding has been like? —— paint a picture of what this flooding has been like? —— painta picture. picture of what this flooding has been like? -- paint a picture. this flood, you know, this morning we wa ke flood, you know, this morning we wake up another time with the sirens, and it is sad to be here on tv for this other terrible event that happened, that could have been solved much before. i remember when

i was five years old, and there was the big flood of 1966. nothing has changed apart from having the sirens that tell us the water is coming. i remember when i was working on public works from 1994 to 1986! had to stop working on that thing, on public works, because they were cheating, they were making fake things. and in fact, after 25 years, the situation is still the same. nothing has changed. it is said that we have to say that we cannot trust, any more, the government. i know that all over the world we have a problem with heating, there will be more tornadoes. but we had a chance building these structures to save venice. and they say every two yea rs, venice. and they say every two yea rs , we venice. and they say every two years, we will finish in another two yea rs. years, we will finish in another two years. it is too much. yesterday the prime minister came here, the minister of public works came here,

the mayor of venice said they were doing something, but what are they doing? the mayor last yearjust wa nted doing? the mayor last yearjust wanted to build another channel inside the lagoon to put more cruise ships. all the people i was working with went to prison. 50 people, can you imagine? this is not the way. we have to start to be serious, and to think about how we can save this place. we have to think about not just making money. people may not be aware that you are an architect, amongst other things, so this is something you know a lot about. and you know a lot about the engineering in venice. it strikes me that what you are suggesting is that, when the flooding has gone down, everyone is going to pretend that there is not really a problem, and it will go quiet again. exactly. now is coming the son again. yesterday people came here from rome, from everywhere. i hope it is not as usual. we have a

songin hope it is not as usual. we have a song in italy which says words, words and words. and then now there is the son and everyone will forget it. but the barriers are rotting. the design, and how the mechanics... what is happening? i am really scared. i don't want them not finishing the barriers, because they wa nt to finishing the barriers, because they want to make the cruise ships to enter and to have more people in venice. i hope the situation is not really like this. it is sad to see that we had the chance to save venice, and instead, because of bureaucracy, corruption, we could not make it. it is really... i am really sorry to say that this mayor that we are having now is a very good mare for the land, but i think he doesn't have the knowledge of thinking that we are living in venice —— mayor. we are in the water, we are not in the land. we have to think to save the town, and not to think to have more people

coming in, because having more people is like when you have a television programme are just thinking of the number of people. that is not the right thing to do. thank you for taking the time to talk to us this morning. it has to be said looking behind you, everyone is thinking it looks a bit like business is usual, you see the canal boats and the work that goes on, it is such a beautiful place and has so many problems. thank you for talking to us this morning. thank you. hopefully next time the barrier will be finished. lovely to speak to you today. the sun is out there, and the danger is, that once again those images, and it looks beautiful, and the moment passes. words, words, words, is what he said. we saw the floods in venice and we have obviously had floods in the uk as well. the bad news is there is more

rain on its way, so more flood defences are going to be challenged. that's right, we are certainly looking at more rain today. there is a lot of weather to get through so i will start with the easy bits first stop first of all, there is a risk of ice across eastern scotland and also northumberland. if you are travelling, bear that in mind. it is a cold start, the coldest night of this autumn so far. dalwhinnie in scotla nd this autumn so far. dalwhinnie in scotland fell from —8 two —1. you will see the lion '5 share of any site comic sunshine today, albeit some showers blown in on the brisk wind, and some of those will be wintry. another cold day in prospect, and we have some rain. as we focus on the rain, it is courtesy of this weather front attached to this area of low pressure. it is not just producing rain, it is also producing some snow, mostly on the hills, but some of us have seen some of that snow at lower levels, and the met office has a weather warning out for south wales, also for the south midlands, herefordshire, stop

share, the cotswolds, for that snow until 10am this morning. so here is the rain. —— shropshire. these green splotches are where you are expecting heavy bursts of rain, and through the morning it moved south out of some of south wales. it remains across the midlands and moves away from the far south—east of england and parts of east anglia. and it heads up in through cambridgeshire, derbyshire, eventually into south yorkshire. so some of those areas are already flooded. as we head on through the rest of the day, behind that band of rain there will be some showers in the south—east, but ahead of it we hang on to brighter skies, with some sunshine, but still those snow showers on the hills. the black circles indicate wind gusts. we have brisk winds today, really wherever you are, perhaps not so much in the south—east, and they are coming from a cold direction, namely from the north or north east. if you are just stepping out, you get the picture,

wrap up warmly. through the evening and overnight, that band of rain continues to move to yorkshire and heading out through the north midlands and wales into the south—west. and all the time it is going to weaken and fragment. further showers following behind, and a lot of cloud for england and wales, so not as cold night as the one that has just gone. for northern ireland and for scotland there will be some clear skies, so temperatures will be lower in rural areas. you can see once again the risk of ice and untreated surfaces and also some frost. and still those wintry showers persist on the hills. so tomorrow for england and wales we start off on cloudy note, with patchy, showery rain moving towards the west, only to be replaced through the day by another band patchy rain and showers coming in from the south—east. for northern ireland and for scotland, away from these showers, something drier and brighter, but there will still be a fair bit of cloud around, and temperatures still below par for the time of year. into saturday, a cloudy day, the cloud thick enough

for some light rain and drizzle. later on we have a weather front coming in from the west, and temperatures again disappointing. it is not until the middle of next week we start to see temperatures returned to where they should be at stage in november. anna tomlinson from polda, when she came inforan anna tomlinson from polda, when she came in for an interview, she said all the actors have a certain look, all the actors have a certain look, a stare. they are standing on the cliff and looking out to sea. —— poldark. they have a name for the look. i think they called it the poldark stare. you gaze out to sea and it is a meaningful moment. how would you look at an alien? that is the thing! a war of the worlds starts this sunday on bbc

one. thejoke worlds starts this sunday on bbc one. the joke was worlds starts this sunday on bbc one. thejoke was how worlds starts this sunday on bbc one. the joke was how would you look if you saw an alien landing. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson met them on set and was given a lesson in how to stare at aliens. three, two, one...action! no—one would've believed in the early years of the 21st century there would be an alien invasion on the beach in merseyside. the tripod falls... on location for the new bbc series the war of the worlds. do you think it could be from mars? something can erupt from mars and end up in surrey? as soon as i walked onto the set, i thought, this is as big as any movie i've done. it's huge. robert carlyle plays the astronomer ogilvy. his first war of the worlds experience — jeff wayne's double album. we used to play it, and that tune is in my head. that's my earliest memories of war of the worlds — and richard burton's voiceover. the cameras on a lunch break. i can't work like this, i really can't. is it...a shooting star?

that's right, a shooting star. why have i got these glasses on? they're not real! i like them. this adds instant character. i look scientific. # the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one... rafe spall plays george, who has just left his wife and now has to flee aliens. something has arrived in england. when the aliens appear, is it tennis balls and socks and they'll all get stuck in later? there's lots of this sort of acting. ready? yeah. no, no, that's too much. too much. because you have to remember that the audience are going to be seeing it, so you don't need to sell it for them. 0k, 0k. so this is an... i've just done thejurassic park film and it turns out that seeing a dinosaur is pretty similar to seeing a tripod martian. this is all you have to do. yep.

0k. yeah, yeah, yeah. i could feel it off you. i didn't see it, but i could feel truth pumping off you. it's opening! next, the beach in the rain to see one of eleanor tomlinson's big scenes. she plays amy, a character not in the original book. and it is an interesting idea, taking a well—known story and putting a female lead into it. is this going to become more common? i hope so, i hope so. i think we're seeing more female leads coming to the forefront, which is fantastic for actresses like myself. you know, i think it's important that we see more for roles for women, more female directors, more female writers. it's a time for change, it's a time for that to start happening. somebody‘s got some clearing up to do. you ready to run into that sea? can't wait, yeah. make sure you get it on camera. yeah, absolutely. well, she wanted us to get it on camera, and we did.

just time for the day's final big explosion. dramatic scenery. the war of the worlds is on bbc one on sunday at 9pm. talking about a bit of a tradition now for retailers. spending big money on festive adverts. thejohn lewis advert has been released this morning. let's have a look. charlie, tell us the story. this year it's all about edgar the dragon who gets a bit too excited about christmas. it's a joint effort with supermarket waitrose filmed in budapest with about 100 extras. but they're not the only retailer to spend big bucks on christmas advertising,

spending across all ads is up to around £7 billion pounds this year. they are looking for the emotional reaction from charlie. do you need me to redo that with a little bit more emotion? it is fine. we will leave it for the professionals. it is big money. you are talking £6.8 billion spent on christmas advertising this year. that is up 5% on last year. the big changes online, now bigger than tv when it comes to spend. it is all trying to get us to buy products around christmas. some of it is really about getting an emotional connection to that brand. you talk about it year after year and month after month. with me now is rebecca waring from the video advertising technology company unruly. he spent quite a bit of time thinking and looking at christmas adverts. absolutely. ithink thinking and looking at christmas adverts. absolutely. i think! have seen them all over the past five yea rs. seen them all over the past five years. perfect person to speak to. you have seen thejohn lewis one

this morning? i watched it at six o'clock when it came out. what is your take. i think it is a return to form of last year's eltonjohn advert. this one has a lot of ingredients that people want to see, so the escapism, it is about community and a bit more universal. when we look at all of this year's ads, we see a few of them, a little snippet of a few of our supermarkets out there, they are all trying to do it now. have you noticed that when you look at iceland tied up with frozen, is there a running theme about emotions? every year it is a lwa ys about emotions? every year it is always about emotions. john lewis raised the bar quite a few years ago with the intense emotional responses that it can invoke. in terms of themes this year, i would say most of them are quite gentle, they are

quite escapist, quite a lot of magic and fantasy, quite a lot of focus on children, it is about children saving the day at christmas, that kind of innocence. when you sit down and look at the technology, and audience response to certain adverts, how do you know it will really make people tingle or cry have a knot in their stomach? there are two sides to interpreting people's responses. one is what they say explicitly, so we're asking people about the different psychological responses, how strongly did you feel? we are analysing the of their comments, what do they like about the video and there is the unconscious reaction you are trying to capture. we do that through facial coding technology. it is a web calm, —— webcam, they are recorded while they watch the video, if they are smiling, surprised, frowning, looking disgusted as well.“

smiling, surprised, frowning, looking disgusted as well. if they might have charlie's face that we saw, can you tell if inside, there isa saw, can you tell if inside, there is a different emotion going on they are maybe not revealing?” is a different emotion going on they are maybe not revealing? i didn't see what face charlie was pulling. the usual charlie face. technology is really sensitive so it picks up micro expressions. you don't have to bea micro expressions. you don't have to be a huge smile to recognise the reaction. in terms of the money spent and where it is spent, do you get different types of adverts made if you see more spend going online than on tv for example?” if you see more spend going online than on tv for example? i would say most people are going for online and tvjoint approach. most people are going for online and tv joint approach. something most people are going for online and tvjoint approach. something like thejohn tvjoint approach. something like the john lewis tvjoint approach. something like thejohn lewis add and in fact a lot of the adverts we have seen a quite epic, quite cinematic and mini movies. they still hit hard? we have had them for so long now, are you still going to get the reaction even though they look blockbuster? one of the things i would say online is on

a practical note a lot of people watching on their phone with the sound off and the music is an absolutely huge part of a lot of these ads and you have already seen people complaining about ads saying the tsonga too catchy. i need to get it out of my head already. —— the songs are too catchy. things like expressive acting, close—ups, a lot of those ads you will notice they have a soundtrack that they don't need subtitles to be understood. you can understand what it is trying to convey without words. is there a song is an ear worm for you this year? it would have to be the ikea advert. absolutely amazing.” year? it would have to be the ikea advert. absolutely amazing. i love that one. thank you very much. there you go. something somewhere, the idea is it will rock your boat. that is your idea. can we get an —— close—up to sean but my face for a micro expression? which advertisement are you watching

without? i would say that would be... maybe the m&s christmas jumper face. if only you knew... micro expressions. that is what it is all about. thank you very much. now we know. we have been talking to ben stokes and westlife. they a re been talking to ben stokes and westlife. they are joining been talking to ben stokes and westlife. they arejoining us. been talking to ben stokes and westlife. they are joining us. we will see you soon. good morning. i'm sonja jessup. campaigners in hackney claim controversial plans to close some local roads. —— some local roads, partly aimed at cutting pollution. will in fact make the problem worse near some schools and nurseries. the council is consulting local people on plans to shut certain roads in stoke newington to stop them being used for rat run traffic, which has angered some. my little girl goes to this school so there is no escape

for her, really. she is playing in this playground, which will be tipped over the legal limit and she is sleeping on albion road, which will see an increase in traffic and pollution, so i am deeply worried about it. a court in new zealand's heard how the man accused of murdering essex backpacker grace millane told police how he struggled to put her body in a suitcase. the 27—year—old, who can't be named, claimed he panicked afterfinding grace wasn't breathing and denies murdering her. prosecutors have told auckland high court he strangled her in december last year after a tinder date. now, it's children in need tomorrow of course, and every year, londoners give so generously, helping charities across the capital. they include richard house, a children's hospice in east london. it's helped joshua and his family. when you said hospice, i was like, "no, it is not happening, we're not going there. my son is not ready to die yet." but when i first came, i was like, ok, i saw the facilities, i saw how they interact with the kids and what they do and i thought, wow!

let's take a look at the travel situation now. lots of trouble on the tube — the circle, district and hammersmith and city lines all affected by a faulty train. the district line is actually not running between high street kensington and edgware road. the jubilee line also has minor delays. and the overground now is suspended between sydenham and west croydon. meanwhile, there's no southern or thameslink service between new cross gate, norwood junction and crystal palace. on the a40 — london—bound traffic is slower than usual from hillingdon towards the north circular at hanger lane. time for the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. it has been raining all night for most places and there have been some pretty heavy downpours around as well, so there's a lot of surface water on the roads and the pavements for a good while this morning. plenty of surface spray out there, some giant puddles and there is a met office weather warning for heavy rain valid all day. for most places, it has started to ease as that rain band gradually

pushes north, although it is a bit lighter and patchy and will last longest in northern and western counties, still some heavy bursts of it to come here and it will be followed on by some heavy showers as we head through this afternoon. so, watch out for those. a bit of brightness, but cloudiest and coolest towards western counties where we may not get past 4 or 5 degrees celsius. a bit of brightness in central london, 7 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, it will turn rather breezy, plenty of cloud, clear spells at first, and then showers pushing in from the east as we head into tomorrow morning. we should remain frost free, temperatures between 3 and 5 celsius. tomorrow, a chilly easterly wind, and your window and some showers at times. i'll be back in around half an hour. bye for now.

good morning, and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the pressure's on. the army prepares fresh defences for flood hit parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the mayor of venice warns that the city is on its knees after the worst flooding for more than 50 years. "don't give up on stopping brexit". donald tusk, the outgoing president of the european council, sends a message to british voters. raheem sterling will be a notable absentee as england play their 1,000th match tonight. it's been 146 years

with one trophy and plenty of tears. winning the world cup, his headingley heroics, and protecting his family from the press. we hear from england cricketer ben stokes. to be not expose like that, but to be the centre of attention because they are a family member or someone is in the public eye isjust disgusting. # say my name. westlife are back with a new album, with a helping hand from ed sheeran. they'll be here after 8 o'clock to tell us how it happened. we have rain and mostly hill snow across parts of southern england this morning but that will move across areas that have already been flooded, the rain that is, as we go through the course of the day. further north a risk of ice, sunshine, some frost and hill snow to look forward to as well. more in

15 minutes. it's thursday 14th november. our top story. the army is preparing fresh defences for flood—stricken parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the village of fishlake near doncaster has been cut off by flooding, with hundreds of people being forced to leave their homes and businesses. a yellow weather warning for rain is due to come into force around nottingham, sheffield and doncaster in the next few hours. breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. our how does it work? for the barrier, there is basically the a—frame we put in place underneath we put the lining on top and then we clip it down with the clips and then

there is a big chain at the bottom to weigh it down to make sure the water doesn't go underneath. we are the english northern cavalry so we have people around the area from down the road in castleford, so it's their friends down the road in castleford, so it's theirfriends and down the road in castleford, so it's their friends and family, so it's got that close to home feel. but for many it is too little, too late. it's not the first time we've been flooded but it's the first time the village has been flooded but we've had this for the last five or six years but nobody listens. we are fighting a losing battle. it's devastating. my friends have lost everything and it is awful. people just cannot get out. we are stuck here. my little boy cannot go to school. at saint cuthberts church the donations kept coming. food, clothes and bedding all available to those who needed it. you feel a lump in your throat and you don't really wa nt to ta ke in your throat and you don't really want to take things because other people are suffering more than you are. what have you managed to get? mainly breakfast off because we have the rented accommodation that we got

laced last night and we don't have anything the children and we need to start eating properly. jess has been busy checking in with her neighbours. are you all right, mary? they are doing another hot meal at the pub tonight, do you want me to bring you some? 47 years in this house but i've been in the village near the church for 72 years. you've never seen anything like this? never anything like this. you are chucking stuff out and everything you pick up is wet through. do you feel let down? we do feel let down. like i said, we started flooding on friday night and we didn't get sandbags delivered till half 11 on saturday night by which point the diamond —— damage had been done. six days since the flooded starting and fear that heavy rain will come again on fall saturated ground. our cameras are

live there in fishlake and we will be talking to some of the residents about how they are coping and their concerns and we will hear from carol because there is more rain expected over the —— next couple of days and we will be there in the next few minutes. meanwhile, the mayor of venice says the city is "on its knees" after floodwater submerged shops, homes and historical landmarks. luigi brugnaro says it will cost hundreds of millions of euros to repair the damage. flooding reached the highest levels in the region for more than 50 years. our reporter ben ando has more. as the waters fell a little in st mark's square last night, venice had a moment to reflect on the devastating impact of a high tide and civic failure. the six—foot floodwaters were the highest for 50 years, surging through the 12th century crypt beneath the basilica as streets become canals and the merchants of venice were left to count the cost. the city should be protected.

a giant ring of 78 gates and dams was started in 2003, but has become mired in corruption and delay. last night italia's prime minister, giuseppe conte, said that had to end. translation: we have spent a lot. there have been lots of controversies and so many scandals in the past. what should we do? if we consider public interest and everything that's at stake, the only decision is that we have to complete this in the fastest and most effective way. 80% of the city is submerged. venice hasjust 50,000 inhabitants, but takes in 36 million visitors every year. a city drowning in its own popularity, and possibly the inexorable impact of a changing climate. and another high tide is expected later this morning. one of the most senior figures in the european union, donald tusk, has waded into the uk's general election campaign, warning voters not to "give up" on stopping brexit.

the outgoing president of the european council is due to step down next month and during a speech in bruges last night, he said his remarks were something he "wouldn't have dared to say a few months ago", as he "could be fired for being too frank". after its departure, the uk will become an outsider, a second—rate player. one of my english friends is probably right when he says, with melancholy, that brexit is the real end of the british empire. we're joined now from westminster by our political correspondent jonathan blake. on the roof for the balcony at millbank, a glorious day, i think, jonathan but donald tusk making his thoughts clear as he leaves his post. it is chilly but at least it's not raining. donald tusk giving up any semblance of impartiality with just a few weeks left in his job as

president of the eu council which represents the heads of government of all eu member states, wading into the brexit debate at this key stage, during a general election campaign and you heard him there, warning that the uk could become a second rate player if brexit goes ahead and urging those who want to stop it to not give up and he compared the brexit process to a football match saying we'd had extra time, added time and it could yet go to penalties. for some that will be something to cling to, for others, it will sound like a nightmare. obviously. the divisions continue on that one. the conservatives have been talking about immigration. is there much clarity on whether we will see numbers drop, rise, or switch, or in what way? a bit more clarity from the conservatives. priti patel said under a conservative government immigration would fall, and that is a shift, because in recent days and weeks as

the election campaign has got under way on the key topic of immigration, conservative ministers have not had an answer whether immigration would go an answer whether immigration would 9° up an answer whether immigration would go up or down or stay the same if they got into power. while we have that effort to reduce immigration there is very little details from there is very little details from the conservatives about how they plan to do it and how much. we know they want an australian point space system to replace the freedom of movement allowed under eu rules under brexit but we don't have much detail on how that is going to work. same goes for labour, by the way as we are yet to hear what their immigration policy will be and there isa immigration policy will be and there is a negotiation in the party to stick to the broad principle agreed at the conference to allow eu member state nationals to come here to live and work and whether the party should take a harder line than that. we will have to wait until the ma nifestos we will have to wait until the manifestos come out in the next week or so to see the details of both

parties policies. i know you will pore over them for us. jonathan blake, thank you. you can find out what each party is promising to do, on the issues that matter to you, in our general election policy guide. it's at bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app. many sporting careers contain their share of ups and downs, but few can match the highs and lows that have come the way of england cricketer, ben stokes. from a brawl outside a nightclub in bristol to hero of the cricket world cup, he's been talking to dan about glory on the field, the support of his family and press intrusion. good evening, england have won the men's cricket world cup in one of the most extraordinary games ever played. former england captain andrew strauss is calling it the greatest game of cricket in history. the 50 overs ended in a draw, it we nt the 50 overs ended in a draw, it went to a super over which is effectively a penalty shoot out in

cricket and it ended with england being crowned world champions for the very first time. i thought we'd lost it and it was all over and i had my head in my hands. that is the greatest one—day cricket match of all time. with what we managed to achieve this summer, even through the world cup, we all started noticing that we were getting sort of spoken to a bit more in the street or going out for dinner.” think that comes from what we managed to do, notjust as a one—day team, but a test team as well. it was something we wanted to do, reach out to a new set of fans and get people falling in love with cricket again. as well as winning the world cup in the ashes, we wanted to do that, but we know that we have achieved the goal of making cricket big again and we are very proud of it. going back to the game against new zealand, can you remember it clearly a nd new zealand, can you remember it clearly and you still go through it in your head? i guess that you do, and i've watched it back. be honest,

how many times? quite a few. but there's certain bits you don't remember, you see it for the first time and! remember, you see it for the first time and i don't even know what happened there but there's other bits you get reminded off from watching it on tv and officer you don't get to see that side of it when you are out in the middle or when you are out in the middle or when you are spectating because there's so many different camera angles, the commentary, you don't get to hear that when you are watching, so even though i know what happens it is still nerve—racking watching it. reading the book, you don't seem to be worried or nervous in that arena, when all the pressure is on and actually you sort of thrive there. how have you managed to do that? the only time in the gamei to do that? the only time in the game i started to get a panic on, in my tummy and my head, was the last over, when the first two balls were docks. all the time building up to that last over, as i say, i thought, just be here at the end, the last

over, even if it is 15 required, as it was, we have a better chance with me being here than someone of of the tail—enders. me being here than someone of of the tail-enders. talking about the celebrations of the end and there is one story about you avoiding oppose mass press conference by feigning being completely gone with alcohol. it's trying to get people who don't understand what goes on the field and you see the celebrations and stuff like that, but it's trying to get people into the moment that we had there and i thought it was crucial, and i will tell you everything can happen after a game finishes, like a world cup final, and if you do well, how everybody wa nts and if you do well, how everybody wants you. i missed the singsong with the barmy army because i had to do an interview and i eventually got to the changing rooms with everybody and theirand to the changing rooms with everybody and their and then it was, right, you are on, go downstairs and i thought, no, i'm not missing this. i had to do that. as you say, you may

never, ever experienced those moments ever again, so i wasn't missing it. the world cup final was one incredible day at the end of a long tournament. that time at headingley, do you rank that above what happened here? can you rank them? are they completely different experiences? i can't choose. ifi was asked to do it again, i could not pick. i've been asked this of you times, and it's like choosing between two threes under six. i can't pick which one i preferred. the only difference is at the end of lord's there was something to show for it in the world cup trophy, but one day i might have a favourite. at this moment in time i cannot split the two. it's been a brilliant cricketing year but also a year when you have been on both front back pages. while some of what has been written about you and what happened in bristol, that people know about, was any of that in your mind during the world cup final and the ashes,

trying to find redemption in some way? that word redemption has been flying around. does it annoy you when you hear it? it doesn't annoy me because i understand it and it was a good story, like steve smith coming back in and having an amazing ashes series, but from my point of view, i don't see it like that at all. i see it as me going out, doing as good as i can to help my team win games. i don't see as i'm not doing it... it's not prove you wrong type thing. no, nothing like that. another thing a lot of people admire is the support of your family, whether that is clear, your kids, your mum and dad in new zealand, and thatis your mum and dad in new zealand, and that is something you have been keen to talk about and reflect on the book —— that is claire. without those sacrifices you would not be here talking about an amazing few months. you need a support unit that will be with you and back you

through thick and thin and that is what family and friends are. and they like you and love you for the person you are, notjust because you're an international cricketer. and without support things can go pear shaped quickly. because of who you are, there's been stuff written about you. was that an affront to the people you have spoken about, the people you have spoken about, the people you love? people can say what they want about me, i'm used to it, but, when it's about family who did not deserve to be, not expose like that, but to be the centre of attention because they are a family member or someone related to someone in the public eye is just disgusting and when it's your own family, no matter who you are, you just don't go there. can you still lead a normal life? has it meant trips out

with the kids or visits to restau ra nts, with the kids or visits to restaurants, whatever you do as a normal person, has that changed forever do you think? no, it still normal. you just get people coming up normal. you just get people coming up and saying well done, can i have a picture, which is nice. the kids are starting to get aware of it now and are quite funny about it. the other day we got stopped in the metrocentre by these three lads who wa nted metrocentre by these three lads who wanted to say well done and my daughter said, do you want a picture of my daddy? she's getting used to it. it's been a real pleasure talking to you. cheers. must be nice to have that moment in sport and people just want to say well done. absolutely. he's got quite a funny sense of humour, i was looking at his twitter feed and his dad has tweeted, to my amazing wife, wishing you a very happy birthday for tomorrow. and ben stokes said is amazing she is, you problem could

have waited till tomorrow. ben's book is called ‘on fire: my story of england's summer to remember‘. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. how are you, carol? very well, charlie. good morning to you both and to you as well. a lot of weather to get through today, so we will show you some pictures and it's raining in buckinghamshire, but not just it's raining in buckinghamshire, but notjust in it's raining in buckinghamshire, but not just in buckinghamshire it's raining in buckinghamshire, but notjust in buckinghamshire as there isa notjust in buckinghamshire as there is a band of rain extending from south wales to the midlands over to east anglia which is now moving out of london and kent but has produced some snow. most of the snow has been in the hills and that's been in somerset and we also had some snow as well in gloucestershire but not just exclusively because there is a met office weather warning for snow, mostly met office weather warning for snow, m ostly o n met office weather warning for snow, mostly on the hillsborough also covering south wales, shropshire, gloucestershire, wiltshire and some snow in parts of somerset as well

and also the cotswolds, so if you're travelling, take extra care. with the rain, which has been heavy overnight, some large puddles, surface water and spray to watch out for as well. a cold day and we just had the coldest nice this autumn as temperatures fell to 8.1 —— —8.1 had the coldest nice this autumn as temperatures fell to 8.1—— —8.1 in dalwhinnie and that cold will be around all day and the pressure is pivoting on where we have the rain across south wales and the midlands and the south—east, this end of it, the eastern end will start to move north but it is this end in south wales will move southwards so in the south—west of england you will see more rain as we go through the day and we will hang onto it in the midlands but it will move away from the south—east but continue to push through nottingham5hire, derbyshire, lincolnshire and eventually getting as far north as south yorkshire. wherever you see green or yellow on the chart, that tells you you can expect heavy bursts of rain and

u nfortu nately expect heavy bursts of rain and unfortunately this will fall over some of the areas where we have issues with flooding. as we head through the day on the band of rain continues to push north, behind it it will brighten up a touch with showers but ahead of it for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, yes, some showers, wintry on the hills but there is also dry weather and sunshine. these black circles indicate the strength of the wind, so it will be a gusty day with brisk winds coming from the north or north—east, a cold direction for us, and adding that to the low—temperature is for the time of year it will feel cold wherever you are. heading through the evening and overnight, a band of rain moves further north and you could see hill snow coming out of that but it will start to weaken and fragment a touch. behind it, a lot of cloud and showers but not as cold as the night just gone and ahead of it there will be some showers, wintry on the hills but also clear skies, so in the

sheltered glens and parts of northern england and northern ireland we could see a touch of frost. the other thing is we could also see a risk of ice on untreated surfaces like this morning. on friday, a messy picture, england and wales cloudy with patchy rain pushing down the west coast but we also have more patchy rain and showers coming in across the south—east through the day. through scotla nd south—east through the day. through scotland and northern ireland, brighter skies with fewer showers but temperatures below average for november. as we head through saturday, a lot of cloud and it's thick enough to produce patchy rain or drizzle and the next weather front waiting in the wings to bring in rain but not particularly heavy through the outer hebrides and western parts of northern ireland. still low this stage in november and sundays cloudy, damp at times with rain and drizzle and also some hill snow and temperatures nothing to write home about. it's not until the middle of next week that we start to see temperatures get back to where they should be at this stage in november. carol, thank you.

carol talking about the rain. let's go back to south yorkshire and to the village of fishlake, which as we know has been devastated by flooding over the past few days. tim muffett is there for us this morning to see how people are coping with the aftermath. the rain has just started the rain hasjust started in the last few minutes, as forecast and yesterday there were more sandbags that were put in place, more flood barriers and this rain is falling on saturated ground, and as you can see behind me the roads are still covered in water and the levels have dropped, which is good news. let's have a chat to palmer and scott, pam, you run a local business and i know you've been upset and we've seen you on a few news reports. how are you feeling at the moment? from the heartbreak of devastation we have all felt, you have to find some resilience and ask for answers and plea for the help that we desperately need to try to get back to normal after the devastation and

the devastating effects of that amount of rain. is normality returning on anyway? no. i have to say no, of course it's not, because evenjust getting say no, of course it's not, because even just getting into the village is difficult at the moment unless you can travel in a 4x4. but that is what we are working on, to get the help, the pumps are in on the water is pumping and overnight you can tell the water levels have dropped and it is concerning there is more rain forecast today and it's reassuring when the army came in yesterday and how quickly they got the barriers built which was fantastic and before they leave today i will get them down to jubilee bridge and we will get them to fix that. they will have it fixed overnight. joking apart, we need the investment now into here. we desperately need it. once the rainwater has gone and people are backin rainwater has gone and people are back in their homes, we can't allow this to happen again. the environment agency have to sit up and listen to what the farmers around this area have been saying for a long time, listen to what they are saying. and the environment

agency have been on site today and say they are going to address some of those issues. and doncaster council who have been under criticism, they say they have set up nine community hubs and handed out 31,000 sandbags and are working around the clock to offer support. enough? too late but we have to move forward now. they gave a statement in the cobra meeting that these things were all in place but we did not know about it. they were not told us. the sandbags weren't in evidence here or they were dumped and nobody delivered them. as we have just witnessed now, about five lorries coming in from doncaster council with huge amounts of sandbags. thoughts about that i will keep to myself at the moment. thanks very much. scott, you run the local pub and it's become a community hub for people to come and share their ways. how is everyone bearing up? it's been great. we've still got gas and electric so we've made sure people are warm and have hot meals.

like pam said, the frustration is there's not been any help from the local authorities. from monday we have had more help in terms of other businesses starting to help with the hot meals and rapid response teams, but the spirit around here is fantastic. everybody has chipped in and helped and is supporting us and what we are doing and vice versa, so it's been fantastic. the prime minister had visited yesterday and other politicians have been involved and they have said the bright —— response had been too slow. how do you feel about politicians getting involved? my personal view is that the politicians are involved for their own the politicians are involved for theirown gain. the politicians are involved for their own gain. boris brought a box into the church yesterday, but for me that was more of a photo opportunity. he never came to the hare and hounds to see how we were doing and what we have been up to and what the people around us have been doing, so, you know, if he sticks by his word and get something

done, then so be it. but i will eat my words, and at the minute the promises have been made previously, ed miliband came and did the same and they have backed down on what they said they would do.” and they have backed down on what they said they would do. i do hope things get back to normal. the rain is starting. thanks to both of you and fingers crossed. sandbags in place and the army were here yesterday putting up flood barriers in the hope is that if there is more rain than some of that water can be held back from the village because thatis held back from the village because that is what did not happen at the weekend which led to, well, you can see behind me. a good time for you to come in, tim, if the rain is starting thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. westlife coming on the sofa. he's been listening to them all morning.

hello. some heavy and persistent rainfor hello. some heavy and persistent rain for parts of england and wales today. an area of low pressure and corresponding weather front bringing some heavy rain, persistent rain, also falling as sleet and snow over high ground at times. it's tending to pivot as we move through the day, parts of the midlands seeing some heavy and persistent rain through the day, gradually working its way south, further west, pushing gradually north and east. heavy and persistent at times, working into areas that have a course recently seen flooding. behind that we are seeing something brighter coming

through, the potential for sharp, possibly thundery showers, some sunny spells, a scattering of showers for scotland and northern ireland, far north of northern england, showers in the north and east could be wintry. feeling cool particularly when you add in the brisk north north easterly breeze. going through tonight, rain pushing further north, feeding through parts of wales, the rain tending to fizzle away, i think we will see a scattering of showers elsewhere across england and wales, their amount of cloud but further north with clear spells temperatures dipping. here's how it looks as we move into friday. we still have the cool move into friday. we still have the cool, brisk north north—easterly breeze, holding onto the cool feel for things, their amount of cloud across england and wales from the word go, some shrubbery and bricks of ring gradually working their way west through the day. the best of the brightness to be found further north, northern ireland, scotland, some showers raised in scotland, they could be wintry over high ground. damage is reaching a maximum

of nine or 10 degrees. as we move through into the weekend, not a great deal of change to come, their amount of cloud, there will be further spells of rain, temperatures staying a bit disappointing for the time of year. goodbye.

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