to help my team win games. the other thing i think a lot of people admire is the support of your family. you need a support unit that's going to be with you and back you through thick and thin, and that's what family are, that's what friends are, and they like you, they love you for the person that you are, they don't love you just because you're an international cricketer. because of who you are there has been stuff written about you. was that an affront to those people that you've spoken about, the people that you love? people can say what they want, you know, about me. i'm used to it, but, you know, when it's about family, who just do not deserve to be — not exposed like that, but to be the centre of attention around because they are a family member or someone is in the public eye, is just disgusting, and when it's your own family, like, no matter who you are people attack your family, yeah,

you just don't go there. ben stokes speaking to dan walker there. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. some of us woke up to snowfall and some of it is still there but mostly now over the hills but the rain is coming down thick and fast. in amongst all that rain and snow, we've got some beautiful sunshine. this was edinburgh earlier. visible on the satellite picture here but this swathe of cloud unfortunately brings rain to those areas already severely flooded and there's more to come. there are met office yellow warnings for rain in this part of the world and there are numerous flood warnings still. in fact, the numbers are now rising across the midlands, particularly warwickshire and oxfordshire to the could be some nasty conditions if you are travelling. the river levels are

rising quickly and flowing fast. for the next few hours you can see that rain with as across the midlands, very little letup towards the southwest and northeast, pivoting further north—westwards as we go through the day, another 20 to 30 millimetres forecast. either side would cut sunshine and showers, wintry over the hills in the north, this wintry over the hills as well. whenever you are, it's cold because of the strong wind particularly in the north. that wind will prevent temperatures following quite as low as last night but still low enough across scotland, enough for icy patches. that rain band will hopefully start to fragment so the rain turns more patchy and hopefully lighter by tomorrow. hopefully some improvement. however, there will still be showers around, showery rain, lots of cloud, the best of the brightness and sunshine across the northwest of scotland to dig a northern ireland but they will be further the showers some significant rain and more significant rain into the east later and given the strength of that northeasterly wind

and one direction, it will feel chilly. that chilly air stays with us chilly. that chilly air stays with us through the weekend, so does low pressure with various weather fronts trying to work there way in, one or two of the atlantic as well. not what we need. sunday is a similar picture, a lot of cloud around, perhaps something heavier again heading towards parts of northeast england and the midlands. again, we might see cloud for western scotland and northern ireland at times but we will see temperatures are staying below average and a lot of cloud right the way through the weekend with more u nsettled way through the weekend with more unsettled weather next week. that's all from us.

good afternoon. it's 1.33pm and here's your latest sports news. it's a big night for england, the match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1000th international fixture, much of the build—up, of course, has centred on raheem sterling who's been dropped tonight for disciplinary reasons. gareth southgate‘s team only need a draw to qualify for the european championship next summer. they finish their campaign in kosovo on sunday, so there is a second chance should they slip up but it promises to be a historic night as they celebrate the landmark 1000th match and the manager is well aware of those who have gone before him when you look at the names, sir alf ramsey, sir bobby robson, and that the managers that i've played for who i have had enormous respect for and what a big part of england's history, that is something that is of huge pride for myself and my family. i'm always conscious of that.

joe root says he and new coach chris silverwood have a two year plan to win back the ashes in australia. england's test captain says the team will be changing their approach and will try to bat longer and be more patient with the ball in an attempt to regain the urn. the series in the summer was drawn with australia but that was all austrlia needed to take the ashes down under. it's been grey opportunity to have real clarity on how we want to take the team forward. —— it has been a great opportunity. we are very aligned on that and want to do everything we can to be in the best shape possible to go to australia and win, we want to be competitive in the test championship as much as possible and fire up the rankings to become the number one team.

there's been more success for great britain's hannah cockcroft at the world para athletics championships this morning. she's won her second gold of championships in dubai, setting a championship record in the 800m. 18 year old kare adenegan took silver in a british one—two. this is what i needed. i needed to come here and remind myself what i love doing and why i love doing it. i'm not afraid to say i love it because i love it when i win! it's really done that, it has motivated me. the girls are not quite as far away as i would like them to be, but i have worked hard and got quicker. scottish rugby union has accepted a £70,000 fine and expressed regret over their conduct at the world cup. the penalty was handed down for criticism of the threatened cancellation of scotland's final pool game against hosts japan. the match was in doubt because of a typhoon that hit the country. chief executive mark dodson hinted at legal action if the match was called off. it was ruled that he had "brought the game into disrepute". scotland lost the match and failed to qualify for the quarter—finals.

catriona matthew is going to captain the european solheim cup team again. the 50—year—old scot led her team to victory over the united states on home soil at gleneagles in september.she will be lead them once again against the usa at inverness golf club in ohio, in 2021. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. henry becoming the manager at montreal will be coming up. rain is falling in flood—hit parts of south yorkshire and it is expected to intensify throughout the afternoon.

a yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham — and will last until the early hours of friday morning. hundreds of people have had to leave their homes in the village of fishlake. and the environment agency is warning of property flooding in parts of warwickshire, where around 20 schools are closed. earlier, james mitchinson, editor of the yorkshire post spoke to the bbc, saying the region has been ignored by the government for too long. west yorkshire local authorities are still owed £20 million that was promised back in 2016 and that hasn't been delivered. the headline we ran at the time was "indefensible". and it is indefensible that this government is still in the red to our region when it comes to investing in flood protection. what exactly was that money supposed to be spent on them? a variety of things. it's land management, it could be river management. a whole variety of things. that's for the experts to determine, not for me.

the fact remains that without the investment, we remain exposed to the kind of devastation that you see along the river don this last week. you mentioned boris johnson, his response to this. perhaps you would give us in a little bit more detail your thoughts on how he has reacted because there's been quite a lot of criticism, hasn't there? well, if i tell you one individual told me the prime minister has responded akin to one of lord sugar‘s worst apprentices. set a relatively straightforward task for any leader, really, let alone the leader of a developed nation, and he's been found wanting. the people of the don valley, the people affected, theyjust feel it's too little too late. he's not come out of this very well. the prime minister has declared he needs the votes

of constituencies like don valley, he needs the votes of communities like those affected by the floods in yorkshire and yet when those communities needed the prime minister, took him a week to respond. he should have been there sooner? you should have been there much sooner, yeah. and what that's created is a vacuum for his opponents in the run—up to the general election to... you know, make themselves look credible. but thatjeremy corbyn was able to write a letter and retweet the front page of the yorkshire post where we carried the headline "this is not a national emergency"... you know, mrjohnson could have acted much quicker. he could have been proactive. he could have been on the front foot. as i said, i tweeted a couple of days ago. people in communities across the north who mrjohnson needs in this election will see the way he's responding to these floods as a proxy for how he might treat them the future. as you cover the stories of people whose homes and whose businesses have been so badly affected by this flooding, that's obviously something that you're going to be doing

for a very long time, as people try to pick up the pieces... do you think... it's really tricky... i'm looking back to when you the floods in 2016, the end of 2015 at the beginning of 2016, how difficult is it for people to recover from that? it takes a very long time, doesn't it? it does take a very long time. butjust focusing on the here and now, you'll have heard the sound bite of a young mum talking about a little girl who's got no shoes to wear to get to school. if you boil it down to how it will really impact on families, those families who are affected, they don't really care about two alpha politicians competing for attention about who's done the right thing and who's done the wrong thing, they're looking for support, for people to be there for them and help them to recover in the here and now. how long does it take to repair the damage? years.

sometime some families never really get over it. and let's not forget, some insurance companies will withdraw their protection from homes that are hit by the worst of the flooding, so they can't ensure their belongings. and, indeed, on this occasion, we're coming across families who have lost everything and have no insurance. some families never get over it. so they want somebody to listen, somebody to show them that they care? ithink... i think they want that. but, listen, yorkshire folk are a proud bunch and i don't think people necessarily care about the colour of the rosettes, when they're experiencing the kind of trauma they're experiencing with this kind of flood. politics is irrelevant. they'rejudging people on the merits of their actions and on the merits of their intentions. and for the prime minister to almost have to be bullied into responding by the yorkshire post's "this is not a national emergency" headline, jeremy corbyn‘s letter and, frankly, the sound bites from broadcasters like yourselves, showing the devastation, the fact that he's had to be bullied into going along to south yorkshire, it doesn't reflect well.

and you can see in some of the pictures that you guys are broadcasting, he's really getting heckled, he's getting ha rangued, he's getting a hard time. people didn't want to see the prime minister sloshing a mop around a shop in the peak district. james... they wanted to see the prime minister chairing a cobra meeting and responding in the way that they felt was appropriate. the burning of plastic waste in indonesia, much of which has been sent there by the west, is poisoning the food chain, the victoria derbyshire programme has learned. environmental group ipen found, in one eastjava village, toxic dioxins in chicken eggs 70 times the level allowed by european safety standards. long—term exposure to the chemicals is linked to cancer, damage to the immune system and developmental issues. louie lee—ray reports.

parts of indonesia are awash with plastic waste. last year, indonesia imported almost 300,000 tonnes of plastic packaging. some of it is recycled, but much of the lower quality household plastic waste is dumped. huge piles are building up outside villagers‘ houses. leftover plastic needs to be gotten rid of, so it's burnt or sold to tofu food factories as fuel.

but the cheap plastic is releasing highly toxic chemicals, which are making it into the food chain. researchers from an environmental group tested the eggs from free range chickens that live here. results revealed levels of toxic chemicals that are 70 times over the european safe levels in food. the results of our research is one of the most shocking results that we have ever had. especially in indonesia. we never have this kind of results before. you wouldn't get ill eating the odd egg. but long—term exposure to these chemicals, known as dioxins, can cause reproductive and developmental issues, damage the immune system and also cause cancer. that's according to the world health organization.

the government is now stopping some containers of contaminated waste entering the country. but campaigners say more needs to be done to prevent burning from taking place. the headlines on bbc news: doctors warn hospitals are "imploding" as delays in a&e in england hit their worst recorded level with more patients than ever on waiting lists. the conservatives say they'll cut "immigration overall" to the uk after brexit if they win the election — but they won't give any targets. labour is promising to close the gender pay gap by 2030. president trump has said he can't remember a phone call at the centre of new revelations from the first public hearings of his impeachment inquiry. mr trump is accused of abusing his power by asking ukraine to investigate a political rival. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports from washington.

i'm too busy to watch anything. it is a witch—hunt, a hoax. president trump may have made an point of ignoring the impeachment inquiries, but across america people were watching. in washington, some bars even opened early to screen the hearing, as us networks cleared the schedules to show the showdown. breaking news tonight. a bombshell revelation, as historic public hearings begin in the impeachment enquiry. for the first time in public, two leading us diplomats spoke of their concerns that the president was prepared to suspend military aid to ukraine unless its government launched an investigation into his potential us president rivaljoe biden and his son, hunter. and there was a new allegation, that in a phone call, donald trump himself had pressed the us ambassador to the eu to push for the probe. following the call with president trump, the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what president trump

thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden... at a news conference with turkey's president erdogan, mr trump was deeply dismissive of proceedings. are you talking about the witch—hunt? is that what you're talking about? i hear it is a joke. i have not watched. i have not watched for one minute. but this hearing was only the start. many other witnesses are lined up to give evidence in the full glare of publicity, putting the president's actions under scrutiny. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. pro—democracy demonstrators in hong kong have barricaded themselves in at university campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. protests have now paralysed parts of hong kong for a fourth successive day. a police spokesman said the demonstrators had taken what he described as another step towards terrorism.

all schools have been ordered to close for the week. in four weeks, 50,000 polling stations around the uk will be open for people to 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. our reporterjon kay has been to meet some of those affected. singing four weeks to go. this school in morcombe will be a polling station so their nativity has to be rearranged. 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 to say 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. so, just to be clear, that's janice‘s christmas lunch that will be held on the 11th, but the election is, of course, on the 12th of december.

steven spielberg, orson welles and jeff wayne have all had their go at making the sci—fi classic war of the worlds. this sunday, a new three part version, set in edwardian england, lands on bbc one, 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 aliens. three, two, one...action! no—one would've believed in the early years of the 21 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 camera's 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 1 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. i could feel it off you. i didn't see it, but i could feel the truth pumping off you. it's opening! next, formby 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 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. now it's time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. some of us woke up to a light dusting of snow this morning which shows how cold the air is at the moment. this is the band of cloud that brought sunshine to the south of the snow and sunshine to the north but this is a band of rain primarily and the concern as it is following in those areas already severely flooded so we are starting to see the flood warnings creeping up once again across the midlands stop is going to affect lincolnshire

and yorkshire once again throughout the rest of the day. we could see another 20 to 30 millimetres of rain and what has been a very wet autumn so far continues so again there are warnings from the met office because of the fast flowing floodwaters the rivers and lots of spray and standing water is. to the north, wintry showers but bright sunshine although it is chilly and it is sunshine to the south and east as well but heavy showers are rolling in across parts of east anglia and the southeast as we go through the rest of the afternoon. overnight, this rain band continues for a time but it is just pushing a bit further northwards and eastwards. we hope it will become lighter and more patchy, wintry showers over the hills in the north and it doesn't look as cold as last night but temperatures will fall low enough for icy patches across parts of scotland. elsewhere, perhaps a little bit too much when for many, but it is a brisk wind today and tonight. it eases a little tomorrow and if anything, after the showers tomorrow we could see more persistent rain coming into southern and eastern areas again. the best of the sunshine

again will be further north and west. still bracing in that wind, just seven or eight celsius for most of us and at low pressure throwing these weather fronts and will still be around. it has moved further east but it's still around to the weekend. it doesn't look as though we will see wetter weather but nevertheless it is not exactly dry and it is actually northeasterly breeze as well so it's not going to feel any warmer for most of us with a lot of cloud around. we do start to see some weather fronts approaching from the west as well. temperatures may creep up a degree or two but given the brisk northeasterly wind it is not going to feel particularly warm and come sunday there could be something more significant rain—wise into eastern areas, some showery rain further west as well so again the chance is there for some development but we are watching for further rain. the warnings are on the website.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: accident and emergency units in england record their worst performance since modern records began, putting health back to the top of the election agenda. this is basically caused by the huge demand that there is on the nhs, and that's why, now, in the last three months, we have done the biggest investment in the nhs in modern times. it is disgraceful and it is a problem of the lack of staff and the lack of funding for it, so a labour government will increase nhs funding by '23/24 by 26 billion a year. warnings of further heavy downpours to compound the misery of flood victims in parts of england.