today at 5pm. labour pledges free broadband for all if it wins the general election. the party says every home and business in the uk will get free broadband — it'll be done by taking part of bt into public ownership. together we will build a new public service delivering the fastest broadband free to everyone. this will be all at the heart of labour's plans to transform the future of our economy and our society. what we won't be doing is some crackpot scheme that would involve many many tens of billions of taxpayers' money nationalising a british business. the other main stories

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in the film review. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at 5, i'm jane hill. our top story today is that labour has promised free full—fibre broadband for every home and business in the uk within a decade, if it wins the election. labour says it would nationalise parts of bt, and introduce a tax on technology giants including google, amazon and facebook to pay for the plan. borisjohnson has dismissed the idea as a crazed communist scheme. here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. it's a mammoth task bringing ultrafast fibre broadband to every home in the country, and most of the work is being done by bt‘s openreach division.

now labour wants to take it into public ownership, rename it british broadband and give everyone full fibre for free. british broadband will be our treasured public institution for the 21st century, delivering a fast and free broadband to every single home. only the government has the planning ability, economies of scale and ambition to take this on. labour's plan would see state—owned british broadband spent £20 billion to give everyone an ultrafast service for free by 2030. and running this government—owned network would cost £230 million per year, a cost labour says will be met by new taxes on internet giants like apple and google. at the moment, as well as bt, you've got a choice of a whole range of broadband deals from the likes of talktalk, sky and virgin media, and most people are paying on average around £30 per month. but once you can get british broadband full fibre

for absolutely nothing, what happens to all these rival companies? labour says it wants to work with the likes of virgin media, but the tech industry's trade body is warning that consumers will not benefit from this plan. at the moment, private investment is driving the vast majority of roll—out. that drives innovation and that drives choice, and labour's proposals will kill that dead in the water. the liberal democrats have described labour's policy as another unaffordable item on the wish list, while borisjohnson says he has a much more realistic plan. what we are going to deliver is gigabit broadband for all, and what we won't be doing is some crackpot scheme that would involve many, many tens of billions of taxpayers' money, nationalising a british business. everyone is agreed that the uk has fallen behind in the vital task of bringing fast fibre broadband to every corner of the country, butjust how to speed things up

and at what cost has become a key issue in this election. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. peter cochrane is an engineering advisor — he's a former head of research at bt. he joins me via webcam from suffolk. a very good evening to you. it would bea a very good evening to you. it would be a great thing for us all to have. is it doable, do you think?” be a great thing for us all to have. is it doable, do you think? i don't really think so. i don't have any idea where they got the numbers from, but £150 million a year is slightly ridiculous. if you look at the energy requirements, the cost of ongoing repairs, the cost of the people, a fleet of vehicles, you get a rather bigger number than that. the other thing i don't think they have taken into account is the sheer amount of manpower they need to do in the timescales quoted. so i think

it would be rather better to invest in things like community networks which will get it in really quick and cheaper for the rural areas. which will get it in really quick and cheaperfor the rural areas. and to encourage a lot of the independent operators and give them access to the vast network of ducts which are already installed in the towns and cities. there is not really a huge amount of civil engineering to be done because there is the pipes in the ground, there are poles on which you can hang these new cables, and the tricky bit is, if you like, from the last poll, 01’ is, if you like, from the last poll, or the last point of access, into your home. and there are some very interesting and intriguing solutions that around the world. the one i like is where you put the pizza pack solution, you pace out the distance

to the point of connection and you get then a box with a modem in it and a length of what we call fibre and a length of what we call fibre and it is yourjob to safely get it down to the point where you are connected. there are lots of lots solutions out there that can be used in some cases. 0ccasionally, you are going to get places that are very difficult to satisfy. and you will need to do a lot of engineering. but i don't believe the costings are right. to your certainly not sure about the costings at all. i'm very interested in all of the local exa m ples interested in all of the local examples you give, i know it is an area you have expertise in, i think pa rt area you have expertise in, i think part of what a jeremy corbyn or saying here is that only government has the ability and the broader approach to get it to everything a pa rt approach to get it to everything a part of the uk. if you are saying that these local plans are a good idea, why aren't they everywhere? there is a reason that rural areas aren't as well saved as a should be.

correct, but there are some tremendous successes. if you look at the barn project in lancashire, they have installed more than 1000 kilometres of optical fibre. they have put dozens of villages on and it has been done by farmers, farmers‘ wives and the community. they have done this and it is self—funded, they have found their own companies. what am i saying? in this village where i am now, out and suffer, we have no broadband, so i am engaged with a starting company and we have put in our own system. granted, it is a wireless distribution system, but that company is now operating quite successfully and has started to deploy fibre to. i think with half a dozen deploy fibre to. i think with half a d oze n really deploy fibre to. i think with half a dozen really good fibre—optic operators that can complement bt, they could have this unilateral, we will planets, we will own it, and

run it. it will only be the remnants of bt that we will use, that seems to crazy. why not use all of the resources in the country that we have got? and i have to tell you, and on. a lot of the small towns and villages have got tremendous technical expertise that can be brought in. as for it being a free service, when i use the word free, i usually think of abuse. if something is free, it tends to be abused. not appreciated. and i think everybody is quite willing to pay a reasonable price for a broadband service. and if you want to have a look around the world, go tojersey. i happen to design their network for them and they have fibre in the home. it was donein they have fibre in the home. it was done in five years for a publishing of 96,000 people, the company has doubled in size, and they have brought in an awful lot of new business to the island. the same is true of places in scandinavia and other parts of the world. 0k.

true of places in scandinavia and other parts of the world. ok. we were, as a nation, at the front of the broadband pack in the 1980s, early 1990s, and now we are right back. well, that is so interesting. i'm so sorry we can't talk any long because there are so many things you have said that i would love to continue talking about. very good to have your expertise this evening. thank you very much indeed. former head of research are there at bt. the conservatives have pledged to pump hundreds of millions of pounds into towns and villages that they say have been "overlooked and left behind". bbc viewers have this morning been putting their questions to the prime minister in a live phone—in. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker reports. campaigning can offerup some unexpected moments, and some difficult questions. borisjohnson sat down today to take some of yours, including about a report into alleged russian interference in uk democracy. this is from georgie. why aren't you publishing the russia

files documents before election? because i see absolutely no reason to change the normal procedures for publishing isc reportsjust because there's an election. and what of reports of donations to the tory party from russian oligarchs? can i make a serious point? this is a serious point about russian interference in uk politics. there is no evidence for that. i think you have to be very careful before you simply cast aspersions on everybody who comes from a certain countryjust because of their nationality. nine russian oligarchs is what the papers have been reporting donate serious money to the conservative party. is that about right? i don't know. you genuinely don't know who gives money to your organisation? they have all been properly vetted. but the core message? we have a great programme, a vision for the country but we need to get brexit done byjanuary.

we want to unite and level of the country. — — we want to unite and level of the country. —— level up the country. enter nigel farage and his claim that the conservatives have tried to get brexit party candidates to exit the ring. he says they have been offered eight peerages as incentives to what he likened to living in venezuela. many thousands of phone calls have been made to the party's candidates, the remaining 300 candidates still standing. you say no calls have been made from anyone in conservative party central command to the brexit party? that would be a big thing for me to investigate. i'm sure that conversations take place between politicians of all parties. but certainly no—one has been offered a peerage, i can tell you that. earlier on the breakfast sofa, away from pure politics... why are you relatable to families up and down and across the country? how can they relate to you and your family? well, i...

i think that... the best answer i can give is that i... of course, i've had a very happy and wonderful life in many, many ways. what i want for every child in this country is to have a sense that they can achieve their full potential. policy and personality matter in an election and both will be tested. thank you so much, prime minister. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, helen cattjoins me now. she has been listing to elongate campaigning and the whole topic of broadband, perhaps something that not always in a election but it is interesting with the two stances. the two main parties, i should say. it shows the difference in approach between the tories and labour. they are both after the same outcome to

some extent for they want fast broadband for everyone in a number of years but their ways of getting there are different. with the conservatives the idea is the putting in of £5 million for the private sector puts in that and pays for the bits that the private sector wouldn't. whereas labour's approach is to look at that and say they don't think the private sector is getting there fast enough, so that is where we can use the state to say we are going to do it ourselves and we are going to do it ourselves and we are going to do it ourselves and we are than in control of the whole process. we have already seen —— they have added on. it highlights a difference in approach was what is interesting for labour is that they are interesting for labour is that they a re often interesting for labour is that they are often renationalising plans and are often renationalising plans and are accused of harking back to the 19705, are accused of harking back to the 1970s, and the conservatives and the democrats have said that that is being done, but they have applied the solution to an indisputably 2019

issue. it changes the perception of an renationalisation. thank you very much for now. the liberal democrats are promising to spend an extra £100 billion on tackling climate change if they win the election. in a speech today, sir ed davey said the five—year investment would jump—start efforts to combat the climate emergency. he also talked about the role the lib dems would play in a possible labour or conservative minority government we will not support either a borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn premiership. we are not going to vote for them to be the prime minister. but if either of them form a minority government, as is possible, we will vote issue by issue. we will vote where we agree with the government and where we disagree, we will vote against. and that will force any government to come to the centre to be more moderate.

the former—us ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovich — who was fired from the post in may by donald trump — has told the impeachment inquiry in washington that she felt threatened and intimidated by the president. for more on this, our correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. they have been some fascinating elements of this, explain a little bit more about this woman which with the best will in the world people here probably haven't heard of and why this is been so crucial this afternoon. she is the former us ambassador to ukraine. she was fired by the president back in may. she says that there was a process to

undermine her, to someone in place that would do the president's meeting much more clearly. she has been giving some enormously powerful evidence as morning about the ways in which she felt she was undermined in the ways in which she felt she was threatened. she said that she was threatened. she said that she was told to leave on the next plane at 1am because her security couldn't be guaranteed. the most extraordinary moment came in the enquiry when donald trump started a tweet against air while she was giving evidence and said that everywhere she had been in the world had, as he put it, turned bad. he seemed to imply that somehow somalia and the collapse of somalia and governance and the state of air was down to her being there. this was put to her and she was... well, she was clearly hugely upset by it and intimidated by it. this is the

exchange between the committee chairman and hairwhen exchange between the committee chairman and hair when he was asking her about at a tweet from the president during her evidence. you have shown the courage to come forward today and testify, notwithstanding the fact you were urged by the white house or state department not to, notwithstanding the fact that, as you testified earlier, the president implicitly threatened you in that call record. and now the president, in real—time, is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses' willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? well, it is very intimidating. it's designed to intimidate, is it not? i mean, i can't speak to what the president is trying to do, but i think the effect is to be intimidating.

of course, one of the effect that might have is that it might add another charge to the list of charges the democrats want to vote on in the house of representatives in order to try to impeach the president. wright fascinating, for now, thank you very much, gary. heavy rainfall has brought further misery to flood—hit communities — there are just under 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. the wet weather has caused more travel distruption on roads and railways. phil mackie reports from evesham in worcestershire. firefighters in evesham rescuing an elderly man who was trapped by rising river levels. trevor reek, who is in his 70s, had packed up some belongings and called for help. i couldn't get out on my own. i tried that earlier on and it was too deep for me to wade through, even with waders on.

the river is swollen and rising rapidly after the rain yesterday. more than a0 millimetres, or nearly two inches fell over the river avon catchment. these are some of the highest levels we have seen in five years and in places, the highest levels since the big floods of 2007. all this water is working its way through and taking a long time on the big rivers, likely it will not peak in tewkesbury and upton until saturday, possibly sunday. roads are closed and businesses have been affected by this particularly high level on the river avon today. things are going to get a little bit worse, but along here there are houses that have their own flood defences built in the last couple of years, which should mean they are kept safe. there are problems elsewhere in worcestershire too. in tenbury wells, the christmas preparations are continuing despite a swollen river teme. we've took precautions this time. she's put sandbags and all the various bits and pieces and so far, it hasn't come in. hundreds of square miles are under water across the midlands and the north. the government has come in for criticism from those who say

they haven't spent enough on flood defences. we have a 2.6 billion programme of flood defence creation and maintenance, but absolutely, the science is clearer and clearer that our climate is changing and that one of the consequences in the future will be that it will become wetter and these kinds of extreme flooding events are going to become more frequent. so this is something, of course, we will take into account in terms of the decisions we make in the future on investing in flood defences. further along the avon in stratford they are putting up barriers and all along rivers in the region they are checking everyone is ok ahead of the predicted peaks in the next few days. sian lloyd is in evesham now. bring us right up to date and a thought about what might await people. well, there has been continued disruption here in evesham

right throughout the day, and now a number of these properties alongside me had indeed been evacuated. we have seen people out in the town this evening with their sandbags. there has also been disruption for people who would have wanted to use the community hospital here today, because they had to restrict their services. there was no injury unit or day centre available. the roads have not been possible and about half a mile of road in front of the community hospital was flooded and you could see that cars had been abandoned there. right across the midlands, there has been disruption on the roads and also for rail passengers. we have seen in that report, the barriers going up in stratford—upon—avon, well, we have heard that the performance of the royal shakespeare company is going ahead this evening but people are being warned to leave extra time for their journey being warned to leave extra time for theirjourney and being warned to leave extra time for their journey and certainly to check before they leave. that is really

the main message from the fire and rescue service and the police for people to take care. there is so much surface water still about. thank you. we will stay with the issue of flooding. council officials in worksop, which has been flooded since last week, have claimed that a refusal by the canal and river trust to open a sluice—gate in the town made the flooding worse. the canal and river trust says it was concerned about the impact that opening the gate would have on water levels elsewhere, and that the gate was in a building which was deemed unsafe for its staff to enter. the gate was eventually opened by a firefighter. simon greaves is the leader of bassetlaw district council; hejoins me via webcam. simon, good evening to you. when the council staff first made that call to the canal and river trust and asked them to open the gate, what is your understanding of the reason they were given? the answer they

we re they were given? the answer they were giving was that they were impacted about the impact downstream. what was very clear to us on downstream. what was very clear to us on the ground was that the now and river trust didn't have a clear understanding about what the reality of the situation was. the way in which the river operates in this pa rt which the river operates in this part of the world, the gate that needed to be opened would help to alleviate the backlog of water that would eventually impact the town centre and tragically did. what we... we didn't think that this would be the magic solution for it all, we were worried about mitigating the impact of this crisis. and it wasn't until almost 15 hours later that the canal and river trust actually ended up, this was opened, but with the assistance ofa was opened, but with the assistance of a firefighter, as you have noted. now, going... the channel that this

gate would have gone into has remained open ever since. so to say that they were worried about the impact downstream, when the floodwater was at its highest, it was opened and so, the water drained off as quickly as it could do. that is what we were most concerned about. the water from the river goes back into the river and did not flood any properties. quite frankly, there was a risk downstream, saying that, is nonsense. we have contacted them as you would expect, they told us them as you would expect, they told us today that opening that particular gate you are talking about definitively, they say, it would not have alleviated the flooding in the town, the water would have stayed in the area. they say it is not a drainage solution. i don't know what viewers are meant to make of this really. 0ne don't know what viewers are meant to make of this really. one person says one thing and another says another. i have walked the route, i have followed the water, the flow of the

water, i would say that the canal and river trust need to get some new maps. iam and river trust need to get some new maps. i am very happy to walk that route with them the water level now is far better than it was, thank goodness. but the reality of the situation is that want to mitigate the impact of action needed to be taken, they didn't take it, i was later, thank goodness it was. that is why last night, the water level was able to go down as quickly as it could. now, photographs don't lie. the channels don't like. the river flows back into the river and this channel is there to help mitigate the flow of water. we thank you very much for your time tonight. there is more to discuss but thank you for now. we wish everybody that the best of course. back to the general election now and my colleague annita mcveigh is in aberdeen.

thank you very much. we have been at the aberdeen maritime museum about the aberdeen maritime museum about the renewables and oil and gas industry. let's have a look at this victorian technology, a part of the lighthouse from buchan headland right up in the north—east of scotla nd right up in the north—east of scotland dating from 1895 usually talked in this corner of the museum. if you would excuse the pun, let's try to shed some light on the election here in scotland now, because one academic i was talking to said they were four tribes amongst voters now, depending on their positions on both brexit and independence. he had to expand on that are the scotland correspondence and go tidy. joe, to you first. what

are the main points that you would draw out of the election coverage so far? exit and independence, the two big issues involving scotland and if you thought the pictures, gated across the uk, it is very, catered here. we have four main parties offering very different things. the snp, very much linking those two big constitutional issues together and putting their bid for a second independence referendum right at the heart of theircampaign, independence referendum right at the heart of their campaign, strongly linking it to brexit. the tories not soaking to talk about in a region that largely voted for remain, instead focusing on their opposition to independence. the liberal democrats, pro—remain, anti—independence and labour, not offering an independence referendum right away, but not wrung it out forever and of course offering that second referendum on europe as well. voters are thinking very differently on those issues so things are too they want to vote for on that basis. the other thing i would add in scotland is that it is tight battles

across the seats. lots of marginal seats, lots of very close contests. the parties are trying to be tactical in encouraging voters to make their choice. that leads me onto the digital election and how it is playing out online. are we seeing a different approach and different tactics online in scotland to the rest of the uk? completely different. we know that parties have multiple personalities during elections, they tell one group at one thing and another group another. at open scotland i think there is a really stark contrast there. if you look at the facebook ad. i did some analysis last night by ads planned by the parties. the conservative have 150 ad since the start of september, but not one aimed at scottish voters. there's even one involving nicola sturgeon pictures, but that went out in london wales.

labour aren't but that went out in london wales. labouraren't aiming but that went out in london wales. labour aren't aiming them at scottish voters either, but there seems to be no real targeting. the vote rs seems to be no real targeting. the voters —— mike message they are —— labours message seems to be about brexit. the lib dems are saying stop brexit. the lib dems are saying stop brexit as their main message. we have seen some target ads by the brexit party as well. i will be back here in aberdeen in a few moments. it isa here in aberdeen in a few moments. it is a fascinating contest here in scotland. it is where rivas is remain meet yes this is no. a complex thing. good evening. the weekend is nearly upon us, and low pressure will be fairly close by all the time, so it

looks like it will be fairly u nsettled, looks like it will be fairly unsettled, with quite a bit of cloud. further rain, too, but not quite as heavy as what we have seen over the last week or so, and it's going to be quite chilly. this big area of low pressure has affected the western side of europe, flooding to italy, and it's also influenced our weather, bringing quite a breeze to central and eastern areas. at pics of patchy rain but a lot of areas dry overnight, a lot of western scotland and northern ireland dry and chilly, a touch of frost and fog, and a few clear spells across the south and east. saturday, still a weak weather from three central areas, patchy rain at times, a lot of dry weather for scotla nd times, a lot of dry weather for scotland and northern ireland, glimmers of sunshine for the midlands and southwards. and in the chilly day but winds lighter, it won't feel quite as chilly as it has been over the last few days. sunday, a wet day three central areas, there could be persistent rain across a flood affected regions, so stay tuned to the weather forecast as this could cause issues. but plenty

of sunshine for northern ireland and scotland, again, a chilly day for all. this is bbc news. the headlines... labour has promised free full—fibre broadband for every home in the uk by 2030. meanwhile, boris johnson has dismissed the plans as a ‘crackpot scheme.‘ as donald trump's impeachment inquiry continues the former us ambassador to ukraine says she was recalled from her post after a "concerted effort against her", led by the president. further heavy rain has brought more misery to parts of the uk — te fire service says it's rescued nearly a hundred people in the last 2a hours. the first nonstop flight from london to sydney has been completed. it's the longest nonstop commercial passenger flight ever to have taken

place. still to come tonight, the film review with murk kermode, will take a look at adam driver as he plays an fbi agent in the report. —— the film review with mark kermode. before that, though, time for the latest sports. rafa nadal keeps his hopes of a semi final place in the atp tour finals alive with a win over stefanos tsitsipas. nadal had to come back from one set down to beat the greek youngster. he now needs daniil medvedev, who can't qualify, to win later tonight if he's to go through. several top british athletes are threatening to sue the british olympic association over sponsorship regulations. sirmo farah, katarina

johnson—thompson and adam gemili are among those listed as claimants in a legal letter sent to the boa yesterday. they argue that their earning potential is being damaged. there's many different things that restrict athletes, for us, it's giving every athlete the opportunity to go out and create their own marketing opportunities and... yeah, so marketing opportunities and... yeah, so they don't have to work a full—timejob. like i said, 95% of athletes work a full—time job and don't have the voice or platform to come out and speak against the poa and this rule because they're scared of what might happen against it. england's cricketer‘s are playing theirfinal warm up match in new zealand before next weeks first test. sam curran got the nod ahead of chris woakes but couldn't pick up a wicket as new zealand a made 302—6 before declaring. england will resume on 26—1, having lost the wicket of rory burns. there was concern for england captain joe root after he jarred his hip in the field.

root did return later in the afternoon — and vice captain ben stokes insists there's nothing to worry about. at one point, we were discussing whether he had hurt his knee, ankle or hamstring. thankfully, it was neither, he just took a bump on or hamstring. thankfully, it was neither, hejust took a bump on his leg and sort of had a dead leg, i think. but it was good to see him back on the field. uefa can continue their investigation into manchester city's finances after the court of arbitration found in their favour. city had gone to cas to challenge the legitimacy of the financial fair play probe, but they have failed and uefa's financial control body will now hold a hearing on theirfindings. city could face a possible ban from european football from ——european football. china's triple 0lympic champion sun yang has appeared before the court of arbitration for sport public hearing in montreux. he was cleared of a doping offence injanuary by swimming's

world governing body, but the world anti—doping agency took the matter to cas. the allegation is that he smashed a vial containing a sample of his blood to avoid being tested. he says the testers didn't follow the correct protocol or have the necessary documentation. he previously served a 3 month doping ban in 2014 and his participation at major championships has angered fellow competitors. the formula one world champion lewis hamilton says he wants reassurances about mercedes' future before he commits to a new deal beyond next year. we've had first practice ahead of the brazilian grand prix on sunday. hamilton, who has wrapped up his sixth title took it easy alexander albon ended the session fastest after running when the track was driest. albon though brought a wet first session to a premature end with a crash. hamilton hadn't posted a flying lap. second practice gets under way in the next half an hour. it's the final day of the world para athletics in dubai

and there has been a british gold in the 100 metres race running. kayleigh haggo won the race in it's first appearance at the championships. britain's ellie simpson won silver. there was another british 1—2 in the men's race — gavin drysdale winning gold and rafi solaiman coming second. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. throughout the election campaign, bbc news is getting the views from right across the country. today we are in aberdeen — my colleague annita mcveigh is there for us. thank you. yes, welcome back to the maritime museum here in aberdeen. we are in north—east scotland, of course, where six of the seven constituencies where one by the conservative party in 2017, but in a really big fight for all the politicians in this part of the uk this time round. with me now, george, who runs an event company here in aberdeen, and an nhs

co nsulta nt here in aberdeen, and an nhs consultant in the city for some 30 yea rs. consultant in the city for some 30 years. thank you both very much. tell me first, where are you at with your thought process and how you're going to vote in this election? we are ina going to vote in this election? we are in a bit of a going to vote in this election? we are in a bit ofa mess, aren't we? we are in a bit of a model in scotland the stop probably the biggest uncertainty. there was uncertainty when it came to brexit, now there is uncertainty because of what is happening in independence etc, we had the vote on that i think we are in a bit of a muddle. are you ina we are in a bit of a muddle. are you in a model personally but how to vote ? in a model personally but how to vote? no. i'm a born and bred scot, i should be voting snp, i certainly won't be voting snp, we had the vote on independence, they are adding more uncertainty by adding that back into the equation. i think there's a lot of uncertainty out there, business as we speak to, other businesses than ourselves, they want clarity, they want... so you're a unionist, and brexit your remainer? and same question to you. unionist, and brexit your remainer? and same question to youlj unionist, and brexit your remainer? and same question to you. i don't think there is much confusion in

scotland for some it couldn't be clearer. the choice is either remain in the uk and sink with brexit, or go independent and abandon the sinking ship. the only way, i also a remainer, buti sinking ship. the only way, i also a remainer, but i believe now is the time scotland seriously takes the, grasp the nettle. and looks to europe. because we were told in the 2014 referendum that the only way scotland can stay in europe is to remain, and that's not happening. we are going towards brexit, which is going to cause more confusion and middling if we go into brexit, that if we now decide we need to go our own way and stay with europe within a market of 500 million, 27 countries, my children and grandchildren should have the right to educate themselves, live and work in 27 countries rather than confine their prospects to one small island. you draw an interesting analogy there, and a maritime museum! do you wa nt to there, and a maritime museum! do you want to come in, there? we have had

so want to come in, there? we have had so much uncertainty, we need direction, the corner doesn't survive any more, if we became independent we would become the corner shop, again. that is not good for business. if you look at brexit, we've got guys we know who import horsebox trailer is from france... but would become the cornershop with brexit. at the moment we are a supermarket in europe. but that's a contradiction in terms, we would become the cornershop in scotland. if you think that scotland can go it alone, can't the uk as an entity also go it alone? not with brexit. how can we remain in the uk that leaves europe when our prospects are better with europe? leaves europe when our prospects are better with europe ? there leaves europe when our prospects are better with europe? there is far more confusion with brexit than it would be with independence. look at ireland, the republic of ireland has got fewer population, it's got 4.3 million people, its gdp is half that of scotland's gdp, we can survive on our own. there's an old proverb,

look after your mickles and you'll get muckle. is this election going to settle anything? no, i think we will be in a muddle for a long time to stop i think it will be a defining moment. good to hear about your thoughts, different as they may be. thank you very much. and thank you to the staff here at the museum who have been looking after us here on bbc news all day forced back to you. thank you. 0ne one more story before the film review. a non stop flight from london to sydney has landed — 19 hours and 19 minutes after take off. it sets a new long distance record for a passengerjet. the australian airline qantas say the test flight was aimed at researching the impact of such a long journey on both passengers and crew. 0ur reporter lukejones was one of the few people onboard. i'd just like to welcome you aboard our qantas boeing 787 dreamliner. this is zulu novemberjuliet. welcome to the longest

and furthest commercial flight. this is london to sydney direct in 19 and a half hours, but it's not commercially available yet. this is a test, research flight. it's basically to see if ultra long haul is doable for people in the cabin and in the cockpit. the first ever london to sydney flight, 100 years ago, took 28 days. this double sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. this plane is almost spookily empty. there's only 53 of us on board because that's as many as it can carry this distance. the idea is to carry out some research. this thing may be convenient, but is it safe? special meals have been planned and exercise is being regimented. we're going to do it three times. ready? stretch. that was all right. the passengers are being monitored to assess the impact. every single organ in our body has a clock, and the master clock in the brain is trying to synchronise all of that. and to do that, it takes cues

from the environment. the three main important cues are light, meals and exercise. far more important, though, is the monitoring of the crew. so, the crew are wearing these different activity monitors, and what we are getting from these monitors is an indication of their activity every minute. there are cockpit—cams watching their faces. they're getting urine samples. and what is this measuring or not measuring? this is an electroencephalogram. it's measuring your brain activity. it gives us a good indication of, for example, there might be different points throughout the flight where your alertness might change, and we can see what impact that has and really look at the factors that may impact that. it's the last couple of hours of the flight now and this second sunrise has just peeked into view. this flight is technically possible, because we've all been on board doing it, but to make it commercially viable, to fill this plane full of people,

they haven't even got planes yet which can carry people that distance, and the regulations aren't in place yet that would allow it. but the hope of ultra long haul flight is a little bit closer. and when we land, a bright and bouncy welcome party. even though my body is telling me it's the middle of the night. lukejones, bbc news, sydney. the headlines on bbc news... labour has promised free full—fibre broadband for every home in the uk by 2030. meanwhile, boris johnson has dismissed the plans as a ‘crackpot scheme.‘ as donald trump's impeachment inquiry continues, the former us ambassador to ukraine says she was recalled from her post after a "concerted effort against her", led by the president. further heavy rain has brought more misery to parts of the uk — the fire service says it's rescued nearly a hundred people in the last 24 hours.

the film review coming up, but first a quick look ahead to sports day. coming up, we look into the case of the chinese swimmer who says he did not give a drugs test sample because the testers could not prove their identity. the triple 0lympic champion faces a lengthy ban if he loses at the court of arbitration for sport. he also denies smashing his blood sample with a hammer. all that and more on the sports day at 6030 pm. now, though, time for this review. —— at 6:30pm. now, time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.