new? gone on for sometime but why now? this could've happened in the last few years. many people argued if he had any sense and had been better advised he should've done it a few years ago and to bear this story once and for all from his point of view but he didn't choose to do that and now we have got it all over the telegraph norma, the times, the male, how does he come to this, i do not know. it will be shown it pete time on bbc two tomorrow night. but millions of people will watch it. —— peak time for sub to people these days admire that kind of gesture? i think many people would say of the day is why has it taken so long? the front of the times as you said, most of the papers carrying the story and the headline there. "i bet the queen down, i let the side down." it's very unusual for the royal family to

talk about personal issues. a very unofficial strict code of conduct when it comes to things like that. they have in those famous interviews thatjohn mentioned, they have become almost folkloric having day. even when they do more light—hearted things. it's another knockout as it is widely —— the biggest regrets for the queen term or that. you are too young to remember that. we both are! iam not young to remember that. we both are! i am not a. for her to giving her blessing to this is interesting. it's interesting about whether this will draw a line under it has an interesting quote from virginia roberts, lawyer "i would love to see prince andrew submit to an interview under oath..." he prince andrew submit to an interview under oath. he has prince andrew submit to an interview under oath..." he has given another of and they will keep coming. 50 will destroy online? i am not sure and there is the unanswered question of where she is? and until she is

spotted, there is still going to be a lot of chatter. we should point out if we have not already that he insisted to have the interview. he doesn't low her. —— doesn't low —— know her. 17 years old, was a minor and therefore that did happen, it is and therefore that did happen, it is an offence and we have to bear in mind there is a picture of him apparently with his arm around her. although the authenticity of the picture has been brought into question. he categorically denies that he knows the lady, knows nothing about it so his denial —— his denials continue. on where this is going to go, we should probably point out that as far as the court case in america took place, details of any case in america took place, details ofany link to case in america took place, details of any link to prince andrew were thrown out and struck out by the judge. who ruled they were unnecessary to the case that they

we re unnecessary to the case that they were immaterial and not pertinent to the central case. we should point that are for balance. there is the issue and not necessary direct —— addressing this issue directly or not... there has been a lot of detail in it. he did know this man was a paedophile and he did continue to visit him. and he did go with them to an island where apparently young women were present. and that remainsa big young women were present. and that remains a big question mark of his behaviour. as he says, he says behaviour. as he says, he says behaviour not becoming of arroyo and kicks himself for continuing that relationship. interesting language. a lot of people would be saint not just unbecoming of a royal but unbecoming of anyone. just to draw a line under this particular story, we will go back to the telegraph and again the same theme. each one featuring a denial by prince andrew.

mischievous, isn't it? let's turn to the election. the ft and the story that has been leading since last night. labour have been assess plan to give a plan to give everyone free internet by 2030i think. privatise pa rt of internet by 2030i think. privatise part of bt, finer tax on the internet operators like google for example. when i heard this morning i thought good catch idea but in a lesser parties, when put —— most will put for internet at the top of their less or rather see this £20 billion spent on the nhs, schools or a few more cops on the street? i suppose it would be the latter but it has gotten a lot of attention and the ft's story is pointing out that certain sections of the industry have got rather nervous about this and one in particular, a goldman

sachs backed group is set to announce a £15 billion investment into full fibre broadband network saying that they're going to suspend that until after the election and obviously nervousness that the industry. i saw an interview with the boss of bt who was gracious about it. he said he welcomed it, etc... but he was arguing that the estimate was an underestimate that it would be £34 billion at least. in fairness to weber i have to say although i think many people prefer it to be spent on the nhs or whatever as a perch at weise, is a big problem in particularly rural areas and businesses having a rotten way. i think you're right to say at least when it comes to the estimate because as the ft story points out there is a pensions hole as well. i guess there is a pensions hole as well. i gu ess after there is a pensions hole as well. i guess after the announcing of this plan yesterday the big question was what with this look like for britain

positive telecoms company under labour? this is the first answer, they're labour? this is the first answer, they‘ re clearly labour? this is the first answer, they're clearly nervous. john told us about the 1.5 billion investment. there are other current —— companies, not specified, who are halting efforts that make existing projects urgent we needed upgrades going on at the moment and people have been waiting years for. being put on ice until after the election because of this plan. while it might because of this plan. while it might bea because of this plan. while it might be a vote winner and a popular point, it has an immediate backlash. damaging, isn't it queasy about there is some question as to how credible it is because we read that bt sha res gifted credible it is because we read that bt shares gifted by only 1% potentially reflecting scepticism about the whole thing. let's turn to the independent and it is president trump and the impeachment. proceedings not a good day for president trump today on the front page of the eye, mr roger stone who has been found guilty of lying on

seven different accounts and tampering with witnesses all in an attempt to protect president trump. —— front of the the i. he faces a long time injail as a result of that. meanwhile on this very day is what we had evidence being given by the former ambassador to the ukraine. in the impeachment hearings against mrtrump. ukraine. in the impeachment hearings against mr trump. and i ukraine. in the impeachment hearings against mrtrump. and ijust ukraine. in the impeachment hearings against mr trump. and ijust sat there aghast at this because i was not aware of this and here is a lady who apparently went into the ukraine to try to crack on corruption and find yourself the victim of a smear campaign read by rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york,... the head —— the government essentially stop with mr giuliani and other smear here with allegations made by the very people she was trained to condemn for corruption. moreover, she was walking —— phoned one o'clock in the morning by a state department official and told to get out of the country on the first

available plane. just the way they treat their ambassador and she is out of a job. but most startling of all is while she's actually giving evidence, trump is tweeting saying everything this woman does turns that and he called her "somalia" as an example. blaming her for the promising celaya. outstanding, interesting the chairman of the committee said is that he at least takes incident with this, not this interference but intimidation. he takes it seriously indeed so we will see what happens. it is compelling testimony. other than the roger stone stories that could have possibly distracted the world media from the hearings that make it is a growing lien is —— line of trump inner circle, michael cohen, paul ma nafort inner circle, michael cohen, paul manafort whipping convicted. momentum there. it is interesting to show white the independent was on

the front because the much ministry was the ambassador. there was a lot of hype about these proceedings opening up. i was trying to gauge the reaction from american news papers. it was interesting. they said "oh, these casinos are lacking pizzazz". you washed it.|j said "oh, these casinos are lacking pizzazz". you washed it. i am surprised by that. i am enthralled by this and i thought the lady came over, the former ambassador came over, the former ambassador came over her positively. very composed responses to difficult circumstances for sub she was very brave to do it, been warned against doing it and going there to give evidence against the president and she was clearly intimidated by the revelation that while she was giving evidence, he was tweeting again in a very negative way. that has outback pizzazz. will you keep watching? absolutely! i hope you keep watching because you are back in half an hour

both of you. i will be back at 11pm with the main stories here on bbc news. another addition of the papers at 11:30pm sunday. and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. back again at 11 o'clock. for now though, cheerio. hello, a good evening to you. if you live in one of those places that has been so badly affected by flooding this week, you will not need me to tell you how wet it has been lately. you won't need any statistics either but it does look increasingly likely that some of us will have broken records this autumn. so far in sheffield we have recorded close to the record autumn rainfall. in nottingham these

provisionalfigures rainfall. in nottingham these provisional figures suggest we already this autumn have had a little bit more than the record rainfall previously. and there is some more rain in the forecast for this weekend but it comes in the forms or showers, patchy and not raining all the time. low pressure across the near continent. frontal system out west, the two making a pincer movement bringing in areas of cloud and showery rain at us from both directions. there is in between a slice of clear skies. scotland and northern ireland will have a cold start tomorrow morning with frost. some dense fog patches across north scotla nd some dense fog patches across north scotland which could be slow and clear. for scotland and northern ireland there will be sunshine but it will tend to cloud over as the day wears on. for the south and east of scotla nd day wears on. for the south and east of scotland and northern england, expect cloud and shall remain throughout the day. the odd sharp shower working through, there could be enough showers to cause a little bit of disruption. towards the south—east corner, a fighting chance to see some dry and bright weather. another chilly day but not as windy

as it has been. as you go through saturday night tomorrow night, you can see these areas of cloud and patchy rain continuing to float across the map. sunday it looks like we will see rain move across scotla nd we will see rain move across scotland and northern ireland at a time but then it will brighten up. we will continue seeing operates of rain on and off across northern england and some of those hefty showers in north publisher and cornwall... some brighter glimpses as temperatures stuck in single digits forjust as temperatures stuck in single digits for just about all of us. as temperatures stuck in single digits forjust about all of us. as we headed to the start of the new working week, a bit of a change in our fortunes for working week, a bit of a change in ourfortunes for a working week, a bit of a change in our fortunes for a while. this working week, a bit of a change in ourfortunes for a while. this ridge of high pressure wobbles its way towards us which means monday should give us a chance to dry out. there will be a brisk northerly wind bringing showers into north sea coastal counties but further west, it will be dry, sunshine, still feeling rather chilly but as we look deeper into the coming week, we could have some quite dense fog around through monday night. dry for many on tuesday but it does turn increasingly unsettled through the

week. more rain, the winds will pick up, but it will start to turn mild there. some rain to come this weekend then but hopefully not as much as we have had over the last few days. that's all for me. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: prince andrew breaks his silence on thejeffrey epstein scandal. the duke of york was questioned about staying at the home of the convicted sex offender in an exclusive bbc interview. buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. that is the bit that, as it were, i kick myself for, on a daily basis because it was not something that was becoming of the royalfamily. labour promises free, full—fibre broadband, for every home in the uk, by 2030. borisjohnson dismisses the plans as a ‘crackpot scheme.‘ around 100 people are rescued from floods, many stranded in cars — as river levels continue to rise