the book was last auctioned in 2011 but the museum was outbid when it sold for nearly £700,000. since then, the museum has been hoping for another chance to bring this book home to the place it was originally written. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. we all like a story with a good ending. how about a week with a pretty good start as well? a bit of lunchtime joy pretty good start as well? a bit of lunchtimejoy for pretty good start as well? a bit of lunchtime joy for you this afternoon, in that each one of the four nations is almost bathed in sunshine for all. mostly dry as well, that comes as welcome news, the likes of nottingham which had the likes of nottingham which had the wettest autumn in record, only five dry days since mid—september there. pictures like this and satellite imagery like this always come as welcome news. these two areas of cloud, want to the east and one to the west, with a clear slot in between, snow showing up on the

scottish mountains and fog here and there across cumbria and scotland. a few showers just hitting some of the eastern coastal districts. the vast majority are dry this lunchtime, dry for the afternoon with clear skies. pretty chilly with fog lingering in parts of scotland and north—west england, but for most some sunshine to compensate. 0nce england, but for most some sunshine to compensate. once you lose that, it will be the coldest night of the week. cloud spreading to northern ireland and the south—west. look at those blue colours, temperatures widely below freezing into tomorrow morning. rural parts of northern england, —6. rural parts of scotland, —90 —10 as we start tomorrow morning. a chilly start. 0ver tomorrow morning. a chilly start. over the next few days, we are going to see that chilly air giving way. the high pressure is going to battle out with low pressure trying to push weather fronts in and some out with low pressure trying to push weatherfronts in and some rain out with low pressure trying to push weather fronts in and some rain to the west. in doing so, we strengthen the west. in doing so, we strengthen the southerly breeze and that will gradually lift temperatures. it will also lift some of the fog we start the day with. that mayjust push

northwards into yorkshire, lincolnshire and east anglia, many parts of scotland and england sticking with sunshine. a lot more cloud tomorrow. the far west of wales and cornwall, here they could be occasional rain. temperatures 10 degrees, single figures elsewhere. frost quickly forms as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday, lifting later as the breeze picks up. a breezy day for all on wednesday. may be isolated showers to the still some sunny spells for many. northern ireland is most likely to see some rain. there could be some showers in western scotland, western parts of wales on the south—west of england. notice temperatures rising a little bit. they rise further as we go through the rest of the weekend into the weekend. at the moment, it looks like many eastern areas will stay predominantly dry. that is some great news. in the west, showing up in one of the forecasts, there could be some further rain at times. but for the time being, let's enjoy a little bit of dry weather. tonight it will be a cold one.

a reminder of our top story... dozens of pro—democracy testers have managed to break out from the university campus in hong kong, which has been surrounded by police. it is understood to have been several arrests. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. saracens were not challenged their fine after breaking the salary cap regulations for the past three seasons. regulations for the past three seasons. the chairman initially vowed to appeal but now says, we make mistakes and so with humility

that we must accept those penalties. speaking this morning the england head coach eddie jones speaking this morning the england head coach eddiejones says he's worried about the impact saracens' punishments may have on his side. 8 of his matchday squad for the rugby world cup finaljust over 2 weeks ago were sarries players including his captain 0wen farrell, jones says that they may need to rebuild relationships between the players when they meet up again for next year's six nations championship. when they meet up again for next these when they meet up again for next things happen. i anybody these things happen. i don't think anybody ever has the intent of them happening and they just anybody ever has the intent of them happening and theyjust seem to grow. i've seen it in all sorts of sports and i think they will take their medicine and get on with it. what impact could that have on your england team? it could have a significant impact and it's something we need to look at very carefully. there might be some dislocation between saracens' players and the rest of the clubs,

that's a reality we might have to work to mend those relationships a bit harder. there might be some saracens players that feel like they've got to play for their club and said of the country to make sure they don't go down so we will weigh all those up as they come about. you obviously got your captain from saracens, you talk about the possible strain on those relationships can't then they bubble up relationships can't then they bubble up during the world cup because obviously all those players went straight back to the club. not at the world cup. i don't think anybody had a great knowledge and if needed they kept it to themselves. -- if needed they kept it to themselves. —— if they needed they kept it to themselves. -- if they did needed they kept it to themselves. —— if they did they kept it to themselves. the australian rugby player israel folau has been crticised for linking the country's bushfires to same—sex marriage and abortion laws. speaking in church in sydney, folau said the fires were a "little taste of god's judgement". he was sacked by rugby australia in may for making homophobic comments on social media.

prime minister scott morrison says folau's latest comments are "appallingly insensitive". stefanos tsitsipas is now targetting next year's grand slams after becoming the youngest winner of the atp finals since 2001. he came from a set down to beat austria's dominic thiem on a tie break in the deciding set. the 21 year old from greece is the youngest winner of the event in almost 20 years, and is part of a group of players trying to break the dominance of roger federer, rafa nadal and novak djokovic. there are so many new generation players coming up, we have so many players coming up, we have so many players that i can compete with and have a rivalry with. i've played many times against several of them. something really exciting for the sport because we in so many different shapes and sizes, different shapes and sizes, different sizes, different personalities, different characters, and that makes it really exciting.

there is lots of different players that will keep our sport is growing and interesting in the next ten, 15 yea rs. the new look davis cup finals starts in madrid this afternoon. 18 nations compete in six groups over the next week, rather than the old system of home and away ties through the year. novak djokovic and rafael nadal are amongst the stars who'll be competing for their country. the group winners and two best runners up advance to the quarters. the change has been criticised, but andy murray is amongst those asking for patience. i'll have more for you in the next hour. jennifer arcuri — the american businesswoman whose links with borisjohnson have been repeatedly questioned — has described her anger at the way she feels she's being treated. it's alleged that she received favours from mrjohnson

when he was mayor of london because of their friendship. both he and she deny the allegations. ms arcuri claims she has been blocked and ignored by the prime minister since the allegations were made public. this morning, she told the bbc she felt snubbed by a man she considered a friend. she felt snubbed by a man this was why it was hard for me to to date because, i mean, every guy would tell you they'd call and never follow up, not borisjohnson. every time he told me he'd call, he called me. in fact, i was convinced this was a man of his word because i couldn't believe the fervent, linear focus in which he had on me. and i assure you, it was not just a sexual intention. he actually was very intrigued by my energy, my ability to get things done. he loved my events. he saw the way i could work a room, the way i met everybody. i mean, i was in london 30 seconds and i knew a lot of people. he recognised that. and ijust find it a real shame because i know he's a very passionate, in—depth,

charismatic, you know, a very considerate person. but it's been very hard for me to stand back and keep excusing this. were you dating him? i don't want to answer these questions, victoria. no, that's fine. i mean, only because you just said it wasn't just a sexual intention. of course, i am not going to sit here and patronise the public, to try to dance... my intention is not to dance around the topic, as much as just to put an end to this nonsensical questioning, and more or less bullying on me to admit my weakness. i wasn't weak. no one lost their senses. i don't feel any, you know... let me play you this. i mean, the reason you're in the middle of all this is because mrjohnson is alleged to failed to declare your relationship when mayor of london. therefore, potentially he broke the greater london authority code of conduct. that's what's being investigated now. the code of conduct says

holders of public office shouldn't use their position to gain financial or other benefits for themselves, family, theirfriends. and states, and, again, this is a quote, holders of public office should declare any private interests relating to their public duties. he denies any wrongdoing. have a look at this. this is mrjohnson being asked about this by my colleague, andrew marr. everything was done with full propriety. so you did declare the interest, and you'll be able to say that... no, i said that everything was done in accordance with full proprietary. i asked a very specific question. you have to declare an interest. did you do that? there was no interest to declare. you know what, i agree with him. there was no interest. there was no interest in that, i was rightfully... i applied for these tenders. i had to go through the process. you know, i got £10,000 for sponsorship for an event that cost 50,000.

i did an event at the houses of parliament. they gave me 1500. have you ever done an event at houses of parliament? i mean, that buys you a cup of coffee. the point is he didn't do me any favours, in that i was going to produce these events with or without him. the fact that he wanted to come and show his support for the london tech scene was huge. he didn't have a real passion for the tech like i did, and he didn't really know where to start. yes, of course, he had lots of handlers, lots of people shoving papers at his face. i hear you say he didn't do you any favours. the bottom line is, though, you were in a close friendship. you asked him to speak at business events of yours, which he did in april 2012, april 2013. you said to itv you made a profit on that. twice in 2014, one event selling vip tickets for £1,000 a head. you were close friends. i don't know where that came from, actually. and a profit on an events business goes right back into the event. sure. so it's not like it was like, wow, what a pot of gold

just because borisjohnson came. i understand that. but in that time, borisjohnson wrote to city hall on multiple occasions declaring various personal interests. your name didn't appear at all. why not, do you think? i don't know. should he have declared you as an interest? if declaring me as an interest would have saved me this entire embarrassment and humiliation and carrying this weight of being torn through the media? then, yes. i wish he had. would it have been the transparent and open thing to do? yes. if that's what it would take to save me this humiliation. did you talk about it? did you say "declare it"? "tell people? i didn't. it was more i remember saying validate me because i couldn't stand the whispers. i couldn't stand walking around and hearing, you know, from day one they happened. there was just the assumption of guilt. just because people looked

at me and they knew him. so his track record. i didn't know that track record. but i quickly caught on. and it really bothered me the way that people were whispering from day one. so, you know, this is why it was it was such a frustration. i always told him, validate me, tell people how great my events are. tell them how much we are doing for london. we are bringing in venture capital. we are bringing entrepreneurs. this is not some pie in the sky thing. tech is real, and we're the ones on the ground building it. now, you may not understand it or care, and ifeel like a lot of people in the tech community were really excited that, ok, maybe boris didn't go to all the events, but at least he came to one. at least it got him engaged somehow and it really helped the conservatives, who were also pushing a very pro—tech agenda. and most of it was spearheaded by number 10 then, which was david cameron, and i was putting events on in london, which meant that boris should have been there. right.

i mean, the inquiries that he's facing are serious, the allegations are serious, that he didn't declare an interest. he says, again, i'll repeat, everything was done entirely in the proper way and there was no interest to declare. if you and he weren't having a relationship, you could really help him out. couldn't you ? and he could help me out, like, two months ago. so, i mean, i've been as loyal as i can be. i mean, no one's understood boris johnson better than i have for almost the last ten years. i have done nothing but excuse and be part of, you know.... the team boris bus, the team boris brigade, his campaign, everything, you know, in the city about boris. my events were mere complimentary, you know, attachment to that. i mean, we were we were producing events in the name of london, the same city that he was mayor of.

one of the key battle grounds in next month's general election will be wales, where labour has traditionally been the dominant party. in 2017 it won 28 of a0 welsh seats, but opinion polls suggest it could now could lose ground to the conservatives and plaid cymru. hywel griffith has been speaking to voters in the constituency of bridgend. for a century, labour has had a firm grip on wales, until this year, when it fell to third place in the euro elections. just a wobble or a turning tide? it's constituencies like this which will be the test. so what will swing it? martin says the environment would normally be his number one issue, but not this time. that's better. his wife is german, so there's something else on his mind. i think this election is ultimately all about brexit, despite what the politicians may say. it's ultimately

a leave or remain vote. bridgend voted to leave the eu in 2016. what's followed has frustrated people on both sides. jo says she's a floating voter and wants politics to move on. nothing's being done, really, about our economy and looking at the nhs, looking at, you know, the homeless — all the other issues that we've got in this country. everything seems to have gone on standstill. for more than three decades, this constituency, like most of wales, has been solid labour territory, but the opinion polls suggest that may be about to change. traditional voting allegiances, it seems, may have been washed away by the tumult of the last three years. the high water mark for the tory party in wales was 1983, when they last took this constituency. so, could it happen again? the key to winning a seat like bridgend will be how many of those labour voters can actually make that switch, hold their noses in some cases, because don't forget

the conservative brand can be pretty toxic in parts of south wales, and switch to the conservatives? it may be a tough sell for some of bridgend's workers. the town is bracing itself for the closure of its biggest employer, the ford plant. forjason, it will be the second time he's lost his job as the company shifts overseas. it's too easy to close plants and take production away from the uk. unfortunately, i've been a victim of it twice. so whichever party can give me support or protection for workers' rights within the uk, they're going to get my vote. for plaid cymru and the lib dems, just holding onto their seats will be a good result but it's how labour and the tories perform in constituencies like these which could decide who forms the next government. hywel griffith, bbc news, bridgend. the headlines on bbc news: stand—off in hong kong — riot police surround a university campus with hundreds of pro—democracy protesters inside. borisjohnson tells business leaders

he's shelving plans to cut corporation tax next april. after his bbc interview, prince andrew faces calls to cooperate with legal cases brought by alleged victims of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein large parts of central venice are once again under water, after another exceptionally high tide inundated the city. three of the worst ten floods venice has suffered since records began, nearly a hundred years ago, have now happened within a week. rich preston reports. for venetians, more water and more misery. a week of flooding has closed businesses and attractions in one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. this, the famous st mark's square, normally filled with people. the city's narrow streets and alleyways turned into a network of canals themselves.

the floods, known as the aqua alta, brought suffering and heartache. translation: we have lots of damage. the electrical system went underwater and lots of merchandise got lost. necklaces and other goods, all underwater. we had to work a lot, every day, as you can see we have had to lift desks and drawers. there is a lot of work still to do. rainfall of 140 millimetres floods roughly 70% of venice. sunday's rainfall was forecast to be around 160 millimetres. in the end, it was slightly lower. a small relief for residents and business owners. the mayor of venice has blamed the recent extreme weather on climate change, calling for more to be done. translation: the water has devastated the city, but venetians are on their knees only when they pray. venice will stand up. it will always stand up.

but i deem it appropriate that promises made by the government and all political forces be carried out. strong winds brought these surges of water into venice and are threatening other areas, too. further south, in florence and tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno. back in venice, the waters are now due to subside, but a massive clean—up operation lies ahead, as well as the constant fear: what about next time? the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall arrived in new zealand on sunday to start their first visit to the country in four years. prince charles presented the queen's colour to the royal new zealand airforce. it's a replacement for the original, which was presented to the airforce by the queen in 1953, but has suffered some wear and tear since then. the film joker has made more

than one billion dollars in global ticket sales, becoming the first r—rated movie to achieve the feat. the film, starring joaquin phoenix, is currently number seven on this weekend's american box office chart. an "r" rating in the us requires everyone under the age of 17 watching the film in a cinema to be accompanied by an adult. an ice—white carpet was rolled out in london last night for the european premiere of frozen two — the sequel to the smash hit disney animated film. as well as being a success at the box office, the first frozen film also made a huge amount from its merchandising. and, as john maguire has been finding out, it's become a very popular theme for children's birthday parties. find who is calling to you. they may have answers. i'm going with you. anna, no. excuse me, i climbed the north mountain, survived a frozen heart and saved you from my ex—boyfriend, so, you know, i'm coming. they're back.

six years after the first frozen film, the sisters are embarking on a new adventure. and if you thought the general election was exciting, well, you ain't seen nothing yet! let's see your dancing moves, everybody! because the frenzy is reaching fever pitch with the release of disney's sequel. which, for anna and elsa, means back—to—back birthday parties. it is princess galore, i think, and yes, that being the most popular by far. i think, it came out three years ago? six. six? six years ago? and it's just — she's the most popular, by far. everybody absolutely loves frozen and bella parties are so popular with them all of the time. it'sjust — it's a great film. everyone loves it. i love it. i'm so excited! plates, cups, napkins, table covers, pinatas, balloons, cut—outs, party bags, party bag fillers. yeah, everything mums could need for the party. forget black friday.

for this company in manchester, everything is blue and business is ballooning. as orders for frozen party merchandise magic their way to buyers. the last few weeks, it's really, really ramped up, so we are now seeing that frozen is the biggest party theme, so twice as quite as the next — next biggest biggest kids party theme. it's accounting for about 50% of our girls' party sales at the moment, so yeah, absolutely huge. # the snow glows white on the mountain tonight. # not a footprint to be seen. the first movie smashed records, made almost £1 billion at the box office, and won 0scars as parents around the world were "treated" — it says here — to an endless rendition of an instant classic. which, back at clementine's birthday party in richmond, is taking centre stage. # let it go, let it go! # i am one with the wind and sky.

how often is that sung in your house? uh, between ten and 20 times a day. it's pretty popular. um, so i know the words. i may notjoin in, but i know the words. # here i stand and here i'll stay. # let the storm rage on. ready? so, prepare for the planet to be frozen once more. john maguire, bbc news, richmond. washington's smithsonian national zoo is about to say goodbye to one of its most popular residents. in a couple of days' time — bei bei the panda will be flown back to china. as part of an agreement between the two countries — all pandas have to be returned when they are four years old — for breeding purposes. tim allman has more. parting is such sweet sorrow, but there is always time for cake.

bei bei enjoyed some last—minute treats before his trip to china, his fans having a last look at him. we love him and we have been coming regularly to see him and we just wanted to come for our last opportunity before he goes to china. i'm sad that we don't get to see him any more but i'm happy he's going back to his homeland. i'm sure he will be happy to see some other pandas as well. bei bei was born at the zoo in august 2015. his mother was a gift from china. a panda keeper and vet will travel with him on a private jet. appropriate, really, when you think that bei bei translates as precious treasure. we'll be taking 15 to 20 kilos of bamboo, apples, potatoes, carrots, some some sugar cane, honey and biscuits. all the things he likes throughout the day. we will take them with us so on that flight we can provide him with everything he needs.

he sets off on tuesday, journeying to a new home and a new life. bye—bye, bei bei, bye—bye. now to australia, where hailstones the size of cricket balls have fallen as thunderstorms move across queensland. this footage shows the giant hailstones falling from the sky and pummelling the ground and this car parked outside, in an area of the sunshine coast. a severe warning for hail and destructive winds has been issued for the region. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. at long last, a spell of dry weather across the uk today. it may have been a bit of a cold start, but plenty of sunshine overhead for the vast majority, as captured here across shropshire. over the next few days we will see the drier weather dominate, in fact, across some eastern parts of the country. this area of low pressure not affecting us.

that moves off to the north and with high—pressure holding on across eastern europe that will keep these rain—bearing weather fronts at bay for many. they will slide into western areas so we will see some changes here, but for the time being, as you can see quite nicely from the satellite imagery, we are between two areas of cloud, most have got clear skies. a few mist and fog patches and some shower clouds drifting down through shetland, the far east of scotland and some north sea coastal counties of england. but for most, you stick with the dry and sunny weather right through the afternoon. pretty chilly out there, especially where the fog has lingered longest but, as i said, you've got some sunshine to compensate. with clear skies around going into tonight temperatures will take a tumble again. in northern ireland, wales and the south—west, it will be an early dip in temperature, maybe lifting later as the breeze picks up and less cold air moves in with a bit more cloud, but notice the blue colours, scotland, through much of england, northern and eastern wales, widespread frost into tomorrow morning. temperatures may be as low as —6 in parts of northern england —9

or —10 in rural parts of scotland. so a pretty chilly start to tuesday. some dense fog patches across parts of central southern england, that mightjust lift and push northwards on a developing breeze, low cloud into parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire and east anglia. spoiling the sunshine for some. for many, though, still some good bright sunny spells but more cloud compared to today in the west, that will bring some rain to northern ireland at times. maybe just fringing into pembrokeshire and the far west of cornwall later. those weather fronts that come with cloud and rain really still being held at bay through tuesday night into wednesday. in the west, some rainjust running up these western districts, most will be dry, though. a chilly and frosty start across eastern parts parts here, again, another dry day, sunny spells, occasional cloud. always cloudiest out towards the west with more of a breeze. and through western scotland, northern ireland, the far west of wales and cornwall, there could be some rain at times. but the vast majority we stick with the dry theme. chilly in the east, a little bit more mild in the west. some slightly milder air or try to push its way in across many western areas. through the rest and into the rest of the weekend, bringing with it some rain at times. eastern areas hold onto the dry

weather for longer. bye for now.

hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at two: stand—off in hong kong — after overnight violence, riot police surround a university campus with hundreds of pro—democracy protesters inside. they came running out over the barriers, a large amount of tear gas fired down in their direction. and this is them escaping, basically. you can hear what the police are doing in response. borisjohnson tells business leaders he's shelving plans to cut corporation tax next april. after his bbc interview, prince andrew faces calls to cooperate with legal cases brought by alleged victims of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein. jennifer arcuri, the woman at the centre of misconduct allegations involving borisjohnson, says he's ignoring her and blocking her phone calls. i am very upset that he could not man up and