a leaked report shows babies and mothers died amid a "toxic" culture at two hospitals, stretching back a0 years. the damning investigation into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital trust shows major failings — in what is thought hello, you're watching to be the nhs‘s worst afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. ever maternity scandal. we‘ll talk to the journalist who got jeremy corbyn squares up to borisjohnson — hold of the report and a father with both leaders hoping to pack whose child died at the hospital. a political punch — in the first tv debate of election 2019. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn the green party prepare for their first head to head launches its manifesto — pledging to make the uk carbon confrontation of the election campaign, with a live studio debate. neutral by 2030. violence intensifies in hong kong, i'm here in the key election as dozens of demonstrators attempting to escape a university battleground of southampton — are blocked by police. asking what's on young voters‘ minds. the other headlines... prince andrew is facing calls this place is now surrounded by riot police. to talk to us investigators, just down the street here, from a woman who says there are teams of riot police jeffrey epstein assaulted her, sealing off the whole of the campus here. it follows the bbc interview inside, we believe are about 50 about his links with epstein. protesters, 50 hardliners protesters in hong kong remain barricaded inside a university campus, as the standoff with police continues for a third day. the tsb faces severe criticism

in a new report into the it meltdown which left nearly 2 million people without online services. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with ben croucher... a big night coming up for wales as they bid to qualify for the european championships. they know victory in cardiff over hungary tonight will see them into next year's tournament automatically, hoping their big guns like gareth bale and aaron ramsey will be fit. good afternoon, it was a cold and frosty start for many this morning, slowly they will be a milder air coming in from the south—west with the chance of rain, and late in the programme we have a look at how wet it has been so far this month.

good afternoon, welcome to southampton solent university where we are coming from during today on bbc news. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head to head in theirfirst general election tv debate tonight. the liberal democrats and snp won't be taking part in the show on itv, after they lost a last—minute legal bid to be included. the tv debates are now a regular fixture of uk general elections — this time around the party leaders are taking part in a number of events. let's take a look atjust some of them happening before december 12th. tonight, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will face each other on itv, in their first major clash of the campaign. then, on bbc one there is a question time leaders‘ special, hosted by fiona bruce on friday, where the conservatives, labour, snp and lib dem party leaders will take questions from the audience. itv will broadcast another election debate on sunday, december 1st — featuring the leaders of all seven main parties. and on bbc one on december

6th, borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn are scheduled to go head—to—head again, in a programme hosted by nick robinson. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. these debates tend to put a bit of sink intoa these debates tend to put a bit of sink into a campaign. we need this because so far the election campaign has been a bit humdrum and no one has been a bit humdrum and no one has landed a killer blow. it has gone down fairly familiar tramlines with boris johnson gone down fairly familiar tramlines with borisjohnson wanting to talk about brexit and getting it done, jeremy corbyn wanting to talk about the nhs, stopping a donald trump trade deal and austerity, and there hasn't really been a moment in the election campaign so far, but perhaps tonight that will be the moment when we get something which changes the dynamic of this election. you have to say forjeremy corbyn, he needs it, because if you look at the polls, there is a large gap still between him and boris johnson and despite the fact team corbin have had an ok election, landing some blows on the nhs ——

tea m landing some blows on the nhs —— team corbyn. boris johnson landing some blows on the nhs —— team corbyn. borisjohnson getting a ha rd team corbyn. borisjohnson getting a hard time in some of the flooded areas in the north of england. but this has not made a difference, and i think team at corbyn have got to land a blow, to change the dynamic and give him momentum. borisjohnson was out and about this morning in a boxing gym throwing some punches and he will be hoping to throw some verbal punches tonight. slightly less pressure on him and i suppose the challenge for him is that he has got quite a commanding lead in the opinion polls, so it is up to him, he could throw it away if he makes a clanger, so there is pressure on him as well, so both men are going to be feeling the heat and in that environment people make mistakes and the unforeseen can happen, the unpredictable, albeitjohn mcdonnell, close friend ofjeremy

corbyn, was saying, bring it on, because this is an opportunity for voters to see the realjeremy corbyn. what he will be doing is explaining on the policies we are advocating, highlighting the issues we face as a country, and then developing the ideas that we have over re ce nt developing the ideas that we have over recent years of how we can tackle those issues. in all these debates i think he has, one good thing it enables people to see the realjeremy thing it enables people to see the real jeremy corbyn and thing it enables people to see the realjeremy corbyn and maybe not the portrayal that some of the media give every now and then. we are hoping for a clanger or a zinger moment, but i have to say, past experience suggests we should be a little bit cautious, because the blunt truth is, leaders prepare endlessly for these debates and they rehearse all the different

possibilities and they know their opponents arguments inside out. we are all familiar with the party leaders as well, so the chance to change perception is quite limited, but nevertheless we have an hour of unscripted television where anything could happen. zinger or danger, where is your money?” could happen. zinger or danger, where is your money? i would go more for a weary, tired draw, i'm not holding out my hopes for a zinger or clanger moment. i was talking about them, not you, but anyway! clanger moment. i was talking about them, not you, butanyway! laughter you cheeky... i know, i'm sorry. the green party has unveiled its manifesto today, with policies to introduce a universal basic income, to abolish tuition fees for students and to reform the voting system. they want to remain in the european union. but their main focus — obviously — is on the climate crisis, and an ambitious programme

to transform the economy and make chris morris has more. the greens have policies to introduce universal basic income to abolish tuition fees for students and to reform the voting system. they want to remain in the european union. but the main focus, obviously, is on the climate crisis and an unashamedly ambitious programme to try and transform the economy and to make this country carbon neutral by 2030. everything needs to change. and so the green new deal is an idea whose time has come. today, we are so proud to put forward a manifesto which puts us on track to decarbonise every single sector of the economy by 2030 while delivering social justice across britain. the greens propose spending £100 billion a year every year for ten years on climate action, far more than other parties. most of that money, more

than £90 billion a year, would be borrowed, driving up overall government borrowing significantly. but, they argue, investing that money will create millions of newjobs. so what does the manifesto mean in practice? within a decade, the greens want, for example, to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles, replace gas boilers with heat pumps in millions of homes. stop all carbon emissions from industry, and phase in a tax on meat and dairy products. the greens also propose a frequent flyer levy, reducing the impact of the estimated 15% of people who take about 70% of all flights. their policies would also transform the countryside, changing the way that agriculture works and planting 700 million new trees by 2030 to soak up greenhouse gas emissions. again, that's a higher target than any other party. but the big question for the greens, is their programme actually achievable within a decade?

the advisory committee on climate change argues that it isn't. other parties have set targets of 2045 or 2050 for making the economy carbon neutral. but the greens are talking about an economic revolution. each and every green mp elected this december will have, in their in—tray, a legislative agenda ready to go. ten bills ready for the next parliament to hit the ground running. because the future will not give us another chance to get these next two years right. £100 billion a year is an awful lot of money, but as you can see, it's about the same as the government currently spends on education and less than it spends on health. so for a party that says the climate is by far the most important issue facing the country, and indeed the world, this manifesto is their radical alternative vision.

let's take a look at some of today's other news from the general election campaign. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has claimed that britain's 150 billionaires "do not deserve" so much money. mr mcdonnell was giving a speech covering labour's plan to change the way business works. he added that under a labour government, chief executives in the public sector would not be allowed to earn more than 20 times someone on the living wage. the liberal democrats have announced they would add a penny to the basic rate of income tax to help fund the nhs. they say the move will raise an extra £26 billion a year above inflation by 2023. the party says it will match labour's pledge on the health service in england. the snp leader nicola sturgeon has said immigration powers should be devolved. speaking this morning, the first minister said the current uk—wide policy on the issue was a disaster. she insisted regardless of what happens over brexit, scotland should control its own borders. so there's a summary

of today's announcements. now we can look at a variety of election issues with my guests — grace davis, head of student voice at solent university and two students, who are first time voters — daniel george and rachel dicker. grace, getting younger people interested , grace, getting younger people interested, is that a struggle in this election? a struggle could be because people don't understand the issues, and everyone has different issues, and everyone has different issues of course, but we are working with the nus, and we have got a campaign which encourages people to ta ke campaign which encourages people to take five minutes to register to vote so they are empowered on a national level and also place importance on why this matters and how everything is impacted by this vote and it is one of the most important in this generation. difficult for some people to understand why young people do not feel they know enough when there's so information out there. people

don't know where to look because there's so much information out there's so much information out there and so much is conflicting especially with social media, people don't know what to believe any more, so don't know what to believe any more, so they say, i don't know what to believe, are not going to do anything, but what people need to be looking at are the issues which affect them as students, everything from the recent fires in manchester and the accommodation block, everything from regulation in accommodation to student funding, to the actual issues that affect everyone , the actual issues that affect everyone, brexit, the nhs, these are specific issues to students which they don't realise they can have a voice on and they really need to be engaging with. is this something people discussed in the queue of the campaign? it is not discussed enough, i feel, campaign? it is not discussed enough, ifeel, and i think campaign? it is not discussed enough, i feel, and i think people are worried and they don't know, they are not educated enough, especially students, so this is not something we discussed randomly. daniel, you live in windsor but you will be voting here. you live in chichester and you are voting there.

daniel, your vote here, in this particular constituency, it's a 31 vote victory for the conservatives last time out, so that is what was in your mind, your vote will matter here? partly, yes, but my voice will be heard here as a student rather thanjust as be heard here as a student rather than just as a local resident, be heard here as a student rather thanjust as a local resident, and it is the student voice that needs to be heard in this election because these are the people that will be going out into the world suffering the consequences of whatever happens in the election, whether it be the outcome of brexit or various policies, we are going to bear the brunt of most of this for the rest of our lives, so rather than voting at home where it willjust be a last vote in a 22,000 majority, why not vote in a 22,000 majority, why not vote here where it actually makes a difference? vote here where it actually makes a difference ? and even vote here where it actually makes a difference? and even if the party i wrote for don't end up winning in this constituency, it is going to be pa rt of this constituency, it is going to be part of the student voice here —— i vote for. the issue of trust is crucial when we have the first television debate tonight, do they

make a difference? they do, but a lot of people don't have any believe any more in them, and people struggling to understand where the truth is coming from. personally i don't know what to believe any more because there has been promises and things before and i don't know. because there has been promises and things before and i don't know]! this something you hear a lot of? yes, we are trying to encourage people to use different tools which are available to find out a bit more, and following the nus campaign there are different tools when you can look into your mp and see what they voted for and what matters to them in the past to see what your vote will get you and things like that and also different tools available which will show you how your home vote and your student vote could make a difference. these are things which will be on the bbc news website, is that a trust issue? is the mainstream media not trusted? any media is not trusted to a certain extent because there are so many conflicting things and with social media available there are so

many narratives on things that stu d e nts many narratives on things that students are slightly wary, but this makes people have conversations in the first place to find out what matters to them and then encourage them to do their own research. when people say they are inundated on social media, what does it mean? so much information being fired at you and it sounds silly, almost, but even having the bbc website or other tactical voting websites, they are not always places students will look because if it is not there on their facebook or twitter feed they may not even look at it. if they have to click a link to get to it they may ignore it, and not enough of that information is there out on social media, they have to go digging and looking for it, that stops people from understanding the real root of theissues from understanding the real root of the issues and where they should actually be voting. who do you trust to tell you what was going on? honestly, i don't know any more, because there are so many things going on, so much out there, so much

information, which is sometimes lies, it is hard to trust anyone and any you read. so what about the bbc, itv, sky, are they history? in terms ofa campaign itv, sky, are they history? in terms of a campaign like this? i'm doing myself out of a job, but i'm interested. we don't watch a lot of broadcast stuff any more, unfortunately, it is all facebook, instagram or website links and it is not really tv —related, any more. i'm not going to sit through an hour and watch something because i don't have that kind of mindset to watch. and websites? they are more prevalent than sitting down and watching traditional broadcast tv at the first time i watch the news was sitting down last night and it happened to come on. —— i watched. the important thing is the fact students are becoming more wary of sensationalist headlines and fake news. they don't want to trust

things which seem like they have been sensationalised and theyjust wa nt been sensationalised and theyjust want facts and honest tracks. the issue of fake news is huge at the moment. how do you guide people as to how to avoid it? we are careful with what we share on social media because we are a charity, so we are slightly bound by what we can publicise because we need to remain apolitical, but we are trying to look through things as best we can and find things which are real news which people will engage with because if we share things which seem because if we share things which seem to sensationalised we won't get any engagement and it loses the point of doing it. and going round and talking to students in person is and talking to students in person is a very good way as well to understand what people are thinking and what is important to them. will you be watching the debate tonight? yes, of course. will it change your mind? i don't think so personally because i struggle to believe a lot of things and i'm personally not

interested in watching that long about debates, it isjust not my preference. do you believe the politicians when you see them? no. i tried too but it is healthy to have scepticism because you never know what the promises are and whether they can be translated into real policies and real implementations, because so much of what is going on and being promised doesn't have the whole background to back it up and as students and residents of southampton we need more information to know that if we vote for any party the promises they have promised will be able to be delivered. grace, rachel, daniel, thanks forjoining us. you are watching afternoon live. let's move on. a woman who says she was a victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to prince andrew to "come forward" and give a statement to us investigators. the duke is facing renewed calls

to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. here's our los angeles correspondent, sophie long. this is the lawyer in los angeles representing five of jeffrey epstein's alleged victims. with her, a young woman who told reporters crammed into the small room that epstein raped her when she was 15. we were not hidden. it is upsetting to me to think that anyone who was closely associated withjeffrey epstein might argue that they didn't suspect that he might have been sexually abusing children. her attorney urged prince andrew to come to the united states and tell investigators everything he knows about the behaviour and activities of his former friend, jeffrey epstein. he described in his interview this weekend that jeffrey epstein's home was like a railway station. a lot of people coming in and out. he should have asked, why are these girls here?

this is the interview ms allred was referring to. prince andrew responded to the allegations about him with categoric denials of impropriety. you can say categorically that you don't recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp, or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? yes, i can absolutely categorically tell you, it never happened. but there are further signs of the damage to prince andrew's reputation. the accountants kpmg have announced they are withdrawing their sponsorship of one of his initiatives, a mentoring scheme for entrepreneurs. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. we'll be back at half past with much more from here in southampton. now it's back to

carrie in the studio. we have some breaking news, on shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust, the interim update report obtained by the independent newspaper is saying that mothers and babies have died amid majorfailings at that trust and that it is likely to constitute the nhs's worst ever maternity scandal. it is a leaked report at the moment but it says that a toxic culture stretching back 40 that a toxic culture stretching back a0 yea rs that a toxic culture stretching back a0 years was in place when babies and mothers suffered avoidable deaths. children were also left with a permanent disability amid substandard care at the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust. it's initial scope was 23 cases and it

was set up by the health secretary jeremy hunt in 2017 but over the subsequent years it has expanded to cover 270 cases in the period from 1979 until the present day and we will bring you more on that shortly. dozens of demonstrators are still barricaded inside a hong kong university, which has been under siege by the police for three days. activists have been inside the campus since last week, initially preventing police from entering by lighting fires and throwing petrol bombs. 600 protesters, including minors, have now given themselves up. police say that any adults who leave will be arrested. with the latest, here's our correspondent paul adams. exhaustion and defiance on the campus of hong kong polytechnic, dozens of students still holed up inside, some in need of medical attention.

they want this to end but worry about what will happen if they leave. i want to leave but the police keep firing tear gas to us, and i feel i am going to die. we have been trying to escape since yesterday morning. but then we couldn't find a way out. i was quite desperate. in their efforts to evade arrest, some students in gas masks and plastic sheets tried to escape through sewage tunnels. the fire brigade was called in and the effort abandoned. but hundreds have now gone, leaving behind a campus scarred by days of confrontation. for a week the city's universities have been on the front line of this bitter struggle over the future of hong kong. the opposition politician helping students to leave says they shouldn't necessarily be afraid. they have to face the reality,

even if it's ridiculous, even if it's unfair, unreasonable on the part of the police, but they have to face it. so the charges that they will face, actually face, maybe are somewhat more moderate charges than rioting. those who leave are searched, and if they are over 18, arrested. younger students have been allowed to go home. the police say those involved in violence will be punished. translation: let me tell you this, you can run but you cannot run forever. offenders that have escaped will eventually be caught. hong kong's much criticised chief executive says she hopes the stand—off at the university can now end, but only if students do what they are told. the preference is for a peaceful resolution as far as possible. this objective could only be achieved with the full cooperation of the protesters, including of course, the rioters.

they have to stop the violence and give up their weapons and come out peacefully and take the instructions from the police. the stand—off at hong kong polytechnic may now be in its final hours but the past week has seen this long crisis lurch into new traumatic territory, with absolutely no sign of a wider resolution. paul adams, bbc news. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong. what is happening? it is pretty quiet at the polytechnic university tonight. the police seem content for activists to run out of their supplies and then come out and be arrested and two hours ago we saw about 25 of them, but mostly they have been in smaller numbers, a couple at a time, they are taken away by the police to be charged

with rioting. you can also see behind me groups of church negotiators and other police officials that are helping with the process of trying to get the remaining students to leave this campus. we have seen three days of pretty serious clashes here and some people have been injured seriously and we have also had ambulances going in, at leasta and we have also had ambulances going in, at least a dozen in the last 20 minutes, so maybe that is pa rt last 20 minutes, so maybe that is part of the deal, we are not quite sure. either way there are a lot of people trying to encourage those remaining activists who are still holding out to come out. there is no doubt they will be charged, charged with rioting and that is why they are still waiting, hoping they can find some sort of exit the police are not covering. but not many have been successful in doing that, and the police have a down the entire

area around the university —— the police have locked down. there doesn't seem to be any way out other than by putting yourself in the hands of the place and that is why at the moment the right teams have decided it isjust at the moment the right teams have decided it is just a waiting at the moment the right teams have decided it isjust a waiting game. —— riot teams. decided it isjust a waiting game. -- riot teams. what is the wider community in hong kong making of this? the new police chief says he expects society to condemn what he called rioters, saying unless society condemns these rioters the problem cannot be resolved. funnily enough we actually saw him about ten minutes ago here talking to these negotiators, and he is on the scene. trying to put on a good face. the new person in charge. he has been one of those looking after the entire response of the police, since this started at the beginning of june, but there is a big task ahead

of him because amongst the general community there is a lot of support for protesters even as they are becoming more violent. a few hundred metres behind me there are the makings of petrol bombs strewn all over the ground, hundreds of them, and this seems to be a regular thing now. a police officer was shot with an arrow we have seen now. a police officer was shot with an arrow we have seen the right police responding with a very tough attacks really on protesters —— and we have seen. including kicking them in the head. so it has been, well, very violent, the last couple of days, and despite all that, the general community, it is amazing how many people are still supporting the protesters because they think the overall goal of the protesters is more important than any particular incident that may involve either side. stephen, thanks forjoining

us. side. stephen, thanks forjoining us. i know you will update us with any developments. prosecutors in sweden say they will not proceed with their investigation into an allegation of rape made againstjulian assange. the wikileaks founder has been in belmarsh prison in south east london since he was evicted from the ecuadorian embassy in april. swedish officials say there was insufficient evidence to support the rape accusation made back in 2010. but mr assange still faces extradition to the united states, which accuses him of publishing secret documents. those hearings are due to begin in february. time for a look at the weather. we are going to look at rainfall so far this month, so this is a map produced by the met office and it is the percentage of the average rainfall across the uk. we have blues and dark browns, the dark browns, western parts of scotland,

much drier than we would normally have during november, and that is probably because areas of low pressure which tend to bring the rain normally head to the north—west of the uk, but they have been further south which is why we have this area of blue here which shows where the rain has been particularly heavy for so long, and you remember we have had the severe flooding over parts of northern england and into the midlands. a couple of highlights, what we have got here is the extremes broken down. nottinghamshire has had 108 millimetres so far almost double what you would expect during the whole of the month. in shetland it has been extremely dry, the driest pa rt has been extremely dry, the driest part of the country. the areas of low pressure not really moving. if we look at what has been happening in autumn as a whole, a record—breaking in terms of rainfall

in sheffield, aao millimetres of rain so far. that is a huge amount of rain. i had not appreciated how little rain there has been in the north of scotland. so why? these areas of low pressure being in different places and the jet stream has been further south and if you think about the jet stream that tends to steer areas of low pressure and position areas of high pressure as well and with the jet stream further south that has driven areas of low pressure further south, and also further south which is why we have had the flooding in venice, for example. what about the next couple of days? couple of pictures from today, this is nottinghamshire which has been very wet so far this month. a bit of hazy sunshine but we have seen more a bit of hazy sunshine but we have seen more cloud moving in. we still have 25—26 flood warnings on rivers across england and you can see the extent of the water there, in

gloucestershire. there is rain around. the weather is changing slowly and we are getting more of a southerly breeze which is picking up with the rain band we have got, bringing rain into northern ireland. it might clear for a while and take some rain into most parts of western england and also wales. it brings the risk of icy patches bearing in mind how cold it was this morning, and how cold it is at the moment, and how cold it is at the moment, and they should not be as much frost around by tomorrow, because there is more of a breeze and there is a bit of cloud around, as well. maybe some bursts of rain coming into northern ireland, tending to become a dryer over wales, at the chance of showers in the far south—west of england. for many it will be a dry day, sunshine at times, temperatures a bit higher than today for many parts of the country. tempered by the south to south easterly breeze which is coming around the area of low pressure and which has been sitting there for the past couple of days. it brings the threat of these

weather fronts bringing some it brings the threat of these weatherfronts bringing some rain, and on thursday the rain is more likely to affect the south of england. heavy bursts but nothing that bad. maybe threatening northern ireland and heading to the midlands late in the day. elsewhere north and east, it will be dry, 7—10d, without any frost. the area of low pressure will fade away but we have another one coming down towards iberia which will bring very wet and windy weather and it may have an impact on our weather as we head into the weekend. this is friday, tending to dry off in scotland, but it is mainly over northern ireland, the irish sea coasts, that could have a bit of rain at times, but elsewhere it is still dry and the temperatures 8-10. it is it is still dry and the temperatures 8—10. it is turning a bit milder and tonight will not be as cold as it was last night.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines: jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson go head—to—head this evening in the first tv debate

of election 2019. the green party launches its manifesto, pledging to make the uk carbon neutral by 2030. prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators from a woman who says jeffrey epstein assaulted her. it follows the bbc interview about his links with epstein. a leaked report into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital shows babies and mothers died amid majorfailings, in what is thought to be the nhs's worst—ever maternity scandal. in hong kong, dozens of protesters are still thought to be barricaded inside the polytechnic university, which has been under siege by the police since sunday. some younger protesters have been allowed to leave without arrest. tsb faces severe criticism in a new report into the it meltdown which left nearly two million people without online services. and the renowned broadcaster sir david attenborough has told the bbc that the response to plastic

pollution has been encouraging. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher. a big night for wales or on virtual qualification for euro 2020, are they? they are, if they win tonight they? they are, if they win tonight they will be in euro 2020. for years, we waited for wales to qualify for a european championships, now two might come along at once. afterjust one major championship in 60 years, they made it to euro 2016 and reached the semifinals that year too. tonight, they can book their spot at next year's european championships by beating hungary in cardiff. for such a big game, they're hoping to have their best players fit and available, that means the likes of gareth bale and aaron ramsey. both played some of their last game at the weekend, but both are lacking match fitness. manager ryan giggs also has joe allen back from suspension too. so experienced heads to call upon

tonight. we've got the euphoria of qualifying for the first euros and doing so well at the competition that we really want to do that again. but we've also the negatives, that we know how it feels to miss out on qualifying, like we did at the world cup. so we're going to use both of them to our advantage. well, if wales need inspiration, perhaps they can take it from the class of 1975. aa years ago, they played hungary in a european qualifier and this was part of their training routine. it's a little different these days, but if you're looking for good omens, wales won that 2—1. and you can listen to full commentary of wales vs hungary on bbc radio 5 live and radio wales from 7pm tonight. luis enrique will return as manager of spain's national team. he left the role earlier this year with his daughter battling cancer. she sadly passed away in august. he was replaced as manager

by his assistant, but enrique will now replace roberto moreno, the man who steered them through the final part of their european qualifiers. the spanish football federation president luis rubiales said, "everyone knew that if luis enrique wanted to come back, "he had the doors open." they say he'll be in charge until at least the world cup in 2022. rugby union now, and the new wales head coach wayne pivac has named his first squad. he's brought in new zealand—born backsjohnny mcnicholl and willis halaholo for the uncapped game against the barbarians in cardiff at the end of the month. ironically, the baba's will be coached by the former wales coach, warren gatland. the revamped davis cup finals are continuing in madrid today. great britain have to wait until tomorrow for their first match, but there'll be no roger federer. switzerland didn't qualify for the 18—nation event. instead, he's in argentina playing an exhibition match against alexander zverev. now at 38, he says he's expecting an emotional end to his career when it finally comes,

but doesn't see that moment arriving too soon. i see no reason to stop. of course, with age, you can savour the experience. i don't know how it's going to end, ijust hope it will be emotional, i guess, and nice. i don't know, it will be good, the whole process. the british racing driver billy monger has a new challenge. he's the latest to join the extreme e championship. the 20—year—old lost both his legs in a crash during a formula a race in 2017. he returned to racing earlier this year in a car with specially adapted hand controls. the extreme e series is a new, environment—focused racing series. 12 teams will race off—road in fully electric suvs in five remote locations around the world

to highlight the effects of climate change. it all starts in 2021. that's all the sport for now, more after 3pm. iama i am a huge fan of billy monger, there is a brave young man. thank you, see you later on. we're in southampton, this is going to be a key marginal seats in the election, and the leaders know it. as we've seen today, the prime minister has been on the campaign trail, visiting a boxing club in the north west. our politcal editor laura kuennsberg has been speaking to him, and asked him about the party's approach to dealing with violent crime. one of the things you're saying today if she would ta ke take an extended approach on stop

and search, reversing what the conservatives did empower? if you look at what i did in london, we had a massive reduction in the murder rates, notjust because we did robust policing, although we did andi did robust policing, although we did and i believe in it. we are putting any serious violence reduction order, meaning that kids have been previously convicted of carrying a bladed weapon have a section 60 water over their heads that means the police can stop and search them without suspicion. the idea is that will deter them from getting back into the life of crime, getting back into the life of crime, getting back into the life of crime, getting back into the company of the gangs. it's also about investing in the lives of those kids, notjust theirtraining and education, but also fantastic diversions like the one we're seeing here. we are a must a huge amount of time, investment and money into those projects. when i was mayor of london, we had a big success in turning round the lives of many tens

of thousands, hundreds of thousands of thousands, hundreds of thousands of kids we're going to do the same across the country. so, yes, it's backed top police sing, but it's also about making sure you take care of the kids and get some alternatives. java talking with those new orders, quite a significant expansion of stop and search powers, with that apply to under18 is? it search powers, with that apply to under 18 is? it will apply to anyone convicted in a magistrates' court. and with those courts are stretched, whether be more money for courts, is this a viable plan? is the lord chancellor said this morning, you can'tjust look chancellor said this morning, you can't just look at the policing aspect of this. if you accelerate the sentencing and the whole legal process, you have to put money into the criminaljustice process, you have to put money into the criminal justice system process, you have to put money into the criminaljustice system as well, and we well. as we've been hearing, the green party have launched their manifesto today. and over the coming days, the other parties will publish their plans. but what exactly are manifestos and what part do they play in the election? chi chi izundu reports.

the manifesto, the document which sets out which each political party would do if it got into government. daniel craig, a taxi driver who lives in hampshire, has a question about them. why can't we make election manifestos legally binding? to answer dan's question is peter. his job is to analyse politics, including elections. it would be really hard to make manifestos legally binding. so the prime minister and the cabinet obviously lead the government, but if they want to make any changes, they have to get mps and members of the house of lords to agree, and that's not always possible even when a party has a majority. this is anna, she is a criminal lawyer. here is what she thinks about getting courts mixed up in politics. the problem is that...it‘s a bad idea. if the election manifesto becomes legally binding, then, firstly, you have the risk that it will tie the hands of parliament, and secondly, when it comes to enforcement, against whom would you enforce it?

would it be against the prime minister, would it be against the entire government? who enforces it? is it a public enforcement action only, or can you bring a private prosecution? we spoke to ellen, an academic in sweden whose research compared manifesto pledges in different countries to see who honoured them when they got into government. in the uk we find that parties mostly keep their promises, and the uk system, being a westminster system where the winner takes it all, is apparently a system that is more efficient on fulfilling pledges than some of the other countries that we investigate. but is it worth it? breaking a pledge will lead to punishment from the voters, right? fulfilling a pledge is something that you're expected to do, so you don't get a lot of credit for that. dan isn't the only one to have asked this question. the system is complicated, but right now the only way to hold the government to account is at the ballot box. general issue is a trust in politics. if they can't trust their

government, they can't trust them to follow through on their election pledges, then i suppose people feel disenfranchised by that and left out. and she's here with me now. let's talk about a pledge and i promise, there are different? indeed, and a ma nifesto there are different? indeed, and a manifesto is the aims and intentions that a political party wants to try and carry out when it gets into government, but let's not forget how the system works. they still need the system works. they still need the backing of both house plant before they can pass any laws. i think that's the public sometimes forgets when it comes to manifestos, they are just intentions, not promises, not set in stone. but what pace they have us to go through the two houses of parliament is? quite a

lot. there is a constitutional convention at the house of lords will not veto anything that has been published on a manifesto during a general election. that's not to say that the mps in the house of commons will not turn around to decide against it. it's what people want, they want a bit more trust in their politicians, and some of the people we have been speaking to suggest a way of getting more trust is via the ma nifesto way of getting more trust is via the manifesto and keeping the pledges that they put in it? them. what is the evidence that manifesto pledges are not kept? there was a study done ina number of are not kept? there was a study done in a number of countries around the world, and the uk came out near the top when it comes to particle parties keeping the pledges they put ona parties keeping the pledges they put on a manifestos. but it was also pointed out that, sadly, for a political party, if you break a ma nifesto, political party, if you break a manifesto, it can be destroying. but

if you keep a manifesto promise, you do not get as much credit either. so it is an expected thing, the electorate wants what they have read to come true. but again, if they do not like what they read, they're not happy either. it is interesting, being here at the university of silence, talking to students, tuition fees are a big issue going back many will never, ever forgive nick clegg for making a pledge on tuition fees and then breaking it. that was the 2020 pledge that the lib dems made and there manifesto. -- 2010 lib dems made and there manifesto. —— 2010 pledge. we have heard it everywhere, people cannot forgive and will not forget, the very least, ifa and will not forget, the very least, if a politician or party make a pledge and later on don't want to break it. it is one of the most unforgivable things during a campaign. and in terms the ma nifesto, campaign. and in terms the manifesto, parties are not beholden

on them, they can do what they want? it's just an intention, on them, they can do what they want? it'sjust an intention, suggestion. no—one can predict the future, u nfortu nately, no—one can predict the future, unfortunately, it's about what can happen if they get into government, if they get the backing of everyone else. but it is just an intention, it's like me promising to be nice to you, simon! let's leave it there, on a high! thank you very much. let's go now to steffan powell, who is in the special newsbeat camper van, which today, is outside some student accommodation. you're joining you'rejoining us you're joining us outside tristan's house, we have been here here, stealing his tea, charging my phone inside, so thanks very much! i'll show you the streets, a nice student area here where you live. a big

student town, 30,000 students in southampton, could have a big impact on the outcome of this election, and we've been talking about tuition fees, that's what we have been talking about on the radio today. sophie, is that going to be the big issue for you? i think it is a big issue, probably not top of my list, brexit would buy my number one concern at the moment, but definitely an issue in something stu d e nts definitely an issue in something students think about a lords, especially when graduating university. some people would say, you're the one getting the benefit from your degree, it should be youhit invest in your future, you should be paying fees. how do you react to that? a lot of jobs these days ask for a degree, so hopefully reaping the benefits, but education should be available to everyone, so i think it is a problem if people

can't afford it. sophie has one of the grand sounding to greece going, let me get it right, international security and risk is your masters? that's the one! but you're doing physics and chemistry... the lights have gone off! camper van, innit? are tuition fees big for you? one of the big things. as sophie said, education should be open to everyone regardless of background, so even though the current system of paying back your fees incrementally isn't too bad, if one of the parties were offering complete universal access to education at all levels, that's probably something that would swing my vote. we don't know exactly what the parties will promise on this yet, because as we have been hearing, the manifestos aren't quite out yet. but you are a politics

student, tristan, will you get straight in with the manifestos when they come out and look for the paragraph on tuition fees? tuition fees for me is a big issue, especially as the amount of interest we're paying back seems to compound the problem. for me, paying back the tuition fees isn't necessarily the issue, it's a fact i may have to pay back more and whether or not the current level of fees is too high. there is a conversation there. personally, when weighing up all the issues, i have to look at my constituency and there is another issue there, because in my own constituency, there is the problem brexit and whether or not i'm going to be voting for a party in favour or against that. there are multiple elements when weighing up our vote. how engaged your mates? when you're having a drink or whatever, how engaged are they? in a constituency round here there are only 31 votes

in it, so students can have a massive effect on results here? buckets out there is a lot of writing on the election because brexit all my friends are very engaged in it, following it carefully and discussing it. luckily you are discussing it a lot, because otherwise would have nothing to talk about here in the camper van! we have been giving it a radio1 flavour with these mugs, we will let you get back inside the warmth, back to you, simon. thank you very much! our business presenter taig enright is also here, just down the road at the university of southampton's future worlds start—up accelerator. what does that mean? taig? we are talking to the entrepreneurs of tomorrow here. 31 is the magic number of the day, because of that nearby constituency and southampton

which had a conservative majority of just 31 at the last election. which are microsomal to group of entrepreneurs who are all under the age of 31. i have to say, so far today, i have been bowled over by their ingenuity. you have a company which makes greeting cards for underrepresented communities. tell me more about your business and how the government could help you move it forward? i would like the government to be more transparent in regards to what it is they hope to achieve in the future in a brexit and the economic trade. you think they're not being transparent as it is? no, there is a lack of clarity over trade negotiations. is? no, there is a lack of clarity overtrade negotiations. if is? no, there is a lack of clarity over trade negotiations. if we do end up trading with other countries, we need to know how our businesses are impacted. thank you. we're here

at the university of southampton's future worlds business incubator, giving the next generation of entrepreneurs they like update need to. they have had 36 ex—tories last year, attracting £6 million of funding. —— success stories last year. to me about your business, connecting landlords to students via an app? without the need for an estate agents, all in the app, all payments and everything, to make it secure. payments and everything, to make it secure. i payments and everything, to make it secure. lam payments and everything, to make it secure. i am looking forward to better regulations on student housing, this is a massive issue, and also eu relationships for students, because universities strive and our student body being diverse and that's important. thank you. an internationalfocus, i think you're fine from a lot of the entrepreneurs here, including travers, who has an interesting way of learning languages, which are not severely easy for us in the western

world! this helps you learn japanese, chinese and english. we've just gone live on a kickstarter farm, a fully immersive, 3d, story—driven game to help you through the process of learning a language. we want a focus on international trade, language. we want a focus on internationaltrade, because language. we want a focus on international trade, because this is a global product, importance of opening up huge markets in china and japan. we would also like more support for uk start—ups for young entrepreneurs, using facilities such as this here, which has helped us a lot. best of luck with all your enterprise is. i have to say, international focus is really being the overarching theme of all the entrepreneurs i met today. of course, businesses of today are less likely to see borders in the future, they don't want there to be inhibitors to trade, either with

stu d e nts inhibitors to trade, either with students from the eu or even further afield. breaking news in relation to prince andrew, because standard charter has ended its sponsorship of prince andrew's charity, saying it will not be renewing its sponsorship of the charity started by the prince. they say, we can confirm we are not renewing our sponsorship for commercial reasons once our current agreement terminates in september. —— december. it is understood the decision not to renew was made before the newsnight interview which, of course, has caused such enormous controversy around the prince and his reputation and work. sources at the bank insist the

reason for ending the partnership return to commercial concerns, not impacted by recent controversy. the fa ct impacted by recent controversy. the fact that the charity is a larger uk focused events what the bank is a more international institution is one of the reasons for the decision. what i think that reuters are now reporting that the charity website has disappeared, no longer available on the website, the supporters page on the website, the supporters page on that website has a vanished. we are hearing details were some of the organisations associated with the prince's charitable work had been rethinking their roles, but that decision by standard chartered for commercial reasons, not the controversy surrounding his interviewer. been cleared of her murder and manslaughter. geoffrey bran, who's 71 and from carmarthenshire, told police that his wife mavis had slipped and pulled a

deep—fat fryer over herself. the 69—year—old died six days later in hospital in october last year. the lawyer for the man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane has told a new zealand court that she died as a result of consensual sex gone wrong. grace, who was 21 and from wickford in essex, died last december in auckland while travelling in new zealand. a 27—year—old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies her murder. prosecutors say he strangled her and then disposed of her body in a suitcase. he claims she died accidentally after being consensually choked during sex. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. thank you very much. a cold start for many parts of the country this morning i bung very cold out there

in scotland right now. not as much a blue on the chart this evening and overnight, chilly for a while across many parts of northern errors, but mild aircoming in many parts of northern errors, but mild air coming in from the west and south west, we are seeing outbreaks of rain. rain affects the fight south west of england, west wales, north into scotland as well. briefly turning a dryer across northern ireland. further east, dry, the breeze picking up, mountain frost and a milder start to tomorrow this morning. sun chen around at times, some cloud as well, showers coming into scotland, a bit more rain into northern ireland and maybe to far south west of england. elsewhere across england and wales, the odd shower towards the north sea coast. temperatures higher than today, up to 11 celsius.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm carrie gracie. today at 3.00: swedish prosecutors drop an inquiry into a rape allegation made against the wikileaks co—founderjulian assange, who's currently being held at belmarsh prison in london. protesters in hong kong remain barricaded inside a university campus, as the standoff with police continues for a third day. hong kong's leader urged them to come out peacefully. love they have to give up violence, get up their weapons and come out police fully,, —— peacefully. take instructions from the police. jeremy corbyn squares up to boris johnson, with both leaders hoping to pack a political punch in the first tv

debate of the general election 2019. prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says jeffrey epstein assaulted her, it follows the bbc interview about his links with epstein. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. thank you. just over four hours away from just over four hours away from wales pivotal european qualifier against hungary. win — and they'll be guaranteed a spot at the european championships for the second tournament in a row. i'll have the latest on the fitness of the likes of gareth bale at around 3:30. a really cold and frosty start for us this evening. later in the programme, we will look at how cold it has been so far, how sunny as well. broadcaster sir david attenborough has told the bbc that the response and the renowned and the to plastic pollution

has been encouraging hello everyone. prosecutors in sweden say they will not proceed with their investigation into an allegation of rape made againstjulian assange. the wikileaks founder has been in belmarsh prison in south east london since he was evicted from the ecuadorian embassy in april. swedish officials say there was insufficient evidence to support the rape accusation made back in 2010. the case has now been discounted. he has always denied the allegations, saying the sex was consensual. but mr assange still faces extradition to the united states, which accuses him of publishing secret documents.

those hearings are due to begin in february. we can now speak to our correspondent maddy savage. maddy, the point here is time and has passed and evidence has weakened. yes, that is exactly what prosecutors have said. they actually closed the case if years ago, because they said it was difficult to continue while asano was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy. they have spent the past three months digging over the original evidence, but also carrying out new interviews with five witnesses who had spoken at the time at the allegations, and two new witnesses who they said they hadn't spoken to before. as you said, some of those testimonies were difficult to ta ke of those testimonies were difficult to take into consideration as evidence because peoples memories and perceptions of events change over time. so theirfinal and perceptions of events change over time. so their final conclusion was it wasn't worth going to london,

and it wasn't worth continuing this investigation. just to be clear, this relates to a rate rape allegation. there was a chance for them to reinvestigate those allegations. and yet they said those original alleged victims were credible? yes, and that is a key point to maintain here. there is nothing that makes prosecutors doubt the evidence that has been given. they believe it is credible. although similar testimonies to those put forward by the accused, but this case is really centred around the alleged victim claiming that he had unprotected sex, alleged

unprotected sex with her while she was asleep. this is something he has a lwa ys was asleep. this is something he has always denied. ultimately, what prosecution was looking for was further complementary evidence, so another kind of witness or perhaps digital documentation. those things simply don't exist, so the body of evidence they do have so far simply does not mean they can continue their investigations in this case. obviously, this has been a very controversial case for the best part ofa controversial case for the best part of a decade. what we will be the public reaction in sweden? this is a case that has fascinated the world. it isa case that has fascinated the world. it is a leading story in bulletins at the moment. it has grabbed attention locally in sweden less than around the world, perhaps. sweden is a place that prides itself on equality and it takes these crimes very seriously, so i think there will be some disappointment,

as there was in the case was dropped as there was in the case was dropped a couple of years ago. also, i think questions will be asked, and questions will be asked, and questions were asked in the press conference earlier today, about why this has all taken so long. we are now looking at a decade since those allegations first came to light. the prosecutor looking at the case now is not the same one who is looking at it originally stop she says she has been looking —— working tirelessly over the past two months. i think there was no apology from her what happened in the past, but certainly, she was keen to make it clear she has tried to do her best. thank you. dozens of demonstrators are still barricaded inside a hong kong university, which has been under siege by the police for three days. activists have been inside the campus since last week, initially preventing police from entering by lighting fires and throwing petrol bombs. 600 protesters, including minors,

have now given themselves up. police say that any adults who leave will be arrested. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong. stephen, it is late into the night now. your assessment. we havejust had some pretty dramatic scenes at the entrance to the university. what is happening here is the police are just waiting for protesters to run out of supplies. i'm not sure if you can see, but behind this row of journalists, they have just apprehended a group of activists. earlier, they made a desperate, last—minute to run for it. about 20 or 30 of them came tearing up the road, and the police watching them.

they thought they had a chance to get out. they have been trying to leave campus for days, but the police have blocked all of the exits and made it almost impossible for them to leave. as they are running out of supplies, i think they thought, we will have one more try. and so, while a group of these first aid volunteers were being detained by police, in one area, they fought the cloak coast might be clear, and they raced down the road in another area. the riot police were quick to spot them going, and swooped, and pinned then to the ground. you can hearin pinned then to the ground. you can hear in the background, the calls from some of their family and friends who have gathered beyond to be chording in support of those stu d e nts be chording in support of those students criticising the police for the way they pinned them down. and

they were trying to give some sort of moral support for the students who weren't able to ultimately make it out. they cannot be many more stu d e nts it out. they cannot be many more students left back inside the university behind me because we estimated there might have been around 50. we just saw about 20 of these four volunteers coming out. if you add another 20 that have just tried to run down the road behind me here, many of whom are still being held by the police, just beyond wear and standing, you've got to be looking at dozens i think, still inside the campus. but the police have said they want people to leave peacefully. however, when you try to leave, you are going to be arrested and face rioting charges. this is serious. ultimately, a rioting charge in hong kong can land you up to ten years in jail. so you can

understand why they wanted to avoid that. thinking back to where will this started in june that. thinking back to where will this started injune of this year, there were moments when the use of force by police brought thousands and hundreds of thousands even protesters onto the streets. it seems now to be concentrated on this one university campus battlefield. do you think the mood in hong kong is changing? i think a few weeks ago, the authorities thought they had this under control. but then, the last week and a half ago —— the week and a half has proven that is not the case. this is a pretty hard co re not the case. this is a pretty hard core group of activists, and they have made a lot of the rest since this started. to give an impression

of how big that number is, the entire population in prison in hong kong are only 8000. that is not to say all of these protesters are going to be punished in that way, but the police are going to try to ta ke but the police are going to try to take the heat out of this bag making mass arrests. they want to make broad support for this movement, even as it becomes quite violent. we saw those amazing images of the police, in armoured trucks, moving towards the activists under a hail of petrol bombs, and catching on fire. we had then seen the riot police responding with a brutal crackdown of their own, at times, a dozen riot police laying —— kicking a protester in the head. the

attention to be ever increasing, and still no sign of it ending. it is quiet now, but these elections are supposed to happen on sunday. the local elections. the government has threatened to cancel the election, and if that happens, there are going to bea and if that happens, there are going to be a lot of very un—upset people in hong kong. but what choice do they have? we will wait to see what they have? we will wait to see what the government decides to do in terms of those local elections. we will let you go to observe events going on behind you, but thank you. joining me now is the director of the university of oxford china centre, professor rana mitter. how do you read this moment?” how do you read this moment? i think this is a very important moment, because the use of force here... the beijing authorities are prepared to crackdown quite hard. i think it is

going to shape the next phase of the protest. it is a do or die type of effect, in which people are essentially sacrificing themselves, or whether it is going to move to a broader dialogue... apart from what we see in terms of the police and the protesters, there is significant to hear the new police commissioner talking about the need for society to condemn the protesters, the expectation that the broader mass of the public will take a certain view on this and stand behind the government. then, also interestingly, the decision from beijing to call out the high court, deciding yesterday that it was unconstitutional for governments to do this. to a very significant moments there. in the first case, while it is the case the police have

made a statement, there is still a great deal of support for the from the hong kong population, not for the hong kong population, not for the violence or burning down stations, i think people have generally condemned that. but the wider feeling is that there is still a discussion that needs to be had about hong kong, where there is more room for democracy. that has not gone away, regardless of what the police might say. the constitution is really interesting because it brings up the idea that the very craft carefully crafted system in hong kong, independentjudiciary from china. the very clear separation of powers seems to be, by implication, chipped away. the international business, huge business in hong kong, will look at the implications of that, and wonder if they need to get clarifications

of how far this change will go. if they need to get clarifications of how far this change will gom is fascinating because in the past six months, we have actually seen moments of significant street protest from lawyers, and indeed, from judges. so it is going to be interesting to see how they react to this announcement from beijing. and business people too. one of the things that first kicked off the first set of protests a few months ago was the realisation that the proposed extra edition law, which has now been withdrawn, might not just catch criminals, but actually business executives will stop in china it is explicitly controlled by the party state. officials of the party have found themselves thinking, maybe this is... on the

campus there in hong kong, implications for peak young people and their future lives. we heard people talking about this... we had seen people talking about this... we had seenin people talking about this... we had seen in the past 2a hours more than 1000 people arrested. significant young numbers of young people going to jail, ourfuture, as hong kong describes their young people. quite apart from closing down the immediate violence and chaos. apart from closing down the immediate violence and chaosm apart from closing down the immediate violence and chaos. it is a hugely difficultjudgment call to make. on the one hand, in any country throwing petrol bombs would be something that would get you in trouble with the police. the question is in the politics of it. having hong kong's best and brightest, young men and women studying at university, a huge number then placed on trial and then locked away for a long time. that is the simplest way to create a

grievance that will fuel further protests. so to get to some kind of reconciliation will take a much bigger dialogue. that is certainly bigger dialogue. that is certainly biggerfigures of hong kong will bigger dialogue. that is certainly bigger figures of hong kong will see next. over 30 to 50 years, hong kong has shown a remarkable capacity to talk very tough and then find a way around it. hong kong is a very delicate, complex ecology that needs to be dealt with carefully. let's hope that they can find a solution had to be harsh language. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head to head in theirfirst general election tv debate tonight. the liberal democrats and snp won't be taking part in the show on itv, after they lost a last—minute legal bid to be included. the tv debates are now a regular fixture of uk general elections.

this time around the party leaders are taking part in a number of events, let's take a look atjust some of them happening before tonight, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will face each other on itv, in theirfirst major clash of the campaign. then, here on bbc one there is a question time leaders' special, hosted by fiona bruce on friday, where the conservative, labour, snp and the lib dem party leaders will take questions itv will broadcast another election debate on sunday, december 1st — featuring the leaders of all seven main parties. and on bbc one on december the 6th, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn are scheduled to go head—to—head again, in a programme hosted by nick robinson. our assistant political editor, norman smith, said it's possible that tonight's debate could change the whole dynamic of the election campaign. and bring it to life.

one of the things you are saying todayis one of the things you are saying today is you were to take a much stronger sense of... if you look at what i was doing when i ran london, we had a massive reduction in the murder rate. if 50% cut. notjust because we did robust policing. we did, and! because we did robust policing. we did, and i believe in it. it means that kids who had been previously convicted of carrying a bladed weapon has a section 60 order over their heads. it means that police can stop and search them without suspicion. either idea is that we tell them that getting back into the company of the gangs it is also about investing into the lives of the kids. it is notjust about training, about education, but about fantastic training, about education, but about fa ntastic clu bs training, about education, but about fantastic clubs such as the one we're seeing here. we want to put a huge amount of money into those kinds projects. we had big success

in changing the lives of tens of thousands of kids. we are going to do the same across the country. so yes, it is about tough policing, but it is also about reaching out to the kids and giving them alternatives. on the extensive stop and search powers, would that apply to under 18 is? it would apply to anyone who has been convicted in a magistrates‘ court. with the cuts to the courts at the moment, they are struggling to deal with it. is this viable? as the lord chancellor said this morning, clearly, you can‘tjust look at the policing aspects of this if you are going to accelerate the sentencing and the whole process, you have got to put money into the criminal justice system.

jo swinson has been saying it speaks volumes that borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn don‘t want to debate with her. we go to southampton‘s children‘s hospital. jo swinson said she deserves a place in the tv debate. they will say this is not good enough. there are going to be a lot of people watching tonight to see that debate, and say, this is depressing. it does not need to be that depressing. you have a choice. lets talk about all of this now with deltapoll director. the polls always

have the potential to make a difference. but in fact, they rarely do. the only example that really made a difference to the polls back in 2010 was... the way that the parties approach polls is very different, so now it is all about avoiding a knockout punch, making sure there aren‘t any serious gaps. just getting through, hoping that you will be able to generate some kind of media, replaying on news. so a different strategy?” kind of media, replaying on news. so a different strategy? i don't think we will see much anywhere change after this one, but you never know. expectations of borisjohnson are very high, but it may be that he underperforms compared to those expectations, given that it is often reported that he is not so good on

the detail and doesn‘t like pre—being briefed on these things. jeremy corbyn, on the other hand... expectations are low for him, but he might over perform. it suits his personality. talking about what suits in terms of messaging or personality, looking at the polls so far in the campaign as i know you do, do you get a sense that it is becoming very hard as time goes on to see how the opposition can overta ke to see how the opposition can overtake the lead in the poles of the conservative party? in 2017, the conservatives had a strong lead. the first thing is in the control of the labour party. that was from the success they had with their ma nifesto success they had with their manifesto and the gains they made from that. it may be that later this week, when their manifesto is launched, they will achieve a similarthing. on the launched, they will achieve a similar thing. on the other side, in 2017, the conservatives didn‘t do

very well. their manifesto with the u—turn on social care was a difficulty for theresa may. i think it is unlikely that the tories will make the same mistake this time round. it may be that the degree to which the gap closes is likely...m make sense for the labour leader to ta ke make sense for the labour leader to take risks and go out on a more offensive strategy in order to change the game in tonight‘s head to head? for most people, the election doesn‘t really begin again until the ma nifesto doesn‘t really begin again until the manifesto is launched, if then. throwing caution to the winds and playing some sort of hail mary strategy, as the americans would say, in this debate, would be a huge risk. i think the benefits that would potentially be a lost by the time the election comes round. they

will play it safe, but i think if we get to the 6th of december, and if things haven‘t changed then, i think we could potentially see some caution is thrown to the winds. so that long list of events that i mentioned at the top of this interview. the leaders will be looking at that and thinking, this is the moment for me to make a push? it isa is the moment for me to make a push? it is a marathon, not a sprint. each one of these is a battle. there is no point losing the battle, if you lose the war. we may well see the same arguments rolled out time after time, which will be a delight. but it could be that they save the big guns until the last moment. )a woman who says she was a victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to prince andrew to "come forward" and give a statement to us investigators. the duke is facing renewed calls

to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. here‘s our los angeles correspondent, sophie long. this is the lawyer in los angeles representing five ofjeffrey epstein‘s victims. —— alleged victims. she says he raped her when she was 15. it is upsetting to me to think that anyone who was closely associated with jeffrey think that anyone who was closely associated withjeffrey epstein might argue that they didn‘t suspect he was sexually abusing children. her attorney urged prince andrew to come to the united states and tell investigators about everything he knows about the behaviour and activities of his former friend, jeffrey epstein. he described in his interview that jeffrey epstein's home was like a railway station, a lot of people coming in and out. he should have asked. while these girls

here? this is the interview she was referring to. prince andrew responded to allegations about him with categoric denials of impropriety. you can say categorically that you don‘t recall meeting virginia but, —— roberts, dining with her, going on to have sex with her? it never happened. there are further signs of the damage to prince andrew‘s reputation. one of his initiatives, a mentoring scheme for entrepreneurs has disapproved. time for a look at the weather. here‘s darren bett. this programme is never dull, but it will be for the next minute or so,

because we are looking at sunshine. where you see anything that is grey, it has been quite dull. below average sunshine. there are very few places that have had above—average sunshine, and the reason for that is we had a lot of rain earlier on. we have had easterly winds across many pa rt have had easterly winds across many part of the uk, and that is why you have got these more sheltered, north—western parts, that were seeing the best at the sunshine. i will put this into some perspective for you, and show some of the stark contrast that we have seen. top and tail of the country. in lerwick, aa .8 hours of sunshine. manston in kent, a7.2 hours of sunshine. almost the same. but what is significant is

in kent, you have one hour or more of daylight than you do in shetland, yet the amounts of sunshine are very similar. mediterranean climate in the shetlands? i‘m not sure it is met in mediterranean, but if we look at the mean temperatures. looking at daytime maxima and night—time minima. that easterly wind has meant it was cold. not a beast from the east, that would be really cold. but this was the and easterly wind. look at the north—west, where it has been sunny. it has been coldest here. that may well be mean —— be because it has been so cold at night. last night was the coldest night we‘ve had so far this autumn. it was —10 degrees in braemar. down in cornwall, it was plus ten. a big

contrast in the uk. but it is that milderair contrast in the uk. but it is that milder air that is going to win out. sunny? not so much. that is why i am here. there was a lot of thin cloud that came over. i‘ve got some pictures for you. we are going to start here, up in the scottish borders. frosty, dry, and the cloud has been coming in across scotland. so the sunshine has been hazy. better than it has been in the south—west though, because in cornwall, there has not been any sunshine. some rain there. but the wind direction is changing. we are getting more they self or south easterly breeze. some showery bursts of rain as well. that rain will push its way further into scotland overnight. some showery bursts of rain across wales and the south—west

of england. further east, it is going to be dry. a bit of frost, but not as cold as it was last night. still some icy patches in the north—west. one or two showers left in the north west of scotland, but the breeze will be along tomorrow. it should push north from wales. again, further east, a good chance it is going to be dry. temperatures should be a little bit higherfor most of the country. tempered somewhat by that higher wind we will see. briscoe wins on thursday, still an area of low pressure south of the uk on wednesday. showery bursts of rain, may be a bit heavy. nothing to worry about though, but affecting northern ireland too. there the north—east, it will be drier. those

temperatures again, 7 degrees. inches friday, some wet and windy weather into iberia. it may affect our weather for the start of the weekend. our rain will go back to where we have it today, across the fringes of the uk. a lot of dry weather. some sunshine, again, rather breezy. but those temperatures will be a bit higher. more of the uk will see temperatures into double figures for the day. it won‘t be as cold into the night, but tonight it won‘t be as cold as it was last night. you

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. swedish prosecutors have dropped an inquiry into a rape allegation made against the wikileaks co—founderjulian assange — who‘s currently being held at belmarsh prison in london. up to 100 anti—government protesters remain barricaded inside a hong kong university, surrounded by police, as the standoff continues for a third day. jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson will go head to head this evening in the first tv debate of election 2019. prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says jeffrey epstein assaulted her, it follows the bbc interview about his links with epstein. and the renowned broadcaster sir david attenborough has told the bbc that the response to plastic

pollution has been encouraging. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher, and it‘s a big night for wales — who are on the verge of qualification for euro 2020? it all comes down to 90 minutes against hungary in cardiff tonight. afterjust one major tournament in 60 years, wales have the chance to reach back to back european championships. even if they lose tonight, they‘ll still have a chance via the playoffs but automatic qualification is the focus for ryan giggs. he‘ll likely to be able to call upon their superstar gareth bale too even though he‘s not played a full 90 minutes for over a month. aaron ramsey could be fit too and giggs will be hoping their experience of euro 2016 will stand them in good stead tonight. need team in 2016, whether you are involved or travelling to the games for tv, it is amazing and so we

can‘t recreate that atmosphere. i think we have ourselves in a great position and yeah, that is where we are at the moment. it is a tough game we have to win. well if wales need inspiration, perhaps they can take it from the class of 1975. aa years ago, they played hungary in a european qualifier and this was part of their warm—up training routine. wales won that 2—1. it‘s a little different these days but if you‘re looking for good omens wales won that 2—1. and you can listen to full commentary of wales vs hungary on bbc radio 5 live and radio wales from 7 o‘clock tonight. also tonight, scotland host kazakhstan. northern ireland are in frankfurt to face germany. dead rubbers, really, as they‘ll need a playoff to reach euro 2020.

lewis indicate has been reinstated as spain is a national team boss. his daughterjune passed away in the summer. his daughterjune passed away in the summer. his assistant lewis initially took over for the remainder of spain‘s european qualifiers but enrique will now return. the spanish football federation president luis rubiales said: "he has always been the leader of our project". they say he‘ll be in charge until at least the world cup in 2022. rugby union now and the new wales head coach wayne pivac has named his first squad. with a number of world cup players out injured, johnny mcnicholl and willis halaholo for the uncapped game against the barbarians in cardiff at the end of the month. ironically, the baba‘s will be coached by the former wales coach, warren gatland.

the revamped davis cup are continuing in madrid today. great britain have to wait until tomorrow for their first match but there‘ll be no roger federer. switzerland didn‘t qualify for the 18 nation event. instead, he‘s in argentina playing an exhibition match against alexander zverev. now at 38, he says he‘s expecting an emotional end to his career when it finally comes but doesn‘t see that moment arriving too soon. i see no reason to stop but with age things become more difficult. of course, i can say will be moments more. i don‘t know how it will end but i am sure it will be emotional and nice. the whole process was a lwa ys and nice. the whole process was always going to be good and not too difficult. the british racing driver,

billy munger, has a new challenge. he‘s the latest to join the extreme e championship. the 20—year—old lost both his legs in a crash during a formula a race in 2017. he returned to racing earlier this year in a car with specially adapted hand controls. the extreme e series, is a new environment focused racing series. 12 teams will race off road in fully electric suvs in five remote locations around the world to highlight the effects of climate change. it all starts in 2021. that‘s all for the sport. more now on one of our main stories. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head to head in theirfirst general election tv debate tonight. the liberal democrats and snp won‘t be taking part in the show on itv, after they lost a last—minute legal bid to be included. our correspondent tim muffett has been on the set of tonight‘s debate in salford.

whitelock this is the set for the itv interview tonight. borisjohnson will be to my right and jeremy corbett will be to my left. there will be a one—minute opening statement and there will be an audience over a year and this will be wherejulie audience over a year and this will be where julie etchingham, audience over a year and this will be wherejulie etchingham, the adjudicator, will keep an eye on proceedings. in previous debates, people have talked about the candidates walking about the stage and addressing the audience directly. tonight this will not be the case as they will stay behind their podiums. at ten o‘clock tonight we will have all of the

party leaders having a live interview and do and answer questions with each other. there are many questions about what this exciting event will be like. what they look each other in the eye? were there be chemistry? will there be standout moments? tonight will become clear. no widows are because dugdale and got, the former leader of the... you have trained and coached politicians for big debates previously. what you think both sides will be discussing when they go head—to—head?

sides will be discussing when they go head-to-head? if they are smart they will be getting their game faces on in their hotel rooms. very often the things we think we are going to focus on will not be the things that we are going to see tonight. we know that these elections really matter. 56% of people that watched the last debate in 2017 said it influenced how the voted in the end so it is a big figure to focus on. we saw boris in a boxing ring today. what else will be get up to tonight?” a boxing ring today. what else will be get up to tonight? i agree with kezia that they should be settling down focusing on what they‘re going say tonight, what i mean is that if

you go back to be debates when david cameron was the reader and we had him and ed miliband and nick clegg, it felt like it was highly polished and rehearsed and practised. i think the thing that these two men have in common is the sense of spontaneous authenticity and what they are probably going to have to deal with is how they managed to carry that through. if i remember back to boris johnson is drawing the line girlish at swat at david cameron, he is the master of the throwaway line in many people‘s eyes. master of the throwaway line in many people's eyes. i suspect that his advisers will be telling him to play it down and be more authoritative. people need to know that you are not just a joker. as endearing as it can

be on the election trail, in this context it is more formal and he needs to be more scrutinising of jeremy corbyn and questioning what he says. back to kezia, there is a slightly different position year as the conservative party are well ahead in the polls. doesjeremy corbyn need to take more risks in this debate tonight to try and get motor is energised around his campaign? i am not sure voters will see it that way. he will want to talk about new policies that he is most proud of. you will talk about stopping austerity and you will want to talk about british broadband. in the news today that they are trailing what they might do around student debt and tuition fees. i think we will hear a lot about these

big issues and borisjohnson will try and suggest you can‘t trust jeremy corbyn to be in charge with the economy. the audience interaction will provide the more unexpected moments. it will be the teacher only nurse who gives a really difficult question which will get under the skin of the leaders. what do you see asjeremy corbyn‘s advantage your? he has cleaned up his image today, we are aware, but the debate will be taken up by questions on brexit. how isjeremy corbyn going to deal with his vulnerabilities? i think the polls would suggest that both men have an

ability when it comes to presentation, but the reality is that they will both smarten up their act and the are aware what is the polls are saying about them. whilst women are less likely than men to watch the debates, we are more likely to go on from the tv to talk to their friends and family about it and use them to shape how we are going to vote. so you will probably see more policies focused on what women want to hear about. it is all about the language and the presentation. interesting. joanne, what you think will be the approach by the readers tonight? now i think kezia is right. they will want to

focus on —— kezia is right. they will want to focus on -- they will want to focus on the nhs as it is something that many trust labour when it comes about. the majority of people feel it might be managed by the conservatives, borisjohnson will wa nt to conservatives, borisjohnson will want to make sure that you capitalises on that subject. be real strong argument that borisjohnson can make, and particularly in the structure of the debate, will be linking it to brexit and he will hopefully build up momentum in terms of the debate and score some early points overjeremy corbyn. his advisers will hopefully have him sail through the rest of it. we have spoken to kezia aboutjeremy

corbyn‘s insecurities. what about the boris johnson? there is the reality about his suitability to office, his character. this applies in different ways to both of these men but i think it is difficult for both of them to answer direct questions on that. i‘m a suitable? they have reputations of not being the most reliable of people. how do you respond to those sorts of questions in an open and honest way without further opening yourself up to scrutiny? thought-provoking discussion. kezia and joanne, thank you both very much. a chip shop owner whose wife was scalded with boiling oil has

geoffrey bran, been cleared of her murder and manslaughter. geoffrey bran, who‘s 71 and from carmarthenshire, told police that his wife mavis had slipped and pulled a deep fat fryer over herself. the 69—year—old died six days later in hospital in october last year. the lawyer for the man accused of murdering british backpacker grace millane has told a new zealand court that she died as a result of consensual sex gone wrong. grace, who was 21 and from wickford in essex, died last december in auckland while travelling in new zealand. a 27—year—old man who cannot be named for legal reasons denies her murder. prosecutors say he strangled her and then disposed of her body in a suitcase. he claims she died accidentally after being consensually choked during sex. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. swedish prosecutors drop an inquiry into a rape allegation made against the wikileaks co—founder

julian assange. protesters in hong kong remain barricaded inside a university campus, as the standoff with police continues for a third day. jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson go head to head this evening in the first tv debate of election 2019. back now to southampton and our business presenter taig enright, who is at the university of southampton, talking to young business owners. we came here today because southampton is actually one of the top ten cities for start—ups. we wa nt to top ten cities for start—ups. we want to find out what they want from the next government. there has been a diversity of views

on things from brexit and from the government taking a more proactive approach to sustainable industries. on that topic, we have come outside and we want to talk to alistair and his electric cars. his business is based upon this idea. my company exist to make charging electric cars easier. we want to bring everything onto one platform to make it easier to charge electric cars. what do you need from the government to bring your business in the next level? the uk government have been slow to adopt policies that europe and others have been faster to do so. there needs to be more clarity on the government‘s agendas on these

issues and it will make it easier for people to charge electric cars and we will be at the forefront of this technology. let's go back inside to the future world centre. this let —— this helped many new businesses get off the ground. marcus was one of 30 students that benefited from this hugely. our start—up business is using technology by a combination of different readings and speakers and with that we are using 3d sound. it is more impressive than surround sound because thanks to this technology, we can‘t hear something as though it is very close to us. it

would be great for virtual reality. you want to launch this as a product next year? what can the government do to help you achieve this? this is a high—tech company and will need lots of investment which will hopefully lead to revenue. but without investment we will not get the revenue. the government need to help us achieve investment. you have come from spain. your business partner is italian and you both set up partner is italian and you both set up year. does anything about brexit make you wonder whether you will stay here? yes, because i think if things get very very complicated and we cannot get investment in the uk will have to get investment somewhere else. but more than that

is without proper systems and space we will not spew to stay here. best of luck with the product launch next year. our next guest is emma and she is in the business of marketing. tell us more about your business?” tell people where they should sell their products and services through their products and services through the uk and europe. we have 56 clients across the uk and europe. do you want to grow the business or ta ke you want to grow the business or take on people? definitely grow the business and give back to local communities. what can be of men do

to help your business dries?” communities. what can be of men do to help your business dries? i would like to see commitment tackling late payment charges. i would also like to see measures to help self—employed people with maternity issues to provide support to them. that‘s not all necessarily brexit related. do you worry that brexit are —— is overlooking these issues? yes, we need to think about decarbonisation, things like that, and we need to do something about it. it is bigger than brexit. thank you everyone. it is more thanjust brexit on the minds of entrepreneurs. late payments, the environment, it matters.

now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. it still feels very cold in eastern parts of scotland. it was —10 celsius in braemar but it was 10 degrees down south. there is not as much frost overnight, may be an early date before the temperatures begin to rise a little. a lot of cold weather towards the north—east of the uk. this was earlier on in the scottish borders. further south we still have problems with flooding in parts of england, especially gloucestershire though it has been drier. the breeze is picking up with this band of rain which is affecting most parts of wales and south—west england. it will work away from northern ireland and into scotland.

the risk of some icy patches as we see you whether moving up north. on the whole, it will be milder than it was this morning. we still have rain coming up in the western part of the uk and over northern ireland. it will be drier over much of scotland and wales. there will be hazy sunshine at times with a brisk breeze. around that area of low pressure, this weather will be kept very close to the south—west on thursday. this rain will go into wales and perhaps northern ireland. there will be some sunshine at times and it should be frost free in the morning. as we look ahead to friday, we have got an area of low pressure

across the uk which is growing across the uk which is growing across on to mainland europe. most of the rain that we will see northwards towards scotland over night will fade away. there is still a chance of some rain going over northern ireland. perhaps also wales and the south west of england. there will be some sunshine and perhaps temperature in double figures.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m carrie gracie. today at a:00: swedish prosecutors drop an inquiry into a rape allegation made against the wikileaks co—founder julian assange, who‘s currently being held at belmarsh prison in london. a leaked report into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital shows babies and mothers died amid majorfailings, in what is thought to be the nhs‘s worst ever maternity scandal. protesters in hong kong remain barricaded inside a university campus, as the standoff with police continues for a third day. hong kong‘s leader urged them to come out peacefully. they have to stop violence, give up

their weapons, and come out peacefully, and to take the instructions from the police. jeremy corbyn squares up to boris johnson, with both leaders hoping to pack a political punch in the first tv debate of election 2019. prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says jeffrey epstein assaulted her. it follows the bbc interview about his links with epstein. coming up on afternoon live. all the sport with ben croucher. wales manager ryan giggs has called on his side to be brave in their winner—takes—all euro 2020 qualifier against hungary. win and they‘ll be assured of a spot at next year‘s tournament. i‘ll have all the details at a:30. last night was the coldest it has been all autumn. there is a milder

weather on the way, but with it, the chance of some rain. also coming up. and the renowned broadcaster sir david attenborough has told the bbc that the response to plastic pollution has been encouraging. hello everyone. this is afternoon live. prosecutors in sweden say they will not proceed with their investigation into an allegation of rape made againstjulian assange. the wikileaks founder has been in belmarsh prison in south east london since he was evicted from the ecuadorian embassy in april. swedish prosecutors said evidence had weakened over the years and the case had now been "discounted". the a8—year—old was accused of rape by a woman and sexual assault by another one following a wikileaks

conference in stockholm in 2010. he has always denied the allegations, saying the sex was consensual. mr assange still faces extradition to the united states, where he is accused of publishing thousands of classified documents. those hearings are due to begin in february. here‘s our correspondent maddy savage. they actually closed the case a few years ago, because they said it was difficult to continue while asano was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy. they have spent the past six months digging over the original evidence, but also carrying out new interviews with five witnesses who had spoken at the time at the allegations, and two new witnesses who they said they hadn‘t spoken to before. as you said, some of those testimonies were difficult to take into consideration as evidence because people‘s memories and perceptions of events

change over time. so their final conclusion was it wasn‘t worth going to london, and it wasn‘t worth continuing this investigation. just to be clear, this relates to a rape allegation. there was another allegation against him of sexual assault in sweden. there is a time limit for investigating those kinds of crimes. there wasn‘t a chance for them to reinvestigate those allegations. and they said the original allegations we re they said the original allegations were credible? yes, that is a really key point to maintain here. there is nothing that makes prosecutors doubt the testimony that they have been given. they believe the testimony is to be credible. they said many of the details outlined by the alleged victim were similar to those put forward byjulian assange. obviously, some very key points of their stories are differing in this

case. the alleged victim claiming that he had sex with her, unprotected sex, while she was asleep, something that he has always denied. ultimately, what prosecutes what prosecutors said they were looking for was further evidence, another kind of witness or perhaps digital documentation. those things simply do not exist, and so the body of evidence they have so far does not amount to them... this has been a very controversial case, for the best pa rt a very controversial case, for the best part of a decade. what will be the public reaction in sweden? this isa the public reaction in sweden? this is a case that has fascinated the world, and it is the leading story on bulletins at the moment. i think this is a case that has grabbed attention locally in sweden less than round the world. sweden is a place that prides itself when it

comes to gender equality for investigating sexual assaults. it ta kes investigating sexual assaults. it takes this very seriously. i think there will be some allegations, as there will be some allegations, as there was when it was dropped a couple of years ago. questions will be asked, and questions were asked in the press conference earlier today, about why it has taken so long. why it took so long in the first place. we are now looking at a decade since there allegations first came to light. the prosecutor is not the same one who is looking into it in the interim. she says she has been working tirelessly in the past six months, looking at old and new evidence. she has been looking quickly, efficiently and deeply into the case. she was keen to make clear that she had tried to do to do her best. a leaked report into severe failings in maternity care at shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust has warned that lessons are still not being learned. the review was ordered in 2017 by the government after allegations that dozens of mothers and babies

died or were left with permanent disability unneccessarily. its interim report, which has been seen by the independent , describes a "toxic" culture going back a0 years. staff at the trust routinely dismissed parents‘ concerns, were unkind, got dead babies‘ names wrong and, in one instance, referred to a baby who died as "it". well the trust has apologised unreservedly to the families affected.|n a statement the interim chief executive — paula clark — wrote: i would like to reassure all families using our maternity services that we have not been waiting for donna ockenden‘s final report before working to improve our services. a lot has already been done to address the issues raised by previous cases.

outcomes from the work we have done to date." "we have not seen or been made aware of any interim report, and await the findings of donna ockenden‘s report so that we can work with families, improvement to understand and apply all of the learning identified." our health editor hugh pym is with me now. explain to us the significance of this report today. she was asked by the health secretary to carry out a review into the events of shrewsbury and telford. this was after sustained work by campaigners, including parents whose children had died. including the family who initially spotted a number of unexplained cases at the trust. then ms ockenden was brought in. this review is independent. it seems this

was a status update or interim report, which was submitted to nhs leaders in february of this year. it was at about that point that the scope of the enquiry was being quite dramatically widened, from a small number of cases to 270. now it seems as if donna, one of the campaigners, is looking at a 620 cases that have emerged, going all the way back to 1979. coming right up to the present. that is significant. another significant part of this elite status report is it is the first time that the number of deaths have been listed. a2 mothers and babies. this is by no means complete. we are taught by sources that this is a review that is ongoing. it is a

serious leak, and a difficult day for the families involved that it has come out like this. they are pleased that the scope has been why though. that statement there from the interim chief executive. to your understanding, for families and patients there, do you think that is going to reassure people? the management has changed. there have been endless with use, seemingly, and new managements brought in, resignations, and i think people will have to take it at face value that there is an interim chief executive. she would like to reassure families. just because donna has not come up with a final report, doesn‘t mean she doesn‘t wa nt to report, doesn‘t mean she doesn‘t want to improve safety, improve services, but disobeyed very difficult situation and everybody will want to see donna‘s final report. that is the way they want it. she should be allowed to

continue to do a complete review of everything that happened. dozens of demonstrators are still barricaded inside a hong kong university, which has been under siege by the police for three days. activists have been inside the campus since last week, initially preventing police from entering by lighting fires and throwing petrol bombs. 600 protesters, including minors, have now given themselves up. police say that any adults who leave will be arrested. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell, said those who are still inside polytechnic university are running low on provisions. we had just had some pretty dramatic scenes here at the entrance to the pot polytechnic university. what is happening here is the police are just waiting for protesters to run out of supplies. i‘m not sure if you can see, but behind this row of journalists, they have just

apprehended a group of activists. they earlier made a desperate, last—minute run for it, about 20 and 30 people came tearing up the road. the police were watching the other way, and i think they thought they had a chance to get out. they have been trying to leave the campus for days, but the police had blocked all of the exits and made it almost impossible for them to leave. as they are running out of supplies, i think they fought, we will have one more try. and so, while a group of these first aid volunteers were being detained by police in one area, they thought the coast might be clear and they raced down the road in another area. but the riot teams were quick to spot them, they swooped and pinned them to the

ground. you can hear in the background, calls from some of their family and friends who had gathered beyond a court in in support of those students, criticising the police for the way they had depended them down and trying to give some kind of moral support for the students, who weren‘t ultimately able to make it out. there can‘t be that many more students left back inside the polytechnic university because we estimated there might have been around 50. we just saw about 20 or so of these medical volu nteers about 20 or so of these medical volunteers coming out. if you add another 20 who have just tried to run down the road behind me. many of them are still being held by the police, just beyond where i am standing, you have got to be looking at dozens of people still inside the campus at the most. but the police have said they want people to leave

peacefully. however, when you leave, you will be arrested. and they are going to face writing charges. this is serious. ultimately, a rioting charge in hong kong can land you up to ten years in jail. you charge in hong kong can land you up to ten years injail. you can understand why those activists tried to avoid that by getting away, but they weren‘t able to do it. to avoid that by getting away, but they weren't able to do it. getting back to where this all started in june of this year, there were moments when the use of force by police brought thousands or tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of protesters out onto the streets. it seems now to be concentrated on this one university campus battlefield. do you think the mood in hong kong is changing?” think a mood in hong kong is changing?” thinka a mood in hong kong is changing?” think a a few weeks ago, the authorities thought they had to this under control. but then, in the last week and it has proved been proved that that is not the case. there are

a committed group of hard—core activists, who has made... they have made 5000 arrests here, since that all started. to give an indication of how important that number is, the entire prison population of hong kong is only 8000. that is not to say all of those arrested people are going to end up being punished in that way, but itjust going to end up being punished in that way, but it just shows going to end up being punished in that way, but itjust shows the assets the police are going to to try to take the heat out of business by making massed arrests. —— mass arrests. this is quite considerable. we saw those amazing images of a police truck, an armoured truck moving towards this university under a hail of petrol bombs and catching on fire. we saw a police officer shot with an arrow. we have then seen shot with an arrow. we have then seen the riot police responding with a brutal crackdown at their own, at

times a dozen police officers around one activist, really laying into him, kicking him in the head. so we had a lot of work to do to gain public support in this community, and detention seems to be ever increasing with no sign ending. it is quiet here now, but these elections are supposed to happen on sunday. local elections. the government has threatened to cancel those elections, and if that happens, there are going to be a lot of very upset people in hong kong. they will say, if we want to go to the ballot box, what choice do we have? so we will wait to see what the government decides to do in terms of those local elections. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested.

today we‘re in southampton to find out the questions and issues voters want to discuss. simon mccoy‘s there. thank you very much. yes, we are at the solent university in southampton. this is a key constituency. we are visiting areas that could make or break whichever party wins or loses the next election. here, the conservatives have got the seat by 31 votes. you couldn‘t get more module than that. but todayjeremy corbyn and boris johnson will be going head—to—head in the tv election debate tonight. the lib dems will not be taking part, the lib dems will not be taking pa rt, after the lib dems will not be taking part, after they the lib dems will not be taking pa rt, after they lost the lib dems will not be taking part, after they lost a bid to be included. this time around, party leaders are taking part in a number of events. let‘s take a look at some of events. let‘s take a look at some of them happening before december the 12th. jeremy corbyn

there is a question time special hosted by fiona bruce on friday. leaders will take questions from the audience. on itv, there is another election debate on december the 1st, featuring leaders from all seven election parties. then on bbc one, borisjohnson election parties. then on bbc one, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn election parties. then on bbc one, borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn had had again. in i , what is the feeling there? who has got the most to lose tonight?” think that is quite straightforward to a nswer think that is quite straightforward to answer because borisjohnson is of course prime minister, but also, most opinion polls suggest that the conservatives are comfortably in front. but that may not translate into the seats. therefore, boris johnson has a lot to lose. perhaps fewer expectations around jeremy

corbyn. if he puts in a good performance tonight, he will hopefully see that as a boost. someone then were saying, well look, jeremy corbyn picked up a lot of support in the last election. now, they saying there has been a few sparks in this campaign. but nothing has really ignited it. labour party needed something to give them a bit more of a boost, a bolster. a good performance by jeremy corbyn more of a boost, a bolster. a good performance byjeremy corbyn tonight may do that. previous opinion polls, previous debates, for example in 2015, when there was a big debate, nearly a0% of viewers said it had influenced their boat on the day. so this could be quite a significant moment. the question is, whether it will actually shift the dial at all. the script we will hear from the leaders... jeremy corbyn boris

johnson will say lets get brexit done, jeremy corbyn will want to get brexit off the agenda as soon as possible, talk about other areas, and not dwell too much on his promise of another referendum. he will want to talk about the national health service, for example, austerity and poverty. we will see how much he can do in the space of an hour, but he won‘t be able to avoid the brexit question. boris johnson, has already been limbering up, quite literally in the boxing training facility, but beyond that, he has been putting questions to jeremy corbyn stop giving him some kind of advance warning of the questions he will ask around immigration and brexit. so already, the conservatives are marking that their territory. from labour‘s point of view, they want to stay on their home turf of investment. the bigger question here is not so much about the policies, it is about character.

for the first time on television, we will see the leaders of the two main parties taking each other on, three—way debates, seven way debates. this one will focus on the character of the two men who could be prime minister after december the 12th. 0k, be prime minister after december the 12th. ok, i am not sure boris johnson was limbering up quite as much as you were there. there is a wider question about whether this will make any difference. yeah, i think to some extent... will it make a difference? some people will definitely be influenced by this, but haven‘t made up their mind. but also, a lot of the positions are all almost incredibly rigid already. there have been attempts by labour to make sure that people in leave areas don‘t just see to make sure that people in leave

areas don‘tjust see them as a particular party. from boris johnson‘s point of view, he will be repeating the same old mantra is, to some extent, the polls have moved by 296 some extent, the polls have moved by 2% to 3%. i think we could be any position where people are already making up their minds. but don‘t forget, in the election, it looked like the conservatives had a really big lead at this point. theresa may didn‘t take part in debates, but it looked like the polls began to shift towards the end of the campaign. this is the first big clash. from the point of view of the opposition, they hope that this will make a difference. a big plus is being kicked up though, by the lib dems, because they are being excluded by this debate. they will be commenting on it almost as pundits, rather than participants, tonight. nicola sturgeon was accusing borisjohnson

of being scared of debating her. the insults can fly, but at the end of the day, the focus tonight will be on the two people who could be prime minister, and not on those other parties. their argument is that in the debate tonight, the big issue is that boris johnson the debate tonight, the big issue is that borisjohnson would definitely say the conservatives are pro brexit. the other two parties, the lib dems are of course pro remain. and that view is going to be, at the very least, possibly cut out tonight. thank you very much. the green party has published its election manifesto, promising to spend £100 billion

a year to help the uk reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030. the party says it would raise the money mainly through borrowing and use it to invest in projects designed to tackle climate change. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has claimed that britain‘s 150 billionaires "do not deserve" so much money. mr mcdonnell was giving a speech covering labour‘s plan to change the way business works. he added that under a labour government, chief executives in the public sector would not be allowed to earn more than 20 times someone on the living wage. the snp leader nicola sturgeon has said immigration powers should be devolved. speaking this morning, the first minister said the current uk—wide policy on the issue was a disaster. she insisted regardless of what happens over brexit, scotland should control its own borders. throughout the general election campaign, we‘ve been asking what questions you would like to be answered. this week we‘re expecting each political party to release their manifestos. the green party is the first to release theirs today. and our correspondent chi chi izundu went to meet one viewer who wanted to know why manifesto pledges aren‘t legally binding if a party wins a general election and doesn‘t

fulfil those promises. the manifesto, the document which sets out which each political party would do if it got into government. daniel craig, a taxi driver who lives in hampshire, has a question about them. why can‘t we make election manifestos legally binding? to answer dan‘s question is peter. his job is to analyse politics, including elections. it would be really hard to make manifestos legally binding. so the prime minister and the cabinet obviously lead the government, but if they want to make any changes, they have to get mps and members of the house of lords to agree, and that's not always possible, even when a party has a majority. this is anna, she is a criminal lawyer. here is what she thinks about getting courts mixed up in politics. the problem is that it‘s a bad idea. if the election manifesto becomes legally binding, then, firstly, you have the risk that it will tie the hands of parliament,

and secondly, when it comes to enforcement, against whom would you enforce it? would it be against the prime minister, would it be against the entire government? who enforces it? is it a public enforcement action only, or can you bring a private prosecution? we spoke to ellen, an academic in sweden whose research compared manifesto pledges in different countries to see who honoured them when they got into government. in the uk we find that parties mostly keep their promises, and the uk system, being a westminster system where the winner takes it all, is apparently a system that is more efficient on fulfilling pledges than some of the other countries that we investigate. but is it worth it? breaking a pledge will lead to punishment from the voters, right? fulfilling a pledge is something that you're expected to do, so you don't get a lot of credit for that. dan isn‘t the only one to have asked this question. the system is complicated, but right now the only way to hold the government to account is at the ballot box. general issue is

a trust in politics. if they can‘t trust their government, they can‘t trust them to follow through on their election pledges, then i suppose people feel disenfranchised by that and left out. we will be here in southampton, bringing you coverage from the ground throughout the day. let‘s go back to the studio now. a woman who says she was a victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to prince andrew to "come forward" and give a statement to us investigators. the duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. here‘s our los angeles correspondent, sophie long. this is the lawyer in los angeles representing five of jeffrey epstein‘s alleged victims. with her, a young woman who told reporters crammed into the small room that epstein

raped her when she was 15. we were not hidden. it is upsetting to me to think that anyone who was closely associated withjeffrey epstein might argue that they didn‘t suspect that he might have been sexually abusing children. her attorney urged prince andrew to come to the united states and tell investigators everything he knows about the behaviour and activities of his former friend, jeffrey epstein. he described in his interview this weekend that jeffrey epstein's home was like a railway station. a lot of people coming in and out. he should have asked, why are these girls here? this is the interview ms allred was referring to. prince andrew responded to the allegations about him with categoric denials of impropriety. you can say categorically that you don‘t recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her

at tramp, or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? yes, i can absolutely categorically tell you, it never happened. but there are further signs of the damage to prince andrew‘s reputation. the accountants kpmg have announced they are withdrawing their sponsorship of one of his initiatives, a mentoring scheme for entrepreneurs. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. after a cold and frosty start, temperatures have remained freezing after cold start. on the whole, less blue on the chart, the milder air we are seeing in the south—west will gradually encroach across more the uk. winter direction changing, getting more the southerly breeze thatis getting more the southerly breeze that is bright quite brisk. a band of rain running across north wales,

some patchy rain running into scotland. into that cold air, the risk of some icy patches into the west. on the whole, a milder start to wednesday than it was this morning. some cloud around, a noticeable breeze as well. that rain will tend to move away from scotland, still lingering at times for northern ireland. threatening wales and the south of england. elsewhere, dry, there is temperatures climbing a little bit higher. six to 10 celsius. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. swedish prosecutors have dropped an inquiry into a rape allegation made against the wikileaks co—founderjulian assange, who‘s currently being held at belmarsh prison in london. a leaked report into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital has shown that babies and mothers died amid a "toxic"

culture at the trust stretching back a0 years. up to 100 anti—government protesters remain barricaded inside a hong kong university, surrounded by police, as the standoff continues for a third day. jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson will go head to head this evening in the first tv debate of election 2019. prince andrew is facing calls to talk to us investigators, from a woman who says jeffrey epstein assaulted her, it follows the bbc interview about his links with epstein. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher, and it‘s a big night for wales — who are on the verge of qualification for euro 2020?q - and there‘s been a surprise with the spanish national side, who‘ve brought back their old boss? after seven games, wales‘ euro 2020 qualification campaign comes down to 90 minutes against hungary in cardiff tonight. before 2016, you had to go

all the way back to 1958 to find the last time they qualified for a major tournament. now they‘re on the verge of back to back european championships. it‘ll be no easy task though. gareth bale and co lost the reverse fixture in budapest injune and hungary know they themselves can qualify with a win. giggs should be able to call upon bale, so pivotal to their run to the semi—finals back in 2016. he hasn‘t played a full match for more than a month though. we have the euphoria of qualifying for the first euros and doing so well at the competition, that we want to do that again. also we have the negatives of how it feels to miss out on qualifying for a tournament like we did in the world cup. we will use both of them to our advantage. the team in 2016, everyone, whether you were involved, a fan travelling to the games, watching on tv, it was amazing.

if we can recreate that atmosphere, it is fantastic. we have ourselves in a great position. that is all we are in at the moment. we have won the game to go and a tough game and we need to win that, obviously. before this year, wales‘ last european qualifer against hungary was back in 1975. we‘ve dug out this great archive footage from what looks like a warm—up. things a little different back then. it seemed to work though — they won 2—1 with future manager john toshack scoring the winning goal. and you can listen to full commentary of wales versus hungary on bbc radio 5 live and radio wales from 7 o‘clock tonight. also tonight, scotland host kazakhstan. dead rubbers, really, as they‘ll need a playoff to reach euro 2020. northern ireland are in frankfurt to face germany. dead rubbers, really, as they‘ll need a playoff to reach euro 2020.

if we rewind 5 months back tojune, luis enrique surprised many when he stood down as spain manager — citing family reasons. as it transpired, he was caring for his daughter, who had cancer. sadly, she passed away in august. his assistant took over, but enrique will now replace roberto moreno — the man who steered them through the final part of their european qualifiers. the spanish football federation president luis rubiales said: "he has always been the leader of our project." they say he‘ll be in charge until at least the world cup in 2022. rugby union now and the new wales head coach wayne pivac has named his first squad. with a number of world cup players out injured, he‘s called up new zealand born backsjohnny mcnicholl and willis halaholo for the uncapped game against the barbarians in cardiff at the end of the month. they‘re two of five uncapped players in the squad with no fewer than 10 regulars all unavailable. saracens have been fined

an undisclosed sum for failing to attend the launch of this season‘s european champions cup. they are the current holders but failed to turn up for the event in cardiff, which was held the day after the club were fined £5.36 million and docked 35 points by premiership rugby for breaching the competition‘s the revamped davis cup is continuing in madrid today. some of the top players in the world like alexander zverev and danill medvedev have chosen to skip the tournament whilst roger federer‘s switzerland didn‘t qualify for the 18—nation event. instead, he‘s in argentina playing an exhibition match against zverev. just how long can the 38—year—old keep playing for? well, he‘s expecting an emotion emotional end to his career when it finally comes — but doesn‘t see that moment arriving too soon. i see no reason to stop. of course, with age, you can savour the experience. i don‘t know how it‘s going to end, ijust hope it will be emotional, i guess, and nice.

i don‘t know, it will be good, the whole process. that‘s all the sport for now. olly foster will have more in the news at five. more on the general election. bbc radio have a special broadcast from southampton this evening. what have you —— but what have people been seeing? bishop auckland is a part of being british radio altogether to get young people involved in

politics. many people will be voting the first time in the selection. people want the referendum to be done not necessarily because they are pro—remain leave, there arejust issues that we care passionately about. there‘s the question of student tuition fees and climate change. young people want something done urgently. that will be one clear marker of difference between young voters and older voters. clear marker of difference between young voters and older votersm brexit a big factor? it is. i spoke toa brexit a big factor? it is. i spoke to a 16—year—old who is frustrated that he cannot vote and he is mostly concerned with his bus fares to college, which is a real deterrent to go to college. he is saying you

might have to look for sorry apprenticeship instead. he also talked about the real pressure that there is on young people and the lack of help that there is for young people with mental health issues. some of these issues are below the radar and not related to brexit but matter very much to the young. you are presenting tonight‘s southampton programme. how can people get involved? you programme. how can people get involved ? you have programme. how can people get involved? you have lost your earpiece. just tell people how they can get involved? it will be across all radio stations this evening and you can get into touch via text or the website. we have had callers from liverpool and norfolk and from

the midlands... a real sense of the voice of england that we want to hear. get in touch and get your voice heard. we want to hear about young people and their issues. adrian, thank you very much. more from adrian later on. let us go down the road to our business presenter. we might be able to hear but not see him right now. can‘t you see me, simon? iam him right now. can‘t you see me, simon? i am in the future where you can hide behind a clear window. i am in the future world centre as the university of southampton. it is

actually one of the top ten cities, southampton, for start—up businesses and there are dozens of start—up companies and entrepreneurs with a dream to get their ideas off the ground. 30 of them over the last year has gone on to attract private financing of £6 million. one of those companies belongs to —— one of the companies hoping hoping to benefit similarly as this company. tells about your company. now we are innovating on the standard procedures of cyber risk assessment. “ we procedures of cyber risk assessment. -- we want to make it a streamlined process. when it comes to getting

your business to the next level, what sort of support do you need for the next government? our business was funded through european grants so was funded through european grants soi was funded through european grants so i would expect from the next government that we would still receive those european union —— like european union grants so we can continue our work. being based on a university campus, a lot of these start—ups are relying on funding. while of details about your business? i am the founder of heyutopia.com. they can select anything they want, they can tell us how long we wanted for, they can get

it from one of our lockers and they can return it when they are done. will students pay by the hour or the minute or the day? it is like a netflix subscription, monthly. there are towns where young graduates are going to rent and start their careers. now we are expanding to those sorts of complexes and apartments because we want to get into peoples homes as well. —— mike anything to do with green tech would really fascinate me in terms of the next government. i am sure the arm is on and argos companies will not be happy with you. these students

would not get very far without the mentors. richard works year and he isa mentors. richard works year and he is a business adviser to many enterprises across this region. the issues that start—ups have is getting attention in this general election, do you think?” getting attention in this general election, do you think? i think scaling businesses are perhaps getting more attention but there are a huge amount of start—ups, especially in the south, so as a group there is a big voice to be heard. so you hope that the government would offer more help to start—ups? government would offer more help to start-ups? absolutely. a lot of these start—ups are doing it alone

so these start—ups are doing it alone so any extra support would be fantastic for them. and for us too. it has been an absolutely fascinating day here at the university of southampton with many ingenious ideas. thank you very much and we will see you at another time. we are at the —— we are broadcasting your live in southampton. right to know it is time to hand back to the studio. the united states congress

is holding further televised hearings in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. two officials from the trump administration have made opening statements. mr trump has questioned their credibility, saying they had always been opposed to his presidency. jennifer williams, a career diplomat who has worked as an aide to vice president mike pence, said she found the phone call between the ukrainian president and mr trump in july "unusual." i listen to a car between mr trump and the ukrainian president which have since been publicly reported. prior to this, i have since been publicly reported. priorto this, i had have since been publicly reported. prior to this, i had participated in roughly a dozen phone calls. in my deposition, i was asked about my personal views and my concerns about the call. i told them that i find it unusual because, in contrast to other calls, it involved discussion

that involved domestic matters. lieutenant colonel vindman, the principal adviser on ukraine to the trump administration, began his statement by explaining his background of service to the us. he said he was "concerned" by the phone call. the artwork the president and ukrainian president had their phone call. what was your reaction goes back chairman, without hesitation i knew that i had to report this to be white house counsel. i had concerns and it was my duty to report my concerns to the proper people in the chain of command. what was your concern? as i said in my statement,

it was inappropriate, it was improper for the president to request... to demand a demand —— mike an investigation into a political opponent, especially a foreign power where there is a dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation. this would have significant implications if it became public knowledge and would undermine our ukraine policy and national security. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: swedish prosecutors drop an inquiry into a rape allegation made against the wikileaks co—founderjulian assange. a leaked report into care at shrewsbury and telford hospital shows babies and mothers died amid major failings

in what is thought to be the nhs‘s worst ever maternity scandal. around 100 protesters in hong kong remain barricaded inside a university campus, as the standoff with police continues for a third day. the united states has reversed a a0—year—old policy by declaring that washington no longer considers israeli settlements in the occupied west bank to be illegal. the us secretary of state said the trump administration took the view that the settlements reflected the reality on the ground. the move puts the us in opposition to the un and the palestinians, which regard the settlements as being in violation of international law. david willis reports. four decades of us foreign policy overturned in a single sentence. the establishment of israeli civilian settlements in the west bank is not, per se,

inconsistent with international law. america‘s secretary of state said previous policy had been an obstacle to peace in the region. we have recognised the reality on the ground. we have now declared that settlements are not, per se, illegal under international law, and we have provided the very space that your question suggests, the very space for israel and the palestinians to come together to find a political solution to this very, very vexing problem. 600,000 jews are currently thought to live in settlements built since israel‘s occupation of the west bank and eastjerusalem. the palestinians want the settlements removed, claiming their presence on land earmarked for a future palestinian state makes such a prospect impossible. this constitutes a major threat to international peace and security, and this is turning the international community from the rules of international law, the rules of solving conflict

by peaceful means, into the rules of the jungle. this latest move is part of a pattern on the part of the trump administration. in december 2017, the president recognised jerusalem as israel‘s capital, despite the fact that the palestinians claim territory there. and in april this year, his government recognised israeli sovereignty over the golan heights, all the while cutting us aid to the palestinians. but the move is music to the ears of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. translation: people of israel, this is a historic day and another great achievement to our policy. the us administration has now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal. i thank president trump and i thank secretary of state pompeo. america‘s new policy on the israeli settlements leaves it at odds with both the european union and the united nations,

not to mention its allies in the middle east. it would also seem to signal an end to any prospect of a two—state solution in the region. the eu, in response, is urging israel to end its settlement activity, which it says is undermining hopes of a lasting peace. health warnings have been issued in australia‘s most populous city, sydney, as it is blanketed in smoke from more than one hundred bush fires being stoked by strong winds in the states of new south wales and queensland. phil mercer reports from sydney. blanketed by a toxic haze, famous australian landmarks where at times ha rd to australian landmarks where at times hard to see. sydney was one of the most polluted places in the world, shrouded by smoke from bushfires

that burn into nearby national parks. the air quality was up ten times hazardous levels. never seen anything like this. we looked out on the city and can't see it today. it is terrible. there was no relief, even at the beach. health warnings we re even at the beach. health warnings were issued. the fear is that these types of intense fires will become more common as australia‘s climate changes. we need to put our heads together as a community to see how we can mitigate against these weather events because it is certainly changing. it is getting worse. we cannot continue to apply the same strategies. 1400

firefighters remain on duty in new south wales. the prices shows no signs of easing. a heatwave is indicated for it later in the week. the impact on wildlife can only be guessed at. here we see a koala be recognised —— rescued from the flames. its fur is burnt and it is unclear whether it will survive its injuries. schools will be closed for the next few days. the dramatic images from the bbc‘s blue planet 2 programme highlighted the threat of plastic pollution to a global audience. now, two years since the programme was first broadcast, sir david attenborough says the world is now starting to act on the threat — but he says more still needs

to be done. he was speaking as he and the bbc‘s natural history unit won an international prize from the chatham house think tank for highlighting the issue. sir david has been speaking to our science editor david shukman. depressing images of plastic waste drifting in the water. sights captured by blue planet ii, the bbc documentary series. filming that revealed the damage being done to marine life by our throwaway culture. other forms of pollution are only too familiar. presented by sir david attenborough, the programmes were shown around the world, catching the public imagination and forcing governments and companies to take action. but every year, some 8 million tonnes of it ends up in the ocean. this london supermarket, for example, is turning its back on plastic packaging, part of a movement that is gathering pace in many different countries. so, when i meet sir david at kew gardens in london, he says that the dangers of plastic waste are now so clearly

understood that there are reasons to be optimistic. it‘s the beginning, and people in all parts of society are aware of what‘s happening and it‘s vile, it‘s horrid, it‘s something that we are clearly inflicting on the natural world and having a dreadful effect and there‘s something that they can do about it. so, in a way, it‘s a bit of a litmus test to see whether in fact the population care about this sort of thing, and people do, and so i think it‘s very encouraging. sir david says he found these scenes of albatrosses the most moving. they‘re feeding their chicks with plastic. they speak to the parental instinct in all of us. people see an albatross coming back after having scoured the seas for food for its chick, and, heart—tuggingly, delivers it to its little chick that‘s been waiting there several days to have food. and the parent opens its bill

with the food it‘s collected, and what comes out, every single thing is a piece of plastic. and that... that chick is doomed. but clearly this problem won‘t be fixed easily or rapidly. we filmed this plastic pollution in indonesia last year, and sir david acknowledges the challenge. we still need how to dispose of the wretched material. somebody... surely if we can invent it, somebody somewhere is going to be able to... a way of dealing with it, and be able to deal with these mountains of this appalling material. every day, the great rivers of asia keep adding more plastic waste to the oceans. but sir david believes the world is making a start. david shukman, bbc news. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather. hello there, last night was the cold est hello there, last night was the coldest it has been all autumn. —10

in braemar. but it was 10 celsius down south. there is not as much frost overnight, maybe an early before the temperatures begin to rise. most of the cold weather towards the north east of the uk. further south we have still got problems with flooding across parts of england. there are still some water there in gloucestershire where it has been dried today. a lot of cloud, mind you. this band of rain is affecting westernmost parts of wales and south—west england. it may move away from northern ireland but work its way into scotland. the central england it should be all right. we will see some wet weather coming into the colder air of the north west of scotland but it will be milder than it was this morning. there is still some rain across the

western pa rt of there is still some rain across the western part of the uk. it will turn drier across much of scotland and indeed for wales. there will be hazy sunshine at times with some brisk temperatures. there will be a noticeable breeze from the south and south—east. around this area of low pressure it will bring in some more rain to be south—west of england and into wales. perhaps into northern ireland, as well. there will be a south to south easterly breeze and some sunshine at times but it should be frost free at 79 celsius. looking ahead to friday, there is in —— there is an area of low pressure near the uk that also will cross on mainland europe. the rain will then move further north across scotland and fade away. there will be some

rain coming in from the irish sea. many places will have a dry day on friday with some sunshine at times 02:59:10,138 --> 2147483053:06:20,233 and perhaps temperatures in double 2147483053:06:20,233 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 figures.