good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: almost half of uk universities are expected to be disrupted today as lecturers and support staff begin eight—day industrial action. record numbers turn out for local elections in hong kong, with pro—democracy candidates looking set to record a huge victory. labour are vowing to tackle dodgy landlords if they win the election, with plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accomodation. shoppers are set to spend £2.5 billion this week on black friday offers. but are we really getting a bargain? i'll have some top tips for navigating the sales.

a crushing defeat for england in new zealand, as the black caps wrap up an impressive innings and 65—run victory in the first test at bay oval. good morning. today we are looking ata good morning. today we are looking at a fairly cloudy day. a misty one as well, and we've got rain pushing northwards. the driest conditions gci’oss northwards. the driest conditions across the far north of scotland. i will have more in 15 minutes. it is monday 25 november. our top story: over a million students face disruption from today when university lecturers and support staff begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions. lectures will be cancelled at 60 universities. that is almost half of the uk's institutions. here is our education correspondent lisa hampele. they are taking to the picket lines again. last year, more than 40,000 university staff went on strike because of changes to their pension fund. now, they say there has been a lack

of progress in that dispute and they are angry about pay, job security, workload and equality. the university and colleges union estimates more than half of all academics are on temporary contracts, and they say pay has fallen dramatically. the universities point out they are paying an extra £250 million into the pension scheme and say staff received pay increases between 1.8% at 4.8% this year. they warned that u nless at 4.8% this year. they warned that unless there is a compromise, courses could be cut and class sizes increased. universities are doing what they can to minimise the impact to students. thousands signed petitions last time around calling for compensation, but few were successful. many students support staff, but they are worried. i've paid so much money, and to have basically a week written off of my course, it's almost like i want that money back. it happened in my undergrad.

i had a dissertation due in six weeks, which i thought affected my final marks. so to have it happen again, i think, is really annoying. they say they won't reschedule lectures and classes, and they warn of more strikes in the new year. the opposition parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with turnout the highest in the territory's history. the result is being interpreted as a damning verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of anti—government protests. let's speak to our asia correspondentjonathan head, who is in hong kong this morning. thank you very much for coming on the programme. are these likely to make a difference? how significant are these? it is a stunning blow to the hong kong government, which you have to remember is a government act by beijing, by china. the government up by beijing, by china. the government up to now has steadfastly refused to respond to the demands of the protest movement for widespread reform. it ran on these elections

with china backing it, appealing to hong kongers, saying put an end to the chaos, put an end to the destruction, the confrontation, the police, vote for our side. and voters police, vote for our side. and vote rs ca m e police, vote for our side. and voters came out in huge numbers, record numbers, as you say, to give the entirely opposite message. the raft of opposition candidates quite a diverse group who came together under one umbrella, aligning themselves with the demands of the protesters. they were local elections, but everyone knew it was about how the process had been handled, and this is a stunning defeat for the government. there are potential implications in the future for how the future leader of hong kongers chosen. it will give the opposition a bigger say. more to the point, it gives huge momentum and a great boost to a protest movement which has enjoyed a great deal of public sympathy, and both the government in china have attempted to persuade moderates and ordinary hong kongers to back away. through the ballot box, they have said we do support what the protesters are trying to achieve, and in fact, right here in the commercial heart,

just a few minutes ago, i watched office workers in suits and white shirts coming out, chanting the protesters loop was demands, five demands, no less. clearly this protest movement has got a huge boost from this election, and the hong kong government and china are really going to have to think about how they respond to it. jonathan headin how they respond to it. jonathan head in hong kong. labour has announced plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accommodation. the party said, if it was elected, it would introduce rent controls and require landlords to conduct an annual property check. the conservatives launched their election manifesto yesterday with a pledge to get brexit done and a promise to add 50,000 nurses to the current workforce in england. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now from westminster. jessica, how will these policies go down with voters? we have most of the manifestoes ahead of the election. what strikes you as the policies which will break

through, what is your summary of it all? looking at the conservative ma nifesto all? looking at the conservative manifesto which as you say was launched yesterday, we did hear a couple of new things, including this idea of adding 50,000 nurses to the workforce by the mid—20 20s. but a lot of the messages were actually fairly familiar ones. as you say, get that done, talks as well about tighter immigration controls, no increase to tax rates on income tax, national insurance and vat. it is interesting, if you look at the labour manifesto, that was designed very much to try and grab headlines, reset the campaign, as labour felt, when it happened back in 2000 and i7. when it happened back in 2000 and 17. -- 2017. the when it happened back in 2000 and i7. —— 2017. the conservative ma nifesto i7. —— 2017. the conservative manifesto designed to be a steady as she goes manifesto, not change the dynamic too much. of course, the conservative slightly traumatise after their manifesto launch went so badly wrong in 2017 as badly wrong in 2017 well. after their manifesto launch went so badly wrong in 2017 well. rent controls may go down well with some

renters, who feel that prices have got extremely high, but the residential landlords association are not particularly impressed. they say this set of policies could drive thousands of landlords out of the sector and could lead to a massive shortage of properties and drive up rents as well. at 6:40am, we will hear from christine jardine from the liberal democrats. then, at 7:10am, john healey will tell us about labour's plans for housing. and at 7:30am, nicky morgan will join us following the conservative manifesto launch. prince andrew is to step back from all 230 of his charities and won't undertake any public engagements for the foreseeable future, according to buckingham palace. the palace says the move was temporary. a number of organisations had already cut their ties with the duke of york following his interview on bbc newsnight, when he faced questions relating to his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein.

a second cinema chain has stopped showing the british gangster film blue story after violence broke out at a cinema in birmingham. showcase has followed vue cinemas in pulling the film. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen, as charlotte gallagher reports. screaming a weekend trip to the cinema becomes a terrifying experience, seven police officers injured trying to break up a brawl involving around 100 people and machetes. six have been arrested, the youngest a 13—year—old girl. this startling picture is being shared on social media — a group of young teenagers apparently armed with a machete. we're not entirely certain what caused it, and so we're not going to get into that speculation. but it is reassuring that we were able to deal with it. vue cinemas announced it was pulling this film, blue story, from all its venues.

showcase cinemas later followed, banning the film as well. blue story is about gangs in london, but it is not known if the people involved in the violence at star city were there to watch it. many cinemas are still showing it, including this independent one in south—east london. i don't really see how this, you know, differs from, you know, your hollywood gangster film in terms of, you know, the gruesomeness and the violence that's involved. i think it's unfortunate. i think that a link will be made that doesn't necessarily need to be made. i think it's a bad set of circumstances. blue story‘s director, rapman, has insisted his film is about love, not violence. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the production companies bbc films and paramount pictures have said they are appalled by the incident in birmingham, but have described the film as important and say it has received a positive response. an acrobat has fallen 30 feet whilst performing in london's winter wonderland in hyde park. the production company said that jackie armstrong was thought to have slipped from her harness during

the zippos christmas circus show. her condition isn't known. two of tv‘s most famous puppets are going up for auction. emu, seen here attacking michael parkinson back in 1976, was used by handler rod hull throughout his career. emu is going on sale in london next month, alongside orville the duck, a regular on tv entertainment shows in the 1980s. the puppets are expected to fetch around £10,000 each. i think michael parkinson was asked if he would be bidding for emu, and he said no, thank you. i think he referred to that bloodied bird again. i won't be bidding any money

for that bloody bird.|j again. i won't be bidding any money for that bloody bird. i wouldn't be bidding either. he is to terrify me. all of all, on the other hand, came to my sixth birthday party —— orville. the orville? there is only one! he was made out of apparently foa m one! he was made out of apparently foam and coloured straw. right, what is happening in the cricket?|j foam and coloured straw. right, what is happening in the cricket? i have bad news. i might stick to the emu story for now. england have suffered a humiliating defeat to new zealand in the first test. joe root‘s side lost by an innings and 65 runs at the bay oval after failing to bat through the day to save the match. they will have a quick chance to make amends with the second and final test beginning on thursday. sheffield united grabbed a late equaliser against manchester united in the premier league.

the home side had been 2—0 up at one stage, but came from behind to draw 3—3. six of the best for chelsea. they remain on top of the women's super league after a thumping 6—0 victory of birmingham city. ji so—yun‘s free kick was the pick of the bunch. and they're on top of the world. rafa nadal inspired spain to a sixth davis cup title after a 2—0 victory over canada in madrid. you have to love a home victory like that. the crowd in madrid for the davis cup this year was phenomenal, but whenever rafael nadal stepped out on that court, the reaction, i have never seen anything like it. coming up against that is a force to be reckoned with. in that semi-final against great britain, it was tight, wasn't it? it was so close. i thought because of great britain's history in the doubles, i thought we've got this, but rafael nadal and

lopez, they are just something else to watch. a very successful davis cup in its new form, all around. getting it done quickly, it will be the future. i think that is why it appeals to the players, done and dusted in time for christmas. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it looks a little bit foggy behind you. good morning, everyone. it is a cloudy start to the day. we got missed, we've got hill front, in fa ct, missed, we've got hill front, in fact, for the first half of this week anyway, the weather remains a little unsettled. so today we're looking at a cloudy day. milder than it has been, certainly than this time last week. but we also have outbreaks of rain. you can see on the radar chart where we have had the radar chart where we have had the rain as we have gone through the course of the night. we have actually got two bands of rain coming away today, moving steadily northwards. and even ahead of the bands of rain, we're looking at a fairly cloudy start with some

drizzle. so through the morning, you can see how the rain continues to push steadily northwards, and another band comes in hot on its heels. so even into the afternoon, it is going to be fairly cloudy, with some showery outbreaks of rain. and then again in two parts of south—west england and dorset, later in the afternoon, you mightjust see some glimmers of brightness. but they will be fairly transient. as we come across wales, northern england, northern ireland, into scotland, we carry on with that rain. the brightest skies today will be across the far north of scotland. but here as well, especially in the northern isles, we've got a risk wind. through the evening and overnight at benzedrine continue to move steadily northwards. there is a bit of a low, and this next system comes our way. this will bring persistent rain and strengthening winds. by sam this will bring persistent rain and strengthening winds. by 5am in the morning we will have gusts of wind in devon, cornwall, the isles of scilly, gusts of 40—50 mph. couple that with the wind and fairly unpleasant conditions. it is because of this area of low pressure. embedded in this is the remnants of what was tropical storm sebastian, and so it has some tropical elements in it which means that the moisture,

where we have it, we will see some heavy rain. tomorrow, as i mentioned, still going to be windy, gusting 40—50 mph. south—west england and south wales. across the southern counties generally, it's also going to be windy, but the gusts not as high as that. so we got the remnants of today's ran across scotland. we've got tomorrow's rain sweeping across england, wales, getting into northern ireland in southern scotland. some of that will be heavy and persistent, and we've also got this system spitting across southern england, also bringing some heavy rain. gusty winds, temperatures eight to about 11! degrees. we could hit temperatures eight to about 1k degrees. we could hit 15 degrees somewhere in the south—west. so last week, while we were looking at temperatures below average for the time of year, this week, for some of us, they are going to be above

average. then as we had from tuesday into wednesday, a low pressure crosses us. again, looking at the squeeze on the isobars, still quite windy, especially so in the south. still the chance of some heavy and persistent rain from this, as well. as it moves across england and wales, with scotland and northern ireland, you are seeing something drier and brighter, but still a fair bit of cloud around, and still quite a keen winds. temperatures seven to about 12 degrees. then, as we had in towards the latter part of the week, especially on friday, most of us are going to have a dry day with some sunny skies, but it is going to feel colder. then it looks like some of us colder. then it looks like some of us will see some rain, particularly in the south, during the course of saturday and sunday. you will notice the difference in those temperatures. let's take a look at today's papers. the telegraph leads with the launch of the conservative party manifesto. it says boris johnson told the audience in telford yesterday that "the stakes have never been higher." the guardian reports that the conservatives' spending

pledges are dwarfed by other parties with its plans costing just £3 billion compared to labour's £83 billion. the mirror says a woman who's made allegations against prince andrew will testify to the fbi. and online, one of the most read stories on the huffington post says shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell will not remain neutral in any future eu referendum despite the stance being adopted by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. various politicians to chat to for the various parties throughout the morning for you. then, the various parties throughout the morning foryou. then, i the various parties throughout the morning for you. then, i can see two big words on that paper, black friday. it was a five—day build—up to black friday. you spotted that. five days! it feels like we're into christmas retail territory now, doesn't it? it 110w retail territory now, doesn't it? it now begins to kick off with black friday, and you are quite right, it isa friday, and you are quite right, it is a big and all the retailers start

putting their offers hour. questions about whether any of them are actually bargains. about 80% of all the things that are seemingly on our actually available at that price at another time of year. we spend more. nonetheless we are expected to spend about £2.5 billion as part of this black friday thing for the retail did pretty well in this period. big questions about whether itjust brings for the sales, they don't make any more money, just makes us bend earlier than we would have done because black friday, we saw scenes of people going crazy over televisions and supermarkets a few yea rs televisions and supermarkets a few years ago. that has now gone away. this feels very much like an online thing now. people doing their online shopping, getting a few things before christmas, encouraging us to start spending. real concerns in the mirror this morning, in a sun i

should say, that some retailers in the new year could still find it really difficult. lots of sales in the run—up to christmas but whether that will pay off later, and of course when all the credit card bills come in injanuary, big questions about whether they can make you pay. binary —— no means is it retail out of the woods just yet. in the sport, it is a real mixed talking about the premier league games over the weekend. the clubs are feeling the pressure right now. starting first of all with arsenal, another defeat at the weekend. really adding the pressure on. three managers, they are talking about who will go first. huge pressure on them. a lot of papers analysing who might go first, an issueis analysing who might go first, an issue is who replaces them? we had spurs and want to know going last

week and it has almost out of something. we will be looking as to what games are taking place. arsenal have huge games coming up in both the europa league and the premier league, who first? that is the question. a lot of people saying it will be this man. they are not going very well, are they? it is consistent right across the board. we have so many of these teams floating about the middle of the table who should be in the top six. you can understand the frustration of the fans as they start to slip even further. have sheffield doing so well, wolves doing well in their run at the minute. it is very interesting to see who will go where. let's talk about breakdance. this has been made byjeremy clarkson. i think this was in the papers yesterday. the anti— environmental columnist has accepted for the first time the existence of the climate crisis, because he has seen impact for himself, he is doing the grand tour. they got into difficulty while

filming a boat race in cambodia and vietnam. they had to slow to control we re vietnam. they had to slow to control were forced to wade through a lake which has been affected by water shortages. he said the irony was not lost. a man who trusted —— hosted a car programme limited to seven miles an hour by global warming. he described it as two days of absolute frustration. he will not say what they would do about it, but there you go. he cannot get up to speed. that document the emea going for £20,000 at auction. this is a gold medalfrom £20,000 at auction. this is a gold medal from the berlin olympics £20,000 at auction. this is a gold medalfrom the berlin olympics in 1936. one auction for 1.4 —— £1.1 million in 2013 and nobody knows which events they are for because they are not inscribed with the

actual event. this one, another one is going up for sale which they reckon could make as much as 1.6 million. the other two, no—one knows where they are. they are very beautiful images as well. obviously a huge slice of history involved in that. adolf hitler positive myth about air and supremacy. an athletic hero ever since. it was sold at auction in newsjersey an athletic hero ever since. it was sold at auction in news jersey next month. he gave at weightlifter who then started arranging speaking events for jesse then started arranging speaking events forjesse owens and this is what was going on, but we don't know what was going on, but we don't know what event it was for. this is brilliant, talking about the movement in football. the average millennial has worked as manyjobs as those in over 50 is in their entire career. aged between 25 and 34 on average have had ex— jobs, whereas if you are over 55, the course of your entire year have had

sevenjobs. it suggests people, that job for life clearly no longer exist in many industries. nonetheless people just wanting to move quicker. the big challenge for businesses and employers is how would you hang on to people? are you counting yourjobs? i have done quite a few. thank you very much. thank you. an estimated one in five adults in the uk has a tattoo, most on parts of the body that can be covered up easily. but one salon is calling on clients to think carefully before getting a tattoo on their face, neck or hands as it could hamper theirjob prospects. breakfast‘s john maguire has been finding out more. has he got a taxi on his face of this? let's have a look. this tattooed studio in bristol offers a eclectic range of designs. but it has a strict policy on facial tatters. young clients are asked for id, and even if they are 18, the staff here draw a line. do you want

it so obvious you want people to see, you want to see it every time, the face on the shoulders, when you go to the mirror or wash your face in the morning, it is the first thing you say. do you want to see that every single day for the rest of your life. ryan is back in the chair after eight hours of work yesterday. his letter to artist carlo completes his design. it extends onto a hand, for ryan, the face is a no go. in my line of work, when we meet clients and that, i do think my image means a lot. so i am not sure if it intimidates some people or not, i am not sure, but i just don't think it would look all right on me more than anything else. so you draw the line? yeah, that will be it now, so... no nikou face now. from beckenham to beaver, body art is more prevalent and more obvious among trendsetters and influences than ever before. but

there is concern within the industry about young fans copying their idols. the british tattoo artists federation wants a strict licensing and to stop illegal of backstreet shops tattooing the hands, face or neck of a young person if a reputable studio has said no. neck of a young person if a reputable studio has said now they are older and they had a job where they are not going to lose it for, say, they are quite settled, maybe, yeah. really, really think about it and discuss it with them as well, whether they are certain. age 30, and as a tatty artist himself, carlo believes his face and neck tatters our approach we at, but he too would turn away somebody barely into adulthood. it isjust a thing of them looking on something but unsettling than thinking it is cool, so they will get tattooed and they are so they will get tattooed and they a re pretty so they will get tattooed and they are pretty much going to regret that. i don't want to screaming

mother coming back at me because of a tac2 on the face. social attitudes to tatters are changing with the military for example easing restrictions on what is visible when in uniform. seen by some as a symbol of rebellion, this is an industry determined to adhere to rules and regulations. there you go. let us know what you think about that. plenty coming up on the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm sonja jessup. the fire brigades union has called for a forum to be set up to make sure recommendations from the grenfell tower inquiry report are put in place quickly and efficiently. the fbu has written to the government, the mayor and london fire brigade and other agencies saying there should be an urgent meeting so that "sweeping

changes" can be made to fire safety and lessons can be learned. 60 firefighters have been tackling a large fire at a derelict warehouse in southall. it's now under control, but half of the building's been destroyed and local residents are still being advised to keep their windows closed because of the smoke. for the first time, cemeteries across london are being mapped digitally, which could help make it much easier for people to track down the graves of long lost relatives. at highgate cemetery, some graves haven't been seen in decades, and some headstones have been cleared of ivy so they can be photographed and catalogued. it is wonderful that new technology can enable us to do this and the way that was just impossible with old paper records. i am looking forward to the day when you can rock up at the cemetery, a name into the computer and go and find the graves you are looking at. at the moment we are not there yet but with are looking at that for the future.

the uk beatbox championships took place in islington over the weekend. it sees the country's top artists going head to head in knock—out beatbox battles. the judges look for originality, technique and witty responses to their rivals. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it's all looking good on the tube at the moment at least. no reported problems on any of those lines there. on the roads, in canning town, jude street is blocked in both directions while police carry out an investigation. in islington, a water main's burst. stjohn's street is closed in both directions between owen's row and pentonville road. and this is how it looks on the a13 — usual rush—hour traffic building heading into central london from the goresbrook interchange in dagenham. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. a mild start to this monday morning, but with the mild temperature comes a cloud. it will

stay rather glad —— grey today with outbreaks of rain. the rain at first fairly light and fairly patchy but we could see heavier verse mixed in there. it will come and go through there. it will come and go through the course of the day. temperatures up the course of the day. temperatures up to 11 or12 the course of the day. temperatures up to 11 or 12 cert —— celsius. a breezy day compared to the weekend. nothing significant but you will notice the breeze. the rain will clear away overnight north and east, drive for a time and then more rain as we had proudhon on tuesday morning coming in from south and west. it will be a mild night, between eight and 10 celsius. as we had through tuesday we will see out rates of rain, maybe some writers cells in the afternoon. it will stay u nsettled cells in the afternoon. it will stay unsettled as we had through this week. a breezy day tomorrow as well, and as we head towards the end of the weekend the weekend, temperatures much colder again. that's it for now. i'm back in aroud half an hour. now, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: the family of harry dunn say they are caught up in a living nightmare as their search for justice continues. harry's mum, charlotte, will be here just after 8:00am this morning. footage of a jewish family being subjected to anti—semitic abuse on the london underground has been widely shared this weekend on social media. we will speak to the woman who intervened to confront the man responsible. and they are the choir that brought hope to those caught up in the manchester arena bombing. the survivors choir will perform for us live. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: over a million students face disruption from today when university lecturers and support staff begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions.

more than a million students will face disruption. lectures will be cancelled at 60 universities. that is almost half of the uk's institutions. universities say they are paying an extra £250 million into the pension scheme and have increased pay for staff this year. the opposition parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with voter turnout the highest in the territory's history. the local councils only have limited powers, but the result is being interpreted as a clear verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of anti—government protests. chinese state media had urged voters to use the election to denounce the pro—democracy movement. labour has announced plans to improve conditions for private tenants. the party said, if it was elected, it would introduce rent controls and require landlords to conduct an annual property check. the conservatives launched their election manifesto yesterday, the last of the main parties

in england to do so. they have pledged to get brexit done and add 50,000 nurses to the current workforce in england. prince andrew is to step back from all 230 of his charities and won't undertake any public engagements for the foreseeable future, according to buckingham palace. the palace says the move was temporary. a number of organisations had already cut their ties with the duke of york following his interview on bbc newsnight, when he faced questions relating to his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. a second cinema chain has stopped showing the british gangster film blue story after violence broke out at a cinema in birmingham. showcase has followed vue cinemas in pulling the film. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen. blue story‘s director, rapman, insisted it was a tale of love, not violence.

holly is here to talk about a defeat, i'm afraid, isn't it? yes, stuart broad says it all in that photo behind you. he was speaking to bbc test match special before the final day, and he said he was so sure that not only could england turn their fortunes around, but he expected it. he only lasted one ball and it was a heavy defeat for england's picketers. the good news is that this doesn't actually count towards the test points, weld test championships. a good one to lose. exactly, if you are going to lose one, it is a good one to lose. england have suffered a humiliating defeat to new zealand in the first test at bay oval. they lost by an innings and 65 runs after the unlikely task of batting through the day to save the match proved beyond them. they can quickly make amends, with the second and final test beginning on thursday.

just the one game in the premier league yesterday, but what a game it was — six goals shared between sheffield united and manchester united at bramall lane. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s team had been two goals down at one stage, but they looked to have sealed the winner through marcus rashford after a dramatic comeback. but there was no way sheffield united were finishing empty—handed, and in injury—time, oli mcburnie clinched the equaliser. the 60, 65, 71st minute, they're not acceptable. they're not good enough. but that just shows the quality of us, that we can still score three goals, and should have had one or two more, on a game that we don't really perform. that's just shows that you need to be on it for the full 90 minutes, otherwise you get punished. i thought our boys were outstanding today for large parts

of the game, and dominating large parts of the game. if we hadn't got a minimum point, it would have been devastating for us. it is a bit upsetting we didn't get the tree, but that is the cruel beast that is the premier league. chelsea remain a point clear at the top of the women's super league, with a thumping 6—0 win at birmingham city. ji so—yun was amongst the goalscorers with a stunning free—kick, and it set the tone for the rest of the game. millie bright, bethany england and drew spence all got on the scoresheet too. rangers have kept the pressure on celtic in the scottish premiership with a win over hamilton academical. ryan kent scored twice for steven gerrard's men, including this stunning goal from 25 yards, to help rangers to a 3—1win. they are level on points with celtic at the top of the table. adam peaty put on a great performance last night to win a thrilling 100 metre breaststroke in the international swimming league. the league is a new team—based competition format for 2019, and peaty is captain of the london roar team. he also inspired a win in the mixed 4x100 relay at a sold—out london aquatics centre. seven meetings take place in different cities around the world, and the series grand final culminates next month in las vegas.

rafa nadal has helped spain win the davis cup for the first time since 2011. remember that it was spain who beat great britain in saturday's semi—final, and nadal and co were too much for canada in the final, as well, winning both of their singles matches to take the title. that is the sixth time they have won the davis cup. the victory was particuarly emotional for roberto bautista agut. he only returned to the team yesterday, just three days after the death of his father. he won his singles match to put his country 1—0 up, and well on their way to victory. and how about this for the most unlikely signing of the season so far. eight years after his retirement from football, robbie savage is back. the former wales international has signed for non—league

stockport town, who play in the 10th tier of english football. the 45 year—old is expected to be named in tonight's squad to face oswestry town, and he said that his son had to go and buy him a pair of boots. which does surprise me, the fact he doesn't even have his own football boots. he is in quite good shape, though. he has looked after himself. he has said he will not be running around too much. that is the com plete around too much. that is the complete opposite of his career, when he used to leg it around for the entire match. it'll be interesting to see him in action, i can imagine the turnout at stockport town might be a little bit higher than usual. the liberal democrats say they will spend more money on defence and international aid if they get into government in next month's general election. the party claims the pledge would be a real—terms increase, which it says would be made possible by a stronger economy as a result of stopping brexit. christine jardine from the lib dems

joins us now from edinburgh. what we will try and do today, most of the parties have given their ma nifestoes. of the parties have given their manifestoes. we have had a bit of time to look at those manifestoes, but we will talk to the parties about where they are at. good morning to you, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this seems as good a time as any to kind of have a look at the situation where you are. jo swinson, your leader, yesterday at least seeming to concede to andrew marr that borisjohnson is on course to win the general election, do you agree? what she was saying is the only party that can take seats of them and stop them from going ahead with brexit is the liberal democrats, and we fully intend to do that, working hard every day. that is why we have put forward a ma nifesto is why we have put forward a manifesto which unlike boris johnson's, has a vision for this country, for a brighter future. johnson's, has a vision for this country, for a brighterfuture. the

ma nifesto country, for a brighterfuture. the manifesto put forward remarkably has no real policy programme for five year government. she was also questioned, and i want to know your opinion on this, actually, about backing tough austerity measures as pa rt backing tough austerity measures as part of the coalition government. how do you feel about that? well, we have moved on now. unfortunately if you look back to 2010, the country was in an incredibly difficult situation then. we move forward to now, and what we're talking about now, and what we're talking about now is building a brighterfuture, investing more in defence, investing more in education, in nhs, and in rebuilding this country, building a brighterfuture. a rebuilding this country, building a brighter future. a very different picture from what has been put forward by the conservative party. do you regret what happened under

that coalition government? in speaking to people on the doorstep, do you express regret? actually, people very rarely asked me about the coalition on doorstep. they asked me about what we are going to do. people care about where we are now and where the country is going now, and what we are trying to do is invest in the nhs, for mental health services, for example. putting £11 billion in there. because mental health services need to be brought up health services need to be brought up to the same level as physical health services, and they all need to improve. and what we want to do is keep this country in the european union, which the institute of financial studies has again said would mean growth, greater growth, in the british economy. and we want to do that because so many people nowadays are struggling to get by, and they are working hard, and they are not feeling the rewards, they are not feeling the rewards, they are not feeling the rewards, they are not seeing the rewards. that is what is important to people, is a brighter future what is important to people, is a brighterfuture for what is important to people, is a brighter future for themselves, for their children, for their grandchildren. they want to see this country prosper, and that is what we want. it is, looking at the ma nifesto, want. it is, looking at the manifesto, it is aspirational. but actually, the reality is you are not going to be able to put in these policies, because you won't get enough seats, will you ? policies, because you won't get enough seats, will you? the reality is that we will use every power we have in parliament to bring these

policies into being. and what we have put forward is a realistic ma nifesto, have put forward is a realistic manifesto, that says what we want to do. it's not this ridiculous ma nifesto do. it's not this ridiculous manifesto that the labour party have put forward, which is making promises that they can't keep, and borisjohnson has promises that they can't keep, and boris johnson has made promises that they can't keep, and borisjohnson has made a promise that, you know, his manifesto, a ma nifesto that, you know, his manifesto, a manifesto which nigel farage claims is very much the 2015 ukip ma nifesto, is very much the 2015 ukip manifesto, which frankly scares me, he is putting forward a premise which is based on, he said, getting brexit done. well, his manifesto doesn't get exit done, because brexit will take ten years of trade talks. the only way to end brexit is to stop it. well, the liberal democrats are very clear on stopping brexit. what about, again, when you knock on a door and you say that, there will be people who voted to leave who will not agree with you. what do you say to them? there are people... absolutely right, there are people who voted leave who do not agree with me. but what i say to

them is that for 3.5 years we have been saying, since two days after the referendum, that the financial change, the economic dislocation, the massive change, that brexit will bring about, needs to be ratified by the british people once they see the details of the deal. once we know for sure what it will actually mean, rather than speculation, rather than numbers on the side of a bus. once we have an actual agreed deal, it should go back to you and i and everybody else out there to be able to see whether or not they still think that this particular deal and this way forward is the best way for the country. can ijust ask you one question... and we have been absolutely clear that if there is a law put before the next parliament which says that a deal will go to the people with remain on the ballot paper, then we will back that. can i

ask you another question aboutjo swinson. you mention buses, because we have seen herface right at swinson. you mention buses, because we have seen her face right at the centre, on the bus and all the rest of it, and you will be well aware of the recent poll, which she has talked about as well, saying the more people see ofjo swinson, the more people see ofjo swinson, the more they see of her, the less they like her. what do you feel when you hear that, and this sort of choice to have her front hear that, and this sort of choice to have herfront and hear that, and this sort of choice to have her front and centre of the whole campaign? i am not quite sure what you mean by that, becausejo is doing a terrificjob. she has been absolutely clear about the vision that the party has for this country, about what it is that we want to do, about what it is that we want to do, about tackling climate change, for example, which boris johnson about tackling climate change, for example, which borisjohnson appears to almost ignore in the tory ma nifesto. to almost ignore in the tory manifesto. it's not something he wa nts to ta ke manifesto. it's not something he wants to take on. there's no big policy vision for climate change. wants to take on. there's no big policy vision for climate changelj am just asking you about your leader. and jo has been absolutely clear that the liberal democrats wa nt to clear that the liberal democrats want to tackle climate change, improve the nhs. so that is

important, that message going out to people, making it clear to people what we stand for, is vitally important, and jo has been doing that. pristine, thank you for your time on brett this morning. you are welcome. thank you. we are also speaking to the conservatives as well as labour this morning. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. you have got some lovely sheep in the background. good morning, good morning to you as well. today's weather is fairly cloudy, it is misty, we've got some hill fog and we've got some rain as well. the brightest skies are going to be across the far north of scotland, and the other thing is it is quite mild for the time of year. now, we've seen a fair bit of rain as we've seen a fair bit of rain as we've gone through the early hours of this morning across northern

ireland, wales, heading down towards the likes of the isle of wight. ahead of it, also, there's a lot of cloud and also some drizzle. what is going to happen is this band of rain is going to continue to move northwards and eastwards through the course of the day, turning a little bit more showery in nature as it does so. but behind it, we'll see further spells of showery rain coming away. and some of this could be heavy and thundery. later, we could just see the odd limit of brightness coming across parts of the south—west, but they will be the exception rather than the rule. showery outbreaks of rain continue across wales, northern england, northern ireland, and much of scotland, away from the far north of scotland, away from the far north of scotland, where we will see some brightest guys. and around the murray first, even some sunshine. but quite a brisk wind across the northern isles. through this evening and overnight, our bands of rain pushed steadily north eastwards. there's a bit of a drier interlude, and then this next system comes in from the south—west. and this is going to introduce some more persistent rain across south—west england and also south wales, and it's going to be accompanied by strengthening winds. gusts around the isles of scilly, devon, cornwall, south—west wales, as much as 40—50 mph. and it is courtesy of this area of low pressure, and within this low pressure we've got the remnants of what was tropical storm sebastian, so a lot of energy

and here which is enhancing the rain and here which is enhancing the rain and also giving us some strong winds. as i mentioned, notjust during the course of the latter part of monday night, but through tuesday, we are looking at gusts of wind, 40—50 miles an hour across south—west england and south—west wales, but it is going to be a windy day across the southern half of the country anyway. just the strongest gust will be in the south—western quarter. so that rain continues to move northwards and eastwards as we go through the day. some showery outbreaks of rain across scotland, a bit of a drier interlude, but we also have this tail end of a weather front connected to the low pressure scooting across southern counties. that could also be heavy. temperatures, though, while not bad for the time of year, eight to about 14, somewhere in the south—west could hit 15 degrees, so above average for this stage in november. tuesday into wednesday, our low pressure m oves tuesday into wednesday, our low pressure moves across us. again, it is taking its rain with it. blustery winds as well. some of this rain could be heavy, and if that low pressure m oves could be heavy, and if that low pressure moves a little bit further north, the strongest winds will come in across the south of england, a bit stronger, and it is the same

with the distribution of the rain. but this is what we think at the moment. for scotland and northern ireland, in the west, something drier and brighter. for the rest of us, fairly cloudy and wet at times. it is not until we get to the end of the week things settle down, but at the week things settle down, but at the same time, they are going to cool down as well. thank you. we're expected to spend more than £2 billion this week — on black friday to be precise. that sounds like an awful lot of money. this is thanks to the retail phenomenon that is black friday. but is the retail phenomenon losing its appeal? not at —— not if you are spending all that money. chances are we have had all those e—mails and messages advising us there are discounts for black friday. it is a week—long affair, notjust one day. it started in the us where it falls on the first friday after thanksgiving. it is the start of the christmas

shopping. he was brought over in 2010 i am is on when they were offering discounts. other retailers got in on the act, notjust the online ones and it led to all sorts of scenes, particularly in places like supermarkets where people were pictured fighting over tvs and electrical goods. those things tha nkfully electrical goods. those things thankfully are now starting to disappear and it becomes much more ofan disappear and it becomes much more of an online issue rather than those brick and mortar stores. we are unlikely to see what looked like fighting? one would hope. last year, if you look at the figures, last year the process is half of all credit and debit transactions, there was a 12% fall in spending on black friday. that is 2018 versus 2017. maybe we are a bit over this already. but we still expect to stand a staggering amount of money, more than £2.5 billion spent over

the next few days as part of black friday. much more of an online event than in high street stores. that is partly because a lot of retailers, doesn't work for them. maybe they are not geared up for it. they worry it doesn't make us spend any more or by any more, just brings us forward. it is not good news. the problem for retailers is before, they would put all the outside stock in the shops in sales after christmas on boxing day. now they are having to discount perfectly good stock before christmas so it means it is hitting their margins and that hits their profits at a time when they could make a huge amount of profit. if it feels too good to be true, it probably is. the consumer group that

tracked these discounts on offer, particularly in 2017, they found that nearly 90% of them sold as black friday disc —— deals they were available at other times of the year for the same price. there are rules and regulations about what they are allowed to advertise. but they are suggesting it is notjust black friday that you can get your hands on cheap stuff. how do you spot the real deals from the ones that are not so real? number one, shopping can be overwhelming so make sure you ta ke can be overwhelming so make sure you take a break. number two, can be overwhelming so make sure you take a break. numbertwo, we can be really influenced by the power of a brand so be really aware of that. thirdly, don't be afraid to use a calculator to give your brain a little bit of help. sometimes you just can't do those calculations on its own. be wise. nonetheless, i think it is worth saying we are going to spend about £18 billion in the run—up to christmas. this is a time of year when retailers make all their money. that is the reason it

is called black friday. they move from the red into the black. from a loss into a profit. nonetheless, the industry is really worried about what happens comes january. we might be willing to go out and spend now, buying stuff for christmas but january is a difficult period. i will be back injanuary talking to you about retailers finding it really difficult over christmas. i suppose the messages if you love your local shop, because it might not be there in the new year. thank you. it is the earliest i have bought my wife my christmas present. normally i buy it on christmas eve. but i am not made of money. he is being incredibly generous. he is making up for years and years. i feel guilty for never having bought something. two months earlier!

when polling stations open for next month's general election, how heavy will concerns about the environment weigh on the minds of voters? this year we've seen high—profile protests by the campaign group extinction rebellion, while the teenage activist greta thunberg sailed to america. but what about events closer to home? james cook reports from doncaster. entire ecosystems are collapsing! all the dirty water around, you know. if we don't have a planet, the election isn't going to matter. well, they are still clearing up here in officially, which was one of the places most badly affected by those floods. this wall here just to the way. the question is, have these

extreme weather events being caused by global warming, and does all of this have anything to do with how people are going to vote in the general election? this is one of the houses that was affected by the flooding here in fish lake and the owners have kindly said we could go inside and have a look.|j owners have kindly said we could go inside and have a look. i would say it was to hear. you can really come as soon as you walk in, you can smell it, can't you? we had no time. it was get out. really, really fast. yeah, get yourcar it was get out. really, really fast. yeah, get your car out. do you think the politicians are taking this issue seriously enough? not really, no. until i think it happens to yourself... have no idea. you can see. oh, wow! the power, the water was coming through. do you think

that the issue of the environment and the changing climate and flooding is at the forefront of voters minds here or not?|j flooding is at the forefront of voters minds here or not? i don't think so. i mean, at the end of the day, it is a freak thing what has happened, isn't it? what are voters voting on do you think? brexit this time? yes, well, i hope so. voting on do you think? brexit this time? yes, well, i hope solj voting on do you think? brexit this time? yes, well, i hope so. i am 77 and it is an experience i never want to have again. they had me on my knees on the little dingo to get out and he said, you will be all right there. just hold on. and i kept thinking, what if it turns over and lam in thinking, what if it turns over and i am in that dirty water? in this election, conservatives are trying to win some seats. do you think the floods will make people think twice about voting for them or not? well, it will make them think twice before they do vote, because he is not a popular prime minister. boris

johnson? yes. he will have a fight on his hands, i think. but i have quite a few people say, i'm not voting labour this time. quite a few people say, i'm not voting labourthis time. i haven't made up my mind yet sol voting labourthis time. i haven't made up my mind yet so i don't really know. this here is the farmland, so all of that that we are seeing is underwater now is seen as farmers fields. this is what the future of climate change look like for italic doncaster. we are in a floodplain at the moment and air pressure rises because of carbon releases and things like that we will start getting more rain, will become more heavy, the water will keep rising. forfor heavy, the water will keep rising. for for you, heavy, the water will keep rising. forfor you, will be heavy, the water will keep rising. for for you, will be that be the number one determining factor in your vote in this election? absolutely. it is a number one determining factor of my life. i wa nt determining factor of my life. i want a future!

lots of things to look at there. on breakfast tomorrow, i'll be in pembrokeshire, focusing on environmental issues, speaking to voters about how important the issue is to them. if you have any questions as well, send them to me because we will have the environment editor. he will be on the programme. he will be on the programme with me tomorrow and we will talk about all those different issues. any questions for him, please let me know. we were in southampton last week talking to students. a wonderful university. very impressive. lots of them thinking carefully about where they are going to vote and how they are going to vote and others thinking, i'm not really sure whether i want to get involved at all. that was very interesting, wasn't it? more on that throughout the next few weeks. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london. the fire brigades union has called for a forum to be set up to make sure recommendations from the grenfell tower inquiry report are put in place quickly and efficiently. the fbu has written to the government, the mayor, the london fire brigade and other agencies saying there should be an urgent meeting so that "sweeping changes" can be made to fire safety and lessons can be learned. 60 firefighters have been tackling a large fire at a derelict warehouse in southall. it's now under control, but half of the building's been destroyed and local residents are being advised to keep their windows closed because of the smoke. for the first time, cemeteries across london are being mapped digitally, which could help make it much easier for people to track down the graves of long lost relatives. they include highgate cemetery where some graves haven't been seen in decades. headstones have been cleared of ivy so they can be photographed and catalogued.

it's wonderful that new technology can enable us to do this in a way that just is impossible with old paper records. i'm really looking forward to the day when you could rock up at highgate cemetery, tape a name into a computer and print off a little map and go and find the graves that you're looking for. at the moment, we're not there yet, but that's what i'm looking for for the future. the best beatboxers in the country have been battling it out in islington over the weekend. it was for the annual uk beatbox championships. the judges look for originality, technique and, of course, witty responses to their rivals. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it's all looking good on the tube at the moment at least, no reported problems on any of those lines there. there's been an accident on the a12. one lane are closed, heading into central london towards bromley—by—bow. those queues stretch back

from the woolwich road flyover. and in canning town, jude street is blocked in both directions while police carry out an investigation. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a mild start to this monday morning, but with the mild temperature comes the cloud. it is going to stay rather grey today with some outbreaks of rain. now, the rain at first fairly light, fairly patchy, but we could see some heavier bursts mixed in there. it is going to come and go really through the course of the day. temperatures getting up to around 11 or 12 celsius as a maximum. a breezier day as well compared to the weekend. nothing too significant but you will notice that breeze. overnight, that rain will gradually clear away north and eastwards, dry for a time and then more rain as we head through to dawn on tuesday morning, coming in from south and the west. minimum temperature, again it is going to be a mild night, between 8 and 10 celsius. now, as we had through tuesday, we are going to see some outbreaks of rain, maybe some brighter spells in the afternoon. temperatures still looking mild.

it is going to stay unsettled as we head through this week. a breezier day tomorrow as well, and as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the temperatures getting much colder again. that's it for now. i'm back in aroud half an hour. and there's more news, travel and weather on our website. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: almost half of uk universities are expected to be disrupted today, as lecturers and support staff begin eight—day industrial action. record numbers turn out for local elections in hong kong, with pro—democracy candidates looking set to record a huge victory. labour are vowing to tackle dodgy landlords if they win the election with plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accomodation. shoppers are set to spend £2.5 billion this week on black friday offers. but are we really getting a bargain? i'll have some top tips for navigating the sales. a crushing defeat for england's cricketers in new zealand, as the hosts wrap up an impressive victory in the first test at bay oval. good morning, as a cloudy, murky

start to the day—to—day. some missed and also some hill fog and we have two bands of rain moving northwards through the day. the driest conditions in the far north of scotland. i will have in 15 minutes. it's monday 25 november. lecturers and support staff at almost half of the uk's universities will begin an eight—day strike today over pay, pensions and working conditions. more than a million students will face disruption. during a stoppage by union members last year, there were calls from some students for financial compensation. here is our education correspondent lisa hampele. they are taking to the picket lines again. last year, more than 40,000 university staff went on strike because of changes to their pension fund. now, they say there has been a lack of progress in that dispute, and they are angry about pay, job security, workload and equality. the university and colleges union estimates more than half of all academics are on temporary contracts, and says pay has fallen dramatically.

the universities point out they are paying an extra £250 million into the pension scheme, and say staff received pay increases between 1.8% at 4.8% this year. they warned that, unless there is a compromise, courses could be cut and class sizes increased. universities are doing what they can to minimise the impact to students. thousands signed petitions last time around calling for compensation, but few were successful. many students support staff, but they are worried. i've paid so much money, and to have basically a week written off of my course, it's almost like i want that money back. it happened in my undergrad. i had a dissertation due in six weeks, which i thought affected my final marks. so to have it happen again, i think, is really annoying. they say they won't reschedule lectures and classes, and they warn of more strikes in the new year.

labour has announced plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accommodation. the party said, if it was elected, it would introduce rent controls and require landlords to conduct an annual property check. the conservatives launched their election manifesto yesterday with a pledge to get brexit done and a promise to add 50,000 nurses to the current workforce in england. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now from westminster. jessica, how will these policies go down with voters? louise was saying earlier we are sort of halfway through. it is a good time to take the temperature, isn't it? yes, it is. it was interesting looking in the conservative manifesto launch, if we we re conservative manifesto launch, if we were expecting some kind of boris johnson bonanza, some big show of showmanship, actually it was a slightly low—key event, in a sense, andi slightly low—key event, in a sense, and i say that because we didn't hearan and i say that because we didn't hear an awful lot that was new. a lot of the policies on offer in this ma nifesto we lot of the policies on offer in this manifesto we have heard about before. there was that pledge for 50,000 more nurses, a slightly contentious pledge at that, because a lot of those nurses would for

example come from retaining those who are already in the workforce or bringing back nurses who have left. but i think what is interesting is, if you look at labour's manifesto lodge, they wanted to use their ma nifesto to lodge, they wanted to use their manifesto to reset the campaign, change the dynamic, has happened in 2017. i think you could almost say the opposite was true with the conservative party's manifesto launch. for example, they didn't offer some big new pledge on social ca re offer some big new pledge on social care in terms of redesigning the system, and that is where theresa may, of course, came unstuck in 2017. the conservative desperate to avoid the manifesto being unpicked and actually causing them huge problems, so it was more of a steady as she goes manifesto, absolutely not trying to change the dynamic as they try and maintain their lead in they try and maintain their lead in the polls. meanwhile, labourare giving a little bit more detail on their plans to help private renters. they are talking about putting bad landlords out of business and outlining these plans, which we have heard quite a lot of before, in

terms of rent controls. so rents wouldn't be allowed to go up by more than inflation. as well, they want to introduce an annual inspection, independent inspection, of properties, an annual mot. but some of the measures not going down particular well with landlords. the residential landlords association saying that labour's plans would actually devastate the rental market. i think labour trying to put themselves on the side, as they would see it, of hard—pressed renters. however, ithink would see it, of hard—pressed renters. however, i think as ever with labour perhaps there will be questions over whether the plans are realistic, whether the plans are deliverable, as well. you mentioned those questions. we will askjohn healey from the labour party exactly those questions. the opposition parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with turnout the highest in the territory's history. the result is being interpreted as a damning verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of anti—government protests. let's speak to our asia correspondentjonathan head, who is in hong kong this morning.

how significant are these results? well, remember they are local elections for council that actually don't have a lot of power, but that isn't really what people are looking at. they are looking at probably the most stunning rehearsal any —— reversal any hong kong government has had to endure. these councils have boys been controlled by pro—government parties before. she has been almost a clean sweep by the opposition, 90% of seats in their hands. the opposition parties who come from many different backgrounds work together to create one alliance, to challenge the government on this, and also to harness the public anger and the momentum from the five months of protests. and it is clear the public responded very well to that. the government in hong kong argued that people should vote for them because people should vote for them because people will be tired of the disorder, of the disruption in the chaos, and many hong kongers are very worried about the damage to their city. but in the vote itself, it is clear they want to send a message to the government. the real question now is how does a government that cannot do anything, really, without china's approval, how does it respond to this? it

doesn't have complete freedom to offer the kinds of concessions that the opposition now want, and we have already seen protest here in central hong kong by office workers. i think we will see those protesters and that protest movement coming out and finding other ways to show their determination to oppose the government if it cannot come up with something that looks like a concession. in the position of the hong kong chief executive, carrie lam, already embattled, after this devastating election results, it really does look very precarious. devastating election results, it really does look very precariousm isa really does look very precariousm is a beautiful sight there to see, this morning. prince andrew is to step back from all 230 of his charities and won't undertake any public engagements for the foreseeable future, according to buckingham palace. the palace says the move was temporary. a number of organisations had already cut their ties with the duke of york following his interview on bbc newsnight, when he faced questions relating to his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. a second cinema chain has stopped showing the british gangster film

blue story after violence broke out at a cinema in birmingham. showcase has followed vue cinemas in pulling the film. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen, as charlotte gallagher reports. screaming a weekend trip to the cinema becomes a terrifying experience, seven police officers injured trying to break up a brawl involving around 100 people and machetes. six have been arrested, the youngest a 13—year—old girl. this startling picture is being shared on social media — a group of young teenagers apparently armed with a machete. we're not entirely certain what caused it, and so we're not going to get into that speculation. but it is reassuring that we were able to deal with it. vue cinemas announced it was pulling this film, blue story, from all its venues. showcase cinemas later followed, banning the film as well. blue story is about gangs in london,

but it is not known if the people involved in the violence in birmingham were there to watch it. many cinemas are still showing it, including at this independent one in south—east london. i don't really see how this, you know, differs from, you know, your like hollywood gangster film in terms of, you know, the gruesomeness and the violence that's involved. i think it's unfortunate. i think that a link will be made that doesn't necessarily need to be made. i think it's a bad set of circumstances. blue story‘s director, rapman, has insisted his film is about love, not violence. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the production companies bbc films and paramount pictures have said they are appalled by the incident in birmingham, but have described the film as important, and say it has received a positive response. an acrobat has fallen 30 feet whilst performing in london's winter wonderland in hyde park. the production company said that jackie armstrong was thought to have slipped from her harness during the zippos christmas circus show. her condition isn't known.

labour is promising additional rights for renters this morning by announcing plans to introduce rent caps in some areas and an independent yearly check on properties, to identify homes which are unsafe to live in. however, there are concerns that the policy could lead to a shortage of properties, drive rents up, and increase homelessness. we're joined now from westminster by labour's john healey. good morning. good to have you in the programme. the residential landlords association said those plans would drive thousands of landlords out of the business, leading to a massive shortage of properties. and exactly that point we we re properties. and exactly that point we were making there, driving up rents and increasing homelessness. is that true? no need for that to happen at all, and most private renters a re happen at all, and most private renters are happy with their home.

most landlords provide a decent and secure home long—term for the te na nts. secure home long—term for the tenants. but for too long, and certainly in the last decades, the government has allowed rogue landlords to flourish. it is time to make it fairer, and that requires the government to act and it requires a charter of year—round rights, labour are calling it, for private renters. so this is a market that means that private renting can bea that means that private renting can be a decent option for everyone. on that point, another thing they say is what they don't need is new obligations and new things to think about, but better enforcement of the ones that already exist. there is a danger that you are over complicating the market. well, not so. we have more rights as consumers when we rent a car or buy a fridge or freezer. we have when we rent a car or buy a fridge orfreezer. we have more protections as consumers in other markets and when one in four properties that are

rented in this country aren't even decent, which means they are damp, they are in disrepair, some are u nsafe, they are in disrepair, some are unsafe, these are standards that we can't allow to go on for longer, and asi can't allow to go on for longer, and as i say, this is about making all properties and all landlords operate to the sort of standards that the better ones already do. and these are the sort of standards that are commonplace in other countries as well. there is no reason why we should be able to do this in this country, and when one in four kids now are growing up in families and private rented accommodation, this isa private rented accommodation, this is a type of home that must be better, must be more decent, more secure, more affordable. and this charter of new rights for private renters that we are planning today will help to do that. the only thing that's new, though, in this announcement is the annual check. is that right? the other measures have

been mentioned before. yes, we want to see decent minimum standards for all property that is left out. but thatis all property that is left out. but that is the only thing that is new, the annual check, the only thing that has been announced that we didn't already know about. that has been announced that we didn't already know aboutm that has been announced that we didn't already know about. it is certainly something we have set out before, so there is no surprises to the residential landlords association. but one of the ways that we want to see these minimum standards for all, whatever home they rent, is to make sure that we bring in an annual property mot, so that this is checked, and the standards of gas, safety, electrical safety, disrepair or damp can be sorted out. and independently inspected. and overseen by and enforced by local councils. so we can bring in tougher sanctions for landlords that are there at the moment, to make sure that we drive the bad landlords out of business, and we make the market fairer for renters. we have spoken to the liberal democrats already, we have nicky morgan coming up later on. and we have reached sort of halfway. something that wasn't in the ma nifesto, something that wasn't in the manifesto, but was announced over the weekend, your manifesto, that is, labour promised to compensate

those affected by the pension age increase, a policy that would cost £58 billion. where is that money coming from, on top of all the other money? well, this is a special case. it isa money? well, this is a special case. it is a 1—off compensation payment, if you like stop where does that money come from, though? well, like the normal government business, government has a contingency fund to deal with this sort of compensation and things that can't necessarily be foreseen. this rights and historical injustice. it will allow us to do right by women born in the 1950s, nearly 4 million of them, who had been planning for their retirement and had that disrupted at no notice, without the chance, really, to make the earnings, having paid in all their life, in order to live in the sort of level that they were planning and retirement. and so this is... if it was a key announcement, though, why wasn't it in the ma nifesto ? though, why wasn't it in the manifesto? because we've announced it now, separately. we wanted to give it the sort of priority it

deserves. nearly 4 million women have been denied the pension retirement and the plans that they had in place, at short notice, some with inadequate information about that, no time to make up or make good the shortfall. this is an injustice that needs to be corrected, only government can do it, and only labour will do it, if we win the election in december. as i mentioned, it is a lot more money on top of the money that you are already spending. simply not credible was how the institute of fiscal studies responded for your —— to your manifesto last week, and there are figures and loss of the papers over the weekend that for every pound, the conservatives say they are going to spend, the labour party are going to spend 28. well, with respect to the ifs, it is simply not comparable to the day—to—day spending, year—on—year, that we have set out with detailed costings in our gradebook, alongside the manifesto. we have detailed plans on how we will raise this money. the payment to these women who have lost out on their pensions,

born in the 1950s, is one of compensation payment. it is a special move to write the historic injustices, and we would draw on the governmentfund. that is always there for things that can't be built into day—to—day spending, and can't be planned in advance. that is what this government should have done, and they have got no answer to these women who have been denied their pension, denied their retirement plans, as they were promised. and it brea ks plans, as they were promised. and it breaks the basic contract, doesn't it, between working people and the government. this is why it is so important that, whichever government is elected in december, this must be put right, and only labour will do that. the iss said it would create the biggest tax burden since world war ii. we have reached a stage now of deep cut across the board, the nhs,

a housing crisis, wages are still lower than before. we need a big plan to change the country. if we are elect and we put in place the plan we have set out in our ma nifesto, plan we have set out in our manifesto, this only brings government spending in britain up to an average level across some of the most modern economies in europe, france, austria, sweden, it makes us a sort of middle range social and aquatic state, and most important, it means we will have a government able to deal with some of the day—to—day problems that people face in the deep injustices that some also face that the tories have simply failed to act on for the last ten years. good to talk to you this morning. john healy from the labor party. that is about 7:30am. there are clouds on the way according to carole's picture. good morning, everyone. it is a cloudy start today. it is quite

misty with hill fog and rain. the first half of this week is looking u nsettled. first half of this week is looking unsettled. that and windy at times but as we get towards the end of the week ring settle down it will turn colder. today, cloudy and mild with outbreaks of rain in rain has been falling steadily as we have gone through the course of last night into the south—western pushing north—east. ahead of it, a lot of cloud and drizzle. as we go through the day, you will find the rain will continue to push steadily northeast and more showers come in behind and some of those showers could be heavy and also thundery even into the afternoon. later we might see some glimmers of brightness across parts of dorset and south—east —— south—west england. for wales, england, northern ireland and much of scotland, we carry on with those showery outbreaks of rain. orkney as

well, drier and brighter. showery outbreaks of rain. orkney as well, drierand brighter. but risk wins here and coming from a chilly direction. this evening and overnight, the outbreaks head north. there is a lull in proceedings in this next area of pressure comes our way, introducing more persistent rain and stronger winds. gusty winds. there is here, and embedded in this area of low pressure with the remnants of what was a tropical storm, sebastien. a lot of energy in that area of low pressure. by the end of monday night and through tuesday, gusty winds. the highest costs are likely to be in south—west england in south—west wales, gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour. across many southern areas in particular looking quite gusty winds. here comes the rain, moving steadily northwards and eastward as we move through the course of the day. showery outbreaks across much of scotland, drier at times in the wednesday we also have the tail end of that system scooting across southern england. this could

also be heavy and squally. temperatures tomorrow, eight to 14. we are likely to say 15 in the south—west. as we move from tuesday into wednesday we still have low pressure with us. moving from the west towards the east. still gusty winds around it and the area of low pressure could move further north or a little bit further south and that will affect the distribution of this rainfall. but this is what we think at the moment and we still are in pretty mild therefore this time of year. temperatures a bit above average for this stage of november. but it cools down by the weekend. thank you very much. a bit of blue on there, a bit of rain. what does temperature look like? wet and windy! —— pembrokeshire. thank you very much. it is all right for some. we are indoors tomorrow. i am on a

farm. just saying. we are farm. just saying. we a re really farm. just saying. we are really looking forward to our trip, hardware, ben? it is going to be grateful we really are. we have done various things and tomorrow we are having a big look at the environment and whether environmental issues will impact on the election. the important things about the election broadcasters we're not saying how are you going to vote? we're asking you the issues that are important to you in the build—up to the election. we are only two weeks away. what you said today, a tsb branch closure. this is one we are going to watch because jobs are at risk at tsb. it is said to close 100 branches, nearly a third of its network. it currently operates about 540 branches around the country, so hundreds ofjob 540 branches around the country, so hundreds of job losses 540 branches around the country, so hundreds ofjob losses expected if they close those branches. this is because the new chief executive is going to hold a press conference

later and she wants to outline her plans to cut costs and try to reshape the business. it has been struggling in the way of —— awake of big fines that it suffered last year. we're set to spend £2.5 billion on black friday this year as retailers try to lure us in with discounts. but there's a warning that all supposed bargains are anything but. research from consumer group which suggests up to 90% of offers are available at other times during the year. disney's new frozen movie ranks and nearly $127 million. that was it opening weekend. that bit forecast in the box office debut of the original film. in the box office debut of the originalfilm. he in the box office debut of the original film. he began in the box office debut of the originalfilm. he began a phenomenon in 2013, making $1.3 billion around the world. —— it began a phenomenon. the originalfans the world. —— it began a phenomenon. the original fans of the original film might be too old. just a word

document never too old. come on. i am really upset because i have failed to go and see it. don't worry, i will. you should go in pembrokeshire tomorrow! if it is frozen, it is fine. a quick word on the story that has dropped in the last two minutes,. however time is buying the famous jeweller tiffany, paying $16 billion. —— louis vuitton. an estimated one in five adults in the uk has a tattoo, most on parts of the body that can be covered up easily. but one salon is calling on clients to think carefully before getting a tattoo on their face, neck or hands, as it could hamper their job prospects. breakfast‘s john maguire has been finding out more. level tattoo studio in bristol

offers an eclectic range of designs, but it has a strict policy on facial tattoos. young clients are asked for id, and even if they are 18, the staff here draw a line. do you want it so obvious you want people to see, you want to see it every time, even yourface and the shoulders or something. it's like when you go to the mirror and wash yourface in the morning, it's the first thing that you see. so, do you want to see that every single day for the rest of your life? ryan is back in the chair after eight hours of work yesterday as tattoo artist carlo completes his design. it extends onto a hand, but for ryan, the face is a no go. in my line of work, when you meet clients and that, i do think my image means a lot. so, i'm not sure if it intimidates some people or not, i'm not too sure, but most and foremost, i wouldn't have it personally. i just don't think it would look all right on me more than anything else. so, you sort of draw the line of what's...

yeah, i wouldn't. .. obviously visible. yeah, that'll be it now, so... yeah, i wouldn't do neck orface, no. from beckham to bieber, body art is more prevalent and more obvious among trendsetters and influences than ever before. but there's concern within the industry about young fans copying their idols. the british tattoo artists federation wants stricter licensing and to stop illegal or backstreet shops tattooing the hands, face or neck of a young person if a reputable studio has said no. if they're older and they had a job where they're not going to lose it for, say, and they were quite settled, then maybe, yeah. but, yeah, i'd really, really think about it and discuss it with them as well, whether they were certain. age 30, and as a tattoo artist himself, carlo believes his face and neck tattoos are appropriate, but he too would turn away somebody barely into adulthood.

it's just a thing of them looking on something for that one second and thinking it's cool, so they'll go and get that tattoo that day and they're pretty much gonna regret that, i think, in my eyes anyway. i didn't want a screaming mother coming back at me because i tattooed someone's face, do you know what i mean? social attitudes to tattoos are changing with the military, for example, easing restrictions on what's visible when in uniform. seen by some as a symbol of rebellion, this is an industry determined to adhere to rules and regulations. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. thank you for being with us. loads coming up. see you in a moment. good morning from bbc london. the fire brigades union has called for a forum to be set up to make

sure recommendations from the grenfell tower inquiry report are put in place quickly and efficiently. the fbu has written to the government, the mayor, the london fire brigade and other agencies saying there should be an urgent meeting so that "sweeping changes" can be made to fire safety and lessons can be learned. 60 firefighters have been tackling a large fire at a derelict warehouse in southall. it's now under control, but half of the building's been destroyed and local residents are being advised to keep their windows closed because of the smoke. for the first time, cemeteries across london are being mapped digitally, which could help make it much easier for people to track down the graves of long lost relatives. they include highgate cemetery where some graves haven't been seen in decades. headstones have been cleared of ivy so they can be photographed and catalogued. the project's due to take around two years to complete. it's wonderful that new technology can enable us to do this in a way that just is impossible with old paper records.

i'm really looking forward to the day when you could rock up at highgate cemetery, tape a name into a computer and print off a little map and go and find the graves that you're looking for. at the moment, we're not there yet, but that's what i'm looking for for the future. the best beatboxers in the country have been battling it out in islington over the weekend. it was for the annual uk beatbox championships. thejudges look for originality, technique and, of course, witty responses to their rivals. let's take a look at the travel situation now. we've got minor delays on the jubilee line. it's those faults with the trains again. other lines running normally it seems. there's been an accident on the a12. one lane are closed, heading into central london towards bromley—by—bow. those queues stretch back from the woolwich road flyover. and in islington, a water main's burst.

stjohn's street is closed in both directions between owen's row and pentonville road. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a mild start to this monday morning, but with the mild temperature comes the cloud. it is going to stay rather grey today with some outbreaks of rain. now, the rain at first fairly light, fairly patchy, but we could see some heavier bursts mixed in there. it is going to come and go really through the course of the day. temperatures getting up to around 11 or 12 celsius as a maximum. a breezier day as well compared to the weekend. nothing too significant but you will notice that breeze. overnight, that rain will gradually clear away north and eastwards, dry for a time and then more rain as we head through to dawn on tuesday morning, coming in from south and the west. minimum temperature, again it is going to be a mild night, between 8 and 10 celsius. now, as we head through tuesday, we are going to see some outbreaks of rain, maybe some brighter spells in the afternoon. temperatures still looking mild. it is going to stay unsettled as we head through this week. a breezier day tomorrow as well, and as we head towards the end

of the week and into the weekend, the temperatures getting much colder again. that's it for now. i'm back in aroud half an hour. now, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. labour has announced plans to improve conditions for private tenants. the party said, if it was elected, it would introduce rent controls and require landlords to conduct an annual property check. the residential landlords association has warned that the proposals would devastate the private rental market by driving landlords out of the sector. but labour says a quarter of all privately rented homes are either damp, cold, or in disrepair. it certainly something we set out

before, so there's no surprises to the residential landlords association. but one of the ways that we want to see these minimum standards for all, whatever home they rent, is to make sure that we bring on an property mot so that this is checked and the standards of gas, safety, electrical safety, disrepair or gas, safety, electrical safety, disrepairor damp can be gas, safety, electrical safety, disrepair or damp can be sorted out, and independently expected, and overseen by and enforced by local councils. the conservatives launched their election manifesto with the slogan get brexit done. the full document runs to 59 pages, but does it provide the answers that voters are looking for? we are joined now from westminster by the conservative's nicky morgan. thank you forjoining us. you will know what the institute for fiscal studies says about the manifesto. it saysis studies says about the manifesto. it says is a blueprint for five years in government, the lack of significant action is remarkable. it is very, very damning, that, isn't it? well, i think the iss also

concerned that there is more money going into public spending —— ifs. i think they say the age of austerity is over. i think what people do want to see from the parties, when we're on the doorstep and everything else, are promises, identifying what their priorities are, but also being realistic and responsible about how we are going to pay for it. so yes, there is a stark contrast between there is a stark contrast between the conservative position of managing our economy well, being able to set out clearly how we're going to pay for things, and the labour position, which isjust a sort of street, extreme money around and to add more money onto the extraordinary amounts they have a lwa ys extraordinary amounts they have always said they want to spend in their manifesto. so can ijust asked, when you step on the doorstep and you haven't got something you can really sell, his realism what people really want? do they not want optimism as well? well, i think the ma nifesto optimism as well? well, i think the manifesto is a very optimistic document, and i think borisjohnson, the prime minister, captured that

yesterday in his long speech. it is about the future. you talked about the slogan being get exit done, which of course is very important it is the big issue facing the country. the second part of our slogan is unleased britain's potential. and there's lots in their that talks about how we're going to do that, how we're going to invest in science and research in research and education in national skills fund. but also issues, things like, for example, extending unpaid leave for carers, which is a very practical thing, or cutting business rates, or my role of dtms, which is catching, rates on live music venues, which is a very important issue for small businesses. i think people do want to see that the party has listened and thought about some issues, but we all know that of course the biggest issue we've got to get resolved is getting brexit done before we move on to talk about all these other priority areas, and that can only happen with the majority conservative government. and ijust ask you about some of the other issues which have of course been discussed by borisjohnson before. for example, in his first speech, he said he would fix the crisis in

social care once and for all. ifs say the notable omission is any plan for social care. what is going on? in any manner of his toe there is a 3—point plan but social care is a very complex issue to resolve. so what we say is £1 billion more every yearfor what we say is £1 billion more every year for the next parliament. what we say is £1 billion more every yearfor the next parliament. the second point of the plan is about building a cross—party consensus. and social care is a long—term issue that can only be resolved if by getting different parties together to reach a consensus on how that happens. but the other third principle, which is very important, is that under a conservative government, nobody will have to sell their own home to pay for their care. i think it is such a critical principle. it is right to say it will require more work in this parliament to resolve the issue of social care. and again, i think people recognise that. yes, they wa nted people recognise that. yes, they wanted result. but they wanted resolved in a sustainable way that is going to work for them and their families. it is interesting you pick up families. it is interesting you pick up that word consensus. because what the last 3.5 years have taught us,

the last 3.5 years have taught us, the evidence is there has been no consensus on this enormous issue. so why on social care would you be able to get consensus? well, i think you're right to say, the prime minister said at the lodge yesterday, he absolutely was up for talking to other parties and hoped it would happen. of course, it is difficult. but we know, for example, on another issue, which is the order will enrolment into pensions schemes, which has made a big difference to future pensions, that actually that was resolved because parties worked together over a succession of governments. so it is typically possible, and i think all of us, now that there is going to be a new parliament, hopefully with an eye on the future, that we will be able to resolve this. they have been attem pts able to resolve this. they have been atte m pts by able to resolve this. they have been attempts by backbench mps and other prime minister is staying under a conservative government we will leave those efforts from the front. cani leave those efforts from the front. can i ask you about something that i imagine the labour party will be talking about our doorsteps? they will be talking about this change, the women affected by changes to state pension, and effectively this kind of huge compensation payment. john healy called it an injustice that needed to be corrected. do you agree with that? —— healey.

that needed to be corrected. do you agree with that? —— healeylj that needed to be corrected. do you agree with that? -- healey. ithink it is very difficult and expensive to resolve. what is very interesting, of course, is the labour party didn't mention it at all, given that they think it is something that has to be resolved, in their manifesto, suddenly added an extra £72 billion of spending. in their manifesto, suddenly added an extra £72 billion of spendingm is mentioned in the manifesto. they are mentioned in the manifesto. perhaps not that number, and everything else. the honest truth is that i think that it will be difficult, and the prime minister that there is in the money available to do as the women have asked. there has been more money, and people were given seven years' notice, and actually, overall, a pension changes over the course of the last four yea rs mean over the course of the last four years mean that women in particular have ended up with an extra, i think, 560 £560,000 a year in the

state pension. but it has been a very difficult issue, and i am sure that the campaigners will continue to raise it in parliament. when i cani to raise it in parliament. when i can i ask you about your announcement on nurses? there is a big announcement about 50,000 new nurses. as far as i understand, many of them are not new. some of them will be retained nurses being brought back into the actual workforce, some 18,000. so how many are new nurses? well, actually the commitment is not... it is 50,000 more nurses. so by the end of ten yea rs more nurses. so by the end of ten years there will be 50,000 more nurses in the nhs and there are now, and —— you are absolutely right that that will have in a variety of different ways. some will come through degree programmes, some through degree programmes, some through apprenticeship, some will be graduates. but we know there is a very high turnover in the nhs. and so we absolutely will work to make sure that we retain more nurses in our nhs. because, like any employer, the nhs is a huge employer, you want to retain as many of your highly skilled professionals as you can. and one of the problems was in 2017, the government scrapped grants for nurses. so how much of this is a reversal of actually what was your own policy? well, that's right, and honestly we got rid of the bursary because what it was actually doing

was putting a cap on the places available to people wanting to go into nursing, and that didn't make any sense at all. when we needed obviously more nurses. what we are bringing back or introducing is a maintenance grant, a minimum of £5,000, plus help for training placements, for everybody who wants to go into nursing, and it goes up to go into nursing, and it goes up toi to go into nursing, and it goes up to i think £8,000 if they are in shortage areas, things like mental health nursing, where we know there isa health nursing, where we know there is a shortage, but there is a real need for more nurses. but look, again, ithink need for more nurses. but look, again, i think that actually people understand that we will make changes, and i know as a minister you make a decision and then actually you see what happens and then you actually make the decision, and you have to rework that or do something a bit different to deal with that issue. i think that is exactly what people expect of the government. and nicky morgan, one final question, just on a personal point of view, you are here and selling the manifesto, but you

yourself are not going to stand. no, iam not yourself are not going to stand. no, i am not standing as a member of parliament, but i am still a minister until the election, and i absolutely wanted to be a majority conservative government. one of my great frustrations has been parliament hasn't made a decision about the biggest issue facing us, which is brexit, and that's why i'm fully supportive of this manifesto, which makes it very clear, a majority conservative government will get brexit done, and then we can move onto these other priorities. and i am delighted to be supporting it. coming up, we will get the weather from carol. first, holly is here with a look at sport. the last few hours has been the end of the first test for england's cricketers in england. it is not good news, i am afraid. i tried really hard. i am afraid it didn't go their way. despite all the optimism going into the final day, they just couldn't turn optimism going into the final day, theyjust couldn't turn things around. and here we go again with england's batsmen, back to the drawing board once again. this was another humiliating defeat. black cats had an incredible first test. they have looked so impressive in these grounds once again. an

excellent performance from them. and one final bit of good news, that actually that this doesn't count towards world test championship points. so if you are going to lose one. . . points. so if you are going to lose one... this is the one to lose. was that enough good news for you? england have suffered a humiliating defeat to new zealand in the first test at bay oval. they lost by an innings and 65 runs after the unlikely task of batting through the day to save the match proved beyond them. they can quickly make amends with the second and final test beginning on thursday. we will continue to keep trying to find ways of making inroads on surfaces like this. but, again, credit has to go to two guys who played really well, and itjust highlights the fact that when we do get chances in the game, whether it be in the field or with the bat, that we have to take them. just the one game in the premier league yesterday, but what a game it was — six goals shared between sheffield united and manchester united at bramall lane. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s team had been two goals down at one stage, but they looked to have sealed

the winner through marcus rashford after a dramatic comeback. but there was no way sheffield united were finishing empty—handed, and in injury—time, oli mcburnie clinched the equaliser. the 60, 65, 71st minute, they're not acceptable. they're not good enough. but that just shows the quality of us, that we can still score three goals, and should have had one or two more, on a game that we don't really perform. chelsea remain a point clear at the top of the women's super league with a thumping 6—0 win at birmingham city. ji so—yun was amongst the goalscorers, with a stunning free—kick, and it set the tone for the rest of the game. millie bright, bethany england and drew spence all got on the scoresheet too. rangers have kept the pressure on celtic in the scottish premiership with a win over hamilton academical. ryan kent scored twice for steven gerrard's men, including this stunning goal from 25 yards, to help rangers to a 3—1win.

they are level on points with celtic at the top of the table. adam peaty‘s dominance in the 100 metre breakstroke continued last night with a thrilling victory in the new international swimming league. the isl is a new team—based competition format for 2019, and peaty is captain of the london roar team. his win alongside victory in the mixed 4x100 relay at the london aquatics centre last night means the team are through to the grand final next month in las vegas. now to some incredible scenes in madrid, where spain have won the davis cup for the sixth time. a day after beating great britain in the semi—final, rafa nadal and his team—mates were too much for canada in the final, as well, winning both of their singles matches to take the title. this was spain's first davis cup title since 2011, and you could see what it meant to both the players and all the fans.

the victory was particuarly emotional for roberto bautista agut. he only returned to the team yesterday, just three days after the death of his father. he won his singles match to put his country 1—0 up and well on their way to victory. finally to an unlikely footballing comeback. robbie savage retired from football eight years ago, and has since become more familiar as a tv pundit. as a player, he enjoyed most success with leicester city, and will be looking to roll back the years with non—league stockport town, who play in the tenth tier of english football. tonight, savage will swap the studio for the football pitch again as he has been named in the squad to face oswestry, admitting his son had to go and buy him a pair of boots. i don't know if i believe that. he

must have an old pair of birds lying around the house. it would keep him superfit. he is really good. i think we will be surprised. he could talk himself out of any trouble anyway. always been able to do that. we promised you can deliver the goods. there is a cloudy picture behind you. it is a cloudy start of the day today, quite misty and murky with some hill fog and we have some rain. in the first half of this week, it will remain unsettled with rain and gusty winds that time. towards the end of the week things settle down. it will turn colder but drier with a bit more sunshine. today is cloudy and mild to start with. it will be a mild day generally but we do have the rain. the rain has been falling across northern ireland, wales, into the midlands and down towards the isle of wight as we go through this morning and it will continue to push

north—east. ahead of it, a lot of cloud and dank conditions. behind it, the next band showery rain follows hot on its heels. even into the afternoon, if you are just stepping up the front door, wack an umbrella in your bag. you will probably need it. we could see the odd glimpse of brightness across parts of south—west england, even dorset, but that will be the exception rather than the rule. we hang onto the showers. they spread north across scotland and we will see some sunshine, but blustery wind across the northern isles. through this evening and overnight, all those bands of showery rain pushed northwards. a lull in proceedings before this next area of persistent rain comes our way and that will be accompanied by gusty winds, particularly across south—west england and south—west wales. these overnight temperatures. last week those were more like the maximum

daytime temperatures so we are looking at a mild night ahead. the reason we have the persistent rain and gusty winds coming our way is because we have an area of low pressure coming our way, and embedded in that is the remnants of what was tropical storms about ian. tomorrow, south—west england and south—west wales likely to have gusts of wind 40 to 50 miles an hour. it will be when the across south—east england, does not as many as this. we start off with the showery outbreaks of rain in scotland, some dry conditions across northern ireland and england before the rain in the south—west pushes steadily northwards and you can see the big curl of this, so we have more rain moving across southern counties of england and that could prove to be quite squally and quite heavy as well. temperatures are eight to 14 degrees. we could see 15 degrees somewhere in the south tomorrow, above average for this stage in november. dues into

wednesday low pressure moves across us. this is a position we think it will take but some of our computer models are taking it a little bit further north. that will altar with the strongest winds and the heaviest rain, but at the moment this is the scenario we think is going to happen. there will be some rain, drier spell than damages to about 11. thank you very much for taking us through all of that and we will see you in about half—an—hour. i am sure this way, if you have had a look at magazines, you have seen promises of black friday sales. it seems to be longer than i can remember in previous years. a week—long build up to one day. it isa to one day. it is a precursor to christmas, they don't call it christmas, but it is. of course all the e—mails and adverts, everything about trying to get us to part with our cash ahead of christmas, and it has turned into a week—long affair. it started in the us where it has always fallen on the us where it has always fallen on the first friday after thanksgiving, so it began originally in 2010 in

the uk and was brought to by amazon, offering all sorts of discounts and deals. but when other retailers embraced it, you might remember the scenes, particularly things like supermarkets with people fighting over technology, tvs and that sort of stuff. we are not likely i don't think to see a repeat of this because some of the bricks and mortar stores like this aren't really getting on the act. it feels very much like an affair necessarily a repeat of things like this. and so according to ba rclayca rd, what this. and so according to barclaycard, what that process, there was a 12% fall in spending on black friday last year versus the year before. it is maybe not quite the same impact that it used to have. the less we are still set to spend quite a lot of money, more than £2.5 billion in the run—up to black friday. rather than generating

new sales, it brings forward existing ones and it get us into that idea that we are never going to have to pay full price. we always wa nt have to pay full price. we always want something on a discount. that affects their bottom line. the problem for retailers is that before, they would put all their unsold stock in the shops and sales after christmas on boxing day. now they are having to discount perfectly good stop for christmas. it means it is hitting their margins and hits their profits at a time when they could make a huge amount of profit. i wanted to know, are these actual bargains? the chances are, no in a word. they dress it up. there is all sorts, save this, 20%, 50% of this. which did some research and ifound 90% of the deals on offer on black friday had actually been off off —— on offer at other times in the year, so it is not just offer at other times in the year, so it is notjust exclusively black friday when these are available. the

idea is to shop around and make sure that you want to buy it anyway. how do you spot the real bargains from the duds? here is some advice. numberone, the duds? here is some advice. number one, shopping can be overwhelming so make sure you take a break. number two, we overwhelming so make sure you take a break. numbertwo, we can be overwhelming so make sure you take a break. number two, we can be really influenced by the power of a brand, so influenced by the power of a brand, so be really aware of that. thirdly, don't be afraid to use a calculator to give your brain a little bit of help, sometimes itjust can't do those calculations on its own. we are set to spend a massive 80 billion pounds in the run—up to christmas. some of it on black friday, the rest of it of course as we do our festive shopping. there are some realfares —— we do our festive shopping. there are some real fares —— fears from retailers into the new year because the height before christmas when they make the most of their money in they make the most of their money in the new year, it could be much tougherfor them. i the new year, it could be much tougher for them. i expect the new year, it could be much tougherfor them. i expect to the new year, it could be much tougher for them. i expect to talk tougher for them. i expect to talk to you about january and fabry talking about a dreadful christmas for some retailers. if you really like your local stores, whatever they are, go and use them because it will be tough for them in the new

year. thank you very much. thanks, ben. good morning. thank you for watching bbc breakfast with us on this monday morning. in may 2017, 22 people died in the manchester arena bombing. it was a day you never forget. more than 100 others were injured. one of the ways in which people have come together since the tragedy is the manchester survivors choir. let's take a look at them performing to huge crowds at this year's anniversary concert. singing # you're broken down and tired. living life on a merry—go—round.

walk it out. move mountains. and i will rise up... cheering and applause i will rise up! i will do it a thousand times again. and i will rise up. i will rise up. in spite of that, i will rise up... you can see cath with her son. —— kath. the choir has just returned from a weekend in france, where they sang at an international conference on global terrorism. joining us now is the founder of the choir cathy hill, and one of its members, mia.

lovely to see you both. thank you for joining lovely to see you both. thank you forjoining us. i have seen those pictures of you. every time i see them, it is really... it is very emotional, isn't it, for you? yes, that was the really big occasion, the first anniversary of the attacks, singing in central manchester. very, very emotional, and it was incredibly emotional and amazing. you have robin on your teacher. that is your middle name. let us explain that. —— on your t—shirt. what has the experience been like for you? very what has the experience been like for you ? very positive. what has the experience been like for you? very positive. it has made me open my eyes to see the world isn't cruel, it is very nice and fulfilled with people just bring ivy. fulfilled with people just bring joy. because on that night, you have a lwa ys joy. because on that night, you have always loved music and playing music and listening to music. how did that affect your love of music, that night? i stopped playing. i play guitarand icing. i plucked —— stopped playing for a year or so,

not long. my mum came into my room and she was like, you want tojoin my choir? and i was like, yeah, i will give it a shot. then i went to one of the rehearsals and just made friends and enjoyed it. he would back late last night. this conference which was about terrorism. what did you learn about it? it was really important to be around other people who have gone through what we have been through. nice isa through what we have been through. nice is a city that has variance terrorism. to sing there, we sang with people from nice, and notjust people from the congress and it was really important to show solidarity, to say this is one of the ways we have tried to come over it in manchester, and we met some really incredible people who had some very powerful stories. it just incredible people who had some very powerful stories. itjust gives you hope and a bit of inspiration to go forward. in terms of that going forward process , in terms of that going forward process, you heard my talk about how it has affected her. had that been something you have heard from many

different people? absolutely. it has had an absolutely amazing impact. it is notjust the physical and emotional scars. it is knocking confidence, feeling unsafe when out and about. it has a massive impact on people. coming together with the people that really get it really helps. engaging in a positive activity and just trying to move forward , activity and just trying to move forward, not to forget what happened but to try and do something positive. i know when you are singing, he is not what you talk about the whole time at all, for example. there was a lot of shopping that happened in nice! we don't need to do that with each other and that is one of the benefits of it, particularly quite soon after the attack, often people wanted to ask and talk about story and what happened to you and the details. and thatis happened to you and the details. and that is exhausting and be quite traumatising. to be able to just be around people that get it, we can't often talk about other things. thank you very much. it is lovely to see you. we are hoping —— when we

we re see you. we are hoping —— when we were going —— hoping you are going to sing but you are not feeling well, so thank you. it is fast approaching eight o'clock. have luke evans coming up a little later on. actor, now musician and singer. he was singing bring him home on sunday night. iam sunday night. i am talking incessantly about it. let's get the news, travel and weather wherever you are. see you in a couple of minutes. i will get you a couple of minutes. i will get you a cup of tea. good morning from bbc london. the fire brigades union has called for a forum to be set up to make sure recommendations from the grenfell tower inquiry report are put in place quickly and efficiently. the fbu has written to the government, the mayor, the london fire brigade and other agencies saying there should be an urgent meeting so that sweeping changes can be made to fire safety and lessons can be learned.

60 firefighters have been tackling a large fire at a derelict warehouse in southall. it's now under control, but half of the building's been destroyed and local residents are being advised to keep their windows closed because of the smoke. for the first time, cemeteries across london are being mapped digitally, which could help make it much easier for people to track down the graves of long lost relatives. they include highgate cemetery where some graves haven't been seen in decades. headstones have been cleared of ivy so they can be photographed and catalogued. the project's due to take around two years to complete. it's wonderful that new technology can enable us to do this in a way that just is impossible with old paper records. i'm really looking forward to the day when you could rock up at highgate cemetery, tape a name into a computer and print off a little map and go and find the graves that you're looking for. at the moment, we're not there yet, but that's what i'm looking for for the future. the best beatboxers in the country

have been battling it out in islington over the weekend. it was for the annual uk beatbox championships. the judges look for originality, technique and, of course, witty responses to their rivals. let's take a look at the travel situation now. we've got minor delays on the jubilee line. it's those faults with the trains again. the with the trains again. piccadilly line is currently suspended the piccadilly line is currently suspended eastbound, in fact, suspended eastbound, in fact, suspended northfield and heathrow westbound. we've still got delays on the a12 after an accident one lane are closed, heading into central london towards bromley—by—bow — those queues stretch back from the eltham tunnel now. walthamstow, an accident on the a406 north circularjust before crooked billet interchange. long delays from the m11. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a mild start to this monday morning, but with the mild temperature comes the cloud. it is going to stay rather grey today with some outbreaks of rain.

now, the rain at first fairly light, fairly patchy, but we could see some heavier bursts mixed in there. it is going to come and go really through the course of the day. temperatures getting up to around 11 or 12 celsius as a maximum. a breezier day as well compared to the weekend. nothing too significant but you will notice that breeze. overnight, that rain will gradually clear away north and eastwards, dry for a time and then more rain as we head through to dawn on tuesday morning, coming in from south and the west. minimum temperature, again it is going to be a mild night, between 8 and 10 celsius. now, as we head through tuesday, we are going to see some outbreaks of rain, maybe some brighter spells in the afternoon. temperatures still looking mild. it is going to stay unsettled as we head through this week. a breezier day tomorrow as well, and as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the temperatures getting much colder again. i'm back in aroud half an hour. now, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning welcome to breakfast

with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: almost half of uk universities are expected to be disrupted today, as lecturers and support staff begin eight—day industrial action. record numbers turn out for local elections in hong kong, with pro—democracy candidates set for a huge victory. labour are vowing to tackle "dodgy landlords" if they win the election with plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately—owned accomodation. shoppers are set to spend £2.5 billion this week on black friday offers. but are we really getting a bargain? i'll have some top tips for navigating the sales. a crushing defeat for england's cricketers in new zealand as the hosts wrap up an impressive victory in the first test at bay oval. it isa it is a cloudy and murky start to the day with drizzle and some rain. the rain in the south pushing northwards through the day only to

be followed by more rain. driest conditions in the far north of scotland. it's monday the 25th of november. our top story. lecturers and support staff at almost half of the uk's universities will begin an eight—day strike today over pay, pensions and working conditions. more than a million students will face disruption. during a stoppage by union members last year, there were calls from some students for financial compensation. here's our education correspondent, lisa hampele. they are taking to the picket lines again. last year, more than 40,000 university staff went on strike because of changes to their pension fund. now they say there has been a lack of progress in that dispute and they are angry about pay, job security, workload and equality. the university and colleges union estimates more than half of all academics are on temporary

contracts and says pay has fallen dramatically. the universities point out they are paying an extra £250 million into the pension scheme and says staff received pay increases between 1.8% and 4.8% this year. they warn that unless there is a compromise, quotas could be cut and class sizes increased. the universities are doing what they can to minimise the impact to students. thousands signed petitions last time round calling for compensation but few were successful. many students support staff but they are worried. i paid so much money and to have basically a week written off of my course. i want that money back. it happened in my undergrad. i had no dissertation tutor for six weeks which i think it affected my final mark considerably. so for it to be happening again it isjust really annoying. the union says after the strike they will be working to rule

and won't reschedule tutorials and classes and they warn of more strikes in the new year. the opposition parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with turnout the highest in the territory's history. the result is being interpreted as a damning verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of anti—government protests. handled more than five months let's speak to our asia correspondentjonathan head, who's in hong kong this morning. good morning. how significant are these results do you think? they are very significant symbolically. these are elections for district councils which do not have a lot of power but they are the first test of public opinion across the territory since the protests began six months ago. the pro—government parties that controlled all these local councils lost the whole lot. the opposition including some very inexperienced activist candidates, many who have been involved or supporting the protest movement were going on a wave of support. the highest turnout

that hong kong is ever seen. a strong message that there is support for the protesters and dissatisfaction in the way the government and the police has handled them. that poses a real dilemma for china and who have assisted along that they would back the government when they came to it. they would not. china will have to reconsider its strategy and the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam who has had her credibility battered has a huge step to our legitimacy. real questions about how long he lasts in office, whether china will let her go. and a huge momentum given out to the protest movement and we have seen some protest out on the streets of central hong kong celebrating that stunning election victory. jonathan, live there from hong kong. thank you.

labour has announced plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately—owned accommodation. the party said if it was elected, it would introduce rent controls and require landlords to conduct an annual property check. the conservatives launched their election manifesto yesterday, with a pledge to ‘get brexit done', and a promise to add 50,000 nurses to the current workforce in england. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now from westminster — jessica, how will these policies go down with voters? louis said when she spoke to the liberal democrats, we are halfway through. it is good to test whether parties are at the moment. you can tell we have a through that we have had half of the manifestos, labour has announced today they will help private renters. the idea of capping increasing private rents to invent —— inflation. what is new is this idea of a property mot, an

independent inspection annually on properties. they are trying to set this narrative that they will help hard—pressed this narrative that they will help ha rd—pressed private renters. this narrative that they will help hard—pressed private renters. but also something that has emerged from labour over the weekend is this idea of compensating women, those women who lost out on state pensions after state pension age was raised. labour have announced a £58 billion package. how it will be funded you will hear from package. how it will be funded you will hearfrom a package. how it will be funded you will hear from a contingency fund labour are saying. the reason they did not announce it in their ma nifesto did not announce it in their manifesto as they want to give it the priority it deserves. that is a priority for the conservative party? let's hear what the culture secretary was telling bbc breakfast a short while ago. it will be difficult. the prime minister says there is not the money available to do as the women have asked. people we re do as the women have asked. people were given do as the women have asked. people we re given seven do as the women have asked. people were given seven years notice and overall a re were given seven years notice and overall are changes over the last few years means women have ended up

with £550 a year in the state pension. it has been a very difficult issue and i am sure the campaigners will raise it in the new parliament. we had the conservative party is manifesto launch yesterday. quite interesting this one because whereas the labour party they wanted to create a big narrative, reset the campaign, change the dynamic is what happened in 2017 with their ma nifesto happened in 2017 with their manifesto launch. much of their policies boris johnson manifesto launch. much of their policies borisjohnson announced we had heard before. £50,000 —— 50,000 more nurses which would be retained are brought back into the workforce. jessica, thank you very much. prince andrew is to step back from all 230 of his charities, and won't undertake any public engagements for the foreseeable future, according to buckingham palace. the palace says the move was temporary.

a number of organisations had already cut their ties with the duke of york, following his interview on bbc newsnight, when he faced questions relating to his friendship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. a second cinema chain has stopped showing the british gangster film blue story, after violence broke out at a cinema in birmingham. showcase has followed vue cinemas in pulling the film. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen, as charlotte gallagher reports. screaming. a weekend trip to the cinema becomes a terrifying experience, seven police officers injured trying to break up a brawl involving around 100 people and machetes. six have been arrested, the youngest a 13—year—old girl. this startling picture is being shared on social media — a group of young teenagers apparently armed with a machete. we're not entirely certain

what caused it, and so we're not going to get into that speculation. but it is reassuring that we were able to deal with it. vue cinemas announced it was pulling this film, blue story, from all its venues. showcase cinemas later followed, banning the film as well. blue story is about gangs in london, but it is not known if the people involved in the violence in birmingham were there to watch it. many cinemas are still showing it, including at this independent one in south—east london. i don't really see how this, you know, differs from, you know, your like hollywood gangster film in terms of, you know, the gruesomeness and the violence that's involved. i think it's unfortunate. i think that a link will be made that doesn't necessarily need to be made. i think it's a bad set of circumstances. blue story‘s director, rapman, has insisted his film is about love, not violence. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the production companies, bbc films and paramount pictures, have said they are appalled by the incident in birmingham

but have described the film as important, and say it has received a positive response. an acrobat has fallen 30 feet whilst performing in london's winter wonderland in hyde park. the production company said that jackie armstrong was thought to have slipped from her harness during the zippos christmas circus show. her condition isn't known. two of tv‘s most famous puppets are going up for auction. emu, seen here attacking michael parkinson back in 1976, was used by handler rod hull throughout his career. emu's going on sale in london next month, alongside orville the duck — a regular on tv entertainment shows in the 1980s. the puppets are expected to fetch around £10,000 each. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to 12 it isjust coming up to 12 minutes past eight. you are watching bbc

brea kfast. it's almost three months since harry dunn was killed in a head—on collision outside an raf base in northamptonshire. but with still no decision to charge the american suspect in the case, his family say they are caught up in a ‘living nightmare'. let's talk now to harry's mother charlotte charles, and the family's spokesperson radd seiger. thank you for coming on the programme again. we have spoken to you own a number of occasions, when you own a number of occasions, when you are in america and when you came back as well. where are you now with getting justice from your son? we are still waiting for her to be charged. we have asked for a communication, we are not really getting anything back. if you or i would have done what this lady has done, we would have been charged within a few days. because i charge does not bring a conviction, all we are asking is for a charge to be

brought forward. they have had the case for a good few weeks, the evidence is really strong, they have ceased evidence, witness statements. as far as we are aware the file that the police put into them is full and complete. we just do the police put into them is full and complete. wejust do not the police put into them is full and complete. we just do not understand the delay. if there is a reason, talk to as. just for viewers as well, the sea, we understand... in a statement, the crown prosecution service has said that: "we fully understand how difficult this must be for harry dunn's family, and the cps is doing everything possible to reach a charging decision as soon as we can." how much difference to you as a family does delay make? it is horrific. it puts our grief back further and further. if they were to come to us and say, ok it is going to be christmas, or it is going to be january or it is going to be easter. ok, fine. give us a reason as to why. but talk to us, let us

know what is going on. we are asking nothing of them that we are not allowed to ask. the victims code as they are, we are following the victims code. we are getting angry but we are open to people talking to us, communicate with us, give us something that we can try to work with, try to take is that we step forward. yet... what sort of impact has on you and harry's father as well? i don't know where to begin. every day is just a living nightmare, every day. you don't know how you're going to get through every day. you get up in the morning because you have to get up in the morning. we don't have an option to lay in bed and grieve yet. we are desperate to be able to do that, we are desperate to start getting our counselling. his twin brother as

well. we are all, all for parents, are desperate to get to a point where we can grab as much help as possible to start getting as through this. but we are not there yet. i wa nt to this. but we are not there yet. i want to get to you. we were with you on that morning when you met donald trump. how much is happening in the united states that can help the family? that is clearly where the decision is going to be made. we know donald trump is on trial of theirs. that is why we spent as much time over there to talk to the american public to get them, put them under pressure. at the heart of this is an american coming over here, unfortunately taking harry's life and then absconding. it is crazy. if we were to do it over there, they would feel the same way. the fantastic support that you and the media and the public are given,

it is helping. it is unimaginable what these people are going through andl what these people are going through and i spent 24 hours a day with them at the moment. charlotte understates how much suffering is going on. at the moment. charlotte understates how much suffering is going onm is horrendous what i see daily. when you hear what we are doing and continue to do everything we can to make sure justice is done. continue to do everything we can to make surejustice is done. i continue to do everything we can to make sure justice is done. i see your change —— your face make sure justice is done. i see your change —— yourface change. actions speak louder than words. they may very well be but we have no visibility of that. this poor family, if they could have a dialogue with the foreign office or cbs, let them know what is going on. our great concern is that donald trump and the administration are doing some sort of secret back door deal which, of course they shouldn't do. the cps should be allowed to do their work and get on with it.|j

have not spoken to you since, talk about that day when you met the president. we heard from you about how much pressure you are under on the day. what was that like for you? ifi the day. what was that like for you? if i was honest i did not put too much thought to it. we did not know we we re much thought to it. we did not know we were seeing him until we got there. we got the call straightaway, got to washington. we got in the room. he was very gracious. i kept on the back of my mind that he was a businessman at the end of the day, didn't really matter to me that he was president robert if i was honest. and i was there to try and get this lady to come back to the uk to face what she had done to our boy. —— president donald trump. the pressure was immense, it was not just ones that they mentioned she was in the room next door, it was at

least three or four times. but we had said all along as a family and toa had said all along as a family and to a certain degree we are still open to a possible meeting with her. but it has to be on uk soil. with the mediators, with the councillors. we cannot be thrown into a room for her sake as well as ours. how would we have been feeling about that. what is compelling as the strength that runs through you. harry gives us that strength. it is easy to be strong when you are telling the truth. we are getting angrier by the day because we do not understand what the delay with this charging decision is. if they come and talk to is fair enough. so yes we are getting angrier. it may be because we are locking the grief down as well. you say you cannot grief until you get to the end of this. interviews like this help a little bit because you break after everyone. because it helps a little

bit because everything else is locked down. there is so much to do because we cannot allow this to happen again. we need that charge and place, we need to go forward with that and we need to protect uk citizens to make sure this does not happen to them. nice of you to talk to us. thank you. thank you for having us. it is coming up for 20 past eight. carol is having a look at the weather. it is misty with sam hill fog. as we go through the course of the day, it will remain cloudy. we have been already in the forecast and we will have been for much of the day. if you are stepping out, make sure you have your brolly in your bag. all of thatis have your brolly in your bag. all of that is moving north—eastward through the day and right behind it

and other band of rain will come away, with that to being heavy, and potentially thundery. into the afternoon, we still have those showers. in between there will be dry spells and maybe some transient brightness in parts of south east england and dorset. for wales and the rest of england, northern ireland and most of scotland the showers will persist. the far north of scotla nd showers will persist. the far north of scotland and orkney seen some sunshine today but across the northern isles we will have brisk winds. through this evening and overnight, bands of showery rain continue to push north—eastwards, there is a lull in proceedings before another area of persistent rain comes away and that will be accompanied by gusty winds. a mild night in prospect but the reason for the persistent rain and gusty winds as this area of low pressure which embedded nar storm sebastien. at the end of the night and tomorrow we are

looking at gusts of wind of 40 mph to 50 mph. across southern england generally it is going to be a windy day and it will be a windy day across the far north of scotland. we start off with the showery rain in northern england, scotland and ireland. the rain will push northwards. behind it will be showers, some will be squally as they move from the west towards the east and gusty winds out towards the west. strongest gusts across the south—west of england in south—west wales. temperatures are respectable for this time of year, in the south we could hit 15. during the course of wednesday in two —— tuesday into wednesday, rain and gusty winds. by the time we get to wednesday it is a messy pick. all this rain. it could move further north or it could stay

when it is. this is the scenario we think at the moment, the wind in the north moves to a north—easterly, so a cooler direction. temperatures around 12 degrees. temperatures will drop and we will see more sunshine on saturday and we could see some rain. things quite by friday and into the weekend for most. one of the most viewed clips on social media this weekend is of a woman coming to the defence of a jewish family, who were being subjected to anti—semitic abuse on the london underground. the woman who intervened was asma shuweikh, and shejoins us now. good morning. thank you for coming to see us. we will run through some of the footage so people can see what happened but we will not play the words. you were on a tube and suddenly there's a this confrontation. take us through what happened will stop i was on golders

green and! happened will stop i was on golders green and i got onto the train. as i was going through, i saw someone barged past me and then he started swearing, being very aggressive and it was very intimidating. then it also, he shifted his focus onto a little boy. there was three children there and his wife. it was quite scary. i was shocked because i was very tired that day and i was shocked at what was going on. the fa ct shocked at what was going on. the fact that he got quite physical, he was going to get quite physical. i thought, no, i have to sort of...|j have to intervene. you can see him —— we can see you on the right hand side there. what made you think, obviously other people were on the tube did not say anything. what made you think i need to step in here?

one of the things is i am a mother of two and that is one of the reasons. . . of two and that is one of the reasons... if i was in that situation i would want someone to stick up for me. as a citizen of this country we have a right to stick up for people who are being abused because of their religion or because of their race or any of that kind of type of abuse. where are you scared? yes. kind of type of abuse. where are you scared ? yes. i kind of type of abuse. where are you scared? yes. iwas. buti kind of type of abuse. where are you scared? yes. iwas. but i kept kind of type of abuse. where are you scared? yes. i was. but i kept my calm. i think everybody was quite afraid. i thought maybe if i sort of tried to defuse the situation then maybe he might sort of leave their perfamily alone. maybe he might sort of leave their per family alone. i know that you didn't know that that was being filmed, he only found out later when your friend filmed, he only found out later when yourfriend said filmed, he only found out later when your friend said have you seen...?lj got off at leicester square and i thought, what just happened. got off at leicester square and i thought, whatjust happened. where you are a bit shaken? he came into my face. after the phone, the

cameras stop rolling, everything got quite heated afterwards and he started giving me racial abuse as well. i was wearing trousers, i was thinking, this is public transport. there are older people here, children. if you have got some strong views, there are respectful ways of talking about it. especially at children. it wasn't very nice. you talk about being scared, i am sure other people would feel the same emotions as well. you are not the only person to intervene. the man who had the phone, he became between the victim and the aggressor and try to make a barrier. as i was about to leave, another passenger took over and started talking to him as well. he started to calm down. i have to in the hands of another capable passenger. do you think you

would do again if you are in that situation? it is hard to say, it is one of those things thatjust happens and your body says, your rain says i have got to do something here. my family have been quite protective of me. i would definitely do it again. it is our duty, as a pakistani muslim, you have to stand up pakistani muslim, you have to stand up to injustice. as a uk citizen, it is one of our duty is to do that.|j is one of our duty is to do that.” am wondering about the impact on other people. many people might‘ve wa nted other people. many people might‘ve wanted to do what you did, but not made that initial step.” wanted to do what you did, but not made that initial step. i think it is quite difficult to. at the end of the day sometimes the situation can be dangerous. you do not know what is going to happen. you think, am i going to get hurt? i have been subjected to that kind of abuse before very long time ago on a bus. it not nice, nobody said anything.

when i saw that, it brought back the memory of what happened to me. i thought, i know! memory of what happened to me. i thought, i know i have to do something. this is ridiculous. very positive response as well. i would like to thank everybody who made an effort to tweet and write comments. it is so overwhelming. because i am not really a social media person. i have never had a twitter account before. someone asked me to retreat. i thought, how do i do that. before. someone asked me to retreat. i thought, how do i do thatm before. someone asked me to retreat. i thought, how do i do that. it is a very good attitude to have. thank you very much indeed. it is 827. we have plenty of guest before 915. we have got one of the england players saying that he has been a fan who... holly will have a

few details for us. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. the start of this week will be dominated once again by some wet weather and some fairly strong winds, particularly during tuesday but for this morning, we've already had quite a bit of rain moving north and eastwards across england and wales. it will continue to spread into scotland, northern ireland, some showers already there this morning, further showers feeding behind that across southern areas so you notice by this afternoon, many of us seeing rain at times. some brighter skies in the far north of scotland, perhaps south west of england having brightness later on, quite mild, temperatures 9—13d. through tonight, the rain spreads

north and eastwards, some clear spells before further rain and strengthening winds move into southwestern areas, mild night, temperatures no lower than eight or nine celsius but strong winds on tuesday. for all of us but particularly south—west england, further moving north eastwards. goodbye.

this is worklife from bbc news, with sally bundock and maryam moshiri. a big day for uber in london, as the firm finds out if it will receive the green light to continue operating in the city. live from london, that's our top story on monday the 25th of november. after major safety concerns led to the ride hailing app losing its license, uber will be praying for an extension in its top european market. also in the programme breakfast at tiffany's for lvmh, as the french luxury giant buys