a lorry driver charged over the deaths of 39 vietnamese migrants has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. maurice robinson is accused of being the driver of the refrigerated vehicle in which the bodies of you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main the migrants were found last month. stories this morning: maurice robinson also faces 39 a lorry driver, who is accused over counts of manslaughter. the deaths of 39 migrants in essex, we‘ll bring you all the latest from has admitted plotting our correspondent who was in court. to assist illegal immigration. also this lunchtime: disruption for students across the uk as university the taxi—hailing app, uber, lecturers and support staff start has been refused a new licence to operate in london. an eight—day strike. the firm says it will appeal against the decision. staff at almost half there are different ways of going of the uk's universities begin an eight—day strike over pay, around it and having it affect our pensions and working exa m around it and having it affect our exam week, i just conditions, affecting as many around it and having it affect our exam week, ijust don‘t think around it and having it affect our exam week, i just don‘t think that‘s fair. joy at the ballot box — pro—democracy supporters celebrate as a million students. as they win overwhelmingly in hong kong‘s local elections. i have paid so much money and to basically have one week of my course written off? it's like i want that money back. labour are vowing to tackle ‘dodgy landlords‘ and cap rents if they win the election, with plans to improve conditions

for private tenants. major wins for pro—democracy campaigners in hong kong's council elections, putting renewed pressure on the government. people orderly and peacefully lining up people orderly and peacefully lining up outside of the voting station early in the morning, just because they want to get the vote. we deserve democracy. and coming up, two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. we speak to one of the actors in the movie. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a lorry driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. maurice robinson appeared

at the old bailey a short time ago. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at the old bailey. tell us what happened 7 tell us what happened? this was a plea and trial preparation hearing in front of mrjustice id, and maurice robinson spoke first of all to confirm his name, date of birth and address in craigavon in northern ireland. he was asked to enter pleas to two of the charges that he faces. he pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting illegal immigration between may of last year and october this year. he also pleaded guilty to acquiring cash which had been obtained through criminal conduct. he was not, at this stage, asked to enter pleas to the 39 charges of manslaughter he faces. 31 male victims and eight female victims

from vietnam are named in their charges, two of the victims were 15 yea rs charges, two of the victims were 15 years old. he was asked to enter a charge of money—laundering or people trafficking. he will next be at the old bailey for a court appearance on the 13th of december. thank you very much, daniel. london's transport authority has refused to grant a new license to the online taxi—hailing firm uber. transport for london said the taxi app was not a "fit and proper" licence holder, despite making a number of positive changes to its operations. uber says it will appeal against the decision. for more, i'm joined by our business correspondent theo leggett. why is it that uber have been refused a new license? transport for london say that although over the last couple of years uber has managed to change a number of its systems and has improved, it hasn't gone anywhere near far enough.

systems and has improved, it hasn't gone anywhere nearfar enough. it identifies some particular breaches that it says puts passenger safety at risk. for example, ubersystems allow people who are not permitted drivers to upload photos onto their drivers to upload photos onto their driver database drivers to upload photos onto their driver data base and effectively drivers to upload photos onto their driver database and effectively pose as foetid uber drivers and carry passengers. they say it happened on at least 14,000 journeys, they were asa at least 14,000 journeys, they were as a result uninsured and passengers we re as a result uninsured and passengers were placed at risk as a result. they say the drivers who were dismissed or suspended were able to open new uber accounts and able to continue to carry passengers, potentially putting them at risk. they say although uber have taken steps to improve their system since they were last refused a licence in december 2017, they say they are still concerned about vulnerabilities in the systems. they say they will appeal, they have described the decision is extraordinary and wrong. they have 21 days to launch the appeal and then the appeal process will have to

be heard. during that, uber can continue operating. we've been here before in september 2017, transport for london reached a similar decision. they were granted a 15 month license. at the moment though, that licenses not being renewed. to be clear on uber‘s position on the 14,000 be clear on uber‘s position on the 111,000 trips taken with uninsured drivers and the drivers who have been dismissed or suspended, they can open new accounts and continue to operate. can they categorically say that things have changed? they are saying they've changed their systems and they are confident the systems and they are confident the systems a re systems and they are confident the systems are robust and that is what they have to argue during the appeals process. and has there been any reaction to this? uber‘s rivals, they have said that they are very

confident in the integrity of their own system. they are taking the opportunity for some cheap public relations. in terms of uber, if uber we re relations. in terms of uber, if uber were to stop operating, they have 45,000 were to stop operating, they have 115,000 drivers in london, it would have a big impact because they still account for a vast majority of the ride hailing market in london. but there are others ready to step in and that's important to know. if uber were to find themselves unable to operate in london any more, and as the appeals process is ongoing they are still able to operate, if that were to happen others would quickly come into fill up that vacuum. has this happened with uber elsewhere? they have had different legal problems around the world. this license withdrawal is a london thing that they've had court battles in other countries where they've had to withdraw some of their services. theo thank you.

more than a million students are facing disruption as university lecturers and support staff begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions. lectures are being cancelled at 60 universities — that's almost half of the uk's institutions of higher education. universities say they'll do everything they can to minimise the impact. and we can cross to lisa at goldsmith‘s university now in south east london. what is happening there? she has frozen, unfortunately. that is not working! we can speak now to the the vice—president of the university and college union, vicky blake. are you there? i! all of these lecturers walking out —— i am! why are they walking out? higher education staff, it isn'tjust lecturers, it is then, librarians, technicians, staff across the sector are walking out at 60 universities today over two key disputes,

national disputes, over our pensions and also over inequality, casualised work, and workload and pay. so, there are two massive disputes. we are basically on strike through the heart and soul of our sector at the moment and we've been having enormous student support from leeds where i'm speaking to you from now. stu d e nts where i'm speaking to you from now. students pay their tuition fees. let's listen to what some students have said about this. i've paid so much money and to basically have a week written off of my course, it's almost like i want that money back. it happened in my undergrad, i had no dissertation tutor for six weeks, which i think affected my final mark considerably. for it to happen again it's really annoying. i hope you can hear that, vicki. what do you say to those students

paying a lot of money and they are not getting what they are paying for? i think first of all, i would say it is absolutely horrific we are in this position. nobody wants to be on strike or in this position. we wish we did not have to strike to make a point. we want meaningful negotiations with our employers and wa nt to negotiations with our employers and want to listen. this is the fault of universities. sorry to interrupt, you say you don't want to be going out on strike, nobody is making you. there are other ways to make your point. you could prioritise the stu d e nts point. you could prioritise the students and have this discussion at the same time with employers? we have been in negotiations for quite some time with our employers. for example, the pension strike that one of those students mention from last year. we called off the strike because we got to a point of having made some progress in that dispute and what we have seen is the basis of that strike, being chipped away at over the last year, instead of influence working with us to solve theissues

influence working with us to solve the issues that are there, underlying the dispute over pensions. we should not have to pay more for our pensions. we are showing it is not necessary and we have shown employers alternatives and ways forward out of this mess. we need them to work productively with us and unfortunately we've got to this point where the only way they seem to be willing to even countenance listening to us is when we walk out the door. it is an awful situation to bn. we walk out the door. it is an awful situation to en. sorry, i want to again go back to the students who are being affected by this. some of them are obviously saying it will impactand them are obviously saying it will impact and previous disputes impacted, the outcome of their degree that they are paying a lot of money for. grace, a trainee journalist, says she thinks that strikes previously have affected her final marks. for it to happen again it's really annoying. what do you say to these kids who potentially have the outcome of their degree

affected by this? so, we know that we have huge support from students and it does affect students directly. we have been asking stu d e nts to directly. we have been asking students to contact their vice chancellors and encourage their vice chancellors and encourage their vice chancellors to get negotiators back around the table. they are paying for their education. they should not be —— that money is not being translated into staff that are in a decent state in terms of workload, in terms ofjob security, to deliver their education. their learning environment is our working environment is our working environment and vice versa. we have staff on the edge of breakdown across the sector. the workload is enormous, pay has been decimated in real terms. we have huge proportions of staff on casual loads contracts working across two —— casual loads contracts. i did it across to universities to scrape together a living. an awful lot of staff in the

sector have no security and may not even be employed for 12 months of the year. it shocked students when they learn that and we have been experiencing a lot of solidarity on the picket line and conversations with students who come to understand that staff are under extreme pressure in providing their education. for us to provide the kind of education that students deserve without staff breaking, we need to see progress in these disputes and that is why we are on strike. vicky blake from the university and college union, thank you. will correspond and is at goldsmiths university. it is all working there. what is the mood there? as you say, i am at goldsmiths, one of 60 universities. about half the universities are on strike. they are part of the union that has been in dispute. time. last year there was a dispute over pensions. they have a superannuation

pension, and employers wanted to change that. they partially won that dispute, they have been asked to put in bigger contributions and they are unhappy about that. employers say they are putting on an extra £250 million a year and they cannot afford any more. last year was the pension strike but now we have two strikes. the pensions and also it is over pay, casualisation, workload, gender pay gap and you can see, you have been hearing, how unhappy they are. unions say they have reached breaking point and we have spoken to a lot of students. there's big issue over compensation. last year there was a petition and thousands of stu d e nts was a petition and thousands of students asked for compensation. very few of them got that. some tried to get an action, an action, legal action, but there were not enough students for that to go ahead. some are concerned parties ——

make because it is coming up to the end of term and they have essays to write and presentations. they are concerned, and worried, that they will not be able to learn all of the things they are supposed to learn in their degrees. lisa, thank you. china has reitterated its support for hong kong's leader carrie lam, following local council elections, which saw pro—democracy parties make huge gains, with voter turnout the highest in the territory's history. the councils only have limited powers, but the result is being seen 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, but the results convey the opposite message.for the pro—democracy parties and demonstrators, it was a landslide victory. according to local media counts, 17 of the 18 councils are now controlled

by pro—democracy councillors. stephen mcdonell has been following the protests and local elections for us in hong kong. that is a huge victory for those pro—democracy councillors. what difference will it make though? what power do they wield and also what message does it send? so emphatic because that victory been, you mention 17 of the 18 councils are now controlled by the pro—democracy camp. they were all controlled by the pro—establishment camp before this election. in several of those councils, every single councillor is in the pro—democracy camp. normally, they will be dealing with the colour of bins and how many plants are in the neighbourhood park. but this has been turned into something of a vehicle to send a message to hong kong. and indirectly to beijing that people here are not satisfied with

carrie lam's administration and how it has handled this political crisis. they want these demands. they want to directly elect hong kong's leader. they want there to be an enquiry into the police force on these allegations of collusion with these allegations of collusion with the underworld. on the other hand, beijing and hong kong, the government in hong kong, could not have imagined that their candidates would be so comprehensively defeated. by a ratio of ten to one. it is such an overwhelming result that this is piling an enormous amount of pressure on carrie lam. somehow or another, she has to argue that she should not stand down. that the protester‘s demands should not be met and yet, we can see clearly, that the vast majority of people support these democratic reforms and another thing. this line that the government has been pushing, that there is a silent majority here

supporting the police and supporting beijing and the hong kong government. where is that silent majority now? it is going to be very ha rd majority now? it is going to be very hard for them to stand that up in future and they will have to come up with some other reasons why they should not be adhering to what their vast majority of people in this city now want. thank you very much. let's speak to one of the leaders of hong kong's pro—democracy movement. joshua wong joins us live. thank you for joining joshua wong joins us live. thank you forjoining us. what do you think the message of the results is?l defector referendum on the election day already explained how hong kong people are determined to fight for freedom and democracy. with more than 85% of the seats won by the pro—democratic camp, now is the time for president uber and carrie lam stop the brutal crackdown on protesters and respond to our cause

ofa protesters and respond to our cause of a free election. the protests -- miguel the protests continue? they have continued for almost five months already —— well the protests continue. we continue to protest every weekend. we put more pressure on beijing and hope that they realise they should not ignore our voice and now way, we represent a majority of those in hong kong. carrie lam has said that she will listen to the opinions of the public, humbly, and seriously reflect. but if the crackdowns continue on those demonstrators, what more can you do? she listened to our demands, she's listened for more than five months already but without concrete reply or response orany without concrete reply or response or any reform inside the system. with the institution, it also

explains how hong kong people disagree with beijing government and they consider to postpone the election in hong kong. it also explains how hong kong people deserve democracy. we are not only satisfying, one day we need to elect our own government, the administration of hong kong. this is administration of hong kong. this is a stunning result for the pro—democracy campaigners and candidates. as you say, 85% of the seats have gone to pro—democracy candidates but ultimately, wielding little power. it is a very symbolic step that the power of those councils surround bus routes and councils surround bus routes and councils and things like that. if china do not change their stance and carrie lam stands firm, potentially nothing changes. what do you then do? they are newly elected and put more pressure on the government inside the district. at the same

time we continue to protest, and during this moment we still have stu d e nts during this moment we still have students trapped inside the campus surrounded by riot police. and also protests are happening around the polytechnic university. we just have two three this have the chance to let the world know that the majority of hong kong people stand of one in solidarity. it is the time for president xi to have more reflection, should they continue the hardline policy to hong kong, or recognise our political demands with majority consensus. and in practical terms, how will those councillors put extra pressure on carrie lam? passing a motion and urging the government to set up an investigation into police brutality, and how to empower residents in different districts to have

solidarity and campaign against police violence. those are the main odyssey platforms of the district councillor in hong kong. this might be the platform of focus but also representing the voice of democracy and universal values. joshua wong, thank you. we can now speak to our political correspondent ben wright who is travelling with the prime minister borisjohnson in wales. it looks like you are at a cattle market, what is going on?|j it looks like you are at a cattle market, what is going on? i am, hello, joanna. we are in mid wales in brecon and radnorshire. the liberal democrats took that in a by—election earlier this year. but borisjohnson hopes by—election earlier this year. but boris johnson hopes he by—election earlier this year. but borisjohnson hopes he can get it back. and that he will be at this agricultural show shortly to speak to voters. i imagine he will pat

some cattle which are being paraded behind me now. and wales is one of the bigger battle grounds in this election campaign. both the labour party and the tories are hoping to make gains here and, for the tories, it is mid and north wales and around wrexham. boris johnson will later it is mid and north wales and around wrexham. borisjohnson will later in the day be launching the tory ma nifesto for wales. the day be launching the tory manifesto for wales. a focus on wales today. the day after the parties may manifesto launch in telford. and the manifesto for wales, what will they be wanting to hear from the tory party? i appreciate it is not out yet! hear from the tory party? i appreciate it is not out yenm isn't, i think he will be talking about plans for infrastructure, developing businesses across the border and increased cooperation between england and wales and the border areas. there will be lots in the uk manifesto, focusing on devolved issues that are pertinent to england. he will be trying to

convince the welsh voters that the tories have a convincing offering for them too. the manifesto launched yesterday and it was interesting. as many say today, it was very much a safety first manifesto. limited spending commitments, ducking any details on areas such as social care. the party strategists are so aware of how the election went totally haywire for theresa may at this stage in the campaign, back in 2017 after the manifesto was published on social care, a pledge that she made implied. it is very much a safety first campaign that borisjohnson is spearheading. that is why you saw quite a muted ma nifesto is why you saw quite a muted manifesto and why he will want to get through events like this without anything going wrong and avoiding anything going wrong and avoiding any political cowpats! lets hope

that there bulls are well tethered! after the labour announcement that if they won the announcement, they will compensate women who lost out on pension payments due to the state pension going up, jeremy corbyn has come to derbyshire to meet some of the women campaigning for this move and explain what he would do in government. let's speak to some of those women affected. linda, you we re those women affected. linda, you were speaking to jeremy those women affected. linda, you were speaking tojeremy corbin, what you think of what he said? fantastic. this campaign has been going on for a number of years and none of the political parties have said they will be able to even look at it. we had from borisjohnson that it at it. we had from borisjohnson thatitis at it. we had from borisjohnson that it is completely out of the question, to hear that labour are taking it seriously and getting some

compensation to those women, it provides somejustice. compensation to those women, it provides some justice. did you have any concerns, jan, about howjeremy corbyn would pay for this? not at all. the money that we have lost from our pensions was not a benefit. it was robbed. it was stripped away from the national insurance fund that we paid into for 45 years, some of us have been working all that time. we are not concerned either that it was an addition to the manifesto because i know that has been picked up on a lot. if it went to court, and the court found in our favour, that money would have to be found and i think they are quite right to keep it outside of the ordinary manifesto pledges. no, we are not concerned about that. do you worry thatjeremy corbyn is playing politics with this and it is a cynical way of winning votes? no, i think he genuinely cares about

everybody, and he cares about the waspi women. some quick reactions from some of the women here in north—east derbyshire who have been campaigning for compensation and, as far as they are concerned, the labour leader's message is a welcome one but he is still facing questions about where that money will come from. and throughout the election campaign, we are looking closely and throughout the campaign, we are asking your question to all of the main parties. at 5:30pm today, we will be speaking to ian blackford from the snp. do get in touch with us with your questions. please remember to leave your name and where you are from. and throughout the election campaign, we are looking closely at the places where the final result could be won and lost, and asking people in those places, what questions they may have. tomorrow, we will be reporting from the constituency of preseli in pembrokeshire, all day on tv, radio and online,

starting with bbc breakfast, and radio 5 live. 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. odeon cinemas say they have extra security in place for screenings of the film. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen. joining me now is vic santoro who played tugz in blue story. do think there is a link in terms of what happened, that outbreak of violence, and the movie? absolutely not. what took place was an u nfortu nate not. what took place was an unfortunate incident, but it does not have any links to the film. especially it was not due —— during the screening of the film. what do you think about the film being

pulled from two chains of cinemas?” think it is very disappointing. it sends the wrong message. the creator, what he had done to create something so amazing. for it to be taken from two chains of cinema, i thought it was a rash decision. they haven‘t looked at the situation and assessedit haven‘t looked at the situation and assessed it appropriately. because there is a stigma attached to the film that it is a gangster film, it isn‘t, it is easy to blame that for the violence rather than focusing on the violence rather than focusing on the incident that took place. what is the film about? it is a love story. it‘s a familiar story to a lot of people who grew up in this environment. it tells the story of does make young people, and how they found themselves in their situation and the ripple effect. the main thing with the film, it is more about serving as a deterrent to

young people, and involving themselves in gang life etc, it is not to encourage them, if that makes sense. and i know the director has spoken about why he wanted to make the movie. saying about being inspired by his own youth. it is a very personal movie. does it feel like a personal movie to you? and there very, the director grew up in there very, the director grew up in the same area and the same generation. i‘ve experienced it myself. to be at this stage and for it to be a film where we are trying to switch the narrative, it is empowering. if you told us when we we re empowering. if you told us when we were growing up it would end up being a film, we were promised they would not care about that or the story. it is quite empowering. it‘s inspiring because this is the first time many people have seen something that speaks to them in their language. they understand it, it is

very current. it shows what‘s going on in their environment. the deterrent element is intentional. where parts of the film, you hear about a member of the gangs getting an opinion from gang leaders, it was not common for someone to be, i don‘t think we should do that. it doesn‘t make sense. there are intentional parts where there are members of the gangs where they say that does not make sense. we want to bring that conversation into play and almost make a young person at that current moment think that does not make sense. unfortunately, these issues are going on at the moment in this country. it‘s got people talking about the movie. the fact it has been banned and that it is going to be harderfor people to has been banned and that it is going to be harder for people to see it. how do you feel about where it is now?

one thing! one thing i am trying not to do is focus on the negative. there are undertones in the decision making which concern me. there are places like odeon that are showing it. go out and see the film but do not form an opinion on what the media has said because that is not what the film is about. in another way, it has made people more intrigued about seeing the film because of how it has been portrayed. for me, i am trying tuesday positive and hope that everyone will get out and see it and have the same opinion i do. i ama it and have the same opinion i do. i am a parent and i am looking forward to seeing it with my teenage daughter because i think there are different ways to learn. visually people, young people seem to learn and i‘m hoping she will learn that way. i hope other parents feel the same way. in a sentence or two, what is the message of this film and why should people watch it? the message of the film is, for me, the ethnic

minority environments that these incidents take place in, for me, the message is that there are things that can‘t be mitigated, councils and things like that, and parents need to see that. it is highlighted that schools can parents can do their job, that schools can parents can do theirjob, but that schools can parents can do their job, but young that schools can parents can do theirjob, but young people can find themselves in a gang or a situation where there are these types of things taking place and as a whole, we need to be more vigilant about different ways to raise a child. for people who may think it is glamorising violence, glamorising gangs, what you say? it is absolutely not doing that. you have to make your own opinion when you see it. you need to go to somewhere thatis see it. you need to go to somewhere that is showing it and try not to focus on where is not showing it.

you can find it. thank you very much. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. we have uninspiring weather today, lots of grey skies, overcast conditions. but some colourful scenes here in staffordshire. there are canal boats with the rain falling. we have quite a bit of rain across in and wales at the moment, it is quite patchy. it is moving its way north and eastward through today. some sunshine in the north—east of scotland and brightest lives in the south—west of anyone. otherwise it stays grey, cloudy with rain at times. but it is mild. temperatures getting into double figures, about ten to 12 degrees for top through this evening and tonight, we will continue with these batches of rain moving their way north and eastwards, some players spells and then does make some clear spells and then does make some clear spells and then suddenly wins bringing milderair in. spells and then suddenly wins bringing milder air in. temperatures about eight to 10 degrees.

throughout tuesday there will be strong winds for all of us, particularly towards the south—west of the uk. heavy rain moving its way north and eastwards. goodbye. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... a lorry driver, who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex, has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. the taxi—hailing app, uber, has been refused a new licence to operate in london. the firm says it will appeal against the decision. staff at almost half of the uk‘s universities begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions, affecting as many as a million students. labour are vowing to tackle ‘dodgy landlords‘ and cap rents if they win the election, with plans to improve conditions for private tenants. major wins for pro—democracy campaigners in hong kong‘s council

elections, putting renewed pressure on the government. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here‘s sarah. good morning. the england and wales cricket board and new zealand cricket are conducting an investigation into racial abuse aimed towards england cricketer jofra archer during day five of the first test match at the bay oval. adam mountford reports from mount maunganui. the incident was reported to have taken place when archer was dismissed and was walking back to the pavilion. aja has written on social media that he was subject to racial insults from supporters. the person concerned has not yet been identified but the authorities are checking cctv footage at the ground and the investigation is ongoing. new zealand cricket say they will be

contacting archer tomorrow to apologise for the unacceptable experience and have promised increased vigilance in hamilton where the second test is played from friday. jofra‘s allegations come after england suffered a humiliating defeat to new zealand in the first test at the 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‘ll 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 it just highlights the fact that when we get chances in the game, whether it be in the field or with the bat, we have to take them. two of the six contenders for the bbc sports personality of the year award have been announced this morning. dina asher—smith has been nominated after a year in which she won 200 metre gold at the world athletics championships in doha.

england cricket world cup hero ben stokes was the first name to be announced. the third nominee will be revealed on the bbc radio 1xtra at 1:20pm. 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, 75 minutes, they are not good enough. that shows the quality of us, you can still score three goals and we should had one or two more in a game that we don‘t really perform. great britain and england hockey player sam ward says he will do "everything he can" to return to hockey after losing

the sight in his left eye. this follows earlier reports that ward had in fact retired. ward was struck in the face by the ball during the olympic qualifying play—off win against malaysia earlier this month. he sustained a crushed retina and facial fractures. the 28—year old has scored 72 goals in 126 appearances for great britain and england and represented team gb at the rio olympics. adam peaty‘s dominance in the 100—metre breast stroke 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. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour.

let‘s get more on the general election. the liberal democrats spokesman on foreign affairs chuka umunna is about to give a speech. he‘s expected to say that mrjohnson will become more reliant on the us president if the conservatives win the election. and our political correspondent tom symonds is in watford with the lib dems. what is the message today? he may interrupt me but what is saying is firstly, he is offering more money for defence. he is offering more money, £1 billion more than the conservatives by 2025 if they are elected. and on farren aid, which is sort of part of the defence budget in some ways, they say they will spend money than the conservatives in this parliament. the lib dems say they can do that because they are relying on something called the brexit bonus, which is effectively them betting that the economy will

continue to improve if we do not leave the eu and that will bring in more taxes. but i can today is all going to be about politics as well. as it says on the podium, the lib dems are all about stopping brexit. and he is walking in now. good morning, everybody. the liberal democrats have always been an open and internationalist party. indeed, we founded liberal international just over 70 years ago to fight for freedom and liberalism across the world. we understand perhaps better than many others in the brexit debate that there are too many issues in our lives that go well beyond the borders of our country. we know and understand the

importance of the eu to our economy, but it is much more important than that. it is not by chance that the nato summit is here next week, we also know that the peace and security we have had since 1945 security we have had since1945 across most of europe is absolutely vital. it is important that there are people out there saying it in the moment that this country appear that mac appears to turn its back with the current prime minister looking at anything beyond its borders. the other issue is of extreme concern to liberal democrats. it is climate change, which doesn't follow borders either. here we need to recognise again the importance of the european union where countries have come together to work over many years to mature we can start mitigation. to think that by leaving the eu we can somehow put up by leaving the eu we can somehow put up barriers to stop climate change isjust a up barriers to stop climate change is just a complete up barriers to stop climate change isjust a complete nonsense. so that

isjust a complete nonsense. so that is why i am particularly proud to introduce our shadow secretary for foreign affairs. thank you very much. good morning, everybody. thank you forjoining us today. thank you to the club for hosting us. we share some of the same colours. more lib dems yellow than labour red. but it is fantastic to be here. next wednesday, nato heads of state and government will gather not far from here to mark the 70th anniversary of the organisation. founded in 1949, this intergovernmental military alliance of 29 european countries and the us

has sought to safeguard the freedom and security of its members. it has been one of the linchpins of the liberal international rules —based order established in the wake of the second world war. to spread liberal democracy across the globe and guard against authoritarianism and oppression. the uk was instrumental in establishing this order and nato itself. it was winston churchill who signed the atlantic charter of 1941 on behalf of the uk would set out the framework of this order, its aims and its values. clement attlee and ernest bevan played pivotal roles, pivotal roles in the founding of nato stop we should be proud of this. other institutions which facilitate the multilateralism which is essential to maintain this order include the united nations, world

trade organisation, the imf, the world bank and of course the european union. so this is a fitting moment to say something about what the liberal democrats approach would be in the next parliament to the liberal international rules —based order, nato and uk foreign policy. because uk voters have a choice to make at this election. give a majority to borisjohnson, a man who is determined to take us out of the european union, who has chosen to align with right—wing authoritarian nationalist forces, opposed to the international rules —based order, or elect as many liberal democrat mps as possible necessary to deprive johnson of a majority and ensure the arithmetic in a new house of commons can deliver a people's vote and pave the way to secure not only britain's place at the heart of europe, but as a world leader too. the situation is pressing, it is urgent, and we have gotjust17 days to

pressing, it is urgent, and we have got just 17 days to do it. let pressing, it is urgent, and we have gotjust17 days to do it. let me start by underlining our commitment to nato. it has been a cornerstone of the defence of our country. alongside our fellow nato ally france, we are the most capable military power in europe. our intelligence gathering capacity remains indispensable, our membership of the five eyes intelligence partnership makes is a global leader in the fight against terrorism, and in nato, britain holds the position of deputy supreme allied commander europe. long may that continue. but nato must reform and adapt to the changing nature of the threats we face. for example, we need to increase nato's conventional deterrent and help develop the application of artificial intelligence. cyber security is after all a tier one fret now and britain as a key role to play in the integration of internal security and

external defence to meet the new challenges of hybrid warfare. above all, we must provide global deterrent that convinced others that nato is committed to your's collective defence. this is why liberal democrats will ensure the uk upholds our nato response abilities, including by spending 2% of gdp on defence. under liberal democrats in government, this to defence —— mike this 2% will be worth £192 million more into 2024 than under a conservative government because we would enhance the uk's ability to play our part in nato and maintain our security. in so doing, we will ensure the men and women in our armed forces have the support they need to do theirjobs. however, it is alarming that other nato members' commitment to the force is less than wholesome. us president trump described nato as obsolete during

his 2016 presidential campaign. president macron great rightly excited trump's failure to commit to nato as a waning commitment to the alliance. this pave the way for turkey to start an offensive into syria to create what they called a security border. consequently, out of some exasperation, president macron described nato as brain—dead and want european countries that we can no longer rely on america to defend nato allies. no one is more happy to see the state of affairs than president putin of russia, an active opponent of nato that suspended contact with its government for the annexation of crimea in 2014. present putin, erdogan of turkey and trump not only

share a poor regard for nato, they share a poor regard for nato, they share a poor regard for nato, they share a certain type of politics, right—wing, conservative, nationalist and authoritarian. it is trump, perhaps more than any other, who has taken this politics mainstream in the western world. in his words and deeds, he has been unafraid to engage in bigoted, racist, sexist and is lymphoma behaviour, to lie and to break the law. all the same witticisms apply to this uk prime minister who is following the drum playbook and is becoming part of the narrative of right—wing nationalism. i do not need to repeat the various offensive things the prime minister boris johnson has said about different groups in our society. his capacity to lie, even to our queen, is there for all to see. he unlawfully sought to shut down our legislature, he refuses to publish a parliamentary intelligence report into russian

state interference into our democracy, in spite of the fact a former conservative attorney general chairs the committee, a former head of m15, the former national security adviser and a former head of the civil service also it should be published. what does he have to hide? what is he hiding in this report from the british public was like it is all very trump like. this should not be a surprise. we know that before this election, boris johnson was regularly in touch with and took advice from steve bannon, the man who was instrumental in seeing trump and his edifying brand of politics into the white house. on johnson taking office, trump lauded him as britain drum. indeed, it was trump who gave the order that the uk's conservative and brexit parties should form an electoral pact. nigel farage obliged and so he has come to pass with faraj now claiming

yesterday that the 2019 tory manifesto is a copy of ukip's 2015 offer. so giving johnson a majority would be to give carte blanche to this type of politics in the uk. something that should worry is all and should be strongly resisted. british patriots, we have got to defend our liberal, internationalist values in the face of this politics of hate and division, which is distinctly un—british. now, of course,... this is chuka umunna, the liberal democrat spokesman on foreign affairs. he is saying that if the tories win the election, borisjohnson will become donald trump‘s poodle and take the uk out of the eu. more reaction to that online and also all the very latest from all of the parties on our

website. i‘m ramzan karmali with the business news. as we‘ve been hearing this morning, uber has been stripped of its licence to operate in london. it has 21 days to appeal this decision and will continue to operate during this period. about 45,000 drivers work for uber in london, and if its licence is ultimately rejected all of them could lose theirjobs. luis vuitton is set to buy tiffany for £12.5 billion. lvmh is the world‘s largest luxury goods company and with this purchase of the us based jeweller it will have an even bigger share of the sector. lvmh‘s billionaire owner, bernard arnault said that tiffany had an "unparalleled heritage" and fitted with its other brands, louis vuitton and bulgari. tsb is set to close 82 branches next year, reducing the network from 540 to 454. the spanish—owned bank said that "three quarters of customers will be digitally active" over the next three years.

closures will cost the bank £180 million but designed to save £100 million by 2022. it‘s estimated that 300—400 jobs will be lost. let‘s look more closely at our top story and the decision by transport for london not to issue a new licence for uber. this will come as a huge blow for uber as london is one of 5 cities across the world that together accounted for around a quarter of all its bookings last year. we‘re joined now by alex wood, european editor at forbes. alex, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the appeal that hoover are going to put forward now, it is not the first time they have gone to the courts and not the first time their licence has been taken away, how likely are they at success? it is going to be very much business as usual from today onwards for at least 21 days as uber goes to the appeal process. but i think transport for london has shown some muscle here and showed that it means

business. we shouldn‘t lose fact —— we shouldn‘t lose sight of the fact that there is an election soon and we should expect this to continue. this is a blow for uber. is also a blow for the sharing economy. if we look one week ago, air b&b said they we re look one week ago, air b&b said they were going to vet all their properties around the world for their first properties around the world for theirfirst time. we properties around the world for their first time. we are seeing a moment of maturity. the so—called gig economy and these disruptive tech start—ups are growing up and ta ke tech start—ups are growing up and take some real—world regulation. tech start—ups are growing up and take some real-world regulation. but there are other apps that could fill there are other apps that could fill the void. as you mention, there are lots of uber drivers out there. there are lots of other apps and other options out there. fundamentally for consumers, that is a good thing to have more choice and

more competition. so you are hopeful for those 45,000 drivers that could effectively not be working for uber any more? it is alarming and my thoughts go out to these drivers who have been working for the platform, but if we work and look at other markets, like in the united states, there are many that flit between many different apps and that is a good thing for the drivers if it is really about competition and freedom and flexibility, they should be able to hop across from app to app and find the best jobs to hop across from app to app and find the bestjobs for them. to hop across from app to app and find the best jobs for them. and in terms of licensing for uber, what are transport for london saying to these tech minicab companies, what is the message to them?” these tech minicab companies, what is the message to them? i think the message that london is open for business but it is about accepting regulations and making sure fundamentally passengers in london are safe. i myself and like many londoners got used to the idea of uber rides being so cheap and much cheaper than black caps. but years later, that comes at a cost. some of

the figures that are coming out alone today i found that 14,000 rides on uber alone were actually getting into the car and it isn‘t the driver it says on the app. many of the drivers are actually sharing ca rs of the drivers are actually sharing cars illegally, not insured when doing it. and it might be nice and might be cheap, but we have to put safety first and that is what transport for the inhabitant today. alex, thank you. that‘s all the business news. uber‘s boss has tweeted the disapproval of the licence not being renewed on twitter. he says he understands they are held to a high barand understands they are held to a high bar and they should be but the decision is wrong. over the last two yea rs we have decision is wrong. over the last two years we have fundamentally changed how we operate in london, we have come very how we operate in london, we have come very far and will keep going for the millions of drivers and riders who rely on us.

all the latest at the top of the hour and also news of a heist in germany. nearly1 hour and also news of a heist in germany. nearly 1 billion hour and also news of a heist in germany. nearly1 billion euros worth of jewels stolen from germany. nearly1 billion euros worth ofjewels stolen from a museum ina dramatic worth ofjewels stolen from a museum in a dramatic heist that happened in the early hours of the morning in dresden so stay with us for the details of that. 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. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. thank you, joanna. we have of cloud out there and quite overcast conditions. here is the scene in staffordshire. despite the rain falling, it is a pleasant scene. lots of rain across many parts of

the uk this morning and it is moving its way north—eastward so we will continue to see some rain at times during this afternoon. the far north of scotla nd during this afternoon. the far north of scotland perhaps thing dry as an brightest. there will be a bit of sunshine develop in the south—west of england. but it is mild out there, temperature for many others in double figures. ten, 12 or 13 degrees. tonight we will continue to see these bands of rain move further north and east woods. there will be some clear skies before the next area of insults to move into the south—west in the early hours, but because of the southerly wind we have the temperatures staying up at about ten to 12 celsius. the southerly wind comes in around this area of low pressure. this is the re m na nts of area of low pressure. this is the remnants of the tropical sun storms about st sebastian. —— tropical storm st sebastian. we‘ll see many stone structures labelled particular across england and wales, gust of up to 50 miles an hour expected here

and rain moving towards north and eastward. the rain will break up as a push is fair enough but still, some of that rain moving into scotla nd some of that rain moving into scotland and northern ireland, heavier showers than coming to the far south—east of in later. i said gusty wins for all of us but especially so towards the south—west of england. without southerly wind it brings relatively tropical air, temperate is up to 14 celsius across the south. as we go into wednesday, this area of the pressure doesn‘t move this area of the pressure doesn‘t m ove very this area of the pressure doesn‘t move very far, just drift its way eastward and that is that for wednesday we are under the influence of low pressure and therefore more rain. that rain will fall on areas that are already very soggy so we could see more flooding problems across northern and eastern areas of england, staging to the forecast here. further showers across other areas and tempered is perhaps not so high but still in double figures. towards the end of the week things will become quieter, certainly some

sunshine towards friday but you notice those temperatures are starting to go down a bit. for celsius in edinburgh over the weekend with a bit of sunshine but turning noticeably colder for most of us.

you‘re watching bbc newsroom live — it‘s midday and these are the main stories this morning: a lorry driver, who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex, has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. staff at almost half of the uk‘s universities begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions, affecting as many as a million students. we genuinely love our subjects, we enjoy what we do but we just don‘t wa nt to enjoy what we do but we just don‘t want to end up doing it forfree or very poor pay and conditions. the taxi—hailing app, uber, has been refused a new licence to operate in london. the firm says the decision is ‘just wrong‘ and it will appeal. increased pressure on the government of hong kong after pro—democracy campaigners in hong kong‘s council

elections. people orderly and peacefully lining up outside of the voting station early in the morning, just because they want to get the vote. we deserve democracy. and coming up, two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i‘mjoanna i‘m joanna gosling. a lorry driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. maurice robinson appeared at the old bailey a short time ago. earlier our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford gave us this update. this was a plea and trial

preparation here in front of the judge. maurice robinson spoke first of all to confirm his name and date of all to confirm his name and date of birth and his address, in craigavon in northern ireland. he was then asked to enter pleas to two of the charges he faces. he pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting illegal immigration between may last year and october this year. he also pleaded guilty to acquiring cash which had been obtained through criminal conduct. he was not, at this stage, asked to enter pleas to the 39 charges of manslaughter he faces. 31 male victims and eight female victims from vietnam, named in the charges. two of them are just 15 years old and boys. he was not at this stage asked to enter a plea to a charge of money—laundering or a charge of people trafficking. he will next be at the old bailey for another court appearance on the 13th of december.

more than a million students are facing disruption as university lecturers and support staff begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions. lectures are being cancelled at 60 universities — that‘s almost half of the uk‘s institutions of higher education. universities say they‘ll do everything they can to minimise the impact. earlier i spoke to our education correspondent, lisa hampele who has been outside one of the universities affected by today‘s strike. iamat i am at goldsmiths, one of 60 universities, about half of the universities, about half of the universities are on strike. they are pa rt universities are on strike. they are part of the union that has been in dispute. time. last year, there was a dispute over pensions. they have a superannuation pension, and employers wanted to change that. they partially won the dispute, and have maintained their pension. they have maintained their pension. they have been asked to put in bigger contributions and they are very

unhappy about that. but employers say that they are putting in an extra £215 million per year, and they just cannot afford extra £215 million per year, and theyjust cannot afford any more. last year was the pension strike, now we have two strikes. one for pensions, and one over pay, casualisation, workload, gender pay gap, and you can see, and you have been hearing, how unhappy they are. the union say they have reached breaking point. we‘ve also been speaking to a lot of students. there isa speaking to a lot of students. there is a big issue over compensation. last year there was a petition and thousands of students asked for compensation. very few got that. some are trying to get legal action but again, there were not enough stu d e nts but again, there were not enough students for that to go ahead. some of them are concerned because it is coming up to the end of term, and they have essays to write. they have presentations and they are concerned and worried they will not be able to actually learn all of the things

they are supposed to learn in their degrees. well the university and college union says university staff have reached "breaking point" over a number of issues, including pay and workloads. earlier i spoke to the vice president of the university and college union, vicky blake, and asked her if she is worried about students who will miss out on teaching time because of the strikes. i think first full, i would say it is absolutely horrific we are in this position. nobody wants to be on strike or in this position. we wish we did not have to strike to make a point. we want meaningful negotiations with our employees, and wa nt negotiations with our employees, and want them to listen. this is the fault of universities. sorry to interrupt, you say you don‘t want to be on strike, nobody is making you. there are other ways to make your point. you could prioritise students and have this discussion at the same time with employers? we have been in negotiations for quite some time with our employers. for example, the pension strike one of those students

mention from last year. we called off the strike because we got to the point of having made some progress in that dispute and what we have seen is the basis of that strike being chipped away at over the last year instead of employers working with us to really solve the issues that are there, underlying the dispute over pensions. we shouldn‘t have to pay more for our pensions. we have shown it is not necessary and have shown employers alternatives and ways forward out of this mess. we need them to work productively with us and u nfortu nately, productively with us and unfortunately, we‘ve got to this point where the only way they seem to be willing to even countenance listening to us is when we walk out the door. it is an awful situation to be in. we know we have huge support from students and it does affect them directly. we‘ve asked stu d e nts to affect them directly. we‘ve asked students to contact their vice chancellors and encourage them to get negotiators back around the table. they are paying for their education. but that money is not

being translated into staff that are ina being translated into staff that are in a decent state in terms of workload, in terms ofjob security, to deliver their education. their learning environment is our working environment and vice versa. we‘ve got staff on the edge of breakdown across the sector. the workload is enormous. pay has been decimated in real terms. london‘s transport authority has refused to grant a new license to the online taxi—hailing firm uber. transport for london said the taxi app was not a "fit and proper" licence holder, despite making a number of positive changes to its operations. uber says it will appeal against the decision. for more, i‘m joined by our business correspondent theo leggett. what have they said about why they‘ve decided not to renew the licence? joanna, it has been under scrutiny for two years now. it was refused a licence by tfl in

september 2017, then it was granted one on a probationary basis while it pledged to clean up its act and sort out problems identified then. now it says there are things that are not good enough. there is a change to uber systems that allowed unauthorised drivers to upload photos unauthorised drivers to upload p hotos o nto unauthorised drivers to upload photos onto profiles of other drivers. effectively posing as licensed drivers and carrying passengers. as a result, some 14,000 journeys were uninsured and passengers were potentially put at risk. it highlights a problem where drivers who were suspended or dismissed during disciplinary proceedings could open new accounts and potentially put people at risk. it says the vulnerabilities mean it cannot consider uber to be a fit and proper operator and therefore it cannot currently offer a new licence. what reaction does this

lead to? uber have reacted quite strongly, the company says the decision is extraordinary and wrong. the chief executive has said that the business has been fundamentally changed over the last two years and uber is setting the standard on safety. they thoroughly disagree with what tfl have said and that they will appeal. in the meantime it has 21 days to lodge that appeal and during that, it can continue to operate. what it does not mean is that we will see uber drivers disappearing from our streets. that will not happen. the appeals process can go on for a period and as we saw two years ago it is possible for the magistrate to grant them a temporary license while they sort out these problems. they are appealing, the details will be aired at that appeal. are uber saying fundamentally it is no longer possible for trips to be taken with uninsured drivers, what i have read is that the latest was three weeks

ago? uber disagree, saying they have audited and strengthened their processes . audited and strengthened their processes. there are suggestions that the business has technical problems that have been phased out. uber disagree with tfl and it was during that process that we will learn what is going on. thanks china has reitterated its support for hong kong‘s leader carrie lam, following local council elections, which saw pro—democracy parties make huge gains, with voter turnout the highest in the territory‘s history. the councils only have limited powers, but the result is being seen 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, but the results convey the opposite message. for the pro—democracy parties and demonstrators, it was a landslide victory. according to local media counts, 17 of the 18

councils are now controlled by pro—democracy councillors. stephen mcdonell has been following the protests and local elections for us in hong kong. the silent majority that was talked about before does not seem to have been there, does it? it‘s a resounding victory for pro—democracy campaigns? yes, i do not know how the government here or in beijing or police, for that matter, will stand at the silent majority and claim any more in the face such an overwhelming defeat to their allies. at the hands of the pro—democracy forces at the ballot box. for both camps, they have big questions that they have to answer. for the pro—democracy camp, how do they turn this into something approaching what

they really want? which is vote directly for hong kong‘s leader and all of the legislative council for the hong kong government, beijing. how do they manage things in the face of such an enormous defeat? given that it seems it shows the vast majority of people in hong kong have no faith in their programme of dealing with this political crisis. you mention 17 of the 18 councils in pro—democracy hands. all of those councils were previously in the hands of pro—establishment candidates. every single one of them, not only have they lost control of all of those councils but for several, they don‘t even have a single representative. they are 100% controlled by the pro—democracy camp. on that side of things, it is a diverse group that does not really have leaders. how they are going to hold all of this together, and how they will mobilise the sentiment,

somehow using it to pressure beijing to have elections for the cities leader and have an enquiry into the police force. i think it is going to be difficult for them, especially given that these councils, really, they are supposed to be, people talk about the colour of bins or how many trees there are in the local park. instead, they will be attempting to use this massive vote as a legitimate way, and they have hong kong citizens on their side and it is difficult for the administration of carrie lam to counter. thank you very much, stephen. well, this was the reaction of the pro—democracy activist, joshua wong to the local election results. we have more than 85% of the city, one by the pro—democratic camp and

now it is the time for present xi and carrie lam to realise they need to stop the brutal countdown —— my clamp—down on protests. to stop the brutal countdown —— my clamp-down on protests. will these protests continue? the movement has continued for almost five months already. and, the government ignore our voice. how we continue to protest every weekend, we put more pressure on beijing and let them realise that they should not ignore our voice and now we, we accept the majority of hong kong. carrie lam has said that she will listen to the opinions of the public humbly and seriously. if those crackdowns continue on those demonstrators, what more can you do? carrie lam listened through our demands about it for more than five months

already. but without any concrete reply or response or reform. with the institution to vote in an election, it explains how the hong kong people disagree with the beijing government and consider the voters election in hong kong. and it explains how hong kong people deserve democracy. we are not only satisfying their elected district council but someday we need to elect our own government, the administration of hong kong. this is administration of hong kong. this is a stunning result for the pro—democracy campaigners and candidates, as you say 85% of seats have gone to pro—democracy candidates but ultimately, wielding little power. it is a very symbolic step but the power of those councils is around bus routes and bin collections, issues like that. if china do not change their stance and carrie lam stands firm, potentially

nothing changes. what do you then do? they are newly elected councillors and would put more pressure on the government inside the district council. at the same time, we continue to protest during this moment. we still have students trapped inside the campus and surrounded by riot police. protests are happening around the polytechnic university. we need the chance for the world to know that the majority of hong kong people overturn protesters. we stand with solidarity and now is the time for president xi to have more reflection. should they continue to give policy. and here the foreign secretary dominic raab has commended the hong kong authorities for enabling the vote.

the people of hong kong have made their views known overwhelmingly and it is important. i pay tribute to carrie lam, saying she wants to reflect serially —— seriously on that. the opportunity is for political dialogue into violence and a path forward out of the current crisis which respects and reflects aspirations of the people of hong kong and china‘s citizens model, which is what we will be supporting. the headlines on bbc news... a lorry driver , who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex , has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. staff at almost half of the uk‘s universities begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions, affecting as many as a million students. the taxi—hailing app, uber, has been refused a new licence to operate in london. the firm says the decision is ‘just wrong‘ and it will appeal.

time for a look at the sport. the england and wales cricket board and new zealand cricket are conducting an investigation into racial abuse aimed towards england cricketerjofra archer — that came during day five of england‘s defeat in the first test match at the bay oval. adam mountford has the details from mount maunganui. the incident is reported to have taken place when archer was dismissed and walking back to the pavilion. he has written on social media that he was subject to racial insults from a supporter. the person concerned has not yet been identified but authorities are checking cctv footage at the ground and an investigation is ongoing. new zealand cricket say they will contact archer tomorrow to apologise for the unacceptable experience, and have promised increased vigilance in hamilton, where the second test from friday.

two of the six contenders for the bbc sports personality of the year award have been announced this morning. dina asher—smith has been nominated, after a year in which she won 200 metre gold at the world athletics championships in doha. england cricket world cup hero ben stokes was the first name to be announced. the third nominee will be revealed on the radio 1xtra at 1:20. great britain and england hockey player sam ward says he will do "everything he can" to return to hockey after losing the sight in his left eye. this follows earlier reports that ward had in fact retired. ward was struck in the face by the ball during the olympic qualifying play—off win against malaysia earlier this month. he sustained a crushed retina and facial fractures. the 28—year old has scored 72 goals in 126 appearances for great britain and england and represented team gb at the rio olympics. adam peaty‘s dominance in the 100 metre breast—stroke 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 four—by—100 relay at the london aquatics centre last night — means the team are through to the grand final next month in las vegas. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. the party leaders are out campaigning in the general election again today. labour has announced plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately—owned accommodation. but the residential landlords association is warning that this could see landlords stepping away from the private rental market. we can now cross over to our political correspondent jonathan blake. jeremy corbyn‘s focus today is very much on housing and the private rental sector. the labour leader is campaigning here in nottinghamshire. he is ina campaigning here in nottinghamshire. he is in a constituency that labour held onto in the last election but

only just. looking for held onto in the last election but onlyjust. looking for votes and a key m essa g e onlyjust. looking for votes and a key message today about rented accommodation. labour say that, for too long, people had been living in housing that is not up to standards and landlords have got away with charging rents that are too high. the party would cap rental prices in line with inflation to stock prices rising to much. they would also allow open—ended tenancies to stop landlords turfing tenants out at short notice or without good reason. they would also institute a new yearly mot, and inspection of all privately rented properties that would bring together existing safety checks, as well as extra new minimum standards for quality accommodation. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, earlier on responded to criticism of these plans by the residential landlords association who said they would devastate the private rental market and put people off renting out their homes. is the very

opposite, i cannot imagine that they would say such a thing. we want to ensure all tenants have somewhere safe and secure where they can live. i cannot imagine that any landlord would object to the property being inspected to ensure it is up to standard and be put on the rental market. surely that is a reasonable and basic thing to do in society? we don‘t want people in substandard accommodation. jeremy corbyn clearly believes that focusing on private rental accommodation is something which can when him some votes. we will hear more from the labour leader on this as the day goes on. it is another example, along with many others in the labour party ma nifesto, many others in the labour party manifesto, of restricting the role of the private sector and putting the government more in control with oversight, in this case rented accommodation. he has been in the couegein accommodation. he has been in the college in nottinghamshire meeting some of the students and trying his

hand at bricklaying, plastering, painting and decorating too. it highlights the fact of labours ambitions to build more homes and specifically residential council housing and housing association properties, which labour are promising to build on a scale we‘ve not seen in this country for decades. thank you. let see what is happening with boris johnson decades. thank you. let see what is happening with borisjohnson on the campaign trail. ben wright is travelling with the prime minister borisjohnson in the marginal seat of brecon and radnorshire in wales— let‘s cross to him. imo atan imo at an agricultural show in the constituency of brecon and radnorshire, a huge slice of wales. it was a seat that the liberal democrats took from the tories in the by—election back in summer, as borisjohnson the by—election back in summer, as boris johnson became prime the by—election back in summer, as borisjohnson became prime minister. a big setback for him. the tories wa nted a big setback for him. the tories wanted to get it back. one of a number of marginal seats in wales that the tories are eyeing up, they

hope to get a majority in 16 or 17 days. he was here and expecting google inspecting some heifers, he came to inspect. —— here and inspecting some heifers. there were neither jeers inspecting some heifers. there were neitherjeers nor inspecting some heifers. there were neither jeers nor cheers inspecting some heifers. there were neitherjeers nor cheers for inspecting some heifers. there were neither jeers nor cheers for the prime ministerfrom the neither jeers nor cheers for the prime minister from the crowd. he spent about ten or 15 minutes patting the cattle, and posing for photographers. then, he left to polite applause. studio: thank you. check at mena, the liberal democrat spokesman on foreign, has said that if the tories win the elections, borisjohnson would become donald trump‘s poodle.

trump's poodle. the prime ministers following the trump playbook and has become part of this global network of popularised right—wing authoritarian eireann nationalists. ido authoritarian eireann nationalists. i do not need to repeat the various offensive things prime minister borisjohnson has said about different groups in our society. his capacity to lie, even to our queen, is there for all to see. and throughout the campaign, we are asking your question to all of the main parties. at 5.30 today, we will be speaking to ian blackford from the snp. do get in touch with us with your questions. you can do so on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. please remember to leave your name and where you are from. and throughout the election campaign, we are looking closely at the places where the final result could be won and lost — and asking people in those places, what questions they may have. tomorrow, we will be reporting from preseli pembrokeshire,

all day on tv, radio and online — starting with bbc breakfast, and radio 5 live. 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. odeon cinemas say they have extra secrity in place for screenings of 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.

i‘m joined now by the designer william adoasi, who is leading calls for a boycott of the cinemas who‘ve banned the film — his call for a boycott has been retweeted nearly 10,000 times. how many times now? i thinkjust over 10,000 now. people feel strongly about it. what do you think about the ban? it's horrendous. it sets a really negative precedent. when you actually watch the film, which i fortunately have you see it humanises people from these backgrounds. it gives context as to why people may go down the wrong path and shows how empty that lifestyle is. in no way does it glorify that lifestyle at all. for them to blanket ban it? it‘s really bad. the police did not say that the film should not be shown. why do you think the link was made between what happened in birmingham and this band coming about? i think there have

been assumptions. even when i have looked through the news reports. i don‘t know the full context but looking at the report, the children we re looking at the report, the children were not even old enough to see the film. most of those kids were under 15. the films were 15 and above. the fa ct 15. the films were 15 and above. the fact that they have run and shows in that film as the scapegoat, i think to potentially take numbers around other films that may be in the cinema. again, that‘s extremely bad and blocking some amazing art that has been created by someone from our community. why do you think the link has been made? it is clear, it is a young black guy from south london who has created an amazing film that highlights a lifestyle, but also humanises these people and shows where they may be coming from. the assumption is made that because there are gangster lifestyle is in there are gangster lifestyle is in the film, that it perpetuates the lifestyle of these other young people like going down. if you watch

the film, you realise it does the opposite. and obviously, by this happening, may be people become more aware of it then they might have been because of the fact this has become a news story. you can still see it, odeon are showing it. what would you say to people who may be thinking about this and wondering if it glamorises violence? and i would encourage as many people as possible to go and see it and look at the stories behind people. i can relate a lot to it. i grew up in peckham, camberwell. i was only 19 the first timei camberwell. i was only 19 the first time i stepped into lewisham, and because of that beef, the arguments that ensued between the two neighbourhoods. for the first time we can tell our own stories and share the context behind the stories. i would encourage as many people as possible to go and see it, and see it as a protest against vue

cinemas and other cinemas that have banned it. what is the most important constituent? if you can put it like this, in terms of who would be watching it. kids that might get caught up in the way that you are describing who could see it and see that different narrative or others who might find it educated or educational about areas that they don‘t understand? educational about areas that they don't understand? i would say it is a film for everyone, notjust for the kids, it is amazing for children to see this lifestyle that you think looks great and has been glamorised is not as great as you think it is. and if you want the film, you realise that there is such an empty void which is left when you go down that path. it is amazing for those young people to see at. it is also amazing for the general public to see because i think that the media often portrays young black people from these neighbourhoods in a

specific light. so pa will to watch a film that humanises them and seize their context and humanises them and sees how they went down that path, it is amazing for anyone to see. i would encourage everyone to go to the local cinema and watch it. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. it is movie watching weather out there at the moment. very cloudy indeed. we could see some sharp fund redound pause developing into the south little bit later on. it is a messy story, it will stay cloudy and the best of the brightness will likely be in the far north but the rain is heading in your direction as well. the wind direction comes on the south so we have a mild theme, nine to 12 degrees is the high. another area of low pressure is to

arrive tonight and into tomorrow. this has the remnants of a storm sebastian. so there is little bit more energy in this one and that will bring some rain, sun heavy at times and gale. it and wins particularly on the coast. it will drive its way up to scotland and park itself therefore the remainder of tuesday and at the same time, we will see heavier rain put its way through southern england along the channel coast. top temperatures of eight to 14 degrees. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines... a lorry driver — who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex — has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. staff at almost half of the uk‘s universities begin an eight—day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions, affecting as many as a million students. we genuinely love our subjects, we love what we do, but we don‘t want

to end up doing it forfree or very very poor pay and conditions. the taxi—hailing app uber has been refused a new licence to operate in london. the firm says the decision is ‘just wrong‘ and it will appeal. increased pressure on the government of hong kong after pro—democracy campaigners win a landslide in local council elections. how people orderly and peacefully lined up outside the voting station early in the morning just because they hoped to get a vote, which represented we deserve democracy. two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. it‘s international day for the elimination of violence against women. in france, the prime minister is announcing new measures to tackle domestic violence and tens of thousands of people marched against abuse across the country on saturday.

at least 115 women have been murdered by their partner or former partner in france this year. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, joins us now. hugh, hugh schofield, joins us now. what measures have announced ? hugh, what measures have been announced? they have been 40 or 50 measures but let me give you a couple of examples. there is the notion of the first notion of psychological violence, like coercive control in british law, and a criminal offence of driving someone to suicide. that is obviously aimed at men who don‘t just use physical violence, but psychological violence against their partners. there is a notion that is being introduced in hospitals and doctors surgeries which would allow doctors surgeries which would allow doctors and nurses to go straight to the police orjustice official if they think that a woman has been beaten or abused without asking her permission, which is a breach of the

code of complaint gelatine but it is important because people are saying it is more and more the duty of them to pass that information on. there‘s a setting up of centres around the country for men who show signs of abusing their partners and use violence for the first time to get some sort of treatment or help or education so they can be weaned off what might become a habit. thank you very much. the snp says in the next parliament they will push the uk government to allow for legal drug consumption rooms to be piloted in scotland. the party wants powers over drugs laws to be handed over to holyrood in a bid to tackle what it calls "scotland‘s drugs emergency". we can now speak to alison thewliss who is the snp candiate for glasgow central. thank you forjoining us. say the powers we re thank you forjoining us. say the powers were to be handed over and at the moment there is no indication that they would, but say they were

to be, what would happen with these drugs rooms, because the position of the government in westminster is that for them to operate, it entails those who are actually working in them and those who are using them to actually break the law because they would be in possession of drugs? would there be an amount of decriminalisation? i would would there be an amount of decriminalisation? iwould it would there be an amount of decriminalisation? i would it work with mike what we are looking juicy is that equalisation organisation is taken away so in the misuse of drugs act there is operating and using an those working in. they would feel foul of the misuse of drugs act. the scottish affairs select committee did a lot of research in this and feel that something from the uk government would be enough for those rooms to go ahead and not be at risk of prosecution. in other parts of the world the rooms have been hugely successful in reducing harm in saving lives and that is what we need to remember here because at the

moment, we have an incredibly high drug—related death figures in scotla nd drug—related death figures in scotland with 187 people dying in scotla nd scotland with 187 people dying in scotland last year. it paints a picture of how we need to reduce the risk. how would the staff in the room get hold of the drugs? they would have to deal with drug dealers? they wouldn't know. people are allowed to bring in their own drugs into the facility and staff could intervene for any medical emergency and nobly has died from drug consumption in these rooms anywhere in the world. the snp also supported legalisation of drugs and thatis supported legalisation of drugs and that is more accurately decriminalising of people. people are the heart of this at the moment. right now, people are being deterred from getting help because they will be criminalised themselves. that has led to people dying and shelters and people consuming and other places.

how does —— but how far does the snp go on decriminalisation? we feel there is a lot of you learn from other parts of the world and want a full—scale review of the misuse of drugs because it is completely outdated and it is now causing harm will stop the uk governance have denied over the —— all of the evidence on this issue and evidence around the world is clear that we need treat drugs as a public health issue. what drugs would you like to see decriminalised?” issue. what drugs would you like to see decriminalised? i am open-minded in that sense because in the first instance, we need to pout the room to see how that would work in scotland. the lib dems are saying they would equalise cannabis, with they would equalise cannabis, with the snp equalise cannabis or other drugs? we are open to discussing which drugs. i don‘t want to be prescriptive about one thing or another because there is a wide spectrum out there of drugs. we

support very much the medical use of cannabis and criticise the uk governance for dragging its heels on this and it is still very difficult forfamilies who this and it is still very difficult for families who need to get cannabis for medical use to get their hands on that type of thing. it is very special subscriptions —— prescriptions being offered. there are people with multiple cirrhosis and cannabis would be hugely beneficial at the moment. why not do the same as the lib dems then? because winter look at all drugs rather than just one drug or another drug. that is why we need to look at the misuse of drugs act and go from there. there are other drugs like synthetic drugs and we need to be clear about how we manage our situation. what is clear at the moment that the misuse of drugs act is completely out of date and not working for people at all. it is comprising people, causing harm and death more often than not in scotla nd death more often than not in scotland for an ageing population of

drug users who need to be helped and protected rather than criminalised. it is that ageing population where we see the most deaths at the moment and where we see the greatest help even to those people if they were able to come in for medically supported drug use and supported by medical staff and be able to stabilise their lives in a way which would allow them to survive into the future. at the moment, what is happening is people are not able to access that level of help, that entry—level that drug consumption rooms provide for people to come in, be safe, warm and perhaps as you can see from the picture behind me of glasgow, it is raining and cold and people are incredibly vulnerable if they are taking drugs outdoors in these kinds of weather is rather than a place where they can be safe. thieves have targeted one of europe‘s most famous collections of baroque treasures, the green vault in dresden in eastern germany, getting away with jewellery estimated to be worth around £800 million.

the collection includes a huge sapphire given by the russian tsar, peter the great. joining me now from berlin is our correspendent damien. while, damien, a huge hall if that figure is correct of nearly! billion euros. how did they get in, ? what happened ? billion euros. how did they get in, ? what happened? it seems they took out the electricity by setting fire to an electricity provider under a nearby bridge. they then climbed through a very small window which had bars in front of it, they managed to somehow remove the bars, get through the window, apparently it was a small window quite high up, to people talking about two rather small perpetrators, and it was also that break in by two perpetrators it

seems was filmed by cctv footage. a security camera caught them. an alarm went off, this all went happened —— with this all went off at 4:59am in germany. within five minutes, police had arrived at the museum, the perpetrators had already gone, police has said probably back through the window because it would have been the only way in and out and avoided security guards. and they made off with large amounts of jewellery. as you say, this is unique, these are unique pieces from the 18th century, many of them having belonged to very famous european royal personalities. including peter the great as you say, and when asked about the value of this theft, one of the museum officials said that it was very hard to say how much they cost. you can‘t sell them, they are far too famous. on the market, you can‘t even give them a value because they are impossible to sell. secondly, there

is the material value which is impossible to gauge because there is no market value for such famous pieces, but also there is a greater value to the history and heritage and culture of germany and this particular region around dresden. anyone who has been here will have seen or gone past this area where the museum is. it is one of the old est the museum is. it is one of the oldest in europe and this whole area in the centre of dresden, the historic centre, is world—famous for these unique collections, particularly of jewellery. that these unique collections, particularly ofjewellery. that is why this theft is such a shock really to people in germany and particularly to people in that region around dresden. we will get more reaction no doubt later. thank you for updating us. now time for all the business news. as we‘ve been hearing this morning uber has been stripped of its licence to operate in london.

it has 21 days to appeal this decision and will continue to operate during this period. about 45,000 drivers work for uber in london, and if its licence is ultimately rejected all of them could lose theirjobs. luis vuitton is set to buy tiffany for £12.5 billion. lvmh is the world‘s largest luxury goods company and with this purchase of the us based jeweller it will have an even bigger share of the sector. lvmh‘s billionaire owner, bernard arnault said that tiffany had an "unparalleled heritage" and fitted with its other brands, louis vuitton and bulgari. tsb is set to close 82 branches next year, reducing network from 540 to 454. the spanish—owned bank said that three quarters of customers will be digitally active over the next three years. closures will cost the bank £180 million but designed to save £100 million by 2022. it‘s estimated that 300 to 400 jobs will be lost.

we‘re in black friday week and at the moment you might find that you‘re bombarded with promises of massive discounts. an estimated £8 billion will be spent over the eight days up to and including black friday — but deals may not all be what they seem. bangor university‘s consumer psychology lab looked at just how we‘re influenced — and how to avoid being duped. joining me now is dr caroline bowman at bangor university. what tricks do retailers use in store and online? good afternoon, the research at bangor university has shown us three main ways that retailers can capture us. first is by marking an offer as special. when an offer is marked as special. when an offer is marked as special it gives us a really trustworthy short cut telling us information about that product. that gives us information and we have seenin gives us information and we have seen in the research lab that people are faster to choose products that are faster to choose products that

are marked as having a special offer associated with them. secondly, we know that if retailers create a sense of urgency by saying that a sale will be over very quickly, a flash sale or 24—hour sale, it can make consumers impulsive and incentivise them to make that purchase. as humans we don‘t like to feel a sense of loss and that can really incentivise our behind behaviour. thirdly, retailers can connect with us in terms of our need for social connection and do it in several ways. they can send is very personal e—mails that usually have oure—mail personal e—mails that usually have our e—mail addresses. they can advertise on social media and thirdly, they spend a lot of money investing in very expensive advertising campaigns and tell us a story with a compelling character. these different strategies go to build a retailer‘s brand and helps us create a relationship with that brand and it gives us another short cut to say that this product is trustworthy and it is something that

we have a relationship with and therefore should buy. how do we avoid being duped? and in the important thing to know is that what retailers are doing is building an emotional relationship with us. we have to try to be really aware of that. number one is having aware of that. number one is having a awareness of what retail is are doing. we want to push it into our consciousness. if you are not sure that that offer is really special, use a calculator. it sounds really simple but it will give you a bit of good advice about whether the decision you are making is a good one. we are also susceptible to emotional strategies when our brains area bit emotional strategies when our brains are a bit exhausted or depleted. so avoid shopping when tired or hungry. this can be a particular problem if it is later played and shopping online. thirdly, unsubscribe from retailers‘ e—mails for sure because that can really draw you in on a personal level and begin to think

about why should be protected to particular brands. only the relationship of that brand? is a cheaper alternative that would serve as good a function in your world? one thing i‘m guilty of is late night online shopping, how do we stop that behaviour? we will all be susceptible to that. you have to be very strict with yourself and if you can make a list and stick to that list then you are less likely to fall foul of spending additional money that you don‘t need to spend. you just to be cautious, turn off the alerts and make sure you are not looking at social media late at night when you have those adverts that are mitral you in. save your shopping for a time when you are your shopping for a time when you a re really your shopping for a time when you are really mentally aware and ready to spend some money. but by being really aware of what you‘re doing. thank you very much indeed. uk meals delivery firm just eat has advised shareholders not to accept

a cash offerfrom prosus — a technology investment firm. it said the proposal was inferior to its agreed deal with takeaway.com to create the largest food delivery player outside china, despite that offer being lower in cash terms than prosus. tesla has received almost 150,000 orders for its new pick—up truck. that‘s despite boss elon musk suffering this embarrassing hiccup at its launch. he was caught out on stage when the windows of the cybertruck shattered during a demonstration supposed to show their durability. frozen 2 raked in almost £100 million in its opening weekeng in the us, beating forecasts and the box office debut of the original. the sequel of the hit disney classic also set a november record for an opening of an animated film. as many parents like me will know, frozen became a phenomenon back in 2013 making just under £1 billion at global box offices. a quick look at the markets and they look a lot more positive because there is hope that the global trade

talks between the us and china are moving along well. hong kong is up as well, probably on the back of the election is going smoothly and burberry, off the back of tiffany and lvmh, it looks very positive as well. the pound is this strong performing currency this week but it is only monday. that‘s all the business news. leaked documents reveal for the first time how china is running a network of high security prisons designed to brainwash hundreds of thousands of people, most of them uighur muslims. china has consistently claimed the camps — in the xinjiang region — offer education and training. but official documents leaked to the international consortium of investigativejournalists and seen by bbc panorama show how inmates are locked up, indoctrinated and punished. china‘s ambassador to the uk has denied the claims. richard bilton reports. this is a journey thousands have been forced to make,

into china‘s internment camps. now we know what‘s happening inside. this document contains orders written for those who run the camps. this is an actionable piece of evidence, documenting a gross human rights violation. this should be sitting, you know, in the files of a prosecutor. in the last three years, china has built hundreds of camps across the remote province of xinjiang. they hold at least a million people, mainly uighur muslims. china says they offer training and they stop terrorism. but the document shows why a superpower is really locking up so many people. make remedial mandarin studies the top priority. encourage students to truly transform. inmates are imprisioned until they change their beliefs, their behaviour, and their language.

it's very difficult, on that scale, with more than! million people in those conditions, to view that as anything other than a mass brainwashing scheme, designed and directed at an entire ethnic community. the chinese ambassador in london refused to answer our direct questions about the camps. good morning. last week, he called a press conference about hong kong, but i wanted to know about the camps of xinjiang. i wrote to you this week, sir, actually about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps, why won‘t you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i have to say there is no so—called labour camps, as you've described, this is what we call vocational

education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of terrorists. with respect, sir, what you‘re telling me, there is no relation to what i‘ve seen. the so—called documents you are talking about is pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people and brainwashing them in camps, and now we know how. richard bilton, bbc news. and you can see more on that investigation on panorama at 8:30pm on bbc one tonight. days of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding across south—eastern france and northern italy. hundreds of homes were damaged in the french cote d‘azur, and a landslide caused a motorway bridge to collapse in italy. rich preston reports.

across the french riviera, normally famous for pristine towns and crystal blue waters, the rains have kept on coming. people have had to abandon their cars and their homes. towns have been cut off after rivers broke their banks. several people have been reported missing across the region. here in the seaside town of cagnes—sur—mer, boats normally moored at sea, dragged onto the street by the water. 100 kilometres away over the border in italy, the extent of the damage is vast. in the province of savona, the water has been unforgiving. this viaduct washed away by a landslide, there were no reports of any injuries. and in venice, the city on the water, is once again under water.

in the famous st marks square, tourists and venetians wading through the tides. these people have suffered weeks of overwhelming water levels, business owners doing what they can to protect their property. this has been the worst month for high tides in venice since records began. pumps constantly on the go, with no sign of them being switched off soon. rich preston, bbc news. taylor swift has been named artist of the decade at the american music awards in los angeles. the singer also won five other awards, including artist of the year. the star took to the stage in a prison—style white shirt, stencilled with the names of the six albums her old label owns. the 29—year—old‘s been invovled in a legalfight to perform her old hits. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it looks highly likely we will close out the month of november pretty much as it began, quite unsettled. there is yet more

wet and at a time some winter weather to come. so for the next couple of days your space for local traffic and travel date is your bbc radio station. for the remainder of the day we have bands drifting their way northwards and cloud and rain around it still on the mild side. nine to 13 degrees. as we go through the evening, there are bands of showers and they will drift steadily northwards and clever spells behind before we see yet more wet and windy weather arriving into the south—west. with the cloud around, it will stay quite mild through the night, overnight lows of eight to 10 degrees. but that area of low pressure could be on the mac and issue in the south—west and it has the remnants of a tropical storm, sebastien, mixed up in it. that means it has a little bit more energy so a little bit more force as

it brings that rain across the south—west and we will see gusts of wind, 40 to 50 miles an hour and met office warnings remain in force and the wet weather will continue to push its way northwards across northern ireland, northern england and moving its way across east anglia with a trail of more persistent rain arriving into the south—east little bit later on. by the end of the day, that rain will be parked across southern scotland and again, that could cause some issues as well. tuesday is a bit of a messy story. but again it stays mild, nine to 14 degrees the high. as we move into wednesday, that low pressure continues to push its way steadily eastwards and the fronts will continue to bring some rain at times. we could see heavy rain and stronger winds across in england for a time, those frontal systems continue to bring wet weather across north—east england and scotland. the best of any dry weather out of the west and again it stays dry and mild. the winds are set to change direction and we lose that mild

southerly but we dragged a return of a northerly flow so the milder air —— cold air arrives for the weekend and that will have a noticeably big impact in the story. drying for many 01:59:13,404 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 but noticeably colder. take care.