you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's ham and these are the main stories this morning... the chief rabbi condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questionsjeremy corbyn‘s fitness to lead. labour says its committed to driving it out of the party former conservative deputy leader michael heseltine urges voters to back the liberal democrats or independent mps to stop boris johnson's brexit. i'm here in milford haven in west wales — a marginal constituency at the last election — as we continue our tour of the uk, gauging the mood of voters this time round. anti—lgbt equality teaching protests are permanently banned from outside anderton park primary school in birmingham.

the un says countries will have to increase carbon—cutting ambitions five fold if the world is to avoid dangerous levels of climate change. and a warning thatjust one in 20 black friday deals are genuine consumer group "which?" says the annual shopping event is "all hype". good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. anti—lgbt equality teaching protests have been permanently banned from outside anderton park primary school by a judge at the high court in birmingham. the ban handed down at the civiljustice centre has been opposed by protesters along with

interim ban. let's get the very latest. first of all, take us back a bit and remind us of the background to this, what has been happening? there have been protests in a number of schools across the country from people who say that some teaching in primary schools particularly about diversity featuring same—sex couples talking about issues about transgender have talking about issues about tra nsgender have effectively talking about issues about transgender have effectively been in breach of regulations. some have had loud and quite vocal demonstrations outside schools, particularly a primary school in the east of birmingham this year. there were regular protests that happened almost every day. usually a dozen or so almost every day. usually a dozen or so people occasionally several hundred people with people shouting all kind of things as children went in and out of school with their

birmingham city council sought an injunction which regulated the protests a nd injunction which regulated the protests and move them further away. people organising them appealed against that, this is what the hearing has been about. they have lost, they said it was unlawful and that means that the justice says the injunction can continue to regulate the protests and keep them further away from school, the school itself we will be hearing a statement from. they hope they can move on from the protests that have really affected and not just about school but protests that have really affected and notjust about school but other schools across the country as well. and this is all unfolding, but as you say, very strong feelings on both sides as this. has there been any more reaction yet? we will also hear a press conference from the people who wear the defendants in this case as well, not long after we hear from the school and the council. these are some of the things that the justice and the council. these are some of the things that thejustice said.

the allegation that the parents and protesters were saying was that they we re protesters were saying was that they were promoting a gay lifestyle in some of the teachings to children as young as four. he said it is simply not the case, it is that the school does not seek to promote homosexuality, it we'ves the language of equality. he said that the school's teachings and the whole equality programme had been com pletely equality programme had been completely misrepresented. i don't know if you remember five years ago there was the so—called trojan horse affair in birmingham where lots of school came under pressure from pa rents school came under pressure from parents and governors to try and introduce a more religious islamic ethos into the schools. anderton park primary school was one of these schools that came under the pressure and successfully resisted so that the head teacher then and now has described the situation as toxic and threatening and i am sure she'll be

glad that at least she has won the legal battle, whether or not it means the end of the protests, that something that we will have to see. thank you very much. britain's most seniorjewish leader — the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis — has intervened in the general election campaign, condemning what he says is the labour leadership‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism and questioning ifjeremy corbyn is fit to lead the country. writing in today's times newspaper, he says "a new poison — sanctioned from the very top — has taken root" in the party. mr mirvis says "the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety" at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding, "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake". today, the archbishop of canterbury — head of the church of — reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement "ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fear felt by many british jews".

the intervention comes on the day that labour launches its race and faith manifesto, which aims to improve protections for all faiths and tackle prejudice. the party insists it's committed to driving out anti—semitism. let's go now to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is at that labour event in north london today. this has rather overshadowed the ma nifesto this has rather overshadowed the manifesto launch? it is not just manifesto launch? it is notjust the timing, it is the nature of the intervention by the chief rabbi. these sort of comments at any chief rabbi. these sort of comments atany time chief rabbi. these sort of comments at any time would be deeply damaging for a party leader, but in the heat ofa for a party leader, but in the heat of a general election campaign on the very day that labour hope to be focusing attention on their policies to counter racial discrimination of any sort or ethnic discrimination or discrimination against religious group, it could not get much worse forjeremy corbyn, but in a funny

way i think many of thejewish community have made their minds up aboutjeremy community have made their minds up about jeremy corbyn and community have made their minds up aboutjeremy corbyn and perhaps the comments will not sway them that much. the way they may impact on the election campaign is raising the question of the mr corbyn‘s leadership because the chief rabbi very specifically says that the poison in the labour party has been sanctioned from the top and he deliberately seemed to make this an issue not just about the deliberately seemed to make this an issue notjust about the processes and the procedures of the labour party put in place to deal with anti—semitism, but about mr corbyn‘s handling, or as he so it as mishandling, of the whole saga, raising the question as to whether he is fit to be prime minister. i'll be at the labour party have this morning stressed they have put in place procedures to fast—track complaints, the number of complaints is much less than that that has been claimed by some of the critics. they point out only 0.1% over labour party members have faced any of

these sort of allegations and that mr corbyn himself has been a long—time campaigner against any form of racism. and there was a part by the labour leader this morning from labour peer lord dobbs, a refugee from germany on the kenda transport during the second world warand he transport during the second world war and he suggested the chief rabbi had perhaps gone too far in his comments. i understand there is a lot of pain in the jewish community. i am not quite sure the chief rabbi has not gone a bit too far. i have a lot of respect for the chief rabbi, i have worked with him in campaigning on behalf of child refugees, i worked with the jewish community on behalf of child refugees, so it is very difficult for me indeed to sit here and say i think he has gone too far. but i am sad about that. i think he has gone a bit over the top today. of course, mr corbyn will be challenged after the formal launch of the race and faith report, but it is hard to think he would say anything that would allay the

criticism or reassure thejewish community is that because this has been going on so long, four years, and there have been successive moments where his critics would say he had the opportunity to signal that he was really getting a grip of this and he has failed to do so. so my thinking is that whatever he says is probably not going to put this to rest and there have been some commentators and jewish groups today that have come out in support of the chief rabbi, echoing his comments, among them we heard from the editor of the jewish chronicle stop among them we heard from the editor of thejewish chronicle stopjeremy corbyn said in his leadership debate last week that the labour party had dealt with anti—semitism and that was a straightforward as the chief rabbi said, a mendacious fiction, not the truth. we have a lot from the labour party saying they have dealt with it. ask every single representative body, ask the jewish leadership council, asked the board of deputies, ask the

chief rabbi and they will tell you thatis chief rabbi and they will tell you that is simply not the case was not the problem is that labour cannot be trusted on this, it cannot be believed because its record over the last... i guess the real start of in part of this general election campaign politically is how far it underlines voters' concerns about jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. we know that the conservative party have wanted to make mr corbyn‘s leadership a central feature of this campaign and it has sort of bubbled along as an undercurrent during the course of the election. we have seen some of it during the tv debates and the question time programme where people have challenged mr corbyn and there was a bit of it in his failure to a nswer directly was a bit of it in his failure to answer directly the brexit question, what would you do in those sorts of circumstances? the chief rabbi's comments have ratcheted it up because it is not questioning mr corbyn‘s decisiveness or lack of it,

it is not questioning hisjudgment asa it is not questioning hisjudgment as a leader, really it is questioning his moral authority and credentials to be prime minister. thank you very much, norman. and jeremy corbyn is going to be launching that race and faith ma nifesto launching that race and faith manifesto in about 20 minutes' time. that is where he will be doing it. we will bring it to life. the former conservative deputy prime minister, lord heseltine, has urged members of the party to vote for former tory mps who've had the whip removed and are standing as independents, or for the liberal democrats. speaking after appearing at an event in buckinghamshire last night, lord heseltine said he found it somewhat difficult to advise people to vote against the conservatives, but that voters who opposed brexit should put the country first. although i am a lifelong conservative, member of the conservative party, in this particular context i couldn't vote for my party with their brexit agenda. if you haven't got

an independent conservative, then i would say there is only one party that can actually secure another referendum on the issue and stop brexit — and that is the lib dems. anybody yet to register to vote in next month's general election, has until midnight tonight. government figures show nearly three million people have applied to register in the past month, with more than a third of them under the age of 25. while it might be easy for some people to register, it's not so simple for others. a cafe in bristol has been helping people who don't have the necessary tools to get signed up, whether they are homeless or live in temporary accommodation. let's go live to arnolfini cafe bar, which is run by the bristol beer factory, and speak to the head of operations, domhnaill barnes. thank you forjoining us. what are you doing there? we are trying to facilitate anyone who is without a home, to the

opportunity to vote. we are offering up opportunity to vote. we are offering up the printed out forms to fill in and then we are offering our address if they don't have an address so they can see their polling card and make sure that all of the funds are delivered in time. many people coming forward to do that with you? we have had about 20 people from bristol come to us to register, but we have also had other schemes, of the cafe is and institutions around the cafe is and institutions around the country who have set up similar schemes, so it has been something thatis schemes, so it has been something that is partly public‘s imagination for stop what made you think to do this? i was having a conversation with my mother a couple of weeks ago and she told me that people without a home and not allowed to register to vote and not allowed to register to vote and she suggested that with the people i know in bristol perhaps i would like to do something to resolve for those that are not registered to get registered. so i

didn't know i am talking to you. so you thought and acted. how important is it to you that people exercise the democratic right to vote ? it is absolutely critical to stop i have always voted every election and i believe anyone who has the right to vote to exercise the right. and if there is anything i can do to facilitate people being able to do that, it is hugely important to me, especially given the magnitude of the importance of the election we are about to go into at the beginning of december. you are a campaign it yourself. would you fancy going into politics? i have toyed with the idea several times andi i have toyed with the idea several times and i have never quite made that final step but i think given the impact i have had, maybe today is the catalyst to make that step. so what issues are you concerned about? i think the largest issue is brexit, but there are other things as well, certainly what i have discovered speaking to the people we have helped to register, they have

massive problems around unemployment, housing, social housing, mental health care, huge number of issues facing the country soi number of issues facing the country so i don't think this election should just boil down to brexit, but we need to consider all of these issues around that and this is why it was so important for people to go out and cast their vote. thank you very much forjoining us. here's the key information you need on how to register to vote. everyone on the electoral register aged 18 or above can vote on election day. you can register to vote on the government website. you will need your national insurance number, date of birth and your address. the deadline for registering to vote in this election is one minute to midnight tonight — the 26th of novermber. students can be registered to vote in two areas — their home and university address. but they can only vote in one location. people working, on holiday, or away from home on election day can vote by post or proxy, which means nominating someone

else to vote for you. as part of our coverage of the election, we're going to be bringing you coverage from some of the key battle grounds, and answering the burning questions you have about the major issues. today, we're bringing you coverage from pembrokeshire and at 12:30 we're going to be speaking to the bbc wales political editor, felicity evans, about welsh politics. please do get in touch if you've got something you'd like to ask. you can contact us on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk the headlines on bbc news... the chief rabbi condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questions jeremy corbyn‘s fitness to lead. anti—lgbt equality teaching protests are permanently banned from outside anderton park primary school in birmingham. conservative peer michael heseltine urges voters to back independent mps or the liberal democrats to stop boris johnson's brexit.

and in sport... new zealand captain kane williamson says he will apologise in person tojofra archer for the "horrific" racist abuse the england bowler received from a fan during the first test. the 0val will host the opening game of cricket's new 100 format. the 0val invincibles will face the welsh fire live on the bbc injuly next year. steve bru ce's return to villa park didn't quite go to plan, as his newcastle united side lost 2—0 to aston villa. the result moves villa out of the relegation zone and just a point behind newcastle. i'll be back with more on those stories after half past. throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today my colleague simon mccoy is in

milford haven, in pembrokeshire. simon. thank you very much. a very blustery and windy milford haven. today, we're in milford haven, which is in the preseli pembrokeshire constituency in south—west wales. this seat has been held by the conservatives since 2005 and is bordered by three other constituencies — one conservative, and two plaid cymru. labour held this seat — or versions of it — from 1992 until 2005. the conservatives have held the seat since 2005, but in 2017 they got a majority ofjust 314, with labour in second place. and plaid cymru took neighbouring ceredigion from the liberal democrats in 2017 byjust104 votes. it underlines how tight things are here. wales is a nation that voted

for brexit, but beyond that, what are the other issues on voters minds? here's our correspondent hywel griffiths in the coastal town of fishguard. folk night in fishguard, a welcome distraction from the sound and fury of the election. this western corner of wales can feel far from westminster. the decisions made there aren't always in tune with life here. issues like health and education are devolved to the welsh government in cardiff and so aren't on the ballot, but there's plenty the mps can do. 0llie wants them to help small rural businesses. i think that'd have a bit of a shock if they came down and sort of spent an evening in fishguard. it's a lot different to the rat race up there. you know, in the winter, some nights we'll sell two or three meals and that's the dark times, that's the hard times. you've got to work hard in the summer to make enough money to carry you through the winter. at this time of year, the coastline can feel dormant. there's less money flowing

around and, as in many parts of the country, there are more deep—rooted concerns. wales has higher levels of poverty than the rest of the uk — and rising child poverty. homeless or struggling to find places that they can afford to live, the number of people sleeping on the street has risen horribly and ijust think it's appalling. inevitably, there is another issue playing on many minds. concerned about brexit, obviously. bamboozled by the brexit thing. brexit, ooh, i don't know. there's no getting away from the "b" word. brexit could mean the sea off this coast becomes the new european union border. like most of wales, this constituency voted to leave the eu. and that would have a direct impact right here on all the cars and lorries that roll on and off of these ferries every day, twice a day, on the customs officials, with all their forms to fill, and on the local businesses, who import and export

to the european union. farmers in particular are worried by the uncertainty. brexit could mean facing new tariffs and the end of decades of financial support from the eu. 80% of welsh farmers rely on that subsidy payment at the moment in order to keep food cheap. that's the concept behind it and we have milk products that go to europe as well, so that would impact on us here as well, as a dairy farm. the brexit debate has changed how some people vote. this election could see more switching sides, making marginal seats like this one even more finely balanced. hywel griffiths, bbc news, fishguard. joining me now is bbc wales political editor felicity evans and science editor david shukman.

felicity, this is very much a focus for labour because they have got quite a lot to defend across wales. you are bang on. labour's resilience in wales and governance is remarkable is that if you look at the last 26 general elections, labour has topped every poll in wales. and in 2017, they won 17% of these seats, so they have got a high threshold to defend. and wales voted for brexit on a bit is that the overriding issue here? i think brexit is a big issue in wales and we see the conservatives hammering that brexit message, boris johnson when he visits as part of the push against labour. but it is not the only issue and i think the public services issue, the cuts we have seen, that is the sort of thing labour are talking about. devolution, the devolved government, that complicates things a bit for voters. yes, when people hear, promises

being made in manifestos, more nurses 01’ doctors are “— being made in manifestos, more nurses or doctors are —— that does not apply to wales because it is won by the government and scrutinised by the assembly and mps have no control whatsoever over such that it makes things such as staffing levels. it is another layer of complexity to get to grips with. david, you had me in tears when i was watching on breakfast because you were saying you felt wondered. election after election, i have been covering this brief, i have been required. this has been different, whether it has been the david attenborough effect, i think more robust science about climate change, all of these things seem to have awakened public interest and that seems to have been cottoned onto by

the parties as well. we mentioned extinction rebellion, there seems to be now, particularly in young people, that they are not more interested but more are keen to get involved in environmental issues that perhaps our generation... definitely and that is partly because of a new scientific report that came out in the last 12 months that came out in the last 12 months that suggested that climate change was not some distant problems for future generations but was actually happening not only now but very impactful and severe in the coming 20, 30 years. but for a young person, thinking, i am going to grow up person, thinking, i am going to grow up intoa person, thinking, i am going to grow up into a world with a more hostile climate really resonates. felicity, we saw in the report the ferry terminal, brexit will be an issue there. is there a sense that labour, the lib dems, the tactical voting will play a part because of

the brexit stance? i think the brexit stance? ithink in the brexit stance? i think in marginal seats, we are likely to see attempts at tactical voting and as well as the individual voters trying to take control as it we re voters trying to take control as it were by trying to decide what best suits their strategy with who they wa nt to suits their strategy with who they want to see come out on top, there is also the party politics and the manoeuvring going on there. for example we know the brexit party is not standing in the eight seeds that the conservatives won in 2017. we know that the remaining alliance, plaid cymru, the greens and labour have farmed packed in 11 out of the 40 have farmed packed in 11 out of the a0 welsh seats which means they will stand back for each other in those seats. certainly we are seeing manoeuvring at different levels to try to influence the results. and when we talk about devolved government, it is all about money, isn't it? public finances, how big an issue is that? the end of austerity or not? this is something that the welsh

labour leader talks about a lot. he says that the amount of money the welsh government has been given to spend over the last year, of the last ten years has been diminishing in terms of what they need, in terms of the demands on services, so when things like the performance of the nhs and things like that come up, thatis nhs and things like that come up, that is the criticism that he then tries to level at the government at westminster because of what is the relationship between welsh labour and national labour? the tories had a disastrous beginning in terms of wales because they lost the welsh secretary. yes. they have been pretty much leaderless, the conservatives, because they lost alun cairns at the beginning of the campaign. however i think it is fair to say they have been riding on the coat—tails of the national campaign and a lot of voters in wales consume london based media so that is something i think

that hasn't damaged them a great deal. also because they haven't the start of the campaign, there are time for voters to forget about it. welsh labour does try to give itself a distinctive brand but it is not a separate institution in the party, there we have seen mark drake that reposition the party to be more remain focused and jeremy corbyn. driving by a lot of wind turbines, the nature of energy is crucial. just out through the window across the haven there, you have got an oil refinery, a gas terminal. this is a fossil fuel rich little corner of we st fossil fuel rich little corner of west and wales and that is why any discussion about climate change will be things difficult because how do you transition from the jobs, all of the economic benefits tied up in fossil fuels transition to a greener economy? that is the question. looking at other parts of the world going through it, the coal rich

poland, it is extremely difficult, takes lots of careful planning and support for people, education, retraining is key, but there are opportunities. there is the wind, a long coastline. we are hearing it now! lots must about throughout the day. thank you. felicity, you are taking the questions and answers a little later. looking greatly forward to it. we will be back throughout the day and will be live from here from two until four. thank you very much, simon. the un is warning that the world needs to slash emissions of greenhouses gases by 7.6% every year for the next ten years or miss the chance of getting back on track towards the goal of the paris climate agreement. the annual report has found that carbon emissions are currently rising year on year and says there is "no sign" of emissions peaking soon. developed countries are now being urged to act immediately.

i've been speaking to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath, who has looked at the findings of the report. for the last decade, emissions have been going up about 1.5% every year, so there is no sign of them slowing down. so they haven't been...? they haven't been cut at all. this report is like a school report on how the countries are doing. they are all doing pretty poorly. they have all made great promises, but the action at the moment is a little slow. yes, there are lots of unconditional pledges, aren't there? which means there are no sanctions if countries fail to meet targets. this is one of the big problems of the paris climate agreement that countries were able to come to the table and put on the table what they themselves felt was appropriate for them. that meant everyone signed up to it, including the united states. but a lot of countries, and big three ones — russia, turkey and india — put promises on the table that they are going to over—exceed, they are going to beat these promises to cut back carbon by 15%.

and the un says in their report today that is because they set really low targets themselves in the first place. so the big problem with the paris agreement is that, as you say, every country sets its own rules and then there is really no real way of bringing that together. that is one of the real challenges that this report exposes today. so if global emissions are currently going up, they are not being cut at all, what would it look like, what would it take to get to a 7.6% cut every year for the next ten years? it would require a kind of change we have not really experienced except in extreme circumstances. so, for instance, with the collapse of the soviet union happening in the 1990s, in that year you had a reduction in russia of about 7%. in the great financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 in the us and japan, you had reductions of about 6% for a few months. not for much longer than that. what the un is talking about is the whole world, everybody would have to reduce their emissions by this number over the next ten years to have a fighting chance of staying under the 1.5 degree target, and that is the number that scientists say is critical for the threshold

of dangerous warming. remind us more about that, matt. why is that threshold, why is that 1.5 degrees so critical? because the scientists have done the analysis and they have looked at this and they have said if we go beyond this then we are looking at increased dangers of more wildfires, increased dangers of storminess, increased unpredictable events, weather events. keeping under it means we have a better chance at keeping the world as we know it. they give the example of coral reefs. they say if temperatures were to rise two degrees in the world, we would lose all of the coral reefs on the planet. at 1.5, we lose 90% of them, but you keep 10% of them. so it is that kind of marginal difference. it makes a big difference in the real world and the scientists have come round to this way of thinking over the last number of years. matt, what is your assessment of the chances of any country, let alone a large number of countries, reaching the 7.6 cut in emissions year on year for the next decade? it is a massive challenge and it is a massive challenge for the uk because next year the uk will be chairing the un climate talks and the un says we have got to get these plans in place

by the end of 2020 and that is very difficult, to see all that now it's time for a look at the weather, with simon. lots of cloud at the moment across the uk, some outbreaks of rain as well and strong when stamped to the south—west, south and west wales as well. this low pressure is the re m na nts of well. this low pressure is the remnants of tropical storm sebastian and it is giving gusts of a0 to 50 mph around the south—west of wales, south—west england, up to 55 mph in the isles of scilly. blustery elsewhere, but rain is moving north into central and southern scotland come into northern ireland. behind that brighter skies but also showers, those particularly heavy across central southern areas and down to the south—east of england. but mild temperatures, about 12 to 14, but mild temperatures, about 12 to 1a, maybe 15 celsius across the south. tonight this low pressure continues to move gradually eastward, still fairly strong winds across the south but with the low

pressure there is more cloud and rain expected to wednesday, especially later in the day across parts of east and north yorkshire and into the north—east of england in general.

hello — this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the chief rabbi condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questionsjeremy corbyn's fitness to lead. labour says its committed to driving it out of the party. anti—lg bt equality teaching protests are permanently banned from outside anderton park primary school in birmingham. former conservative deputy leader michael heseltine urges voters to back independent mps or the liberal democrats to stop boris johnson's brexit. the un says countries will have to increase carbon—cutting ambitions five—fold if the world is to avoid

dangerous levels of climate change. australian police say that missing british man aslan king has been found dead, three days after he disappeared while camping. sport now — and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. andy murray is not one of those sporting superstars who often speaks about his private life, but a new documentary has captured him at some of his most private moments. "andy murray: resurfacing" charts his two year fight back from a hip injury which threatened to end his career. and while it was a very tough time for him — andy murray told me — it also helped him prepare for life after tennis. tennis obviously has been my whole aduu tennis obviously has been my whole adult life but also a huge part of my childhood as well, this is what

i've done since i was a young kid, so when you sorta get to 28, 29 and it looks like you're coming to the end, i think sport doesn't do a very good job preparing athletes for finishing and setting them up for what they're going to do when they finish, but that nice thing about these last six or seven months when i was at home and my pain was gone, i got i was at home and my pain was gone, igota i was at home and my pain was gone, i got a glimpse into what my life would be like without tennis, and i'm so much more relaxed about that now that now that i know that everything will be all good when i do stop. and you can see that interview in full with andy murray in sportsday, here on the news channel, at 6:30pm. new zealand captain kane williamson says he will apologise in person tojofra archer for the "horrific" racist abuse he received from a fan during the first test. new zealand cricket have also said they would apologise to archer as they seek to identify the perpetrator. williamson said, "it's against everything that we as kiwis are about." the second test starts

on thursday in hamilton. the 0val will host the opening game of cricket's new 100 format in july next year. jason roy's 0val invincibles will face a welsh fire side including the likes of steve smith, mitchell starc and jonny bairstow. the match will be one of 10 men's matches along with some live games from the women's tournament. steve bruce's return to villa park didn't quite go to plan, as his newcastle united side lost to aston villa last night. a brilliant free kick from conor hourihane put bruce's former club aston villa ahead. newcastle would have moved up to ninth with a win, but they remain 1ath and just a point ahead of villa. i think we didn't do enough with the ball without it too because aston villa any real threat. we didn't hang onto it enough when we did turn the ball over, and that's what we've been very good at of late, playing on the counterattack but you must

ta ke on the counterattack but you must take care of the ball better than what we did. for half an hour we we re what we did. for half an hour we were too passive, and that's the frustrating thing because aston villa weren't that great either. the world anti doping agency will recommend that russia be banned from all sports for four years. a commmittee investigating violations of doping rules concluded the country should be punished for an alleged manipulaton of test results. it has also been recommended that russia serve a four—year ban from hosting all major international sports competitions. it puts their hopes of hosting matches at euro 2020 in jeopardy. rugby union, and scott wisemantel has left his role as england attack coach. he is the third recent departure from eddiejones's coaching staff. wisemantel‘s contract with the rfu came to an end after england's defeat by south africa in the rugby world cup final earlier this month. jones has already had to contend with the losses of scrum expert neal hatley and forwards coach steve borthwick. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for

you in the next hour. black friday sales start this week and are full of hype but they offer few real deals — that's according to consumer group which? the group found only one in 20 offers are cheaper during this annual sale, and goods can be found either cheaper or available at the same price at other times of the year. here's adam french — consumer rights editor of which?. here's a business correspondent who has been looking into this. so they reckon one in 20 are actually bargains. how they work this out? which have done this for about four yea rs, which have done this for about four years, they looked at 83 popular products, speakers, sound bars, electrical goods which are really a lwa ys electrical goods which are really always very big on black friday, and other home and personal products. and they chose these products not at random, because they wanted to

choose products they could track the prices six months before and six months after. so last year's black friday event, they found only four of those products were actually cheapest on black friday than at any other time of the year. cheapest on black friday than at any other time of the yearlj cheapest on black friday than at any other time of the year. i thought there were rules to stop businesses doing that? which are absolutely categorical that the retailers haven't broken any rules at all. on a couple of those products, for instance, this is involving amazon, john lewis and currys pc world, amazon say the product that which highlighted, and amazon echo second generation which which said was cheaper on at least 38 occasions before black friday, amazon say that is not true. so obviously there will be real bargains out there but you just have to be savvy? there is a

lot of hype about black friday, a lot of hype about black friday, a lot of hype about black friday, a lot of people probably thought black friday was last friday given the blizzard of promotions. and certainly the sales period looks like it's getting longer and longer. black november. but people need to do their research, consumers are increasingly savvy, and know your prices, i think there are some genuine deals. for retailers black friday has completely changed the pattern of christmas spending. it was this event that was imported from the us and why on earth would retailers want to be selling at a discount when they should be bagging sales at full price at christmas? so there will be genuine discounts but consumers have to be savvy. how important are these sales to businesses? as you say, sales are just all year round now. it feels like the high street has been permanently on sale. it is having a really tough time, retail, at the moment. and if you look at fashion... black friday is all about

electricals, people have been waiting because there are black friday deals. when it comes to fashion, august and september were wea k fashion, august and september were weak months, 0ctober you saw a bit ofa weak months, 0ctober you saw a bit of a bounce back, but the retailers they have to be turning all that stock into cash and they know they need to get that share of the spend, so black friday will be really important to kick—sta rt so black friday will be really important to kick—start that spending because if they don't get some spending during the black friday period then there is a mountain to climb in december. so it is important. thank you. let's go back now to simon mccoy who's in milford haven in pembrokeshire — where seats for the election will be closely contested. simon. throughout the general election campaign we have been asking you to contact us with questions that you would like us to answer. quite a number of you want to know why it's not compulsory to vote in elections here in the uk when it is in more than a dozen

other countries around the world. 0ur correspondent ben hunte is in the marginal constituency of preseli, pembrokeshire, in west wales where he has been trying to find some answers. pembrokeshire in november. this is a key marginal. last time around, the mp here won byjust over 300 votes. but more than a quarter of people who were eligible to have their say, didn't. so the question is why isn't it compulsory to vote, like in australia? in order to answer this question, the best place to start is for me to call our correspondent on a sunny beach in australia. hey. hey, ben. it's coming up to the beginning of the summer here in queensland, and just look how gorgeous it is out here. queensland is where compulsory voting was introduced more than 100 years ago, and that's why australia has one of the highest levels of voter

participation in the world. more than 90% of eligible voters cast their ballots in this year's election — notjust because they love politics, it's because if they don't they get hit with a fine of about £12. this brings up a debate here all the time, because people say in a democracy you shouldn't force people to do anything, including vote. # what shall we do with the lovely baby. ..#. here in haverfordwest, mothers and their babies have come togetherfor their weekly singing class. so would they want to be forced to vote? yeah, i think everybody should have to vote. a lot of people have sacrificed so that we have the right to vote, so i think if somebody doesn't use their vote that's a real shame. if it was compulsory, i think that would be a really good idea. you'd get a much better idea of what everybody wanted, and then you wouldn't get people whinging about the outcome when they haven't been to vote in the first place. actually, all of the mums we spoke to liked the idea of compulsory voting. however... you could say it's exciting,

in the sense that there is a lot at stake, right? this expert doesn't think the system will change any time soon. we don't have compulsory voting here, primarily because the big parties have never gotten behind it, right? but i think there's a reason for that, which is that it would be quite costly in some ways to introduce — you'd have to set up this whole system of monitoring, you'd have to be able to fine people. it's likely that you'd just be forcing people who were disengaged to turn up and mark a piece of paper, and would that really represent an improvement in british democracy? in this rare december election, we'lljust have to wait and see what the turnout is like. ben hunte, bbc news, pembrokeshire. so that's one question people are asking. we will be taking more of your questions here in milford haven at 1230. lots of you are already asking questions, but get them in.

your questions answered is the hashtag, and you can also e—mail us. a lot of you are asking why we are not outside. the answer is, we are still suffering the tail end of a tropical storm. it means it's best not to stand out in the howling gale out here. and please don't worry about the crew, they are cuddled up inside in the warm. that is how it rolls if you're a presenter on the bbc! we will be back from milford haven a little later. now, back to you, joanna. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: the chief rabbi condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questions jeremy corbyn's fitness to lead. anti—lg bt equality teaching protests are permanently banned from outside anderton park primary school in birmingham. conservative grandee michael heseltine urges voters to back independent mps

or the liberal democrats to stop boris johnson's brexit. i'm egon cossou, with your money news. don't believe the hype! that's the message from which, when it comes to black friday deals. the consumer group studied last year's sales event — and says 95% of goods were the same price or cheaper at other times of the year. retailers say they're not misleading us. de la rue — the company that prints our banknotes — says there's a chance it could collapse if its rescue plan doesn't work. the company prints about a third of the world's currencies, and has sustained big losses overseas. it says the warning is a worst case scenario. companys are being banned from marketing high risk minibonds to ordinary punters. the city watchdog says too many people have been tempted by the higher than average returns

on these bonds — and lost money. it's worried non specialist investors don't undersatnd how risky these minibonds can be. we've just seen the biggest stock market launch this year. it's in hong kong and it's by the chinese ecommerce giant alibaba. the company has huge sales in china — and it's expanding around the world. its annual singles day event raised around £23 billion a couple of weeks ago. that's got investors excited. they pumped almost £9 billion into buying the company's shares. let's go to our asia business hub and karishma vaswani. the company already trades shares in new york, why this launch in hong kong? alibaba says the reason is because it wanted to raise a new round of funds from in particular the mainland chinese market and

investors out here in asia. and certainly we saw appetite for the shares from those sorts of investors today. the share pricejumped some 7% on the first day of trade, so really underlining the fact that many people out in this part of the world, and in particular mainland china where the company makes more than two thirds of its revenue, really quite keen to snap up these shares. is this a sign of confidence in hong kong despite all the turmoil? i think certainly that's what the ceo of the hong kong stock exchange would like people to believe, and at the listing ceremony that alibaba had on the floor of the hong kong exchange earlier today both alibaba hong kong exchange earlier today both aliba ba and hong kong exchange earlier today both alibaba and the hong kong exchange officials were saying this isa exchange officials were saying this is a really good symbolic gesture of support for hong kong as an international financial centre. support for hong kong as an internationalfinancial centre. but you are right, with a backdrop of political protests that have gripped

hong kong for the last few months, it doesn't seem like ideal timing, and at least one fund manager has said to me that if alibaba had waited till next year, perhaps, when things had perhaps calmed down, they may well have got a big —— bigger valuation. there is also a suspicion that the chinese government put pressure on alibaba to list at this time to help shore up support the hong kong's reputation. when i put that question to alibaba the company said this decision was purely financial and completely based on commercial decisions. speaking of, said the compa ny‘s commercial decisions. speaking of, said the company's expansion, do you think they are closing in on a time when it will become a household name in the west? i think it is known quite well around the world, certainly in these parts, and the ambition to alibaba has always been to expand many of its digital offerings, things like digital payments, artificial intelligence, for instance, outside of china. but it hasn't been all that successful,

evenin it hasn't been all that successful, even in south—east asia. and certainly in the us. 0ne even in south—east asia. and certainly in the us. one of the big factors of why they haven't been so successful in the us is of course the increased scrutiny of chinese companies recently because of the us china trade war, and there has also been a suggestion that one of the reasons why alibaba is looking to list its shares in hong kong is because it is a convenient fallback plan should the trump administration crackdown even further on chinese companies in the us. they have this foothold in hong kong which serves asa foothold in hong kong which serves as a very good back—up plan. alibaba however has consistently said that the us is their primary listing market and they are very committed to the us. i'll be back in about an hour. albania has been struck by its most powerful earthquake in decades. an least 13 people have been killed and more than 300 received medical treatment. the epicentre was just north

of the city of doo—rez but tremors were strong enough to send some residents of the capital tirana rushing into the streets. the quake hit shortly before aam local time when many people were sleeping. albania's defence ministry says one man died after jumping from a window in panic. here's alice taylor, a journalist in tirana, who was sleeping when the quake hit. i was sleeping this morning and i woke to the entire room shaking. it was terrifying. my daughter was in her crib next to me and i immediatelyjumped from the bed to take her from the crib. it went on for what seemed like forever. between 20 and 30 seconds. after it stopped, we got our things and we left and joined what seemed like the entire neighbourhood in the street outside and we headed to a nearby coffee shop, where we felt a series of after—shocks. i think there were about six or seven after—shocks over three on the richter scale. when we thought it was safe

to go home, we went back and there was another earthquake which shook the house very strongly. so we have left the centre of tirana because we are concerned about damage to the properties around us, the cracks in the walls of our houses and neighbouring buildings. bits of masonry on the floor, things like this. it was an extremely strong earthquake which went on for a very long time. the thing is, a lot of these buildings are not designed to withstand a shake of that magnitude. although albania is in an area of high seismic activity, to have earthquakes of above four on the richter scale is very rare. we had one in september which was 5.6, i believe, and that was the strongest we have had in decades. this is a whole new level. a growing number of children arejoining the high iq society mensa. in five years, the number of those aged 11 and under has increased by more than half, from under 200 to 319. and the number of

under—18s is also up. getting in puts your iq in the top 2% of the population, but how much of it is about making the parents proud ? bbc asian network's anisa kadri has been looking into it. jiya vaducha practices her piano every day, but it's not every day an 11—year—olds can say they got the maximum mark of 162 on the mensa test. when i went into the room to do the test, i kind of got in a bit late. but i looked around and everyone was so much older than me, and i got a bit worried, like was i in the right place, was i supposed to do this? but when the test came i just did my best and it turned out that i did pretty good. having the vaducha name in mensa makes us feel immensely proud. more than 300 people aged 11 and under are members of the high iq society, a rise of over 50% in five years, and the number of underage teams is also up.

—— under 18s. butjiya's parents say, for them, parental pressure doesn't come into it. if your child is bright and you see some traits going on, it's worth giving a go. yes, it's a long two and a half hour test, but it's just a two and a half hour test, and if the results come out fair it will give a huge boost to your child. lynn kendall assesses children under ten and a half. generally people will contact me about their bright spark, and these children will show that they are mensa material because they are always on the go, they are always asking questions, their amazing memory, they can solve problems really quickly... here at the heathland school in west london they prepare children for the mensa exam, and to date more than 120 have got in over the past few years. it could come in useful for my future and it could open up opportunities... it is a massive boost of confidence, especially for year seven is, i think. the worst thing would be that it perhaps should be more tailored towards younger people. that is something british mensa says it is working on.

as this school prepares more children for the test, the society says it has got better at putting on events that cater for its growing younger membership. anisa kadri, bbc news. firefighters in california have rescued a seal pup from an underground garage. the baby northern fur seal was found wandering around in redwood city. he's been named santos by officers from the redwood city fire department who rescued him, and shared this video on social media. he's believed to be just five months old, and was taken to the marine mammal centre nearby for a check—up. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. we have some cloudy skies across much of the uk, some rain moving northwards throughout this morning. all that is linked to the remnants of tropical storm sebastien. it is moving gradually eastwards, but look at the isobars, quite close together in the south—west, strong went here. this is the earlier rainfall, you can see

it pushing northwards into northern ireland, southern scotland, showers behind that. but the wind gusts across the south—west, the next hour or two will see gusts of a0 to 50 miles an hourora or two will see gusts of a0 to 50 miles an hour or a little higher in the isles of scilly. with the rain moving in central scotland. as it clears northwards there will be brighter skies but also heavy showers into central southern england, the south—east of england later. very tricky driving conditions in the evening rush—hour. some tropical warmth, temperatures of 1a or 15, mild for the time of year. through tonight, the low pressure continues to move very gradually eastward, but it keeps things unsettled with more outbreaks of rain into wednesday. still some gale is likely across the english channel coastline. but heavy rain across northern england, particularly towards northern and eastern yorkshire and later up to

north—eastern england. temperatures of 11 or12, north—eastern england. temperatures of 11 or 12, ten or 12 in the north. she was elsewhere. into thursday, a low pressure moves toward scandinavia. as it pulls eastwards, it allows the door to be opened up to some cold air moving in from the arctic, and that will move southwards throughout their stay. it will turn colder as the day goes on. there will still be rain across england and wales, spreading to the south into the afternoon. further north, drier and brighter, south into the afternoon. further north, drierand brighter, some sunshine, but temperatures will drop away, six to eight in the north. still holding on to some of the warmth and milder air in the south, 11 degrees there. but by friday probably all of us have a colder air, soa probably all of us have a colder air, so a pretty cold or even frosty start across northern areas in particular. but lots of sunshine throughout friday, a welcome change to the grey skies and the outbreaks

of rain. temperatures of five to seven, a noticeable drop in those temperatures for the end of the week. it will stay chilly and cold into the weekend as well. more details on our website.

you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories this morning... the chief rabbi condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questionsjeremy corbyn's fitness to lead. labour says it's committed to driving it out of the party. we'll hear live from the labour leader as he launches the party's race and faith manifesto. former conservative deputy leader michael heseltine urges voters to back the liberal democrats or independent mps to stop boris johnson's brexit. i'm here in milford haven in west wales, a marginal constituency at the last election, as we continue our tour of the uk, gauging the mood of voters this time round. anti—lgbt equality teaching protests are permanently banned from outside anderton park primary

school in birmingham. the un says countries will have to increase carbon—cutting ambitions five fold if the world is to avoid dangerous levels of climate change. and a warning thatjust one in 20 black friday deals are genuine. consumer group which? says the annual shopping event is "all hype". good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. britain's most seniorjewish leader, the chief rabbi ephraim mirvis. has intervened in the general election campaign, condemning what he says is the labour leadership's failure to deal with anti—semitism and questioning ifjeremy corbyn is fit to lead the country. writing in today's times newspaper, he says "a new poison sanctioned from the very top has taken root"

in the party. he says "the overwhelming majority of britishjews are gripped by anxiety" at the prospect of a labour victory in the election, adding "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake". this morning, the archbishop of canterbury, head of the church of england, reacted, saying such an unprecedented statement "ought to alert us to the deep sense of insecurity and fear felt by many british jews". the intervention comes on the day that labour launches its race and faith manifesto, which aims to improve protections for all faiths and tackle prejudice. the party insists it's committed to driving out anti—semitism. let's go now to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is at that labour event in north london. which should have started, but they are running behind. why are things delayed? could just be the traffic or it is that team corbyn are working out what to say. to be on i can't think

of anything they can say that will ease the hostility of sections of the jewish community ease the hostility of sections of thejewish community because this whole saga has been going on for yea rs whole saga has been going on for years and i suspect many of the jewish community have got pretty fixed views about mr corbyn, whatever he says today. my impression is that given the statement team are carbon have issued so far, they will point to the fast—track disciplinary process which they say they have put in place. they will reinstate mr corbyn's history is an anti—racist campaignerand corbyn's history is an anti—racist campaigner and point to the fact that the number of allegations they say that relate to very few members of the labour party. at the bottom line is that the row has been going on for years, throughout his leadership, and again and again he has failed to allay the concerns of the jewish community. so has failed to allay the concerns of thejewish community. so in a funny sort of way, whatever the chief rabbi has said today probably will not make that much difference in terms of attitude amongst members of

the jewish community but terms of attitude amongst members of thejewish community but it certainly is deeply, deeply damaging for the labour party in the teeth of an election campaign find themselves thrown onto the defensive over anti—semitism, albeit there have been voices coming out in support of mr corbyn. this morning we heard from lord dubs, a refugee from nazi germany, came over on the kindertransport scheme, defending mr corbyn's handling of the anti—semitism allegations and criticising the chief rabbi for going too far. i understand there is a lot of pain in the jewish community. i am not quite sure the chief rabbi has not gone a bit too far. i have a lot of respect for the chief rabbi, i have worked with him in campaigning on behalf of child refugees, i worked with the jewish community on behalf of child refugees, so it is very difficult for me indeed to sit here and say i think he has gone too far. but i am sad about that. i think he has gone a bit over the top today. 0thers others have been deeply critical and rowed in behind the chief rabbi

first up we had a statement from the board of deputies on a britishjews, saying thatjew board of deputies on a britishjews, saying that jew baiters board of deputies on a britishjews, saying thatjew baiters were protected by the party's opaque and factional disciplinary system. there have been statements from the archbishop of canterbury, and this was the editor of the jewish chronicle. jeremy corbyn said in his leadership debate last week that the labour party had dealt with anti—semitism and that was a straightforward, as the chief rabbi says, that is a mendacious fiction, it is simply not the truth. we hear a lot from the labour party saying they have dealt with it. ask every single representative body of british jews — ask the jewish leadership council, ask the board of deputies, ask the chief rabbi and they will tell you that is simply not the case. the problem is labour cannot be trusted on this, it cannot be believed because its record over the last four years shows that.

we have had some reaction from the muslim council of britain saying the statement highlights their real fear that british jews statement highlights their real fear that britishjews have in britain and in politics today. racism, wherever it comes from, is unacceptable and not enough is being done. they say some politicians have shown courage but many stay silent. he goes on to say muslims are a diverse community and realise different muslims will make up their own minds and who to vote for. but the way the chief rabbi has shared his insights has highlighted the importance on speaking out on the racism we face. as a faith community, we commonly are threatened by islamophobia, it is particularly acute in the conservative party who have approached it with denial, dismissive and deceit. it is abundantly clear to many muslims that the conservative party tolerate islamophobia, allow it to fester in society and failed to put in place

measures to root out this kind of racism. it is if the conservative party has a blind spot for this type of racism. so that is just three from the muslim council of britain and people say it is not right to point the finger at each party, saying they are doing this and trying to deflect combative point is both the parties have got this issue and for the tories, it is is and we have had this strong statement. i think what changes it is that the criticism of anti—semitism in the labour party is particularly personal and directed atjeremy corbyn in particularfor a failure to demonstrate leadership. i think thatis to demonstrate leadership. i think that is what slightly changes the dynamic of the criticism. while it is absolutely true that there has been significant criticism of the tory party forfailing been significant criticism of the tory party for failing to get a grip

of islamophobia, they have pretty much abandoned the specific enquiry into islamophobia that all of the candidates promised, which they are now having a massive general enquiry into prejudice and it a nation was dubbed it is the fact that the anti—semitism claims are so particular and personal to jeremy corbyn and the view of his critics is that he has allowed back into the labour party people who do hold anti—semitic views and that has infected some local constituency parties and that he has been too slow in stamping down on it. in part it is claimed because such individuals from the hard left political background isjeremy corbyn and share his views on palestine and israel. and there is a suggestion that for that reason he has not been sufficiently vigilant in clamping down on it. i think that is what marks out the difference between the two make sense of allegations and in terms of the election campaign, why it matters is because we note leadership, jeremy

corbyn's leadership in particular, is an issue. borisjohnson wanted to bea is an issue. borisjohnson wanted to be a central issue but it has percolated as an undercurrent throughout his campaign. now the chief rabbi's comments have put it right up there in the forefront of the campaign. norman, thank you. we will be back there as soon as lord dubs and jeremy corbyn start to speak. it is running late. we felt they would be speaking at 12:a0pm, but it is all a bit delayed. we don't know if it is traffic issues or why they are thinking about how they might address what is going on with the comments from the chief rabbi. so we will go back there. there singers have been going for some time. a good job entertaining the audience on their waiting for the politicians to arrive a further launch of the labour race and faith manifest of us we be back there as there as soon as the politicians start to speak.

throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting ten parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today my colleague simon mccoy is in milford haven, in pembrokeshire. simon. today, we're in milford haven, which is in the preseli pembrokeshire constituency in south—west wales. it is just the south—west tip of wales. this seat has been held by the conservatives since 2005 and is bordered by three other constituencies — one conservative, and two plaid cymru. labour held this seat — or versions of it — from 1992 until 2005. the conservatives have held the seat since 2005, but in 2017 they got a majority ofjust 31a, with labour in second place. in pembrokeshire, 57% of people voted to leave the eu in the referendum.

and a fun fact for you — the area is home to the cathedral city of st david's, famous for being the smallest city in the united kingdom. it's a nation that voted for brexit, but beyond that, what are the other issues on voters'minds? here's our correspondent hywel griffiths in the coastal town of fishguard. folk night in fishguard, a welcome distraction from the sound and fury of the election. this western corner of wales can feel far from westminster. the decisions made there aren't always in tune with life here. issues like health and education are devolved to the welsh government in cardiff and so aren't on the ballot, but there's plenty the mps can do. 0llie wants them to help small rural businesses. i think that'd have a bit of a shock if they came down and sort of spent an evening in fishguard.

it's a lot different to the rat race up there. you know, in the winter, some nights we'll sell two or three meals and that's the dark times, that's the hard times. you've got to work hard in the summer to make enough money to carry you through the winter. at this time of year, the coastline can feel dormant. there's less money flowing around and, as in many parts of the country, there are more deep—rooted concerns. wales has higher levels of poverty than the rest of the uk — and rising child poverty. homeless or struggling to find places that they can afford to live, the number of people sleeping on the street has risen horribly and ijust think it's appalling. inevitably, there is another issue playing on many minds. concerned about brexit, obviously. bamboozled by the brexit thing. brexit, ooh, i don't know. there's no getting away from the "b" word. brexit could mean the sea off this coast becomes the new european union border. like most of wales, this

constituency voted to leave the eu. and that would have a direct impact right here on all the cars and lorries that roll on and off of these ferries every day, twice a day, on the customs officials, with all their forms to fill, and on the local businesses, who import and export to the european union. farmers in particular are worried by the uncertainty. brexit could mean facing new tariffs and the end of decades of financial support from the eu. 80% of welsh farmers rely on that subsidy payment at the moment in order to keep food cheap. that's the concept behind it and we have milk products that go to europe as well, so that would impact on us here as well, as a dairy farm. the brexit debate has changed how some people vote. this election could see more switching sides, making marginal seats like this one even more finely balanced.

hywel griffiths, bbc news, fishguard. joining me now is dan mills, owner of restaurant martha's vineyard and chairman of the milford haven sense of place board. thank you for having us today. what are the issues at this election? is it all about brexit? i think it is for a lot of people about brexit, we have had if you exciting years of politics, it has been a bit grey and boring as well, you are fed up of brexit, it is the same old people want change, the wa nted same old people want change, the wanted done and move on, they want to hear about changes that will affect their lives on a day—to—day basis. you voted out, a member of the tory party. i just you voted out, a member of the tory party. ijust wonder, give a sense of why in this particular part of wales you are anti—eu where our

other pads and art. i think we can do better on our own down here and there are parts of wales with a huge amount of eu funding poured into them and i think the true labour heartlands, here in wales, we have lived under a labour government for a long time with the welsh assembly, if you are in those areas, you see the funding, here we have seen the decline of the fishing industry, we have seen big industry struggle, we have lost refineries. we have not seen these are part of that others have. and yet you do have a new industry, you have tourism. it is fabulous this particular marina. it has adapted. the trawlers are still here. there are fewer, but it gives a sense of an area not in decline. looking here, there is big areas of poverty, and talking about adapting, thatis poverty, and talking about adapting, that is what we have to do out here.

you mentioned sense of place, that is what we are doing, trying to dig into what this town is about, what is our heritage and tell the story because we can't rely on big business to invest in this area of the stop we need the tourist economy to grow to support us. it isa to grow to support us. it is a complicated election, because with a devolved government, there are issues like the nhs that are devolved where the issues talked about nationally don't necessarily affect the way you will vote here. devolution is a big part of it. generally we have seen where there isa generally we have seen where there is a big national change that filters through because through the formula for all its faults and merits, that means it trickles through from westminster. some say not enough and some say it does not go to the right place but we see the investment come in. it is up to the welsh government how to spend the money, but if we are voting for a national policy, so improved nhs,

more police officers, that does trickle through. who we are as far as you could go west, when you look at northern ireland, the discussions there, the discussions in scotland, is there is sense in wales but nationhood is now something to be discussed seriously? yeah, there is a big dividing line in this part of wales of whether you believe devolution is the right thing, whether being part of the uk is the right thing, and i think like brexit, it is a very divisive subject and it will split families, relationships, and people sit very strongly one side or the other and have a strong view of what they think is the best route. let's end with brexit, as we must, as it seems to be the issue. the slogan to get brexit done, it won't, of course. if borisjohnson gets in,

does it equated out that people are particularly worried about at the moment? it starts a process. we have had three, foul years of this grey politics which means if you are into politics which means if you are into politics has been bland and boring, they want to talk about something else, they are fed up of talking about brexit and bond the politicians —— mag want the politicians —— mag want the politicians to do what they are employed to do. anybody yet to register to vote in next month's general election, has until midnight tonight. government figures show nearly three million people have applied to register in the past month, with more than a third of them under the age of 25. plenty more on the bbc website. and we will be taking your questions with felicity evans, the wales political editor later on bbc news. now back to joanna.

political editor later on bbc news. now back tojoanna. we are going to birmingham fora now back tojoanna. we are going to birmingham for a reaction to the ruling that protests outside a primary school against lgbt equality teaching have been abandoned by a court in birmingham was that i think this is the headmistress of the primary school step thank you to the judge for a very clear way forward. and as ever, as a head teacher of a school and he birmingham school, we will carry on doing what we do, we will carry on doing what we do, we will work with parents, families, the local authority and any new legislation that comes from the dfe and we are particularly thrilled the school has not been criticised in anything but the judge school has not been criticised in anything but thejudge has school has not been criticised in anything but the judge has said. do you feel vindicated that the judge has said...? inaudible we knew it was misrepresented, and that was the frustration. when people say things about you that are

not true, that is very difficult and it has taken us to come to cart comedy high card to clear that up. —— to come to the high court. back in the early days it was utterly horrendous, but since we have had the injunction, things have been much better, not perfect, but much better for stop we are looking forward to moving on with all of this and hopefully with no protest or much quieter protests. do you think you should have had masses apart from the department for education? i think some of the wording and policies was not meant to be a grey area but it has turned into a bit of area but it has turned into a bit of a grey area that we can look at together to help all schools in the future. what message does this rolling sender to the other affected schools? i think the point you mentioned

earlier about information is important because of because parents and teachers has ideas and opinions about all kinds of things and what is important is we discuss those with people and not create untruth and misinformation because that has led to a very long, expensive case and we can all sit around and talk about things that we have all we've done and will always do, so work with schools, leafleting and social media things are very unhelpful. what you now sit down and talk to the parents? we have never sat down —— maggie has never been a time where we haven't sat down with them, so we will continue to do that. inaudible i think what is the case has shown it is the real contrast between what

has always happened at anderton park primary school and what was being betrayed was happening and everyone who works at the school knows what we do it is the strength of our school and it is our ethos and there was absolutely no promotion of any one type of anything because we can't do that, that goes against equality and the equality act. the staff will be over the moon and the families and the children. what we knew we were doing was absolutely correct and that the right way to do it. you have got an mp... inaudible there is now a campaign based on... is there any messages to give to your local mp? i think it is best for me not to say that during this. it has been awful

at times, but today is a very important day and the team are comedy both times we have been to ca rt comedy both times we have been to cart might have been very important because that is when we got the interim job. it has been awful, but my staff are unbelievable and the pa rents a re my staff are unbelievable and the parents are unbelievable. the children of anderton park primary school are incredible human beings and we are a big school and every single person is part of that strength. are you concerned about the threat ofa are you concerned about the threat of a further appeal? iam not of a further appeal? i am not concerned about that, the legal teams can deal with that. inaudible that is difficult to say, maybe ask them. inaudible

iam not inaudible i am not sure we have kept buying the books. we bought some books in order to doctor parents about that. they are still in my office. i buy books all the time but particularly the ones about our se, they are still in my room, part of the consultation. any school buys books and reading books is a huge part of what we do. inaudible .it is inaudible .itisan inaudible . it is an interesting question. i feel calm, happy, iam . it is an interesting question. i feel calm, happy, i am very... . it is an interesting question. i feel calm, happy, iam very... i would like to say a huge thanks to claire evans the deputy head, an incredible human being, our governors, everyone in the school. i am very proud to be part of a birmingham school. inaudible

we have been very supportive, we continue to be spotted, we are delighted with the outcome, it was a complex and difficult area and the teachers have been amazing. we will continue without support. inaudible i cannot predict that. we help —— we are very proud inclusive city. thank you. that was tim 0'neill from birmingham city council and also the head teacher at anderton park primary school, which is where there were protests for some time outside that school impulse basel heath in birmingham by people who were

concerned about the teaching of lgbt equality in the school. and the school and the council have now won an injunction to stop those protests continuing to happen. thejudge in handing down the ruling said the lessons have been repaired —— misrepresented and does not promote homosexuality, it seeks to weave the language of equality into everyday school life. a man charged over a stabbing at manchester victoria station has pleaded guilty to a terrorism offence and three counts of attempted murder. 26—year—old mahdi mohamud, 26, attacked police and commuters at the station last new year's eve. the un is warning that the world needs to slash emissions of greenhouses gases by 7.6% every year for the next ten years or miss the chance of getting back on track towards the goal of the paris climate agreement. the annual report has found that carbon emissions are currently rising year—on—year and says there is "no sign" of emissions peaking soon. developed countries are now

being urged to act immediately. i've been speaking to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath who has looked at the findings of the report. for the last decade, emissions have been going up about 1.5% every year, so there is no sign of them slowing down. so they haven't been...? they haven't been cut at all. this report is like a school report on how the countries are doing. they are all doing pretty poorly. they have all made great promises, but the action at the moment is a little slow. yes, there are lots of unconditional pledges, aren't there? which means there are no sanctions if countries fail to meet targets. this is one of the big problems of the paris climate agreement that countries were able to come to the table and put on the table what they themselves felt was appropriate for them. that meant everyone signed up to it, including the united states. but a lot of countries, and big three ones — russia, turkey and india — put promises on the table that they are going to over—exceed, they are going to beat these promises to cut back carbon by 15%.

and the un says in their report today that is because they set really low targets themselves in the first place. so the big problem with the paris agreement is that, as you say, every country sets its own rules and then there is really no real way of bringing that together. that is one of the real challenges that this report exposes today. so if global emissions are currently going up, they are not being cut at all, what would it look like, what would it take to get to a 7.6% cut every year for the next ten years? it would require a kind of change we have not really experienced except in extreme circumstances. so, for instance, with the collapse of the soviet union happening in the 1990s, in that year you had a reduction in russia of about 7%. in the great financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 in the us and japan, you had reductions of about 6% for a few months. not for much longer than that. what the un is talking about is the whole world, everybody would have to reduce their emissions by this number over the next ten years to have a fighting chance of staying under the 1.5 degree target, and that is the number that scientists say is critical for the threshold

of dangerous warming. remind us more about that, matt. why is that threshold, why is that 1.5 degrees so critical? because the scientists have done the analysis and they have looked at this and they have said if we go beyond this then we are looking at increased dangers of more wildfires, increased dangers of storminess, increased unpredictable events, weather events. keeping under it means we have a better chance at keeping the world as we know it. they give the example of coral reefs. they say if temperatures were to rise two degrees in the world, we would lose all of the coral reefs on the planet. at 1.5, we lose 90% of them, but you keep 10% of them. so it is that kind of marginal difference. it makes a big difference in the real world and the scientists have come round to this way of thinking over the last number of years. matt, what is your assessment of the chances of any country, let alone a large number of countries, reaching the 7.6 cut in emissions year on year for the next decade? it is a massive challenge and it is a massive challenge for the uk because next year the uk will be chairing the un climate talks and the un says we have got to get these plans in place by the end of 2020 and that is very

difficult, to see all that just breaking news. 0ne just breaking news. one of britain's most seniorfemale just breaking news. one of britain's most senior female police officer has been sentenced to 200 hours unpaid work for possessing a child—abuse video. robin williams who served in the police for 36 yea rs was who served in the police for 36 years was sent to the footage by her sister who was trying to raise the alarm. she has also been ordered to sign the sex offenders register for five years. in sentencing, judge said she made grave error of judgment in failing to report the decent video. she said she had a stellar police career. he said it is a complete tragedy you find yourself in the position you now do. she is now on restrictive duties and faces a misconduct enquiry. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomas.

very mild, temperatures around the mid times. higher than average for the time of year. we will keep the miles and damp weather for the next 2a hours. from thursday it could turn colder. at the moment we have this low over us, that is bringing all the cloud. the outbreaks of rain coming in growing going across the country today. there will be some sunshine as well in the south—west perhaps and parts of central england as well. for as long as the low pressure is over us, we will keep the mild weather, keep the rain at times and we will see early in the morning on wednesday temperatures are around ten in the south, six in the north. wednesday itself, again more of the same, relatively mild with rain at times.

hello — this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the chief rabbi condemns labour's handling of anti—semitism and questionsjeremy corbyn's fitness to lead. labour says it's committed to driving it out of the party. former conservative deputy leader michael heseltine urges voters to back the liberal democrats or independent mps to stop borisjohnson's brexit. anti—lg bt equality teaching protests are permanently banned from outside anderton park primary school in birmingham. the un says countries will have to increase carbon—cutting ambitions five—fold if the world is to avoid dangerous levels of climate change. and a warning thatjust one in 20 black friday deals are genuine — consumer group which? says the annual shopping event is "all hype".

time to return to pembrokeshire now, where simon mccoy will be joined by bbc wales political editor felicity evans for your questions answered. which leaves me nothing to say at all because that's exact what is happening. felicity is here with me now. nice to see you again. let's crack on because a lot of people have questions. first, will the government provide wales with grants for infrastructure like we got from the eu, like the swansea bay campus or the valleys? he raises an important question here which is that wales or certain parts of it, including the area where area and now, has had billions and billions of pounds in european aid over the yea rs, of pounds in european aid over the years, the reason for that is west wales and the valleys is one of the

poorest parts of europe. so the money has absolutely played in. there has been a bit? 0ver what happens when we leave the eu and will the be any replacement for that money. so the answer depends on two things, who wins the election and whether brexit actually happens. so assuming that the conservatives when, in that situation they say they'll take it out of the eu at the end of january, and they'll take it out of the eu at the end ofjanuary, and they they'll take it out of the eu at the end of january, and they say they will replace the eu aid with something called the shared prosperity fund, and in their ma nifesto prosperity fund, and in their manifesto they guarantee to match the money that wales has been receiving. but the question over who will continue to do we control the spending of that money is a row that still has to be fought. and that's a big issue here feel very cut off in terms of aid, from the eu particularly. basically, areas like this which are poor, which are below the median gdp of the eu, have been getting the money and there have

been questions over whether the way the money is spent is as effective as it should be in terms of raising areas out of poverty, that is very much a question you can have discussions about. in terms of what replaces it and who is actually going to make the decisions about how to spend it, that will be a row that will go on and on, i suspect. if the conservatives don't when and other parties do, then brexit is slightly more up in the air, so that remains to be seen. next, will play can really work with a jeremy corbyn government? that depends what you mean by work. adam price says he's not interested in formal coalitions but he is prepared to work on a case—by—case basis if the issue is enough but obviously there would be a price for that. very quickly, will the self building custom

house—building act, will wales have a part of that? i had to do my homework on that. keeping me on my toes! as he suggests, housing is devolved so it's in the control of the welsh government, and they announced a scheme earlier this year which they called self build wales, and it will be administered by the development bank of wales which will give people loans to help them build if they meet certain criteria, and if they meet certain criteria, and if there were apparently that scheme will be taking applications within the next few weeks. this is an interesting one, why are nhs waiting times in wales double those in england? a labour led devolved government is responsible for health. yes, and this is a real can of worms. this is a can of worms that she is opening here. for many yea rs now that she is opening here. for many years now there has been a stand—up row that has been bubbling away

between the conservative government at westminster and the welsh labour government in cardiff, whereby the conservative government criticises labour's supervision of the nhs because it says certain waiting times, particularly in a&e and planned appointments, like so far behind england. in other treatment times, the picture isn't so gloomy for wales because cancer treatments for wales because cancer treatments for example, arguably there is a very good story for wales to tell their because there's not much of a difference. the problem with a bold comparison of the two figures is that the demographics of wales and england are very different. wales tends to have a population that is older, sicker, poorer. therefore that puts a lot more demand on the nhs in wales than in england. arguably, a more fair comparison would be to take a region of england

that has a similar demographic to wales and compare those, so if you took the north—east of england for example, the performance gap shrinks considerably. that is not to say of course that the political decisions that are made around funding and policy and all of that do not also feed into performance, i'm not trying to say they don't. i'm just trying to say they don't. i'm just trying to say that actually it's a much more complex picture. and the oecd had much more complex picture. and the 0ecd had a look at this about three yea rs 0ecd had a look at this about three years ago, in 2016, and they compare the performance of nhs in all four nations of the uk, and their conclusions were that there isn't a great deal in it when you take into account all these other factors. though it did make some criticisms of certain aspects of the welsh nhs at that time which it said could be improved. next, when we see election pledges like more doctors, how does this apply to wales, when we were hear about devolved issues? as you mentioned earlier, this is very big

deal in the devolved nations. there are certain deal in the devolved nations. there a re certain really deal in the devolved nations. there are certain really key things that people care about enormously, like the health service, like education, which are devolved and therefore the responsibility of the welsh government scrutinised by the welsh assembly. so obviously when people hear promises from parties of certain figures of nurses or whatever, they relate only to england. and it is up to the welsh government to decide what to do in wales. very quickly, will welsh farmers still be able to export without extra terrace? depends on whether brexit will happen and what the subsequent trade deal is like, if indeed there is one. so we're not sure. thank you. tomorrow, from nine o'clock we will have a special programme bringing together your questions answered and radio five live's your call. as the leader of

plaid cymru takes your questions directly. do get in touch. you can get in touch using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions, by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or texting 85058 — texts will be charged at your standard message rate. that's it for now from milford haven. back to the studio. back to the studio. now, all the business news. in the business news: don't believe the hype! that's the message from which, when it comes to black friday deals. the consumer group studied last year's sales event — and says 95% of goods were the same price or cheaper at other times of the year. retailers say they're not misleading us. de la rue — the company that prints our banknotes — says there's a chance it could collapse if its rescue plan doesn't work.

the company prints about a third of the world's currencies — and has sustained big losses overseas. it says the warning is a worst case scenario. companies are being banned from marketing high risk minibonds to ordinary punters. the city watchdog says too many people have been tempted by the higher than average returns on these bonds — and lost money. it's worried non specialist investors don't undersatnd how risky these minibonds can be. we love our pets, don't we — and we spend a lot making sure they're healthy and pampered. that's good news for the company pets at home. its half year underlying profits have gone up by around 19%, to £a5 million. so what's the tale behind this rise in profits? peter prichard, chief executive, pets at home. you are really bucking the retail

trend, what is your secret sauce, what are you doing that is special? we've had a really strong start to the year. i think there are two key factors, firstly were in the pet market and as you pointed out people in the uk really care about their pets. so it is a strong and resilient market. second, we have been very much focused on bringing everything together for our customers, our vets, our everything together for our customers, ourvets, our groomers, our retail business, and subscriptions, to make pet care really easy. we've been doing this now the last couple of years and i think we are starting to see that it works really well for our customers. i think works really well for our customers. ithink in works really well for our customers. i think in the doom and gloom we see other high street, i think we are demonstrating that by doing things differently and going back to a good old—fashioned focusing on customers it really works. isn't the uncertainty over brexit causing to not spend as much as they would normally on their pets? isn't that a prospect that could damage profits? when i think that brexit i always

ask my cats what they think and they look at me as if i'm stupid and they wa nt look at me as if i'm stupid and they want more food. brexit doesn't really affect our pets and they are very much part of the family. so i think families are very much focused on the things they can influence and think they can't, and clearly the decision will come on brexit come what may. i don't think it will really affect how we feel about our pets and how we act with them. for us, brexit, apart from making sure we have enough stock for our customers, we think it will come and go but our pets will still need what they have always needed. you had a problem with a shortage of vets a little while back, has not resolved itself now? it was because of the number of eu citizens simply going home. i think that has been a problem, that's been a whole problem for the industry. the industry there where uk was not producing enough vets, and it was challenging from people outside the uk to come in. and i'm pleased to say the work

we've done has addressed that. we are expecting it to improve. we are working with vet schools as well and we have developed our own graduate programme, so we have to grow our own talent as well. it is a challenge but i'm pleased to say it is continuing to improve. thank you very much. that's all the business news. the muslim council of britain has accused the conservative party of "denial, dismissal and deceit" over islamophobia. in a statement responding to the chief rabbi's criticism of labour's handling of anti—semitism, the mcb accused the tories of tolerating islamophobia, which was "particularly acute" within it. a broadbrush enquiry into prejudice and discrimination in the conservative party is aptly necessary as is a stand—alone enquiry into islamophobia. the conservative party has an acute issue with islamophobia. it is institutional, it is systemic, it is

widespread, and they need to hold two enquiries to really look to tackle the problem of islamophobia as well as the problem with prejudice and discrimination. the former conservative deputy prime minister, lord heseltine, has urged members of the party to vote for former tory mps who've had the whip removed and are standing as independents — or for the liberal democrats. speaking after appearing at an event in buckinghamshire last night, lord heseltine said he found it somewhat difficult to advise people to vote against the conservatives, but that voters who opposed brexit should put the country first. joining me now is our political correspondent ben wright, who is in scotland. lots to chew over for the conservative party today. there certainly is. an extraordinary intervention by lord heseltine. borisjohnson is intervention by lord heseltine. boris johnson is here, intervention by lord heseltine. borisjohnson is here, he is in

fife, ina borisjohnson is here, he is in fife, in a room upstairs, launching the tory party manifesto for scotland, where the message isn't about brexit, it is on their opposition to a second independence referendum. scotland of course, the majority of voters here voted to remain in the eu referendum, so i don't think it has the same emphasis by the tory party up here as it does south of the border. brexit is certainly featuring today after that intervention by lord heseltine who said that borisjohnson's promise to get a whole new trade deal done with the eu by the end of next year was nonsense. this is what he said. although i am a lifelong conservative, member of the conservative party, in this particular context i couldn't vote for my party with their brexit agenda. if you haven't got an independent conservative, then i would say there is only one party that can actually secure another referendum on the issue and stop brexit — and that is the lib dems.

lord heseltine. he of course had big roles in the governments of margaret thatcher and john major, he a tory peen thatcher and john major, he a tory peer, or was until he had the whip removed earlier this year for saying he would vote for the lib dems in the eu elections. there is no love lost at the moment between he and borisjohnson, they have totally divergent views when it comes to brexit and i'm sure today boris johnson when asked will try to swat it away. that is exactly what michael gove tried to do earlier. the one area where i respectfully disagree with michael is on europe. he has been a long—time advocate of further european integration, he's a believer in the single currency, he wanted us to join the euro, believer in the single currency, he wanted us tojoin the euro, very people there were few people take that view now. and on this particular question, michael i think advised people to vote liberal democrat in the european election. so in that sense he is consistent. i do think he is wrong on this. taking

questions a few minutes ago boris johnson said there was a tight timetable to get the new trade deal in place by the end of next year, which is something he has pledged, many are very sceptical it can be done considering how long these complicated trade negotiations take. i think lord heseltine's intervention really put the pressure on borisjohnson to now explain in the remain of derive his campaign how he plans to achieve that and what he wants to get. thank you. albania has been hit by an earthquake. the tremors were strong enough to send people running into the street. it hitjust before four iam. their the street. it hitjust before four i am. their defence ministry says one man died afterjumping from a window in panic. here is a

journalist he was sleeping there when the quake hit. i was sleeping this morning and i woke to the entire room shaking. it was terrifying. my daughter was in her crib next to me and i immediatelyjumped from the bed to take her from the crib. it went on for what seemed like forever. between 20 and 30 seconds. after it stopped, we got our things and we left and joined what seemed like the entire neighbourhood in the street outside and we headed to a nearby coffee shop, where we felt let's go straight to the launch of the labour party manifesto. thank you. thank you for what you said this morning and for the work you've done all your life to stand up against racism in any form within our society. i first met you in 1983 when i became an mp, and you were

brilliant as an anti—racist spokesperson for the labour front bench and you have been so ever since. alf, thanks very much for everything you've done. applause because your life was formed by the rise of far right extremism, the rise of far right extremism, the rise of far right extremism, the rise of fascism, the rise of anti—semitism in germany, and that is how you made your home in this country and you have made such an amazing contribution to the lives of all of us. alf is an example to so many. it is really fantastic for me to be here in this centre, i knew bernie very well, he was very close friend, and passing was obviously of enormous sadness. many of us were very determined we should get a centre named in his honour, and this is what the bernie grant centre is, andi is what the bernie grant centre is, and i thank all those who have put so much work into it. bernie was representative of tottenham, but was also a representative of the wider

community in britain, the black community in britain, the black community in britain, but also representatives of the interests of many of the poorest countries around the world and their relationship with britain, and his understanding of colonial history in the past was something that he taught an awful lot of people about before his untimely death. and it is appropriate that the bernie grant centre should be here in tottenham of course, but this postcode, n 15 where we are now, is the most diverse postcode anywhere in britain, there are at least 150 different languages spoken in this postcode alone. and i think it is so appropriate that we should be able to launch our race and faith ma nifesto to launch our race and faith manifesto here today. and i am very proud to do that. this document is one that has been produced by us, by the labour party, sadly the whole of the labour party, sadly the whole of the tory party manifesto doesn't mention any of the issues that are included in theirs. not one mention whatsoever. and i thank all the

people that contributed to our race and faith manifesto. 1700 people. —— sent carefully thought out, good views to be a part of our manifesto andi views to be a part of our manifesto and i am grateful to them for all of that. i also thank the choir singing this morning, today that he's gone to wales to do some campaigning, for the work he does as the mp here, and many the work he does as the mp here, and any the work he does as the mp here, and many many others. but in particular, dawn butler, diane abbott and stephen timms for the work they do to be inclusive of race and faith issues in the party, and others. also i'd like to say a big thank you to our international policy adviser for being the pen holder in writing this document.

applause labor is a party of equality and human rights. the race legislation that has gone through the british parliament came with a labour government of 196a in response to the bristol bus boycott which so moved harold wilson and paul stephenson persuaded harold that they had to be legislation on the statute book, and there was, initially it wasn't anything like strong enough, but it has grown ever since. it was labour also that passed the human rights act that set up passed the human rights act that set up the equality and human rights commission. it is labour that has to its very core of the issues of justice and human rights within our society. and i want to lead a government where it is absolutely central to everything that we do. and that we will do indeed! applause but i just say, applause but ijust say, in order to be able to win that election in two weeks' time, people do need to be

registered to vote, so you have until 2359 tonight to register tonight. 0ne until 2359 tonight to register tonight. one minute before midnight. and we will not be promoting the idea in government of voter id, which is actually deterred a lot of people. so i thank all those who have promoted voter registration. it is interesting that the tory party ma nifesto is interesting that the tory party manifesto doesn't mention it at all applause and because this election hinges on many things, but it is the issues of discrimination against black and ethnic minority communities in business, it is about the pay gap, the way in which there is a significant pay gap between minority ethnic communities working in businesses and the rest of the community. it is about discrimination in recruitment, it is about monitoring,

and it is about what i think has become very important, anonymous job applications. so that those who are doing the initial selections for jobs as employers cannot discriminate on the basis of perceptions surrounding somebody‘s name. and that we are determined to do. applause and we will set up a race equality unit in the treasury as well, so that all the economic policies that we are putting forward will be monitored against the effects on different communities to ensure that we are supporting those communities that most need the help an investment that is so important for them to grow. and i recognise that there are... we will leave jeremy corbyn there without launch for now. there is much more reaction coming up there is much more reaction coming up on the one o'clock news. also full coverage of that continues on the bbc parliament channel. and to see a full list of candidates standing in that seat in tottenham,

you can find it on the bbc news website. now time for the weather. it is damp and very mild out there today, temperatures in southern parts hovering around the mid teens, well above the average for the time of year. it will stay pretty mild for the next 2a hours or so with some rain at times. after that it will turn a little colder. at the moment we have a big blow sitting very close to us, just to the south—west of our neighbourhood. this is actually an old dying tropical storm, remnants of it, it originated in the tropics and it sent this tongue of warmth and moisture in our direction. i say warmth, it isn't warm but it's mild. so the low pressure is with us, you can see the hook of rain curling into south—western parts of the uk. it is with us through the course of the day coming bring outbreaks of rain on and off, and that of sunshine in the south—west, then tonight that lowe slowly tracks across more southern parts of the uk, but notice the weather extends

all the way to the north as well, some rain in scotland and these showers are circling the centre of the low further south. and a mild night, frost free, temperatures in southern areas will be around ten on wednesday morning. breezy with showers across the south on wednesday, a period of more persistent rain expected in the afternoon. morning and afternoon on wednesday in parts of northern england. some sunshine around as well, for example the lowlands of scotla nd well, for example the lowlands of scotland and also belfast. still mild. wednesday and thursday, that low pressure pulls away towards the baltic more or less and behind it we see colder air coming in. baltic more or less and behind it we see colderair coming in. so baltic more or less and behind it we see colder air coming in. so on thursday, is changes starting to ta ke thursday, is changes starting to take place in the air across scotla nd take place in the air across scotland and northern england, the colder air arrives but over time on thursday it will be relatively mild in the south. southern counties are staying mild on thursday but in the north, colder wins, brighter weather, then in between that we will see a period of rain in the

middle of the day on thursday, may be the midlands and later in the south—east as well. friday, a very different picture, friday morning after the cold northerly air across made parts of the uk it will start off crisp and bright with a touch of frost around, very little cloud on friday. sing the figure temperatures. i think it will be a fine end to the week.

the chief rabbi has questioned whetherjeremy corbyn is fit to be prime minister, he says mr corbyn allowed anti—semitism to "poison" the labour party. writing in the times, the uk's most seniorjewish leader was scathing about mr corbyn's handling of the controversy. labour defended its leader, calling him a life—long campaigner against anti—semitism borisjohnson says "it is vary serious business when the chief rabbi speaks as he does " against labour leaderjeremy corbyn. the outburst from the chief rabbi has prompted a leading muslim organisation to criticise the conservatives for their handling of claims of islamophobia in the party. also this lunchttime. don't give this man your vote because of his brexit policy — that's the message from former tory cabinet minister lord heseltine — a present senior minister hit back.