it is the queen's translation written out for her and then amended. you look quite excited by this. it's a very remarkable discovery. it tells us about the queen and about the cultural life of the elizabethan court. so, a dusty, forgotten document has finally, after more than 400 years, revealed its royal secret. david silitto, bbc news, lambeth palace. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. thank you. for once we are talking about much drier weather, a welcome relief. what a beautiful picture this is from shropshire, out and about for many parts of the country, oui’ about for many parts of the country, our first mostly dry day and a few more to come as well. with the high pressure in charge at this time of

year and the long nights it means we pick up the frost again but increasing amounts of fog. it might not be as sunny but it is dry. the satellite picture is largely sunny with bubbles of cloud providing us with bubbles of cloud providing us with some showers down the east coast. still the legacy of yesterday and its cloud across the far south—west but again, clutching at straws, for most of us it's cold but dry and bright and sunny. soon after dark, temperatures plummeting below freezing. we had a fairly widespread frost last night and an even wider one tonight. there will be an ice risk. the far south—west keaton of cloud and breeze to escape the frost but temperatures will be a degree or two down. frosty and by morning potentially more fog. already warnings are out for that, the fog patches can become quite dense by the time we get to the morning and that will be clearly hazard rate users. critically for england and

wales, even in southern areas. it shows you how widespread it is. some dense patches around as well which means 50 metres in places. it lifts through the day and could linger as a low cloud which means it will be cold and grey full sun. for many, more sunshine, more dry weather, the odd shower and he worked for eastern england. but no warmer despite the sunshine. it will be freezing fog with temperatures around freezing. as the day goes on, the cloud thickens and the wind strengthens in the south and west. it will feel raw because of the strong easterly winds bringing patchy rain into southern counties of england and possibly south wales. by the time we get to sunday, moving across into europe, the high pressure is re—establishing itself. it looks like a mostly dry u nsettled itself. it looks like a mostly dry unsettled day, a few showers in northern and eastern parts of scotland. there will be a bit of fog around, primarily southern scotland and northern england. we are not

looking at temperatures anywhere near what they should be for the time of year but it's dry. pat dry weather looks set to last into the beginning of next week and when we get the rain back it will be in north—western parts at this time of year. a reminder of our top story. 4,500 jobs are to go at the energy firm npower — that's three quarters of the uk workforce. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. arsenal have sacked head coach unai emery — after a disastrous run of results. the side were beaten at home last night by eintracht frankfurt in the europa league, and they haven't won domestically since early october, sitting eight points off the top four

in the table. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at the emirates for us. why have the club taken this decision to dispense with emery now? the 1—word answer is what you have described, results. that is always the test ultimately for any manager. the thing he struggled with is communication, he struggled to get his message across to others in the media and therefore struggled to get gci’oss media and therefore struggled to get across to the players, and that has been evident in the way they have performed. when we look at what happened here last night a lot of people thinking the heart had gone from the players. it has certainly gone from the supporters. thousands of empty seats. if those fans decide to stay away then the club has to act because ultimately it is a business and like any business that

needs its customers. they need to be an reinvigorated and that is what arsenal have done on an interim way is appointed freddie ljungberg because he has an established connection with security and arsene wenger. freddie ljungberg taking temporary charge but who do they look to long term to replace it emery? pochettino is a nice thought but i don't see that happening. they are too late for mourinho. maybe mikael arteta in the long term could be easier to get here. they could have appointed him 18 months ago. we know what happened at old trafford when ole gunnar solskjaer came on as an interim fix and he stayed there.

i wonder if that could happen with ljungberg. they are next games should be winnable and if that is the case he would be in a strong position. rain brought an early end to the first day of the second test between new zealand and england in hamilton. the black caps will begin the second day on 173—3, with tom latham 101 not out. jim lumsden reports. having been thumped by an innings and 65 runs in the first test, england had plenty to prove. a good start, a talk toss was won. the team—mates had no time to settle. joe root was caught. not long after a prized wicket, skipper kane williamson sent packing for 20.

chris woakes delivering with the second snatch. overturning an lbw decision. ben stokes later limped off after a bill with the ball. ross taylor survived an lbw possession and offered a half—century before becoming joe root‘s third catch of the date of. latham went towards an 11th century. then came the rain. that was it for the day. and making a decent fist of it with the ball but will look to see of the troublesome latham first thing. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport we will have details on the website of mo farah‘s return to the track next year. more now on the news three quarters

of npowers workforce are at risk after the company's owners announced a major restructuring plan. that equates to around 11,500 jobs. the firm's german owner e—on said the proposed cuts were in response to the "challenging" uk energy market. the plans have been described by unions as a "cruel blow" for staff in the run—up to christmas. earlier, my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to the chief executive of e.on in the uk, michael lewis. he explained the details of today's announcement. we have outlined plans for restructuring and the economics of the uk market indicate this is what we have to do to create a sustainable business for the future. at this stage it is an extremely sad day for our employees and we want to reassure them we will mitigate the

negative impacts of this announcement, looking to ensure that redundancy payments, enhanced redundancy payments, enhanced redundancy payments, enhanced redundancy payments, are retained and we will look at retraining and reskilling and all pensions will be secured. is the business sustainable? you are continuing to lose profits. you had job losses in january and neither this announcement. it is and have a fit for purpose? we are going to be migrating all customers on to the e1 platform and that will give us a sustainable business going forward. clearly, npower is under considerable strain, it has been making heavy losses for many years and the economics of the uk energy market has been made incredibly challenging by a price cap where good quality companies struggle to earn a reasonable rate of return on their investments. will customers keep faith with the company? you have lost 447,000 customers this year already. absolutely, but there will be ongoing customers going forward.

customers don't have to do anything, they will be notified when they become an e.on customer. e.on is focused on delivering carbon free power. there are good reasons why we think customers would want to stay at e.on once we complete that migration. the most important thing to focus on today is our employees. i want to reassure them we will do everything we can to mitigate the negative effects of these proposals. the gmb union is calling this a poorly managed company with significant losses in the uk and saying, let me quote them, it is always the workers who face the brunt of poor management coupled with regulation. do you think you should go as a result of this? you are presiding over a company which seems to be in significant serious difficulty. we only recently acquired the company in the last two months.

what we have announced and the proposals we are making are exactly so that we can create a sustainable business for the future. we can reduce the losses, get back to a reasonable rate of return so we can compete, so we can deliver zero carbon and so we can create a sustainable business for all of our employees going forward and continue to build the workforce of the future through our apprenticeship schemes. bear in mind we provide a huge number of stable, well—paid jobs in the uk, a fully unionised labour force, and we want to be able to continue to do that. what proportion of the uk workforce does this 4500 coupled with 900 from earlier this year, what does that represent? around three quarters of the uk workforce at npower. that is massive. it is massive and i don't want to downplay the magnitude of this transformation we are having to make. npower has been losing money heavily for many years and we are having

to take this action so we can create a sustainable business for the future. so we can maintain good qualityjobs for the future. the statement talks about the workers facing that brunt of poor management coupled with regulation they say that sense work overseas while sacking energy workers in the uk. our other parts of the company facing the losses that uk workers are facing?m of the company facing the losses that uk workers are facing? it is no surprise that the uk energy market is under severe strain. the energy price cap hasn't helped. we have seen a huge number of new entrants into the market, many of them pricing at very low levels. your big six competitors are not cutting jobs at this rate. most of our competitors are having to adjust to the reality of this incredibly competitive market. three quarters of their uk workforce? 20 companies

have failed to live the market in the last two years and every time one of those companies feels it imposes costs on everybody else. we are talking about the big six. we are talking about the big six. we are doing what we have to do. we only recently acquired npower and we have to take radical action to make sure we have a sustainable business and it is most important we recognise we are doing everything we can andi recognise we are doing everything we can and i want to reassure our workers, to mitigate the negative effects of this announcement. all of the things around reskilling, retraining, making sure we connect to enhanced redundancy payments.- to enhanced redundancy payments.- to 4500 people. we are a few weeks away from christmas. i know you understand people are incredibly anxious about this. can you give me anxious about this. can you give me a clearerfigure on how manyjobs will go or where they might fall?-

this stage these proposals we are going to intensive discussions with the trade unions and employee representatives so i cannot more detail at this stage. when will that detail at this stage. when will that detail come? we are in discussions and we will let you know. we want to discuss it with our workers and their representatives before we talk to the media but we want to be as transparent as we can be with our workforce. we have a very good relationship with the trade unions that we want to maintain that and that we want to maintain that and thatis that we want to maintain that and that is why we have committed to maintaining enhanced redundancy payments and giving help in terms of reskilling and retraining and outplacement and we have committed to making sure that all pensions are held securely. that was the chief executive of e. on. the european council has a new president. the former prime minister of belgium, charles michel, is taking over from donald tusk. mr tusk had been a passionate and vocal opponent of brexit. the eu council brings together the leaders of the member states in a decision—making body but does

not negotiate laws. the families of those who died in the 1989 hillsborough disaster have reacted angrily, after a jury found the match commander on the day not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. it had been alleged that david duckenfield had a "personal responsibility" for what happened, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed isn't in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people have found to have been unlawfully killed to a criminal standard by an inquestjury, and somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths. the families have struggled to reconcile the two different court processes they have gone through. the crown courtjury did not accept the prosecution case that david duckenfield's failings

were so exceptionally bad they were a substantial cause of the disaster. it comes four years after an inquest jury found that the 96 were unlawfully killed. who put the 96 in their graves? who is accountable for 96 unlawfully killed? what a disgrace this has been today. for the last seven years, hundreds of detectives have been gathering evidence into hillsborough. costing £65 million, operation resolve is the longest ever criminal investigation in england. the hillsborough families say, that over 30 years, opportunities have been missed to prosecute the full number of people and institutions which could have been held responsible for the disaster. with this trial, the jurors only had one man to consider, and they weren't willing to make him solely responsible for the deaths. 96 men, women and children were killed.

the youngest aged ten, the oldest a pensioner. # walk on, walk on...# in 2016, the hillsborough families sang to celebrate the unlawful killing finding at the inquests, but the 30—year journey of this disaster has taken many twists and turns, patience and sympathy tested again and again. justice! david duckenfield has been on trial three times, including a private prosecution brought by the families 19 years ago. there's some finality, then, in today's verdict. it means no—one will be jailed for so many lives lost. judith moritz, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: three quarters of npower‘s workforce — up to 4,500 jobs — are at risk as a restructuring plan is announced. the prime minister defends his decision not to take part in last night's climate debate and turns the conservative

campaign back to brexit. unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge. president trump has made a surprise visit to american troops in afghanistan — his first since taking office. he told them the us and the taliban have been engaged in talks and reaffirmed his intention to reduce the american military presence in the country "substa ntially. " our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. donald trump arrived in afghanistan on a trip surrounded by secrecy and a huge amount of security. the white house said the visit was intended to show support for troops during america's thanksgiving holiday, and he made a point of serving food to soldiers who are thousands of miles away from their families. but while officials insisted the visit was not connected to peace talks with the taliban, it comes just a week after afghanistan freed three taliban members as part of a prisoner swap for

two western academics. and, as mr trump met afghanistan's president, ashraf ghani, he confirmed that peace talks had restarted with the group, just a couple of months after they appeared to collapse. the taliban wants to make a deal — we'll see if they want to make a deal — it's got to be a real deal but we'll see. this was the us president's second visit to an active conflict zone since taking office. last christmas, he flew to iraq and, while mr trump has praised the work of american troops in the middle east, he has made no secret of his desire for them to leave, and his resolve seems to have been hardened by the recent death of the islamic state leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi. he is dead, his second is dead, his third we have the sights on the third, i think the third does not want the job. with this overseas trip, mr trump has again emphasised that the soldiers he was visiting should be going home but, while the president stated that the us would be substantially reducing its presence

in afghanistan, he did not give numbers or any sort of time frame. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the world health organisation is saying it has lost access to a community badly hit by ebola, in the east of the democratic republic of the congo, because four health workers have been killed in an attack on a treatment centre. a police investigation is underway. nimesh thaker reports. the drc is gripped by the second worst ebola outbreak on record. thousands of people have died and thousands more have been infected, but once again health workers trying to hold the virus have been attacked and killed. we are heartbroken that people have died in the line of duty as they work to save others. the world has lost brave professionals. these constant attacks must stop. there have been more than 300 attacks on staff trying to tackle ebola since the start of the year. mostly attributed to rebels who don't believe ebola exists and think the medical response

is a plot to wipe out communities. in the last week there were seven cases of ebola down from a peak of over 120 per week in 2019. any interruption to the response could lead to a resurgence in the outbreak and more people will die as a consequence. the tragedy in the drc is twofold. a deadly disease ravaging entire families combined with continued attacks against people trying to tackle ebola. both taking the lives of innocent victims. tonight at 7pm, figures from seven major political parties will be quizzed in a live bbc election debate chaired by nick robinson. debates have been a feature of television election coverage for many years — but how did it begin? let's take a look.

i'm not particularly attracted by, so to speak, confrontations of personality. if you aren't careful you get a sort of top of the pops contest. i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

turkeys may not vote for christmas but chickens apparently run away from broadcasts. i agree with nick. we, nick and i, are agreed, i agree with nick. i agree with nick! a graph shows how google searches for nick clegg have surged. "i agree with nick" t—shirts have been printed.

it's very dangerous in elections to disagree with people. i don't agree with you, sir. well, you're wrong. 0k. that is absolutely ludicrous. you are franklyjust lying. i guess i'm not going to convince you. your promise on student loans has destroyed your reputation. why would we ever believe anything else you say? a nice easy way to start!

there were seven party representatives involved, including the labour leader jeremy corbyn, who had announced earlier in the day that he would, after all, be attending. the prime minister theresa may did not take part. she said she would rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail. he is short history of the televised electoral debate. the little cold snap is upon us. it is not desperately cold but it is cold enough to get out the thick coats, hats and gloves with frost and fog in the morning this weekend. this is the big picture across our neck of the woods and the jet is to

the south of us and when we see this pattern that means the cold air is to the south and you can see it sitting on top of the uk during the course of the weekend apart from the south—west of the country, cornwall and devon. the wind is blowing out of the south rather than the north. on the short—term, the vast majority of the country this coming evening will have clear skies and temperatures will be close to freezing in the north. through the course of the night it is a case of clear dry weather with frost and fog developing and you can see the extent of the trust for scotland, northern england, patches of rust developing in the far south as well. it could be minus six in scotland. each degree is expected in cornwall and devon. the story of the morning on saturday will be the extent of the fog. you will see it in wales and into east anglia, parts of lincolnshire, and some of these could last into the afternoon and

when that happens some cannot wonderland up —— the son cannot warm up wonderland up —— the son cannot warm up the land. that is where the fog is. 7 degrees in belfast. cornwall and devon we have the slightly different weather with winds blowing out of the east and south—east so oui’ out of the east and south—east so our weather front sitting on top of us our weather front sitting on top of us in bringing some rain to penzance and probably plymouth and the weather will drift into the channel and for as high pressure building for sunday so sunday is looking dry across the uk apart from the occasional shower in the far north of scotla nd occasional shower in the far north of scotland and maybe one sneaking into lincolnshire but on the whole it isa into lincolnshire but on the whole it is a chilly day with plenty of sunshine and that chilly weather is expected to last until monday and tuesday in london only about 6

degrees.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm rebecca jones. today at 2: three quarters of npower‘s workforce — up to 4,500 jobs — are at risk, as a restructuring plan is announced. the energy retail market it's usually challenging. the price cap doesn't help. that means that companies cannot secure a fair return on their investment. what we wa nt to return on their investment. what we want to see as strong companies that can provide strong and secure employment. borisjohnson sets out what he says are the benefits of brexit, promising it will be easier to protect british jobs. show me what democracy looks like. thousands of students walk out of class to demand stronger governmental action on climate change ahead