change our behaviour? i think you'd frighten a lot of people. you'd go, urgh! i think people would be... i think a lot of people would be interested and more inclined to exercise and know what they've got to do to work it off. it's really important with the issue of obesity and stuff right now that people know what they are putting into their bodies and how much they need to do to counteract that, but i also think that, with diet culture and all that sort of thing and eating disorders and stuff, it could cause a lot of mental difficulty as well. there is a disconnect between what you are eating and kind of what exercise you would expect to burn it off, so i think putting a quantifiable number on it would make that connect easier so people understand it more, myself included. nutritionists point out that we burn calories all the time, even without exercising, and that food is a vital source of nutrition as well as energy.

but even small reductions in the calories we consume can make a big impact across the whole population. experts say this is a simple, cheap measure that could make a real difference to the obesity crisis. dominic hughes, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here is darren bett. the weather looks and feels very different today. at long last, the winds have dropped, and for many eastern parts we had pleasant sunshine after what was a cold start. we are starting to see more showers pushing their way through the english channel, affecting southern coastal counties of england, but at least it's a change from yesterday. that band of cloud brought us rain yesterday, and this band will bring wetter weather tomorrow. today, in between the two in colder air, with some sunshine and showers. they will continue in scotla nd and showers. they will continue in scotland and northern ireland, some wintry weather over the hills of

scotland, and showers pushing east into england and wales, so more showers through the rest of the day for eastern england, as they eased off for the west. temperatures six oi’ off for the west. temperatures six or seven with still some gales in the far north of scotland. showers will continue to blow into scotland this evening. elsewhere, the showers move away and skies tend to clear, so move away and skies tend to clear, so temperatures fall with the risk of some icy patches. frost likely not just of some icy patches. frost likely notjust in of some icy patches. frost likely not just in scotland, of some icy patches. frost likely notjust in scotland, but northern and eastern parts of england, with clearer skies for longer. further west, temperatures may recover later in the night, because the weather is set to change. i showed you the cloud earlier, and it's because of this weather system, which will bring some wetter and slightly windy weather in from the south—west. we have got rain arriving across western areas in the morning. that pushes north and east through the day for the chance of some snow over the hills of northern england, the pennines and the hills of scotland. it will turn more bright and showery

later, with temperature is in the south—west in double figures, but a lot colder in the north of england and scotland with the risk of some snow in the hills. that weather system should push through, and the weather front lingers in system should push through, and the weatherfront lingers in northern scotla nd weatherfront lingers in northern scotland as we head towards the end of the week. a slightly brisker wind blowing in some dry weather for many of us on friday. still some wet weather in northern scotland, rained by this stage. elsewhere, a brisk wind will blow in some sunshine. we will be back into showers on the east and largely dry on friday. temperatures back down to six or eight, double figures in the south—west of ingrid and south wales. we keep this chilly air over the weekend with the risk of a touch of frost. we get some rain on saturday night, but otherwise sunny spells, most of the showers for the northern half of uk heading further south, and we will get some and blustery winds. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s

news teams where you are. good afternoon, i'm gavin ramjaun with some of the day's top sports news stories. liverpool have confirmed that a private plane which came off the runway at the city's john lennon airport earlier this morning was carrying one of the club's owners, mike gordon. mr gordon, who is the president of fenway sports group, was on a flight from bedford in massachusetts to liverpool to attend a regular meeting at the club. four people were on board the aircraft, nobody was hurt. after liverpool and chelsea secured their places in monday's draw for the knockout stages of the champions league, tonight both manchester city and tottenham are in action. city are away to dinamo zagreb having already secured top spot in their group. spurs will finish second in theirs, regardless of their result away to bayern munich. the german champions

hammered them 7—2 in london, beforejose mourinho took over. so has he watched that match through with the players? i watch it. i watch it a couple of times me and my staff and try to go through every detail of that match but not one single image for the boys, no, not at all. we are going to focus more on us than on bayern. manchester city want to bounce back from their league defeat to rivals united at the weekend. manager pep guardiola has said that maybe his team can't compete with some of the other big european clubs at the moment, but will be able to after the champions league winter break. ourgame is our game is still there, the way we play is still there. to reach that level we have two imprudence some departments. right now, we are still

not ready but in february, maybe we are back and everything can happen. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says it's been a difficult few days for his players — fred and jesse lingard after they allegedly suffered racist abuse during saturday's manchester derby at the etihad stadium. a man's been arrested and bailed in connection with the incident. ahead of tomorrow's europa league match against a z alkmaar, both lingard and long term absentee paul pogba were missing from training. ole gunnar solskjaer says he hopes pogba will be back before the end of the year. let's get paul fit first and back in form, he'll play loads of games. for me, he's one of the best players in at the world. we're looking forward to having him back. he's been linked with the vacant manager's jobs at arsenal and everton — does the sacking of napoli manager carlo ancelotti make that more likely now? napoli beat genk 4—0 last night to book their place in the last 16

of the champions league but less than three hours later, the italian club released a statement confirming ancelotti's departure. the former chelsea manager was in his second season in charge at napoli. test match cricket has returned to pakistan more than 10 years since a deadly attack on the sri lankan team bus. international teams haven't toured there since that attack due to security fears but sri lanka have returned for the first test series in a decade. they're playing a two test series. this match takes place in rawalpindi, at stumps sri lanka were 202 for five after they chose to bat first. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you very much. more now on the election. it's the final day of campaigning before voters go to the polls tomorrow, and political leaders are dashing between key seats to try and win support ahead of thursday's vote.

the bbc‘s poll tracker suggests the conservatives have a consistent lead over labour. research by yougov — which consisted of about 100,000 interviews in the past week — suggests the conservatives are on course to win a majority. earlier professor of politics at the university of strathclyde, sirjohn curtice discussed the recent polls with my colleague joanna gosling. that ten point lead sounnds like frankly it's all over, isn't it? well, no, not necessarily. we have to remember this election is about not simply who wins but whether or not the conservatives win by enough off because the only party that is in favour of the government's withdrawal treaty, with respect to brexit, are the conservatives so if the prime minister is going to get brexit done, he has to get overall majority, 326 seats. while a ten point lead is sufficient or

indeed the nine—point lead which was publicised in a megapoll by yougov this morning would also be sufficient, however its not sufficiently far enough ahead of the six to 7 point that the conservatives need to get an overall majority to be sure. indeed that was emphasised again by this morning's megapoll which said actually once you take into account all the errors to which a poll is potentially subject just by chance, sure the conservatives are still favourites, maybe 339 seats or so but we cannot be sure in the end they will fall below the 326 mark. it is that uncertainty which frankly now looks as if it is going to be the focus of interest through to ten o'clock tonight and well beyond. what makes up voters' minds during an election campaign, we see the party leaders and key figures crisscrossing the country, we see the blunders, what cuts through in the end? a variety of things.

of course, in part it is to do with policy and there is no escaping the influence that brexit is having on the way which people choose to vote. we have around 75% of those who voted leave in 2016 saying they will vote for the conservatives or the brexit party. they are clearly reflecting what they said three years ago in how they propose to vote this time. equally on the other side, nearly 80 percent of those people who voted remain in 2016 say they will vote for one of the parties who are in favour of a second referendum, the liberal democrats, labour etc so there is no escaping that brexit matters. the conservative party as opposed to two years ago has more support among leave voters but less among remain voters so you can see that brexit voters.

but within that you still have a choice about which party to vote for. one of the reasons why the conservatives have been able to squeeze the big party vote is because of the relative popularity of the prime minister among the voters. at the end of the day, leave voters think actually he will get brexit done so his personality and personal popularity is helping the conservatives on the side. on the other side, whether on not you vote labour or liberal democrat, is partly going to be what you think about labour‘s domestic policy for things like nationalisation? workers on company boards? or do you prefer the liberal democrats more moderate position? of course, what do you think about jeremy corbyn versus jo swinson? so within the brexit framework, you can see how both policies and leaders, including particularly the perceived competence of the parties matter. labour for example, it looks like their policies are quite popular but when it comes to their perceived competence, including not leastjeremy corbyn, they clearly suffer a disadvantage. how likely is it that the majority

vote asian men but the majority of seats up for the tories? it is quite possible that more votes will be cast for votes for a second referendum than parties which say should leave on the 31st january. but certainly quite possible because at the end of the day the reason they conservatives are heading, not because there is such a matic support for leith but the support for the two parties in support of brexit is running at 46% so less than half but the leave vote is concentrated behind one party, 70% of those who voted beneath sadie will vote conservative. although labour have made progress and expense of the liberal democrats, only just expense of the liberal democrats, onlyjust under 50% of remain voters sta ble vote onlyjust under 50% of remain voters stable vote for labour and it is that difference which explains the

ten point conservative lead in the opinion polls. in precipitating a general election in the hope it might resolve an opponent in favour ofa might resolve an opponent in favour of a second referendum, the liberal democrats and snp took quite a risk and it might be a risk that comes back to haunt them. professor curtis, the man who is going to be busyin curtis, the man who is going to be busy in the coming hours and days. crime and security has been a key issue for the political parties throughout their election campaigns, but have their claims stacked up? our correspondent richard lister has been examining the main parties biggest promises. the recent attack near london bridge which saw two members of the public killed and three others injured put law and order back at the heart of the election campaign. so what are the parties promising on crime and punishment? borisjohnson said the conservative would reassess the rules on when convicted terrorists should be released. i do think there is an issue, as i have said, about automatic early release.

i think it is wrong for serious sexual offenders, for viole nt offenders and for terrorists. but that specific idea is not actually in the conservative manifesto. its focus is not on automatic early release but on tougher sentencing. as for labour, corbyn doesn't believe an outright ban on early release is the way forward to tackle terror. he believes investing in community is the best solution. the most serious cases stayed in a justice system badly undermined by austerity cuts, a failure to recruit has left huge staffing shortfalls with staff supervising more cases than ever expected. posing again a serious risk to our security. you cannot keep people safe on the cheap. labour is also promising an additional 22,000 police officers. that follows an earlier conservative pledge to recruit an additional 20,000. but those numbers do need to be seen in context. we have had a 22,000

reduction in police officers. we've had an 18,500 reduction in police staff. so if you look at that, the majority of the reduction has been in neighbourhood policing. so what has been pledged by both main parties will only restore more or less the police numbers in place before the austerity cuts. now liberal democrats as well say investing in community policing is at the top of their promises on law and order. they are promising £1 billion, enough to recruit two new police officers in every ward and give all police men and women a two percent rise. as for the other parties, policing is devolved in scotland and northern ireland but all the parties are looking to invest in law and order and security. the big question is how, with budgets always under strain, they will find the money to do that. you can discover more on our election policy

guide at bbc.co.uk/news. more election—year scanning up after two o'clock. —— more election news coming up. —— more election news coming up. in the last hour — greta thunberg has been named time magazine's person of the year. she's the youngest figure to receive the distinction in its 92—year history. time editor in chief edward felsenthal said ms thunberg had become the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet this year, and she embodied youth activism. the government has said thousands of chickens are to be culled after cases of bird flu were confirmed at a farm in suffolk. a one—kilometre exclusion zone has been set up around the site near athelington and 27000 birds will be culled. public health england said the risk to people was very low. officials in the us state of newjersey say at least six people have been killed and three wounded in a lengthy shoot out that began in a cemetery and moved

to a kosher supermarket in jersey city. the dead include a police detective and two suspected gunmen, along with three customers at the shop. authorities say they do not believe it was a terror attack. the mayor ofjersey city gave this update. it still is an active scene, and we just entered the building. ijust want to give a quick update — there were two incidents todat at two different locations, one at bay view cemetery, and one at a corner store at bayview and martin luther king. i want to start byjust saying that the jersey city police department did a phenomenal job, and it's a very tough day for them — two officers were shot. one recently gave his life, pronounced at the jersey city medical centre. the second officer was shot in the shoulder, and he should recover. two other officers are receiving

medical treatment due to shrapnel. we entered the building about ten minutes ago, there are multiple deceased inside the building, so we'll have more information on that shortly. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa is cutting short a trip to egypt to deal with what he's acknowledged as an "electricity crisis". south africa is dealing with substantial power cuts. the state power company is blaming heavy rain for problems at coal power stations, but critics say the company is in crisis because of years of corruption and mismanagement. from johannesburgh, nomsa maseko sent this report. dark clouds engulfing africa's most industrialised economy. mining companies have been forced to shut down on the ground —— underground operations and processing plants. this after flooding caused

the biggest power outage in more than a decade. it's the first time eskom, the state—owned utility, has removed so much electricity from the grid. eskom said it was forced to implement blackouts because of wet coal caused by heavy rains in mpumalanga, the country's energy—producing belt. but, beyond this, there are serious questions about why the power utility has low coal stockpiles. we are going into the rainy season. there are very low coal stockpiles at about 10 of eskom's 15 coal power stations. when you get very low coal stockpiles, and that gets wet with heavy rain... the bottom of these stockpiles is largely coal powder, and when this gets wet after heavy rains, it becomes very difficult to handle and to convey from these stockpiles into the power stations, into the boilers. south africa's struggling power utility is grappling to deal with the seriousness of the electricity crisis.

high—level meetings are currently under way to try and resolve this issue. but all of this is happening while president cyril ramaphosa is out of the country. mr ramaphosa is now on his way back from egypt, and is expected to meet eskom's management on wednesday. the power utility insisted that the situation is manageable. the system remains constrained. we are currently sitting at a stage 4 load shedding. we are likely to continue with the stage 4 until this evening at 11 o'clock. we are going to take stock of the system, in terms of how it has performed during the day, and once that is done, we have emergency meetings at half past six this evening to take stock and determine what is likely to have been... in the coming days, in terms of what stage of load shedding. but customers can certainly expect to be load shed for the rest of the week. electricity demand remains high, despite the fact that more plant power cuts are expected, which is causing huge losses for businesses.

but while the country has avoided a recession, the economic outlook remains bleak. nomsa maseko, bbc news, johannesburg. let us turn her attention to something quite different. are you a father who finds it difficult to style his daughter's here ball. it helps bring families together. -- hair. the idea came from the fact my daughter was having a unicorn party,

standard for our four—year—old. they wa nted standard for our four—year—old. they wanted unicorn here. ijust wanted to get lessons about how to comb her hair without her crying. because there is a message to it, some people pick it up really easily. the children love it and came back saying their teachers they might have love me that here was it and their dad had done it. —— say how lovely their here is where all dads with girls, we do what we can. we have some cheeky sweets from the canteen that mum does not know about. for me, it has been about friendship and fellowship and learning a new skill as well, it is a lwa ys learning a new skill as well, it is always valuable, especially for dads when it is to do with their

daughters, it is in the special. we set up this dance group 34 years ago. it wasjack's idea. —— three or four years ago. maria has the simple idea which works for people like me. i cannot set it up and be terrible doing my daughter's ear. just been able to spend time with my girls rather than just able to spend time with my girls rather thanjust going able to spend time with my girls rather than just going off with their mum to do their hair. i have not had much to do with here except on my face. when i have had a bad day and i speak to these guys, we talked and opened up to each other. i get messages from some of the dads saying how valuable experiences and the bond between the children, it is incredible. come along, guys, it is

wonderful and nobody will be as bad as me,| wonderful and nobody will be as bad as me, i can wonderful and nobody will be as bad as me, i can assure you. wonderful and nobody will be as bad as me, i can assure you. that is brilliant, that is the short —— story of the day. we can all learn from that, and his as well. we are edging up to the weather forecast but there is election news, you cannot escape it. but there is election news, you cannot escape it. have you ever wondered if you can take a selfie at a polling station? and what are the rules? ahead of tomorrow's vote, chi chi izundu tells us what we need to know about polling station etiquette. i am giving it pizzazz. let us go to the poll. we all know what we are supposed to do in a polling station, right? go in. then you get your pencil and a put a cross next to the person you want to vote for. but what can't you do in a polling station?

christmas tipple time... let us head to the pub for this answer. historically, this pub has been a polling station. there is no law that says you cannot be drunk when you cast your vote but if you become disruptive you could be kicked out. 0h! people love pets at polling stations but are you allowed your pet inside a polling station? it depends on the type of building and the presiding officer. the presiding officer is the person who looks after the polling station so if the presiding officer says it is ok, then you can come in. but if the building does not normally allow pets, then i am afraid you are not allowed in. sorry, doggy. sorry. brutal. sorry! the next question... it is not illegal to wear a politically ridden slogan t—shirt like this one but again it is down

to the discretion of the presiding officer. except you will have to cast your vote and leave the polling station immediately because the presiding officer could see it as campaigning if you stick around. pencils. you might have noticed these are probably the only things provided in a polling station. so is it illegal to use a pen? the short answer is no. you can use a pen in the polling booth but the reason they give you pencils is because your pen can leak, it can smudge or leave other marks on your voting card which means your voting card could be rejected. so you can use your own pen like this one. ok, just trying to catch my light here. a little tour of the studio, there is patrick attempting to look professional. 0h! good question... so the answer is, no. you can't take any selfies

inside a polling station. the reason being is that your ballot is supposed to be secret. outside however, yes, take as many pictures as you like because they want to encourage as many people to vote as possible so share, share, share. so now you know all the rules and there is only one thing left to worry about and that is who to actually vote for. if you need some more help deciding, there is a lot of information on the bbc‘s website. please can i have the dog now? love it. now it's time for a look at the weather. hi, there. the weather has been looking very different from yesterday but it is set to change from yesterday. this cloud will bring the rain. this brought the downpour yesterday. we are in between, sunshine and

showers. showers mostly across northern ireland, scotland northern ireland and the south—west of england. no showers creeping across the channel and coming into eastern england before easing to the west. some wintriness over scottish hills, gales and the far north and temperatures 6—7d. into this evening, they showers keep going across scotland, elsewhere drying clear for awhile across scotland, elsewhere drying clearfor awhile which across scotland, elsewhere drying clear for awhile which will allow temperatures to drop away. with the showers going in scotland and the cold air, there will be icy patches so cold air, there will be icy patches $03 cold air, there will be icy patches so a touch of frost where we have the blow on the chart but out in the west and south—west it will turn milder because we have that area of cloud that i showed you coming in from the atlantic which will bring wetter and windier weather towards northern ireland, into wales in the south—west and the morning. at wetter weather pushes east into the

colder air so there could be some snow over the pennines and the high ground in scotland. then it tends to become drierfor ground in scotland. then it tends to become drier for northern ireland, wales and the south—west where temperatures could reach double figures but cold in scotland and northern england, hence snow on high ground. that band of wet weather pushes north along with the low pressure, we are left with windy conditions across the south of the uk on friday when we will see sunshine and showers. soweto weather across north scotland by the stage, sunshine elsewhere, eastern areas are likely to have a dry day. temperatures still in double figures to the south—west but chilly are in scotland, although six or 7 degrees. into the weekend, we remain on the cool side, perhaps a touch of frost. a band of rain on saturday night but otherwise sunny spells, showers

mainly in the north, quite windy in the south. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2pm. party leaders target marginal seats across the country with their core campaign messages — as they try to win over undecided voters ahead of tomorrow's general election. the nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi defends her country myanmar against charges of genocide at the hague. at the climate summit in madrid, greta thunberg calls on rich countries to cut their carbon emissions and to help poorer countries do the same. emissions and to help poorer how emissions and to help poorer do you respond to thi basically how do you respond to the fact that basically nothing is being done about this without feeling the slightest bit of anger? the post office pays more than £57 million to settle a case brought by hundreds of subpostmasters and