the new intake of mps arrives for their first day at westminster. blue is the colour — mps travelling down from newly tory towns of the north east. it is a bit daunting but i think we are all really excited to get in there and get started. it is a bit surreal and last time you remember these sort of things is, it's the first day at big school, isn't it? hugs and a westminster photocall for the resurgent snp. and the battle for the leadership of the labour party turns bitter. a £58 million victory for the subpostmasters wrongly accused of theft by the post office. how one of arsenal's star players has started a political row with china.

and water companies are told that ta ke and water companies are told that take an average of £50 per year of your average water bill, by 2025. coming on bbc news, arsenal have held talks manchester city assistant mikel arteta. the former arsenal midfielder is favourite to take over from freddie ljungberg, who is in caretaker charge. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. newly—elected mps have been arriving in westminster for the start of a new parliamentary session after the conservatives' decisive victory in last week's general election. the tories have 109 new mps, including from areas usually held by labour, like the north east. wales' first female conservative mps —

among them a micro—brewery owner and former dolphin trainer — have arrived for their first day at work at parliament. 0thers tweeted that their victories still haven't sunk in. the new intake will be asked to vote on borisjohnson‘s brexit deal this friday — and all conservatives have already pledged to support it. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. cheering the early hours of friday. boris! boris! not only pictures captured by a staffer at tory hq. an early start today. work to do. the tories now have an mp4 every day of the year. plenty from seats that have never before turned blue. this is the star of enormous opportunities for the residents of the north—east. it is daunting what we are excited to get

in there and get started. so mother your hairare standing in there and get started. so mother your hair are standing up on your neck as you walk across westminster bridge. it is so realthat it is actually happening. mega exciting. the first time you remember the sort of thing is the first day at big school. your ego. the tories blasted through the election. 109 new mps are likely to these hallowed halls. a huge change for the party, after yea rs a huge change for the party, after years when number ten could not rely on much. what have you got a new job, sir? i hope not. with comparatively little standing in their way. you do not need divine guidance to work out that everything will take a back—seat to getting out of the eu at the end of next month. the radical reshuffle today, after brexit day onjanuary 31, much more to change. should you stand aside

foran to change. should you stand aside for an interview tories there depends partly on who replaces him. is it time to go? juris -- jeremy corbyn has promised to go, but not yet. this is a little reflection. we are talking to lots of colle. the company does and doesn't open until early next year. white not about whether you'd like to talk about what went wrong... jeremy corbyn's weak and incompetent leadership, the decision to back a second referendum which alienated millions in hourly voting seats and a manifesto which read more like a christmas wish list. what you turn on each other. 0ne list. what you turn on each other. one of the possible contenders for the topjob one of the possible contenders for the top job running one of the possible contenders for the topjob running to one of the possible contenders for the top job running to sue another former labour mp for suggestions that she made derogatory comments about her constituents. people can slap off. some of it is due, i take it on the chin, but they cannot make

things up about me and if they do i have to take it to the courts. the lib dems are feeling the cost of the election, not a huge new try, a small family snap today. the snp is backin small family snap today. the snp is back in bigger numbers. making up a different parliament, with a different parliament, with a differentjob ahead, at the start of a different age. by the end of the night we might have a slightly different looking cabinet. in the last few minutes it has been announced that simon hart the conservative mp has become the new secretary of state. the first time he had been put around the cabinet table. there might be some other names coming tonight. but there was not going to be anything usually dramatic, in terms of the makeover of boris johnson's government dramatic, in terms of the makeover of borisjohnson's government until the laws that will take us out of the laws that will take us out of the european union have been passed by the end of january, so that he can stick to his promised departure date, getting brexit done, that slogan be heard again and again, by

january 31. after that, stand by for what could be a big reboot of how government works, potentially a big reboot of conservative priorities, in response to the big reboot of zen parliament, which was of course the public‘s choice. the prime minister has pledged to earn the trust of those former labour voters who helped provide him with a majority and says he will govern "for the whole country". our special correspondent ed thomas has been to the traditionally labour town of burnley in lancashire that's now turned blue. burley, just one of the many northern towns to turn from red to you —— like burnley. all this in the same issues, poverty, low wages and the struggle to find a place to call home. take jordan and the struggle to find a place to call home. takejordan and anthony, desperate for somebody to fix their lives. in work once zero—hour contracts, living in a bedsit. is

that your number one priority, housing mixed with jobs? employment, housing, permanent employment. i am not a zero—hour contracts, stuff like that. have you got hope that borisjohnson put like that. have you got hope that boris johnson put my like that. have you got hope that borisjohnson put my conservative if you guys out of this? hartley, yeah, absolutely. there is a drawing to do this, from the roots to the bosses and significantly across the north of england, improving the railways. what needs to happen to make the trains better? on time and enough carriages. to bring a new northern timetable and with it, the predictable cancellations. trains actually get when i was a kid, i'm getting them. they are rattling all things with dubious bits of water floating on the floor and rattling windows and heating that is all in the summer and not all in the winter. it is pathetic, and a joke. the scale of the challenge, you

level up the transport network is revealed in the numbers. in london spending per head is over £900, falling across the north with just £276 in yorkshire and humber. then there is the nhs. promises of tens of thousands more nurses, and most of thousands more nurses, and most of these spent their working lives in hospital. lots of wonderful doctors and nurses that need to be treated well. if you don't get that all the government to account as macro it is important that they do what they said. that will be the downfall next time, they don't. in some parts of burnley, more than four out of ten children are growing up four out of ten children are growing up in poverty. this baby bank is seeing more and more parents in need. lots of families coming to us thinking that things are going to get worse for them. why? they don't

have faith because of everything that they have been in the last few yea rs. that they have been in the last few years. after years of austerity and underinvestment, the story of this town can be heard across the north of england, the midlands and wales, and the people so long on the margins expect to be listened to. talks have resumed in northern ireland to try to restore devolution. it's nearly three years since power sharing there collapsed. there's new pressure on the parties to get back into government with the crisis in the health service, strike action planned and patient waiting lists the worst in the uk. from belfast, here's our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. winter at stormont, parties out in the cold. each morning civil servants arrive to run the country. it's many moons since politicians took decisions here. it's a source of continuous pain. john's one of thousands of patients in northern ireland now waiting years for routine operations.

a lack of government has led to the slow decay of services. while the parties try to resolve their differences, he faces another year—and—a—half‘s wait for a hip replacement. i mean, to wait that long, and your life's on hold. in the kind of pain you're in. yeah, yeah. it's just on hold. you can't do anything. there's too many people pointing the finger at each other. theyjust need no get on. today, calls for an irish language act. the main issue pretending sinn fein and the democratic unionists from governing together again. as ever, we enter into these negotiations in a spirit of optimism and determination. and now the big test is political will. i have listened very carefully during this election campaign, and right throughout the campaign there was a desire to get stormont back up and running again. therefore, we are here to try and make that happen, i hope all the other parties will too. since the dup lost its influence in westminster,

there's new incentive to get back to power—sharing here, but deeply held positions on both sides make compromise a difficult task. both parties were punished in the general election for three years of stalemate. if there's no agreement in weeks they will face assembly elections, a path they may want to avoid. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. hundreds of former sub—postmasters accused of stealing from the post office say they've been vindicated, following a high court ruling that the computer system they had to use was flawed. last week the post office agreed to pay compensation to more than 550 workers, many lost their livelihoods or were even sent to prison. simon gompertz has been talking to some of them. 14 years trying to clear their names. seema, on the left, was sent to prison while pregnant, because of shortfalls on her post office's computer in surrey. jo lost £60,000 through computer shortfalls at her branch

in hampshire, and pleaded guilty to false accounting to avoid a more serious charge of theft. both were at court today, triumphant, along with dozens of others who had run local post offices, that thejudgment had gone their way. cheering financially, physically, mentally, everything. as you probably know, i was pregnant when they put me away, and whole family suffered, notjust, like, you know, i couldn't work for the last ten years. i can't tell you, when you've done nothing wrong and you're trying to prove your innocence, it's horrendous. the postmasters‘ case was brought by more than 550 of them. last week, the post office agreed to pay £58 million to settle it. this judgment could affect whether 34 convictions being looked at by the criminal cases review commission could be overturned. it all came down to a computer system called horizon. campaigners say postmasters were blamed unfairly when money went missing.

this has been utterly devastating, life—changing things for these people, who are often the pillars of their communities. i am glad their reputation has been restored now, but it's shocking what has happened to them. thejudge, mrjustice frazer, said that the horizon it system, which the sub—postmasters blame for their problems, was not remotely robust, and even in a revised version it had a significant number of bugs. that is going to be hugely important for those who have been convicted, and who want to overturn those convictions. the post office has apologised. it says its systems have been improved. for those who ran branches, likejo and seema, there's now the hope they will be cleared completely. simon gompertz, bbc news. thieves have reportedly stolen £50 million worth ofjewellery from a property belonging to the daughter of the former formula one boss bernie ecclestone.

tamara ecclestone had apparently just left the country for christmas when the burglars raided her home in central london. this report from daniela relph contains flash photography from the start. wealthy and not afraid to show it. tamara ecclestone's own tv show, billion dollar girl was all about the exotic holidays, the glamorous nights out... that is the biggest bottle in the world. the millions spent on renovating her mansion and the expensive jewellery. oh, my god, i love it. how nice is it? but most of that exclusive jewellery collection has now gone. stolen from her home in kensington, and one of london's most secure roads alongside a number of embassies, the house has a 24—hour security team and a cctv control room. the police say they were called to tamara ecclestone's house here just after 11 o'clock on friday night and it was reported that a high value ofjewellery had been stolen. they are now looking

for three men, believed to have been inside the property in connection with the burglary. just hours earlier, tamara ecclestone had posted this photo of her daughter on social media. the family was off on holiday. detectives will now look for any link between them leaving and the burglary later that day. tamara's father, the former head of formula 1, bernie ecclestone, has described the robbery as an inside job by someone who had knowledge of the property. the spokesperson for tamara ecclestone said that the security team are co—operating with the police and the family were shaken and angry. 0pposition parties in india have attacked the government for a crackdown in which police stormed a protest at a university and left at least 50 people injured. india has been gripped by demonstrations over a new citizenship law, which many see as anti—muslim. prime minister narendra modi has appealed for calm, but he's faced criticism for the law which offers amnesty to illegal migrants from three countries — as long as they're not muslim. the protests have been about

different elements of the new law. beginning in assam, they've now spread to several major cities, including the capital new delhi. from there, our india correspondent yogita limaye sent this report. the crowds are swelling, and so is the anger. another day of protest against india's new citizenship law. it gra nts india's new citizenship law. it grants amnesty to illegal immigrants but only non—muslim ones. today, here outside one of delhi's top universities they were also agitating against police action. this is footage from inside the local hospital on sunday night. dozens of injured students were brought in. police came inside, they

dragged out. they say they were beaten by police when they were protesting. 0ne beaten by police when they were protesting. one of those wounded has broken fingers on both hands and a head injury. he also showed us marks of where he had been beaten on his back. when they caught us, like they started beating us up, we were begging for mercy and we took our lord's name. name. isaid begging for mercy and we took our lord's name. name. i said allah save me and that they became more cruel. the bbc has spoken to this man, a passer by. who says he got caught up in the violence and was shot at by the police. a top officer denies it. there was no gunshot? no guns were fired. it is not a peaceful protest which set buses on fire, it is not peaceful which a crowd of 5,000 start pelting stones on citizens. what started in this campus in this university in delhi has spread far beyond it. many

believe that young people here, who we re believe that young people here, who were trying to voice their dissent ina were trying to voice their dissent in a democracy were crushed by the state. and that has triggered a reaction across india. today, people marched all over. an unprecedented show of dissent as what they say as an attack on the secular ideals india was founded on and free speech. secular ideals india was founded on and free speech. our top story this evening. the new intake of mps arrive for their first day at westminster. still to come. i will be explaining why our water bills are expected to go down by an average of £50 a year. 0n sportsday on bbc news, manchester city face tough opposition in the knockout stages

of the champions league, drawing 13— time winners real madrid. three other english teams, tottenham, chelsea and defending champions liverpool are also involved. the arsenal player mesut 0zil has become embroiled in a row with china, after he criticised the country's treatment of ethnic uighur muslims. beijing said the footballer had been deceived by "fa ke news". china's treatment of the uighur people has been widely condemned after evidence emerged suggesting more than a million had been detained in the region of xinjiang. china has insisted the detention camps are voluntary "re—education centres", and that all the people in them have now been released. following the footballer‘s comments on social media, china state television pulled a live broadcast of arsenal's match yesterday. the premier league draws huge audiences in china. arsenal have distanced themselves from 0zil's comments, saying the club doesn't get involved in politics. here's our sports editor dan roan.

arsenal's premier league match against manchester city yesterday was watched around the world. except in china. coverage of the game there cancelled after comments by mezut 0zil about the plight of fellow muslims in the country sparked what could be a damaging dispute. in a social media post to millions of followers, arsenal's german midfielder criticised the treatment of china's uighur population, referring to persecutors, and alleged details of a crackdown. but if 0zil thought he had the back of his club, he was mistaken. in a statement, arsenal distancing themselves from what they called their player's personal opinion. as a football club, arsenal has always appeared adhered to the principle of not involving itself in politics. human rights groups say1 million people, mostly from the uighur community are thought to have been detained without trial in high security prison camps.

china's denied mistreating them, insisting that they are being educated in vocational training centres to combat extremism. today, its government said 0zil had been deceived by fake news. translation: we welcome mr ozil to visit to look around. as long as he has a conscience, can distinguish right from wrong, and can uphold objective and impartial principles, he will see a differentjiniang. premier league clubs benefit from a record half £1 billion television rights deal with china. arsenal, among those who have gone on pre—season tours there, in pursuit of new fans and sponsors. back in february, the club sending a special new year message to their chinese supporters. two months ago, a us basketball coach upset many in china by tweeting support for pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. the nba said it suffered substantial losses as a result, and now the premier league could face a similar risk. there's the very real threat of tv audiences declining, or

sponsorship contracts being reviewed, and fan engagement generally, and the predisposition of fans towards arsenal and english football possibly suffering as a consequence of this. arsenal will hope that a dispute between their highest—paid player and most important overseas market will not escalate further. sport's uneasy relationship with politics exposed yet again. dan roan, bbc news. water companies in england and wales have been ordered to slash prices by an average of £50 a year by 2025. 0fwat, the water regulator, also says that firms must reduce leaks and cut carbon emissions. thames water is the uk's largest water company, and our business correspondent theo leggett is at one of their water treatment works in southwest london. what has led to this decision today? well, 0fwat has a difficultjob to do, on the one hand it has to make sure that water companies are spending enough preparing for the future, so for example, building new reservoirs, in case of drought.

setting up flood defences and reducing carbon emission, it has to make shoe that customers get a good deal, that they are not being overcharged and the companies themselves make a reasonable rate of return and in the past the accusation has been that that balance has been wrong, that water companies have been making a lot of profit, but haven't been offering in some cases the best service, so for example thames water a couple of yea rs example thames water a couple of years ago was fined 20 million for not doing enough to address leaks so now it says it wants those companies to toughen up and become more efficient, to spend £13 billion investing for the future, and at the same time, cut customers' bills by an average of £50 a year, between 2020 and 2025. thank you. a lorry carrying thousands of brussels sprouts has overturned in rosyth in fife. drivers have been asked to avoid the area, and the police have tweeted that traffic and christmas

dinners may be affected. returning to our main story, and two of the new mps arriving in westminster today are ian levy who won blyth valley in northumberland for the conservatives, and nadia whittome, who, at just 23, took the seat of nottingham east for labour. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young has joined them for their first day. wow, this is a rather big day. it's quite momentous. i think it's one of those days you're never going to forget. i feel like i've got those butterflies in my stomach, but i'm doing this for the people of blyth valley, and i think we can really make a change. ian levy's victory was one of the stand out moments on election night. taking the former mining constituency of blyth valley from labour confirmed it would be a stunning result for the conservatives. now he has left hisjob in the nhs and is heading to parliament. and this is westminster‘s youngest mp, labour's nadia witham, who isjust 23. yeah, my family was terrified about it. it's a toxic climate for women in politics, particularly women of colour. i never thought a few months ago,

when i was applying for minimum wage christmas temp jobs, that i wouldn't need those jobs because i would be an mp by christmas. it feels surreal, but i'm here to do a job. amy callaghan's win for the snp grabbed the headlines because she defeated the liberal democrat leaderjo swinson. how do you feel about being an mp, coming down here for the first time today? it was obviously quite overwhelming at first, but i've had an incredibly interesting day. i've already met with a school from a local constituency, and... so straight to work. i've only been here for a couple of hours, so it's a fantastic start. it's fairly daunting for a young woman in politics coming in, but i'm incredibly lucky i've got so much support from such a big group of snp mps coming down here. 155 new mps will be arriving here this week after the election. women will make up 34% of the total number in the house of commons — that is up slightly. but the big difference is that

conservatives will now be representing some parts of the north east of england, wales and the west midlands that haven't been represented by the conservatives for generations. parliament's not like most other offices. new mps have a lot of rules and traditions to get used to as they prepare to make their voices heard from these famous green benches. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. the weather is set to change significantly, actually as we head through this week, across the uk. right now, though, it is chilly out there out and about. we have had beautiful sunset here in chorley in lancashire, and all those colours we re lancashire, and all those colours were helped by this quite thin high cloud that has been affecting much of england and wales today. it comes well ahead of that weather front there, which is bringing rain into there, which is bringing rain into the south—east corner of england right now. to the north though, we pick upa right now. to the north though, we pick up a mixture of rain and snow, particularly some snow across northern scott, that will lead to

easy conditions, those showers will continue across scotland overnight. wintry in the hills, showers in northern ireland, the wetter weather sitting in across the south—east of england and east anglia. that should keep the temperatures up to four to seven, but elsewhere it will be cold enough for a touch of toro rosso and there —— frost and there may be fog round, particularly in northern england, the north—west midlands, east wales and northern ireland, some of that fog could linger into the day, away from the fog, some sunshine, fewer showers inlet scotland. 0ne sunshine, fewer showers inlet scotland. one or two round the western coasts, and a lot that rain and drizzle petering out slowly from the south—east and east anglia. it stays great all day. temperatures probably seven or eight. elsewhere with sunshine it will be chillier, five degrees or so. but really as we head on into the week, from midweek on wards we will find it turning milder, day and night, we will find it turning wet and windy, that process starts to happen as we head into wednesday. ahead of that wet and windy weather coming in there will be a touch of frost, there may

be more fog round through northern england and into the midland, it should lift more readily, you can see how the weather is changing out to the west. wet, windy weather, the temperatures picking up to double figures, notjust yet, across eastern scotland and england where we are still in the colder air for one more day and the temperatures will be round four to six. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

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westminster as borisjohnson makes his way towards delivering his election promises. it is quite surreal in the last time, it feels like the first day of big school and here we go. it is a bit daunting. the prime minister has started announcing new appointments to the cabinet. it becomes the new welsh secretary while nikki morgan is confirmed as culture secretary. divisions deepen and labour with senior labourfront divisions deepen and labour with senior labour front bencher threatening legal action against a former colleague. in belfast, new talks are under way to restore the devolved government in northern ireland. protests spread across india againsta ireland. protests spread across india against a controversial new citizenship law. stolen from the home of the formula

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