you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: the government is to add a new clause to the brexit bill to make it illegal for parliament to extend the transition process beyond the end of next year. the political declaration that the eu have signed up to commit to finishing those conversations by the end of 2020. boeing announces it's to stop production of its 737 max aircraft — which has been grounded for months after two fatal crashes. a review into record low rape conviction rates finds the justice system "close to breaking point" because of cuts. inspectors criticise the london fire brigade, saying it's been "wasteful" and "slow to implement changes" needed after the grenfell tower fire. the church of england announces

that the 98th archbishop of york is to be stephen cottrell, currently the bishop of chelmsford. and in sport, manchester city assistant coach and pep guardiola's right—hand man, mikel arteta, is expected to hold further talks with arsenal about taking over as their new manager. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the prime minister, borisjohnson, is planning to make it illegal for parliament to extend the brexit process beyond the end of next year. he'll add a clause to his withdrawal agreement bill, which will go before mps on friday. under current plans, the uk ceases to be an eu member on january the 31st.

there will be a transition period until the end of 2020 — where the existing arrangements between the eu and uk continue, while the two sides negotiate a new relationship. as it stands, that transition period can be extended by up to two years but the prime minister plans to remove that option. the amendment would fulfill a promise the prime minister made during the election campaign that he would not seek an extension to the transition period. but critics say this raises the chance of leaving the eu without a trade deal. our assistant political editor norman smith is in downing street. good morning, norman. presumably the prime minister could introduce that close later next year if he wanted to, so why is he doing it now? those around mrjohnson say it is all about trust, the pledge not to seek about trust, the pledge not to seek a further extension to the

transition period was in the ma nifesto transition period was in the manifesto but mrjohnson wanted to underscore in thick red lines for voters that there will be no backtracking, no we think, no ifs or buts, we are leaving, come what may, at the end of next year, so he has decided to enshrine that in law, from their point of viewjust to absolutely reassure voters that that is eight, we are out. it is also designed to crank up the pressure, frankly, on the eu, because there have been voices in the eu saying it will not be possible to do a trade deal in 11 months, they usually take yea rs, deal in 11 months, they usually take years, during it in months will not be feasible. within downing street they think it is feasible and can be turned, there is already a high degree of alignment between the uk and the rest of europe so it should be possible to broker the sort of deal and that sort of timetable, but if it is not, it means that no deal is back on the table, which will

allow many in business because if it is not possible to reach the free trade agreement by december next year then the only other option, delay having been taken off the table, is to leave without any sort of deal, albeit this morning the cabinet member michael gove was striking an optimistic note about getting a deal in that timetable. we will formally leave the european union — we will be out, there will be no more members of the european parliament, european commissioners or anything like that — on the 315t ofjanuary, that's it. and then we will have conversations with the european union about our new relationship, which will be based on free trade and friendly cooperation. and the political declaration that the eu have signed up to commits them to finishing those conversations by the end of 2020. the other interesting thing about this is that those who thought that borisjohnson this is that those who thought that boris johnson really might this is that those who thought that borisjohnson really might pursue a much softer brexit once he had won the election and got a nice chunky

majority and could ignore the hard brexiteers, i think, majority and could ignore the hard brexiteers, ithink, will majority and could ignore the hard brexiteers, i think, will be proved wrong. it seems pretty clear that mr johnson agrees with them, that they really had to stick to this timetable and that brexit presents an opportunity to diverged from the eu and pursue a different sort of path. so those who thought that somehow mrjohnson was poised, as it were, to turn his back on the erg, i think, will be disappointed. senior figures in the erg were in downing street last night meeting the chief whip and they left happy as bunnies, saying they thought they and the government were on the same page when it came to brexit. thank you, norman. we will have more politics just after 9:15am, when we will look ahead to what is in store for labour asjeremy ahead to what is in store for labour as jeremy corbyn ahead to what is in store for labour asjeremy corbyn prepares to address the party after its election defeat. boeing has announced it is temporarily halting production of its 737 max aircraft. the planes have been

grounded since march — a response to crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. regulators in the united states, criticised for earlier decisions on the 737 max, are now saying they will not approve any return to service before next year. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. grounded and now pulled from production. boeing's problems have gone from bad to worse, with the aviation giant forced to admit it can no longer continue to make the 737 max. the temporary halt in production is because the regulatory authority — the federal aviation administration — has still not cleared the jet to return to commercial service. it was grounded globally in march following crashes in ethiopia and indonesia, which left a total of 346 people dead. in a statement, boeing insists... "safely returning the 737 max to service is our top priority. it is our duty to ensure that every requirement is fulfilled, and every question from our

regulators answered." "we have decided to prioritise the delivery of stored aircraft and temporarily suspend production on the 737 programme beginning next month." but the company acknowledges the approval process must be extraordinarily thorough and robust to ensure that regulators, customers and the flying public have confidence in the aircraft. with 400 planes in storage, boeing says it will focus its efforts on delivering those aircraft to customers. it says its decision will not result in anyjob losses, with affected employees continuing to do 737—related work, or reassigned to other projects. but this is a major blow for the company, one of america's biggest exporters. the us economy is bound to feel the ripple effects, with firms supplying parts left in limbo while production is on hold. suspending production of a commercial aircraft

is something that has been very rarely done. it truly is an unprecedented decision and it is one that has massive impact to boeing and its suppliers and the airlines. even before the decision was announced, boeing's share price took another hit on monday. pulling its most profitable plane from the skies has cost the company more than $9 billion, and with continuing uncertainty over its future, that figure will inevitably rise. peter bowes, bbc news. i'm joined now by dominic 0'connell, our business correspondent. good morning, dominic. boeing, really, had a way too ambitious timetable for getting this aircraft backin timetable for getting this aircraft back in disguise? yes, even recently was talking about having the plane approved for commercial service by the end of the year, which looked fanciful then and looks even more fanciful then and looks even more fanciful now. the basic problem is it does not know when it will be

cleared to do this. the federal aviation administration has been given a real grilling from its improvement of the 737 max 8 to start off with, it will be looking very closely at the software changes boeing is making, all of the pilot training to be done, and boeing has been making these things at a rate of 42a been making these things at a rate of 42 a month since it was granted in march, there are about 400 aircraft parked up all over america which will have to be brought out, maintenance done to them and given to the airline customers, it will be a long time before it is flying. the added complication is that airline regulators are no longer satisfied with what the fia says and want to do their own checks. boeing is a massive company, what will the ripple effects beyond the wider american economy? some very interesting analysis, saying stopping the 737 max 8 could knock a debate percentage point off us gdp.

it is about 40,000 components which come all over the world, in the uk many companies make parts for it. 600 companies affected ? many companies make parts for it. 600 companies affected? particularly big in the usa, boeing is probably its been the goods exported. and there is the task of persuading people to have confidence in this aircraft, to make them want to fly on it? probably the closest parallel is the granting of the mcdonnell douglas dc—10 in the 1970s. it never quite recovered from that grunting and its sales were not so strong afterwards. this aeroplane is a much larger sales programme, 5000 have been ordered, it is one of the bestselling paintable time already, it is hard to see what boeing will do, what airlines will do if it is not their —— it is one of the bestselling aeroplanes of all time

already. thank you, dominic. a review of record low rape conviction rates has found a justice system "close to breaking point" because of cuts. the crown prosecution service inspectorate says a "damning" number of cases are lost during "under—resourced" police investigations. but it's rejected claims that prosecutors are unfairly selective about cases they charge. campaigners say the review has failed to uncover the real reasons for what they call "woeful" conviction rates. a special court in pakistan has sentenced the country's former president, pervez musharraf, to death for high treason. general musharraf has been living in dubai since 2016 and was sentenced in absentia. the charges relate to his decision to suspend pakistan's constitution and impose emergency rule in 2007. the three judges of the special court came to their verdict last month but were prevented from announcing it by the high court in islamabad. inspectors have criticised the london fire brigade, saying it is not well run, and needs to improve. her majesty's inspectorate of fire and rescue services said the brigade

had been slow to implement the changes which were needed after the grenfell tower blaze, in which 72 people died. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds reports. it's a tough, physicaljob, even when there are no flames and fire fighters are just demonstrating typical procedures. today's report makes no criticism of those on the front line but it says the london fire brigade is not well—run. it's slow to learn lessons and has a long way to go in improving its efficiency. there is one particular concern, not enough training, especially for incident commanders and training which is not pass orfail. so what happens if officers don't perform well? nothing. nothing? no, they arejust back on the system. what do you think of that? we said it is one of the most worrying causes of concern. that's why we said we graded the training that london

fire does as inadequate, it's got to be sorted out. which is significant because it is now more than a year than the then london fire commissioner dany cotton told the grenfell tower public inquiry... i wouldn't expect us to be developing training or response to something that simply shouldn't happen. meaning a fire on the scale of grenfell. she has now resigned, partly because of today's report. the new commissioner says he's committed to making improvements. tom symonds, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the government is to add a new clause to the brexit bill to make it illegal for parliament to extend the process of leaving the european union beyond the end of 2020. boeing has announced that it will halt production of its 737 max aircraft, which has been grounded for several months after two fatal crashes. a review of the decline in the number of rape prosecutions and convictions across england and wales says the criminaljustice system is so under—resourced it's "close to breaking point."

and in sport, two teams edging towards new managers. —— as fire weather warnings are issued for parts of australia, the country could experience its hottest day on record next week, the current record stands at 50.7 celsius. and in sport, two teams edging towards new managers. arsenal hold talks with their former captain mikel arteta. he's currently pep guardiola's assistant at manchester city. everton meanwhile have made the former chelsea manager carlo ancelotti their first choice. they're yet to make a contract offer, but will now step up their efforts to bring him to goodison park. and a strange story from italy where the top league — serie a — has been heavily criticised for a new anti—racism campaign which uses pictures of monkeys. anti—discrimation group fare have called it a sickjoke. more on all of those stories in about 20 minutes. i will see you

then. thank you, sally, and see you seen. back to politics, and jeremy corbyn will address labour mps today as the fallout continues over the party's catastrophic general election defeat. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, warned privately in september that labour's chances of winning the election would be hampered by taking a neutral stance on brexit. speaking to the bbc for a documentary which will be broadcast tonight, she questioned whetherjeremy corbyn could avoid taking a position. we must make sure that labour campaigns to remain and, notjust that, that we lead the campaign to remain. cheering and applause. i thinkjeremy is trying to find a compromise, but if he goes into that election saying "i don't have a view on the single biggest decision that we have to make," i think... what worries me is that every single interview he does will all be about brexit. do you think that labour could win a general election with this position? well, i think it makes it more

difficult, and that's why i'm really pushing this, because i wantjeremy in number ten. and just to say you can see more of that interview with emily thornberry in the brexit storm continues, on bbc two at 9pm tonight. with me is the assistant editor of the new statesman, george eaton. george, that was a very prescient thought from emily thornberry, as it turned out. i want to talk to you about something you have written recently about attending a momentum activist training session in november, pretty close to the actual votes, and what occurred to you because of what those activists said? they were talking for a period about what concerns are you worried about what concerns are you worried about coming up on the doorstep, so the activists leading the session as to those in the room to shout out suggestions. the answers came very swiftly, anti—semitism, the stance on brexit which was seen as too anti

brexit in some areas, too brexit in others, consent of the jeremy corbyn‘s leadership, concerns the party could not funded spending pledges, worries about the economic impact ofa pledges, worries about the economic impact of a four day week —— concerns overjeremy corbyn. it is true that political parties succeed when they are aware of their vulnerabilities and do what they can to neutralise them, but when your activists can name so many wea knesses activists can name so many weaknesses so close to the campaign, it is not surprising to me that it entered how we did, labour winning its lowest number of seats since 1935. how do you think that will inform the leadership contest? people will want to ask why we lost and what we can do next time, but it is clear from the way the debate is going that any candidate advocating abandoning large parts of the ma nifesto, abandoning large parts of the manifesto, say, would find it hard to win. i think the frontrunner is rebecca long—bailey, who has been anointed as the corbynite successor

byjohn mcdonnell, and i think labour party members will want to keep policies like public ownership of the railways, higher taxation of top earners and so on. given the specific issues around people not voting labour because ofjeremy corbyn, the personality, the man, how difficult will it make it for those candidates seen as the heirs ofjeremy corbyn? those candidates seen as the heirs of jeremy corbyn? it is potentially a hindrance but i thinkjeremy corbyn was popular with labour members, i think they will feel he wasn't —— was unfairly treated by the media, that he had personal baggage from his past in the 1980s, if you like, the fresher corbynite candidate, they may think might win afairy hearing. candidate, they may think might win a fairy hearing. john mcdonnell try to avoid that when interviewed by andrew marr, he said i own this, i ta ke andrew marr, he said i own this, i take the blame, i think that is him partly trying to ensure that the

wider shadow cabinet, of which rebecca long—bailey is one, are not tainted by the defeat. labour cannot afford to have somebody as divisive within the party as jeremy afford to have somebody as divisive within the party asjeremy corbyn was, and then you had to look at popularity amongst the general public? it is a truism that divided parties do not win elections, it was true at this election that the conservatives were family united than labour, so i think there will bea than labour, so i think there will be a premium on the next leader unifying the party, and i think you have the chance of winning an election they need to be more popular thanjeremy election they need to be more popular than jeremy corbyn in election they need to be more popular thanjeremy corbyn in the country. in the shorter term, providing an effective opposition to the prime minister's plans, or maybe not? that leader, is that person tries to remake labour, will have to address brexit and come up with a firm position as opposed to the neutral position taken byjeremy corbyn? the idea of a second

referendum is gone, but i think labour will want to back a candidate he was committed to free movement. i think the debate shifts from whether we are leaving the eu to how closely aligned we want to be with the eu. thank you very much for your time, george eaton, deputy editor at the new statesman. a group of former senior fire and emergency chiefs have been meeting in sydney, calling for the federal government to better prepare australia for worsening extreme weather events. since september, six people have died in bushfires that have engulfed the states of new south wales and queensland. speaking to the media in sydney, the former chiefs had strong words for prime minister scott morrison, especially after the recent un climate talks in madrid. we have no moral leadership, as we saw in madrid. the bushfires weren't even mentioned. other countries were aghast that while australia burns, our government went over there and argued against tougher emissions standards. this has to change, so the summit that we call will deal with bushfires, natural disasters and other emergencies, but also with that underlying

issue of climate change. meanwhle the fires continue to rage — our correspondent phil mercer sent this update. fire authorities say that, here in new south wales, australia's most populous state, more than 100 bushfires continue to burn. of them, 59 are uncontained. now, we have heard from officials that a mega blaze that has been burning to the north—west of sydney for quite a long time, it was the result of about five big fires coming together, that mega blaze has come dangerously close to a power station that supplies 10% of the electricity to new south wales. there were concerns that stockpiles of coal could be ignited by what's called here an ember attack. these are red—hot embers that have blown well ahead

of the main fire front. but emergency authorities have managed to stave off the danger for now. earlier today here in sydney there was a meeting of former emergency and fire chiefs and they had some very stern words for australia's centre—right government, accusing the prime minister, scott morrison, of going missing, of not doing enough to prepare australia for worsening bushfire conditions as the climate changes. and these former fire chiefs say that australia needs a national emergency bushfire summit to try to figure out how to make australia safer as these sorts of fires become more intense. later in the week, we are expecting heatwave conditions over much of mainland australia. here in new south wales in sydney in particular we are bracing for conditions, for temperatures of 45 celsius in the western fringes of sydney.

that will exacerbate and worsen the fire threat. and spare a thought for the people of south australia, there is a forecast of temperatures of 49 celsius in parts of southern australia. so this week, once again, australia facing some pretty brutal conditions. phil mercer reporting. psychologists working with refugees and migrants on the greek island of lesbos have told the bbc they are seeing an increasing number of children self—harming and attempting suicide. there's been a spike in refugees arriving on the aegean islands in recent months, the vast majority are fleeing countries of conflict. almost 18,000 people are living at the moria camp on lesbos, which was made forjust 2000. our global health correspondent, tulip mazumdar reports from there — you may find some of the details upsetting. this is no place for a child and yet

moria camp is home to more than 7,000 of them. the vast majority of these children have fled war—torn countries and arrived here in europe, a place supposedly of humanity, safety and security. ok, let's go together. at the nearby children's clinic, a mental health emergency is unfolding. a 17—year—old boy slashed himself across his chest and arms overnight. his friend has brought him in. just ask him if we can talk to him. this is a sadly common scene here. he's not well. he doesn't want to talk about... he talks about wanting to... to do this again. more than 150 children have been referred to msf psychologists in the last two months alone. that's double the number from the summer.

two of those children attempted suicide, the youngest was just 13 years old. normally a child, when they experience something traumatic, has to have the time and the space to recover. moria does not allow the children to recover. in a child in a preschooler age, you can see children banging their head against a wall, for instance, pulling their hairs off, and in between the age more between 12 and 17, we see them cut themselves. they strongly start to talk about the desire of dying. a father in desperate search of help for his family, his daughter zaynab has autism and epilepsy. they arrived a few days ago and it took them two months to get here from afghanistan. they met us at a makeshift community centre at the camp.

he described how they almost died when they were flung into the sea as they crossed from turkey. their bag with their money and zaynab's medication was lost. translation: the children were just screaming. they had so much fear. and the darkness, we always remember the darkness. both children, he tells me, are utterly traumatised. translation: at night zaynab screams. she does not sleep, she hardly eats. we were refused permission to film inside the main, government—run part of the camp. but the overspill into the neighbouring olive grove now holds around half of the almost 18,000 population of moria. some families are getting stuck here for months awaiting news on their asylum claims. the greek government recently announced plans to move 20,000 people off this island

and neighbouring island by early 2020 but movement on that has been extremely slow. and people, particularly women and children, keep arriving on these islands every week. children are resilient. my name is mustafa! here in a tented shack used as a community centre, staff are trying to help them remember simply how to be children. my name is nagis! but there is only so much these young minds can take. tulip mazumdar, bbc news, moria camp, lesbos. there have been further clashes in the lebanese capital, beirut. troops fired tear gas at demonstrators in one of the city's squares. protests have swept lebanon since mid—0ctober as it suffers its worst economic crisis in 30 years. the french transport strike — which has severely hit train and metro services —

is approaching the end of its second week, and shows no sign of ending. the country is braced for another day of demonstrations against changes to pensions. the minister overseeing the reforms resigned on monday. the european space agency will today launch a space telescope to study distant worlds. it's hoped the cheops telescope will reveal new insights — such as whether far—off objects are likely to be rocky or gas—rich. but it's a different kind of mission to previous efforts as it won't be trying to find new planets. in a moment the weather, but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. more than 8000 university students in the uk are estranged from their parents, that is the news we can bring you today, and many will be homeless in the christmas holidays because they are no longer in contact with their mum

01’ no longer in contact with their mum or dad. i'm trying to do everything in my power to make the university experience the best i can, despite not having a family to go home to any more. we will speak to three stu d e nts any more. we will speak to three students alienated from their families and bring you the rest of this morning's needs. that is live at 10am on the bbc news channel, bbc two and online. simon the weather. some frost and fog this morning across northern and western areas, further south is the cloud is bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly toward east anglia and the south—east of england. that will continue into this afternoon. for wales, the midlands, northern england, the fog lifts, might be stubborn in places around the vale of york but there will be some brighter skies developing, a bit of sunshine. to northern ireland after the showers, still winter across the high ground of scotland, maximum temperatures of about four to eight

celsius. the rain in the south—east will gradually clear overnight, more cloud into the west, fog patches developing in central and eastern areas, but it will be quite a cold and potentially for some of us frosty nights, temperatures dropping close to not just frosty nights, temperatures dropping close to notjust below freezing. into wednesday, some brighter skies, then rain moves in across western areas. goodbye for now.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the government is to add a new clause to the brexit bill — to make it illegal for parliament to extend the process of leaving the european union beyond the end of 2020. boeing has announced that it will halt production of its 737 max aircraft — which has been grounded for several months after two fatal crashes. a review of the decline in the number of rape prosecutions

and convictions across england and wales says the criminaljustice system is so under—resourced it's "close to breaking point". the church of england has announced that the 98th archbishop of york is to be stephen cottrell, currently the bishop of chelmsford. worzel gummidge. welcome to scatterbrook. also coming up. 40 years on — worzel gummidge is about to return to our screens this christmas — with a climate change twist. time now for the morning briefing where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. ellie goulding is trending on twitter after this video was posted of a royal mail lorry pushing a car sideways on one of london's busiest roads yesterday before being stopped by other drivers.

the singer told her millions of instagram followers that her driver was one of the motorists who stopped to help, with ellie herself checking on the driver of the car. she said — "i can't believe the first instinct of the other drivers who got out was to instantly start filming on their phones and shout abuse at the poor shocked driver." the driver of the lorry says that he was unaware of anything wrong after cars started honking their horns to get his attention. a royal mail spokesman said: "we are very concerned about this incident. we sincerely hope that no—one was hurt. we are investigating as a matter of urgency." the bbc two drama responsible child — which aired last night — is one of this morning's top google trends. it is about how children as young as ten can be tried for murder as if they were adults.

the drama follows the story of 12—year—old ray and is loosely based on a real—life story. you can find it on bbc iplayer and read more about it on the bbc news website. a five—year—old boy has been given a rather special early christmas present — a ground—breaking prosthetic arm which has let him hug his family properly for the first time. his mum and dad crowdfunded £16,000 for the arm which comes with its very own special design. jacob's mum gemma and dad chris spoke to bbc breakfast‘s dan walker from their home in west yorkshire. if you squeeze that top bit, you can make the... that's what i've heard you can make the fingers go in and out. yes, as he squeezes this padding, it closes the thumb. it is so impressive. he isjust getting to grips with it.

chris, tell us what situation jacob was in beforehand and what made you think you would try to crowdfunding to help jacob and get the prosthetic for him? it is everything we all take for granted. even at school at the moment, just chasing the paper around as he is writing, having something to hold it just helps. he just got a little bit upset and frustrated. so, me and you, didn't we, gemma, we had a chat and decided we needed to do something, there is very little help for us. i imagine at times like this, you are told "no" quite a bit, and you have to be determined and fight for your son. how did you go about that? we knew the nhs were not going to supply the arm, so we literally went through instagram and everything on the internet just to find somebody who could help,

originally, we thought we would have to go to america. but then, i contacted ben from the company who contacted us and said they could help. it is still early days and there are teething problems. we are due to meet again next month to reassess. it is very much a work in progress. mariah carey's classic festive hit all i want for christmas is you — has finally topped the us charts 25 years after it was first released. # all i want for christmas is you.

when the hit song made its debut in 1994 it was as an ep and not a single, meaning it wasn't allowed to compete in billboard's hot 100. rule changes saw the song first enter the chart in 2000 and in recent years it has edged closer to the top spot. in celebration mariah carey tweeted this. "we did it," with a string of emojis to convey happy tears. before we finish, let us look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. the news that the red red coles has announced the death of his partner the reverend david coles —— the reverend richard coles. you may know him as a radio broadcaster. he goes on to thank the

brilliant teams who looked after his partner at kettering general hospital. the couple, both priests, live in a vicarage in northamptonshire. he wrote, i am very sorry to say that reverend david coles has died, he had been ill for a while. thanks to the brilliant teens who looked after him at kettering general hospital. looking down at the powerful report we have shown you from our global health correspondent who has been to the migrant camp built for 2,000 people on lesbos, now home to 18,000, and the impact that is having specifically on the children in that camp, with psychologists reporting increased rates of self harming. that is it for our morning briefing. some breaking news, on the

unemployment figures, the latest figures, unemployment decreased by 13,000, toi.28 figures, unemployment decreased by 13,000, to 1.28 million in the three months up to october. those official figures showing unemployment has gone down by 13,000, down to 1.28 million, in the three months to 0ctober. time now for the sport. let's start with a couple of big premier league teams who look to be on the verge of bringing in new managers. because it's looking more and more likely that mikel arteta will be the new arsenal manager. he's currently pep guardiola's assistant at manchester city, and finished his playing career at arsenal where he was captain. club bosses were spotted outside arteta's house on monday morning, and they are now in talks with city. everton are also after a new manager and they've made carlo ancelotti their first choice. he was sacked by napoli last week,

but had great success at chelsea where he won the premier league and fa cup in 2010. everton have yet to make an offer to the italian, but they will step up their efforts to bring him to merseyside this week. incidentally, arsenal play everton in the premier league on saturday and both arteta and ancelotti feature heavily on the back pages of this morning's newspapers/ "lotti potti" is the mirror's headline. the times say that arteta's just got to meet arsenal director josh kronkie to finish what has effectively been a job interview. and the metro says that man city are furious with the way the talks have been held, but won't stand in arteta's way if he wants to move. to italy next, where the top league — serie a — has been heavily criticised for a new anti—racism campaign. this is it, it uses images of monkeys with painted faces. the artist who designed them says they are the metaphor for human beings. there have been big problems with racism in italian football

recently, and just three weeks ago, clubs in serie a said they would do more to tackle the problem. anti—discrimination group fare say the campaign was like a "sickjoke". 0ne game in the premier league last night, and it was wilfied zaha who stole the show with a lovely solo goal to save a point for crystal palace against brighton. a nice way for roy hodgson to celebrate his 100th game in charge of palace, who are now up to ninth in the table. it'll be a strange night for liverpool as they play aston villa in the quarterfinals of the league cup because their entire first team squad are out in doha for the club world cup. they play the mexican side monterey tomorrow live on bbc two. it's the start of a really busy period of fixtures for the european champions and it means that the team to play villa tonight will be made up almost exclusively of youth players. and withjurgen klopp also in qatar, the man in charge tonight

is liverpool's under—23s coach. the group of players that will take the pitch is the one that i work with constantly, so, it's not like we are throwing a team together. so, we will be well—prepared. we have got enough time, we know how we are going to approach the game, and it's important that we go and play like a liverpool team. and there is full commentary of liverpool against aston villa in the quarterfinals of the carabao cup on bbc radio 5 from seven o'clock tonight. there was a good win for england's women overnight in the first t20 international against pakistan. henry moran was watching in kuala lumpur. a winning start for england at the beginning of 3t20 internationals against pakistan, a crucial phase in the build—up to the t20 world cup come february. all england ab de pakistan looked like they could be in to cause a shock but, in but, in the end, england's 154

in to cause a shock but, in but, in the end, england's154 was enough, winning by 29 runs. sophie eggleston the pick of the bowlers, three wickets, and a convincing win for england to get this phase of the dog off to the perfect start. we did well to get to 160, pakistan bowled quite tight with a tight field. we are happy we got there in the end and probably left if you out there, the bowlers did a greatjob. the trip concludes with 2t20 games starting on thursday, they will be looking to make a clean sweep to give maximum momentum heading towards australia in february. that's all the sport for now. the headlines on bbc news. the government is to add a new clause to the brexit bill to make it illegal for parliament to extend the process of leaving the european union beyond the end of 2020. boeing has announced that it will halt production

of its 737 max aircraft — which has been grounded for several months after two fatal crashes. a review of the decline in the number of rape prosecutions and convictions across england and wales says the criminaljustice system is so under—resourced it's "close to breaking point". let's get more now on that criticism of the london fire brigade by the inspectors. in a report, they say it's not well run, was slow to implement changes after the deadly grenfell tower fire, and it needs to improve. i'm joined now by local democracy reporterjulia gregory you have spoken to some survivors of grenfell, or those who lost family members in the fire. what is their reaction? it is a devastating and disappointing report

andi devastating and disappointing report and i have been told by somebody who lived near the tower that it is not surprising, sadly. ithink lived near the tower that it is not surprising, sadly. i think some of the surprise, that will be around the surprise, that will be around the aspects of training, some drivers had not had an update for 20 yea rs, drivers had not had an update for 20 years, some of the commanders, more training is necessary and that hadn't perhaps been happening as felt it should. i think, for people who were in the tower, who lost relatives, it is a very disappointing report, particularly 110w disappointing report, particularly now just before disappointing report, particularly nowjust before christmas. saturday was the 30th month since the fire. hundredsjoined the was the 30th month since the fire. hundreds joined the monthly silent walk, it was a very sombre event and christmas is a difficult time to hear that some lessons had not been learnt or more had not been done, two and a half years now, it is very disappointing and upsetting for them. with so many still seeking answers

and trying to process what happened, seeking justice, how do you think this report will affect the way people see what happened that night? it isa people see what happened that night? it is a painful situation because individualfamilies it is a painful situation because individual families feel that more should have been done, the policy was not revoked until a long time after the fire had broken out, some of the issues around training, the calls that were made to call centres, families were not given the advice to leave even though on the ground that had changed. change needs to happen really quickly. for the community, for the families, an important thing is legacy, which has to be no other community goes through this again. it is beyond devastating. i spoke to someone who lost a family member, yesterday, before the report came out. he said

every day gets worse. for people deeply affected by this, the trauma is really deep, change has to happen in terms of fire safety, and if this im proves in terms of fire safety, and if this improves things in london, elsewhere and internationally, we need to see improvements happen. the next archbishop of york will be the current bishop of chelmsford — stephen cottrell. he takes over from john sentamu who steps down in 2020. he has been talking to our religious editor — martin bashir. iam very i am very honoured, humbled and right now i am a bit scared. but i really do believe, if it doesn't sound like i've got some weird hotline to god which i haven't, i'm

here because i think there was a calling for me. i have been given the gift and experiences to help the church to be a little bit more joyful, more focused on the world, less focused on itself. i think they are the gifts i have been given because i wasn't brought up in this. that i think has changed the way i see it. you mention the brexit referendum. many politicians have spoken about this country in recent weeks during the election campaign has been deeply dividing and polarising. does the christian gospel have anything to say to a country that is divided into tribal groups? yes. probably the christian faith has never been more relevant because, at the heart of the christian faith is the message that

we are not just christian faith is the message that we are notjust one nation, we are one humanity. i want to say we are one humanity. i want to say we are one world. so, i welcome the sounds that have come out of downing street in these early days, i welcome the sounds and the narrative of one nation. but one nation must also mean one humanity. and the tragedy of the post—brexit britain has been that we have started defining each other by how we all voted on one day in whenever it was, 2016, and that isa in whenever it was, 2016, and that is a very un—british way of doing things. i really, really hope we can put that behind us now. stephen cotterell who will be the next archbishop of york. viewers of a certain age will remember the talking scarecrow worzel gummidge and his antics. well, the character is back on our screens for an updated christmas special. worzel is played this time by the actor mackenzie crook who's also written the new version

as well as directing it. tim muffett went on set to meet him and the cast. that scarecrow came here last night and brought back my phone. what's your name? worzel gummidge. welcome to scatterbrook. a walking, talking, mischievous scarecrow — worzel gummidge is back, 40 years afterjon pertwee first played him on television. worzel gummidge, the original books, were written nearly 90 years ago and i thought it was about time to resurrect him and introduce him to a new audience. we have written this climate change fable and it is all about looking after the natural world. how old are you? i'm all manner of ages. my head is one age, my feet are another, so on and so forth. he is trying to show kids our age that things are happening in the world and what we can do about them. so, worzel and susan go on adventures and

they save the planet. last christmas, a new version of watership down was shown on tv. it, too, had been a book adapted for the screen into the ‘70s before being remade once more but, for some viewers at least, it would have been better to have left it alone. 0ur version and the ‘70s, ‘80s version are so different that they can exist together. he wasn't part of my childhood and i think that is one of the reasons why i'm doing it now. i think, if i had watched it, i would be more wary of it perhaps but we were one of those old—fashioned families that only watched the bbc channels, and commercial television was still very much frowned upon. you are just saying that because we are on the bbc! it is true, though! children even thought they were scarecrows, too. matter of fact i did when i first met them. i play the green man, he's actually the man who makes the scarecrows. he is a hedge layer so he's an expert at laying hedges and all that. he is the sort of archetypal countryman. ifeel i have been here

before, many, many times! in fact, the first python shot we ever did was the man coming out of the sea and he dragged himself up the beach and saying, "it's..." people talk about the age of television which we're in now. some people think it is a golden age. others say, no, it was better as it was. as someone who has been there and done that, where do you think we are now when it comes to the state of the television industry? there is a much, much wider range of television being produced now than when i was in python and even doing the early travel shows and all that, and that should be a good thing. you just have to make sure that there is a quality in the things you are doing. i wish to register a complaint. when we were doing python, we did not think of knocking down barriers. suddenly, things were very much more relaxed in the ‘60s. suddenly, it was open season, whatever you wanted to do. some scenes, like the parrot sketch, are considered all—time tv classics. hello, polly! pooolly!!

if the bbc commissioned a show, they would just let you go and do it. and that would not happen today, would it? i don't think it would. a scarecrow gathering always ends in pandemonium... if monty python was untouchable, it is hoped this new worzel gummidge can give an old favourite a new lease on life. tim muffett, bbc news. worzel gummidge: the scarecrow 0f scatterbrook premieres on boxing day at 6.20pm on bbc one. time now for a little bit of festive joy — from a project that takes young children into an old people's home for the mutual benefits they receive. 0ur reporter graham satchell went along for their christmas visit. it was the week before christmas and all through everdale grange care home no—one was stirring. come this way... when out in the corridor who should appear but a group of young children to spread some cheer.

that's good. these three and four —year—olds from daisy chain nursery have been coming to this care home in leister forjust over a year. how many times have been here? three. three, amazing! what do you like about coming here? colouring. what do you think about spending time with the older people? i like playing games with them. what kind of games? beemac. a growing number of studies have shown this kind of intergenerational contact can have significant mutual benefits. it is so good for the children. notjust the physical side of things but their social development. we have brought some of our quieter children here and they've come in and their confidence has just shone from them. they have come in and they've wanted

to help the elderly people so it is notjust the physical side of things it is also their social development. good, isn't it? i have never seen it before. i've had children, they have grown up and gone. it is nice to see them. #jingle bells, jingle bell...#. it builds them up and makes them very happy. just smiling, and they will talk about it and when are the children coming again? they will remember. yeah, it boosts the morale up. makes me feel better. they were lovely, beautiful. it makes me feel a bit young, you know to listen. time for some presents. thank you very much. thank you. ooh, this is heavy. you'd be forgiven for thinking this should not really work. the huge age gap, and apparent communication difficulties but the connections made here are life—affirming.

is it fun when they come? yeah. how does it make you feel? nice. it makes you feel nice? hug me, children hug. love. and then, in a twinkling, it is time to go, but they will be back to share more wisdom and joy through the generations. graham satchell, bbc news, leicester. now, it's time for a look at the weather. he misty start to the day, some fog across central and northern parts of england which will take a while to clear. this was the scene in

somerset. further south and east across england, we have this cloud bringing outbreaks of rain this morning across east anglia and the far south—east of england, continuing into the afternoon. across wales, midlands, the fog will lift and there will be brighter skies. showers across scotland but moving northwards. hill snow expected. top temperatures of eight. tonight, the rain will clear away. some clear skies and fog reforming across the midlands, merseyside, greater manchester. temperatures below freezing but not as cold in the west because of cloud moving in and the breeze will pick up. with that, rain spreading in. the fog will lift. some bright skies.

temperatures up to eight. further west, there is temperatures into double figures. a big area of low pressure means more weather systems moving in bringing further outbreaks of rain. gradually moving northwards. a southerly wind for many. bringing milder conditions. temperatures on thursday into double figures, 13 degrees. rain at times on thursday. at the end of the week, further outbreaks of rain. spreading northwards, quite heavy at times. on friday, that will clear before the next batch of rain moves in. a quite complex area of low pressure and weather systems moving in. we will see further rain. brighter skies and

sunshine in between the periods of rain. the winds from the south said temperatures generally around 12 degrees. goodbye.

hello, it's wednesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. —— eight tuesday, it's ten o'clock. over 8000 university students are officially estranged from their parents, this programme can reveal, and it means some of them will be homeless this christmas. i'm trying to do everything within my power to make this university experience the best i can, despite being estranged, despite not having a family to go home to any more. these three students are all estranged from their mums and dads — to make ends meet, blair was stealing food from his work before dropping out of uni. also: look at this extraordinary footage. it's a lorry pushing a car along a dual carriageway, witnessed by ellie goulding. we'll bring you more on that.