even if they don't qualify for next year's tournament. wales are away to switzerland in a play—off final tonight. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. an absolutely glorious autumnal scene behind you? it is an absolutely glorious autumnal scene behind you?— scene behind you? it is looking particularly _ scene behind you? it is looking particularly spectacular - scene behind you? it is looking particularly spectacular across l scene behind you? it is looking - particularly spectacular across many parts of the uk at the moment, the leaves are starting to get their tint and i was pretty generous sunshine for many currently. early this morning we paid a price for that in terms of falling close to or even slightly below freezing, frosted parts of herefordshire and oxfordshire. here are the skies from above, you can see thicker cloud across northern ireland and scotland and scotland and we will see more clouds building through the rest of the day across northern england head into wales. weather fronts are

trying to approach from the north—west but lots of dry weather this afternoon, the best sunshine the further south and east you sit on top temperatures are around 16 degrees. underthe on top temperatures are around 16 degrees. under the cloud, some rain by the evening approaching western scotland and northern ireland, hides between 12 and 1a. this evening and overnight cloud continues to drift east across the uk, does not look like much will get into east anglia and the south—east so we could defrost towards the end of the night. generally milder elsewhere because of the wind is picking up at the cloud insulating things, temperatures in double figures. northern ireland, wet overnight and first thing on wednesday. should brighton quite quickly across the north—east of scotland, pain in the south lingering in the morning, drier weather for northern ireland for the second half of the day, temperatures very similar to today. england and wales overall have more cloud and patchy rain for northern england, the midlands and wales in

the afternoon. looks like that rain could turn heavier briefly as it heads across the south—east of england tomorrow evening, onto thursday and we look at the top and tail of the country for the wetter weather, very confident we will see quite few showers on the principle scotland and northern ireland on thursday, this area of rain, the forecast at the moment is more iffy, it does not look like we will see much further north on the m4 corridor and we might not even see as heavy across southern counties of england, so decent autumn sunshine for many on thursday, by friday it looks like the area of head off towards the continent, showers to the far north of the of the uk, the wind will be a feature for the far north of scotland, boasting 60 or 70 mph. could be felt at first thing across england and wales on friday but essentially back to where we are thursday, lots of autumn sunshine —— could be fog posting. temperatures

lower double figures the mid—teens. a reminder of our top story... the bank of england intervened again to buy more government debt in an attempt to calm investors as the fallout from last month's mini budget continues. unemploymentjob budget continues. unemployment job stuart budget continues. unemploymentjob stuart lubbock level for nearly 50 years between june stuart lubbock level for nearly 50 years betweenjune and august, falling to 3.5%. —— jobs to its lowest level. that's all from the bbc news at 0ne, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. here's your latest sports news. england have named the players who have been awarded a central contract with test wicket keeper ben foakes and white ball all rounder liam livingstone being given deals for the first time. opener alex lees isn't

on the list though. and on the list though. nor is rory burns. jofra archer is on the list though. despite being injured for more than a year. the fast bowler was expected to come back from an elbow injury at the start of the summer but then suffered a stress fracture in his back. archer hasn't played an international match since march 2021 he'll contribute in the next year. 380 players and coaches across english grassroots football were handed bans last season for attacking or threatening referees and match officials. football association disciplinary reports show a catalogue of abuse against officials in youth and adult football. fixtures in the merseyside youth football league have been cancelled this weekend in a protest at what they call "multiple incidents of inappropriate and threatening behaviour" towards officials. sanctions for last season's incidents ranged from 112 days bans to eight years. both wales and scotland sit on the verge of a place at the women's world cup in australia and new

zealand next year. for wales, they've faced two matches already which manager gemma grainger called the biggest in their history. the first to reach the play—offs and the second was last week as they won in extra time to face switzerland in zurich this evening. it's a complicated qualification process, but a two—goal win in normal time should be enough for them to reach their first ever world cup. if we do with this game and we qualify for the next stage, that is an incredible moment for us. we have made history already, but it is almost important to know that if we are not successful, this campaign is not a failure. we are really clear about what we do what we do and off the pitch how we have inspired the crowd, the attendances, and every thing that has grown in the game. we have to be proud of that. but we are on track for a team who will qualify for a major tournament. if it is not this time, it will be next time. and it's a similar story for scotland as they look to reach their second world cup. they are also potentially 90 minutes away from the world cup.

the scots host republic of ireland at hampden with the winners in the frame to go straight to next year's tournament in australia and new zealand. contrasting expectations for the three british clubs involved in the champions league tonight. manchester city will expect to seal qualification. celtic are fighting to stay in the hunt. while chelsea are in the middle of the tightest of all the groups. they're in italy to play ac milan having comfortably beat the italian champions last week. both teams are behind the leaders salzburg. so a slip up by either side could be costly with only two more matches to follow. manchester city have won three out of three of their group games, helped in no small part by the incredible erling braut haaland. haaland has now scored 20 goals in 13 games for city in all competitions in his first season at the club. tonight they're away to copenhagen, who they thrashed 5—0 at home last week. haaland scored twice. the numbers speaks for itself, the

fact that at the early age how many goals in the champions league, in norway, austria and germany are now in england, so i speak a lot about this about this question, but sometimes i should not say anything and just look at the numbers. what he does on the pitch will be enough. meanwhile celtic have been fined by uefa for anti—monarchy banners displayed by their fans at a champions league match last month which came less than a week after the queen's death. banners were seen in the away section at their match with ukrainian side shakhtar donetsk in poland in september. the scottish champions have been fined 15 thousand euros for what uefa called a "message not fit for a sporting event". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we're going to get more

on the economy now, and the bank of england has warned of a material risk to the uk's financial stability and has once again intervened to try to calm markets. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore confidence among investors. downing street says the prime minister, liz truss, remains committed to the economic plan set out in last month's mini—budget. the leader of the liberal democrats ed davey has accused the government of being �*out of touch'. government economic policy is in a total mess and it's the millions of families and pensioners and businesses out there who are taking the hit. the news today from the ifs that the government would have to cut public spending by £60 million is deeply alarming and if the government were to do that then they are completely out of touch with what is happening in our society. the nhs needs more money, not less. schools are struggling. people on low incomes, pensioners, disabled people,

people on low incomes in work but needing universal credit, they are struggling. they need more support, not less. would it be sustainable for any political party to be making public spending cuts at a time of a cost of living crisis? it wouldn't be, but i worry that some of the people around liz truss and kwasi kwarteng are so out of touch with what is happening, as we saw in their mini budget, that they might take these incredibly damaging measures. i am still really worried that they are not getting this right and there is no confidence in our economic policy and because there is no confidence that's pushing up mortgage rates. i keep talking to people my constituency who are so worried that they are going to see the cost

of their mortgages go up and up and up, and the cause of that is the fact that nobody believes this government have a grip of the economy and the markets are signalling with the pound and sterling and whether it is in the government bond markets, often called the gilts market, the investors around the world and in our country are signalling they don't trust this government and don't have confidence in it. more on ukraine — we've been reporting more missile strikes on lviv this morning , that's the city nearest to the polish border, and it's months since there was a direct hit from russia. the bbc has just been hearing from andree sadovyi who is the mayor of lviv. he says one person has been wounded, and the parts of the city are without power after further missile strikes today. a very tough situation.

yesterday russian missiles and lviv attacked the lviv region and together 15 missiles, and today there were four missiles attacking. yesterday after the attack we had a tough problem because the city was without electricity and without water. but until morning we renewed the situation and one hour before the next russian attack destroyed four electrical stations in the region and we have a problem today, at this moment with water and electricity and other serious situations here. but the ukrainian people will get stronger, more powerful and resistant.

this war is not eight months, it is not eight years, it is 100 years, and a strong situation and i believe in our victory and i believe in our victory and you must believe in our victory. 0nly together. let's take a look at what's making the news across the uk eleanor says the drawings of her and paddington mean a lot to her which is why she is not happy that online sellers like ebay, amazon have taken the pictures without permission and

are putting them on everything from mugs and magnets to t—shirts and bags for their own profit. leanne brown reports. the queen holding hands with paddington. it is a much loved image which became a widespread part of tributes to the green —— the queen, but the artist who created it said people are now capitalising on her original drawing. to capitalising on her original drawina. ., , ., capitalising on her original drawina. ., , , ,, , drawing. to see other businesses ostin: drawing. to see other businesses posting it. _ drawing. to see other businesses posting it, selling _ drawing. to see other businesses posting it, selling it, _ drawing. to see other businesses posting it, selling it, using - drawing. to see other businesses posting it, selling it, using it- drawing. to see other businesses posting it, selling it, using it in l posting it, selling it, using it in commercial ways was really distressing to see but also to make money and profiteering of such a sad and awful event the passing of her majesty which is everything as an individual and the business i did not want to do. not even on my own website is it being used or sold. fix, website is it being used or sold. a few clicks online and you can find dozens of items on well—known websites. ifound products such dozens of items on well—known websites. i found products such as key rings, stickers, baseball caps, t—shirts, even candles, but when the

items arrive, the quality is perhaps not quite what you would expect. it's completely being lifted and taken off the internet and then, when you look at it it has been cropped so much from the original illustration and i don't know what they've done to the money —— background but it is splotchy and pixelated. i know i'm not the only one who has created illustrations to commemorate her majesty that have not wanted to benefit, financially, commercially or in any way like myself in these illustrations have also been seen on a range of products against their will and it's really upsetting. she products against their will and it's really melting-— products against their will and it's really upsetting. she has written to the companies _ really upsetting. she has written to the companies involved _ really upsetting. she has written to the companies involved but - really upsetting. she has written to the companies involved but now . really upsetting. she has written to i the companies involved but now legal action may be taken as many are not listening. the hosts of a radio show

for ukrainians who've fled the war say they're heartbroken by the latest attacks on their country. the programme — on peterborough community radio — aims to give hope and support to the ukrainian community. but it's been a difficult couple of days, with the presenters choking back tears on air. it has been a difficult morning for the radio hosts and it is only 9:30am. news of explosions across ukraine woke them and their listeners up. we are the ones who wake people up, saying good morning and welcome to the radio show, but this morning it is a sad morning. they fled before war broke out in ukraine. he was a radio dj and actor in his city. today, he is lost for words. they make really shocked. i don't know how it can be. today, my show, because every time i am joking but today i am really shocked. good morning to all listeners from great britain. they kick off the show with a well—known ukrainian song, a message to their enemies.

in between the show, they are checking on friends, family and hearing from people impacted by the explosions. it is not long until it all gets to him. when i start reading the news i was shocked. i really was shocked. i don't know, how can i go to radio? what music i must turn on? i don't know what i must say for people who is at here, in england. and this hit a nerve. it hit home. too close to home. we are upset but were going to carry on because ukrainian people will not give up. not going to be on our knees. the show was broadcast online from peterborough, reaching over 1000 listeners a day. we want to make ukrainians feel a home from home even for a short

period of time while there is a war going on in ukraine. he works and volunteers here and sees this as his duty to encourage ukrainian listeners. it is my purpose because i am actor, i am not soldier. i never take a gun in my hand. but i think my words, my talent, it is like a weapon. they hope that the radio show will bring encouragement to listeners near and far, and believe only together we can win. a small community in somerset has raised 150 thousand pounds — to save its church bells. in a tricky operation they've been taken down from the church of st peter and st paul

in north curry — to be melted and then recast. known to some as the cathedral of the moors, the sound of bells has been heard in the north curry parish for hundreds of years. but these 18th century bells have fallen silent. time has taken its toll. the wooden frames holding the bells were wearing out, making it unsafe to ring them. ok, so what you can see above you is that the round hole is the hole that the bells came through. so the fixtures had to be removed and the bells taken down for resizing. in total, there's about four tonnes of bells up there. some of the bells run this way, some of the bells run this way. and therefore, you've actually got to move the crane, in essence, around around the tower to get the bells through the same hole. the community has raised £150,000 to fund the work. i'm very excited about the new bells. we've missed the bells because we haven't been able to ring them for about two and a half years now. so it'll be lovely to have a new set to ring. it's very quiet in the village and it's not the same. now many have gathered to say goodbye at a special blessing service. we've had events galore both in the church and in the village

as well, to raise funds, and it's brought people together in a wonderful way. and it demonstrates that the bells, that the church isn't just for sunday. these bells are ready for the next day tojourney tojohn taylor and co foundry in loughborough, where they'll be melted down and recast before they return here to chime again. for now, the church tower will remain empty, but from next spring, the bells will start to peal again for centuries to come. rhiannon yhnell, bbc points west, somerset. scientists in france i that life on mars might have been abundant caused its own extinction. the mars might have been abundant caused its own extinction.— its own extinction. the research su: est its own extinction. the research suggest microscopic _ its own extinction. the research suggest microscopic organisms | its own extinction. the research - suggest microscopic organisms could have believed below the surface of

the red planet several years ago when it had plenty of water but it also proposes that because they were so successful they would have altered the atmosphere leading to a chain reaction which made life as we know it impossible. earlier we spoke to a planetary scientist at imperial couege to a planetary scientist at imperial college london and he began by telling us what the study reveals. it's quite an interesting study and first i should stress this is not proof of life on mars, this is a hypothesis and an interesting hypothesis and an interesting hypothesis worth exploring whether there had been microbes on mars 4 billion years ago and how would it have affected the climate and would they have flourished in that environment.— they have flourished in that environment. . ., ., environment. ok. we are not clear if this is true, — environment. ok. we are not clear if this is true, but _ environment. ok. we are not clear if this is true, but how _ environment. ok. we are not clear if this is true, but how did _ environment. ok. we are not clear if this is true, but how did they - environment. ok. we are not clear if this is true, but how did they model| this is true, but how did they model it? is there a strong chance that there were organisms on mars and is there were organisms on mars and is there any evidence? love there's no

evidence there was microbes and there have been observations from landers and rovers at the climate on mars, early unlike today and mars is inhospitable, but early in the history it would have been likely warm and wet. 50 history it would have been likely warm and wet.— history it would have been likely warm and wet. , , , , warm and wet. so present day mars is not a aood warm and wet. so present day mars is not a good place _ warm and wet. so present day mars is not a good place to — warm and wet. so present day mars is not a good place to look— warm and wet. so present day mars is not a good place to look for— warm and wet. so present day mars is not a good place to look for life - not a good place to look for life but ancient life on ancient mars rocks are probably good enough but sending missions to mars is expensive and what is the likelihood of there being microbes living in these ancient martian rocks, and how did that affect the climate and they build a complex computational model and they take lots of different processes about how gas is exchanged between the ground and the atmosphere and they turn them into

equations and they place these together in a complex way to find out what would have happened if there had been microbes living in there had been microbes living in the martian ground, in the subsurface, how would it have grown and flourished, and they have a surprising conclusion. flan and flourished, and they have a surprising conclusion.— and flourished, and they have a surprising conclusion. can we learn an hinu surprising conclusion. can we learn anything about _ surprising conclusion. can we learn anything about our— surprising conclusion. can we learn anything about our time _ surprising conclusion. can we learn anything about our time here - surprising conclusion. can we learn anything about our time here on i anything about our time here on earth from this model? we honestly have a different atmosphere, but what are the conclusions we can draw? �* , , ., , draw? it's interesting for us. one ofthe draw? it's interesting for us. one of the things _ draw? it's interesting for us. one of the things is _ draw? it's interesting for us. one of the things is earth _ draw? it's interesting for us. one of the things is earth and - draw? it's interesting for us. one of the things is earth and mars i draw? it's interesting for us. one i of the things is earth and mars have different trajectories and life flourished on earth, and if there had been life it probably would have died out and there are different atmospheres etc, so on earth we don't know very much about how life initiated because we don't have rocks of that age well preserved. they other moves on a plate tectonic cycle and the rocks have been destroyed but mars is full of is

well preserved and what we have coming up are several missions and there is one mission coming up, the perseverance robot that will collect samples and return to earth in the early 20 30s that might harbour micro life evidence and we have just collected samples now and there will be a return mission and then europe is planning a mission in the late 20 20s, which the uk plays a big part in, and what that will do is drill down into the martian subsurface up to six metres and do chemistry experiments on those rocks. . experts are predicting a bumper harvest of apples despite the summer heatwave the damage crops and although traditional orchards are in decline there has been a rise of a new generation of community orchards set up on a shared green spaces.

nothing spells autumn like apples, but gathering to share the harvest is becoming a thing of the past, as traditional orchards vanish from the land. this orchard, at swan barn farm, is one of a new generation of community orchards, where people club together to plant fruit trees on local green spaces. so they're not connected to their computers or their mobiles or their tvs. so there's a being away from the usual hubbub of life, just coming somewhere that's beautiful, like this outdoors. it's just that thing of all being together and there's something magical about it. and today, volunteers are turning the apples they've helped grow into freshjuice, using an ancient apple press. it's a lovely place and the trees are beautiful. and doing something like this, you get to meet some nice, you know, it's a just nice, sociable thing to do.

no better thing to do than be coming l out here on a lovely day like today, i helping the community, i helping the environment — can't do better than that, really. this has got an absolute amazing amount of different apples. i don't know any of their names. the boom in community orchards is bringing back hundreds of forgotten varieties of british apple. here at wisley gardens in surrey, apple detectivejim arbury�*s on a mission to identify them. by sight, touch and taste alone, he quickly recognised two mystery varieties from swan barn farm. i think this is court pendu plat, which is an old french apple, certainly from the middle ages or possibly even roman. this summer's heatwave and drought has caused problems for crops, but apples have fared relatively well and should be particularly sweet due to the sunshine. well, it's going to be a bumper year, so there's going to be a lot. but also, importantly, it's going to be really

good quality, i think. they're going to be quite firm and with good flavour and sweet, plenty of sugar in them. so that's going to give them generally good flavour. and that particularly applies to some of the later ripening apples, which do need that long season to ripen and get good flavour and good...good, sweet apples. community orchards are born out of a desire to reconnect with nature and make the most of local food. and they're becoming all the more important as food prices soar. helen briggs, bbc news in the surry hills. we were off to a chilly start this morning and particularly in parts of herefordshire and 0xfordshire there was a touch of frost. thanks to the clear skies and light winds overnight and under the air of high pressure but that is off towards the continent and for this evening and overnight we will see weather fronts increasingly trying to advance upon us from the west.

but not getting into east anglia and the south—east. here still there is the chance of frost through the small hours of wednesday but generally much milder as we get across the welsh border with overnight lows of eight or 9 degrees and in double figures for scotland and northern ireland, keener winds, thicker cloud and some rain to take us through the night and to start the day on wednesday. looks like it will brighten up quickly across north—east scotland and generally for northern scotland, increasing amounts of sunshine through the day and it will take until the afternoon to brighten up further south. a fine afternoon to come for northern ireland after the early rain and we see the remnants of the weather front across northern england coming down into wales and the midlands through the afternoon. but increasingly turning showery and sporadic outbreaks of rain rather than heavy and persistent falls so maybe some heavy rain for the south—east of england through wednesday evening and into the early parts of thursday night. thursday, bit of a question around it. two other systems, one pushing north and one pushing south

and at the moment it looks like we will get off to a fine start and current thinking is we will see rain running across southern counties of england through the day, but we are more confident about the fact we will see some quite hefty showers pushing across scotland and northern ireland. these two systems will continue to work east overnight thursday into friday and as it pulls to the south could leave winds light enough and moisture on the ground to produce patches of fog across parts of england and wales first thing on friday but to end the week it looks like much of england and wales will be fine with relatively light winds. for scotland and northern ireland, more showery prospects and a deep low to the far north of scotland which could mean gales across the northern isles and the far north of the mainland. and certainly looking at wetter weather around here. as for the weekend, set to stay pretty breezy throughout saturday and sunday and that should mean any chance of frost is limited. but, overall, a slightly cooler feel for many with the chance of showers at times.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines: in ukraine — russian missiles hit the southeastern city of zaporizhzia, and we're hearing reports of lviv being hit for the second day too. we will be getting the latest rumour correspondence there. lariat we will be getting the latest rumour correspondence there.— correspondence there. lviv has had another difficult _ correspondence there. lviv has had another difficult day, _ correspondence there. lviv has had another difficult day, a _ correspondence there. lviv has had another difficult day, a city - correspondence there. lviv has had another difficult day, a city close i another difficult day, a city close to the polish border that had really felt they were had gone away as far as the people there were concerned. nato secretary—general yen stoltenberg is holding a news conference in the aftermath of the attacks. another intervention from the bank of england as it steps in to stabilise markets. it's warning of a "material risk" to the uk's financial stability. the unemployment rate in the uk is at its lowest level for almost 50

years, according to figures released this morning.