however the local mayor said that had not been a viable option. the cost to the taxpayer of this site anyway since the closure of the steelworks has been astronomical, more than £200 million of lost money. but ultimately we are very practical people on teeside. we get our hands dirty, we have a proud industrial heritage and we want that opportunity again, we want those manufacturing jobs, we want those industries, those power generationjobs back. because teesside has always done that. we built the world and we want to build it again. the four gas stoves which survived today's blast will be taken down next month when the work really begins to clean up the site and get it ready for its new future. peter ruddick, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. it never rains but

november and record—breaking in fact in some spots and still one week of this months to come. in aberdeenshire and also west sussex we had double the monthly average of rainfall. and we're still adding to those totals we speak. it has been wet so far today, the rain moving up through scotland and then a trail of showers following behind. the heaviest of the rain in the next few days will be further south and west. this is the predicted accumulation, the darker the blue the wettest weather. forthe the darker the blue the wettest weather. for the afternoon we still have rain and strong wind in scotland with some squally showers in the south—west. the best of the brighter weather in sheltered eastern areas. the wind direction is strong with gale force gusts. but

just a little bit milder than it has been of late. as we move through the evening we continue to see some fairly frequent showers to begin with. under clearskies fairly frequent showers to begin with. under clear skies we are likely to see temperatures falling away into the single verse. add to the best you can see what is happening in our direction, more wet and windy weather on its way. this area of low pressure once again will be associated with gale force wind and will push the rain through a quite a pace. so quite an intense band of rain and quite narrow so the brighter green denoting that and it moves through quite quickly. up to 70 miles an hourjust went to the irish sea and bristol channel. so a

blustery afternoon and top temperatures between nine and 13 c. then a brief chance to recover and take a breather on friday before the next system of sin again. so friday looks likely to be a dry day and if you're desperate to get out in the garden then friday is the date because more wet and windy weather is on its way for saturday. back to square the scottish government cannot hold another independence referendum. that is from the bbc news at 0ne. it's goodbye from me on bbc one now we willjoin the bbc news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. we'll start in qatar with another surprise result,

and another goalless draw, they have their hands covering their mouths in their opening game against japan and what appears to be a protest against a fee for�*s banding is the one one love armbands. the team can wear day and this comes two days after the european teams were threatened with sanctions if they opted to wear the armband is during matches. ina in a statement on twitter, the german team has said...

meanwhile, a danish tv reporter has been filmed they all backed down after ca revealed they would be shown a yellow card for doing so. danish fa ceo has revealed the extent of the angen ceo has revealed the extent of the men ., ceo has revealed the extent of the anuer. ., ., ceo has revealed the extent of the an a er. ., ., ., anger. together with the other one love nations. _ anger. together with the other one love nations, i _ anger. together with the other one love nations, i must _ anger. together with the other one love nations, i must comment - anger. together with the other one love nations, i must comment on l anger. together with the other one i love nations, i must comment on my colleagues what we are trying to do together. we are standing shoulder by shoulder. we are obviously getting hammered by the press for not wearing the armband. i find that natural if you have a critical press, but also a bit disappointing as it is those nations were trying to make in message are hammering of

the most stunning the hammering should be a fee for allowing one is a very simple message. meanwhile, a danish tv reporter has been filmed being asked by local police to remove his one love armband. jon pagh was filming for tv2 sport outside the danish team's hotel when he was approached by an officer, who did eventually appear to drop the matter. 0n the pitch we have had a goalless draw between last times winner up and morocco. the 2018 finals dominated possession as expected. this was the closest to break the deadlock in the first half. and the best chance after the first break came from morocco with the shot from 30 yards out and that was easily saved. and this is the third goalless draw of the tournament. there was only one in 2018 in russia. it is a dramatic 2a hours

from manchester united. a first revenue are christian or not will be leaving the club with immediate effect. and it seems now the club is up for sale! the owners — the glazer family — say they will ensure that fans are at the centre of any decisions made about the future of the club. they have confirmed they're considering selling up. the club's supporters trust says the news will put a spring in the step of fans. manchester city manager pep guardiola has signed a two—year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2025. guardiola has won 11 trophies, including four premier league titles, during six years at etihad stadium. and is city's second longest—serving manager. he says he is "so pleased to be staying" and "cannot be in a better place." that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

that game between germany and japan is ongoing now and it is japan in front and it is 1—0. i will bring you the latest throughout the afternoon. i will see them. thank you very much, holly. let's get more now on the news about pregnancy after a loss. new research has found that getting pregnant within a few months of a miscarriage or an abortion does not appear to pose extra risks for mothers and babies. the world health organization recommends at least a six—month gap but researchers who have looked at recent real—life data suggest women can feel safe about concieving sooner. laura tra nt reports. the research from norway looked at the outcomes of more than 72,000 conceptions over an eight—year period. the findings seem to show couples can safely try sooner for a baby if they have recently had

an abortion or a miscarriage. there were no major differences in outcomes when women didn't wait the recommended six months before getting pregnant again. the baby loss support charity tommy's said women who felt ready to try again immediately after a miscarriage can do so if there is no medical reason why they shouldn't. a lot of people who miscarry are actually simply too frightened to try again. so i'm really hoping this will add to the data and add to the information we're trying to give couples that if you do miscarry, it is very upsetting. it is something that triggers a grief reaction. it is difficult to come to terms with, but there is hope and that you don't need to wait. and as soon as you can face trying again, you can do that. early miscarriage happens to about one in five women. often no cause is found. the world health organisation said research into pregnancy spacing was already being done and would inform any updates to the advice they give. laura trant, bbc news. two families united by grief

and anger about the role social media played in the deaths of their children — have joined forces in their campaign for young people to be better protected from harmful content online. the parents of teenagers molly russell and 0lly stephens are warning the government that any further delays to its 0nline safety bill could put more young lives at risk. angus crawford has more. today is the fifth anniversary of molly's death. and i'm not sure i could have come to see anyone on any of the other anniversaries. so maybe that's a sign of how things change as you move forward. i had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something was wrong. and he walked up the road and 15 minutes later, he was dead.

molly russell took her own life five years ago. 0lly stevens was murdered in 2021. their deaths have one thing in common — social media. after she died, ian found a stream of negative, depressing and graphic content about suicide and self—harm on molly's instagram and pinterest accounts. "this world is so cruel, and i don't want to see it any more." 0lly�*s killers posed with blades, glamorised gang culture, and a panorama investigation uncovered knives and violence rife on social media. two families united by grief and anger. hello. hello, ian, stewart. nice to meet you. thank you for taking the time to come around. lovely to meet you, too. i'm just so sorry that it's under these circumstances. about big tech and the role it

played in their children's deaths. if you're one of these media companies, you're never going to say, yes, there's a problem here because that's going to affect your bottom line, that's going to affect your profit. the law hasn't reached... the speed with which technology is flying away, the law hasn't caught up. they thought, oh, i can post a picture of a knife. - what happens? nothing happens. but to me, my argument is those pictures should never be there in the first place. and the language, l the violent language that the children were using. if they had been at school or in town, and an adult. would overheard or seen, - something would have happened. but it completely goes under the radar on social media. i but they never thought to design in safety into their products. they never thought of that need. some guy sat in front of his computer, designs an app, bang, it's out there. there's no safety net. it's like putting cars on the road without having crash test dummies. exactly, yeah, yeah. what we are also going to do

is ensure that the 0nline safety bill does complete... that's what the 0nline safety bill was meant to fix. well, i can assure my honourable friend that we will be proceeding with the 0nline safety bill... forcing platforms to remove harmful content and protect children. social media platforms to take effective action to remove this content. ending self—regulation, years in the planning. well, can i thank my honourable friend... delayed again and again. he is absolutely right and i am pleased to give him the reassurance. i think the 0nline safety bill is something i care deeply about because without a change that regulates the companies to operate their platforms more safely, these tragedies will continue to happen. it's too late for me. so in a way, it's not a huge personal investment.

i'm just frustrated that an opportunity for change and an opportunity for greater safety for children has been delayed for so long. we know what we're living through. and what 0lly was living through. and it's not right. on so many levels. there isn't the protection - that there should be for children. they should be able - to enjoy their childhood. and that isn't happening currently. they're just thrust into a world - that's too much for them, too young. too violent, and too graphic. they're seeing things they shouldn't be seeing at those ages. the clock's ticking, the time's run out. j it ran out years ago. our children are dying. they have to take it seriously. for us, it's almost like we're still stuck on that day. there's...you can't ever escape it. no. you can never escape. two families, then, brought together

by loss and compassion. demanding change and demanding it now. whatever they say, kids have access to the same things that adults have and that can't be right. so no other family should suffer as they have. any child's life that is lost is utterly tragic because it's a life unfulfilled. there's so much potential in that life and in that moment, and it's gone now for us. and because of social media. so we have no choice but to fight. curling up in a ball on the floor is not an option. angus crawford, bbc news. lots of us will be starting to order christmas gifts online and plan what we're doing over the festive period but a new wave of strikes means there could be disruption — ben boulos has the details.

the announcement has been made by the rmt union after the latest talks in their ongoing dispute over pay and conditions broke down. so let's take a look at what we can expect. 40,000 staff will walk out during december and january across network rail and 1a rail operating companies. each strike will last for for 48 hour periods, including the week —— four —— foui’iis—houi’ —— four 48—hour period... before christmas and the week after new year. there will also be a ban on overtime between the 18th of december and the 2nd of january. so in total its four weeks of action. commuters at manchester, piccadilly have been giving us their reaction. it's going to be a bit of a nightmare trying to get back into commuting down to london when i do sometimes and get home for christmas. it is annoying, but i wholeheartedly agree with it. if i was in the train business as well,

i'd be on strike as well. they deserve to be paid more and its wholly down to the government messing up the whole network. it's bad news. terrible christmas time as well. 0h, terrible. it's disgusting. he should just give him the pay. what they don't what they deserve in it. i i've actually got quite a lot - of sympathy with the rail workers because they with the cost of living crisis. _ but i did lose some work over summer because of the rail strikes, _ so i can see bothl sides of it, really. so some sympathy there despite the impact it will have on journeys. now the rmt union says it's sorry for the inconvenience, but urges the public to direct their anger and frustration at the government and railway employers. meanwhile, the department for transport says the strikes are not only damaging the economy, but they're cutting off people who are in need of urgent care. children going to school and hard working families. separately, the union that represents drivers has already announced it will hold another strike this saturday, affecting 12 train companies. and on top of the rail strikes are postal strikes. 115,000 staff at the communication

workers union will walk out. the first of those is tomorrow. and then again this friday, black friday, as well as six dates in december, including christmas eve. royal mail has said that staff will not be delivering letters, with the exception of those sent by special delivery, but they cannot guarantee they will arrive. and the list of impending action is getting longer and longer. 0ne industry expert told us we are getting closer to a general strike. a number of different types of work and different unions taking industrial action, being balloted on industrial action. planning to take strikes is the biggest probably for a generation, if not more. so we have university lecturers will be going on strike later this week. the royal college of nursing will probably be announcing some industrial action later this week. unison, the big public sector union, they'll be announcing the results of a ballot of 300,000 of its members and health service later this week.

midwives are currently voting on whether to go on strike. physiotherapists are voting. teachers are voting. royal mail workers are going on strike again later this week well, the royal college of nursing was mentioned there. and it's already confirmed that its members across england, scotland and wales have voted in favour of strikes. we don't know when those would be yet, but we could find out strike dates for december, certainly for england. and one more to add. more than 1,000 gas security workers who deliver cash and coins to some of the uk's biggest banks and supermarkets will stage a 48 hour strike in december, prompting worries about a cash source cash shortage. easy for you to say. we will, of course, keep you up to date on what's happening so that you can try and plan as best you can around those strikes. wilcojohnson has wilco johnson has died wilcojohnson has died at the age of 75. one of the band's best known

songs was the 1979 hit milk and alcohol. a statement from wilco johnson public family said he died at home on monday evening. he had previously been diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer and given just ten months to live. they then announced he would cancerfree in 2014. a look at some of the story is making the news around the uk. now if you're the parent of a teenager, there's probably a good chance you worry that your child spends too much time playing video games. but studies have found that, in moderation, gaming can have mental health benefits. and that's particularly the case for young people like 13—year—old seth — who uses a wheelchair due to a life—long progressive condition. he says gaming helps him experience thingsjust like other people do. alex humphreys has more.

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in video games i can alwaysjoin in with everyone. in video games i can always 'oin in with eveeneryfi in video games i can always 'oin in with everyonefi in video games i can always 'oin in with eveorynefi in video games i can always 'oin in with everyone. gaming clearly can be a force for good _ with everyone. gaming clearly can be a force for good for— with everyone. gaming clearly can be a force for good for many _ with everyone. gaming clearly can be a force for good for many people. - a force for good for many people. how to get out of this? imagine waking up to find yourself in hospital with no memory of how you'd got there or indeed what life had been like before that moment. well, that's exactly what happened to david naylorfrom hertfordshire. but he's been telling us how his love of music is now helping him piece together his past life. this is the book i found when i came out of hospital because i don't remember writing any of the songs so i found this and i found its remember writing any of the songs so i found this and i found it's where the past may have written songs and is like an insight into someone else's mind. i often feel like i've come from a different planet. the songs made me realise that i wrote these and i had to learn them all again and i to learn how to play the

drums again because i don't remember writing any of the songs. i have learned what i used to know, the long—term memory has started to come back and something will trigger a song and it will take me back 20 or 30 years sometimes. they are quite scary because it feels like a different life. but it helps me understand some of the things that happen. the short—term memory, thus a fascinating one. things from five minutes ago, they can go and things from conversations i had two or three days ago, the friends of a determined whole conversation again. the power of music — it makes me feel i can come back into the present more. i think there is a healing element to it, yes. its absence in the brain. my mum rang one day in hospital and she asked me if i remember being in a row cardio

before? was she told me i have been in texas and california and a few days later a song came on to mind and at the santa monica. i think this song is about finding what you really love to do and believing you can do it, but in still trying to work it out myself. a warning's been issued today that problems with bus services in the west could continue for another year. today stagecoach becomes the second operator in two months to launch it follows big cuts to services across gloucestershire and bristol. here's our political editor at west of england, paul barltrop. facing cuts, the number 94 is among eight children in the service is being reduced this weekend. stagecoach have also cut routes in the forest of dean, all due to

driver shortages. today it launched a recruitment drive to turn things around. it a recruitment drive to turn things around. , , ' . a recruitment drive to turn things around. , , , . �*, around. it is very difficult, it's very challenging. _ around. it is very difficult, it's very challenging. we want - around. it is very difficult, it's very challenging. we want to | around. it is very difficult, it's i very challenging. we want to be providing the best possible service to our customers and stakeholders that we can and everybody day is different and a challenge and we are looking at ways all the time. we don't leave any stone unturned. d0 don't leave any stone unturned. do sometimes have council bosses? unfortunately we do as we have no choice. �* , ., unfortunately we do as we have no choice. fl ., , unfortunately we do as we have no choice. �*, ., , ,, ., choice. it's not 'ust stagecoach with no choice. it's notjust stagecoach with no problems. _ choice. it's notjust stagecoach with no problems. other- choice. it's notjust stagecoach i with no problems. other services have been cut and launched a recruitment drive. and our research shows that the shortage in the region is the worst in england with one in ten positions unfilled. visiting today to back the initiative, the list of and an mayor. initiative, the list of and an ma or. ~ . . initiative, the list of and an ma or, ~ ., ., ., initiative, the list of and an ma or. . ., ., ., ., mayor. we are aiming at the moment for ten new— mayor. we are aiming at the moment for ten new recruits _ mayor. we are aiming at the moment for ten new recruits every _ mayor. we are aiming at the moment for ten new recruits every week. - mayor. we are aiming at the moment for ten new recruits every week. we l for ten new recruits every week. we are currently— for ten new recruits every week. we are currently getting four but also losing _ are currently getting four but also losing three drivers every week so we are _ losing three drivers every week so

we are needing to improve on that. recent _ we are needing to improve on that. recent results suggest that we are improving — recent results suggest that we are improving and getting many more people. _ improving and getting many more people, twice as many people exposing interest in driving for this fantastic, but is the big challenge in a long way to go and i don't _ challenge in a long way to go and i don't believe it will be resolved for at _ don't believe it will be resolved for at least a year because it's 'ust for at least a year because it's just that — for at least a year because it's just that hard to recruit people. he just that hard to recruit people. hrs. met just that hard to recruit people. met one new just that hard to recruit people. he: met one new recruits, former engineer who is delighted with his change career. it’s engineer who is delighted with his change career-— change career. it's great for me. and the locals _ change career. it's great for me. and the locals are _ change career. it's great for me. and the locals are grateful - change career. it's great for me. and the locals are grateful for i change career. it's great for me. | and the locals are grateful for us to he _ and the locals are grateful for us to be there — and the locals are grateful for us to be there and _ and the locals are grateful for us to be there and i— and the locals are grateful for us to be there and ijust_ and the locals are grateful for us to be there and ijust like - and the locals are grateful for usl to be there and ijust like chatting to be there and ijust like chatting to people — to be there and ijust like chatting to people and _ to be there and ijust like chatting to people and they— to be there and ijust like chatting to people and they like _ to be there and ijust like chatting to people and they like chatting i to be there and ijust like chatting l to people and they like chatting and having _ to people and they like chatting and having conversations _ to people and they like chatting and having conversations with _ to people and they like chatting and having conversations with the - to people and they like chatting and having conversations with the bus i having conversations with the bus driven _ having conversations with the bus driver. �* . , ~ , having conversations with the bus driver. ~ . , . , , driver. across the west, hundreds more drivers _ driver. across the west, hundreds more drivers will— driver. across the west, hundreds more drivers will be _ driver. across the west, hundreds more drivers will be needed - driver. across the west, hundreds| more drivers will be needed before our bosses can get back to normal. bbc points west, south gloucestershire. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. hello there.

it was a wet start to wednesday for many in the rain is pushing its way north and behind for the remainder of the afternoon. it's a case of sunny spells and blustery showers. some of these showers with lightning mixed in there as well driven along by a stiff wind and gusts of gale force on exposed coasts but should be a degree or so milder in comparison to the last couple of days with top temperatures of 13 celsius. a rather messy story through the night but the showers will fade away, and spent well of windy weather pushing through to the south—west and it should be a relatively dry and sunny start in the eastern areas and out of the west the cloud and wind and rain pushes through and a spell of intense rain with a narrow band through but accompanied with gale force winds particularly through the irish sea and parts of wales and south—west england. top temperatures through the middle part of the afternoon likely to peak between ten and 13 celsius. that's it, enjoy the rest of your day.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk supreme court has ruled the scottish parliament does not have the power to call another independence referendum without the consent of westminster. we must, and we will, find another democratic, lawful and constitutional means by which the scottish people can express their will. we talk to the motherjailed for killing a sex offender accused of abusing her three sons — she's now campaigning to stop paedophiles from hiding their identities. a gunman kills six people at a walmart store in the united states — some reports say the attacker was the store manager.