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.

legendary dr feelgood guitarist wilko johnson has died at the age of 75. the essex—born musician went onto have a successful solo career and toured right up until his death — despire receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2013. a world cup scare for england captain harry kane — he's due to have a scan on his injured ankle. it is going to be a busy afternoon. judges at the supreme court have ruled that the scottish parliament cannot organise a second independence refendum, unless the uk government agrees. in 2014, voters in scotland rejected independence, but the first minister

nicola sturgeon wants another referendum next october. she has said she's disappointed by today's ruling — the prime minister rishi sunak says it's clear and definitive. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh for us. speedy and unequivocal. the five supreme courtjudges reaching their decision injust six supreme courtjudges reaching their decision in just six weeks, eroding that the power to grant a second vote on independence lies with the uk government at westminster. the scottish uk government at westminster. tue: scottish parliament uk government at westminster. tte: scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. nicola sturgeon will continue to seek westminster authority to proceed with the vote and warns of

this if it is not forthcoming. what this if it is not forthcoming. what i will not do, _ this if it is not forthcoming. what i will not do, however, _ this if it is not forthcoming. what i will not do, however, is - this if it is not forthcoming. what i will not do, however, is go - this if it is not forthcoming. �*w�*tat i will not do, however, is go cap this if it is not forthcoming. matt i will not do, however, is go cap in hand. my expectation in the short term at least is that uk government will maintain its position of outright democracy denial and that position is in my view notjust unsustainable but also utterly self—defeating. the more content of the westminster establishment shows for scottish democracy, the more certain it is that scotland will vote yes —— in more contempt. the vote yes -- in more contempt. the prime minister _ vote yes —— in more contempt. the prime minister welcomed the ruling and said that both governments should focus more on day—to—day issues. should focus more on day-to-day issues. ~ . ~ ~ , should focus more on day-to-day issues. ~ . .. , . ., issues. we accept the clear ruling and i think _ issues. we accept the clear ruling and i think the _ issues. we accept the clear ruling and i think the people _ issues. we accept the clear ruling and i think the people of - issues. we accept the clear ruling and i think the people of scotland want us to be working on fixing the major challenges that we collectively face, the economy, the nhs, and support in ukraine, and now it'sa time for nhs, and support in ukraine, and now it's a time for politicians to work together and that is what this government will.—

government will. three little monkeys- — government will. three little monkeys. opinion _ government will. three little monkeys. opinion polls - government will. three little . monkeys. opinion polls suggest scotland is _ monkeys. opinion polls suggest scotland is evenly _ monkeys. opinion polls suggest scotland is evenly divided - monkeys. opinion polls suggest scotland is evenly divided on . monkeys. opinion polls suggest l scotland is evenly divided on what the country's future should be. what the country's future should be. what we do next is — the country's future should be. what we do next is the _ the country's future should be. “twat we do next is the interesting the country's future should be. "tinngt we do next is the interesting bit. the country's future should be. what we do next is the interesting bit. i. we do next is the interesting bit. i think we should have the right to decide _ think we should have the right to decide if— think we should have the right to decide if we go for independence. you don't — decide if we go for independence. you don't have to vote for it if you don't _ you don't have to vote for it if you don't want — you don't have to vote for it if you don't want-— don't want. so, legal clarity about the political _ don't want. so, legal clarity about the political arguments _ don't want. so, legal clarity about the political arguments will - the political arguments will continue. scotland's first minister would like the next election to be a referendum in all but name and said her party will �* build a to this aim. joining us now is our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. thisjudgment will this judgment will not intrude —— thisjudgment will not intrude —— in truth have come as a major surprise to the scottish government? tile. truth have come as a major surprise to the scottish government?- to the scottish government? no, it won't. i to the scottish government? no, it won't- i am — to the scottish government? no, it won't- lam in _ to the scottish government? no, it won't. i am in front _ to the scottish government? no, it won't. i am in front of _ to the scottish government? no, it won't. i am in front of the - to the scottish government? no, it won't. i am in front of the scottish | won't. i am in front of the scottish parliament in edinburgh and the sun is coming out. this is quite a significant day. the big decision

made at the supreme court, probably not coming as much of a surprise but it moves from the legal arena now back into the political arena here at holyrood and also down at westminster, as we saw earlier. nicola sturgeon said she still wants to have a referendum which she had set a date for, october next year, and she had already been denied a section 30 which was what happened in the previous referendum which for her is the belt and braces, and what she still would like to have to go ahead with that referendum, but hearing from rishi sunak, i don't think that is going to come any time soon. and then a decision at the supreme court that closes the door for her there. that was about taking the legislation through holyrood to have a legal referendum, without

permission from the uk government. so that door has now closed. nicola sturgeon spoke this morning and what she has said is that she will move towards another option, a third option, and that would be for the uk general election to become a referendum pretty much in all but name. she did not have too many details on that today and she said the details will come later in the next few weeks and months, but they have been thinking about that and she announced there would be a party conference in the new year and we would expect more announcements on the details then. what they would have in the manifesto and what the question would be and also building support beyond the snp. nicola sturgeon has said that the resolve to have an independence referendum

is now stronger than ever, so not put off at all by the decision today. pretty much the opposite. there was almost a change in tone. she said from today the independence movement is as much about democracy as it is about independence. t hold as it is about independence. i hold m hand as it is about independence. i hold my hand no _ as it is about independence. i hold my hand no to _ as it is about independence. i hold my hand up to that, _ as it is about independence. i hold my hand up to that, i _ as it is about independence. i hold my hand up to that, i should - as it is about independence. i hold my hand up to that, i should have| my hand up to that, i should have recognised the scottish parliament behind you. my apologies. this is really interesting, this challenge, and nicola sturgeon has got to find and nicola sturgeon has got to find a lawful and legal way, as she said, and let me throw out one option to you, and you can shoot me down in flames if you want, is it possible that she could at some chosen moment between scheduled elections to solve the scottish parliament and call effectively an election on the independence question or does she not have the power to do that? indie

not have the power to do that? we are not not have the power to do that? - are not due another election here at the scottish parliament for some time so i'm not sure that she would want to do that. gamble is a word i have heard a lot to date so i guess that could be a bit of a gamble —— today. the snp do not quite have a majority in the scottish parliament but with the scottish greens they do have a majority in terms of people who would like to see independence and to see that referendum. she did not make any mention of that this morning and she was very much talking about the next uk election which she would see as being the first one, so i think that is what she is focusing on but i would imagine behind the scenes and what we are not privy to, i would imagine they are looking at any other possible options because nicola

sturgeon herself said she has been campaigning for this since she was 16 years of age so she has been campaigning for independence and a referendum for a lifetime, as she said, so she's not going to give up easily. she said that she was disappointed by the ruling although she probably partly expected it but she probably partly expected it but she did say that she was not going to wallow in it, so today was very much about moving forward and looking at other options. thanks for “oininu us. looking at other options. thanks for joining us- some — looking at other options. thanks for joining us. some breaking - looking at other options. thanks for joining us. some breaking news. . looking at other options. thanks for. joining us. some breaking news. this is about dominic ralph. the secretary of state forjustice —— dominic raab. the prime minister does not have at the moment and

independent adviser on ministerial standards and that post has been vacant because two advisers in succession resigned when boris johnson was prime minister and liz truss had not had time to announce a replacement and rishi sunak hasn“t replacement and rishi sunak hasn't done that either yet. adam tolley will lead an investigation into the complaints made against dominic raab. adam tolley is a barrister at fountain court and has extensive experience in banking, finance and commercial disputes and commercial law. this was said about him by one of his instructing solicitors firms, chambers, his written work is excellent and he's very kind to clients, they trust him, he also very detailed and his advocacy is very detailed and his advocacy is very precise with his language and he is very persuasive. let“s very precise with his language and he is very persuasive. let's see if dominic raab persuades him or the

complainants persuade him. one mild observation, dominic raab is lord chancellor and adam tolley is a barrister, kings council, so maybe some on the opposition parties might scream conflict of interest. we can speak to our correspondence, this is not the announcement of a new independent advice on ministerial standards, it is one person for this pacific investigation and only this. that is exactly right. == pacific investigation and only this. that is exactly right.— that is exactly right. -- specific. that is exactly right. -- specific. that independent _ that is exactly right. -- specific. that independent advice - that is exactly right. -- specific. that independent advice on - that independent advice on ministerial interest is still to be filled, and that was vacated by broadgate five months ago it was advising borisjohnson —— lord geidt. he had been put in a difficult position and then had to stand down. we did not have a specific figure appointed today to look into this specific case of

these complaints about dominic raab“s behaviour, and adam tolley, he has advised the government and actually work for the government before, prosecuting cases, employment, tax —related cases, through the courts. he is someone who has worked for government and businesses so he is a specialised knowledge of employment law. the key question that he will have to face here is one about the ministerial code. the ministerial code says that ministers should not harass or bully or engage in discriminating behaviour, that will not be tolerated, so the investigation will be into the actions of dominic raab and it will be judged against that, and it will be judged against that, and we know from the letter dominic raab wrote to the prime minister, he

faces two complaints, one relating to his time at the ministry of justice, and his previous time in thatjob, and then from his subsequent role as foreign secretary and there were claims they could be more reports. not confirmed. dominic raab said he will rub out and refute these claims but his view, he says, he has always acted with professionalism and integrity and that he demanded high standards. indie that he demanded high standards. we don't know the details of the individual complaints and that remains confidential and will be disclosed to adam tolley, but is there any idea of the timetable for this investigation? presumably the government will be keen to get this over with as quickly as possible because if he is going to find against him, he would have to resign and they would need to find a new government minister. or if the

complaints are rejected, they can get on with the business of government. presumably this is also quite useful ammunition for the opposition. quite useful ammunition for the opposition-— quite useful ammunition for the opposition. quite useful ammunition for the o- osition. ,, ., opposition. downing street have said it will be done _ opposition. downing street have said it will be done in _ opposition. downing street have said it will be done in a _ opposition. downing street have said it will be done in a timely _ opposition. downing street have said it will be done in a timely way - opposition. downing street have said it will be done in a timely way but. it will be done in a timely way but they have not said what timely is and what that amounts to, so we don't know exactly how long it will take, but they also said yesterday, downing street, that whoever was appointed would be able to look into whatever they wished, they will not be prevented from looking into whatever they wish, that was in response to questions about, what if there were other people who came forward with other issues they wanted to raise about dominic raab“s behaviour? we wait to see the exact terms of reference for this but as you say, the politics around it is important because rishi sunak has been criticised for the opponents he has made to his cabinet, the home secretary suella braverman, that is

one controversial appointment, gavin williamson, who had to step down. because of complaints against him. and in this case where rishi sunak was pressed about whether he knew anything about dominic raab“s behaviour being raised, even if it wasn't official, a formal complaint, rishi sunak did not answer that directly and hejust rishi sunak did not answer that directly and he just said a week ago that he did not know of any formal complaints so those questions will hang in the background as long as this investigation is going on. damian, our political correspondent, thanks forjoining us. a mother who stabbed to death a man accused of sexually assaulting her three sons hasjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on paedophiles who change their names to hide their identity. sarah sands was jailed for seven and a half years for the manslaughter of 77—year—old michael pleasted in 2014. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly has been hearing her story.

sarah sands back in silvertown in east london, where as a single mother, she made a home with herfamily. and where eight years ago, she stabbed to death a neighbour accused of sexually assaulting three young boys. she“d originally befriended michael pleasted, who was 77. what we can report for the first time is that all three children he was accused of abusing were her sons. they“ve now turned 18 and have waived their right to anonymity to speak publicly about seeing their mother go to prison. the little things, you miss. sometimes, you just want to really tell your mum a problem. sarah, did you feel remorse? absolutely. and why did you feel remorse? i bring life into the world.

it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys, michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says, after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sarah sands was found guilty of manslaughter, rather than murder, on the grounds that she lost control. her original sentence of three and a half years was deemed to be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years. the offender took with her to the scene a knife, which was used in the infliction of fatal injuries.

when the jury was sure that at the time, she intended to cause at least serious grievous bodily harm, the offender, having fatally stabbed the deceased, did nothing to assist him, in that she did not call the emergency services. they absolutely have the right to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done that. after she killed him, it emerged that michael pleasted was already a convicted paedophile and had a long history of offending under his original name of robin moult. sarah sands has nowjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on sex offenders who change their names. and despite what happened in theirfamily, her sons also have this message. if you are being abused or have been abused, try and talk. the sooner you say it, the sooner you potentially save more

people from being in the same pain that you are feeling. june kelly, bbc news. explosions have been heard in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, after an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. kyiv“s major, vitali klitschko, said infrastructure facilities had been hit and officials reported that one person had been killed. there are also reports of explosions in the south and south east of ukraine. our correspondentjess parker gave us this update from a shelter in kyiv because the air raid sirens had been sounding. we have come down to the shelter after those air—raid sirens sounded. we have got reports and heard from the mayor of kyiv vitali klitschko, who posted on social media that there had been several explosions and a piece of critical infrastructure had been hit. we have also heard from officials that a residential building,

homes have been hit, there are reports of casualties as well. there are reports of explosions and other parts of ukraine as well. and the mayor of lviv has said the lights are out in the city, that is in the far west of ukraine. and we are hearing of disruptions to water supply. now, of course, recent strikes have seen extensive damage to energy infrastructure in ukrainejust as the winter is really setting in here, it has been around minus two degrees outside. so ukrainians have been preparing as well for power outages which have been ongoing, planned and unscheduled through the city and beyond. we don't know how extensive the damage might be following strikes in kyiv today and across other parts of ukraine. but you have got to remember, they were racing after a brief period of respite to repair some of this energy infrastructure and further attacks like this is exactly what had been feared. jess parker in kyiv. now, the world cup.

england are concerned about whether their captain harry kane will be fit for their next world cup match on friday. he injured his ankle in the team's opening game against iran. meanwhile, this morning, morocco have been playing croatia — the score 0—0. in a moment we“ll hear from alex howell at the england training camp, and then hywel griffith about the welsh team“s prospects, but first, the latest round up from john watson in doha. we are here amongst the fans who have been gathering for the matches, croatia played out a goalless draw with morocco earlier, the ratio of course beat england in the semifinals at the last world cup before going on to lose to the eventual champions france —— croatia of course beat england. managing to avoid that upset which we saw play out yesterday as saudi arabia produced an astonishing result, beating argentina in their opening match. we will see germany, spain and belgium begin their tournaments as well today. let“s

and belgium begin their tournaments as well today. let's get the latest from the england and wales caps. alex howe is with the england squad. and we will also have the welsh camp, but first, what is the latest regarding this injury concern regarding this injury concern regarding the england captain harry kane? t regarding the england captain harry kane? ., regarding the england captain harry kane? . ., ., ., kane? i am here now at the england trainin: kane? i am here now at the england training camp _ kane? i am here now at the england training camp where _ kane? i am here now at the england training camp where there _ kane? i am here now at the england training camp where there has - kane? i am here now at the england training camp where there has been| kane? i am here now at the england. training camp where there has been a nervy— training camp where there has been a nervy wait _ training camp where there has been a nervy wait for the results of a scam that harry — nervy wait for the results of a scam that harry kane is having on his right— that harry kane is having on his right ankle. he picked up an injury in that_ right ankle. he picked up an injury in that game against iran and he had treatment_ in that game against iran and he had treatment during the match. and then he came _ treatment during the match. and then he came back onto the pitch but was later substituted in that match. we came _ later substituted in that match. we came to _ later substituted in that match. we came to training yesterday and he was not _ came to training yesterday and he was not on — came to training yesterday and he was not on the training pitch but none _ was not on the training pitch but none of— was not on the training pitch but none of the players were who started that match _ none of the players were who started that match. it would be a concern if harry— that match. it would be a concern if harry kane — that match. it would be a concern if harry kane was unavailable for the upcoming — harry kane was unavailable for the upcoming matches because he is england's— upcoming matches because he is england's talisman and arguably their most important player, but we

have been_ their most important player, but we have been speaking to the england goalkeeperjordan pickford and he said that — goalkeeperjordan pickford and he said that harry kane is a bit sore but he _ said that harry kane is a bit sore but he is — said that harry kane is a bit sore but he is fine and crucially he was out on _ but he is fine and crucially he was out on the — but he is fine and crucially he was out on the training pitch. gareth southgate will be hoping he comes through— southgate will be hoping he comes through training and that the scan is positive — through training and that the scan is positive and he will be available for the _ is positive and he will be available for the match against on friday. alex, _ for the match against on friday. alex, thanks. alex with the england squad. now we can hear about the welsh camp. some of the wales fans have been gathering here ahead of the match on friday, how are they shaping up for the match against iran on friday?— iran on friday? after the exhilaration _ iran on friday? after the exhilaration of _ iran on friday? after the exhilaration of playing i iran on friday? after the. exhilaration of playing the iran on friday? after the - exhilaration of playing the first world — exhilaration of playing the first world cup— exhilaration of playing the first world cup game _ exhilaration of playing the first world cup game in— exhilaration of playing the first world cup game in 64- exhilaration of playing the first world cup game in 64 years i exhilaration of playing the first| world cup game in 64 years on monday, — world cup game in 64 years on monday, wales _ world cup game in 64 years on monday, wales seem - world cup game in 64 years on monday, wales seem to - world cup game in 64 years on monday, wales seem to showl world cup game in 64 years on - monday, wales seem to show stage fright _ monday, wales seem to show stage fright in _ monday, wales seem to show stage fright in the — monday, wales seem to show stage fright in the first _ monday, wales seem to show stage fright in the first half— monday, wales seem to show stage fright in the first half but _ monday, wales seem to show stage fright in the first half but then - fright in the first half but then found — fright in the first half but then found their— fright in the first half but then found their rhythm _ fright in the first half but then found their rhythm in- fright in the first half but then found their rhythm in the - fright in the first half but then i found their rhythm in the second half in _ found their rhythm in the second half in the — found their rhythm in the second half in the draw _ found their rhythm in the second half in the draw against - found their rhythm in the second half in the draw against usa - found their rhythm in the second half in the draw against usa and | half in the draw against usa and that has— half in the draw against usa and that has given _ half in the draw against usa and that has given them _ half in the draw against usa and that has given them some - half in the draw against usa and - that has given them some momentum to face iran— that has given them some momentum to face lran on— that has given them some momentum to face iran on friday. _ that has given them some momentum to face iran on friday. we _ that has given them some momentum to face iran on friday. we heard _ that has given them some momentum to face iran on friday. we heard today- face iran on friday. we heard today from _ face iran on friday. we heard today from one _ face iran on friday. we heard today from one of— face iran on friday. we heard today from one of the _ face iran on friday. we heard today from one of the start _ face iran on friday. we heard today from one of the start of—

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association of wales releasing some pictures of them dragon racing in . pictures of them dragon racing in the swimming _ pictures of them dragon racing in the swimming pool. _ pictures of them dragon racing in the swimming pool. we - pictures of them dragon racing in the swimming pool. we are - pictures of them dragon racing in the swimming pool. we are used| pictures of them dragon racing in l the swimming pool. we are used to this from _ the swimming pool. we are used to this from other— the swimming pool. we are used to this from other camps, _ the swimming pool. we are used to this from other camps, with - the swimming pool. we are used to this from other camps, with players relaxing _ this from other camps, with players relaxing and — this from other camps, with players relaxing and playing _ this from other camps, with players relaxing and playing pool, - this from other camps, with players relaxing and playing pool, and - this from other camps, with players relaxing and playing pool, and so i relaxing and playing pool, and so dragon _ relaxing and playing pool, and so dragon racing _ relaxing and playing pool, and so dragon racing it _ relaxing and playing pool, and so dragon racing it seems _ relaxing and playing pool, and so dragon racing it seems to- relaxing and playing pool, and so dragon racing it seems to be - 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occupied in their downtime, but certainly they are looking for. occupied in their downtime, but certainly they are looking for all three _ certainly they are looking for all three points _ certainly they are looking for all three points in _ certainly they are looking for all three points in the _ certainly they are looking for all three points in the game - certainly they are looking for all three points in the game on - certainly they are looking for all- three points in the game on friday, that would — three points in the game on friday, that would give _ three points in the game on friday, that would give them _ three points in the game on friday, that would give them a _ three points in the game on friday, that would give them a realistic- that would give them a realistic chance — that would give them a realistic chance of— that would give them a realistic chance of making _ that would give them a realistic chance of making it _ that would give them a realistic chance of making it out - that would give them a realistic chance of making it out of- that would give them a realistic chance of making it out of the i chance of making it out of the group — chance of making it out of the urou -. . , chance of making it out of the i rou . _ . , ., ., group. indeed. the welsh team are findin: group. indeed. the welsh team are finding time — group. indeed. the welsh team are finding time to _ group. indeed. the welsh team are finding time to relax _ group. indeed. the welsh team are finding time to relax in _ group. indeed. the welsh team are finding time to relax in and - group. indeed. the welsh team are finding time to relax in and around| finding time to relax in and around those matches. to both of you, thanks forjoining us. whilst taking on iran at ten o“clock thanks forjoining us. whilst taking on iran at ten o'clock on a friday before england face the united states at seven o“clock —— wales taking on. england and wales they meet in the final group game next tuesday. meet in the final group game next tuesda . ., , ., ., ., , tuesday. that is one for the diary, definitel . there's been a great deal of controversy over human rights in qatar, where women need permission of a male guardian for many activities, and male homosexuality is illegal. today, german players have been involved in a protest about fifa rules on wearing one love armbands. let“s speak now to jack murley, presenter of the bbc“s lgbt sport podcast. not a great break in terms of the efforts of individual players and

teams and supporters wanted to inject into highlighting the lack of civil rights for gay people in qatar? —— nota civil rights for gay people in qatar? —— not a great rate. this civil rights for gay people in qatar? -- not a great rate. this is a world cop _ qatar? -- not a great rate. this is a world cup which _ qatar? -- not a great rate. this is a world cup which many _ qatar? -- not a great rate. this is a world cup which many normal. qatar? -- not a great rate. this is - a world cup which many normal world cups, will be focusing on the football and not the symbolism, but a few days into the world cup and controversy continues to swirl about what symbols are appropriate and in what symbols are appropriate and in what way they can continue to be displayed about support for anti—discrimination. this boils down to one solitary armband which a number of european football federations were hoping to wear and had said they would wear to show support for all forms of anti—discrimination but especially for the lgbt community. we heard that fifa was proposing its own armbands and various fa said they would still wear it at the risk of a fine and then it became clear that he would not be fined for wearing this but actually an on field penalty, a book on that forced a

number of european fas to back down and said they would not wear the armband. a huge amount of controversy and what we have seen todayis controversy and what we have seen today is generally stage a protest of their own. they said that while they cannot wear the armband for the opener againstjapan they they cannot wear the armband for the opener against japan they still want to show their support for anti—discrimination measures and they have covered their mouths in they have covered their mouths in the group photo before their game took place and they have sent out a message on twitter, saying they will not be silenced on their support for anti—discrimination. this not be silenced on their support for anti-discrimination.— anti-discrimination. this is putting fifa in a very _ anti-discrimination. this is putting fifa in a very awkward _ anti-discrimination. this is putting fifa in a very awkward position. i fifa in a very awkward position. almost a contradictory one because away from this world cup the organisation wants to be seen as a champion of inclusivity and it has encouraged players who want to come out at international level to do so without fear of penalty or being sidelined in the game, and it ticks the boxes and holds the right events and attends the right conventions, and attends the right conventions, and it has all the right training

within the organisation, and yet the moment it gets to qatar it is as if those things did not happen, it has almost become as if it is acting as almost become as if it is acting as a sort of apologist for the government and the host nation. you sort of thing, did they not think this through out sometime in the intervening decade since the world cup was awarded to qatar? qatar has its own law and tradition, that should be respected, and it demands that people respect it, it is quite up that people respect it, it is quite up front about that, but fifa is not qatar. ., , up front about that, but fifa is not qatar. . , , , ., , qatar. that is the issue. that is why many _ qatar. that is the issue. that is why many people _ qatar. that is the issue. that is why many people feel- qatar. that is the issue. that is why many people feel let - qatar. that is the issue. that is why many people feel let down | qatar. that is the issue. that is l why many people feel let down to qatar. that is the issue. that is - why many people feel let down to put it mildly by fifa because the words of fifa in the build—up and even as the world cup continues, have not match the reality that many people face. we have had fifa executives on the podcast i do saying they hope that staging the world cup in a place like qatar. conversations about representation in what will and it has done that but not in a

way that paints fifa in the best light because we have seen as the world cup has gone on notjust the controversy over these one love armbands but also welsh fans would rainbow bucket hats have them confiscated and journalists who were wearing t—shirts told you can not wearing t—shirts told you can not wear those. and this is when you are there, let alone in the build—up to this world cup when you have various qatar the world cup ambassador is saying that homosexuality is a fault of the mine, let alone the fact release world cup is being held in a country where lgbt people are criminalised. and so that is the die cavity that fifa are trying to juggle cavity that fifa are trying to juggle and it has got to the stage and no community as a monolith, i do not speakfor everyone, and no community as a monolith, i do not speak for everyone, but i'm pretty plugged into the community and we are at the stage where most people in the community say that whatever fifa says and it continues to insist that everyone is welcome

at this world cup, that does not match the reality of the actions we are seeing from the qatari hosts and the way that fifa are enabling the host to behave this way. it is a difficult time to be an lgbt football fan at the moment. you mentioned _ football fan at the moment. you mentioned the _ football fan at the moment. you mentioned the protest at the pre—match photograph with the german property and you wonder if in a sense that qatar has shot itself in the foot by being so heavy—handed and turning this into a story. we knew it would be an element of the story of the blood, but in truth there has been so much great stuff happening on the pitch —— element of the story of the world cup. most of the story of the world cup. most of the attention has been on this issue, though, it does not seem to be doing the qataris any favours. you have to go to the qataris to say, what were your goals when you were staging the world cup? one view is that qatar did not volunteer and

did not spend billions and billions to host its version of the world cup, it bid to host the world cup where it was inviting the world community with everything that makes the world community different and varied to qatar and the hope was in the words on the qatari governing bodies were always that they would accept those differences and that people would be able to come and feel welcome, and one of the reasons there is frustration is that it feels a bit like those guarantees were made on shifting tectonic plates, so pledges made about where beer would be served and those were changed on the eve of the tournament, and pledges about being visible and not having your rainbow paraphernalia confiscated and those seem to have been changed. it seems that the qataris, enabled by fifa, putting on the world cup they want, and why it is generating so controversy is it is not really the world cup that people were told about and guaranteed beforehand and

as this continues, and is more social media videos come out and the european federations are not backing down on this, they are still talking about it and we saw what the germans have done, it is not a conversation thatis have done, it is not a conversation that is going anywhere and despite the entreaties from a fifa before the entreaties from a fifa before the world cup, writing to the competing nations say now is a time to focus on the football,, plainly speaking, thatjust isn“t happening. jack, that is fantastic. what is the name of the podcast? tt is jack, that is fantastic. what is the name of the podcast?— name of the podcast? it is a bbc lgbt podcast — name of the podcast? it is a bbc lgbt podcast and _ name of the podcast? it is a bbc lgbt podcast and there - name of the podcast? it is a bbc lgbt podcast and there is - name of the podcast? it is a bbc lgbt podcast and there is a - name of the podcast? it is a bbc| lgbt podcast and there is a fresh episode out on bbc sounds. thanks forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. a wet start to wednesday for many with the rain pushing north, and behind for the remainder of the afternoon it“s behind for the remainder of the afternoon it's a case of sunny spells and blustery showers. some of the showers with lightning mixed in as well, driven along by a stiff wind and gusts of gale force on

exposed coasts but it will be a degree or so mild compared 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 another spell of wet and windy weather starts to push from the south—west, but it should be a relatively dry and sunny start in eastern areas. out to the west, the cloud, wind and rain pushes through and a spell of intense rain and a narrow band as it pushes through, accompanied by gale force gusts, particularly through the irish sea, parts of wales and south—west england. top temperatures through the middle of the afternoon likely to peak between ten and 13 celsius. that“s 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 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. legendary dr feelgood guitarist wilko johnson has died at the age of 75. the essex—born musician went onto have a successful solo career and toured right up until his death — despire receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2013. a world cup scare for england captain harry kane — he“s due to have a scan on his injured ankle. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.

somebody might suspect there is a world cup taking place. we will touch more on what you have been discussing with germany beginning their world cup campaign with a message to fifa. this is the image they took just before message to fifa. this is the image they tookjust before the start of their game againstjapan with their hands covering their mouths in what appears to be a protest against the ban of the one love armband, coming just two days after european teams were threatened with sanctions if they opted to wear the armband is during matches and this is the country's interior minister who has country“s interior minister who has also worn the armband while sitting next to the fifa president. it is understood she was wearing a jacket when she entered the stadium and removed it to wear the armband. she earlier criticised fifa, saying the threat of sanctions over players wearing the armband

was unacceptable behaviour. well in a statement on twitter the german team say: “'it wasn't about making a political statement — human rights are non—negotiable. that should be taken for granted, but it still isn't the case. that's why this message is so important to us. denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice. we stand by our position." the danish football association has said they“re supporting the german fa with possible legal action against fifa over the armband. the ceo jakobjensen has revealed the extent of the anger. together with the other wanna love nations we had strong cooperation and i must commend my colleagues for what we are trying to do together and we are standing shoulder to shoulder and we are obviously getting hammered by the press for not wearing the armband and i find

that natural as we have a critical press but it's actually those nations who have tried to make a message and make a difference and we are getting hammered the most and the hammering should be on fifa for not allowing what is a 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. on the pitch germany are making an impact there too. beating japan 2—0. japan have equalised in the last couple of minutes and it is 1—1 with germany getting the early goal through ilkay gundogan, and you can follow the live text commentary. more goals there than we had in the first game of the day, another goalless draw. this time between last year's runners up croatia and morocco. the 2018 finalists

dominated possession as expected, ivan perisic came close to breaking the deadlock in the first half. the best chance after the break came from morocco, but achraf hakimi“s shot from 35 yards was easily saved. it's the third goalless draw of this tournament. there was just one back in 2018 in russia. it's been a dramatic 24 hours for manchester united. first the news that cristiano ronaldo would leave 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. former liverpool and everton striker david johnson has died aged 71 after suffering with throat cancer. he spent six years at anfield

from 1976 where he enjoyed much of his success, winning three league titles and the 1981 european cup. he also had two spells at goodison park — and was the first man to score for both liverpool and everton in a merseyside derby. he also scored six goals in eight appearances for england. that's all the sport for now. some breaking news coming out of the national grid system in ukraine, which has announced that the power units of three ukrainian nuclear power stations have been switched off after russian missile strikes across the country. ukraine's state—run nuclear energy firm said at lunchtime that due to a decrease in frequency in the energy system of ukraine, the operator had used

emergency powers to activate the protection at three sites. those three power plants in different parts of the country, and again, there have been missile strikes on infrastructure targets around ukraine. and it's already been reported by the mayor of kyiv. now there is confirmation from the grid operator that they have switched off, in effect, three, or disconnected from the grid three nuclear power stations. the big fear has been that if one of the stations were to receive a direct hit, whether from a were to receive a direct hit, whetherfrom a ukrainian russian

attack for ukrainians using anti—aircraft missiles to bring something down and collateral damage ends up causing is damage, it could trigger an out—of—control activity ljy trigger an out—of—control activity by the nuclear power plant and they might not be in a position to stop it once it started, so the idea is a precautionary approach. these sites are vulnerable to being hit on if they were hit they could trigger that kind of response, and then rapidly would get out of control and obviously ukraine has experienced that before in chernobyl when it exploded and went into meltdown rather than the reactor core reacting with the terrible consequences for people living there and for people hundreds of thousands of miles away reflected by contaminants. they want to avoid the scenario and they want to avoid this with nuclear power stations. the regulators has tried to get inspectors in that the russians have said they will allow them to inspect but they will not let them inspect in areas inside the sites that they

consider it is not necessary for the inspectors to investigate. so that has the potential to be a conflict at some point with the international regulator and the russians occupying some parts of ukraine which have nuclear power plants, but in this case, these are three plants turned off by the ukrainians themselves. it's one of the biggest and most famous football clubs in the world, but the owners of manchester united are thinking about selling it. the american glazer family bought the club 17 years ago, but they've long faced protests against their ownership from fans, angry about the way they“ve run the club. our sports correspondent andy swiss is at old trafford for us. even by manchester united standards it has been a dramatic 24—hour is. the glazer family have announced that they are considering selling the club and that is news that will frankly delight most manchester united supporters, because ever since they took over in 2005, the glazerfamily since they took over in 2005, the glazer family have been since they took over in 2005, the glazerfamily have been hugely unpopular with the supporters and

that's because they were only able to buy the club by borrowing money against it. they effectively plunged the club into millions of pounds of debt. the fans feel they should have spent more money on the players. remember, man united have not won a trophy since 2017, and the protests against the glazer family have been getting louder and louder. so why have they made this announcement now? well, a number of reasons, perhaps. first of all the demise of the european super league which would have been lucrative to the glazer family had would have been lucrative to the glazerfamily had it happened, but it's not happened and also the fact that both the stadium and training facilities require millions of pounds of redevelopment. of course, all this comes hours after it was announced that their star player, cristiano ronaldo was leaving the club with immediate effect following the explosive tv interview in which he accused the club of betraying him. cristiano ronaldo was also highly critical of the glazer family in the interview and said that they

did not care about the club, so ronaldo is leaving and it seems like the owners might be leaving soon too. let“s let's talk to our football finance experts who used to sell premier league media rights. it is a very specialised world in terms of club ownership. you are part of a very small and exclusive band. what has changed about the finances of football too maybe make a family like the glazer family, who after all have been knocking around there for more than a decade and a half, decide that this might be the time to cash in their options?— decide that this might be the time to cash in their options? well, good afternoon. you've _ to cash in their options? well, good afternoon. you've got _ to cash in their options? well, good afternoon. you've got to _ to cash in their options? well, good | afternoon. you've got to remember, first of all, it's notjust manchester united. liverpool is also potentially up for sale at the moment and indeed leeds united might see a change of ownership in the next few months as well. so that's three premier league clubs. and if you look at the glazer family, they

bought in 2005 and the fenway sports group bought liverpool in 2010 and that was a completely different world. in those days, when the glazer is bought manchester united for 790 million and liverpool was bought for 300 million, you depended on two sources of revenues. fans buying tickets and merchandising was one, and the other was the central deal done by the premier league which was television rights, which i was involved in. now the world is totally different and all of those clubs because of the global expansion of the premier league have become global brands and the world of media has changed and there are many more ways of distributing their own content and part of the fight in the premier league in the world cup —— in the premier league has been the clubs wanting to sell their own games and not being allowed to, and as you said, the european super league is another one of those ways for european big clubs getting more money and that hasn't happened, so now the glazer family, who have

taken out hundreds of millions of pounds, not, are looking to sell for 790 million for which they bought the club it“s 790 million for which they bought the club it's a time when we are talking about people worrying about the value of their assets. t talking about people worrying about the value of their assets.— the value of their assets. i wonder what is the — the value of their assets. i wonder what is the inherent _ the value of their assets. i wonder what is the inherent value - the value of their assets. i wonder what is the inherent value of - what is the inherent value of manchester united? you look at their record recently, it“s manchester united? you look at their record recently, it's not brilliant. they haven't won a title or picked up they haven't won a title or picked up a trophy for five years now, it's fair to say. they have just lost cristiano ronaldo, having walked out and a half, having given an interview which in itself damaged the brand and were scathing about the brand and were scathing about the owners and manager. i wonder if it is a great time to be trying to sell? , ., ., it is a great time to be trying to sell? , . ., ., 4' sell? there is an old “oke in football which * sell? there is an old “oke in football which is _ sell? there is an old joke in football which is how - sell? there is an old joke in football which is how do - sell? there is an old joke in| football which is how do you sell? there is an old joke in - football which is how do you end up with a small fortune in football, you start off with a large football —— fortune and then you buy a football club. the truth is, if you

are looking at manchester united or liverpool, then you go back to what other clubs are soulful. a year ago newcastle sold for £305 million and the saudis are now ploughing money into newcastle in the same way it was poured into manchester city. chelsea then went and sold for 2.5 billion plus another 1.75 billion being put in to redevelop stamford bridge on the rest of the chelsea assets. if you are the owners of manchester united or liverpool and you look at the sums of money and think people still want it. and the truth is, in the world of sport, more and more hedge funds are getting involved, more and more assets being put behind individual brands and where i possibly d —— disagree with your question. cristiano ronaldo leaving manchester united is a story that is damaging to the glazer family but i'm not sure it's entirely damaging to manchester united. manchester united still have a huge fan base around the world and there will be more heroes for manchester united and

they always have been and the glazer family and advisers will depend on the brand being as big in singapore and china and the far east and in america as it has been for the last ten years. america as it has been for the last ten ears. ., , ., ., ,., ten years. one last thought about this. two manchester _ ten years. one last thought about this. two manchester united - ten years. one last thought about this. two manchester united fans| ten years. one last thought about - this. two manchester united fans who might be cheered up the prospect of the glazer family quitting old trafford, is it a case of be careful what you wish for? you trafford, is it a case of be careful what you wish for?— trafford, is it a case of be careful what you wish for? you know, there are some bidders _ what you wish for? you know, there are some bidders out _ what you wish for? you know, there are some bidders out there - what you wish for? you know, there are some bidders out there who - what you wish for? you know, there l are some bidders out there who have been named who have connections with the club or are british fans who happen also to be very wealthy. i“m happen also to be very wealthy. i'm sure the fans would be very happy if they stepped in. but they are also going to be international buyers looking at the club who may not wish to go in there and use it to raise debt in the way the glazer family did, but will certainly not be that much in touch with manchester as a city. you have to look out for those players and fans and the owners they will get. the truth is, if you are a

newcastle fan, you are probably so delighted that money is being ploughed into the club by the saudis you won't worry too much about who actually owns it. the real issue is, as you said in the first question, what is the success on the field? and manchester united has quite a lot to prove. and manchester united has quite a lot to prove-— lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you- _ lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you- i— lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you. i think _ lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you. i think this _ lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you. i think this is - lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you. i think this is a - lot to prove. david cogan, great to talk to you. i think this is a story i talk to you. i think this is a story we will be coming back to you are more than one occasion in the next few months. for now, thank you very much. the death has been announced today of wilco johnson, much. the death has been announced today of wilcojohnson, former guitarist with wilco —— doctor feel—good who has died at the age of 75 and he's lived longer than he might have hope because a decade ago he received a terminal cancer diagnosis but it did not stop him touring and he did so in all for four decades. in 2017 he spoke to the bbc about developing his iconic

punk style. the bbc about developing his iconic unk s le. ~ , ., punk style. when we started we were -la in: punk style. when we started we were playing locally — punk style. when we started we were playing locally around _ punk style. when we started we were playing locally around southend, - punk style. when we started we were playing locally around southend, our| playing locally around southend, our hometown and we found, i don't know, we could entertain people more and provide more of a reaction if, you know, fans then you'd get them standing with their backs to the audience and looking at their shoes and we were giving it a bit. we had worked this thing and got pretty good at it and when we started playing in london a couple of years later instantly people took to this. colin patterson is our entertainment corresponded and i'm asking you to ask the questions in the manner of

wilkojohnson. lots of soft furnishing, and you wilko johnson. lots of soft furnishing, and you can't wilkojohnson. lots of soft furnishing, and you can't do any harm. what was the magic ofjohnson? we have a similar haircut it“s harm. what was the magic ofjohnson? we have a similar haircut it's fair to say. wilkojohnson emerged in the mid—1970s from the pub rock scene and part of dr feel—good and what was unique was his guitar style, choppy. was unique was his guitar style, choppy, wiry and influenced a generation of people. they weren't strictly a punk band but a lot of punks said they were influenced by the way he performed on stage, staring into the audience, but today there have been tributes from the likes of graeme coxon from blair saying he was one of his all—time telecaster heroes and the lead singer of franz ferdinand who had the samejagged guitar singer of franz ferdinand who had the same jagged guitar style and paid tribute to his playing and which thrilled paid triad-ta to his playing and which thrilled and stage presence which thrilled and inspired many guitarists, myself included. what was so amazing about this story, and this is drfeel—good

in the 60s, a number one live album 1976 with stupidity and then he in 1976 with stupidity and then he got kicked out of the band because of his behaviour and looking back he said he was impossible to work with. hejoined ian drury on said he was impossible to work with. he joined ian drury on the said he was impossible to work with. hejoined ian drury on the blockades briefly and then had a solo career, but it was january 2013 when he was diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer and was given fewer than ten months to live, so what he decided to do was do what he loved and go out and tour. he finished it off in japan and played his final gig there doing a cover of chuck berry“s goodbyejohnny and he thought doing a cover of chuck berry“s goodbye johnny and he thought that was the last time he would ever appear on stage, but he was still not dead by november of that year and roger daltrey from the who got in touch and said do you want to make an album. he said, i don't have much time, but yes, and they did eight days because they were so sure he was going to die. the album went

top ten, his first top ten solo album. the first time he had been in the charts since wilko —— dr feel—good in the 1970s and he was still living, so he started to tour more and then a fan called charlie chan, and it up, buta more and then a fan called charlie chan, and it up, but a fan who was alsoa chan, and it up, but a fan who was also a cancer specialist said, i think you have been misdiagnosed. i think you have been misdiagnosed. i think your tumour is operable, and he took him into addenbrooke“s hospital in cambridge and cut out a tumour that was three kilograms in size. when i interviewed wilko he described it as being the size of a baby. he said when it was in his bodyit baby. he said when it was in his body it was so large that when he was playing guitar, he couldn't play the guitar sideways, he had to point the guitar sideways, he had to point the guitar sideways, he had to point the guitarforward, and the guitar sideways, he had to point the guitar forward, and this operation was successful. and it ended up giving him almost another decade of life when he was certain he was going to be dead within a

year. it's a truly remarkable story. and a decade in which he did things like appearing game of thrones is an executioner. that playing style, almost like he is firing a machine gun rather than playing guitar with the intensity and repetition. musically, is it any good? tt the intensity and repetition. musically, is it any good? it was very influential _ musically, is it any good? it was very influential at _ musically, is it any good? it was very influential at the _ musically, is it any good? it was very influential at the time. - musically, is it any good? it was very influential at the time. dr l very influential at the time. dr feel—good are a band who are a bridge between prog rock and punk. they absolutely did not like punk rock and the reason he adopted the guitar style was he wanted to break down barriers with the audience and try to almost be confrontational with them as he was staring at them from the stage, and that is why he influenced so many punks. one of the things that brought them into public consciousness was a julian temple documentary, a guy who has made so many documentaries with the sex pistols and shane mcgowan, and he did this fantastic documentary, and it really called for a reappraisal

of dr feel—good and their influence, and that is one of the reasons why they were coming back into the limelight at this time when he was given this cancer diagnosis. find limelight at this time when he was given this cancer diagnosis. and he was playing — given this cancer diagnosis. and he was playing pretty _ given this cancer diagnosis. and he was playing pretty much _ given this cancer diagnosis. and he was playing pretty much up - given this cancer diagnosis. and he was playing pretty much up to - given this cancer diagnosis. and he was playing pretty much up to the. was playing pretty much up to the end of his life.— end of his life. absolutely. until last month- _ end of his life. absolutely. until last month. what _ end of his life. absolutely. until last month. what turned - end of his life. absolutely. until last month. what turned out. end of his life. absolutely. until last month. what turned out to | end of his life. absolutely. until i last month. what turned out to be his final gig was at shepherd's bush empire in london only last month. he had this hugely devoted following and it was playing live that gave him his love of life. after his wife died in 2004, he said he really suffered from depression and it was only when he was on stage that he came alive again, and after that cancer diagnosis, it was playing live that he wanted to do and he did it right until the end.— it right untilthe end. colin, a wonderful. — it right untilthe end. colin, a wonderful, vivid _ it right untilthe end. colin, a wonderful, vivid portrait. - it right untilthe end. colin, a j wonderful, vivid portrait. you it right untilthe end. colin, a - wonderful, vivid portrait. you are forgiven for not doing the interview in that style but you more than made up in that style but you more than made up for it. you could have even got a part in game of thrones as an

executioner. that was my first gig, shepherd's bush empire, a long, long time ago. that's the nearest i got to anything like that man's talent, the remarkable guitarist who has died at the age of 75. he will be much missed. time for a look at the weather with louise leah. this november has been dominated by rain and as we close out the month we are getting the rainfall totals coming in and you can see in parts of aberdeenshire and sussex we have had twice the monthly rainfall, really quite significant totals. there is more rain to come in the forecast, but the emphasis looks a bit further south and west. for the time being, we have a weatherfront pushing its way north into scotland and bringing sleet and snow to higher ground, and tucked in behind, sharp showers driven along by some blustery, gusty winds. they are moving through a quite a pace but sunshine and showers are the order of the afternoon and sheltered eastern areas should have the best

of the drier weather and some glimpses of sunshine into the afternoon. the wind is a feature. gail is in the far north of scotland and also down towards the channel coast as well —— gales. in terms of the south—westerly wind we will see temperatures recover a little, up as high as 13 celsius are not as chilly as the last couple of days. to begin with through the evening and overnight we see the rain pushing steadily north and there will be showers to begin with and most of these should fade away with the exception of the far north—west of scotland and we do have clearer skies and we will see lower single figures in sheltered eastern areas. the cloud arrives in the west and there is more wet and windy weather to come as we move into thursday. this area of low pressure is going to be quite a narrow band of rain onceit to be quite a narrow band of rain once it arrives, but it will be quite torrential and the bright greens denote that, so a pulse of very heavy rain driven through by strong to gale force gusts of winds, particularly through the irish sea

and the bristol channel, down in the south—west. that pushes it through quickly. again, in terms of the feel of things, a degree or so warmer than the last couple of days so temperatures ranging between nine and 13 degrees. as we move out of thursday and friday, i can offer you something a little quieter, at least for a day as this ridge of high pressure keeps things quiet for friday before the next system moves in for the start of the weekend. friday, not a bad day, largely financed right, more wet and windy weather to arrive at the start of the weekend —— largely fine and dry.

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. the home secretary suella braverman admits to government has failed to control the uk“s borders. 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. at least three people have been killed in a fresh strikes against the capital of ukraine kyiv. legendary dr feelgood guitarist wilko johnson has died at the age of 75. the essex—born musician went onto have a successful solo career and toured right up until his death — despite receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2013. the german football team stage protest at the start of their first match at the qatar world cup standing covering their mouths and wearing rainbow armbands in support of lgbt rights. and in their match againstjapan, well, they were silenced because japan has beaten the 2014 world cup champions. the score is a 2—1. it

really is the tournament of giant killers. judges at the supreme court have ruled that the scottish parliament cannot organise a second independence refendum, unless the uk government agrees. in 2014, voters in scotland rejected independence, but the first minister nicola sturgeon wants another referendum next october. she has said she's disappointed by today's ruling — the prime minister rishi sunak says it's clear and definitive. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. speedy and unequivocal.

after complex arguments from the uk and scottish governments, a clear legal ruling. the court is unanimous, which considerably shortens the time required. the five supreme courtjudges reaching their decision in just six weeks. ruling that the power to grant a second vote on independence lies with the uk government at westminster. the scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. scotland's first minister says she respects and accepts the judgment. she will continue to seek westminster authority to proceed with a vote and warns of this, if it is not forthcoming... what i will not do, however, is go cap in hand. my expectation in the short—term, at least, is that the uk will maintain its position of outright democracy denial. that position is, in my view, notjust unsustainable, it is also utterly self—defeating.

the more contempt the westminster establishment shows for scottish democracy, the more certain it is that scotland will vote "yes." the prime minister welcomed the ruling and said it underlined that both governments should focus on day—to—day issues and not the constitution. we respect the clear and definitive ruling of the supreme court of the united kingdom. and i think that the people of scotland want us to be working on fixing the major challenges that we collectively face, whether that is the economy, supporting the nhs, or indeed supporting ukraine. now is the time for politicians to work together and that is what this government will do. opinion polls suggest scotland remains evenly divided on what the country's future should be. not surprised, it is what we do next which is the interesting bit. - i think they should have the right to decide if we go for independence.

you don't have to vote for it if you don't want to. so, legal clarity, but the political arguments will continue. scotland's first minister would like the next election to be a referendum in all but name, and says her party will now build a wider movement to support this aim. let's talk to the shadow secretary of state for scotland, labour“s ian murray. we are hoping to speak to him in just a few moments. he replied to an urgent question which was tabled by the snp at lunchtime, asking for clarification of the government position, which has not changed. ian murray explained why labour is a unionist party in this respect and is sceptical about the case made by the snp for holding another referendum. we will hear from the snp for holding another referendum. we will hearfrom ian murray himself in a few moments.

explosions have been heard in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, after an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. kyiv“s major, vitali klitschko, said infrastructure facilities had been hit and officials reported that one person had been killed. there are also reports of explosions in the south and south east of ukraine. our correspondentjess parker gave us this update from a shelter in kyiv because the air raid sirens have been sounding. we have come down to the shelter after those air—raid sirens sounded. we have got reports and heard from the mayor of kyiv vitali klitschko, who posted on social media that there had been several explosions and a piece of critical infrastructure had been hit. we have also heard from officials that a residential building, homes have been hit, there are reports of casualties as well. there are reports of explosions and other parts of ukraine as well. and the mayor of lviv has said the lights are out in the city, that is in the far west of ukraine.

and we are hearing of disruptions to water supply. now, of course, recent strikes have seen extensive damage to energy infrastructure in ukrainejust as the winter is really setting in here, it has been around minus two degrees outside. so ukrainians have been preparing as well for power outages which have been ongoing, planned and unscheduled through the city and beyond. we don't know how extensive the damage might be following strikes in kyiv today and across other parts of ukraine. but you have got to remember, they were racing after a brief period of respite to repair some of this energy infrastructure and further attacks like this is exactly what had been feared. jess parker in kyiv there. with me in the studio is the russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. thanks forjoining us. what do we know for certain has happened today?

what has happened is a massive wave of russian missile strikes targeting all of ukraine pretty much beginning with kharkiv and then all the way to lviv and yet again the energy infrastructure seems to be the target. outages and blackouts are reported across ukraine and that means no street lighting and no lights in homes. electrical transport suspended, the metro is not running in kharkiv. the authorities in kyiv say that at least three people have been killed in the ukrainian capital but as you say, we don't yet know the scale of the attack. this is the third such attack in the previous one happened eight days ago and involved almost 100 missiles and the mayor of kyiv vitali klitschko in the past half an

hour said that 31 missiles were fired from russia at the ukrainian capital and 21 of those were intercepted. this gives an indication of the scale of the attack. it seems at the moment as if the russians prefer attack. it seems at the moment as if the russians prefe— the russians prefer infrastructure attacks to actually _ the russians prefer infrastructure attacks to actually fighting. - attacks to actually fighting. indeed, that is because they have not really had much success on the battlefront. this is their way to undermine ukraine's fighting spirit because when it is dark and cold and when your supplies are running out it is difficult to fight. but responding to the missile strike today, the secretary of ukraine's national defence and security council, he said that no missile strikes and no drone strikes will undermine their wish to fight in this war. “ , ., ~

undermine their wish to fight in this war. �*, ., ,, ., ., this war. let's talk about some of the other things _ this war. let's talk about some of the other things which _ this war. let's talk about some of the other things which are - this war. let's talk about some of the other things which are going l this war. let's talk about some of i the other things which are going on, not least the warning from the grid operator that leaders had to effectively disconnect three nuclear power stations from the grid. should we be worried by that? the power stations from the grid. should we be worried by that?— we be worried by that? the way nuclear power _ we be worried by that? the way nuclear power stations - we be worried by that? the way nuclear power stations were, i we be worried by that? the way i nuclear power stations were, they produce electricity and it needs to go somewhere but because of the latest missile attack from russia, it has nowhere to go, so the latest is that hand ukrainian nuclear power stations have been disconnected —— is that four. this is worrying in terms of how they function and also in terms of the prospects for ukrainians to be warm and have light in their homes because in urban areas it is things like that which depend on nuclear power stations and also running water. i have a list of ukrainian regions where running also has stopped because there is no electricity to feed the pumps. in terms of how ukrainians are feeling,

it is cold and dark, and the winter is going to be cold and dark and long. is going to be cold and dark and lonu. ., is going to be cold and dark and lon. _ ., ., is going to be cold and dark and lonu. . ., ., is going to be cold and dark and lonu. ., ., ., , is going to be cold and dark and lonu. . ., ., , is going to be cold and dark and long. thanks for “oining us. back to the top story. _ long. thanks forjoining us. back to the top story. the _ long. thanks forjoining us. back to the top story. the building - long. thanks forjoining us. back to the top story. the building by - long. thanks forjoining us. back to the top story. the building by the i the top story. the building by the supreme court, the uk supreme court that the scottish parliament cannot organise a second independence referendum without the prior consent of the uk government. in 2014, rejected independence and the first minister nicola sturgeon wants another referendum held next october. let's talk to the shadow secretary of state for scotland, labour“s ian murray. in one sense this judgment is not a surprise but it has quite significant implications. tt is surprise but it has quite significant implications. it is not a surrise significant implications. it is not a surprise and _ significant implications. it is not a surprise and we _ significant implications. it is not a surprise and we expect - significant implications. it is not a surprise and we expect of- significant implications. it is not a surprise and we expect of the | a surprise and we expect of the supreme court to take the reference from the lord advocate in scotland and we expect of the supreme court to say this is a reserved issue for

the uk government but i don't think it has massive implications in the sense that what is the law is written in law and the law can sometimes be an as but that is actually the law of the country and that matters related to the constitution are reserved for the sovereign parliament in westminster. leaving aside the merits of the argument, you would accept that in a sense this is quite a helpful recruiting sergeant for the snp because they can go out and say to people who might be on the fence about independence, look what happens in the uk, you don't get a say and if you want to have a say, because it appears to be there is no law that will morph away —— no lawful way by which scots can absent themselves from the uk or withdraw altogether, it needs to have the consent of the uk government? if there is a conflict with the uk government, that was a trap? the remise if government, that was a trap? tt;e: premise if you're premise is wrong

—— the premise of your question is wrong because there was a legal referendum in 2014. the conservative government — referendum in 2014. the conservative government have _ referendum in 2014. the conservative government have the _ referendum in 2014. the conservative government have the power - referendum in 2014. the conservative government have the power to - referendum in 2014. the conservative government have the power to hold i government have the power to hold the consent. government have the power to hold the consent-— the consent. they had no power to hold the consent _ the consent. they had no power to hold the consent back— the consent. they had no power to hold the consent back in _ the consent. they had no power to hold the consent back in 2014 - the consent. they had no power to hold the consent back in 2014 butl the consent. they had no power to i hold the consent back in 2014 but we had a unanimous decision from all parties that a referendum should be held and scottish people in all the polling and all the surveys i see do not want another referendum, especially on nicola sturgeon“s current timetable and many see this as another gambit of nicola sturgeon trying to make sure she has something to say at the next general election. the law is pretty clear, you can't have people deciding how they wish the law is to be, and there is a question about the manufactured mandate that the scottish national party keep talking about from the last election, and i remember, your colleague glenn campbell asked the first minister join the television debate if this election was about another referendum and she said it wasn't,

it was about the covid recovery, so you can vote for them at knowing they will not be pressing for independence. there are big questions in this debate which are worth examining and whilst we continue to concentrate on process, we don't even get to any of the big issues around public services in scotland or the proposition for independence at the snp is putting forward. ., , independence at the snp is putting forward. . , ., ., ., forward. that is also an argument wh some forward. that is also an argument why some people _ forward. that is also an argument why some people who _ forward. that is also an argument why some people who might - forward. that is also an argument. why some people who might support the continuation of the union do not understand the situation where the unionist parties who have devised the scottish parliament, they devised the scotland act. i remember covering this at the time, and the legislation was designed in part to prevent the snp ever being a majority and they would always have to share power cross party, and this was another aspect. it is a strange situation because that creates this kind of resentment that if you had a

system where people could freely choose whether they are scots or northern irish or welsh, that they could leave the union, and there are few of the sector if state is obliged to hold one —— and it seems to be a very uneven form of devolution for the the labour party believes in devolution and we believes in devolution and we believe in the uk being a family of devolved nations that share their resources and they help each other in the bad times and they share the benefits in the good times and in the bad times and they share the benefits in the good times- benefits in the good times and that is what devolution _ benefits in the good times and that is what devolution is _ benefits in the good times and that is what devolution is about. - benefits in the good times and that is what devolution is about. the . is what devolution is about. the premise of your argument is that it is independence or the uk and there is independence or the uk and there is no other option available to the scottish people but what i see what i want to concentrating on is demanding that the uk and scottish government is working together. devolution is about partnership and

whilst the independence supporters wish to break up the uk and whilst we have this mask the unionism from the uk government, both are waving flags for the benefit of their own political purposes rather than for the benefit of the people in scotland and across the uk. there is a better way away from this binary argument and that is what we wish to try and achieve for the labour party which is the party of devolution. ian murray, shadow secretary of state for scotland, thanks for joining us put up i should add, that is not my argument, it is myjob to put forward arguments as an example of what others are perhaps saying. thank you very much.

one person has died and at least 14 others have been injured in explosions at two bus stops on the outskirts ofjerusalem. israeli police said the first blast appeared to have been caused by an explosive device placed in a bag. the second explosion came about 30 minutes later. a police spokesman said there had not been such a coordinated attack injerusalem for years. a mother who stabbed to death a man accused of sexually assaulting her three sons hasjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on paedophiles who change their names to hide their identity. sarah sands was jailed for seven and a half years for the manslaughter of 77—year—old michael pleasted in 2014. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly has been hearing her story. sarah sands back in silvertown in east london, where as a single mother, she made a home with herfamily. and where eight years ago, she stabbed to death a neighbour accused of sexually assaulting three young boys.

she“d originally befriended michael pleasted, who was 77. what we can report for the first time is that all three children he was accused of abusing were her sons. they“ve now turned 18 and have waived their right to anonymity to speak publicly about seeing their mother go to prison. the little things, you miss. sometimes, you just want to really tell your mum a problem. sarah, did you feel remorse? absolutely. and why did you feel remorse? i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys, michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal

to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says, after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sarah sands was found guilty of manslaughter, rather than murder, on the grounds that she lost control. her original sentence of three and a half years was deemed to be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years. the offender took with her to the scene a knife, which was used in the infliction of fatal injuries. when the jury was sure that at the time, she intended to cause at least serious grievous bodily harm, the offender, having fatally stabbed the deceased, did nothing to assist him, in that she did not call the emergency services. they absolutely have the right

to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done that. after she killed him, it emerged that michael pleasted was already a convicted paedophile and had a long history of offending under his original name of robin moult. sarah sands has nowjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on sex offenders who change their names. and despite what happened in theirfamily, her sons also have this message. if you are being abused or have been abused, try and talk. the sooner you say it, the sooner you potentially save more people from being in the same pain that you are feeling. june kelly, bbc news. the home secretary, suella braverman, has been accused

of being "out of her depth" after conceding many asylum seekers would need to come to the uk in order to submit a claim. mps said there is a "shortage of safe and legal routes" to the uk for asylum seekers after the home secretary struggled to explain how an orphaned african child fleeing war and religious persecution, who has a sibling living legally in the uk, would be able to make a claim from abroad. let's talk to our political correspondentjonathan blake. we have heard that tory mps were uneasy about suella braverman“s initial appointment and then her reappointment less than a week after she had resigned by rishi sunak, for using a private e—mail server which government ministers are not supposed to do, but we have not had an open accusation of her not being up an open accusation of her not being up to thejob an open accusation of her not being up to the job until now. she an open accusation of her not being up to the job until now.— up to the 'ob until now. she came under up to the job until now. she came under sustained _ up to the job until now. she came under sustained pressure - up to the job until now. she came under sustained pressure from i up to the job until now. she came i under sustained pressure from mps this morning in the home affairs select committee when she was asked about the problem of small boat

crossings across the english channel and the issue of migration in general and the government response to that and it was striking to hear suella braverman say openly that the government had lost control of the uk's government had lost control of the uk“s borders and she said the home office was making changes in order to better respond to the problem but also that the blame as far as she was concerned laid with the people smugglers who were taking advantage of those who were trying to reach the uk in desperate circumstances. suella braverman said we failed to control our borders, yes, that is why the prime minister and myself, she said, are determined to fix the problem. that is quite an admission for a politician, part of the government, who ran partly on the promise of rhys gill in control of the uk borders as part of the brexit deal which saw the uk leave the eu —— the promise of securing again

control of the uk borders. suella braverman was warned about the legal status of the manston processing centre in kent which was in the headlines for quite some time a couple of weeks ago because of the numbers being held there over and above the intended capacity. it was put to her that she was born on four separate occasions and she said she was not going to go into any documents and the contents of those —— she was warned on four separate occasions. she said if you are saying i did not know the legal advice or was not told about it, thatis advice or was not told about it, that is not true, and she said she was fully aware that there was a crisis and that there was an unprecedented level of pressure on the system. listen to this exchange between the home secretary suella braverman and the conservative mp tim loughton who asked her about a specific set of circumstances whereby someone was trying to reach the uk and what options they might have to do that. indie

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get here legally, that is. downing street have said it is right uk prioritises helping certain groups of people from certain countries, most significantly those coming from afghanistan and ukraine. an accepting there are not an unlimited number of places for those wanting to come to the uk via legal rates. the home secretary has worked as a trained lawyer and actually worked as a lawyer on behalf of the government on cases and she was the attorney general for england, so one would have thought this was a pretty good grounding for these kind of issues and yet on the detail she seems to be struggling.- issues and yet on the detail she seems to be struggling. there were a coule of seems to be struggling. there were a coople of times _ seems to be struggling. there were a couple of times when _ seems to be struggling. there were a couple of times when the _ seems to be struggling. there were a couple of times when the home - couple of times when the home secretary was asked questions which you could possibly suggest were likely to come up and she was asked about specific numbers ofjudicial review cases that the home office

was facing with regards to its immigration policy and she could not give a number. the permanent secretary who was sat to her right when she was facing these questions, the senior official in her department, he was not even able to say the number of specific judicial review cases that the home office was facing with regards to the manston processing centre. so on that and other things it did seem that and other things it did seem that the home secretary was not as well abreast of the facts and is well abreast of the facts and is well briefed as she might have been. and it served to perhaps illustrate the difficulty and the sprawling unpredictable and very difficult nature of the problem of the small boat crossings and illegal migration as the government terms it, but the problem for the home office and the continued difficulty it is having in getting a grip of it. the government could legislate _

getting a grip of it. the government could legislate to _ getting a grip of it. the government could legislate to make _ getting a grip of it. the government could legislate to make it _ getting a grip of it. the government could legislate to make it illegal - could legislate to make it illegal to enter the uk without consent to enter the uk so it has sort of created the framework and then these are the questions that come from that, so will be interesting to see what else comes from that committee. for now, jonathan, thanks for joining us. the the european space agency has revealed its "class of 2022" —including the first ever "para—astronaut". paralympianjohn mcfall, who is a sprinterfrom the uk, will be taking on the new role. during the announcement he said it was an exciting and he hopes to inspire others. i“m joined now by youtuber tom harries, he is a wheelchair—user and lives near cardiff. nice to talk to you. what you think of this announcement? tt is

nice to talk to you. what you think of this announcement?— nice to talk to you. what you think of this announcement? it is huge. as someone who — of this announcement? it is huge. as someone who is _ of this announcement? it is huge. as someone who is passionate - of this announcement? it is huge. as someone who is passionate about. of this announcement? it is huge. as| someone who is passionate about the idea of disabled people entering more industries, all across the world in every different sector, the idea of a disabled astronaut is a huge accomplishment and a huge step forward for every disabled person. the fascinating thing is about zero gravity environment and the fact that you are, let“s gravity environment and the fact that you are, let's say paraplegic, that you are, let's say paraplegic, that should not actually make that much difference? trio. that should not actually make that much difference?— much difference? no, i know for a lot of disabled _ much difference? no, i know for a lot of disabled people, _ much difference? no, i know for a i lot of disabled people, hydrotherapy is a common thing, and that is used because it almost simulates that kind of gravity, so absolutely it is the thing that should have happened and now it has happened it is a huge accomplishment and something that is accomplishment and something that is a long time coming but it is another great step for disabled representation.- great step for disabled representation. great step for disabled re - resentation. , , ., ,

representation. they will be those who worry about _ representation. they will be those who worry about box _ representation. they will be those who worry about box ticking - representation. they will be those who worry about box ticking and i representation. they will be those i who worry about box ticking and say it is all very well to say we have got ajohn it is all very well to say we have got a john mcfall who no doubt part of the reason he was chosen is he is a very talented and experienced paralympian and a very fit man. notwithstanding having a particular disability which might limit some things you can do, because they are clearly other things he can do. they might say the astronauts are the cherry on top of the cake at the space programme is enormous, so how many people with disabilities are there working at every level of the space programme? it is a fair question. space programme? it is a fair question-— space programme? it is a fair cuestion. ~ , , ., ., question. absolutely. you mentioned box tickin: question. absolutely. you mentioned box ticking and _ question. absolutely. you mentioned box ticking and i _ question. absolutely. you mentioned box ticking and i don't _ question. absolutely. you mentioned box ticking and i don't see _ question. absolutely. you mentioned box ticking and i don't see it as - box ticking and i don't see it as that, personally, buti box ticking and i don't see it as that, personally, but i see this as levelling the playing field. obviously, it is important for everyone in every strata of society to get these opportunities and i see this, the more people you can get to have opportunities, the why don't you cast the net for talent, and

surely that is a net positive for everyone in every industry. that is how i see it. everyone in every industry. that is how! see it— howl see it. are you hopeful that he will actually _ howl see it. are you hopeful that he will actually get _ howl see it. are you hopeful that he will actually get a _ howl see it. are you hopeful that he will actually get a moonshot i how i see it. are you hopeful that i he will actually get a moonshot and he will actually get a moonshot and he will actually get a moonshot and he will actually get up there? there are some people who get selected for the astral programme and who never get to go to space and goodness knows, nobody has been on the moon for half a century. —— astronaut programme. tt for half a century. -- astronaut programme-— programme. it would be a big achievement _ programme. it would be a big achievement but _ programme. it would be a big achievement but i'm - programme. it would be a big achievement but i'm just - programme. it would be a big. achievement but i'm just happy programme. it would be a big - achievement but i'm just happy to see the progress that has been made and anything on top of that would be and anything on top of that would be a bonus, obviously. something like a moon landing would be incredible. t moon landing would be incredible. i have got to ask, looking at the backdrop behind you, did you want to be an astronaut? what you have preferred to travel in time? —— word. t preferred to travel in time? -- word. ., preferred to travel in time? -- word. . . , preferred to travel in time? -- word. . ., , , preferred to travel in time? -- word. . . , ., ., word. i have always been passionate for sace word. i have always been passionate for space and _ word. i have always been passionate for space and of— word. i have always been passionate for space and of course _ word. i have always been passionate for space and of course dr _ word. i have always been passionate for space and of course dr who - word. i have always been passionate| for space and of course dr who which is something i'm very interested in and it is hugely really nice to see

so many different strata of the world being reached by disabled talent and that is something that as someone who follows various different disabled contributors to different disabled contributors to different fails, it is very exciting and personally, i love this news —— different fields. and personally, i love this news -- different fields.— different fields. congratulations for sharin: different fields. congratulations for sharing your _ different fields. congratulations for sharing your enthusiasm - different fields. congratulations| for sharing your enthusiasm and different fields. congratulations i for sharing your enthusiasm and i have to say that if anyone wants to watch an actor who happens to be disabled give a truly spellbinding performance, watch a dr who story called the vengeance of virus which was made in the mid—70s, and there is an actor at the top of his craft. his disability is utterly immaterial to his talent. thomas, thanks for joining us. to his talent. thomas, thanks for joining us— now it's time for a look at the weather. a wet start to wednesday for many with the rain pushing north, and behind for the remainder of

the afternoon it's a case of sunny spells and blustery showers. some of the showers with lightning mixed in as well, driven along by a stiff wind and gusts of gale force on exposed coasts but it will be a degree or so mild compared 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 another spell of wet and windy weather starts to push from the south—west, but it should be a relatively dry and sunny start in eastern areas. out to the west, the cloud, wind and rain pushes through and a spell of intense rain and a narrow band as it pushes through, accompanied by gale force gusts, particularly through the irish sea, parts of wales and south—west england. top temperatures through the middle of the afternoon likely to peak between ten and 13 celsius. that's it. enjoy the rest of your day. hello, 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 will find another democratic, lawfuland democratic, lawful and constitutional means democratic, lawfuland constitutional means by which the scottish people can express their will. home secretary suella barverman admits the government has failed to control the uk“s borders. 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 at least three people have been killed in fresh strikes against the capital kyiv which knocked out water and power supplies. legendary dr feelgood guitarist wilko johnson has died at the age of 75.

the essex—born musician went onto have a successful solo career and toured right up until his death — despite receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2013. the german football team has lost its opening world cup match to japan. the four time tournament champions lost 2—1 to their group e rivals following a protest on the pitch against human rights abuses in qatar. i“m i'm sorry about that. while i find a tissue and blow my nose. let“s i'm sorry about that. while i find a tissue and blow my nose. let's go to holly. i should say bless you. we have had another major upset. this time japan.

japan have beaten four—time world champions germany for the first time in their history. they came from behind after ilay gundogan took the lead from the penalty spot in the first half, but a couple of substitutions forjapan seemed to make the difference after ritsu doan equalised in the 75th minute, and takuma asano also came off the bench to squeeze in a thumping strike from a tight angle to make it 2—1. it took the supporters a second or two to realise it had gone in but a huge reaction when they realised what they'd achieved. before kick—off, germany staged what appeared to be a protest to fifa and the one love armbands. they stood for their team photo with their hands covering their mouths, two days after european teams were threatened with sanctions if they opted to wear the armbands during matches. the country's interior minister nancy faeser has worn the armband while sitting next to fifa president gianni infantino. she earlier criticised fifa,

saying the threat of sanctions over players wearing the armband was unacceptable behaviour. well in a statement on twitter the german team say: “'it wasn't about making a political statement — human rights are non—negotiable. that should be taken for granted, but it still isn't the case. that's why this message is so important to us. denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice. we stand by our position." the danish football association has said they“re supporting the german fa with possible legal action against fifa over the armband. the ceo jakobjensen has revcleaed the extent of the anger. together with the other one love nations we had strong cooperation and i must commend my colleagues for what we are trying to do together

and we are standing shoulder to shoulder. we are obviously getting hammered by the press for not wearing the armband and i find that natural as we have a critical press, but it's actually those nations who have tried to make a message and make a difference and we are getting hammered the most and the hammering should be on fifa for not allowing what is a simple message. well, we still have two matches to come this evening in qatar. in the next half an hour, 2018 champions spain take on costa rica hoping for a better performance at this world cup after failing to win their opening match in their last three major tournaments. then we'll see canada at the world cup for the first time since 1986, as they take on belgium at 7 o'clock this evening, manchester united“s supporters trust has said fans should be given a real say in how the club is run in future. the current us owners — the glazers — are said to be looking at options for the club, including new investment or a potential sale.

it triggered jubilation from fans and some trepidation at what the future might hold. duncan drasdo, the must chief executive says supporters need to be at forefront of future plans. the thing that the glazer family have missed out on in their ownership is the fact they created the alienation of supporters, that hostility and actually supporters are the club's greatest asset, and if you get that right and get the supporters on side and everyone working towards the common goal and we think the best way to do that a sharing the ownership, transparent, clear ownership, every with the same goal and equal shares. that“s clear ownership, every with the same goal and equal shares. that's what creates the right formula for a successful football club, happy successful football clu b, ha ppy football clu b successful football clu b, ha ppy football club and successful football club, happy football club and happy supporters and a successful team on the pitch. so we would want to see owners that are open to working with supporters as partners. former liverpool and everton striker david johnson has died

aged 71 after suffering with throat cancer. he spent six years at anfield from 1976 where he enjoyed much of his success, winning three league titles and the 1981 european cup. he also had two spells at goodison park — and was the first man to score for both liverpool and everton david johnson — who has died at the age of 71. that's all the sport for now. there's been a great deal of controversy over human rights in qatar, where women's lives are profoundly restricted, needing permission of a male guardian for many activities, and male homosexuality is illegal. today, german players have been involved in a protest about fifa rules on wearing one love armbands.

joining me now is our berlin correspondentjenny hill. a lot of the attention right now will be on germany's defeat by japan in that match, but more broadly, the german team seem to have kind of taken on the challenge of not conforming to what the authorities want and what fifa demanded. yes indeed. want and what fifa demanded. yes indeed- they _ want and what fifa demanded. tea indeed. they wanted to make that gesture. the german fa, at the same time, said in a statement they were doing so because to deny us the armband, they said, is in effect to tell us to shut up and some of the footballers also had rainbows on their boots, so they were the only ones taking a stance and we also had the interior minister who was sat next to the fifa president in the stand watching the match wearing the armband, the one love armband and it's interesting to see how it has

gone down and it sparked a similar debate to what is going on in several other countries about the responsibility of players and what we should expect from them. the tabloid newspaper said here that the photograph gesture was simply in effect not enough and you had the country's vice chancellor yesterday country“s vice chancellor yesterday saying that were he in the shoes of the german team captain, he would have worn the armband. he was curious to see how fifa would have reacted. at on the other hand you have thomas muller, one of the german footballing superstars who was out there this afternoon and he said on social media that anyone expects footballers to completely abandon our partners and give up our footballing dreams having worked all our lives for these moments in order to position ourselves more politically, will be disappointed. i think it's fair to say that the whole armband debacle has triggered a sense of dismay in germany. the german football association is, as

you probably know, considering taking some kind of legal action against fifa on the association itself is under pressure. yesterday one of germany's supermarket chains, a really big one announced it would prematurely end its sponsorship deal with the german football association, calling the stance from fifa over the armband is scandalous. a lot of dismay, and it's worth noting that this particular world cup is not a popular one here in germany. there“s cup is not a popular one here in germany. there's been a great deal of public consternation about, for example, the human rights of migrant workers involved in the tournament. and some polls in the run—up to the world cup suggested a lot of people simply weren“t world cup suggested a lot of people simply weren't going to watch, and thatis simply weren't going to watch, and that is borne out so far by some tv viewing figures. it says a huge amount when you consider that this is germany, where football really matters. ., ., �* ., matters. you don't need to remind me as an england — matters. you don't need to remind me as an england fan _ matters. you don't need to remind me as an england fan that _ matters. you don't need to remind me as an england fan that germany - matters. you don't need to remind me as an england fan that germany is - matters. you don't need to remind me as an england fan that germany is a i

as an england fan that germany is a footballing nation to its bootstraps, and a super footballing nation. but you sort of wonder whether it would not have been possible for the managers of a number of these teams who feel strongly about this to have got together and taken almost a joint stand. it“s together and taken almost a joint stand. it's hard to imagine that fifa would have fined everybody if everybody had been wearing the one love armband, but maybe it's too late. it“s love armband, but maybe it's too late. it's interesting that the example you medicine, the minister in the stadium —— you mention. she seems to have been clever because she arrived wearing a jacket and once she got into the box, she took the jacket off so she was there with the jacket off so she was there with the armband and they did not know she was wearing it until it was too late to hustle it off her.— late to hustle it off her. yes, quite so- _ late to hustle it off her. yes, quite so. and _ late to hustle it off her. yes, quite so. and bear _ late to hustle it off her. yes, quite so. and bear in - late to hustle it off her. yes, quite so. and bear in mind i late to hustle it off her. yes, quite so. and bear in mind a| late to hustle it off her. yes, i quite so. and bear in mind a lot late to hustle it off her. yes, - quite so. and bear in mind a lot of german politicians are not at the tournament i think that probably tells you something about the way it's being viewed back here in germany. she is possibly one of the

most senior ones in attendance. but bearin most senior ones in attendance. but bear in mind that she represents a coalition government, but one which came to power at the end of last year promising a fairer and more equal, more liberal society. those are values which i think the government here would very much a spouse, so it is perhaps no surprise that she made this gesture, but a lot of people here are rather entertained by the fact that not only did she manage to sneak in wearing the armband and then only halfway through the game shrugged off her blazer so people could see and when she did say when she was sat next to the president of fifa. a bit of a political statement, no doubt to support the players on the pitch in their gesture, but as i said before, there is a debate here about the responsibility of those players, whether they have done enough and whether they are expected to do more than that. you talk about the managers and why nothing was done sooner and why they did not get

together and try to fight back, if you like against fifa and the senses it happened rather quickly. the vice chancellor here just said latifi had worn the armband, what would fifa have done? —— if he had worn the armband. instead the german team chose to make a different gesture. t chose to make a different gesture. i should ask you because there is a great danger in the sense that qatar has created this problem its. we are all talking about the politics and not so much about the football. how is the result going down? this not so much about the football. how is the result going down?— is the result going down? as you would expect. — is the result going down? as you would expect, there's _ is the result going down? as you would expect, there's a - is the result going down? as you would expect, there's a great i is the result going down? as you i would expect, there's a great deal of perhaps a prize and a great deal of perhaps a prize and a great deal of disappointment as you would expect. of disappointment as you would exect. , , of disappointment as you would exect., , ., ~ of disappointment as you would exect., , ., ,, i. of disappointment as you would exect. , ., ,, ., of disappointment as you would exect. , ., ., ., , expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see ou expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see you again — expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see you again -- _ expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see you again -- a _ expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see you again -- a great - expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see you again -- a great deal i expect. jenny, thank you and lovely to see you again -- a great deal of| to see you again —— a great deal of surprise. it's one of the biggest and most famous football clubs in the world, but the owners of manchester united are thinking about selling it. the american glazer family bought

the club 17 years ago, but they've long faced protests against their ownership from fans, angry about the way they“ve run the club. our sports correspondent andy swiss has been at old trafford for us. ever since the glazer family took overin ever since the glazer family took over in 2005, they have been hugely unpopular with the supporters because they were only able to buy the club by borrowing money against it. effectively plunging the club into millions of pounds of debt. the fans feel they should have spent more money on the players. remember, united have not won a trophy since 2017, and the protests against the glazer family have been getting louder and louder, so why have they made this announcement now? a number of reasons perhaps. first of all the demise of the european super league

which would have been hugely lucrative to the glazer family had it happen, but it's not happened. and also the fact that both the stadium and training facilities require millions of pounds of redevelopment, and all of this comes just hours after it was announced that their star player, cristiano ronaldo was leaving the club with immediate effect following the explosive tv interview in which he accused the club of betraying him. he was also highly critical of the glazerfamily in the he was also highly critical of the glazer family in the interview and said they did not care about the club, so ronaldo is leaving and it seems like the owners might be leaving too. you've got to remember, first of all, it's notjust manchester united. liverpool is also potentially up for sale at the moment and indeed leeds united might see a change of

ownership in the next few months as well. so that's three premier league clubs. and if you look at the glazer family, they bought in 2005 and the fenway sports group bought liverpool in 2010 and that was a completely different world. in those days, when the glazer is bought manchester united for 790 million and liverpool was bought for 300 million, you depended on two sources of revenues. fans buying tickets and merchandising was one, and the other was the central deal done by the premier league which was television rights, which i was involved in. now the world is totally different and all of those clubs because of the global expansion of the premier league have become global brands and the world of media

has changed and there are many more ways of distributing their own content and part of the fight in the premier league has been the clubs wanting to sell their own games and not being allowed to, and as you said, the european super league is another one of those ways for european big clubs getting more money and that hasn't happened, so now the glazer family, who have taken out hundreds of millions of pounds, notjust millions, are looking to sell for 790 million for which they bought the club it's a time when we are talking about people worrying about the value of their assets. i wonder what is the inherent value of manchester united? you look at their record recently, it's not brilliant. they haven't won a title or picked up a trophy for five years now, it's fair to say. they have just lost cristiano ronaldo, having walked out in a huff, having given an interview which in itself damaged the brand and were scathing about the owners and manager. i wonder if it is a great time to be trying to sell?

there is an old joke in football which is how do you end up with a small fortune in football, you start off with a large fortune and then you buy a football club. the truth is, if you are looking at manchester united or liverpool, then you go back to what other clubs are sold for. a year ago newcastle sold for £305 million and the saudis are now ploughing money into newcastle in the same way it was poured into manchester city. chelsea then went and sold for 2.5 billion plus another 1.75 billion being put in to redevelop stamford bridge on the rest of the chelsea assets. if you are the owners of manchester united or liverpool and you look at the sums of money and think people still want it. and the truth is, in the world of sport, more and more hedge funds are getting involved, more and more assets being put behind individual brands and where i possibly disagree with your question. cristiano ronaldo leaving manchester united is a story that is damaging to the glazer family but i'm not sure it“s entirely damaging

to manchester united. manchester united still have a huge fan base around the world and there will be more heroes for manchester united and they always have been and the glazer family and advisers will depend on the brand being as big in singapore and china and the far east and in america as it has been for the last ten years. the guitarist wilko johnson, best known for his choppy guitar style and his influence on british punk music has died, aged 75. he lived a lot longer than he hopes to live. nine years ago he was given a terminal cancer diagnosis but was still touring until last month. the musician found fame in the 1970s, as a member of the band dr feelgood, before embarking on a solo career spanning four decades. in 2017 wilko spoke to the bbc“s stephen sackur about devloping his iconic punk style.

imean, i mean, when we started playing, locally, the first couple of years we were playing locally around southend, in our hometown, and we found that we could, i don't know, entertain people more and provoke more of a reaction. fans then were all kind of, you“d more of a reaction. fans then were all kind of, you'd get them standing with your backs to the audience and looking at their shoes and we were giving it a bit. we kind of worked this thing and we got pretty good at it and when we started playing in london a couple of years later people took to this. joining me now for more is the music writer and co—author of wilkojohnson: looking back at me, zoe howe.

asa as a musician you admired, you have lost a family friend. trier?r as a musician you admired, you have lost a family friend.— lost a family friend. very much so and wilco was _ lost a family friend. very much so and wilco was such _ lost a family friend. very much so and wilco was such an _ lost a family friend. very much so i and wilco was such an extraordinary person. and ifeel sorry to have had him in my life. and notjust as we work together on the book but i was kind of marriage to the mum. my husband dylan, he was his drama for years and ijoined them on tour and we had so many fantastic adventures and ifeel very we had so many fantastic adventures and i feel very privileged to have had those experiences and to work with him. i would run the social media for him and today's facebook post is properly the worst update we post is properly the worst update i've ever had to upload.— i've ever had to upload. you've already seen. _ i've ever had to upload. you've already seen, and _ i've ever had to upload. you've already seen, and it's - i've ever had to upload. you've already seen, and it's quite i i've ever had to upload. you've already seen, and it's quite a l i've ever had to upload. you'vel already seen, and it's quite a lot of tributes already. are you getting that both from industry insiders, fellow musicians and fans? absolutely. and i received a beautiful message from the drummer from doctor feel good, reflecting on the powerful memories, and it's really lovely to see how much

affection people have for wilko. it's not a surprise. he was a powerful presence. you mention wilko and he was almost too big to be contained by one band, in drfeel—good. it was too big to be contained by one band, in dr feel—good. it was such a big personality. but was it fair to say it was a performance, but not an act. he really was like that. that's act. he really was like that. that's a ureat act. he really was like that. that's a great way _ act. he really was like that. that's a great way of _ act. he really was like that. that's a great way of putting _ act. he really was like that. that's a great way of putting it. - act. he really was like that. that's a great way of putting it. as - act. he really was like that. that's a great way of putting it. as a - a great way of putting it. as a performer, there is no one like wilko. who is this psychotic man from outer space, amazing. but obviously he was a kind man and had a lovely gentle side and he wasn't like that all the time, but he was absolutely one of rock and roll�*s great eccentric and the best kind of crazy uncle you could wish for and thatis crazy uncle you could wish for and that is how i saw him. he was funny and well read and erudite and could speak about things and was an

astronomer. it’s speak about things and was an astronomer.— astronomer. it's an interesting oint, astronomer. it's an interesting point. he _ astronomer. it's an interesting point. he had _ astronomer. it's an interesting point, he had a _ astronomer. it's an interesting point, he had a hinterland. - astronomer. it's an interesting point, he had a hinterland. he| astronomer. it's an interesting - point, he had a hinterland. he loved music that he wasn't obsessive about it and would go off and do other things. it and would go off and do other thins. , , ., things. absolutely. he was a ainter, things. absolutely. he was a painter. an _ things. absolutely. he was a painter, an artist, _ things. absolutely. he was a painter, an artist, a - things. absolutely. he was a painter, an artist, a real- things. absolutely. he was a - painter, an artist, a real polymath and astronomy was a passion and i remember the telescope on his roof. that was his favourite occupation. looking up to the heavens at the scars —— stars and he was a fascinating man and we were really lucky to have him. and lucky to have those extra years as well. yes. lucky to have him. and lucky to have those extra years as well.— those extra years as well. yes, i mean, those extra years as well. yes, i mean. not _ those extra years as well. yes, i mean. not to — those extra years as well. yes, i mean, not to walk _ those extra years as well. yes, i mean, not to walk around - those extra years as well. yes, i | mean, not to walk around feeling like he had a death sentence over his head, even though he had won over his head, just carry on playing. dylan, your husband, he is a drummer. let us into a secret. how difficult was it to play with wilko given his style was so distinct? —— distinct. given his style was so distinct? --

distinct. , ., ., , , ., distinct. there will be no gaps to have a sip _ distinct. there will be no gaps to have a sip of _ distinct. there will be no gaps to have a sip of water _ distinct. there will be no gaps to have a sip of water in _ distinct. there will be no gaps to have a sip of water in the - distinct. there will be no gaps to have a sip of water in the songs, j have a sip of water in the songs, you would keep charging on. fix, full you would keep charging on. a full . m you would keep charging on. a full gym work-out _ you would keep charging on. a full gym work-out playing _ you would keep charging on. a full gym work—out playing with him. totally. absolutely. we loved him so much. and an amazing experience seeing the trajectory. as you said, he had been playing for a0 years with his band, doing the circuit. he was in the blockheads as well and had been doing the circuit and it was really the julian templeville julian temple. it and that brought him out, and the game of thrones thing and all these new adventures. he acted in game of thrones. had he done that by the time you are working on the book with him or was that subsequent? it working on the book with him or was that subsequent?— that subsequent? it was before, and artl that subsequent? it was before, and partly during — that subsequent? it was before, and partly during when — that subsequent? it was before, and partly during when we _ that subsequent? it was before, and partly during when we were - that subsequent? it was before, and partly during when we were working | partly during when we were working on it, so we did talk about it in

the book and it was quite funny that he was very pleased as he was playing a mute execution and had no ezm% lines. absolutely and there is a whole swathe _ lines. absolutely and there is a whole swathe - fans - lines. absolutely and there is a whole swathe - fans only whole swathe of wilko fans who only know him that who was surprised know him from that who was surprised he could play the guitar —— as he could play the guitar of —— as well. he could play the guitar of -- as well. ., ., , well. remind me of the documentary. oil city confidential. _ well. remind me of the documentary. oil city confidential. | _ well. remind me of the documentary. oil city confidential. | - bbc- four have the right to do that because it would be lovely to see it aired as a tribute to wilko again. give me an abiding memory. people ask this after someone they love to have died, but if there is one memory, but if there is one, tell us about it. he memory, but if there is one, tell us about it. ., ., , , about it. he had so many dimensions it was hard to — about it. he had so many dimensions it was hard to pin _ about it. he had so many dimensions it was hard to pin it _ about it. he had so many dimensions it was hard to pin it down _ about it. he had so many dimensions it was hard to pin it down to - about it. he had so many dimensions it was hard to pin it down to one, - it was hard to pin it down to one, but he was kind and he was so intelligent and emotionally intelligent. he was very kind and i

always am grateful for him intelligent. he was very kind and i always am gratefulfor him including me in the gang, and all of the lovely, happy, funny memories we have. we were lucky to have him stop culturally as well, what an icon. zoe, co—author with wilkojohnson, lovely to talk to and i'm sorry it is in such sad circumstances but there is a lot of happy stuff to celebrate, and there will always be the music. thank you so much. interesting watch zoe was saying about him being an astronomer. like the famous film actor will hay, a famous comedian, but such a good astronomer he actually discovered stuff. this november has been dominated by rain and as we close out the month we are getting the rainfall totals coming in and you can see in parts

of aberdeenshire and sussex we have had twice the monthly rainfall, really quite significant totals. there is more rain to come in the forecast, it should be a degree or so milder than the last couple of days with top temperatures of 13 cells. a messy story through the night but the showers will fade away and another spell of wet and windy weather pushing in from the south—west, but it should be a relatively dry and may be sunny start in eastern areas and out to the west, the cloud, wind and rain pushes through and dispel a very intense rain, quite a narrow band moving through accompanied by gale force gusts in the irish sea in parts of wales and south—west england. top temperatures through the middle part of the afternoon likely to between ten and 13 celsius. enjoy the —— 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. the home secretary suella braverman admits the government has failed to control the uk's borders. 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. at least three people have been killed in fresh strikes against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. they knocked out water and power supplies. legendary dr feelgood guitarist wilko johnson has died at the age of 75. the essex—born musician went on to have a successful solo career and toured right up until his death — despite receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2013. the german football team lost its opening game of the world cup againstjapan 2—1, opening game of the world cup against japan 2—1, following opening game of the world cup againstjapan 2—1, following on a protest on the pitch against human rights abuses in qatar.

judges at the supreme court have ruled that the scottish parliament cannot organise a second independence refendum, unless the uk government agrees. in 201a, voters in scotland rejected independence, but the first minister nicola sturgeon wants another referendum next october. she has said she's disappointed by today's ruling — the prime minister rishi sunak says it's clear and definitive. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. speedy and unequivocal. after complex arguments from the uk and scottish governments, a clear legal ruling. the court is unanimous,

which considerably shortens the time required. the five supreme courtjudges reaching their decision in just six weeks. ruling that the power to grant a second vote on independence lies with the uk government at westminster. the scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on scottish independence. scotland's first minister says she respects and accepts the judgment. she will continue to seek westminster authority to proceed with a vote and warns of this, if it is not forthcoming... what i will not do, however, is go cap in hand. my expectation in the short—term, at least, is that the uk will maintain its position of outright democracy denial. that position is, in my view, notjust unsustainable, it is also utterly self—defeating. the more contempt the westminster establishment shows for scottish democracy, the more certain

it is that scotland will vote "yes." the prime minister welcomed the ruling and said it underlined that both governments should focus on day—to—day issues and not the constitution. we respect the clear and definitive ruling of the supreme court of the united kingdom. and i think that the people of scotland want us to be working on fixing the major challenges that we collectively face, whether that is the economy, supporting the nhs, or indeed supporting ukraine. now is the time for politicians to work together and that is what this government will do. opinion polls suggest scotland remains evenly divided on what the country's future should be. not surprised, it is what we do next which is the interesting bit. - i think they should have the right to decide if we go for independence. you don't have to vote for it if you don't want to. so, legal clarity, but the political arguments will continue. scotland's first minister would like the next election to be a referendum in all but name, and

says her party will now build a wider movement to support this aim. the shadow secretary of state for scotland, ian murray told me that there is little interest for another independence referendum. is little interest for another the is little interest for another scottish people in all ti polling the scottish people in all the polling and attitude surveys that i see do not want another referendum, especially on nicola sturgeon's current timetable and many see this as just another gambit of nicola sturgeon trying to make sure she has something to say at the next general election, so although the country is pretty clear, you cannot have people deciding what they wish the laws to be, and there is a huge question about this manufactured mandate that the scottish national party keep talking about from the last election. i rememberand talking about from the last election. i remember and your colleague glenn campbell asked the first minister during a television debate if the election was about another referendum and she said no, it wasn't, it was about covid

recovery, so you can vote for the snp knowing it will not be pressing for independence. there are big questions in this debate which are worth examining and whilst we continue to concentrate on process, we don't even get to any of the big issues around public services in scotland or the proposition for independence the snp are putting forward. . , ., ., , forward. perfectly reasonable argument _ forward. perfectly reasonable argument but _ forward. perfectly reasonable argument but that _ forward. perfectly reasonable argument but that might - forward. perfectly reasonable argument but that might also forward. perfectly reasonable i argument but that might also be forward. perfectly reasonable - argument but that might also be an argument but that might also be an argument why some people who support the continuation of the union do not understand the situation where the unionist parties who effectively devised the scottish parliament, they devised the scotland act, and we know there was no secret at the time, and i remember it well, iwas covering it, the legislation was designed in part to prevent the snp ever being a majority, and it would always have to share power with other parties, although that did not work out. but this was another aspect of it. it is a strange situation because that creates this kind of course, this resentment that

if you had a system where people could freely choose whether they are scots, northern irish, orthe could freely choose whether they are scots, northern irish, or the welsh, that they could leave the union, and after all you can have a border poll in northern ireland and the secretary of state there is obliged to hold one if he believes that one could be won, but there is no such obligation on the secretary of state for scotland or the british prime minister, it is a very uneven form of devolution.— of devolution. there is a key principle _ of devolution. there is a key principle here _ of devolution. there is a key principle here at _ of devolution. there is a key principle here at the - of devolution. there is a key principle here at the labour| of devolution. there is a key - principle here at the labour party believes in devolution and we believes in devolution and we believe in the uk being a family of devolved nations that share their resources and they help each other in the bad times and they share the benefits in the good times. that is what devolution is about and the premise of your argument is that it is independence or the uk and there is independence or the uk and there is nothing, no other option available to the scottish people, but what i see what i want to concentrating on is demanding that the uk and scottish cup must work together, devolution is about the partnership and whilst the independence supporters wish to

break up the uk and whilst we have this muscular unionism from the uk government, both are waving flags for the benefit of their own political purposes rather than the benefit of the people it scotland and across the uk. it's a much better way away from this binary argument of taking scotland out of the uk or the broken status quo and thatis the uk or the broken status quo and that is what we want to achieve through the labour party, which is the party of devolution. that through the labour party, which is the party of devolution.— through the labour party, which is the party of devolution. that is ian murra , the party of devolution. that is ian murray. mp- _ the party of devolution. that is ian murray, mp. still— the party of devolution. that is ian murray, mp. still the _ the party of devolution. that is ian murray, mp. still the only - the party of devolution. that is ian murray, mp. still the only labourl the party of devolution. that is ian i murray, mp. still the only labour mp in scotland according to wikipedia, which may be wrong. explosions have been heard in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, after an air—raid alert was issued for the whole country. kyiv�*s major, vitali klitschko, said infrastructure facilities had been hit and officials reported that one person had been killed. there are also reports of explosions in the south and south east of ukraine. 0ur correspondentjess parker gave us this update from a shelter in kyiv because the air raid sirens have been sounding.

we have come down to the shelter after those air—raid sirens sounded. we have got reports and heard from the mayor of kyiv vitali klitschko, who posted on social media that there had been several explosions and a piece of critical infrastructure had been hit. we have also heard from officials that a residential building, homes have been hit, there are reports of casualties as well. there are reports of explosions and other parts of ukraine as well. and the mayor of lviv has said the lights are out in the city, that is in the far west of ukraine. and we are hearing of disruptions to water supply. now, of course, recent strikes have seen extensive damage to energy infrastructure in ukrainejust as the winter is really setting in here, it has been around minus two degrees outside. so ukrainians have been preparing as well for power outages which have been ongoing, planned and unscheduled through the city and beyond.

we don't know how extensive the damage might be following strikes in kyiv today and across other parts of ukraine. but you have got to remember, they were racing after a brief period of respite to repair some of this energy infrastructure, and further attacks like this is exactly what had been feared. jess parker in kyiv there. bbc monitoring's russia editor, vitaly shevchenko has also been giving me the latest on exactly what we know.

what has happened is a massive wave of russian missile strikes targeting all of ukraine pretty much beginning with kharkiv and then all the way to lviv and yet again the energy infrastructure seems to be the target. outages and blackouts are reported across ukraine and that means no street lighting and no lights in homes. the authorities in kyiv say that at least three people have been killed in the ukrainian capital but as you say, we don't yet know the whole scale of the attack. this is the third such attack. the previous one happened eight days ago and involved almost 100 missiles and the mayor of kyiv vitali klitschko in the past half an hour said that 31 missiles were fired from russia at the ukrainian capital and 21 of those were intercepted. this gives an indication of the scale of the attack. it seems at the moment as if the russians prefer infrastructure attacks to actually fighting.

indeed, the reason for that is because they have not really had much success on the battlefront. this is their way to undermine ukraine's fighting spirit because when it is dark and cold and when your supplies are running out it is really difficult to fight. but responding to the missile strike today, the secretary of ukraine's national defence and security council, he said that no missile strikes and no drone strikes will undermine their wish to fight in this war. let's talk about some of the other things which are going on, not least the warning from the grid operator that it's had to effectively disconnect three nuclear power stations from the grid. should we be worried by that? yes. the way nuclear power stations work, they produce electricity and it needs to go somewhere, but because of the latest missile attack from russia,

it has literally nowhere to go. the latest is that four ukrainian nuclear power stations have been disconnected from the grid. this is worrying in terms of how they function and also in terms of the prospects for ukrainians to be warm and have lights in their homes because in urban areas it is things like that which depend on nuclear power stations and also running water. i have a list of ukrainian regions where running water also has stopped because there is no electricity to feed the pumps. in terms of how ukrainians are feeling, cold and dark, and the winter is going to be cold and dark and long. a mother who stabbed to death a man accused of sexually assaulting her three sons hasjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on paedophiles who change their names to hide their identity. sarah sands was jailed for seven and a half years

for the manslaughter of 77—year—old michael pleasted in 201a. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly has been hearing her story. sarah sands back in silvertown in east london, where as a single mother, she made a home with herfamily. and where eight years ago, she stabbed to death a neighbour accused of sexually assaulting three young boys. she'd originally befriended michael pleasted, who was 77. what we can report for the first time is that all three children he was accused of abusing were her sons. they've now turned 18 and have waived their right to anonymity to speak publicly about seeing their mother go to prison. the little things, you miss. sometimes, you just want to really tell your mum a problem. sarah, did you feel remorse? absolutely.

and why did you feel remorse? i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys, michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says, after he accused her children of lying, she stabbed him. she did this eight times. he bled to death. sarah sands was found guilty of manslaughter, rather than murder, on the grounds that she lost control. her original sentence of three and a half years was deemed to be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years.

the offender took with her to the scene a knife, which was used in the infliction of fatal injuries. when the jury was sure that at the time, she intended to cause at least serious grievous bodily harm, the offender, having fatally stabbed the deceased, did nothing to assist him, in that she did not call the emergency services. they absolutely have the right to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done that. after she killed him, it emerged that michael pleasted was already a convicted paedophile and had a long history of offending under his original name of robin moult. sarah sands has nowjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on sex offenders who change their names. and despite what happened in theirfamily, her sons also have this message.

if you are being abused or have been abused, try and talk. the sooner you say it, the sooner you potentially save more people from being in the same pain that you are feeling. june kelly, bbc news. the home secretary, suella braverman, has been accused of being "out of her depth" after conceding many asylum seekers would need to come to the uk in order to submit a claim. mps said there is a "shortage of safe and legal routes" to the uk for asylum seekers after the home secretary struggled to explain how an orphaned african child fleeing war and religious persecution, who has a sibling living legally in the uk, would be able to make a claim from abroad. our political correspondent jonthan blake has been telling me about the uncomfortable session for the home secretary this morning.

she came under sustained pressure from mps this morning in the home affairs select committee when she was asked about the problem of small boat crossings across the english channel and the issue of migration in general and the government response to that and it was striking to hear suella braverman say openly that the government had lost control of the uk's borders and she said the home office was making changes in order to better respond to the problem but also that the blame as far as she was concerned laid with the people smugglers who were taking advantage of those who were trying to reach the uk in desperate circumstances. suella braverman said, "we failed to control our borders, yes, "that is why the prime minister and myself," she said, "are determined to fix the problem." that is quite an admission for a politician, part of the government, who ran partly

on the promise of resecuring control of uk borders as part of the brexit deal which saw the uk leave the eu. suella braverman was warned four times about the legal status of the manston processing centre in kent which was in the headlines for quite some time a couple of weeks ago because of the numbers being held there over and above the intended capacity. it was put to her that she was warnred on four separate occasions and she said she was not going to go into any documents and the contents of those. but she said if you are saying i did not know the legal advice or was not told about it, that is not true, and she said she arrived at the home office fully aware that there was a crisis and that there was an unprecedented level of pressure on the system. listen to this exchange between the home secretary suella braverman and the conservative mp tim loughton

who asked her about a specific set of circumstances whereby someone was trying to reach the uk and what options they might have to do that. we have offered 390,000 places to people seeking safety from various countries around the world. lam not syrian, afghan, or- ukrainian, i am not on any of those specific schemes, so whatj schemes are open to me? if you are able to get to the uk you can put in an application for asylum. i would only enter illegally then? if you put in the application forasylum, upon arrival, that would be the process that you enter.

that was suella braverman struggling to answer the specific circumstances that the mp was putting to her which was for a 16—year—old orphan from an african country trying to reach the uk having escaped a war zone and trying tojoin a sibling legally living here. the point he was making is that the options in those circumstances would be very limited if not completely nonexistent. to get here legally, that is. downing street have said it is right the uk prioritises helping certain groups of people from certain countries, most significantly those coming from afghanistan and ukraine. and accepting there are not an unlimited number of places for those wanting to come to the uk via legal rates. the home secretary has worked as a trained lawyer and actually worked as a lawyer on behalf of the government on cases and she was the attorney general for england, so one would have thought this was a pretty good grounding for these kind of issues

and yet on the detail she seemed to be struggling. there were a couple of times when the home secretary was asked questions which you could possibly suggest were likely to come up. she was asked about specific numbers ofjudicial review cases that the home office was facing with regards to its immigration policy and she could not give a number. indeed, the permanent secretary who was sat to her right when she was facing those questions, the senior official in her department, he was not even able to say the number of specific judicial review cases that the home office was facing with regards to the manston processing centre. so on that, and other things, it did seem that the home secretary was not as well abreast of the facts and as well briefed as she might have been. it served to perhaps illustrate the difficulty and the sprawling unpredictable and very difficult nature of the problem of the small boat crossings and illegal migration, as the government terms it, but the problem for the home office and the continued difficulty

it is having in getting a grip of it. jonathan blake talking to me earlier. six people have been killed in a mass shooting at a walmart store in the united states. it's believed the attacker was the manager of the store in chesapeake, virginina, who opened fire on his staff before turning his gun on himself. our correspondent richard galpin has this report. the police were soon on the scene looking for other victims. the store is very large, with plenty of places to hide. we were able to find multiple fatalities and multiple injuries. with the chesapeak fire department, we put rescue and tactical teams together to go inside, to provide life—saving measures rapidly and quickly. through the course of the investigation we believe it was a single shooter, and we believe that shooter is deceased at this time. this woman says her brother was shot but is now up and breathing. he was shot in the side.

he is up talking and breathing. they do not have a lot of details right now. walmart have said its shocked at the violence and the virginia state senator louise lucas has said she is heartbroken. the chesapeake mayor described it as an act of senseless violence. shootings in the country. less than a week ago five people were killed and many injured in a gun attack at a drag show in colorado springs. richard galpin, bbc news. cost—of—living payments worth hundreds of pounds will arrive in millions of people's accounts from today. more than 11.6 million pensioners will start receiving up to £600 from the government to help with their energy bills. the payments will be made over two months. another one million people on tax credits will also receive payments. 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 conceiving 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. nhs england has drawn up its first national guidance to support female employees during the menopause. chief executive amanda pritchard said taboos around the subject must be broken and simple steps such as cooler uniforms for women, and fans to reduce temperatures, should be happening

"right across the board". the the european space agency has revealed its "class of 2022" —including the first ever "para—astronaut". paralympianjohn mcfall, who is a sprinterfrom the uk, will be taking on the new role. during the announcement he said it was an exciting and he hopes to inspire others. earlier i spoke with youtuber tom harries, he is a wheelchair—user and lives near cardiff. as someone who is passionate about the idea of disabled people entering more industries, all across the world in every different sector, the idea of a disabled astronaut is a huge accomplishment and a huge step forward for every disabled person. the fascinating thing is about zero gravity environment and the fact that you are, let's say paraplegic, that should not actually make

that much difference? no, ifanything, i know for a lot of disabled people, hydrotherapy is a common thing, and that is used because it almost simulates lesser gravity, so absolutely it is a thing that should have happened and now it has happened it is a huge accomplishment and something that is a long time coming but it is another great step for disabled representation. there will be those who worry about box ticking and say it is all very well to say we have got, injohn mcfall, who no doubt part of the reason he was chosen is he is a very talented and experienced paralympian and a very fit man. notwithstanding having a particular disability which might limit some things he can do, because there are clearly other things he can do. but they might say the astronauts are the cherry on top of the cake. the space programme is enormous, so how many people with disabilities are there working at every level of the space programme?

it's a fair question? absolutely. you mentioned box ticking and i don't see it as that, personally, but i see this as levelling the playing field. obviously, it is important for everyone in every strata of society to get these opportunities and i see this, the more people you can get to have opportunities, the why don't you cast the net for talent, and surely that is a net positive for everyone in every industry. that is how i see it at least. are you hopeful that he will actually get a moonshot and he will actually get up there? there are some people who get selected for the astronaut programme and who never get to go to space and goodness knows, nobody has been on the moon for half a century. it would be a huge achievement if they manage it but i'm just happy to see the progress that has been made and anything on top of that would be a bonus, obviously. something like a moon landing would be incredible.

i have got to ask, looking at the backdrop behind you, a man after my own heart. did you want to be an astronaut growing up? would you have preferred to travel in time? i have always been passionate for media in general and of course dr who which is something i'm very interested in and it is hugely really nice to see so many different strata of the world being reached by disabled talent and that is something that as someone who follows various different disabled contributors to different fields, it is very exciting and personally, i love this news. i'm very excited for it. now it's time for a look at the weather. the rain is pushing steadily north and behind the remainder of the

afternoon, a case of sunny spells in blustery showers, some of the showers with some lightning mixed in as well, driven on by a stiff wind, gale force on exposed coasts. it should be a degree or too mild in comparison to the last couple of days, with top temperatures of 13. a rather messy story through the night but the showers will fade away and another spell of wet and windy weather starting to push from the south—west but it should be a relatively dry and maybe sunny start in eastern areas. out to the west the cloud and rain pushes through and a intense rain, quite a narrow band as it moves through, accompanied by gale force wind especially in the irish sea, parts of wales and south—west england. top temperatures might be to peak between ten and 13. enjoy the rest of your day.

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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 stand we will find another democratic, lawfuland democratic, lawful and constitutional means democratic, lawfuland constitutional means by which the scottish people can express their will. home secretary suella barverman admits the government has failed to control the uk's borders. 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 at least three people have been killed in fresh strikes against the capital kyiv which knocked out water and power supplies. legendary dr feelgood guitarist wilko johnson has died at the age of 75.

the essex—born musician went onto have a successful solo career and toured right up until his death — despite receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2013. the german football team has lost its opening world cup match to japan. the four time tournament champions lost 2—1 to their group e rivals following a protest on the pitch against human rights abuses in qatar. good afternoon. we've had another major upset at the world cup, japan have beaten four—time world champions germany for the first time in their history.

they came from behind after ilkay gundogan took the lead from the penalty spot in the first half. but a couple of substitutions forjapan seemed to make the difference after ritsu doan equalised in the 75th minute. and takuma asano also came off the bench to squeeze in a thumping strike from a tight angle to make it 2—1. it took the supporters a second or two to realise it had gone in but a huge reaction when they realised what they'd achieved. before kick—off, germany staged what appeared to be a protest to fifa and the one love armbands. (00v)they stood for their team photo with their hands they stood for their team photo with their hands covering their mouths, two days after european teams were threatened with sanctions if they opted to wear the armbands during matches. the country's interior minister nancy faeser has worn the armband while sitting next to fifa president gianni infantino. she earlier criticised fifa, saying the threat of sanctions over players wearing the armband

was unacceptable behaviour. well, in a statement on twitter the german team said: "it wasn't about making a political statement — human rights are non—negotiable. that should be taken for granted, but it still isn't the case. that's why this message is so important to us. denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice. we stand by our position." the other match in group e is underway as 2010 champions spain take on costa rica. spain have failed to win their opening match in their last three major tournaments. it has looked like they have turned things around, as it is 3—0 four spain. in group f, morocc and croatia ended

in a goalless draw. while this evening, we'll see canada at the world cup for the first time since 1986 as they take on belgium at 7 o'clock. manchester united's supporters trust has said fans should be given a real say in how the club is run in future. the current us owners — the glazers — are said to be looking at options for the club, including new investment or a potential sale. it triggered jubilation from fans and some trepidation at what the future might hold. duncan drasdo, the must chief executive says supporters need to be at forefront of future plans. the thing that the glazer family have missed out on in their ownership is the fact they created the alienation of supporters, that hostility, and actually supporters are the club's greatest asset, and if you get that right and get the supporters on side and everyone working towards the common goal and we think the best way to do that a sharing the ownership, transparent, clear ownership, every with the same goal and equal shares. that's what creates the right formula for a successful football club, happy

football club and happy supporters and a successful team on the pitch. so we would want to see owners that are open to working with supporters as partners. former liverpool and everton striker david johnson has died aged 71 after suffering with throat cancer. he spent six years at anfield from 1976 where he enjoyed much of his success, winning three league titles and the 1981 european cup. he also had two spells at goodison park — and was the first man to score for both liverpool and everton in a merseyside derby. he also scored six goals in eight appearances for england. david johnson — who has died at the age of 71. that's all the sport for now.

let's go to our correspondent who has been keeping an eye on how western reaction to the tournament is going down in the arab world. how is going down in the arab world. how is it going down? what has been the reaction to some of these fairly outspoken protests? it’s reaction to some of these fairly outspoken protests?— reaction to some of these fairly outspoken protests? it's very, very interesting — outspoken protests? it's very, very interesting. this _ outspoken protests? it's very, very interesting. this is _ outspoken protests? it's very, very interesting. this is proving - outspoken protests? it's very, very interesting. this is proving to - outspoken protests? it's very, very interesting. this is proving to be i interesting. this is proving to be an interesting world cup on and off the pitch. on the pitch you get these upsets of world favourites being beaten by a strong showing from teams like saudi arabia and japan but off the pitch it's almost like there is a parallel world of how the controversies around the world cup are seen with the rest of the world and the arab world, especially around lgbt q the world and the arab world, especially around lgbt 0 issues. for example, you germany, the german teen taking the stance and covering their mouths —— the german team.

that was in response to being blocked from wearing the armband is the reaction around twitter and the commentators in the arab world, first of all, germany and japan is trending for all the wrong reasons, for germany, because they are almost unanimously negative and i will read you a couple of tweets. this tweet, in arabic saying, hunger, poverty, water shortages and other global problems and this is the only cause you have chosen. another tweet saying, you come to us, you respect our religion, culture and laws or you don't come to us. and i think this again, this clash of how these issues are being viewed and how they are being dealt with in the arab world and in the west of the rest of the world, if you will, is quite emblematic of what is happening, the underlying tension in this world cup

for activists, , underlying tension in this world cup for activists,, these players, especially the captains of those teams. this is a human rights issues that they refuse to compromise on and will be vocal on it every they get. for qatar on the arab world and the vast majority of muslim spectators that are here, that have come here or watching around the arab world, this is an issue about culture, about religion, norms, but mostly about respect which they don't feel a lot is coming from the west at the moment. and also they refuse to compromise. so this friction is playing out right here in the world cup on one of the world's bigger stages. in in the world cup on one of the world's bigger stages. in terms of what is being _ world's bigger stages. in terms of what is being said _ world's bigger stages. in terms of what is being said by _ world's bigger stages. in terms of what is being said by the - world's bigger stages. in terms of what is being said by the people l what is being said by the people you've been talking to and perhaps in some of the social media posts in qatar and the surrounding countries, is it straightforward that this is just disrespectful for guests to turn up at a host table and start to

criticise the way the hosts organises their affairs. is it a cultural objection or more political than that? i cultural ob'ection or more political than that? ~' ., , �* , than that? ithink, generally, it's a cultural perspective _ than that? ithink, generally, it's a cultural perspective and - than that? ithink, generally, it's a cultural perspective and the - a cultural perspective and the people i speak to, for example, my friends who live here or back home in egypt or elsewhere in the arab world, they don't understand why teams from europe, for example, would come to an arab muslim country and insist on wearing the one love armband when they know it's offensive to the muslim crowd here or the vast majority of spectators that will come. for them it is a matter of respecting religion and culture. i also think, politically speaking, from the organisers point of view, and i was speaking to someone early about that, it's about the scrutiny that qatar is under, the scrutiny that qatar is under, the level of scrutiny. i don't think

they expected that kind of criticism, those deep criticisms and looks at these issues. i think they thought that the football is going to star and everybody will pay attention to the football, but the point is, if you are going to open up point is, if you are going to open up to the whole world and invite the whole world to come to your country on a big, big stage like the world cup you have to expect that kind of scrutiny and engage with the criticism and i think this is the problem. again, the balance between wanting and insisting on appeasing the local crowd, the qataris, the residence, the fans from different parts of the middle east to watch the games saying we are not compromising on conservative cultural and religious issues, but also saying we are outward looking, we are welcoming everybody and everybody is safe here, but please don't criticise us for the things we are doing. this is the friction that is happening on a spectator level

but a political level as well. our correspondence _ but a political level as well. our correspondence in _ but a political level as well. our correspondence in qatar, fascinating stuff. thank you so much. the prime minister has appointed a senior lawyer to lead an investigation into complaints made about dominic raab. commercial and employment law specialist adam tolley kc will look into bullying claims made against the deputy pm, who's also thejustice secretary. the government promised the barrister "will have access to all the information he wishes to see". earlier our political correspondent damian grammaticas gave us an update the independent adviser on ministerial interests is still to be filled. that was vacated five months ago, it was advising borisjohnson and he resigned from that and said he had been put in a difficult position and stood down. this is a separate thing because there is not that adviser and we have this specific figure appointed today to look at the specific case of these

complaints about dominic raab's behaviour. as you say, he has advised the government and work the government before, prosecuting cases, employment, tax —related cases, employment, tax —related cases through the course and has worked for government and businesses so is someone with a knowledge on a specialised knowledge of employment law and the key question that he is going to face here is one about the ministerial code. the ministerial code says that ministers should not harass, bully or there be any inappropriate or discriminating behaviour. that will not be tolerated, so the question will be looking into dominic raab and judging his actions or complaints against him judged against that, and we know from a letter written to the prime minister that is was saying, he faces two complaints. one related

to his time at the ministry of justice and secretary of state for justice and secretary of state for justice now, but his previous time in thatjob and his subsequent role as foreign secretary and there have been claims that there could be more complaints, not confirmed. dominic raab has said he will rebut and refute these claims, but in his view, he says he has acted with professionalism and integrity even though he demanded high standards. the number of people who can't work because of a long term health problem has risen to a record two and a half million, according to officialfigures. it comes as the bank of england warns that growth is suffering because of a sharp rise in �*economic inactivity�* — in other words, people not in work or looking for work.

our health correspondent jim reed reports. there you go. mary has to watch her step as she climbs down to the beach in norfolk. girls! she's already had seven operations on her knees and is now on the waiting list for number eight. good girls! yes! i've had a number of different drugs from my gp who has been very understanding and very good. but in all honesty, they don't cut through the pain. theyjust turn you into a bit of a bit of a zombie, to be frank. a former nurse, the pain forced her to give up full time work in 200a, though she kept up some part time and voluntary roles. she wants to get anotherjob but needs that operation first. i wouldn't say that i am my work or myjob. but it was a huge part of my life. i miss being useful in that sense. mary is one of a record 2.5 million people not in work because of a long term health problem. the number has risen sharply since the pandemic started. looking across the uk, sickness rates in northern ireland are now at 9% of the population,

higher than in scotland, wales and england, although parts of the north east are now seeing rates above 8% and rising. we've been seeing increases in cardiovascular disease and other category, which can include covid related illnesses and also mental health and depression. so those seem to be some of the key contributors. patrick is now on the road to recovery in welshpool. a lorry driver, he hasn't worked since catching covid two years ago. i think i caught covid right at the end ofjuly 2020, and then i went downhill again rapidly and now i'm into my third year. and things for me personally seem to be improving. it's thought the rise in long term sickness may be partly down to covid and long waiting lists. it started, though, before the pandemic, and the causes are complex, taking in everything from obesity to mental health. i think i was close to suicidal

at one point and i sat on the end of the bed and i broke down. absolutely broke down. and it was, yeah, i don't think i could take any more. and a big part of that was not being able to work? yeah, not being able to work. not that daily contact. and again, money worries. yeah, it was horrible. truly horrible. tackling this problem is important notjust for pat and mary, but for the economy. at a time when staff shortages are driving up inflation. with millions off sick, doctors and employers say urgent action is needed to try to reverse a worrying trend. jim reed, bbc news. it's been described as the beating heart of the teesside steel industry, an an iconic part of the skyline, but this morning the redcar blast furnace was demolished. it's the last of around a hundred blast furnaces that once lined the river tees. peter ruddick has this report.

when the end came, it came quickly. redcar�*s blast furnace, once one of the largest in europe, another part of the north east's steel—making past to make way. mixed emotions for local residents and former workers like tony who spent more than 30 years on site here. end of an era, start of a new one, i think. i made lots and lots of friends there, they are like family. i met my wife there and just two weeks ago it was our 2ath wedding anniversary. congratulations! she will certainly be shedding a tear. at its peak, the furnace produced 3.6 million tonnes of iron a year. iron destined for british steel. ships, bridges, and construction sites around the world. more than four decades of british industrial history brought to the ground in just a few seconds.

the question is what will fill this newly created gap on the iconic teesside skyline? there had been calls to stop the demolition and preserve the structure as a sculpture or attraction. 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.

the guitarist wilko johnson, best known for his choppy guitar style and his influence on british punk music has died, aged 75. the musician found fame in the 1970s, as a member of the band dr feelgood, before embarking on a solo career spanning four decades. our enterainment correspondent colin patterson has been speaking to me about wilko's legacy. he emerged in the mid—19 70s from the pub rock scene, part of drfeelgood and what was unique was the guitar style. it was choppy, wiry, and it really influenced a generation of people. a lot of punks, although they won't a punk band, a lot of punks said they were influenced by the way he performed on stage, absolutely stormed and stared into the audience. today there have been tributes from the likes of graham coxon from blur, saying he was a hero and the lead singer of franz ferdinand who had

the samejagged guitar singer of franz ferdinand who had the same jagged guitar style singer of franz ferdinand who had the samejagged guitar style have paid tribute to his unique wired w ' " " sta'g'é' playing and stage presence which thrilled and inspired guitarist, included, says alex. what was myself included, says alex. what was so amazing about the story, and this is drfeelgood, back a live is drfeelgood,, back with a live album in 1976 with number one album in 1976 with and he got kicked out of stupidity and he got kicked out of the ban because of his behaviour and stupidity and he got kicked out of the ban beca he of his behaviour and stupidity and he got kicked out of the ban beca he said is behaviour and stupidity and he got kicked out of the ban beca he said he iehaviour and stupidity and he got kicked out of the ban beca he said he was iioui’ and looking back he said he was impossible to with. hejoined impossible to work with. he joined ian and the blockheads but in ian durie and the blockheads but in january 2013 when he diagnosed january 2013 when he was diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer, he was given fewer than ten months to live, so what he decided to do is do what he loved and go out and tour. he finished off injapan, playing his final gig doing a cover of chuck berry's goodbyejohnny final gig doing a cover of chuck berry's goodbye johnny and he thought that was the last time he would ever appear on stage. but he

still was not dead by november of that year and roger daltrey from the who got in touch and said, do you want to make an album? he said, i don't have much time, but yes and they did in eight days because they were so sure he was going to that album, it went to the top ten. his first top ten solo album in the first top ten solo album in the first time he'd been in the charts since he was in drfeelgood back in the 1970s, and he started to tour more and then a fan called charlie chan, it sounds like i'm making it up, afan chan, it sounds like i'm making it up, a fan called charlie chan who was also a cancer specialist doctor said, i think you have been misdiagnosed. i think your tumour is operable and he took him into addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge and cut out a tumour that was three kilograms in size. when i interviewed him he described as being the size of a baby and said when it was in his body, it was so

large that when he was playing guitar he could not play it sideways, he had to point the guitar forward and this operation was successful and ended up giving him almost another decade of life when he was certain he was going to be dead within a year. it is a truly remarkable story.— dead within a year. it is a truly remarkable story. and it decade in which he did _ remarkable story. and it decade in which he did things _ remarkable story. and it decade in which he did things like _ remarkable story. and it decade in which he did things like appear- remarkable story. and it decade in which he did things like appear in. which he did things like appear in game of thrones is an execution. that playing style it's almost like he's firing a machine gun rather than playing the guitar. the intensity and _ than playing the guitar. the intensity and repetition. musically, is it any good? mas intensity and repetition. musically, is it any good?— is it any good? was very influential at the time- _ is it any good? was very influential at the time. drfeelgood _ is it any good? was very influential at the time. drfeelgood were - is it any good? was very influential at the time. drfeelgood were a - at the time. drfeelgood were a bridge between prog rock and punk. they absolutely did not like prog rock and the reason he adopted the style was he wanted to break down barriers with the audience and try to almost be confrontational with them as he was staring at them from them as he was staring at them from the stage and that's why he influenced so many punks. one of the

things that brought them into the public consciousness was a documentary byjulien temple, who made so many documentaries and he did this fantastic documentary which you can see called oil city confidential and called for a reappraisal of drfeelgood and their influence and that's one of the reasons why they were coming back into the limelight at this time when he was given this cancer diagnosis in 2013. �* ., , he was given this cancer diagnosis in 2013. ~ .,, , ._ he was given this cancer diagnosis in2013. , , in 2013. and he was playing pretty much u- in 2013. and he was playing pretty much up to _ in 2013. and he was playing pretty much up to the — in 2013. and he was playing pretty much up to the end _ in 2013. and he was playing pretty much up to the end of _ in 2013. and he was playing pretty much up to the end of his - in 2013. and he was playing pretty much up to the end of his life. - much up to the end of his life. absolutely, in what has turned out to be his final gig in shepherd's bush empire in london only last month. he had this hugely devoted following and it was playing live that gave him the love of life. after his wife died in 200a he said he suffered from depression and it was only when he was on stage that he came alive again and after that diagnosis, it was playing live that he wanted to do and he did it right

until the end.— untilthe end. colin patterson on a life well lived. _ untilthe end. colin patterson on a life well lived. ben _ untilthe end. colin patterson on a life well lived. ben brown - untilthe end. colin patterson on a life well lived. ben brown will- untilthe end. colin patterson on a life well lived. ben brown will be l life well lived. ben brown will be here at five with half an hour of news because the six o'clock news is half an hour early, but one thing right on time is louise with the weather. we had early morning rain clearing away to scattered showers and it meant we had some dramatic weather watcher pictures sent in and some stunning rainbows as well. but the story for the next few hours, we see the wetter weather moving into the northern isles, a cluster of showers out of the south and west, not exclusively as we had one or two drifting across east anglia and south—east england. they will tend to fade through the evening hours and clinging onto some showers primarily in the north—west. where we do see clearing skies,

temperatures in low single figures to start off thursday. but more of a breeze developing and more cloud as the wind continues to strengthen and it will bring rain through the course of the day on thursday. worth bearing in mind that all of us will see a spell of wet weather and a short, sharp shock with a narrow band of intense rain with bright greens and late yellows denoting the intensity as it continues to sweep eastwards and tucking in behind we will see a few scattered showers driven by gale force gusts of winds and it will be a blustery afternoon with some rain around and temperatures peaking between nine and 13 celsius. as we move out of thursday we go into a ridge of high pressure and that should quieten things down for a time and overnight rain, here is the ridge of high pressure and the isobars open up in

the winds will fall lighter and we will see a few scattered showers across the far north and west, so on friday there will be a greater chance of dry weather, sunny weather coming through and with the wind direction coming from the west or south—west, those temperatures just a smidgen higher than over the last few days. between nine and 13 celsius is the high again. into the weekend, don't expect much in significant change to close out the month. yes, it will still be pretty wet and windy but still the temperature is a bit milder. take care.

this is bbc news i'm. the headlines the uk supreme court has ruled the scottish government 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 the home secretary suella barverman is questioned by mps over the government's handling of migrants crossing the channel on small boats. we have failed to control our borders, yes. and that's why our prime minister and myself are determined to fix this problem. 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.