understanding of what life was like in roman britain. the field is literally filled with roman rubble — roof tiles, pottery and masonry — and they found another mosaic with an intricate pattern, a way for the family who owned it to show off their wealth. it's amazing. it sort of makes up for all the muddy ditches that i've spent a lot of my time in. just being able to work on something like this, it kind of brings you a lot closer to the people that were living here, really. you know, and you're sort of experiencing the same kind of things that they would have been looking at every day. so it really does bring it to life for you. they think the site's possibly 100 years older than previously thought, although the mosaics were added much later, in the fifth century. a last blast of roman britain. phil mackie, bbc news, rutland. time for a look at the weather.

here's stav daneos. good afternoon. if you are fed up of all the rain we've had over the last couple of months, there are some changes on the way. of course, the rain we did have was very much needed but some big changes in the way of the field to the weather. it will turn colder and it will be drier, and that because of this high pressure which is exerting its force across the north—east of europe and towards scandinavia, bringing us east and then south—easterly winds push these weather fronts out. we have a weak weather front across western and southern areas this afternoon, bringing showers to west of scotland, through the irish sea and west wales. a much better off than for the south and south—east after yesterday's cloud and rain. top temperatures 11 or 12 celsius, cooler further north. this evening, showers will fade away for many areas, turning dryer, clear skies and light winds, it will be a colder

night to come than we have been used to of late. frost in towns. it looks like tuesday morning could see problematic fog around, quite dense in places. there will also be some frost, so pretty chilly and foggy for many of us through the morning. some areas starting off dry and sunny. it looks like the fog will tend to lift into low cloud, but it may linger in some areas, and in those areas it will stay grey and chilly. temperatures are closer to the seasonal norm, colder than what we have been used to. in the middle part of the week on the high—pressure exerts its force. it looks like it will bring a breezy and wetter day for northern ireland, and wetter day for northern ireland, and the north and west of scotland. elsewhere, it will stay largely dry but rather grey and gloomy for many, with limited brightness. some mist

and fog around here in there, a murky day. top temperatures 10 celsius across the south—east. for most, single figures, double figures where we have the weather front with the rain. the high—pressure continues to influence towards the end of the week. we drawing a colder easterly wind. not very cold but colder than we been used to. temperatures close to the seasonal norm by the end of the week. grey and gloomy, a few showers pushing off the north sea into eastern parts, and these could be wintry on higher ground. big changes to the weather on the way. that's it. so goodbye from me.

this is bbc news with joanna gosling. let's get more now on our top story — and the chinese authorities have begun cracking down on anti—government protests which have spread to cities across the country. a number of people have been arrested in shanghai, some were detained for stopping to take photographs, and barriers have been put up along a main road in the city. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people who died

in an apartment fire last week. some people blame draconian covid restrictions for hampering rescue teams. earlier, i spoke to isabel hilton, who's founder of the london—based nonprofit organisation china dialogue, and a visiting professor at the lau institute at king's college london. i began by asking for her view of the protests. i think they've been surprised by the vehemence of the feelings, the numbers of people and the spread of the protest. difficult to do a harsh visible repression, every has camera phones, the sight of people being beaten at this point could inflame things. they are smothering them, interfering with social media, news dispersal, putting up barriers. more and more police on the street. making it harder for people to gather in significant numbers, and help to calm it down. the working week has begun. people will be going back to work,

not out at night as much as they were, just for a few days while the party assesses the situation. it is about trying to shut it down, is there any way they are listening? what they do about what they hear is another matter. i think they will try to separate out those who are protesting about covid itself and those for whom this is the last straw in a string of other complaints. we have seen some really quite remarkable displays of political discontent, a very prominent banner appearing on a bridge in beijing before the party congress, demand is about democracy, anti—dictatorship, wanting food not lockdown, although sorts of things. lockdown, those sorts of things. a single spark can start a prairie fire, as the quote says. that will be on the minds of the party as they look at this.

how dry is the grass, how far could the fire spread? how can they contain it, essentially? i think there will be a measure of a small relaxation in some of the covid measures. local officials have been instructed not to put people's lives in danger as they have done on several occasions. but at the political aspect will get a very harsh response. how do you separate where it is just about covid about wider issues? presumably, they are now completely interlinked, aren't they? covid restrictions impacting everything in society and the economy. absolutely and the covid issue is certainly the trigger. because you mentioned the economy, covid and other things, youth unemployment 18—20% in the cities. who are out on the streets?

not all young people but there are certain young people looking for some material improvement, opportunities, something that they can look forward to. i think to the extent to which the party will be listening, it will be trying to answer some of those grievances. as far as people who have been calling directly for democracy, they will comb through media footage. surveillance of every move people make through the apps on their phones. they will know where they were on a particular night and i'm afraid some people will find that their lives gets much more difficult. isabel hilton.

howard zhang is editor of the bbc�*s chinese service. rolling lockdown is for three years, and other countries have moved on. when you talk about the protest, that it's one of the main reasons, most normal working people have really been pushed to the limit, some of the people might not have the political goals to go for but they daily struggle to make a living. small workers cannot go to theirfactories, every living. small workers cannot go to their factories, every second living. small workers cannot go to theirfactories, every second day being locked at home. mentally, physically i guess people have come to that endurance limit. that is the reason why you start to see sporadic protests across the country, triggered by that fire of course. were people told they couldn't leave their homes because of the covid restrictions. their homes because of the covid restrictions-_

restrictions. one of the main complaints. _ restrictions. one of the main complaints, how _ restrictions. one of the main complaints, how local- restrictions. one of the main. complaints, how local officials restrictions. one of the main - complaints, how local officials in firsty zero covid policy. people tend to see the local officials compete over who is more strict, adhering to the party line. many of them, we have seen shots of using welding guns, welding apartment door shot so there is no physical way for people to get out. we don't have the proof but that is one of the things suggested, people could not leave when the apartment fire happened. how extraordinary is it for you to be watching these scenes? what do you think when you see the scale of these protests? it you think when you see the scale of these protests?— you think when you see the scale of these protests? it has been on macro and off but on — these protests? it has been on macro and off but on this _ these protests? it has been on macro and off but on this scale _ these protests? it has been on macro and off but on this scale it _ these protests? it has been on macro and off but on this scale it has - these protests? it has been on macro and off but on this scale it has not. and off but on this scale it has not been seen for years. especially in so many cities. that only shows the wide spread of discontent within china, especially the grassroot

normal citizens. some of them chanted political slogans, yes, but the majority are asking for normal life back. that is something mentioned before, the party leadership will be studying, poring over and trying to debate what is the best way, knowing from the past they will be hitting hard on some of what they consider leaders and also trying to may be given a little bit to popular demand and trying to make sure of this crisis will go away. do ou sure of this crisis will go away. do you think there is any way that this will lead to a change in policy, and end of the zero covid strategy? based on past performance, i can't see that they will admit they have made some major mistake immediately. the one—child policy took them decades before they finally slowly admitted they made a major policy mistake, but not openly. it admitted they made a ma'or policy mistake, but not openly._ mistake, but not openly. it will take time- _ mistake, but not openly. it will take time. vaccinating - mistake, but not openly. it will take time. vaccinating their. mistake, but not openly. it will| take time. vaccinating their way mistake, but not openly. it will-

take time. vaccinating their way out of this, what is the situation? china does not have the more advanced messenger vaccines, and nra, the developed world has got. in order to vaccinate the population, they need to get it first. —— mnra practice. research by zoopla suggests that a quarter of homes for sale are seeing their asking price reduced. its research also suggests that prices are due to fall by an estimated 5% next year. joining me now is richard donnell, the executive director for research at zoopla, the property advertising website. what has your research has shown? ever since the mini budget, surge mortgage rate, drop in demand for property, sellers taking a hit to the asking price to get a sale. this count on asking price has grown from zero to 3% in recent weeks. ——

discount on asking price was up lots of homes listing for sale, sellers getting more realistic and reducing prices to bring them in line with what buyers might be prepared to pay early next year. what buyers might be prepared to pay early next year-— early next year. when the prices go down, obviously, _ early next year. when the prices go down, obviously, they _ early next year. when the prices go down, obviously, they all— early next year. when the prices go down, obviously, they all come - early next year. when the prices go i down, obviously, they all come down kind of by the same amount, so if you are buying and selling, what she was in your selling price, you will gain effectively on the price you pay for the new property, so does it have much of a material impact? ida. have much of a material impact? no, it is what the — have much of a material impact? iifr, it is what the market needs, we've had a strong period of growth over the pandemic, the last couple of years, and i think there is room for prices to fall. it isn't like in previous downturns and two were a lot of people have been buying property with high loan to value mortgages putting them at risk of negative equity, you would need very big price falls. this is all part and parcel of moving to a more normal housing market, but we cannot

ignore higher mortgage rates are going to temper the man, if you are serious about moving next year, you need to chat an agent and price your home at an appropriate level. how low do you — home at an appropriate level. how low do you think _ home at an appropriate level. how low do you think things will go? prices we think over a wall for about 5% next year. that won't even take them back to the beginning of this year. the real pressure will be london and south east of england, house prices are highest, any increase in buying costs will hit those markets disproportionately. we also expect fewer sales next year, the total number of sales to be a million, down from 1.3 million this year. lower prices, notjust nature but house price growth will remain lower for longer in the years that follow. ., ., , , ., lower for longer in the years that follow. ., , follow. how easily are people caettin follow. how easily are people getting mortgages? - follow. how easily are people getting mortgages? is- follow. how easily are people getting mortgages? is that i follow. how easily are people getting mortgages? is that isj follow. how easily are people - getting mortgages? is that is what is sort of driving the slowdown? mortgage rates have gone up quite dramatically. they are still low in

a historic sense but in terms of where they were they have gone up a lot. it where they were they have gone up a lot. , ., , .., ., , lot. it is two things, caution, this is not the — lot. it is two things, caution, this is not the busiest _ lot. it is two things, caution, this is not the busiest time _ lot. it is two things, caution, this is not the busiest time of - lot. it is two things, caution, this is not the busiest time of year i lot. it is two things, caution, this is not the busiest time of year to | is not the busiest time of year to be looking to buy properties, lots of people sitting on the sidelines, would like to move, put their house on the market, when mortgage rates were 2% earlier this year to 6.5, looks like they will be five or slightly below next year. consumers waiting to see what happens, mortgage finance is available, it is not like after the credit crunch in 2007, 2008 when there was no mortgage credit, there is lots, but consumers are being rightly sensible and planning the move, looking forward to january, february next year to decide whether that is the time to move on.— year to decide whether that is the time to move on. richard firsty. -- richard donnell— time to move on. richard firsty. -- richard donnell from _ time to move on. richard firsty. --

richard donnell from zoopla.. - time to move on. richard firsty. -- richard donnell from zoopla.. the | richard donnell from zoopla.. the government announces money to help insulate homes across england, scotland and wales. scottish football will ban heading the day before and after matches. and china protests continue. the bbc understands there have been 50 cases of diphtheria among asylum seekers who've arrived in the uk this year. speaking to jounalists today, the health secretary, steve barclay, has said the risk of diphtheria is "very low" and says "targeted action" was taken to vaccinate people who were held at manston. the health secretary also answered questions about nurses strikes and funding for motor neruone disease. well, we vaccinated a range of people at manston before they were moved, so that was part of the target action that the uk hsa put in place. clearly within the population as a whole, it's very low risk because there's a very high uptake of vaccinations within the local population.

but we're monitoring it closely and that's why so many people were vaccinated. 500 were vaccinated before they left manston. what's the risk to the general public? the story that migrants with diptheria are being spread around the country without being screened. is that a problem? well, the risk is very low, partly because there's very high uptake of vaccination within the british public in the first place. but also we had a targeted action of vaccinations at manston and so far 500 people were vaccinated before they actually left manston. and it's something that uk hrsa are monitoring extremely closely and that's why they took the targeted action that they did. is the army being called in to help run the strikes and does that mean the negotiation negotiations are essentially over? well, no formal request has been made by the department of health to the military. but of course, we will look as part of our normal contingency plans and a range of options.

the priority for me is to continue the dialogue with the trade unions, with the rcn — i've been being extremely clear that my door is open. they have raised a range of issues, notjust pay, but also about working conditions, patient safety. and so i'm very happy to continue that dialogue with the rcn. but alongside that, it's right that with nhs colleagues, with hospital leaders, that we look at our contingency plans and ensure as best prepared as we can, recognising that there will be impacts on patients if the strikes go ahead. finally, the government promised £50 million of funding for motor neurone disease last november. why hasn't that funding yet materialised? well, the funding is there. we have that funding. we're ready to allocate it. the delay so far has been in terms of the quality of research bids that has come in on mmd. -- mnd. it's not an area traditionally that has had a huge amount of research,

medical research activity. so we're working with the mnd community to find the best way of getting that money allocated. it's not an issue of finance. the money's available, it's ready to allocate. at the same time, we want to make sure that it goes on the right research. and that's what the chief scientific adviser within the department of health, professor chapel, is actively engaged on now. health secretary steve barclay. ukraine's state electricity grid operator says emergency shutdowns are taking place across the country, after a rapid increase in power shortages. the cause is said to be technical issues in the network — following last week's russian missile strikes — combined with a surge in demand this morning amid "deteriorating" weather. jessica parker explained from kyiv what conditions are like. last night, president zelensky said that in most regions they were now at a point where it was only planned outages, scheduled power cuts, essentially to try and stabilise the network. that's after millions of people lost power following wednesday's missile strikes. but this morning, we've had an update from ukraine's power grid operator.

and what they're saying is actually some further emergency outages are having to take place. that's because we're told there have been some technical issues arising. of course, there's been extremely extensive damage to ukraine's energy infrastructure. they have been working to repair it. but those issues, matched with a surge in demand on monday morning, has led to a widening of the gap between the amount of electricity being produced and the amount that is being demanded by consumers in ukraine. so further outages today for people. and of course, as you can see, pretty cold weather here hovering around zero, minus one, but set to get colder over the coming week, reaching around minus seven according to the forecasts on wednesday night. what are people doing to cope with this? well, a number of things. it's not rare to see people walking around having bought big bottles of water in case their water supplies get cut off, as happened to many people last week. there are also these points of refuge that are being set up by the ukrainian government

and beyond as well, where people can go for some warmth to charge their phones so they can, get in touch with friends or family. check that they're 0k. one woman we spoke to, she went there because she was due, nine months pregnant and she wanted to be sure that she could call an ambulancejust in case she needed to. so people being affected in lots of different ways by these ongoing issues. president zelensky in his overnight address also saying, though, that people should be prepared for further russian missile strikes. jessica parker. let's get more now on that story that professional footballers in scotland are to be banned from heading the ball in training the day before and after a game. research at glasgow university found former footballers were three—and—a—half times more likely to die from brain disease. earlier, i spoke to drjudith gates, the chair and co—founder of head for change, who is campaigning against brain injuries in sport. she gave me her reaction to today's news.

we were delighted to hear the news from the scottish footballing associations, delighted because of what it is doing is recognising the seriousness of repetitive head impacts. research is showing causation between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic... the national institute of health in the united states and field research you mentioned earlier. we have previously been given a lot of attention to symptomatic concussions and concussion protocols. but we actually need to recognise the reduction of heading in training and possibly in the game is the key to protecting the players in the future. education around this is absolutely essential. changes are being made slowly, the pfa, professional football association,

has said that the amount of heading should be reduced in a training and they are also looking at trials for banning heading by under—12s. are things are moving quickly enough for you? i am delighted things are moving at all. i am saddened they are not moving more quickly. we at head for change are really involved in seeking to move appropriately on evidenced—based research and we already have an education programme, head safe that we are rolling out to professional clubs. it's targeting players, coaches, sports scientists, because it only by increasing the knowledge, by having ownership among the footballing community that we will actually see these changes embraced and taken on board wholeheartedly, because the people who are in danger of being affected will know the risks. so we are saying today

to all of the clubs, contact us, head for change, we have a professional education programme ready for you to protect the players. just tell us a bit about your personal situation, i have read your very moving description of how you would watch your husband when he was in his prime on the pitch and in the family you said he was a trojan because he was such a fine figure and he was out there playing such a powerful game and now you see the impact on his brain as a result, it seems because of the heading and that progressive brain disease that he has and it is heartbreaking for you? it is absolutely heartbreaking. my family have been on a 12—year journey watching my husband,

bill, a titan of a man, melt away. just last week we reluctantly had to make the decision to admit him to a care facility, because we could no longer guarantee is safety at home. it is my promise to bill that he asked of me four, five years ago, saying please do everything you can to protect the players of the future and their families from what ourfamily is experiencing, from what i am experiencing. and it is a brutaljourney which is made tragic if it could be prevented. higher pressure setting things down, turning colder as we draw errant from the east by the end of the week, problems with mist and fog at times, frost as well. changes from the wet, unsettled weather we have

had of late. this afternoon not too bad, sunshine around, showers affecting parts of western scotland, south—west wales, to watch the channel. better in the south and south east after yesterday's cloud and rain, 12 in the south, cooler further north. shower straightaway, turning dryerfor further north. shower straightaway, turning dryer for many, further north. shower straightaway, turning dryerfor many, went to clear skies, turning dryerfor many, went to clearskies, light turning dryerfor many, went to clear skies, light wind, temperatures plummeting down to freezing or below across northern, central and western areas, frost likely, mist and fog developing, quite extensive across parts of england and wales, causing some issues for tuesday morning, cold and foggy for some of us, our other areas are seeing some sunshine around. the fog will be stubborn to clear in places. could stay grey and foggy all day in places, other areas see the fog lifting to low cloud. shoot fewer showers than today.

temperatures up to around ten towards the south east coast. exerting its force across the country, one front affects parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, more of a breeze here throughout wednesday, less cold, mostly dry but rather grey and gloomy with limited brightness. again some mist and fog in places, lingering all day, these sorts of values feel cooler than that with the lack of sunshine around. turning colder towards the end of the week as we start to pick up more of an easterly wind, this area of high pressure. that will bring more of a breeze, certainly an onshore breeze, to eastern areas, fitting in some showers across the eastern side of the uk. over the pennines this could turn wintry in places as the temperatures begin to fall away. a little below the seasonal norm. big changes on the weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: mass detentions in china, as protests over strict covid lockdowns, spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. some, are openly calling for him, to resign. if the government has a plan it has not told people what it is. and so the belief that this could go on to forever is causing a lot of consternation amongst the general public. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered, at a house in south wales. professional footballers in scotland will be banned from heading the ball in training— the day before and after a game, overfears of long term brain injury. the government is to spend an extra £1 billion, to insulate homes, in england,

scotland and wales. and, a sneak peek at the roman villa, hidden for one and a half thousand years, and discovered under a field, in the east midlands. good afternoon. on an unprecedented scale, with a second night of protests in cities across the country. many demonstrators held up blank banners in protest at censorship, and some called for president xi jinping, to step down. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people, in a fire at a block of flats last week. some are blaming covid restrictions for delaying the rescue effort. the blaze was in the city of urumqi in north west china, and mass protests there have now spread to cities, including chendu and wuhan, nanjing, shanghai, and the capital, beijing, from where our china

correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has the very latest and a warning his report does contain some flash photography. the chinese capital became the latest city with a demonstration, calling for an end to the country's covid restrictions. the symbol of this movement has become white sheets of paper, with protesters holding them up to represent the way people are silenced here by official censorship. they are chanting, saying that strict lockdowns and compulsory testing should stop. but the satisfaction of the government's handling of the crisis is also spilling over into calls for press freedom and democracy. ——dissatisfaction. in the south—western city of chengdu, protesters blamed china's leader xi jinping personally, and criticised his lifetime leadership entitlement, and said their country does not need an emperor. this followed earlier calls

in shanghai for xijinping to step down, and for the communist party to give up power, at the sites where protesters clashed with police barriers have gone up to stop gathering again. waves of anger have spread across china following an apartment block fire last week, which killed ten residents. people have blamed covid restrictions for hampering the access of firefighters and blocking escape routes. china's foreign ministry spokesman said foreign forces with ulterior motives had linked the fire 20 covid measures. ——zero—covid measures. but these protests unleashed discontent which has been not very far below the surface. this man said people wanted dignity, the rule of law, and added that he didn't want china's children to go on living in this era of horror.

one of the problems in china is that nobody knows when zero covid will end. if the government has a plan, it's not told people what it is, and so the belief this could go on forever is causing a lot of consternation amongst the general public. zero covid in china means trying to return each outbreak to zero infections, using strict stay at home orders, travel bans and mass testing. entire cities are sometimes officially locked down, or effectively closed, with business a shot. ——shut. even with the strict measures, covid—19 continues to spread. the country posted record new case numbers, and in the past five days in a row. the bbc says it's extremely concerned about the treatment of one of its journalists, who was arrested while covering the protests in shanghai. camera journalist, ed lawrence,

was beaten and kicked by police, before being held for several hours. chinese officials say he was detained, as a precaution against being infected with covid by demonstrators. earlier i spoke to isabel hilton, who's founder of the london—based nonprofit organisation china dialogue, and a visiting professor at the lau institute at king's college london. i began by asking for her view of the protests. i think they've been surprised by the vehemence of the feelings, the numbers of people, the spread of the protests, and what that makes it quite difficult to do a harsh, visible repression. everyone has camera phones and the site of the parties�* agents beating the people at this point could well inflame things. so they're smothering them. you know, they're interfering with social media news dispersal. they're putting up barriers. you see more and more police on the street. they're just going to make it much

harder for people to gather in significant numbers and hope to calm it down. the working week has begun. you know, people will be going back to work. they won't be out at night as much as they were just for a few days while the party assesses the situation. so it's about trying to shut it down. is there any way that they're listening? well, i think they're certainly listening. what they do about what they hear is another matter. i think that they will try to separate out those who are protesting about covid itself and those for whom this is the last straw in a string of other complaints. and we've seen some really quite remarkable displays of political discontent, including a very prominent banner that appeared on a bridge in beijing just before the party congress, which had a list of demands about democracy, about the anti dictatorship, about wanting food, not lockdown and all those things. so i think, you know, mao zedong, who knew a thing about protests, once said a single spark can start a prairie fire.

and that will be very much on the minds of the party as they look at this. you know, how dry is the grass? how far could the fire spread and how can they contain it, essentially? so i think there will be a mixture of a small relaxation in some of the covid measures. people, local officials, will be instructed not to not to put people's lives in danger, as they have done on several occasions. but the political aspect will get a very harsh response. how do you separate out, though, where it is just about covid and where it is about wider issues? because presumably they're now completely interlinked, aren't they, because of the covid restrictions impacting everything in society and the economy? absolutely. and the covid the covid issue is you know, is certainly the trigger. but, you know, because you mentioned the economy, because of covid

and various other things, youth unemployment, for example, is about 18—20% in the cities. now, who's out on the street? well, they're not all young people, but there are certainly young people who are looking for some material improvement, some opportunities, something that they can look forward to. i think to the extent to which the party will be listening, it will be trying to answer some of those grievances as far as people who have been calling directly for democracy, for the resignation of xijinping, they will be combing through all the media footage to identify those people and to single them out for particular punishment. and don't forget that the party has the biggest digital panopticon. it has surveillance of every move that everyone makes through the apps on their phones. so they do know a lot about people, what they say, who they communicate with, where they were on a particular night. and i'm afraid that some people will find that life gets much more difficult.

i also spoke to howard zhang, who's editor of the bbc�*s chinese service, and began by asking him how strict covid lockdowns had helped to fuel the demonstrations. when we talk about these protests, thatis when we talk about these protests, that is one of the main reasons, one is that most people, normal working people, have been pushed to the limit. some of the people may not have the political gains or goals to go for, but they are daily struggling to make a living. the small retailers, small workers who cannot go to their factories, who every second day are being locked at home. mentally, physically, iguess people have come to that endurance limit. that is the reason why you start to see sporadic protests all across the country, triggered by the fire of course. across the country, triggered by the fire of course-— fire of course. were people told they couldn't — fire of course. were people told they couldn't leave _ fire of course. were people told they couldn't leave their - fire of course. were people told they couldn't leave their homes | they couldn't leave their homes because of the covid restrictions?

one of the main complaints is the local level officials, how they enforce the zero covid policy. people tend to see the local officials compete over who is most strict, adhering to the party punch lines. you have seen shots of using welding guns, local officials welding guns, local officials welding peoples doors are shut so that there is no physical way for people to come out. that is of course... we don't have the proof but that is one of the things that i suggested, because there are so many doors being forcefully shut when the apartment for fire doors being forcefully shut when the apartment forfire happened doors being forcefully shut when the apartment for fire happened and people can leave in time. haifa people can leave in time. how extraordinary _ people can leave in time. how extraordinary is _ people can leave in time. how extraordinary is it _ people can leave in time. how extraordinary is it for - people can leave in time. how extraordinary is it for you - people can leave in time. how extraordinary is it for you to be watching these scenes? what do you think when you see the scale of these protests?— think when you see the scale of these protests? think when you see the scale of these rotests? , ., , , ., ., these protests? this has been on and off, but on these protests? this has been on and off. but on the _ these protests? this has been on and off, but on the scale _ these protests? this has been on and off, but on the scale it _ these protests? this has been on and off, but on the scale it has _ these protests? this has been on and off, but on the scale it has been - off, but on the scale it has been not been seen for years. especially in so many cities stop that only shows the spread of discontent

within china, especially the grassroot normal citizens. yes, some of them chanted political slogans, but the majority are just asking, give us our normal life back. i guess... the party leadership will be studying and poring over this, trying to debate what is the best way. knowing from the past, they will be hitting hard on some of what they considered leaders and then also trying to may be given a little bit to popular demand and try to make sure this crisis goes away. do ou make sure this crisis goes away. do you think there is any way that this will lead to a change in policy and end of that is zero covid strategy? based on past performance i cannot see they will admit they have made some major mistake immediately. this will take time. like the one—child policy, took them decades before they finally slowly admitted they made a major policy mistake, but not

openly, it will take time. find openly, it will take time. and vaccinating — openly, it will take time. and vaccinating their _ openly, it will take time. and vaccinating their way - openly, it will take time. and vaccinating their way out of this? what has been the situation? in china has not got the more advanced messenger vaccines that the rest of the world has. so for them to vaccinate the whole population, they would need to get it first. for all the latest analysis on this developing story, just visit our website.. three people have been arrested after the bodies of two babies were found at a home in bridgend, in south wales. two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of concealing the birth of a child. our correspondent mark hutchings gave us this update from bridgend. as you can see behind me, there remains a police presence here outside this house where the grim discovery was made around about 8pm on saturday nights. what we do know is that three people are being questioned and they are the

29—year—old woman, a 37—year—old man and a 47—year—old man. south wales police say officers will remain visible in this area as the try to piece together exactly what happened, the events that led up to this discovery. we have spoken to local people here who have spoken over the shock. they say that the people in this house are not terribly well known to people in the community. we have had a comment from superintendent here who says this is a very distressing is incident. also the leader of bridgend council has spoken about his shock and tragedy. he has appealed to people not to speculate about what might have happened here. lily many details yet to emerge, but what we do know, those grim basic facts that police are now investigating, the discovery of the bodies of two babies.

an extra £1 billion will be used to insulate thousands of homes across england, scotland and wales. the government says a three—year programme, beginning next spring, will provide loft and cavity wall insulation, saving hundreds of pounds on household bills. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports. it when it comes to our homes, the uk is said to have the oldest and least energy efficient housing in europe. much of it leaky old victorian terraces, built over 100 years ago. a legacy of the industrial revolution. there is already a government scheme to get energy firms to help improve the worst homes. called eco, it's been in place for almost a decade, and is open to those in social housing or who own their own homes or rent privately and are on some benefits. it's now being expanded with another £1 billion, but only starting in spring next year and eligibility extended to those in lower council tax bands. it's going to be open to everybody, regardless of whether you live in private

rented, or you own your own home. and it's designed to take measures to improve your home, if your energy certificate is a d or worse. and those measures could save you over 300 quid a year. fuel poverty campaigners say more should be done now for the most vulnerable. we believe government focus should be on the worst first, helping people in the greatest risk and greatestjeopardy, more of this money should be going to help them. if you are eligible, your energy firm will do a survey and pay for the improvements, usually low—cost insulation or upgrades to your heating. the average cost about £1,500 per home, it could cut your energy bill by a few hundred pounds a year. labour have described it as a reheated announcement with no new resources. and campaigners say to really change things will cost billions more. if we are still exposed to the kind of pressures we have seen leading into this energy crisis,

that we worked to expose in terms of decisions government had made going into them, we will not get to the position we need to be, because we cannot be repeating the kind of pressures people have been under this winter, going into next year. we've got to see a bit more ambition. a lot more ambition, actually, from the government to make sure we are not in this position again. this winter, the government is now planning to spend £18 million on more public information about how to reduce energy usage, including advice to turn down the temperature of your boiler, turn off radiators when you're not using a room, and seal drafts from windows and doors. but many worry that the biggest concern should be for those who won't be able to heat their homes at all. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. the headlines on bbc news: the chinese authorities have begun cracking down on anti—government protests which have spread to cities across the country. the government announces an extra

1 billion pounds to help insulate thousands of homes across england, scotland and wales s scottish football will ban heading the day before and after matches. a huge landslide on the italian island of ischia, is now known to have killed at least 1a people, according to the regional governor. several others are missing, after homes were buried under tonnes of mud over the weekend. more than a hundred firefighters, as well as divers and earth moving units, are now on the island, trying to clear the streets. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. out of tragedy comes solidarity too. from islanders doing their bit to clean, restore, help their ischia emerge from the mud. it was in part a disaster waiting to happen, with half the homes here illegally built, unable to withstand it. for now, the needs or too great to look back. translation: we must show our spirit. -

it's a catastrophe that has hit the island and our hearts. we know to show that beyond that disaster we know there have been errors in the past, of course, but we want to be part of the future. it was before dawn on saturday that after torrential rain the earth began to slide, pouring mud and debris down the hill, engulfing what lay in its path. today, the clean—up went on, slowly lifting what was hurled down here in seconds, the force of the mudslide devastating to see. far above the sea front is where the onslaught began, on santa barbara street lives are in ruins, houses caked in mountains of mud. everybody here was either hit or knows those who work. ——who were. new victims are taken away as the number of dead continues to grow. beneath the mod are homes, cars but also bodies. we just met an elderly

gentleman who discovered that his grandchild had been buried by the landslide here. he was too emotional to talk. well beyond the clean—up, this is a community that will take so long to recover. this man does what he can to help clear his uncle's home, deluged by the rivers of mud. we are scared because we are leaving under this mountain that can go down at any moment. we are scared, and we are very sorry for the people who lost their lives. do you know people on this street? most of them, most of them. it is a small city and we know everybody. it is like a small family all around this place. there is little more they can do now than to wait as the search and rescue operation goes on, scouring the island for those still missing. climate change and extreme weather have collided with ischia's corrupt construction. for this stricken island, it has been a calamitous mix. mark lowen, bbc news, ischia.

a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after two teenagers were fatally stabbed just a mile apart, in south—east london. the boys, who are also 16, died on saturday evening, following the two separate incidents in greenwich. the police say the attacks are linked. the lobby group pushing for greater investment in the north of england, the northern powerhouse partnership, is warning that rail services in the north. are at risk of collapsing into chaos. the operators, transpennine express and avanti west coast, have faced criticism for cancellations and reduced timetables in recent months. the government says it's working with train companies, to make sure passengers can have confidence in the service. professional footballers in scotland, will be banned from heading the ball in training the day before, and the day after a game, overfears of long term brain injuries. clubs are also being told to limit training to one session per week, if it involves repetitive heading. earlier i spoke to drjudith gates,

the chair and co—founder of head for change, who is campaigning against brain injuries in sport. she gave me her reaction to today's news. we to today's news. were delighted to hear the news from we were delighted to hear the news from the scottish footballing association, delighted because of what it is doing, recognising the seriousness of repetitive head impacts. research is showing causation between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic... the prideful hill criteria, the national institute for health in the united states and of course the field research which you mentioned earlier. we have previously been given a lot of attention to symptomatic concussions and concussion protocols. but we actually need to recognise that the reduction of heading in training and possibly in the game is the key to protecting players of the future. education around this is absolutely essential. . ,

education around this is absolutely essential. ., , ., , ., essential. changes are being made slowl , essential. changes are being made slowly. the — essential. changes are being made slowly, the pfa, _ essential. changes are being made slowly, the pfa, the _ essential. changes are being made slowly, the pfa, the professional l slowly, the pfa, the professional football association, has said that the amount of heading should be reduced in training and are also looking at trials for banning heading by under twelves. i think is moving quickly enough for you? i am deliahted moving quickly enough for you? i am delighted things _ moving quickly enough for you? i —n delighted things are moving at all, i am saddened they are not improving quickly. we are really involved in seeking to move appropriately on evidence—based research and we already have an education programme that we are rolling out two professional clubs. that is targeting coaches, targeting players, sport scientists, because it is only by increasing the knowledge, by having ownership among the footballing community that we will actually see these changes

embraced and taken on board wholeheartedly, because the people wholeheartedly, because the people who are in danger of being affected will know the risks. so we are saying today to all of the clubs, contact us, we have a professional education programme ready for you to protect the players are. hand education programme ready for you to protect the players are.— protect the players are. and 'ust tell us a bit fl protect the players are. and 'ust tell us a bit about i protect the players are. and 'ust tell us a bit about your�* protect the players are. and just tell us a bit about your personal| tell us a bit about your personal situation, because i have read your very moving description of how you would want your husband and he was in his prime on the pitch and in the family you said he was a trojan, because he was such a fine figure and was out there playing such a powerful game and now you see the impact on his brain as a result of the heading and that progressive brain disease that he has and it's heartbreaking for you. it is absolutely _ heartbreaking foryou. it 3 absolutely heartbreaking. my family have been on a 12 yearjourney

watching my husband, bill, a titan of a man melt away. just last week we reluctantly had to make the decision to admit him to a care facility because we could no longer guarantee his safety at home. it is my promise to bill that he asked of me for all five years ago, he said please do everything you can to protect the players of the future and their families from what our family is experiencing. from what i am experiencing. and it is a brutal journey which is made tragic if it could be prevented. police across europe have dismantled what they describe as a drugs �*super—cartel�* responsible for around a third of the continent's cocaine trade. the european union's police agency said it had made nearly 50 arrests in spain, france, belgium and the netherlands. it says six high—value targets were detained in dubai. europol says the scale

of the cartel�*s cocaine business in europe was massive — with the substance sourced mainly from south america. our correspondent anna holligan has more. the scale of this international take—down is a reflection of how sophisticated these criminal networks or super cartels have become. the main suspects when using a encrypted communication devices to organise the shipments, mostly from south america, into the port of antwerp in belgium and rotterdam, here in the netherlands, flooding the continent with cocaine. as one of the arrests in europe stopped six high—value targets were detained in dubai. this is part of a new arrangement between euro poll and the united arab emirates which euro poll hopes will send a message far and wide at that like to buy no longer be considered safe havens by those who have traditionally viewed dubai as such. two year long

operation, 30 tonnes worth of cocaine seized. it's been described as an archeological "treasure trove," roman mosaics and buildings, discovered under a farmers field in rutland in the east midlands. the remarkable find was made during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but archeologists have uncovered more and more artefacts ever since. the exact location is being kept secret, but phil mackie was given exclusive access. after a millennium and a half, a roman home has emerged from the soil. this is part of the rutland villa complex, first discovered by the landowner's son two years ago. last year, they started digging and found this amazing mosaic depicting a scene from homer's iliad. nothing like it had ever been found in britain before. they also used ground penetrating radar to survey the entire field and saw many more buildings. it's divided into three rooms, and each room would have had its own temperature. so, this room was what is

known as the caldarium. this summer, archaeologists returned and uncovered much, much more. just gobsmacked, really. i mean, this, this is not the sort of. . .survival of archaeology that we expect in a rural situation. this is a complete one—off, really, ithink. you know, just by finding the mosaic as we did a couple of years ago — it's amazing. so, this is one of the buildings that is part of a much larger villa complex. this is the living room here. that is the fireplace, and you can still see the charred remains of a fire that must have been lit 1600, 1700 years ago. but what this site does is it gives a much greater insight into life at a period about which we know very little and will give a greater understanding of what life was like in roman britain. the field is literally filled with roman rubble — roof tiles, pottery and masonry — and they found another mosaic with an intricate pattern,

a way for the family who owned it to show off their wealth. it's amazing. it sort of makes up for all the muddy ditches that i've spent a lot of my time in. just being able to work on something like this, it kind of brings you a lot closer to the people that were living here, really. you know, and you're sort of experiencing the same kind of things that they would have been looking at every day. so it really does bring it to life for you. they think the site's possibly 100 years older than previously thought, although the mosaics were added much later, in the fifth century. a last blast of roman britain. phil mackie, bbc news, rutland. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. after what's been a very wet, unsettled month, we start to see some changes for the last few days of november. and certainly as we head into early part of december,

things are looking a lot drier and colder with the return of some frost and also some fog in places. now for the rest of this evening, it looks like most of the shells will fade away from the south west of the country overnight. clear skies across central, northern and western areas means we could see a frost in places. a bit more cloud, though, i think, and fog developing through central and eastern areas. but it means some areas could start really quite foggy through tuesday morning. there'll be some frost around as well. so a cold and foggy start for some of us with limited brightness. however, there will be some sunshine around throughout the day on a tuesday and in most of this fog will lift into low cloud, though it could linger in some places where it will remain quite chilly all day. i think temperatures for most of us in single digits tomorrow afternoon, the exception across the far southeast where we could see around ten celsius.

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causing a lot of consternation among the general public. three people arrested after the bodies of two babies are discovered at a house in wales. problems in the french energy grid. the government is to spend an extra £1 billion to insulate homes in england, scotland and wales. a sneak peek at the roman villa hidden for 1500 years and discovered under a field in the east midlands. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc

sport centre, here's holly. we start at the world cup where we've had a six goal thriller in the day's opening game. as serbia and cameroon fought to stay in the tournament. cameroon opened the scoring but two serbian goals from strahinja pavlovic and this from sergej milinkovic—savic put them ahead at half time. they added a third after the break but cameroon staged a fight back — thanks to vincent aboubakar�*s outrageous lob to make it 2—2... before eric maxim choupo—moting's equaliser three minutes later. that result leaves both sides two points adrift of brazil and switzerland, who meet later. before that though, another crucial game in group h. ghana need a win to keep their tournament going, south korea need a win to significantly boost their chances of progressing. . and it's ghana who've

taken the lead. salisou from jordan ayew. well group h leaders portugal are in action later without midfielder danilo pereira who fractured his ribs in training this week. and the other other group g game gets under way before that. featuring five—time winners brazil. they take on switzerland but will be wiithout neymar who picked up an injury in their game against serbia. that one kicks off at four. tommorow it's the last day of action for group b, with england taking on wales at the ahmed bin ali stadium. after england's lacklustre 0—0 draw against usa on friday, gareth southgate thinks despite toppng the group, —— gareth southgate thinks they are in a strong position. top of the group, good position to qualify, opportunity to top the group if we can win ourfinal game.

that is good, in terms of performance two different sorts of opponents who have pose different challenges. across the two games we have managed to attack well and defend well but not necessarily done that well in combination across the 90 minute period so we are always looking to improve performance. we have to try to piece those two parts of our game together. wales find themselves bottom of the group with one point from their two games. they aren't out of the tournament yet, but they must beat england to stand any chance of qualifying. by quite some way. and also need some help in the groups other match in which iran play the united states. ryder cup hopeful seamus powell has been named in the squad for the hebrew cup. currently leads the fedex standings after a win and two top five finishes. he has been

selected by luke donald. the hero cup has been set up to provide team experience ahead of the ryder cup. ben stokes has announced he will be donating his match fees to the full people in the country from the test against pakistan. he tweeted the game has given me a lot in my life, ifeel it is game has given me a lot in my life, i feel it is right to give something back that goes beyond cricket. an update from the world cup, a second goal from update from the world cup, a second goalfrom ghana update from the world cup, a second goal from ghana against south update from the world cup, a second goalfrom ghana against south korea, 2-0 goalfrom ghana against south korea, 2—o into the last ten minutes of the first—half, on bbc one, i will bring you the latest throughout the afternoon. thank you, holly. the british government is hosting an international conference

on preventing sexual violence during conflict. survivors and senior officials from around 70 countries are in london for the two—day gathering. the foreign secretary james cleverly is set to announce a new strategy to tackle the problem. our chief international correspondent lyce doucet has been speaking to him and shejoins me now. here in london's senior level ministers and representatives from about 50 countries have gathered here along with about more than 50 survivors of sexual abuse in conflict to discuss how to properly deal with this issue. some of our viewers may remember that a decade ago it was the then foreign secretary william hague working with angelina jolie to launch this initiative about preventing psyche initiative about preventing psyche initiative and conflict. it was painful to listen to the survivors today and the advocate angelina jolie saying so little has done over the past decade. britain didn't give

it the focus it had initially done at the start, when i sat down with james cleverly i asked what he would do to reassure the survivors of sexual violence in conflict britain would stay the course this time. the conversations we have in public, they— conversations we have in public, they echo — conversations we have in public, they echo what we say in private, they echo what we say in private, the conversations we have in private _ the conversations we have in private. the recognition that this is a problem that has not gone away is a problem that has not gone away is absolutely key. the recognition, though. _ is absolutely key. the recognition, though, that there is a way around lhism _ though, that there is a way around lhism |s— though, that there is a way around this... , ., ._ this... is there a way when conflicts — this... is there a way when conflicts seem _ this... is there a way when conflicts seem to - this... is there a way when conflicts seem to get - this... is there a way when conflicts seem to get ever| this... is there a way when - conflicts seem to get ever worse? this... is there a way when _ conflicts seem to get ever worse? we have seen for example in colombia... a peace _ have seen for example in colombia... a peace deal— have seen for example in colombia... a peace deal signed but look at what is happening in ukraine, democratic republic of the congo, ethiopia, it gets worse. the republic of the congo, ethiopia, it gets worse-— republic of the congo, ethiopia, it lets worse. , ., , ., , ., gets worse. the peace deal shows a recognition. — gets worse. the peace deal shows a recognition, proactivity, _ gets worse. the peace deal shows a recognition, proactivity, training - recognition, proactivity, training and education can reduce the

incidence _ and education can reduce the incidence of sexual violence in conflicts. _ incidence of sexual violence in conflicts, hasn't eradicated but reduced — conflicts, hasn't eradicated but reduced it. this is not inevitable. we must — reduced it. this is not inevitable. we must never allow ourselves to believe _ we must never allow ourselves to believe this is inevitable.- believe this is inevitable. james cleverl , believe this is inevitable. james cleverly. and — believe this is inevitable. james cleverly, and of _ believe this is inevitable. james cleverly, and of course - believe this is inevitable. james cleverly, and of course britain | believe this is inevitable. james| cleverly, and of course britain is hoping to work with international organisations and others who believe that this issue has to be front and centre. at the conference centre just behind me, it was the first lady of ukraine who just spoke and she mentioned how important it was to make survivors to save an order for them to give testimony, in her case it is the russian war in ukraine. shocking levels, one of the issues britain is now responsible for, criminal court set up, virtual rooms where survivors can give their testimony in safety to get notjust

support for them, counselling, trauma support, but also justice. support for them, counselling, trauma support, but alsojustice. —— first lady of ukraine olena zelenska. first lady of ukraine olena zelenska— first lady of ukraine olena zelenska. thank you, chief international _ zelenska. thank you, chief | international correspondent zelenska. thank you, chief - international correspondent lyce doucet. mass detentions in china, as protests over strict covid lockdowns, spread to major cities. let's get more now on our top story — and the chinese authorities have begun cracking down on anti—government protests which have spread to cities across the country. a number of people have been arrested in shanghai; some were detained for stopping to take photographs, and barriers have been put up along a main road in the city. the unrest was triggered by the deaths of ten people who died in an apartment fire last week. some people blame draconian covid restrictions for hampering rescue teams.

steven lynch is managing director of the british chamber of commerce in china, and is based in beijing. what evidence are you seeing of the protests? in 12 years i have never seen these levels of unrest. covid fatigue, a0 of the pandemic, dynamic zero covid policy, the rest of the world learning to live with the virus, we are seeing images of the virus, we are seeing images of the world cup where every country is coming together and what is happening here in china, back into mass lockdowns, harsh and some major cities. unfortunately it does not seem like there is any exit strategy, and insight, any end, for normal life to come back. people are fed up, scared and angry. it normal life to come back. people are fed up, scared and angry.— fed up, scared and angry. it has been three _ fed up, scared and angry. it has been three years _ fed up, scared and angry. it has been three years of _ fed up, scared and angry. it has been three years of what - fed up, scared and angry. it has been three years of what ifs. i fed up, scared and angry. it has| been three years of what ifs. we fed up, scared and angry. it has - been three years of what ifs. we are looking forward to next year. people still do not know what might happen. i am sitting here in beijing and i do not know what could happen to me

tomorrow, i could be off to a quarantine centre after inadvertently contracting covid, the whole building could be shut down if someone was in contact.— whole building could be shut down if someone was in contact. 25,000 new covid cases _ someone was in contact. 25,000 new covid cases a _ someone was in contact. 25,000 new covid cases a day — someone was in contact. 25,000 new covid cases a day per— someone was in contact. 25,000 new covid cases a day per average, - someone was in contact. 25,000 new covid cases a day per average, about| covid cases a day per average, about half of people aged 80 and over have received their first vaccination, the threat is still there, how conscious are people inside china of how much the rest of the world has moved on in how it deals with coronavirus?— moved on in how it deals with coronavirus? ~ ., :: :: coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large _ coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large parts _ coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large parts of _ coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large parts of 2021, - coronavirus? what i will say, 2020 and for large parts of 2021, china i and for large parts of 2021, china got it right for this country when it comes to covid, did a good job in handling it, clear and consistent messaging. i think three years later we simply cannot say that is the case. having no covid in a country the size we know is almost impossible. what we saw come out of the 20th party congress, that is the

policy they are following, the dynamic zero covid, the rest of the world and in the uk before the vaccination programme and road map. china is following mass testing, mass lockdown is, this has been the case for three years and no end in sight for what is coming next year. this is where the concerns of so many ordinary chinese and foreign nationals, one thing i can say is factually this is the worst sentiment that there has ever been for british businesses here in china. anecdotally speaking to foreign nationals and chinese nationals, they are feeling the same, they are scared, worried, simply fed up with not having normal life. in simply fed up with not having normal life. , ., , ., life. in terms of the peril of demonstrating, _ life. in terms of the peril of demonstrating, how- life. in terms of the peril of demonstrating, how far - life. in terms of the peril of demonstrating, how far do | life. in terms of the peril of - demonstrating, how far do some people feel they are able to go, such as the extent of their discontent? oi such as the extent of their discontent?— such as the extent of their discontent? . ., , , , discontent? of course, this is unprecedented, _ discontent? of course, this is unprecedented, civil- discontent? of course, this is unprecedented, civil unrest . discontent? of course, this is i unprecedented, civil unrest has never, i have never seen anything like this. i think it is two sites,

political demonstrations but i think the bulk of people demonstrating, they want an end or a road map to some level of normalisation when it comes to zero covid or covid within this country. i cannot stress, if there is one case in the city, the whole city could be locked down and that has happened for the last three years. you are just so worried, when will the end come? we don't have any communication around an exit strategy and that is what people are calling for, some political demonstrations, we have heard some of the images, the videos you have played, the bulk of people are generally demonstrating for the end of covid or some sort of road map. stephen lynch from the british centre of commerce in china, thank you.

our two floor managers are dancing to the music behind the camera. business leaders in the north west of england are warning rail services could collapse into chaos by january — unless the government takes action. members of the northern powerhouse partnership are asking the transport secretary to step—in — after the disruption caused by strikes and cancellations. the government agrees the current situation is unacceptable. yunus mulla reports. there has been widespread disruption on the railways this year. we've seen major disruption on the railways this year. business leaders from across the north of england say that's having a negative impact on the economy. if many of those who worked in the department of transport down in london had to use these trains, then it would have got sorted a long time ago. it's not good enough that those in the north of england are getting a second—class service. we need the investment in the long term in better connectivity, better infrastructure,

but in the short term we just need to make the trains we've already got actually work. new timetables, cancellations and overcrowding have all had an impact, and the business group says there is a failure to agree new overtime working arrangements at some operators including transpennine. it wants the government to open the way for new rest day working arrangements. the rail industry saying the government has to unlock without restrictions in handcuffs. at the moment, the government is saying you cannot talk about money at all until you've agreed to a whole change of working practices. the government has said it is investing billions into northern transport and working with train operators to ensure that new drivers are recruited and long term solutions are put in place, so passengers can travel confidently without disruption. transpennine has apologised for the disruption and says work has

been continuing to address the impact of sickness and shortness of drivers. this week, metro mayor plymouth have arranged to meet the government. yunus mulla. port lympne animal reserve says its bills are soaring while visitor number decline as the cost of living crisis continues to take its toll on businesses in the south east. the park which is home to rare and endangered species employs 600 people but food for the animals has gone up to £610 thousand in the first ten months of the year — that's £13a thousand more than expected. colin campbell reports. gorilla feeding time at port lympne, home to 900 rare and endangered animals, some with considerable appetites. but at a time of spiralling costs, it's a kent attraction feeling the pinch. we've seen a significant increase since cost of living's really kicked in to the amount of food that we're buying in. it's been a massive increase. i mean, essentially, iwould say

we're probably £130,00, £160,000 up on last year already. the weekly food bill for the small primates alone has gone up by £1,000 a week. with the species here used to much warmer climes, all the enclosures have to be heated. fortunately, the animal park managed to fix its electricity tariff. there's 650 acres here, and the animal enclosures particularly are all heated with oil and calor gas. and those prices are going up, and we've had to bear the brunt of that. so whilst we've had some increase in energy costs so far, not as bad as it could have been and not as bad as it may get if things aren't sorted out by september next year. and as the cost of living crisis bites, the attraction is noticing a downturn in the number of day visitors, sensitive to rising costs. i think sometimes you've just got to bite the bullet and pay for things like this which will get you out and make you feel better. i'm trying to manage with my income,

but it's quite difficult to budget, really. i'm worried about cost of fuel, my car, gas, electric. food prices have shot up. it is two years of turnover boosted by staycations which is enabling this place to weather the cost of living crisis. now, that's important because this attraction is a major employer in the area. 600 staff rely on the place for their wages. unlike the animals here, they're not oblivious to the rising prices. colin campbell, bbc south east today, port lympne. a school has decided to adopt the use of virtual reality headsets in its lessons, after seeing a rise in pupil attainment when they were first introduced during the pandemic. race leyes junior school in warwickshire says it gives the children almost life like experiences in places they may never go. our reporter kevin reide visited the school earlier this month. they gasp.

many schools use virtual reality to some extent, but at race leys junior school in bedworth they are embracing the technology even more so. it proved successful during lockdown, but now they have enough headsets for every class member to be fully immersed in an experience like swimming with great white sharks or studying the egyptian pyramids. today the students are learning all about the dutch artist vincent van gogh and with vr they're able to study his work in finite detail, but it also then helps them develop their english vocabulary when they have to describe it all to their classmates. you're going to have a go at trying to draw what your partner told you they could see. we're using the vrs to try and really get the children to look at the fine details and move within the picture so that they're able to really think about what it is that's there and be able to describe it in the best way they can.

as soon as we put the headsets on, it just transported you to, like, a different world. i really like vrs and how it lets us discover different _ places that we probably. haven't discovered before. you can do, like, a lot of stuff with it. you can do it with art or ict. say, like, we can't go to disneyland because it would be too expensive, on the vrs we could go to that place. and in some ways, the school itself takes you to a different world. almost all areas are themed, the aim being to help children be fully engaged. our environments are all linked to classic texts. reading for pleasure is something that's really important for us. so as you walk around race leysjunior school, each area is themed. we have charlie and the chocolate factory. we have the wizard of oz. at the moment we are standing in diagon alley from harry potter and we've also got peter pan

area as well. the school is part of the griffin trust which runs schools in areas where there's social deprivation and not so many opportunities. they aim to reverse that. kevin reide, bbc midlands today, warwickshire. a full skeleton cast of what could be the largest animal ever to walk on land, is coming to the uk in the new year. the dinosaur known as patagotitan, will go on display at the natural history museum in london. measuring 115 feet from nose to tail, it could have weighed up to 60 or 70 tonnes, more than five double decker buses. it's just absolutely enormous.

i look at this tiny femur in front of me, thinking that really hurt me, carrying it to the studio. and ijust think people can't... they'll be inspired when they see this at the natural history museum. and for me, that's most important thing dinosaurs can do, get kids really into natural history. doddie weir was a scottish rugby legend, a warrior on the pitch. he was capped 61 times for his country.

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galvanised the whole of the mnd community. we are more determined than ever to deliver on doddie weir's legacy, a world free from mnd. some experts say the process of obtaining funding needs to be simplified. i obtaining funding needs to be simlified. ., , , obtaining funding needs to be simplified-— obtaining funding needs to be simlified. ., , , , simplified. i honestly believe there is a desire within _ simplified. i honestly believe there is a desire within government - simplified. i honestly believe there is a desire within government to i simplified. i honestly believe there i is a desire within government to get the money— is a desire within government to get the money to us. i do not think quite _ the money to us. i do not think quite yet — quite yet we have found the mechanism in the way that that can happen _ mechanism in the way that that can ha en. ~ , , ., mechanism in the way that that can ha--en.~ , , ., happen. while tributes to doddie weir continue _ happen. while tributes to doddie weir continue to _ happen. while tributes to doddie weir continue to fight _ happen. while tributes to doddie weir continue to fight social- happen. while tributes to doddie i weir continue to fight social media, work to find a cure for mnd will continue, campaigners, professors and charities are due to come together tomorrow for a key meeting

together tomorrow for a key meeting to discuss their plans, greg mckenzie, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. big changes for the week. higher pressure setting things down, turning colder as we draw air in from the east by the end of the week, problems with mist and fog at times, frost as well. changes from the wet, unsettled weather we have had of late. this afternoon not too bad, sunshine around, showers affecting parts of western scotland, wales south—west england, towards the channel. better in the south and south east after yesterday's cloud and rain, 12 in the south, cooler further north. showers fade away, turning drierfor many, went to clear skies, light wind, temperatures plummeting down to freezing or below across northern, central and western areas, frost

likely, mist and fog developing, quite extensive across parts of england and wales, causing some issues for tuesday morning, cold and foggy for some of us, our other areas are seeing some sunshine around. the fog will be stubborn to clear in places. could stay grey and foggy all day in places, other areas see the fog lifting to low cloud. shoot fewer showers than today. far fewer showers than today. temperatures up to around ten towards the south east coast. later this week, exerting its force across the country, one front affects parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, more of a breeze here throughout wednesday, less cold, mostly dry but rather grey and gloomy brightness elsewhere. again some mist and fog in places, lingering all day, these sorts of values feel cooler than that with the lack of sunshine around.

turning colder towards the end of the week as we start to pick up more of an easterly wind, this area of high pressure. that will bring more of a breeze, certainly an onshore breeze, to eastern areas, fitting in some showers across the eastern side of the uk. over the pennines this could turn wintry in places as the temperatures begin to fall away. a little below the seasonal norm. big changes on the weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00: mass detentions in china, as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge to president xijinping. some are openly calling for him to resign. three people are arrested, after the bodies of two babies are discovered at a house in south wales. households could be paid to help avoid potential power cuts tomorrow evening — as supplies will be tight, in part because of problems in the french energy grid. and england and wales prepare to face each other in tomorrow's match for the world cup in qatar.