a bbc analysis finds more than 140 million litres of sewage was illegally dumped into windermere from one pumping station during the last three years. in sport, 18 months to win the world cup. thomas tuchel will start as england manager injanuary and there's only one job to do. good morning. rain to clearfrom the east this morning but when it does we are looking at a day of sunshine and scattered showers, it is going to be wet and windy on friday and more especially on sunday. all of the details shortly. it's thursday 17th october. our main story. the singer and former one direction member liam payne has died in argentina, aged 31. police in buenos aires said he fell from a balcony at a hotel in the palermo area of the city. a large group of fans has gathered

outside the building. our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher reports. liam payne, a music superstar who found fame whilejust a teenager. he lived his entire adult life in the spotlight. sometimes struggling with the pressures of celebrity. this is the hotel in buenos aires where police say the singer fell to his death from a third—floor balcony. officers were already on the scene, following reports of an aggressive man who may have been under the effect of drugs and alcohol. outside the hotel, fans were in disbelief. i needed to be here. i needed to be here, present, and to know this is real, to know this is real. when i read about this, like, my heart stopped for a second. i couldn't believe it. like, i felt really

saddened by the news. one direction has been a part of me since i was eight years old. - they meant, they mean, they meant a lot to me, every one of them. - morning, everybody... he had posted on social media that it was a lovely day in argentina. this was liam payne at 1a, auditioning on x factor in 2008 for the first time. # fly me to the moon... two years later, he was back again. # cry me a river... and soon to become one fifth of a pop music phenomenon. # you don't know you're beautiful! one direction. liam, zayn malik, harry styles, louis tomlinson and niall horan, released hit after hit, toured the world and had millions of devoted fans.

in 2016, they went on and indefinite hiatus. liam, like his bandmates, launched a solo career. and had a child with the girls aloud singer cheryl. to the outside world he was living the pop star dream but liam also struggled with his mental health and addiction to alcohol. the problem we had in the band and i don't blame anyone for this, it feels to me like when we were in the band the best way to secure us because of how big it got was just lock us in our rooms and of course, what is in our rooms, mini bar. so at a certain point i thought, i will have a party for one. and thatjust seemed to carry out throughout many years of my life. and then you look back how long have you been drinking, and you are like, jesus christ, that's a long time, even for someone as young as i was. he remained close to his bandmates. just a few weeks ago he was pictured dancing at a niall horan concert.

one direction fans longed for a reunion. today those fans are mourning the death of their music icon. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. our music correspondent mark savage joins us now. good morning, mark. tributes being paid, not being said about his role in the band, and particularly since they separated —— lots being said about that. they separated -- lots being said about that-— about that. yes, tributes this morninu about that. yes, tributes this morning from _ about that. yes, tributes this morning from dermot - about that. yes, tributes this i morning from dermot o'leary, about that. yes, tributes this - morning from dermot o'leary, who presented the x factor when one direction were put together, he said he remembered him blowing them away at 14 he remembered him blowing them away at 1a years old, he was away polite and grateful. olly murs, he recalls the joy with which liam sang and said he was devastated. and harry styles's mother has just posted a picture saying, just a boy. he was a

well liked member within the band, the sensible one they turned to for advice, he was there to hand calm things down when things got too rowdy. it is a huge loss for the band, for his family, for his son bear and fans around the world. {iii bear and fans around the world. of course, now, we have seen fans gathering in argentina but this was a group that made an impact around the world. . �* , a group that made an impact around the world. . v . , a group that made an impact around the world. . �*, ., _ ., ., the world. yeah, it's easy to forget 'ust how the world. yeah, it's easy to forget just how big _ the world. yeah, it's easy to forget just how big one — the world. yeah, it's easy to forget just how big one direction - the world. yeah, it's easy to forget just how big one direction were - the world. yeah, it's easy to forget just how big one direction were in| just how big one direction were in those five years from 2010 to 2015. they sold 70 million records and they played to millions more fans across the globe. liam talked a lot about how at the age of 16 being thrust into that situation was very confusing. you heard of that report that he was often locked in hotel

rooms because there was nowhere where the band were safe to go when they were out on the road. in later years when i interviewed him, he talked a lot about the impact that had on his mental health, the fact it left him confused, isolated, disorientated, and it's a lot to deal with when you are just a teenager. as you heard, he turned to drink, there are several periods where he went into rehab, in 2022, last year we know he was hospitalised potentially for kidney problems. it took a great towel. people were starting to realise in the music industryjust how much more care needs to be taken of artists who are put in that position at a young age. i’m artists who are put in that position at a young age-— at a young age. i'm sure that will be a conversation _ at a young age. i'm sure that will be a conversation that _ at a young age. i'm sure that will be a conversation that is - at a young age. i'm sure that will be a conversation that is picked l at a young age. i'm sure that will. be a conversation that is picked up in the coming days. thank you for your insight. seven minutes past seven. when we talk about social media, we

especially lately talk about how children, young people, are protected, and what they are exposed to and whether or not the media companies, social media companies are doing enough. and the pressure is mounting for the regulator to act. let me bring you “p regulator to act. let me bring you up today. the head of the communications watchdog ofcom has warned social media companies that they will face punishments if they fail to comply with legal safeguards to ensure children are kept safe on their platforms. the changes come into force in the spring, and could mean fines being imposed. our technology editor zoe kleinman has this report. graphic violence, sexual abuse, grooming and self—harm. just some of the types of horrendous content children have been exposed to on the world's most popular online platforms. in some cases, it has resulted in tragedy. he was 1a and a normal child and didn't have any mental health, or not that we knew of.

he was just a regular, happy, normal child. and in april 20, sorry, 2022, two years ago, um, i came home and our world had changed. sophie died by suicide at 13. when i went on to her social media, there was a barrage of really distressing material on her ipad and on her phone. from december, it will be the responsibility of the tech firms to try to put a stop to that here in the uk. what we're aiming for is for younger children not to experience what some of today's teenagers and indeed, you know, adults in their early 20s have experienced over the last ten, 15 years. and i can just assure you that at ofcom, we are so intent on making a difference here, we are going to use all the powers we have at our disposal. those powers include large fines and even banning services in the uk, which fail to accurately risk assess

how much harmful content is on their platforms, whether any children at all might see it, and then implement changes, including age verification for all, to ensure that they don't. the online safety act doesn't come into effect until the spring, but some tech firms have already sprung into action. instagram, for example, has limited interactions on its teen accounts, and both snapchat and tiktok say they've clamped down on age verification. and today, ofcom has brought forward consultations on addressing harmful material towards women and girls specifically. data from an online abuse helpline found that nearly three quarters of all threats to share intimate images affected women. but some would like to see the online safety act go further. i'd like to see ofcom change its approach to be far more ambitious in what it's expecting of these platforms. the online safety act provides a minimum, but we must interpret that in a way that focuses on the systems that these platforms are using, notjust individual pieces of content. it took years to draft

the online safety act, and some argue that it's already out of date. ofcom will now have to move fast to keep up with the rapidly evolving tech sector. zoe kleinman, bbc news. the us envoy to the united nations says washington is monitoring israel's actions in gaza, to ensure it's not pursuing what she called "a policy of starvation". some aid has now reached the north of the region, for the first time in two weeks. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell is injerusalem. we —— do we know how much aid has got through to those who need it? definitely we were hearing that there were improvements, un officials saying to me that it is still not enough. even if you look at what the us was demanding in a strongly worded letter on sunday sent by the top biden administration

officials, linking aid going into gaza to us weapons funding, they are asking for a gaza to us weapons funding, they are asking fora minimum gaza to us weapons funding, they are asking for a minimum of 350 of aid going into gaza every day. we are not up to even after that. we did here yesterday that 50 lorry loads of aid went in from jordan into gaza, in line with another us demand that that route from jordan should be reopened. in the north, which has been the worst affected part of the gaza strip, there was a two—week stretch at the start of the month when the un is said that no aide was going in at all. we are hearing that tens of thousands of people are stuck injabal eah in the north of gaza, where israel had been carry out a ground offensive circling and every refugee camp, saying it is fighting with hamas operatives who are trying to regroup at people inside say they are desperate and

they are have completely run out of food. lebanon's prime minister has accused israel of deliberately targeting local officials in air strikes, after 16 people, including the mayor, were killed in the southern city of nabatieh. israel said it was targeting members of hezbollah. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in beirut. lordy, hugo. iwonderwhat lordy, hugo. i wonder what the response has been to these latest attacks? —— good morning, hugo. there has been an angry reaction this morning. these are the front pages of the papers here. this is the main headline, massacre and nabatieh says this one, israel scorched earth tactics in nabatieh, says this one. the french language newspaper says, says this one. the french language newspapersays, israel says this one. the french language newspaper says, israel is blowing up the south. this is the first time that a government building was hit and destroyed by an israeli air

strike in this conflict and the israeli military said it was targeting hezbollah infrastructure in nabatieh, describing those sites as command centres used by hezbollah weapon stories this facility. but they have not commented on this attack targeting the government building in nabatieh. it has not explained why a functioning government building was considered to be a legitimate target. it probably knew that local authorities were working there in this building. last night there was a different accusation, is 142, the un peacekeeping force in lebanon. —— this one was from unifil. they israel had fired on a watch tower in the south, destroying two cameras and damaging the watchtower. it said it appeared to be direct and deliberate fire by israeli forces. the israeli military military has

said nothing about this incident and it has denied attacks in the past. we are seeing growing incidents between unifil and israel. an israeli minister this week said that unifil was useless. a unifil spokesperson told me that if you put the incidents together, there are grave concerns about what israel are trying to achieve here.— trying to achieve here. thank you, hu~o. the disasters emergency committee, which is made up of 15 british aid agencies, is appealing for funds to help millions of people affected by the escalating crisis in the middle east. the charity says humanitarian needs in gaza and elsewhere are overwhelming. the uk government says it will match the first £10 million of donations made by the public. president zelensky will address european leaders in brussels later today to lay out his plans to end russia's invasion of ukraine by the end of next year. he will also ask for

extra military support, and fast—tracked nato membership. a number of cabinet ministers have written to the treasury to express concern about spending cuts to their departments, which could be included in the budget later this month. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is understood to be looking to raise £40 billion. our chief politcal correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. good morning, henry. at this stage, do we have any idea which departments could be affected? goad departments could be affected? good morninu. departments could be affected? good morning- it's — departments could be affected? good morning. it's normal— departments could be affected? good morning. it's normal for _ departments could be affected? (13mm morning. it's normal for there to be morning. it's normalfor there to be quite a lot of back—and—forth between cabinet ministers in downing street, be that number 10, the prime minister, or number 11, street, be that number 10, the prime minister, or number11, the chancellor, in the run—up to a budget to be settled. it is abnormal for the government to be seeking that scale of savings. £40 billion is the amount of money rachel reeves has told cabinet ministers she needs to find to improve public services in the way, fund public services in

the adequate way in their way the government would like to. the vast majority of that is going to come from tax rises, we have seen in recent days the government being suggestive about capital gains tax and national insurance for employers, and if few other areas. what is clear these process and cabinet ministers are some of these monies will come from spending reductions as well. it is being reported in some quarters, angela rayner the deputy prime minister, shabana abboud, thejustice secretary, and louise haigh the justice —— cattle sector, have sent letters, and no one has denied that which is addictive. that doesn't necessarily be that these cabinet ministers do not understand the pressures that rachel reeves is under. we have two weeks until we find out what is in the budget but the measures were probably settled last night, that is when the cupboard will have said of its final

plans to the office of baggage —— the government will have sent its final plans to the office for budget responsibility. in the spring there will be negotiations for the spending plans for three years after this year. even once this barely brought negotiation is done, the government will have to start this negotiation once again sooner. thank ou. women between the ages of 50 and 70 are being urged to attend their breast—screening appointments after it has emerged more than a third did not take up the offer last year. more than two million eligible women have not been screened