ireland could refuse to open in the evening and at weekends from january, after voting in favour of industrial action for the first time. the family of a triple olympic champion appeal for the return of his gold medals, after they were stolen for a second time. let's return to our main story this hour — that's the latest out of washington, and the us election. as we mentioned a little earlier, the republicans have won what's known as a "governing trifecta" with the president's party controlling both chambers of congress, the house of representatives and the senate. but why does it matter? and why is november 2026 a key date for the democrats? here's the bbc�*s sumi somaskanda. the republicans have just the republicans havejust one trifecta here in washington, so what does that mean and why does it matter? last week

donald trump became the president elect after a decisive victory in the battle for the white house. on top of that his party, the republicans, will soon have the control of both chambers of congress, having won majorities in the senate and house of representatives. that leaves the democrats in the political wilderness for at least two years. the next congressional elections don't happen until november 2026. the result means donald trump will have a smoother path for it comes to turning his campaign promises into real—life action. we are more likely to see swift confirmation of presidential appointments ofjudges and appointments of judges and nominees appointments ofjudges and nominees and it will clear congress with little opposition. the majorities in both chambers are slim which could cause headaches for both party leaders, but at least in the first few months, republicans will be eager to fall in line behind the new president. that means donald trump should enjoy his two years of limited congressional trump should enjoy his two years of limited congressional oversight. a chamberfull oversight. a chamberfull years of limited congressional oversight. a chamber full of the opposition can mean a years of limited congressional oversight. a chamber full of the opposition can mean a thought in any president's side thought in any president's side

as bothjoe biden and donald as bothjoe biden and donald trump discovered in their first trump discovered in their first terms. terms. more now on the chancellor's more now on the chancellor's plans for a big plans for a big pensions shake up. pensions shake up. rachel reeves wants to create rachel reeves wants to create pension "megafunds", pension "megafunds", designed to help unlock billions of pounds of designed to help unlock billions of pounds of investment in businesses investment in businesses and infrastructure. and infrastructure. with me is head with me is head of policy research at of policy research at pensions policy institute, pensions policy institute, daniela silcock. daniela silcock. thank you forjoining us here. thank you forjoining us here. take us through what is being take us through what is being proposed. rachel reeves will proposed. rachel reeves will outline this later but we have outline this later but we have an idea of what she's going to an idea of what she's going to say. an idea of what she's going to sa . ~ . ., ., ., say. an idea of what she's going to sa . ~ . ., ., ., say. we have quite a lot of pension — say. we have quite a lot of pension — say. we have quite a lot of pension schemes - say. we have quite a lot of pension schemes - say. we have quite a lot of pension schemes in - say. we have quite a lot of pension schemes in the i say. we have quite a lot of. say. we have quite a lot of pension schemes in - say. we have quite a lot of pension schemes in the i say. we have quite a lot of. pension schemes in the uk, say. we have quite a lot of- pension schemes in the uk, both local government, cancel, pension schemes in the uk, say. we have quite a lot of- pension schemes in the uk, both local government, cancel, pension schemes and schemes in pension schemes and schemes in the private sector. what she is the private sector. what she is saying is that these small saying is that these small schemes cannot invest as well schemes cannot invest as well because it takes quite a lot of because it takes quite a lot of money to invest in large money to invest projects. and so we want the schemes tojoin their projects. and so we want the schemes to join their assets and join more schemes are

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because it takes quite a lot of money�* because because it takes quite a lot of money �* because fans will difficult because fans will already be invested in a lot of different places. they might be invested in assets that they can't take the money out of right away because they are long—term projects, such as building schools, roads, things like that. a lot of local government funds or councils, like to invest in the local area. there are also issues about the availability of infrastructure funds, of private equity funds, within the uk. ., . ., ., private equity funds, within the uk. ., . ., , the uk. the chancellor has been talkin: the uk. the chancellor has been talking about — the uk. the chancellor has been talking about the _ the uk. the chancellor has been talking about the fact _ the uk. the chancellor has been talking about the fact this - the uk. the chancellor has been talking about the fact this has i talking about the fact this has been used successfully in countries like australia. it has worked there, can it work here? , , ., ., has worked there, can it work here? , ,., ., ,, , here? this is one of the issues of local industry _ here? this is one of the issues of local industry is _ here? this is one of the issues of local industry is worried - of local industry is worried about, which is well infrastructure to private equity in australia tends to do quite well, we have not seen such good returns here, and we also have a lot less supply of really good quality private equity and infrastructure. so if we are pushing a lot of pension funds into investing into those types of assets, the very big ones, or the first

ones, might get the good ones and then we will all be fighting over probably poorer quality assets which might not give good returns for members. as many of these things, it sounds like the devil will be in the detail. thank you so much forjoining us and outlining the plans. rachel reeves is due to expand upon what we have been talking about a little later today. what we have been talking about a little later today. pharmacy owners in england, wales and northern ireland have voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries for the first time in a protest over government funding. in the ballot, run by the national pharmacy association, who represent independent community pharmacies, 99% of pharmacy owners said they were willing to limit their services in the interests of patient safety if improved funding is not forthcoming. our health reporter jim reed reports. ashley cohen has run this pharmacy in leeds for the past 18 years, but he says making ends meet has become more difficult.

the funding that independent pharmacists like this receive from the government has been cut in real terms over the last decade, while his costs have risen sharply. my overall worry is that i've got responsibilities. i've got responsibilities to lease, to my staff, to my community, and i'm here as a healthcare professional. i should be spending my time and energy in trying to prevent illness and do everything that the government wants us to do to be agile in terms of treating illness and making people better. but my time is being spent on, have we got enough money to pay the bills in 30, 60, 90 days' time? the national pharmacy association says more than 700 sites have already shut over the past two years. the concern is that recent changes in the budget, including a hike in employers' national insurance, could push more to the brink. nearly two thirds of the trade association's 5,500 members in england,

wales and northern ireland took part in this ballot. 99% voted to limit some services if funding was not increased. that could affect emergency contraception and addiction support. nearly 98% said they would not open above their minimum contracted hours, meaning fewer evening and weekend services. and 93% voted to stop free home delivery for medications not covered by the government contract. any disruption could affect millions of patients across the country. what would you do without them? that's where you get your medicine., you know, your tablets, a lot of us retired people. well, you know, you rely on them, don't you? if you've not got your local pharmacists like this and it's hard to get into your gp practices for appointments, then i think it would have a big impact on the nhs as well. so i think it's valuable

to keep pharmacists like this open. the department of health in england said the sector had been neglected by the previous government, and it is now committed to working on a new contract. without agreement, though, community pharmacists say they could start to reduce services from january. any action would not include major high street chains or hospitals. jim reed, bbc news. let's speak to pharmacist and chair of the national pharmacy association. nick, thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. just take us through the issues, because a lot of people will be watching this and feeling it is so difficult to get a gp appointment and people have really come to rely on pharmacies and may be outside of working hours. so the thought of them closing will be a huge worry for people.- a huge worry for people. thank ou for a huge worry for people. thank you for having _ a huge worry for people. thank you for having me _ a huge worry for people. thank you for having me on, - a huge worry for people. thank you for having me on, sarah. l you for having me on, sarah.

your click describe it perfectly. community pharmacies and pharmacists are generally not in this place. the npa has been around for 103 years and is a third generation pharmacist, my grandfather and father would never have expected us to be in this situation. this is about our frustration. we think this new government has got a great strategy of community health care. that is what we want to do, but people would understand if they have had no increase in funding for the last five years. from a cost of living point of view everybody knows how much more expensive everything has got and we are at that crunch point and we want to be heard and negotiate with the government to say we are here but we need to maintain being here or we can't support those wider parts of primary care and play our part as we are desperate to do. it is complicated but take us through the funding structure.

basically what has happened in real terms is the funding has been cut from the last ten years and held flat for the last five years. so over ten years and that means there has been a 40% reduction in real terms and that is what has caused 700 pharmacies in england that are currently closing at the rate of about seven a week. these are real things that have impacted the way in which we are trying to help our businesses stay open and give the care that is needed. and give the care that is needed-— and give the care that is needed. ~ . , , , needed. what is the biggest demand for _ needed. what is the biggest demand for services - needed. what is the biggest demand for services at - needed. what is the biggest demand for services at the i demand for services at the moment? where are you releasing the pharmacies under pressure? pharmacies are under pressure around medicine supply. we have done things before, explaining about most community pharmacies are supplying medicines at a loss, so subsidising the nhs. what we want to do is we want a contract which reflects the fact that we shouldn't be doing that and we want to be able to concentrate on getting people's

medicines to them safely and correctly and delivering those services that we think are really important, things like pharmacy first in england where you can get consultations. that is a great thing and a good starting point, but if the pharmacy network is not there because it is not funded properly, and it has fallen over, we can't be part of the journey which we think is so important. journey which we think is so important-— journey which we think is so imortant. , ., , important. nick hay, pharmacist and chairof— important. nick hay, pharmacist and chair of the _ important. nick hay, pharmacist and chair of the national - and chair of the national pharmacy association. the king will celebrate his 76th birthday today by opening two majorfood hubs designed to redistribute tonnes of surplus food to schools, food banks and community centres. they are part of the king's �*coronation food project', which was started a year ago with the aim of investing in a food hub network across the uk. our correspondent, frances read, is at one of the facilities this morning. this is a big warehouse in deptford in south london where all the food gets sorted out by the volunteers at the felix

project. the felix project is one of the organisations that benefits from the coronation food project. the felix project aims to reduce food waste and get it where it needs to go, so groups, refugees, charities, that kind of thing. they will benefit from the coronation food project. iam benefit from the coronation food project. i am delighted to say that charlotte hilljoins me now from the felix project. it is really exciting for you. can you tell us how the coronation food project is helping you at the felix project? it helping you at the felix project?— project? it is incredibly exciting _ project? it is incredibly exciting and _ project? it is incredibly exciting and we - project? it is incredibly exciting and we are - project? it is incredibly. exciting and we are here project? it is incredibly - exciting and we are here in south london in our existing depot, but today we will be opening our new food hub over the way and it will give us so much more capacity. this year the felix project will distribute about 37 million meals to londoners in need, homeless shelters, food banks. we will be able to have 400% more freezer space in the new depot, thanks to the support of the coronation food project and

the coronation food project and the leadership of his majesty the king. the leadership of his ma'esty the kin. , the leadership of his ma'esty the kinu. , , , ., the leadership of his ma'esty thekina. , , , ., ., the king. this is 'ust one of what will h the king. this is 'ust one of what will be h the king. this is 'ust one of what will be a _ the king. this isjust one of what will be a network - the king. this isjust one of what will be a network of i what will be a network of coronation food hubs. it is, they will — coronation food hubs. it is, they will be _ coronation food hubs. it is, they will be opening - coronation food hubs. it is, they will be opening them l coronation food hubs. it is, l they will be opening them in scotland, wales and northern ireland and we have plans for them to be all across the regions of the uk. the hope is to have eight and we are one of the first two to be open today. food insecurity is a massive problem across the uk. it is and it is _ problem across the uk. it is and it is getting _ problem across the uk. it is and it is getting worse. - problem across the uk. it 3 and it is getting worse. we are seeing low—paid londoners who never thought they would face food insecurity struggle to feed themselves and their families. one in four londoners are struggling to feed their families. we have a huge demand and this support could not come at a better time. i and this support could not come at a better time.— at a better time. i suppose caettin at a better time. i suppose getting the _ at a better time. i suppose getting the king _ at a better time. i suppose getting the king was - at a better time. i suppose getting the king was my i at a better time. i suppose - getting the king was my actual support as well is so important, that he cares about it. , ,., important, that he cares about it. he is so knowledgeable and passionate _ it. he is so knowledgeable and passionate about _ it. he is so knowledgeable and passionate about this. - it. he is so knowledgeable and passionate about this. the - passionate about this. the circular economy and the environment is something he has been talking about for decades, he has been fantastic.— he has been fantastic. really important — he has been fantastic. really important work _

he has been fantastic. really important work and - he has been fantastic. really important work and all - he has been fantastic. really important work and all in - important work and all in celebration of the king was my birthday as well. yes, indeed, 76th birthday. if you are in green park or at the tower of london, listen out for those birthday salute, the guns, you probably will not miss them if you are anywhere near the vicinity. hospices in the uk have faced financial pressure for months, with many warning of cuts to jobs and services. there are also concerns over rising costs linked to an increased to employers' national insurance contributions, which was announced in the budget. the health secretary, wes streeting, has promised to outline what support is available by christmas. our reporter, joan cummins, visited one hospice in staffordshire, where the financial strain is already having an impact. to my wonderful wife, wendy. all my love. always loved you. always will. wendy and john gilbert from burntwood have been married for 56 years. wendy's terminal illness has affected her sight, but she's still determined to celebrate her 77th

birthday in her final days at st giles hospice. brilliant. brilliant because they've given me a calming feeling. i know my time is very, very short — extremely short — and i've chosen it to be that way. but the staff here, without exception, has anybody, anybody at all moaned or claimed or said this isn't right? everybody's more or less done what was needed. and, for that, i can't thank these people enough. st giles has been established for a0 years, but increased costs and demands means that the charity's £10 million a year income isn't enough and tough decisions have been made. it's costing me more to run the hospice. i've got a group of donors who are phenomenally generous, but are also feeling the squeeze, and nhs income that isn't keeping up with inflation. and collectively that's brought

us to a £1.5 million deficit every year. are you worried that st giles won't be here in ten years? if something doesn't change in terms of the way in which hospices and end—of—life care is funded, then there is the potential that many hospices will close over the next ten years. is your pain 0k today? the cost—cutting restructuring programme has seen 21 members of staff made redundant, including nurses, which has left remaining staff reeling. you don't feel you go into nursing thinking that you could potentially lose...lose your position as a nurse because you think that's always going to be a job that's going to be a certainty. so that was really, really hard. eight inpatient beds have been closed as a result of the cuts, and the thousands of people who were treated by the hospice at home scheme could also find services harder to access. by having to reduce our services, we are ultimately going to have to reduce the people that we look after and the number

of people that we look after. with having less beds on our inpatient unit, having less staff within our community services, having to change how we work, we are going to naturally reach less patients. st giles say only 18% of theirfunding comes from the nhs, and they need a clearerfunding model to sustain services. it's an issue thatjohn and wendy remain passionate about. politicians — they should be funding this place to the hilt. you cannot fault. there can't be a better place in the world than this. it really is that good. joan cummings, bbc news. in a statement, a spokesperson for the department for health and social care said the governmant "wants everyone to have access to high—quality end of life care" and that it is "aware of the financial pressures facing the hospice sector". richard meade was one of britain's most succesful equestrians.

he was a triple olympic champion, with the two gold medals he secured in munich in 1972 being among just four won by great britain during the entire games. now his family's appealing for help from the public to track down the medals after they were stolen in a burglary. they've been speaking to our reporter fi lamdin. commentator: drives him forward, on and over. - the moment richard meade became the first british rider to win an individual title at the olympics in 1972... commentator: and one of the very few clear - rounds to put britain in a commanding position. ..making him one of great britain's most successful male equestrian olympians. commentator: meade had plenty to celebrate. - i have to say, i couldn't really watch. i think i went out of the room. you couldn't believe that it really had happened. it's quite nice knowing the result though.

commentator: and so did britain. there was the rest of the team. when i was growing up, i used to hang on his every word, every time there was a mention of the olympics. i remember him sayingj that it didn't really sink in until he went to bed that night and saw _ the real gold medal. but, earlier this month, those gold medals were stolen. i was away and unfortunately my | house was broken into and a lot| of stuff was taken, including these two medals. - they are hugely important because they're a legacy. that he worked incredibly hard to win. _ and, yeah, if the house burnt down, i think probably- one of the first things i would have taken — i saved out of it would have been the olympic gold medals. - but what's pretty extraordinary is it's not the first time they've been stolen, is it? the medals were lent

to a sporting exhibition in the 1980s, and the person who'd organised the exhibition had them in the boot of his car. they were stolen, and a media appeal went out at the time to say that they weren't solid gold — they weren't of material value. and a few days later, there was an anonymous tip—off and the medals were left hidden in a public place and they were reunited with my father. britain didn't used to win huge amounts of medals at the olympics, so rather than winning 25 or 30 gold medals, in1972, in munich, great britain won four gold medals and two of them were in eventing. commentator: still there. it was at a time when everybody around the country recognised him and knew who he was, and followed the success. every taxi driver, every waiter, every person in the street would know who he was and they would remember where they

were when those gold medals were won. applause. it worked last time and so, 44 years later, richard's family desperately hope another media appeal will bring their medals back home. it would mean a huge amount to us to have them back. it's um... yeah, i think, in a way, i feel i rather let richard down by them being stolen. let's hope those medals turn up. heading back to the us and trump s re—election has brought a strong reaction from the film making community in hollywood, traditionally a democratic stronghold with many big names expressing dismay and shock. what impact will trump 5 return

to the white house have on the film industry, both on mainstream and independent filmmaking? tom brook reports from new york. the critic's choice documentary awards — one of the film world's first post—election gatherings. hollywood— long a powerful democratic stronghold — gave the kamala—harris campaign numerous celebrity endorsements... vote democrat straight down the ticket. ..but all to no avail. at this awards event, big—name industry figures mingled with lesser—known filmmakers. some were fearful of what a new trump administration might bring. it's a scary time. i think a lot of people are feeling paranoid. everybody's looking for a hero. a documentary on the late superman star christopher reeve, and another, will and harper, starring comedian will ferrell on a road trip with his friend, a trans woman, tied for the top documentary feature prize. best political documentary went to sugar cane, a well—received film investigating historic abuse at an indian residential school in canada. there is the view that in the wake of donald trump's victory, a form of resistance cinema may emerge.

many think independent documentary making has a newfound importance. we're here celebrating non—fiction and i really believe that it's more important than ever to tell those stories and to be truth sayers. we're now at the beginning of awards season here in the us. traditionally, these celebratory events have often been used by liberal luminaries as a platform to vent their displeasure at republican politicians and policies. but what's going to happen now in the wake of the democrats' defeat? i think we've seen in the last few days how muted hollywood has been in response to trump's re—election, after being extremely voluble against trump in the run up to the election. so, i think hollywood is taking stock at the moment and i think we'll see the shape and nature of what hollywood feels about this re—election when trump's own legislative program establishes itself after january. others say the writing is already on the wall.

donald trump's opposition to transgender rights was a major part of his rhetoric in the closing days of the election campaign. trans people — not often represented on screen — and their supporters are fearful of what might happen to the portrayal of their lives and their stories in movies in a new trump era. i think it's more important now than ever for documentary filmmakers to use the power of filmmaking, to use our cameras, to use our platforms, to make sure that stories are told, especially those of the trans community. but for all the fears of hollywood liberals over what a new trump presidency may portend for the film industry, one of the biggest names in american show business, jerry seinfeld, doesn't necessarily think that much will change. no, i think everything will be pretty close to the same as what it is. why is that? i think people think big change is...big things cause big change. they sometimes do and they sometimes don't.

we're not... humans are not good prognosticators. we're not good predictors of things. we're good worriers. we're good... we really know how to anticipate and get anxious. we're great at that. we are not great at really seeing what's coming. rosebud. in these polarised times, even donald trump's most ardent foes concede at times he gets it right. trump once proclaimed that the 1941 orson welles classic citizen kane, depicting a media tycoon who some say has traits in common with the president—elect, was his favourite film of all time. many hollywood cinephile liberals share that view. but having a fondness for the same old hollywood classic isn't enough to bridge the huge gulf that now exists between the film industry creatives and the future trump administration. tom brook, bbc news, new york.

there will be plenty more analysis of the trump victory at the top of the hour. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello. it will turn colder this weekend but much colder as we start the new working week. what we have today is a bit more cloud across southern scotland and northern ireland with some bright spells. thick cloud coming in across the far north of scotland. and for england and wales and in between these areas of cloud, something brighter and some sunny spells. temperatures 11 to 15 degrees, so round about average orjust above for this time of year. into this evening and overnight we will see a return of patchy mist and fog forming in some western areas. there will be clear skies in parts of the south, the temperature falling away low enough for a touch of frost here and there. although those temperatures will fall down to three degrees in aberdeenshire, here there will be more of a breeze and it will not feel quite so cold. into tomorrow and we do have

mist and fog to lift and we have got cloud sweeping southwards with patchy light rain and drizzle on it. heavy rain comes in across the far north of scotland. it is a narrow band so it will move through quite quickly. sunny spells in eastern scotland, central and eastern england and wales, with highs up to 13 degrees. then as we move through the course of friday you can see how our weather front in scotland sink overnight. on saturday it will introduce colder air with the next front behind that introducing the really cold air. on saturday you can see the weather front sinking south with cloud and patchy rain. it will be quite a windy day with gales in the far north. increasingly wintry across the far north of scotland on the hills and mountains. temperature 7 to 9, but still mild for the rest of the uk. that first weather front sinks southwards during saturday and this one comes in bringing some rain. we have also got this one

sinking south, introducing the cooler air behind it. that will continue to filter southwards, you can see the milderair hanging on in the south, but also into monday. recently we have been around or above average, but by the time we get into the early part of next week our daytime average temperatures could be 5 degrees, much colder at night with frost and minus one.

live from london. this is bbc news. a clean sweep — republicans retain their majority in the house of representatives — boosting donald trump's plans for government. unease in republican ranks after the president—elect nominates controversial congressman matt gaetz as his attorney—general. the chancellor is to announce a major shake—up of pension funds with a new system to unlock 80 billion

pounds of investment. and a discovery beneath the waves — scientists find the largest single known piece of coral in the southwest pacific ocean. hello. donald trump's republicans have taken control of both houses of congress, the body which passes laws in the united states. it means his party will control all the elected levers of power which will make it easier to fulfill his agenda when he becomes president in january. among his latest nominations, the president—elect has picked congressman, matt gaetz as his attorney—general. he'd previousely been under investigation for sex and drug offences, which he denies. mr trump also plans to nominate florida republican senator marco rubio as secretary of state. he's chosen the former democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard as his director of national intelligence. on wednesday, the president—elect

returned to the oval office for a meeting with