in the chair was carme forcadell.me forcadell was accused of rebellion and faces 17 years in jail. she has already been in prison since march, held a head of a trial expected to begin in the new year. now the former speaker is asking the european court of human rights to free her. i have come to interview carme forcadell at her prison. i was allowed to bring the camera so her words are spoken by an actor. —— i was not allowed. prosecutors allege carme forcadell ignored warnings from the country's highest court, racing ahead with the independence debate, putting the cata la n independence debate, putting the catalan parliament in breach of the spanish constitution. at home in sabadell, yellow ribbons to show support the carme forcadell and eight other imprisoned leaders. her husband was wearing one when we met. at the prison, they sing for carme forcadell. she knows they are there but from her cell, she can't hear them. let's bring you all the sports stories. hello, this is the sport briefing. coming up, but the world

a home, yellow ribbons search report for carme forcadell and eight other cata la n for carme forcadellr midnight ina group ribbon campaign. it's after midnight in a group of activists are cutting them down. catala ns in a group of activists are cutting them down. catalans are deeply spent on independence and on the fate of the moving's imprisoned leaders. at the moving's imprisoned leaders. at the prison, they sing for carme forcadell. she knows they are there but from her cell, she cannot hear them. carme —— mac or bbc world news. bye—bye. not long now till christmas. just days away. and we are a little bit more confident with the forecast for the actual day itself, so we'll have a look at that in a second. but let's talk about the run—up to christmas, if you like. not much change compared with what we've had in the last two, three days. really mild weather with some showers. and, in fact, if you look at this satellite image, you get a sense of the whole atmosphere in motion. big low pressure in the north atlantic here, sending these shower clouds in our direction, a breeze picking up