david sillito reports.g married to premier league footballers, both with high—profile celebrity careers. and the issue — who was leaking stories about coleen rooney to the papers? she had a suspicion and set up an instagram account with some fake stories, and limited access to just one other account — rebekah va rdy‘s account. rebekah vardy says she didn't leak anything, and began legal proceedings. and so, at the high court today, the lawyers gathered for round one of vardy versus rooney. this was, of course, only a preliminary hearing to decide if that post was directly pointing the finger at rebekah vardy and rebekah vardy alone. thejudge decided it was, and so a victory for rebekah vardy and, for coleen rooney, a cost of £22,913.50. the law is a costly business. and coleen rooney and rebekah vardy are being given a couple of months to see if they can resolve this and avoid a high court libel battle. david sillito, bbc news. that's it from me. thank you so much for watching. bye—bye. hello there. on frid

david sillito looks back at his life. ria! i made less noise than that when i was in labour.hat? this. this stuff on my plate. it's your dinner. i know it's my dinner, but could you identify the various heaps? in butterflies, he was a slightly world—weary dentist. those are potatoes, and that's a chop. i forget what those green things are. well, who brought the breakfast? who found it? in fawlty towers, a doctor trying to make sense of some kipper—related chaos. what's that? that's a bit of it. a bit of what? a bit of the breakfast. is there any more tea in that pot? and in as time goes by, a second lieutenant who never quite understood the opposite sex. i really shouldn't have asked that question. you set me up! even at the start of his screen career, he played figures of authority. well, keep her going, she may blow her way through it. all right. a property agent in cathy come home. £100. £100 would barely cover the legal costs involved. i can't go to the ministry of defence and request regular army support for you on the basis of a wild tale about monsters in caves. a slig

david sillito reports. to the papers? she had a suspicion and set up an instagram account with some fake stories, and limited access to just one other account — rebekah va rdy‘s account. rebekah vardy says she didn‘t leak anything, and began legal proceedings. and so, at the high court today, the lawyers gathered for round one of vardy versus rooney. this was, of course, only a preliminary hearing to decide if that post was directly pointing the finger at rebekah vardy and rebekah vardy alone. the judge decided it was, and so a victory for rebekah vardy and, for coleen rooney, a cost of £22,913.50. the law is a costly business. coleen rooney and rebekah vardy are being given a couple of months to see if they can resolve this and avoid a high court libel battle. david sillito, bbc news. the acclaimed travel writer and historianjan morris has died. she was 94. born as james morris, she started out in journalism, reporting for the times on the conquest of everest. in 1972, she had gender reassignment surgery,

david sillito, bbc news.under way today, five years after it was ordered by the then home secretary theresa may. it will investigate the activities of covert groups of police officers who infiltrated various protest and political groups for more than 40 years. some officers took the names of dead children to hide their identities. others had sexual relationships with campaigners. among those spied on were trade union members — particularly in the construction industry — and the justice campaign for the murdered teenager stephen lawrence. there's a huge variation in the number of coronavirus cases across communities in different parts of england. the south west has seen the lowest number of cases per head of population for the entire pandemic, and currently cornwall has one of the lowest rates in england at 46 cases per 100,000 people. jon kay has been to par to gauge reaction to this week's impending lockdown. cornwall likes to be different. but now it faces the same lockdown as the west of england. even thou

david sillito reports.between many male and female presenters and correspondents. there were protests demanding equal pay. the bbc admitted there was a problem and a number of women were given a pay increase. but an independent investigation says it has found no unlawful discrimination. however, it says there were issues with system. i do understand the feelings of the bbc women and i think it's important to remember that these are people who suffered considerably. we are talking about delays of two years in one case, more in others. feelings of anger and humiliation and distress and insomnia. and i think this goes to the really important findings that we've made in terms of inadequate record—keeping and inadequate communications and transparency in terms of decision—making was made. campaigners remain sceptical. the presenter samira ahmed won a pay tribunal and the fawcett society, which fights for equal pay, has doubts about the equality commission's investigation. i think the fact they reached that concl

david sillito, bbc news.the news the bbc has learnt he contracted covid—19 in april of this year. there is jon donnison. prince william appearing on itv‘s pride of britain awards last night. you have had it in your family as well? my father had it very early on. the prince made no mention he had also fallen ill with covid—19 last spring, but paid tribute to nhs workers. the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic has reminded us as a nation of how much we owe to the thousands of nhs workers who have gone far beyond the call of duty this year. kensington palace is giving no official comment or confirmation, but a palace source told the bbc that a story in today's sun newspaper, that the prince had shown symptoms of covid—19 a week into the national lockdown last spring, is accurate. i am catherine and this is william next to me. at the time, prince william continued to carry out official engagements using videoconferencing. news of his father's covid—19 infection was made public, at the time he was phot

david sillito, bbc news. ground states ahead of tomorrow's presidential election. mr trump will hold his final rally in michigan while his democratic rival will again focus his energies on pennsylvania. the scale of early voting has been unprecedented with more than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already, setting the country on course for its highest turnout than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from florida. this is the most important election of our lifetime. it is crunch time. president trump and joe biden have been making a push in the midwestern states and if those swing states are crucial, then florida is critical. music plays. donald trump needs more than their love. he needs their votes. to become president it requires 270 points from the electoral college system and florida has 29 upforgrabs. without this state, mr trump's path back to the white house looks near impossible. more than eight million residents here have already

david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather here's chris fawkes.rticularly for western areas. we have also had some high cloud in england, that created this rather nice sun hello. that high cloud is all tied in with this lump of coal, there is —— it is a bit more extensive. this is our next area of low pressure that will be heading oui’ low pressure that will be heading our way just low pressure that will be heading our wayjust in time for the weekend. we still have showers at the moment, for western areas of the uk and more generally in scotland. 0vernight, pulses of rain developing quite widely. winds are strengthening, it will be a mild night, temperatures 11 in london, 13 in plymouth, for the north eight or nine. the weekend is looking u nsettled, nine. the weekend is looking unsettled, raini times and is a fairly strong winds to come. these areas of rain will come along and pulses so there will be some dryish slots, northern ireland at times having some dry weather photo may be the central belt drying up for a time but most of us will see some

david sillito, bbc news.ee—year—old girl has been rescued alive from a collapsed apartment building in the turkish city of izmir, following friday's earthquake, which has killed at least 91 people. after nearly three days under the rubble, rescuers thought elif perincek was dead, but the little girl reached out and grabbed the thumb of one of her rescuers. she has had an extraordinary escape and is now being treated in hospital. her mother and twin sister also survived. england's latest lockdown will leave different parts of the uk facing markedly different restrictions, as we reflected on earlier. the latest polling in england suggests there's increasing pessimism about the immediate future, and unhappiness with the way politicians have handled coronavirus. with the help of analysts at britain thinks, bbc news has assembled a focus group of people drawn from all parts of the united kingdom. they've been speaking to our home editor, mark easton. politicians cannot argue or reason with covid. instead, forced t

david sillito reports.s highest paid stars, there was fury at the gap between many male and female presenters and correspondents. there were protests demanding equal pay. the bbc admitted there was a problem and a number of women were given a pay increase. but an independent investigation says it has found no unlawful discrimination. however, it says there were issues with the system. i do understand the feelings of bbc women and i think it's important to remember that these are people who suffered considerably. we are talking about delays of two years in one case, more in others. feelings of anger and humiliation and distress and insomnia. and i think this goes to the really important findings that we've made in terms of inadequate record—keeping and inadequate communications and transparency in terms of the decision—making that was made. campaigners remain sceptical. the presenter samira ahmed won a pay tribunal and the fawcett society, which fights for equal pay, has doubts about the equality commission'

our media correspondent david sillito is here now. through the detail we heard from the court and any reaction so far. we've got to go to what the allegations were. 1a allegations in court. these were very serious. this was amber heard, the former wife ofjohnny depp, saying she was at times in fear of her life, saying she had been facial bruising, broken nose, black eyes, repeated assaults against. and the judge has said and i will read it, i have found that the great majority of alleged assaults on amber heard byjohnny depp have been proved to the civil standard, that is 12 or 1a allegations. he says to place. so, the statement in the sun newspaper, that headline thatjohnny depp is a wife beater, he says, to be substantially true. this is shattering for the reputation of johnny depp. and vindication for amber heard. a statement, of course, she is also facing further legal action from johnny depp, seeking to sue her in america and a statement from her council saying for those of us from her council saying for those of us present in th

david sillito, bbc news.spaper report indicates the shooting took place on the street near a jewish synagogue. we will bring you more on that in the coming minutes. good evening. we will be replacing the autumn gales with frost and fogs by mid week, following but following on from the weekend, some stormy weather. there are still reports of flooding but we are already into the chilly air. this was a mild air that got swept away by that cold front earlier on in the day. we see a real rash of showers coming in, 40 to 50 millimetres of rain. as we head towards mid week we will replace the autumnal wind and rain with fog and frost, and the feel has already changed. turning and the feel has already changed. more shower he after and the feel has already changed. the wet weather northern after the wet weather across northern ireland, but potentially more extensive rain coming in across the southern half of england and wales and the smattering sleet over the tops of the hills because it's colder air and it will be a

david sillito, bbc news.he little girl reached out and grabbed the thumb of one of her rescuers. she later waved from her hospital bed. 91 people we re from her hospital bed. 91 people were killed in the earthquake, but the toll is continuing to rise. 13 people from across the uk are being celebrated for working "tirelessly through the pandemic to bring creativity, enjoyment and enrichment through the arts". photographer chris floyd, who has photographed the likes of sir paul mccartney and robert de niro, shot portraits of the 13 selected for the projected. the ‘portraits of the people'exhibition will be online in collaboration with eight art galleries and institutions, including london's national portrait gallery, the mac in belfast and the bfi. thanks very much forjoining us. just tell us how the people that you chose were actually selected. what did they do? they were all people who had above and beyond within their local community, people who had done inspiring things in the artistic field to raise the sp

david sillito looks back at his life and long career., and on morecambe and wise, the butt of hundreds of gags. but the singer and comedian took it all with grace. number one: eric — i've just heard some good news. ernie — what good news? eric — des 0'connor has got a sore throat. nothing seemed to dent that clean—cut, deep—tanned optimism. number two. ernie — des 0'connor is a self—made man. eric — i think it's very nice of him to take the blame. # be sure it's true when you say i love you, love you, love you. # his interest in show business had started in the raf and he had been a butlin's red coat and learned his craft struggling to get laughs in theatres such as the windmill with an audience that had come for the naked flesh more than the comedy. this fellow was always in everyday in the front row and on about the third house of the fourth day iforgot, i dried, just couldn't remember what was next. he said, "you tell the one about the parrot next. "oh, thank you very much. # loneliness # alone you'll always find me. # by the ‘60s he

but there was still plenty of fun to be had, as david sillito reports.ngan! it was a stripped—back, socially—distanced anniversary for children in need. the live audience was watching on zoom. in 1980, the total at the end of the night was just over £1 million. 40 years on, joe wicks alone got twice that for his 24—hour workout. three, two, one! whoo! # stop crying your heart out...# a charity single featuring cher, the rickshaw challenge — the familiar children in need ingredients. of course, this year, people were cycling indoors. # call me bad cinderella...# and the live musical performance, no big west end choruses, instead, andrew lloyd webber on a keyboard, a safe two metres from a solo performance by carrie hope fletcher. # when you try your best but you don't succeed. ..# but some things were unchanged. the public‘s generosity, and in a year which has brought new challenges of loneliness, isolation... # we've had success...# ..and covid—related hardship, the need for children in need. now let's look at the weather. this weekend is dominated by an

david sillito, bbc news. on friday, the south korean megaband bts launched their new album — be.es so far on youtube. the seven—member boy band is at the forefront of south korean pop music and has helped build a global fan base for k—pop since their debut in 2013. this year, the trailblazing septet cemented their prominence in the world's biggest market in august, becoming the first south korean act to top the us singles chart with dynamite entering the billboard hot 100 at number one. 0ne one of the editors of army magazine, an online fan magazine, is with me now. we will start with the number of views on youtube because it is extraordinary. 61 million views for the latest single. a huge number but it is not a record. they already hold a record for 100 million viewsjust they already hold a record for 100 million views just earlier this yearfor 100 million views just earlier this year for that other single. what has gone so terribly wrong? it is not that anything has gone terribly wrong. they continued to be quite the force, i just think, partly with dynamite being the first sin

our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life.t of the insults against des o'connor. des o'connor was, in the ‘70s, famous, a star, and on morecambe and wise, the butt of hundreds of gags. but the singer and comedian took it all with good grace. number one — eric: i'vejust heard some good news. ernie: what good news? eric: des o'connor‘s got a sore throat. nothing seemed to dent that clean—cut, deep—tanned optimism. number two — ernie: des o'connor is a self—made man. eric: i think it's very nice of him to take the blame. # be sure it's true when you say i love you, love you, love you...#. he recorded more than 30 albums in a career that took him from butlins to las vegas to countdown. he was the ultimate professional, and that's why he worked from his time as a redcoat back in the 19505 until a year or two ago. in his mid—805 he was still touring with his one—man show, or in a two—man show withjimmy tarbuck. aged 85, he was still out there singing, dancing, telling jokes. # loneliness, alone you will always find me...#. the son o

david sillito, bbc news.th thousands left without power, but one man's thankful to still be alive after a near miss in the city of vladivostok. there he is in the red jacket, clearing snow off his car as something catches his eye and he runs. and that something was a huge concrete slab breaking off from the side of the building next to him. he escaped unharmed. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ l vaughanjones. the weather now, with darren bett. hello there. on friday, we saw temperatures slowly rising as milderaircame in from the atlantic, together with a lot of cloud. but over this weekend, it's cooler air that's going to return across the uk, with temperatures set to drop a bit. now, we've seen the milderaircome in, thanks to south—westerly winds bringing in that cloud. this strip of cloud here is a weather front. that's producing the rain that we are seeing at the moment and it's moving very slowly southwards. now, that weather front will take the rain southwards. as it does so, the rain becomes light an

our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life.'ve kept a list of the insults against des o'connor. des o'connor was in the 70s famous, a star, and on morecambe and wise, the butt of hundreds of gags. but the singer and comedian took it all with good grace. eric, i'vejust heard some good news. ernie, what good news? eric, des o'connor's got a sore throat. nothing seemed to dent that clean cut, deep tanned optimism. numbertwo, ernie, des o'connor is a self—made man. eric, i think it's very nice of him to take the blame. # be sure it's true when you say i love you, love you, love you...#. his interest in show business had started at the raf. he had been a butlins redcoat and learned his craft struggling to get laughs in theatres such as the windmill, with an audience that had come for the naked flesh more than the comedy. this fellow was always in, every day, in the front row, and on about the third house of the fourth day, iforgot, i dried, just couldn't remember what was next, and this fellow said, you tell the one about the parrot

court case, ms heard said the star had hit her on 1a separate occasions, as our correspondent david sillito. the heart of this is a single word. johnny depp, one of the most successful actors in the world, was accused of being a wife—beater. a man accused of assaulting his wife on more than 1a occasions, who left her fearing for her life. amber heard had photographs. she also had video. bleep. this judgment on the sun article could hardly be clearer. of the 1a allegations, thejudge said 12 had been proved. he said amber heard was no gold digger, there was no hoax. this case was prompted by questions over his casting in the fantastic beasts franchise. johnny depp hoped he could restore his reputation. chanting: justice forjohnny! each day at court, he arrived surrounded by fans convinced that he was the victim. his gambit has failed. his reputation is destroyed. i didn't think this was a case that needed to be brought. i think it was ill—advised and certainly was unhelpful. you have given me so much strength. and for amber heard, who has in recent years taken on a public role speaking out ab

david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas.o far, down to minus 5.3 celsius. the cloud has been increasing there, as it has for all of us through the day. it has been milder. this is the picture in aberdeenshire as the sun set earlier. as we head through the rest of the night, more cloud around than last night. it will be mild, breezy and for some of us, some rain in the forecast as well. he was the first area of rain coming —— here is the first area of rain, pushing west across the uk. more rain coming in across the uk. more rain coming in across northern ireland and scotland overnight, quite heavy, and gales developing across the scotland, particularly in the northern ads. for most of us, mild under the cloud, 10—12 c, very mild for the time of year. heading to tomorrow, low pressure to the north of the uk. quite a few isobars on the trot. it will be quite a windy picture. we also have this cold front bringing rain which will slip slowly south. the rain clearing northern ireland. cloudy and mild to the south, the odd bright s

saturday to celebrate her 30th birthday, in breach of england's lockdown. 0ur arts correspondent david sillitoerious and inexcusable error of judgment. rita 0ra was celebrating her 30th birthday on saturday evening this restau ra nt. birthday on saturday evening this restaurant. it is said, although not confirmed, there were up to 30 people here. just after nine o'clock, police arrived. today rita 0ra issued a statement saying the gathering of the small group of friends was a spur of the moment decision which he now deeply regrets. given the restrictions, i realise how irresponsible these actions were and i take full responsibility. she said she will pay any fine imposed but meanwhile number ten says it is important eve ryo ne number ten says it is important everyone sticks to the rules and that very definitely include celebrities. now it's only taken 400 years — but beavers have built theirfirst dam on exmoor. resettled from scotland down to somerset in january, they've certainly made themselves at home. hidden wildlife cameras have captured them hard at work during the night to build the dam

david sillito, bbc news.rich, founder and director of the centre for women'sjustice. thank you forjoining us. that point that this may bring more women to come forward and report abuse ignores the fact that she didn't come forward, amber heard, this was a case betweenjohnny depp and a newspaper. well, she did, ithink what originally triggered it, as i understand, was she had to apply for a restraining order against him, and that restraining order was in the public domain, so it was known about and that is what i think triggered some newspaper reporting, but she never went to speak to the person thatis never went to speak to the person that is a very important point. she did seek help through the court system because she was a victim. but, hang on, this was a libel case betweenjohnny depp but, hang on, this was a libel case between johnny depp and but, hang on, this was a libel case betweenjohnny depp and the sun newspaper. she was the prime witness but there was nothing that she had done originally that broug

david sillito, bbc news.ortantm makes a difference. a grandfather from old ham who spent nearly eight months in hospital being treated for coronavirus has finally returned home. gary dissington spent more than 100 days in intensive care, making his recovery from covid—19 one of the longest in the country. he spent several weeks in an induced coma and had to learn to walk again. juliet phillipsjoined his family and friends as they welcomed him home. after almost eight months in hospital and learning to walk again, gary dissington got a hero's welcome as he finally returned home. but this was the day his family worried would never come. at one point during his battle with coronavirus, gary was given just a 10% chance of survival. it felt like i was losing pa rt survival. it felt like i was losing part of myself. i was actually grieving. i was crying went to bed, i was crying when i woke up. i have a lwa ys i was crying when i woke up. i have always had somebody there, all my life i've been part of a pair. so th

david sillito, our arts correspondent, has more.e of a home at the moment is against the rules at the moment, against the law because of the lockdown rules. of course, the police do have powers to bring about fines if they believe that a breach has actually happened. so certainly once its front page news and we know this is something that she is deeply apologising for at the moment. here's the statement rita ora released also on instagram... she described it as a "serious and inexcusable error of judgement". this all comes during england's second lockdown for coronavirus, which has been a tough time for many people. corrine sweet is a psychologist who's been councilling clients throughout the period. she says examples set by celebrities do have an impact. people are feeling lockdown fatigue like never before. people are feeling very frustrated, especially young people who feel that they are being unfairly sort of at a disadvantage. and so suddenly for people who are revered like rita ora to be flouting the regulations is incredibly

our correspondent, david sillito sent this update from outside the restaurant in west london.urant. it is said though not confirmed there were up to 30 people here. —— reid a after nine o'clock, police arrived. today my she issued a statement saying the gathering of a statement saying the gathering of a small group of friends with a spur of the moment decision to now deeply regrets. —— rita 0ra. given the restrictions, i realise how irresponsible these actions were in i take full responsibility. she will is said to pay any fine imposed and meanwhile number ten says it is important that everyone six of the rules and that very definitely includes celebrities. —— everybody sticks to the rules. the leading infectious disease expert in the us, anthony fauci, has warned that there could be "surge upon a surge" in coronavirus cases after the thanksgiving holiday. millions of people ignored medical advice and travelled home for the celebration. 205,000 cases were recorded in the country on friday. italy is not in the grip of a second way. -- is now. this time it is spread right across

to 30 people at the party, which the singer described as "a small gathering" our correspondent david sillito her 30th birthday on saturday evening at this restaurant. it said, though not confirmed, there were up to 30 people here. just after nine o'clock, police arrived. today, read or issued a statement saying, "the gathering of a small "group of friends was a spur of the moment decision", which she now deeply regrets. "given the restrictions, i realise how irresponsible these "actions were and i take full responsibilty" she will, it said, pay any fine imposed, meanwhile, number ten says it's important that everyone sticks to the rules and that very definitely include celebrities. arcadia, the retail giant owned by sir philip green, has gone into administration. the group owns some of the most well known names on the uk high street, from topshop and burton to dorothy perkins and miss selfridge. it puts 13,000 jobs at risk. no redundancies are being announced immediately and stores will continue to trade. the group had been seeking a last—minute rescue deal to help it plug the gap from lost