hundreds ofjobs to go in dundee with the closure of the michelin tyre factory.ons say it's a betrayal of the workforce. and for the first time ever, a british trained horse wins australia's most famous race. and coming up on bbc news, an impressive debut for ben foakes. he saves england's innings in galle after a terrible start to the first test against sri lanka. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the polls have opened in the united states for the 2018 mid term elections, which many believe will be a verdict on president trump's first two years in office. millions of americans are voting today — with every seat in the house of representatives up for grabs, and a third of those in the senate. the democrats have high hopes of breaking the republicans‘ grip on congress, and making life harder forfor mr trump. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. i'm not on the ballot, but in a certain way i'm on the ballot so, please, go out and vote. go out and vote. cheering. he's not on the ballot, but these mid—term elections are allabout him.

james shaw, bbc news, dundee.,000 for breaches of privacy rules. mr banks is already being investigated by the national crime agency, over the financing of the pro—brexit group. he denies any wrong—doing. manveen rana reports. go skippy .com. cheaper car insurance. car insurance and politics don't often go hand—in—hand. but when aaron banks lead —— launched leave the eu, his brexit empire and campaign group seemed to emerge. it was here at his bristol headquarters that leave.eu, go skippy and elton insurance shared office space, directors, and as we found out today, they unlawfully shared the personal details of their clients. the information commissioner's office tenant —— intends to find them £135,000 for the misuse of data. elton insurance will be fined £60,000 for advertising one of their businesses in overa advertising one of their businesses in over a million e—mails to leave.eu supporters. in over a million e—mails to leave. eu supporters. leave. eu in over a million e—mails to leave.eu supporters. leave.eu

james shaw, bbc news, dundee.archaeologists made a chance discovery in an ancient egyptian quarry. scientists researching ancient egyptian inscriptions discovered a ramp with stairways and what seem to be postholes, suggesting that hauling the huge blocks of stone used to build the pyramids may have been completed faster than had been thought possible. roland enmarch is a senior lecturer in egyptology at the university of liverpool and the co—director of the hatnub survey, the project that made the discovery. he's in our 0xford studio. thank you for being with us, it's a wonderful mystery how exactly the pyramids were built, anyone who has been there well have marveled at their construction thousands of yea rs their construction thousands of years ago what exactly is it that you think you've unlocked? well, in our archaeological work we have located a ramp that leads up out of an opencast quarry for the stone alabaster. and we have been able to date the ramp to the rain of the builder of the great peer amid, one o

sarah smith, bbc news, dundee.s hosting a major climate conference in poland next week. last year greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high and it's notjust a matter of industrial pollution. food is also a factor the global livestock population has reached 28 billlion animals. and those animals produce methane a potent greenhouse gas that's expected to increase by 60 percent in the next 2 years. 0ur science editor david shukman reports on how our food choices have an impact on the planet. every breath from a cow, and especially every burp, releases methane. 600 litres every day. most from the front end, not the back. and because methane warms the planet, the more we eat beef and dairy products, the more the temperatures rise. at this farm, researchers encourage the cows to feed inside this hood so they can measure the methane. so, a cow came in, she was eating... professor chris reynolds explains what they found. she had five eruptations, five belches. so each spike is a burp, is it? it's a burp or a belch. th

so this scan image was done by a team at dundee university, headed up by professor chris rowland.essor chris rowland from the university of dundee and i run the 3—d visualisation research lab, particularly interested in historic shipwrecks. i'm involved with a small team who are looking at bringing images of the shipwrecks of the german fleet to the general public, so that people who can't dive or don't get the opportunity to dive on them will actually see what's there, and this huge legacy from world war i isjust under the waves here. myself and professor carey, we dive as a team. i'll carry about 60,000 lumens of light, so that's a lot of light, and carey will carry his camera with extra lighting, and between the two of us, we basically record high resolution video around the wrecks and the features of the wrecks. when we bring that back to the surface, we can then use software to produce a 3—d image from those images. the german fleet are in quite silty conditions. so when you first get in the water and you're going down this line, you're diving on something that can be 1a5 met

while the misery continues for dundee.mfield gave 10—man hamilton victory over livingston, while stjohnstone beat hibs1—0. to rugby union's autumn internationals, where england beat south africa in the first match of the series — while wales beat scotland in the inaugral doddie weir cup. a lot‘s being made of this and the next three matches to come with the rugby world cup looming next year. patrick gearey was watching. it's been a bad year for england, they were terrible in the six nations. the bad news around eddiejones‘ side, selections and injuries. it was important to getjust a win. the performance still not there just one year from that world cup. england have to play new zealand next week and australia this autumn. it's important for the belief and confidence that they got off to winning start. picking the posters at twickenham is nearly as tough as picking the team. england's cast of players is currently changing, retired, dropped, injured. less than half of this squad finished the six nations with england. just a

michelin is to close its tyre factory in dundee, with the loss of around 850 jobs, after confirming thatn said the dundee site, which opened in 1971 and specialised in smaller tyres, had suffered because of a shift in the market towards low—cost products from asia. amerian voters are set to elect new members of congress american voters are set to elect new members of congress and in the process they'll deliver the biggest verdict on donald trump's presidency since he was elected two years ago. they're known as the ‘mid—term' elections and they'll decide who controls the two chambers of the us congress — which pass laws to enact the president's policies and can also block his senior appointments. 35 out of 100 seats in the senate are being contested. but all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election. donald trump's republicans currently have a majority in each but the democrats hope they can win the seats needed to take control of at least one chamber. more than 30 million people have already cast their votes. as our north america editorjon sopel reports, the result wi

michelin is to close its tyre factory in dundee, with the loss of around 850 jobs, after confirming thathe dundee site, which opened in 1971 and specialised in smaller tyres, had suffered because of a shift in the market towards low—cost products from asia. the prime minister and home secretary have both expressed their anger and disgust at images published online which show a group of people burning a cardboard model of grenfell tower and cheering at a bonfire party. the metropolitan police is studying the images and looking into whether any crimes have been committed. this is one frame of what was shown. the bbc is not showing the full video because grenfell families say they find it extremely upsetting. 72 people died in the grenfell tower fire in west london in june last year. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford told us more about the reaction to what happened. the grenfell united group of families and survivors have called the bdo disgusting and offensive to eve ryo ne the bdo disgusting and offensive to everyone that had been affected by the events that night. they have

and the top story in the uk: the tyre maker, michelin, has said it's closing its factory in dundee over next two years. the site employs 845 people. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. us midterms 2018 bash americans are set to go to the polls in what is being seen as a referendum on donald trump's first two years in power. the battle for the us congress. how the outcome could reshape global policy is for america. —— policies. welcome to the show. americans go to the polls later today in one of the most competitive mid—term elections in years. it is being seen as a referendum on president donald trump. 0ne referendum on president donald trump. one of the states with a tight senate race is indiana, a fifth largest producer of soya beans and a huge eye and steel industry. we went to bed to find out what role it is playing in the race. the a nswer it is playing in the race. the answer might surprise you. did not mean to disturb the... for the past few weeks derek morris is the going door—to—door to convince his neighbours to vote for labour friendly candidates. 0ne

this was around the dundee area. i've mentioned the mist and fog, there will be some tricky travelling conditions with poor visibility on some of the roads and also the cloud, the kenneth to bring some drizzle with it. edgewise, we're looking at lows of between seven—12. in the highlands of scotland, if we keep these clear skies for a length of time overnight it will be. put in since patches of frost in the countryside. for the weekend, pressure building across the uk and also we are going to get drierair the uk and also we are going to get drier air moving the uk and also we are going to get drierair moving in the uk and also we are going to get drier air moving in from france. these two factors will attack the cloud just noticed across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east of england, white quickly on saturday morning we will see some sunshine working in and you can see how the cloud continues to break up as we go through the dangerous a fresh easterly wind making it feel chilly. some sunshine for scotland,

union leaders have described it as a "hammer blow" for dundee and a betrayal of the workforce. jamessgrace. yes, the way it came out. it shouldn't have come out like that. did you expect something might happen then? we had an idea that something was going to happen. but not as bad as this. managers here say the factory has fallen victim to economic realities beyond their control. there's been a major structural change to the uk car tyre market, which has been driven by asian imports, and a growing demand for bigger tyres. —— to the european car tyre market. those two things have suppressed the demand for 16 inch tyres, which is unfortunately what we make here in dundee. workers here have been sent home for the day, having had it confirmed by their managers that this place will close in 2020. they are back at work on thursday, but with the knowledge that as things stand, this factory has no long—term future. the company has promised to help its workers retrain for future careers, but the unite union says it will try to find ways to save as manyjobs as possible. obviously, the first th

the misery continues for dundee — four defeats in a row for managerjim mcintyre.ls. south africa led until the final eight minutes. their try which was the only one of the game, coming the boot of owen farrell kept england close to south africa throughout but his 72nd—minute penalty was the decisive one to give england the lead for the first time with just eight minutes to go. the twickenham crowd could breathe a sigh of relief after south africa's missed pnealty in the 77th minute with england. holding on for a 12—11 victory. wales were 21—10 winners over scotland in the first ever dodie weir trophy game held in cardiff. the match organised as a tribute to the former scottish international who is suffering from motor neurone disease ended in victory for the home side. as scotland's miserable run in cardiff continues. tries from george north and jonathan davies were complemented by 11 points from the boot of leigh halfpenny. scotland responded with a try from captain stuart mcinally, but were left to rue poor midfield defence and discipline. we defence and discipl

so this scan image was done by a team at dundee university, headed up by professor chris rowland.the 3—d visualisation research lab, particularly interested in historic shipwrecks. i'm involved with a small team who are looking at bringing images of the shipwrecks of the german fleet to the general public, so that people who can't dive or don't get the opportunity to dive on them will actually see what's there, and this huge legacy from world war i isjust under the waves here. myself and professor carey, we dive as a team. i'll carry about 60,000 lumens of light, so that's a lot of light, and carey will carry his camera with extra lighting, and between the two of us, we basically record high resolution video around the wrecks and the features of the wrecks. when we bring that back to the surface, we can then use software to produce a 3—d image from those images. the german fleet are in quite silty conditions. so when you first get in the water and you're going down this line, you're diving on something that can be 1a5 metres long, but the mystery of it, you discover in ten metre c

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the bottom of the table clash between dundee and st mirren finished 1—1, stjohnstone move up to fouthay tomorrow. lewis hamilton will start on pole position for the brazilian grand prix after producing a stellar lap to outpace the ferraris in sao paolo. he session wasn't without drama for the briton, though, as ben croucher explains. sao paulo and interlagos is literally translated as between the lakes but a different kind of water worrying the teams today. so which tyres to pick? they stay dry enough for the likes of lewis hamilton to get to the final part of qualifier. with all drivers on the track at the same time, they nearly tripped over each other. hamilton could get a penalty for this near miss. not so on the track as the ferraris put the time to beat, but has often has been the case, hamilton dragged his mercedes just fractions faster. the 100th mercedes pole position in formula 1. awesomejob! the job only half done. the next aim is to win for the first time ever after winning the title in the same season. that was a tough qualifying session. the weather going up and down and

and the top story in the uk: the tyre maker, michelin, has said it's closing its factory in dundee over

the bottom of the table clash between dundee and st mirren finished 1—1.tic and rangers both play tomorrow. world champion lewis hamilton will start on pole for sunday's brazilian grand prix. hamilton finished just ahead of his former title rival sebastian vettel after a tight, tense battle in qualifying, with their team—mates valtteri bottas and kimi raikkonen back in third and fourth. vettel, though, faces an investigation after failing to follow stewards' instructions at the weighbridge. he has recieved a fine. england's opening match in the women's world twenty20 against sri lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy rain on the island of st lucia. both teams collect one point each, and england's next group a game is against bangladesh tomorrow at the same venue. india take on pakistan and australia face ireland in today's group b fixtures in guyana. elliott browne took the silver medal at the tumbling world championships in russia. already a world bronze medallist from last year, browne went one better in st petersburg. his second att

dundee drew with st mirren and st johnstone thrashed hamilton academical.n will start tomorrow's brazilian grand prix on pole. back on the track after winning his 5th world title a fortnight ago, the briton overcame testing conditions and a dramatic near miss — to qualify fastest at interlagos.

dundee drew with st mirren and st johnstone thrashed hamilton academical.and rangers are both playing tomorrow. lewis hamilton will start tomorrow's brazilian grand prix on pole. back on the track after winning his 5th world title a fortnight ago, the briton overcame testing conditions and a dramatic near miss — to qualify fastest at interlagos. that's it from me. but there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including live boxing commentary as tony bellew bids to make history tonight. back now to the commemorations marking the centenary of the end of the first world war, and the queen has led members of the royal family in a special festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall. here's sarah campbell. aneis an e is of the 100 of anniversary of the 1918 armistice, the audience stood to give thanks to all of those who fought and died in the great war. the sounds and stories from conflicts past were played out. 100 yea rs of conflicts past were played out. 100 years of the royal air force celebrated. watching, as she does every year, the queen, surroun

david turnbull gave motherwell theirfirst premiership home win of the season with a 1—0 victory over dundeeutumn internatoinals. the only try of the game came from sbu nkosi but the boot of 0wen farrell kept england close to south africa throughout. his 72nd minute penalty was the decisive one, giving england the lead for the first time. the crowd breathed a sigh of relief after south africa missed this penalty in the 77th minute which would have seen them win it but england held on to win. also, wales beat scotland 21—10 in the first ever doddie weir cup game held in cardiff, the game held as a tribute to the scottish international who is suffering from motor neurone disease. scotland's miserable run continues as tries from george north and jonathan davies work on permitted by 11 points from leigh halfpenny. scotland responded with a try from captain stuart mcinally but we re try from captain stuart mcinally but were left to rue poor midfield defence and discipline. simone biles won the 14th world title of her career, with a massive score on the floor, in the final apparattus final at the

intervene fifty yes on the scottish referendum not quite a success story but nonetheless successful in dundee and more recently even though intervened in favor of the people's vote for a vote on the deal. it comes but if they leave me indeed comes back with a deal for from europe these are obviously subjects have been a great deal to you want to change in ninety seven you wanted independence for scotland and the european issues a huge fight for you it is a millions of think it's a backward step i don't think you know i do believe in the particular but there's the particular there's a it's always a part of gods it's the it's the particular versus the general and the and you have to hold them together you can't go one extreme or the other extreme euros right globalization can really fail because it's it's on if it's not thought through about what it does and the nationalist kind of populist thing can fail for the other reason and that's the balance and i've always i think i was brought up that way in i was brought up to be to look at a balanced view and just for the record i do pay my taxes in

i feel all crocodile dundee. >> man: beautiful. >> anthony: so all that paddling, how bad am i gonnaan i tell you, i got the -- >> anthony: that hesitation, not a good sign. those tenderloins are nice. good stuff. man, we have mastered the wild today. the mississippi delta is a big sponge that stretches between the yazoo and the mississippi. it's what's called an alluvial floodplain of about 7,000 square miles or almost 4.5 million acres. this area used to look very different. massive, wild, old wood forests and swamps. after the passage of the cheerful sounding native removal act of 1830, the delta became open for settlement by any white people crazy enough, hearty enough, determined enough, or just plain mean and greedy enough to come here. ♪ >> julia reed: there's no way to make up for our bad racial past, but you do, you know, the sense of community that keeps people here is evidenced in this place. >> anthony: julia reed is greenville born and raised. the daughter of a political family. a writer, author, and as delta as it gets. how long you been in the city? >> john currence: 2

the bottom of the table clash between dundee and st mirren which finished 1—1. proper of the fa cup kicked off this weekend, with 29 ties today and nine tomorrow. no real shocks so far. after holding off portsmouth for nearly half an hour, national league side maidenhead then went down 4—0 to the league 0ne leaders at home. ben thompson opened the scoring for the vistors from inside the box. 0liver hawkins doubled their lead, before jamal lowe added a third with this turn and shotjust on the hour mark. david wheeler rounded off the scoring for pompey. fresh from their speedy victory over sri lanka in galle, england's cricketers are celebrating their first overseas test win for 13 matches. it puts them 1—0 up in the best—of—three series. but coach trevor bayliss admits he has some selection dilemas ahead of the second match. we had been looking for two or three quys we had been looking for two or three guysin we had been looking for two or three guys in that position for a wild. 0bviously keaton has done well in this test match. bernie did not score any runs but

this man has supported the war —— dundee had supported the war —— dundee had supported the war and indian think we have had an element of selective amnesia on both sides, as india fought for its own independence. but now it is two mature democracies, we are rediscovering those contributions and the poppy is a symbol of that. these are the khadi poppies, made of cotton, similar to the clothing which gundy woes and war. cotton, similar to the clothing which gundy woes and wanm cotton, similar to the clothing which gundy woes and war. it really symbolises india's self reliance. i think we need to move everything to the second century and this is one of the powerful ways we can gauge the next generation. back in nottingham, the doctor believes remembrance can, and should, bridge divides into today's communities. when i was younger i used to walk past remembrance options and events andi past remembrance options and events and i didn't really feel a part of it, now i realise we should be there and in the last four years i have gone out and laid wreaths are self because of the strong shared hist

celtic meanwhile are up to second in the league after a comfortable 5—0 win at dundee.successfully contested a charge, that he swore in portugese to television cameras. you might remember that this happened after united got a late winner against newcastle last month when there were loads of questions over mourinho's job. the fa says it's surprised by the outcome and has not ruled out an appeal. arsene wenger says his nextjob in football won't be in england. wenger has been out of work since leaving arsenal last may. he says he's had plenty of offers, and will return to management in the new year. i will be back, yes. but not in england, probably. certainly not because i have dedicated my whole life to one club, you know, and it would probably be difficult for me and would not be well accept it. —— accepted. next to a big moment for rugby union. a female referee will be in charge of two top—flight english men's teams this weekend. sara cox will look after northampton v wasps in the premiership rugby cup on sunday. it's another first for the 28—year—old who was made the f

hundreds ofjobs to go in dundee with the closure of the michelin tyre factory.

gap on hearts to four points after a comfortable 5-0 to four points after a comfortable 5—0 win at dundeeay. he says he's had plenty of offers and will return to management in the new year. when i come, i watch the game. i am a supporter and i am happy when arsenal wins and i am not happy when arsenal wins and i am not happy when arsenal doesn't win. it is early in the season. it's good that it's smooth and going well. after a year in which the ball—tampering scandal engulfed australian cricket the chairman of its governing body,cricket cricket australia, has resigned after a damning review labelled it arrogant and controlling. david peever steps down after a review said cricket australia's winning without counting the costs culture was partly to blame for the incident that happened during a test match against south africa in march and led to bans for then captain steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft. and we'll finish with an increbile fluke from snooker. this is england's jack lisowski playing judd trump at the international championship in china. a triple cannon to start with,