and human rights commission, i should say, report. equality andoday, but for many of us it's also going to be a fairly cloudy one. we still have some rain across western scotland, it's been falling here for some time. some of that this morning getting into northern ireland, easing as we go through the afternoon but remaining cloudy with the odd shower, and for western areas, a lot of cloud with some drizzle and some murky conditions. we could see temperatures, though, in any breaks in the cloud across north—east scotland, east of the pennines, north—east wales, get up to 17 or 18. now, through this evening and overnight, we continue with the blustery winds, we continue with the rain, that rain getting into the north of scotland, more coming into the west of the uk as well and a lot of cloud, but it will be a mild night. so a mild start to the day tomorrow with still all this rain in the north and west, still blustery, and that rain continuing to push east as we go through the day. behind it, temperatures will start to fall, and we'll see a return

i don't know what they're playing at, but quite clearly, the equality and human rights commission wasd guilty of unlawful a cts has been found guilty of unlawful acts of discrimination and victimisation. it doesn't get much worse than that. what's the position of the board of deputies of british jews towards the labour party? and in particular, jewish mps. because we have had some mps who have resigned over the past two or three yea rs. resigned over the past two or three years. so what is your position now under a new leader? well, he had, on the first day of election, he said a heartfelt apology to the jewish community and we made an extremely good start and he said that he would implement the e hrc report, which he has to in full. but quite clearly, just describing what has happened tonight is painful. it's totally unacceptable. it means that labour has an even bigger mountain to climb. how will it affect your attitude towards the labour party under its new leadership? it's a major setback. what does that mean though? what action, what position will you be taking now? i'm going to

the pair are asking for an independent investigation to be carried out by the equality and human rights commissionthe decision, the fact that a few non—white umpires, several non—white umpires, have made inquiries about going on the first—class umpires panel or becoming a mentor or liaison officer or whatever and none have progressed, that looks more than suspicious to me. an ecb spokesman has told bbc sport they won't tolerate racism. next to a brilliant game at the atp tour finals in london, where the us open champion dominic thiem beat french open winner rafa nadal in straight sets. it was a really tight first set which thiem ultimately won on a tie break. he then squandered three match points before the second set went to a tie—break, which the austrian managed to win too. that victory, coupled with a win for stefanos tsitsipas over andrey rublev, means thiem is through to the semifinals. fiji's autumn nations cup match against italy on saturday's been cancelled after coro navi rus tests found 29 positive cases in the fijian camp. it comes after their opening match against france, which was du

the equality and human rights commission has found no unlawful acts of pay discrimination at the bbc,the investigations findings and will ‘work even harder to be best in class'. sarah campbell has been taking a closer look at the investigation's findings. as we know, pay, the gender disparity between male and female earners has been a huge issue within the bbc ever since 2017 when the pay of people earning over £150,000 was published. the top, most of the top five certainly were men and they became various issues, various key names. one female presenter won an equal pay tribunal, carrie gracie, sarah montague, they received back pay and apologies following their pay and apologies following their pay dispute. this became a very big issue and so the equalities and human rights commission set up this investigation in march 2019. the conclusions published today and what they found effectively is that there was no law broken. there has been an a cce pta nce was no law broken. there has been an acceptance within the bbc that practices has to be changed, but the significance with this is tha

the pair are asking for an independent investigation to be carried out by the equality and human rights commission inquiries about going on the first—class umpires panel or becoming a mentor or liaison officer or whatever and none have progressed, that looks more than suspicious to me. an ecb spokesman has told bbc sport they won't tolerate racism. next to a brilliant game at the atp tour finals in london, where the us open champion dominic thiem beat french open winner rafa nadal in straight sets. it was a really tight first set which thiem ultimately won on a tie break. he then squandered three match points before the second set went to a tie—break, which the austrian managed to win too. that victory, coupled with a win for stefanos tsitsipas over andrey rublev, means thiem is through to the semifinals. fiji's autumn nations cup match against italy on saturday's been cancelled after coro navi rus tests found 29 positive cases in the fijian camp. it comes after their opening match against france, which was due to be played last sunday, was also called off. it could have a knock—on effect for scot

the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission.. the decision... the fact that a few non—white umpires, several non—white umpires have made enquiries about going on the first—class umpires panel or becoming a mentor or liaison officer or whatever, and none have progressed. that looks more than suspicious to me. an ecb spokesman told bbc sport: england's proposed tour to pakistan early next year won't go ahead. they are also due to face india and sri lanka in the new year and couldn't gurantee being able to field a full strength team. england have arrived in south africa ahead of their first tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. they will play three t20 matches and three one—day internationals. the matches will be played in cape town and paarl with players again having to remain in biosecure bubbles. it's been a good day for the england captain heather knight in the women's big bash in australia. she made an unbeaten 58 off 32 balls, and hit a six off the last ball of the match, to help sydney thunder to an 8 wicket win

the equality and human rights commission opened an inquiry last year after complaints about large differencesions, including a call for the bbc to improve transparency. david sillito reports. when the bbc was forced to publish the salaries of its 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 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

the equality and human rights commission opened an inquiry last year after complaints about large differencesut the watchdog has made a number of recommendations including a call for the bbc to improve transparency. david sillito reports. when the bbc was forced to publish the salaries of its 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 th

well, it is in line with what the equalities and human rights commission suggested in its report, thatscrimination of jewish unlawful processes which has led to the discrimination ofjewish people in the labour party in this country and that is completely unacceptable, it absolutely should not have happened on anyone's watch and that is what sir keir starmer has to move on from and that is what we are obliged to do. is this going to split the party down the middle? no, because there is... you know, the only approach for the party is to do as directed by the ea chelsea. we don't have an option in this. those who are saying... this is about racism and antiracism and about addressing the concerns of unlawful dissemination... implemented as key has promised and his first priority he outlined was to thejewish community who yesterday were once again let down by a party process that should not have been under way, and today they have been reassured by the leader of the labour party that he is still maintaining his commitment to rebuilding trust with the jewish community. but a party -- a party

the scale of anti—semitism within labour had been "overstated" in a report by the equalities and human rights commission keir starmer was asked about jeremy corbyn's reinstatement. good morning. good morning. what is your reaction tojeremy corbyn being reinstated? i put a statement out last night. will you be restoring the whip? i put a statement out last night, thank you. the labour leader there, as he left the house this morning. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. for anyone who did not see the statement, bring us up to speed, and on the broader reaction to this within the party. what are people saying? predictably, jeremy corbyn's reinstatement to the labour party has divided the crowd, as his suspension did in the first place. his supporters say this is the right way forward, that he has clarified his comments and this is good for party unity but critics in the party, including jewish groups and jewish mps, i say that this is now an illustration of white labour‘s complaints process needs to be overhauled and that he should have apologised and say how can labour claim to have

comes after jeremy corbyn was appended from the party following that report from the equality and human rights commissionised at the time, not him personally took the decision not him personally took the decision not to suspend him. he was then reinstated yesterday by a panel, a labour party panel and that is after he sent in a clarification saying he was trying to suggest that the vast majority of members were committed anti—racists, that was what he had meant by that initial controversial point and he was reinstated by the panel is a member of the party but then the question that did full to keir starmer as to whether he should be able to sit as a labour party mp and he has said no. he said that jeremy corbyn's actions in response to the report undermined an setback in ourwork in to the report undermined an setback in our work in restoring trust and confidence in the labour party's ability to tackle anti—semitism. some in the party who were very critical ofjeremy corbyn's leadership will welcome this decision and there will be others who very much supported jeremy corbyn's leadership it will be very mu

britain's equality and human rights commission says the home office unlawfully ignored warnings thatport has concluded that the "hostile environment" policy, designed to deter "irregular" migrants from settling, had harmed many people who were already living in the uk. and it says it had a disproportionate impact on people from caribbean countries. the windrush generation came from the caribbean to the uk from 19118 to 1971. the headlines on bbc news. meghan, the duchess of sussex reveals she has had a miscarriage, writing in an article of feeling "an unbearable grief. " leaders of the four uk nations have come together and urged caution over the relaxation of covid restrictions at christmas. but scientists say easing the rules could cause a fresh spike. the uk chancellor is due to outline the government's spending plans for the coming year, as public borrowing rises to levels not seen since world war two. no hugging grandparents, no playdates with friends, and months off school — children have had so much to contend with during this confusing and worrying year. now britain's schools

the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission.ace india and sri lanka. england's cricketers have arrived in south africa ahead of their first tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. they will play three international t20 matches and three one—day internationals. the matches will be played in cape town and paarl with players again having to remain in biosecure bubbles. it's been a good day for the england captain heather knight in the women's big bash in australia. she made an unbeaten 58 off 32 balls, and hit a six off the last ball of the match, to help sydney thunder to an 8 wicket win over melbourne renegades. the victory lifts the thunder into a play off position. the atp tour finals continue, rafa nadal plays dominic thiem this afternoon. you can watch that on bbc two and the bbc sport website from 2. andrey rublev plays defending champion stefanos tsitsipas in the evening session. yesterday world number 0ne novak djokovic won his opening match. he eased to a straight sets victory against diego schwartzmann. the ser

the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission "toctory against diego schwartzmann of argentina. the serb is aiming to win the event for a record equalling sixth time. sadly there would be no fans there to see it. i've been playing the atp finals in this arena for many years and, you know, i've been blessed, to experience some incredible matches and atmospheres. and, you know, i must say that it feels very strange to play in front of the empty stands. in the evening session, russian fourth seed daniil medvedev beat german fifth seed alexander zverev in straight sets. medvedev plays djokovic tomorrow. olympic champion caeleb dressel has set a new world record in the men's 100m individual medley. he's become the first person to go under 50 seconds in the event. dressel set the time of 49.88 seconds for the cali condors team in their international swimming league semi final in budapest. that is three individual world titles now for kayal address. not quite up there with michael phelps. thank you. if you are watching half an hour ago you

the equality and human rights commission says the home office unlawfully ignored warnings that changesnbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. they are both thought to have been keen to have another child, after their son archie‘s birth in may of last year. earlier this year at their home in california, meghan was pregnant. but then, as she has described in an article in the new york times, one morning injuly she felt a sudden cramp. "i knew as i clutched my first born child that i was losing my second. she describes the tears she and harry both shed and goes on, "losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief. experienced by many, but talked about by few". it is worth pointing out that the miscarriage itself happened injuly at a time where, you know, they were not out of the headlines. you know, royal biographies being written about them. they could not escape the spotlight. and now we know, actually, the pain, as meghan says, the unbearable grief that, as a couple, they were going through. meghan is not

the equality and human rights commission was very clear in findings in our disciplinary processes . findingst process should now ta ke spending and that process should now take place. it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the outcome of that. it is clear to say a full and frank apology from jeremy would go a long way. thank you for your time this morning. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a row has erupted in east london over plans to move the chinese embassy to tower hamlets. the chinese government wants to open a new embassy in what was once the royal mint near tower bridge. the local council has written to the chinese government over their concerns about the country's human rights record, but the chinese ambassador says they are internal matters and the embassy project will be a good investment for the local area. first of all, we welcome people coming to the borough. we welcome the relocation of the embassy — choosing to come to tower hamlets — but we as elected members must put our values

the equality and human rights commission will also look at how workers have been disproportionately affectedwing in the footsteps of liverpool, the council says it will be offering more tests which can be turned around in 20 to 30 minutes. the borough has one of the highest rates of infection in london. today, the military wives are releasing a special version of the hymn sung at the funeral of the unknown warrior in westminster abbey a hundred years ago. due to covid restrictions, abide with me was recorded with 70 separate vocal parts by members of the choir from across the uk. # fast falls the eventide # the darkness deepens # lord with me abide #. let's take a look at the travel situation now. all good on the tubes. 0n the roads — you can see how foggy it is there — one lane is closed westbound on the a2 approaching interchange for emergency repairs 0ne lane is closed eastbound on the m4 betweenjunction five and junction 4b due to a collision. traffic is heavy clockwise on the m25 due to roadworks between junction five and the clacket lane services. and there's no woolwich ferry today be

the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission.lect the diverse ecb we are determined to be. we want to see more black, asian and ethnic minority representation among our officials, and recognise we still have a long way to go as a game to achieve this. staying with cricket, england‘s proposed tour to pakistan early next year won‘t go ahead. they are also due to face india and sri lanka in the new year and couldn‘t guarantee being able to field a full strength team. england have arrived in south africa ahead of their first tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. they will play three t20‘s and three one—dayers. the matches will be played in cape town and paarl with players again having to remain in biosecure bubbles. it‘s day 3 at the atp tour finals in london, the season—ending tennis event for the top 8 men. only roger federer is missing, rafa nadal, the reigning french open champion, is on court right now facing us open champion dominic thiem. both won their opening matches in their round robin group, so the winner of t

the scale of anti—semitism within labour had been "overstated" in a report by the equalities and human rights commission through the changes. good morning. well, the changes are quite strict and they are over 11 council areas, including here in glasgow. as you said, over 2 million people. we have been under some quite strict restrictions over the last few weeks. we haven‘t been able to go into people‘s homes that will continue. 0ther to go into people‘s homes that will continue. other things that will come into place at six o‘clock on friday evening, nonessential retail will close, hospitality will close, jim will close and hairdressers will close. now can remain open. —— gyms close. now can remain open. —— gyms close. people can meet outside come up close. people can meet outside come up to six people from two households, so we will see quite difficult changes come into place on friday evening. there has been a mixed response to this, obviously hospitality and shops coming up to christmas, coming up to that golden quarter, where they are likely to get quite a lot of their income, they are now facing ha

the equality and human rights commission found the hostile environment policy had harmed many peopleards authority said that was "misleading". the licensed taxi drivers association says it's another blow for drivers, and insists black cabs are one of the safer ways to travel. let's take a look at the travel situation now. this is how the m25 looks — slow clockwise from junction 5 for the m26 to clackett lane services. there's a broken down vehicle adding to the usual delays. and there's a burst water main in stamford hill — amhurst park is closed eastbound from seven sisters road. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. well, it's another mild start, temperatures well above zero. but with this mild air comes the cloud. it is going to stay largely grey throughout today. that cloud staying with us. it's a cold front that's brought the cloud overnight and into this morning. with it, we'll see some light patchy rain and some drizzle. you mightjust get one or two heavier bursts, but it should stay mainly light. the temperature today, it is going to feel quite mild, especially w

the extensive public process this process represented and the emphasis we put on equality front and center. we partnered with the human rights commission and many others to seek to ensure that the voices and perspectives of traditionally marginalized communities were heard, and we also made sure that each policy recommendation also provided an equity review to provide suggestions to deliver more equitable policies going forward. i think it shows we can do economic recovery in a more smart way and a more equitable way. collectively, we've already provided ramps and relief to businesses, but we always know there's more we can do. these things are really great successes, but we know that it's not enough. we know that unemployment is still high. we're at 8%, where not that long ago, we were looking at unemployment numbers of where like 3%. tourism and spending are down 43%. in terms of a drop in sales tax, some areas in the city, it's dropped as much as 70%, including our downtown core areas and other parts of the city, and so we look forward to your best thinking on how to reduce the burdens for our businesses, to encourage continued inve