and it seems it's notjust women in glasgow who may have lost out. runs dm legal, a claims company in wishaw. she's preparing to take on the unions for their behaviour during the equal pay fight. this is an old hairdresser‘s, you said ? yes, old hairdresser‘s. do you want to come through? yes, absolutely. they're there to fight for the people, the normal working—class people, they're meant to protect these people. the unions are meant to be there to kick up a big storm about it and make sure people are getting treated properly. and did you find that was not the case? really, really, really, you know, i cannae emphasise it any more, it's the opposite of the case. they're meant to be the guardians of the working—class people, this one says they've never been told anything from their union. is that a common theme? it is quite a common theme. dm legal now says it is preparing action against the unions. you're suing them? we are suing them. breach of contract, negligence. failure of care, breach of judiciary negligence. failure of care, breach ofjudiciary

do you think glasgow city council failed the women? yes, corporately, glasgow city council, as a body, undoubtedly did. there's no question. i'm on my way to meet a woman i haven't seen in almost 15 years. hers was a landmark case. it was the case that i think everybody was watching and waiting for. so it will be interesting to see... find out what actually happened. that case was evelyn imrie's. a schooljanitor in edinburgh, i first met her in 2005 when i was investigating equal pay. i de—litter the grounds on this side of the hedge and the janitor from the primary school next door de—litters at this side of the hedge. and we don't get the same rate of pay. evelyn earned a lower hourly rate and was denied the same perks as the men doing exactly the samejob. a clear—cut example of a council flouting the principles of the equal pay act. equal pay for work of equal value. evelyn launched legal action and won. oh, my goodness. you've not changed at all! neither have you, sam. you haven't changed at all either. how nice to see you. how are

but glasgow city had to work a lot harder.brondby won 2—0 in glasgow, meaning the sides were 2—2 on aggregate. it was the same score after extra time, which meant it went to penalties. and, after two great saves from lee alexander, it was down to veternjo love to put the ball in the net. she did so, and glasgow city are through to the quarterfinals. let's take a quick look at some other stories today... kyle edmund is out of the paris masters. he was beaten by world number one novak djokovic in the third round, with djokovic winning 7—6, 6—1. the serb will face greek stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals.

this is where the champions league encounter will take place, in glasgow.is completely different for them and obviously we are used to playing here on the astrotu rf. are used to playing here on the astroturf. it will be a smaller pitch and hopefully we can get a good crowd yet to get us going. getting going is exactly what bronby will look to do tonight, and they are adamant the ground won't cause any problems. we are pretty confident when we play oi'i we are pretty confident when we play on terms like sick day —— like today. we have played in smaller stadiums, like in denmark last week. it doesn't scare us. tough talking from the danes and the city boss as well. what would it mean to you to make it through to the quarterfinals for the second time? i think it's quite difficult at a clu b i think it's quite difficult at a club like glasgow to set new heights because they are a club that has a lwa ys because they are a club that has always been successful and given the amount of players that have come through the club in the last four or five years and the c

he leads a group of men based in glasgow who call themselves pickup artists.teach techniques such as the so—called "cold approach" — stopping women in the street to get as many phone numbers as possible. men like ahmed secretly film much of what they do and upload it onto their youtube channels. ijust bust a nut or two, in a random same—day lay. it was a lot of last—minute resistance i had to come through. eventually... he's talking about a woman he says he just slept with who he met that same day. adnan ahmed has posted more than 250 videos, many boasting about his sexual conquests. like this one. it's too graphic to broadcast in full. she was like, "no, no, no." consent doesn't seem to be a big concern. she was like, "why are you putting a condom on?" i was like, "i'm just putting a condom on." plausible deniability. they want you to take the lead. remember, this is not rape. listen to her actions, her body, not her words. in many of his videos, ahmed repeatedly approaches strangers in the street. in this one, he boasts of what he calls a same—night lay... .

one of the authors of that study is dr william stewart and he joins us now from glasgow thank you very much for being on the program sarah and i'd like to begin by asking you how you see the key findings of your study i mean i think this is a lot of our study in the last 10 to 15 years. the world of research and sport has been charged with this does contact sport perhaps lead to increased risk of dementia and i think we know how the answer is yes their contact sport is associated with increased risk is the gender brain disease i imagine that you want to maybe be careful about how the study is discussed but but is there a cause do you think and the fact that that really definitively points to certain actions in football as leading then to dementia alzheimer's parkinson's disease much later in life. i mean that's a really important point and that's where the research will who knows the trying to identify the specific risk factor but i think he was enough in the last say 1015 years at least over sara's to say that the one thing that stands as a. risk factor that we should consider 1st is

perhaps a bit cooler in glasgow.becomes an increasingly big feature of the weather, as our area of low pressure deepens. i will show you saturday's with a child and you can see the low here. there is a little uncertainty about the exact positioning and the exact shape of this low pressure system but on its northern and southern flanks you can see a lot of white lines and isobars meaning there will be some very strong wind and some outbreaks of rain just strong wind and some outbreaks of rainjust lumbering strong wind and some outbreaks of rain just lumbering around that area of low pressure. there will also be some dry and bright intervening moments and in the centre of the low, the potential for light moments and in the centre of the low, the potentialfor light wind. at the north and particularly to the south there are likely to be some very gusty winds and those wind gusts might reach 70 mile an hour or more towards the south coast of england. those conditions will be very stormy indeed. the potential for travel pr

and in glasgow, very briefly, what do we know about the circumstances today? from shoulder goal airport, he was fingerprinted on arrival at glasgow airport and has been arrested —— charles de gaulle. that has answered one aspect of this case, but many others remain. he stay with us, still to come: a clashes between police and protesters in ecuador on the 10th day of anti— austerity demonstrations. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful dramatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation he

but glasgow city had to work a lot harder.ish champions brondby won 2—0 in glasgow, meaning the sides were 2—2 on aggregate. it was the same score after extra time, which meant it went to penalties. and, after two great saves from lee alexander, it was down to veternjo love to put the ball in the net. she did so, and glasgow city are through to the quarterfinals. let's take a quick look at some other stories today... kyle edmund is out of the paris masters. he was beaten by world number one novak djokovic in the third round, with djokovic winning 7—6, 6—1. the serb will face greek stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals. rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead after his first round at the latest wgc event in shanghai. five birdies in six holes helped him finish on five under par, with china's haotong li leading the field. on the eve of the united states grand prix weekend, formula one's rule makers have aproved new regulations to come into force from 2021. they're designed to make the racing closer and cut costs for teams. b

and glasgow, so take her out for revenge.ped out of the champions league just seven weeks ago. in 20 minutes and, they started to banish those memories. they thought they would equalise. but celtic was seen by the off—site flag. southhampton, they have enjoyed life and glasgow so far. and started this move and finished it too. a very different outcome from what happened seven weeks ago, over in switzerland, the other half of the group have only lost once. alfredo barged his way through before half—time and it was only one outcome. but it did not take long for the young boy to respond, roger attacking just after. they thought they should've had a penalty for this challenge before david kept the colombian here. and then disaster, slipping leaving christian to run clear for the points. slipping leaving christian to run clearfor the points. sucker punch in the last second on a night bird could've been so much more. ireland, following their shock defeat to japan at the rugby world cup, got their qualifying campaign back on track w

back in glasgow, the trial of adnan ahmed is over.dings he posted online didn't form part of this case. is it time for tougher action on men who film women without their consent? i think any police officer viewing those videos should know that it's a serious question about whether or not consent has been given. and that, i think, is then where the police need to launch a proactive investigation. if they're aware of what seems to be significant predatory behaviour, i do think it's the role of the police to look at trying to proactively identify potential victims and look at trying to put some protection in place. for now, men around the world continue to profit from filming and selling what they call "the secrets of seduction". a game where women don't even know they're being played. to spread those techniques, without naming it that, without saying, "this is what we're doing," when manipulating women, is really insidious. that, in itself, is something that i feel really needs to be addressed. it's been a pretty mixed weekend of weathe

how safe is soccer a new study published by the university of glasgow says that professional footballers face an increased risk of dying of dementia and other neurological diseases the study's results confirming a long suspected link between soccer and brain damage. a common sight on football pitches the risk of brain damage and head injuries a concern shared in many sports now a university of glasgow study has established a link between football and brain damage while heading the ball is suspected to be a key factor the cause has not been confirmed we find the risk of mortality with alzheimer's disease was about 5 times higher than expected population through more severe and disease when it was around 4 times higher than to parkinson's disease where we saw doubling the study is the largest looking into neurodegenerative disease in any sport surveying thousands of men who played professionally in scotland between 190976 and while football poses a risk playing professional sport still has a positive impact overall whilst they had a higher risk of near gentle disease they had a lower risk

glasgow the cow -- was evident because of its growth as a port in the tobacco trade. patriotic scots were delighted at the war's outcome, a patriot who supports the americans whileeartedly middle-class scotland sees a bleak and dark future. economist john marx published allowed the question as to whether the union lost for scotland was its economic attraction. countrys a fear the sacrificed its independence for an atlantic empire that was now now at this mender -- best dismembered. was a major rethinking of what would be the basis of the scottish economy without america. i want to drawre to conclusion, in one of the american revolutions, many ironic and widely felt consequences. extent tostress the which defeat brought benefit. it is hard to align the idea of such heavy i -- such heavy defeat with the idea a society could benefit. scotland, anglos, whalers -- scotland, england, wales and ireland lost the war. what is far less appreciated is how much scotland want as a consequence of the war, and there is a distinction between winning the war and winning from consequen

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.port today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: live in houston, where the astros are playing in the world series final. liverpool are through to the league cup quarter—finals after a 5—5 draw — and penalty shoot—out against arsenal. defending champion, elina svitolina through to the semis of the wta tour finals in shenzhen. we start with baseball and the battle is on to see who'll win the world series. the deciding game between washington nationals and houston astros is underway at minute maid park in houston — and we can go live to our reporter tulsen tollett. ican i can tell you, the atmosphere here compared to 2a hours ago is absolutely incredible. the houston astros were 1—0 up. it's been quite an occasion. you can't really see here, washington supporters, over this way, so many supporters here. i don't think you need me at all. i don't think you need me at all. i don't think you need me at all. i don't think you need me. let's go through here. come throug

and the showers rattling into western scotland, north of glasgow, giving fairly high rainfall totalsnd, some difficult travelling conditions. giving an indication of where we‘re going to see some of the stronger wind gusts as well, this area of heavy rain feeding further south across england and wales, quite squally in nature as the day goes on. brightening up for some, north wales, northern england as the day goes on, sunny spells, the odd shower for northern ireland, one or two reaching into eastern scotland, it‘s not a washout everywhere! this is the picture friday night into saturday morning, still the cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the further south you are in england, still the chance of a shower in northern ireland, or especially in northern and western parts of scotland. the lower temperatures will be where you do have some clear spells. now, as saturday begins, we still have this weather front close to parts of southern england, but elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells to be had, yes, there‘s a chance of catching one or two showers, but it‘s not going to be a disast

the risk of brain damage and head injuries a concern shared in many sports now where university of glasgow study has established the link between football and brain damage while heading the ball is suspected to be a key factor the cause has not been confirmed but the risk of mortality with alzheimer's disease was about 5 times higher than we expect from population through more sneering disease where it was around 4 times higher to parkinson's disease where we saw doubling the study is the largest looking into neurodegenerative disease in any sport surveying thousands of men who played professionally in scotland between 190976 and while football poses a risk playing professional sport still has a positive impact overall. higher risk of near gentle disease they have a lower risk of other common illnesses such as z's and cancers and so when you balance that together what we find is that up to age 70 or footballers have lower mortality we would expect from population controls so once we get beyond the age of 70 the mortality increases dr stuart now plans further study hoping to conclusively pr

in glasgow that's the month before november. laughter. scotland's in great shape.ore. they don't want to settle for whoever england votes for. would you like to see scotland be independent? i don't know. if scotland would like it, i would like it. i'm not as young as i was. i've noticed certain distinctive changes coming over me recently. i tend to make a noise when i bend down. i don't know how long i've been doing this. but i caught myself the other day going... he strains. in the book, you finish off talking about your illness and talking about death. yes. and being quite sanguine about it. yeah. well, i'm old. 0ldish. i'm 76. my hearing, my eyesight, the way i walk, it's all beginning to fail. ijust accept it for what it is. so you have trouble getting out of bed. getting into bed. so you have trouble putting your socks on. you just deal with it. that's who you are now. a drooling, limping has been. get on with it. enjoy it. you pass this way but once. billy connolly there talking to our arts editor, will gompertz. now it's time for a look at the weather. here'

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.respondent andrew harding reports from one small town, graaf—reinet, which lies at the heart of the crisis. in a lonely corner of south africa, a small town is starting to wonder if it has a future. no water. it hasn‘t rained here, not properly, for five years now. and the local dam is, well, ask the fish. there have been droughts here before but none this ruthless. the suffering is stark. a gift of hay may save these cattle but it comes too late for half the herd. i‘ve lost nine cattle net only myself. nine dead? nine dead. from starvation? from starvation, from drought. this vast region depends on farming. not much left here, and this is from the five years of drought. but even the biggest farms are being pushed towards the brink. if this drought persists for another two years i don't think there will be many people left here. in town, a local charity hands out bottled water, but it‘s hardly a long—term solution. who do you blame? who? who else but the government? you think they shou

in this i was rattling into western scotland, north of glasgow, giving early high rainfall totals againger wind gusts as well, this area of heavy rain feeding further south across england under, quite squally in nature as the day goes on. brightening up for some, north wales, northern england as the day goes on, sunny spells, the odd shower for northern ireland, one or two reaching into eastern scotland, it's not a washout everywhere. this is the picture friday night into saturday morning, still the cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the further south you are in england, still the chance of a show in northern ireland, or especially in northern and western parts of scotland. the lower temperatures will be where you do have some clear spells. now, as saturday begins, we still have this weather front close to parts of southern england, but elsewhere there will be some sunny spells to be had, yes, there's a chance of catching one or two showers, but it's not going to be a disaster of a day. lighter winds than we have had recently, temperatures mostly in the mid—teens, but it looks like later

an inquiry into the clutha helicopter crash in glasgow finds that if the pilot had followed emergencyres, the accident — which killed ten people — could have been prevented. and still to come on sport, england are fined for their v formation response to the haka during their semifinal win over the all blacks. hello and welcome to westminster, where, after months of brexit deadlock, mps have voted overwhelmingly to hold a general election on december the 12th. it's the first election to be held in the run—up to christmas in nearly a century. the prime minister has said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has promised to launch what he calls the most ambitious and radical campaign for change ever seen in the uk. meanwhile, the former home secretary, amber rudd, has become the latest mp to announce that she will not stand at the general election. ms rudd quit the cabinet in support of colleagues who lost the party whip for opposing a no—deal brexit. our assistant political editor norman smith is in parliament. one

, ten or 11 those temperatures ten in glasgow, ten or11 in those temperatures ten in glasgow, ten orf ten or 11 in london. a little below par for the time of the year. let‘s have a look and the forecast for wednesday night into thursday. thursday, of course, is halloween and the weather front in the south—west has made some progress into northern and eastern areas of the uk. with this progression also comes slightly milder air. initially we all feel that milder air in south—western areas of the uk, so this is the forecast for thursday and we‘ve got light outbreaks of rain on thursday, only light in south—western areas, and a lot of us will notice increasing amounts of cloud and spits and spots of rain, mist and cloud and spits and spots of rain, mistand murk cloud and spits and spots of rain, mist and murk in places, spooky halloween weather, that kind of thing. and those temperatures again around the 10 degrees mark and then around the 10 degrees mark and then a big change on the way into the weekend, day—glo pressure basically parks itself across the uk. stronger winds, heavy outbr

do you think glasgow city council failed the women?stion. i'm on my way to meet a woman i haven't seen in almost 15 years. hers was a landmark case. it was the case that i think everybody was watching and waiting for. so it will be interesting to see... find out what actually happened. that case was evelyn imrie's. a schooljanitor in edinburgh, i first met her in 2005 when i was investigating equal pay. i de—litter the grounds on this side of the hedge and the janitor from the primary school next door de—litters at this side of the hedge. and we don't get the same rate of pay. evelyn earned a lower hourly rate and was denied the same perks as the men doing exactly the samejob. a clear—cut example of a council flouting the principles of the equal pay act. equal pay for work of equal value. evelyn launched legal action and won. oh, my goodness. you've not changed at all! neither have you, sam. you haven't changed at all either. how nice to see you. how are you doing? oh, it's lovely to see you. i remember talking to you at the time, and

the pub in the centre of glasgow had been packed with people listening to music.as opened. i have been through six years, almost six years now, of wanting to know what happened that night. and i still feel i don't know, there are still so many unanswered questions. the pilot of the helicopter, two police officers on board the aircraft and seven people who had been inside the pub, died that night. more than 30 others were injured. there was no mayday, the helicopter had no black box recorder. but the reason it crashed has never been in doubt. its engines flamed out because they had been starved of fuel. the pumps which supplied that fuel from the main tanks to the engines had been switched off. the fatal accident inquiry had one key question at its heart, why did this happen, why did the helicopter crash onto the roof of the clutha that night? the sheriff found that the pilot david traill had ignored low fuel warnings and said if the captain had followed procedures the accident would not have happened. captain traill, he said, took a chance that the low fuel warnin

women we re becoming slaves in glasgow. women were word from slovakia to fasten the city.dia for one case a woman was sold on the street for £10,000. 0bese scott one who worked with the law—enforcement agencies across europe say their crimes are despicable. this report. the slums of eastern slovakia home to the roma community, a place where disease is rife, there is no heating or running water, and unemployment is almost 100%. there was a promise of a better life in scotland. something they could only dream of. the reality was very different. lord to a life of slavery and prostitution, eight innocent women shipped to the uk becoming trapped in the trafficking trade. —— lured to a life. these were the mastermind of the scottish operation... who is seen here on facebook on one of his manyjourneys into the country. it was all about the money, showing off for all the world to see live on social media. selling victims to strangers is part ofa sham selling victims to strangers is part of a sham marriages scheme. the buyers mainly pakistani men desperate for eu citizenship picked

. 0n be some sunshine, 60 in london but cooler than glasgow.of the atlantic, quite a large area of low pressure, is quite slow—moving but once it starts moving in, it will roll and roll all the way through the rest of the week and into the weekend as well. so there's ever expecting increasing wins and heavy, frequent showers across western parts of the uk but on thursday still across some central and eastern areas, the weather should be mostly bright by that only get your friday and weekend up the pressure is part of the uk, strong winds in the west and south, frequent showers for sunshine, too. goodbye. cbe i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc world news. our top story. the us vice president says donald trump has asked the turkish leader for an immediate ceasefire in syria. mr trump has faced criticism over his decision to withdraw us troops from syria, opening the way for turkey to attack the kurds who were america's main allies in the fight against is militants. more than 100,000 people have been taking part in rescue operations injapan dealing

the court heard one woman was brought right here to the centre of glasgow and sold for £10,000.door and bought her clothes, before taking her home and locking her inside. —— this store. the painstaking law enforcement operations and the confident confident —— continent after scottish police first became aware of the ring in 2014. teams from younie and slovakia were involved. it isa younie and slovakia were involved. it is a heinous crime, it is terrific that people think it is a cce pta ble terrific that people think it is acceptable to buy and sell other human beings as a commodity, with no thought for the impact that it will have on them are just for monetary gain. you can only hope that the verdict today provide some closure to them and goes in some way to alert —— allow them to rebuild their lives. many of the victims caught in this nightmare are now back in slovakia, traumatised by the experience at the hands of these traffickers. who made money from misery. an irish man accused of the murder of two reduce soldiers in a bombing in 1972 had been arrested in ireland and extra

and the showers rattling into western scotland, north of glasgow, giving fairly high rainfall totalsing an indication of where we're going to see some of the stronger wind gusts as well, this area of heavy rain feeding further south across england and wales, quite squally in nature as the day goes on. brightening up for some, north wales, northern england as the day goes on, sunny spells, the odd shower for northern ireland, one or two reaching into eastern scotland, it's not a washout everywhere! this is the picture friday night into saturday morning, still the cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the further south you are in england, still the chance of a shower in northern ireland, or especially in northern and western parts of scotland. the lower temperatures will be where you do have some clear spells. now, as saturday begins, we still have this weather front close to parts of southern england, but elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells to be had, yes, there's a chance of catching one or two showers, but it's not going to be a disaster of a day. there will be lighter winds than

and the showers rattling into western scotland, north of glasgow, giving fairly high rainfall totals of where we're going to see some of the stronger wind gusts as well, this area of heavy rain feeding further south across england and wales, quite squally in nature as the day goes on. brightening up for some, north wales, northern england as the day goes on, sunny spells, the odd shower for northern ireland, one or two reaching into eastern scotland, it's not a washout everywhere! this is the picture friday night into saturday morning, still the cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the further south you are in england, still the chance of a shower in northern ireland, or especially in northern and western parts of scotland. the lower temperatures will be where you do have some clear spells. now, as saturday begins, we still have this weather front close to parts of southern england, but elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells to be had, yes, there's a chance of catching one or two showers, but it's not going to be a disaster of a day. there will be lighter winds than we have had rece

jamie gillies, mary glasgow, jane evans.t it already banned? i've never hit my 16 year son, well—behaved, he isa hit my 16 year son, well—behaved, he is a credit to me but i on the other hand was leathered by my mum, was hit with a hairbrush, had my faced squeezed and scratched and it made me presenter. edward on twitter says i got me presenter. edward on twitter says igota me presenter. edward on twitter says i got a good old fashion smack on the bottom when i was a child and ensured i had a healthy respect for my parents, and we grope in a loving household that may be the person am today, respectful loving and willing today, respectful loving and willing to work —— we grew up in a loving household. you can text us or tweet us household. you can text us or tweet us day or night. the uk has published its brexit proposals — now it's over to the eu. are they going to be convinced by borisjohnson‘s new—look brexit plan to replace the northern irish backstop with two new slimmed—down borders across both ireland and the uk? well,

joe was rattling into west of glasgow, giving fairly high rainfall totals again. —— showers.ea of heavy rain feeding further south across england and wales, quite widely in nature as the day goes on. brightening up for northern south wales, sunny spells, the odd showerfor northern south wales, sunny spells, the odd shower for northern ireland, one or two reaching into eastern scotland. it's not a washout everywhere. this is the picture into saturday morning, still the cloud in some outbreaks of rain, but the further south you are in england, still a chance of a shower in northern ireland, especially in western parts of scotland. temperatures will be higher where you have some clear spells. latter—day begins. we still have this close to parts of southern england but they will be some sunny spells to be had, yes, there is a chance of catching one or two showers, but it won't be a disaster ofa showers, but it won't be a disaster of a day. there will be lighter winds than recently and temperatures mostly in the mid—teens. it looks like later some of this rain towards south—west e

in glasgow that's the month before november. laughter. scotland's in great shape.nd alone and they won't take crap any more. they don't want to settle for whoever england votes for. would you like to see scotland be independent? i don't know. if scotland would like it, i would like it. i'm not as young as i was. i've noticed certain distinctive changes coming over me recently. i tend to make a noise when i bend down. i don't know how long i've been doing this. but i caught myself the other day going... he strains. in the book, you finish off talking about your illness and talking about death. yes. and being quite sanguine about it. yeah. well, i'm old. 0ldish. i'm 76. my hearing, my eyesight, the way i walk, it's all beginning to fail. ijust accept it for what it is. so you have trouble getting out of bed. getting into bed. so you have trouble putting your socks on. you just deal with it. that's who you are now. you're a drooling, limping has been. get on with it. enjoy it. you pass this way but once. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. how

a police helicopter crash in glasgow which killed 10 people — an inquiry finds the pilot consciouslya risk by ignoring warnings about a lack of fuel. and, how the man known as the bad boy of rugby, kyle sinckler, has become one of england's standout players and great hopes for saturday's rugby world cup final. and coming up on bbc news, sam burgess is forced to retire from rugby league at the age of 30, bringing to an end one of the greatest careers in the sport. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the london fire brigade commissioner da ny cotto n has rejected calls for her to resign from some survivors of the grenfell tower fire. but she has expressed her "deepest sorrow" at not being able to save more lives. seventy—two people died in the tower block fire in june 2017. a report following the first stage of the public inquiry has criticised the fire brigade for "serious shortcomings" in the way it dealt with the fire. the inquiry‘s chairman said the absence of a plan to evacuate the tower was a "major omission" by the london fire brigade and more lives could have been

they beat glasgow 18—5, taine basham with the first of their two tries.sport website, all the reaction to wales's defeat. and all the build—up to the mexican grand prix, an important one because lewis hamilton could become world champion for a sixth time. the maths is slightly complicated, but the bbc sport website explains it all. i'll be back with an update on the next hour. an early renaissance painting by the italian painter cimabue will go up for auction today, just weeks after the work was found hanging in an elderly woman's home near paris. christ mocked, part of a series of paintings from the late 13th century, has been valued at between four and six million euros, in what could be france's biggest art sale of the year. eric turquin is an old master appraiser who studied and valued the painting — hejoins me now via webcam. eric, i think that is the painting behind you. tell us how it was discovered, how it was found. this picture was found in the clearing of a house. an old lady was leaving a house she had sold and she asked the local auctioneer t

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. now it‘s time for the weather with lucy martin. will be milder but with that it will turn claudia with some wet weather as well. the reason for this, some area of high pressure will edge its way further east and that will allow the weather fronts to feed into the south and west. high pressure is with us first thing thursday morning, with a chilly scart to scotland and northern england with a touch of frost but again, good deal of sunshine to many and cloudy skies of northern ireland and parts of wales and the south—west. the rain tending to ease across the south—west. ca ptu res to ease across the south—west. captures between eight and 1a

and the showers rattling into western scotland, north of glasgow, giving fairly high rainfall totals giving an indication of where we're going to see some of the stronger wind gusts as well, this area of heavy rain feeding further south across england and wales, quite squally in nature as the day goes on. brightening up for some, north wales, northern england as the day goes on, sunny spells, the odd shower for northern ireland, one or two reaching into eastern scotland, it's not a washout everywhere! this is the picture friday night into saturday morning, still the cloud and some outbreaks of rain. the further south you are in england, still the chance of a show the further south you are in england, still the chance of a shower in northern ireland, or especially in northern and western parts of scotland. the lower temperatures will be where you do have some clear spells. now, as saturday begins, we still have this weather front close to parts of southern england, but elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells to be had, yes, there's a chance of catching one or two showers, but it's

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