glasgow city council, as a body, undoubtedly did, there's no question. running a city isn't easy.d this is what we'll see through. when i first investigated equal pay, i could never have imagined the battle would still be dragging on 11! years later. in glasgow, it's cost more than half a billion pounds, and yet it's only half a story, half a bill. the final total, an estimated £1 billion. many of those who began the fight are no longer here. almost 200 claimants have died whilst waiting for their compensation, for their equality. hello there, england and wales has already had a month's hello there, england and wales has already had a months worth of rain in the last two or three weeks but the outlook is somewhat drier. we are going to find high pressure shaping our weather. the fly in the ointment for the start of the week is low pressure in the near continent and it is going to be getting closer and threatened rain. most of the rain has been in northern england, a cold day in the north—east of england for the lot of cloud. sunshine here in hampshire in the new forest and it has

glasgow city council, as a body, undoubtedly did, there's no question. running a city isn't easy.ted to, and this is what we'll see through. when i first investigated equal pay, i could never have imagined the battle would still be dragging on 111 years later. in glasgow, it's cost more than half a billion pounds, and yet it's only half a story, half a bill. the final total, an estimated £1 billion. many of those who began the fight are no longer here. almost 200 claimants have died whilst waiting for their compensation, for their equality. hello, low—pressure is close by and there have been some very heavy downpours, but it's not been raining everywhere all the time. a bit of sunshine, in fact a large part of friday brought some blue skies to west yorkshire, as photographed by oui’ west yorkshire, as photographed by our weather watcher. we start the weekend... as the beacon goes on its to the north sea, fewer showers interning dryer as the week goes on. again, saturday will not be a wash—out everywhere. in fact across a large part of england and wales, fewer showers than we've ha

but glasgow city had to work a lot harder. rondby 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.

but glasgow city had to work a lot harder. sh 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. bu

but glasgow city had to work a lot harder.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 quarter finals. kyle edmund was brushed aside by world number one novak djokovic in the third round of the paris masters. the brit ended an eight—match losing run when he won his opening round match against ricardas berankis, before defeating 14th seed diego schwartzman. he did take the first set to a tie—break but djokovic won that and the second set was far more comfortable for the serb, winning 7—6, 6—1. that's all the sport for now. we have more on our website. the first few days of november are looking decidedly unsettled. we will see wet and blustery weather across the uk and for some of us there is the uk and for some of us there is the potential for stormy weather, the uk and for some of us there is the potentialfor stormy weather, at least for a

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

do you think glasgow city council failed the women? yes, corporately, glasgow city council,

and glasgow city beat danish side brondby 2—0.or a women's match in the uk could be set after england announced their wembley friendly against germany has sold out. the game on the 9th of november at the 90,000—seat stadium could beat the previous record of over 80,000, for the 2012 olympic final between united states and japan. the crowd will exceed the current england record for a home match, 115,000 against germany at wembley five years ago. we have all been so excited for this wembley game, and to play against germany one of the most famous fixtures in the world, and speaking on behalf of the girls come i think we really deserve to go and play in one of those types of stadiums in front of them types of people that are coming to watch us, and we need to put on a performance as well. let's have a look at the rest of the day's headlines. emily nelson won britain's first gold medal on day one of the european track cycling championships in the netherlands. the 22—year—old claimed victory in the scratch race, ahead of ireland's shan

arsenal host slavia prague with a 5—2 lead from the first leg — and it's set to be a big night for glasgow citye second time in their history. as they aim to reach the quarter finals for only the second time in their history. they hold a 2—0 advantage against brondy heading into the second leg in glasgow. heather dew—ar reports. this is where the champions league encounter will take place, in glasgow. a far cry from the 20,000 capacity brondy. coming here, it 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

they are safely through even with the second leg and another 30 minutes still to come from as for glasgow city, and they are 2—0 up to him and that match almost in a share. a kick off your at the academy stadium is seven o'clock, there is a spot in the quarterfinals at the stake. integrates are for the british clubs as well, let's see if men city can follow suit. many thanks indeed, joe curry, enjoy the game. scottish rugby has questioned whether a misconduct charge from world rugby is appropriate. well comments made by the chief executive in japan well comments made by the chief executive injapan about cancellation of scotland's world cup match with japan have been referred to an independent disputes committee. dodson had hinted at legal action, when the match was in doubt because of typhoon hagibis. the game went ahead and scotland lost 28—21 to exit at the group stage. the game went ahead, as we know, scotla nd the game went ahead, as we know, scotland lost it, and they went out in the group stage anyway. katerina johnson thompson is heading to greece on holiday soon before getting back int

and glasgow city beat danish side brondby 2—0.england announced their wembley friendly against germany has sold out. the game on the 9th november at the 90,000—seat stadium could beat the previous record of over 80,000, for the 2012 olympic final between united states and japan. the crowd will exceed the current england record for a home match, a5,000 against germany at wembley 5 years ago. we have all been so excited for this wembley came into play against germany, one of the most famous fixtures in the whole world and speaking on behalf of the girls, we deserve to play in front of those types of stadium and people come to watch stop we need to put on a performance as well. britain has won its first gold medal on day one of the european track cycling championships in the netherlands. emily nelson took the lead at the start of the final lap of a0 in the ten kilometre "scratch race". the 22 year—old held on until the finish line to claim victory ahead of ireland's shannon mccurley in apeldoorn. jack carlin, jason kenny and ryan owe

elsewhere, there were wins for glasgow city and arsenal.front of a sold—out wembley stadium for the first time, after the fa confirmed more than 80,000 tickets have been sold for next month's friendly against germany. what an atmosphere that is going to be. astonishing, isn't it? 80,000 tickets for that one. sounds like a great occasion. more on all the sport coming up a little bit later, and we will have a look at the inside pages as well. let's take a look at this morning's papers, and the brexit talks dominate the front pages. the guardian writes that the prime minister has conservative eurosceptics on board with his deal, but it will be a last—minute scramble to secure the backing of the dup. the telegraph's headline says, "now we can see the light," referring to a comparison mrjohnson made between brexit talks and the film shawshank redemption, in which the lead character escapes jail after a long crawl through prison sewage pipes. the daily mail headlines with another analogy made by the prime minister, likening brexit talks to climbi

and glasgow city beat danish side brondby 2—o.e uk could be set after england announced their wembley friendly against germany has sold out. the game on 9 november at the 90,000—seat stadium could beat the previous record of over 80,000 for the 2012 olympic final between united states and japan. the crowd will exceed the current england record for a home match — 16,000 against germany at wembley 15 years ago. we've all been so excited for this wembley game, and to play against germany, speaking on behalf of the girls, we deserve to go in front of those type of stadiums. we need to put on a performance as well. britain has won its first gold medal at the european track cycling championships in the netherlands. emily nelson took the lead at the start of the final lap of a0 in the iokm and claimed victory in the "scratch race". she held on to victory. all... they we re she held on to victory. all... they were comfortably beaten and will now write against germany for the bronze. two—time paralympic champion jonnie peacock has had to p

there were wins for glasgow city and a big win for arsenal.s not often you see mo salah dressed quite like this. the liverpool star dressed here as a charachter from the disney film moana for his daughter's fifth birthday. he did use the hashtag "amazing father" in the tweet — so he's obviously pleased with his efforts. just goes to showjust because you're a superstar footballer, it does not mean you're getting out of dressing up for your child's birthday. i love it, john. i was waiting on my microphone to be brought up which is why there was a delay. great pictures. love them. thanks very much. let's get more now on knife crime which has gone up again, according to the latest figures from police forces. our home affaris correspondent danny shaw is here with me now. the main headline is that in the 12 months till the end ofjune, a 7% increase in knife crime, but bring us the story behind that statistic. these are figures compiled by the office for national statistics based on returns from police forces, so these are offences reported to police

arsenal and glasgow city ladies, they are also playing at the last 16, arsenal havejust they are also two—time paralympic champion jonnie peacock has had to pull out of next months world para athletics championships he's also the reigning world champion over 100 metres in his class. he's got a knee injury that he says ‘has taken longer to heal than expected'. the british team has a squad of a2 for the championships in dubai that start on the 7th november. the international olympic committe says the marathon and race walking events at next year's tokyo games could be moved 800 kilometres north to the city of sapporo. 0rganisers want to avoid a repeat of what occurred at the recent world athletics championships in doha, where almost half the field failed to complete the women's marathon because of heat and humidity. temperatures in sapporo on the northernmost island of hokkaido are significantly cooler, the proposals will be discussed next month. ronnie 0'sullivan has beaten yuan sijun by a frames to 3 in the second round of the english open in crawley. the 5 time world champion continu

wsl champions arsenal travel to slavia prague this afternoon, glasgow city are in denmark against brondby where almost half the field failed to complete the women's marathon because of sweltering heat and humidity. sapporo, the host of the 1972 winter olympics, can be five to six degrees cooler on average than tokyo during the games period of mid—to—late july and early august. ronnie 0'sullivan has beaten yuan sijun by four frames to three in the second round of the english open in crawley. the five time world champion continued his criticism of the venue earlier this week. last year he described the k2 leisure centre as "a hellhole" and feels little has changed since, saying, "every day in crawley is a day lost in my life." he will have to stay a little longer as he secured his place in the third round. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. ican i can sort of see where he is coming from but i will say no more than that! thank you. exactly how britain's land border with the eu would work, where northern ireland and the republic of ireland meet, has been al

he met our arts editor, will gompertz, in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotland "what do you reckon you would get if you sold your house?" and davey says, "about 60 days." laughter. this particular theatre, the kings, is very good because it's vertical. it's got three gods and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. "yes, i do." "i do know you." i said, "do you think we could go in?" do you think, "actually, do you know what, i'd like to give it one more go, i'd like to do another night here?" yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. "i know you!" "i know where i know you from." i said, "where am ifrom?" "eton. i know you from eton." i feel different. my mind works differently. i don't know if i can do it with my mind in the state that it's in. and i drool... there's a recent one. it's another gorgeous side of parkinson's disease. it's a little surprise every month. and this month's surprise is drooling. "toboggan?" i said, "toboggan?" "yes_i. toboggan. as if it was the most normal thing on earth. "he's a jolly good tobogganist." he keeps his toboggan lovely. y

he met our arts editor, will gompertz, in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotlando he picks on davey, who lives in a council house. he says "what do you reckon you would get if you sold your house?" and davey says "about 60 days." laughter. this particular theatre, the king's, is very good, because it's vertical. it's got three gods. and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. posh accent: yes, i know, i do know you. i said "do you think we could go in?" laughter. do you think, "actually, do you know what? i'd ike to give it one more go? i'd like another night here." yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. posh accent: i know you! i know where i know you from. i said "where am ifrom?" posh accent: eton! i know you from eton! laughter. i, i feel different. my mind works differently. i don't know if i can do it, with my mind in the state that it's in. and i... and i drool. which, that's a recent one. it's another gorgeous side of parkinson's disease. there's a little surprise every month. and this month's surprise is drooling. posh accent: toboggan? laughter. i sa

he met our arts editor will gompertz in his home city of glasgow to talk about his comedy, scotland,ho lives in a council house. he says, "what do you reckon you would get if you sold your house?" and davey says, "about 60 days." laughter. this particular theatre, the kings, is very good because it's vertical. it's got three gods and the sound tends to come at you like a wall. "yes, i do." "i do know you." i said, "do you think we could go in?" do you think, "actually, do you know what, i'd like to give it one more go, i'd like another night here?" yes. but not right now. i'm not ready. "i know you!" "i know where i know you from." i said, "where am ifrom?" "eton. i know you from eton." i feel different. my mind works differently. i don't know if i can do it with my mind in the state that it's in. and i drool... that's a recent one. it's another gorgeous side of parkinson's disease. it's a little surprise every month. and this month's surprise is drooling. "jojoba." i said, "what's jojoba?" in glasgow that's the month before november. laughter. scotland's in great shape. politically,

scotlandambiguity in and glasgow is unique as a major british city for not sending a regiment in 1775. so as with trends in the officer class, we have here a distinctive pattern of scottish order representation. 42nd highland regiment and 71st highland regiment gained and deserved a reputation for effectiveness but also brutality. nationalists scots that jefferson's draft talked about. but the scottish recruitment system had weaknessess. it was ideal for delivering mentor britain quickly but had its limits. fears of invasion by 1778, the government refusal to give scotland a militia resulted instead in the creation of a series of big regular home defense regiments. they soaked up another 5000 scots. to replenish heavy losses in america, the creation of the edinburg and glasgow regiments and the commitment of three further highland regiments to the indian theater meant that by 1779 there were no more scots to give, fundamentally. there is no more labor, prices are going through the roof, scotland has reached the bottom of the barrel. this is a testament to the success of early recruitm

city and changed many lives. 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

glasgow. eight women were lowered from slovakia to flats in the city, some were brought over for sham marriages, in one case a woman was sold on the street for £10,000. police scotland, who worked with law enforcement agencies across europe say their crimes are despicable. the slums of eastern slovakia, home to the roma community. a space where disease is right, there is no heating or running water, and unemployment is also —— almost 100%. there was a promise of a better life in scotland, something they could only dream of. the reality was very different. lowered to a life of slavery and prostitution. eight innocent women, shipped to the uk, coming trapped in the trafficking trade. these were the masterminds of the scottish operation. one of them seem the scottish operation. one of them seem here on facebook on one of his many journeys into seem 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 as part of a sham marriage scheme, buyers, mainly pakistani man, desperate

city and changed many lives. 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

city and changed many lives. 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

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