we currently have 250 beds available in greater manchester. every night.ter. we need more provision and are working to bring that through. more shelters will open in manchester in the next couple of weeks. we are getting to the point where we nearly have enough and our scheme is beginning to work. i am having to ask the public for support. we are asking for donations through bed every night .co .uk because there is not the public funding. as i said at the beginning, the government and parliament needs to wake up to the scale of the crisis. also in the news this morning is the importance of clear and accurate food allergy labelling. the issue has been highlighted by the recent high—profile case of natasha ednan—laperouse who died after eating a baguette from pret a manger. a bbc watchdog live investigation has also uncovered a number of other restaurants and coffee shops which are getting it wrong. presenter matt allwright joined us earlier — and we heard from a couple with nut allergies about their recent experience in a restaurant. these are not small num

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has pledged to end rough sleeping in the region by 2020th brexit that it is not responding to what is happening. in those circumstances it is the cities that are stepping forward. sadiq khan in london today and all the work we have been doing. we believe it is simple. in this day and age we are wealthy enough to put and age we are wealthy enough to put a roof over every head every night of the week and that is what we are doing this winter. how will you do it? we have launched a campaign called a bed every night. we are providing somewhere to go for everybody every night. we do not have all the places we need just yet but we are getting there. last weekend 179 people were inside that provision, previously, a few weeks ago, they were out on the streets. we are beginning to make a difference. the best statistics, 100 people have moved on from a bed every night to more secure accommodation. so it is beginning to work. if you give people basic stability and cover basic needs they can move forward in life and think about their next step. you ta

we know i can greater manchester the police ignored a hundred twenty seven warnings of islamic grooming gangs in rochdale with the local authorities all the twit is doing is highlighting what's been going on the biggest problem we've got is the mainstream media ignoring these problems and they're the ones causing the issues against islam at the moment because if you ignore the problem you can address it trying to find some form of enemy some form the people to blame and they try to blame the other things it's also the same time the same day that the police are doing an investigation into the anti semitic views comments made by the labor party and if you look at the mainstream media the other small bit about the labor party being investigated semitism on the side but the main article was about two weeks well actually the more people in this country would be concerned about anti-semitism in the late. u.s. t.v. personality oprah winfrey has debunked rumors that she was going to run for president in twenty twenty other celebrities might still go off to the top job at the white house. this i

england hosts 25% of the national population of asylum applicants and support 70% of those in greater manchester at all. is there also a problem that too many people are being sent to certain areas and local people feel uncomfortable for whatever reason? there is a sense in some communities that this has been accumulative impact. we had that reported to us andi impact. we had that reported to us and i think it was clear the home affairs committee and other places where it has taken place. everyone wa nts a where it has taken place. everyone wantsafair where it has taken place. everyone wants a fair system, therefore refugees and local communities. that isa refugees and local communities. that is a way to bring things together. people sense of unfairness. a lot of response in the last few days has been the very british response of fairness and wanting to stick up for the underdog. do you think it would be better if asylum seekers was bred or evenly across the country?m might help. if i compared to the numberof might help. if i compared to the number of refugees that have been taken number of refu

i'm in greater manchester.ooked in the mirror and i thought, mini break down. i looked in the mirrorand i thought, i mini break down. i looked in the mirror and i thought, i didn‘t recognise the person i was any more because the shame and anxiety that built up around keeping the secret for so long had become too much. i wrote a letter and posted it to my mum and dad and brothers and sisters. because you thought they we re sisters. because you thought they were going to be outraged? no, no. the reaction was a bit underwhelming to be quite honest! i got a few texts a nd to be quite honest! i got a few texts and they came round and we had a conversation and they said they still loved me and that was it really. it was the fear of doing it that was the problem. built up in your head? completely. it's going back a step with your family, you are only 17 when your diagnosis came. that is so young. such an extraordinary thing to try and deal with. how vivid is it in your memory when you first found out? it's really, rea

let's speak to andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester. manchester arena attack and there were many thousands of those such people. it does point to things that could and should have been done differently and done better. but you are right to say hindsight is a wonderful thing. it is not fair, i don't think, to the security services to point the finger. the threat to the country is rising all of the time and there is only so many hours in the day and summary resources that they have, so it is a very difficultjob that they do. the purpose of a report like this is to ta ke purpose of a report like this is to take that honest look at what happened so that we can tighten the net and make the country safer going forward. it is that phrase, lessons need to be learned, are you confident they will be?” need to be learned, are you confident they will be? i wish i could say 100% confident but of course the committee point out in their report that they have made similar recommendations in the past and they were not acted upon. i think it is for the g

fire crews were attacked in greater manchester and in merseyside and in the lead up to bonfire night,gs. he grabbed a hold of this thing, but it burned through his coat and trousers and actually burned his leg. beggars belief, doesn‘t it? the gentleman was ex—military and we hear a lot gentleman was ex—military and we heara lot in gentleman was ex—military and we hear a lot in the lead up to bonfire night about pets. this part of the world has a lot of former military vetera ns world has a lot of former military veterans who has seen service in recent yea rs. veterans who has seen service in recent years. many of whom, we have spoken to them on our programme, and they have a problem around the time of bonfire night. it seems that this one gentleman had had a problem with it bunch of responsible young people last night. i don‘t think the north—west is alone in having the issue, but as you said, it is quite depressing. of course, notjust your region affected by that. plenty more at 6:30pm tonight on bbc one. and thank you very much gentleman. if you would like to see more on any of thos

we can now get the thoughts of sir peter fahy, former chief constable of greater manchester police, whothat? yes, she was. she was obviously reinforcing the comments made by sara thornton, the chair of the national police chiefs. two issues here. one is about resources, the huge cuts in the police budgets, further cuts due to pension changes, the fact that chief constables are threatening to take the treasury to judicial review, but i think the issueis judicial review, but i think the issue is also about whether a criminal justice issue is also about whether a criminaljustice approach is the best solution to a problem like misogyny. even then, that debate about this one issue can hide a much more serious issue about how police forces are stretched, not able to give the book is to violent crime they would like. one thing i wanted to say, having retired you're probably more able to speak than those still serving. is their anger at that police level at the fact that police are having to make a decision, choice, as to what their priorities have to be? it is really in anger, frustration, alm

some parts of lancashire and greater manchester seeing rain but turning wetter in parts of south—eastbreeze picks up later in the night, rain returning to western and southern areas and that will keep temperatures higher than in recent days. the windiest weather into tomorrow is brought by this area of low pressure. named storm diane by the portuguese met office. they have reported storms to the west but it will have an affect on us the west but it will have an affect on us tomorrow, outbreaks countrywide through the day. persistent rain in the morning in northern ireland, afternoon across scotla nd northern ireland, afternoon across scotland and look at the wind gusts, widespread severe gales tomorrow with winds in excess of 60 mph in the west and we could get 70 mph in northern scotland later in the day. if anything it will be the mildest day of the week with temperatures into the teens. the rain easing from wednesday night into thursday, more wet weather for the start of the day and for this area in england and wales, again, severe gales with winds touching 60 or 70 mph before they

lead role in the country, but the entire country, you speak to officers in the west midlands, greater manchestering their lives. we saw last year in london four terror attacks with 40 people losing their lives. clearly there's more sensitivity because of it being a terror attack, but manchester has been a target. it's notjust terrorists but organised crime, human trafficking, criminal gangs, these are cross—border crimes and we need cross—border cooperation to fight these crimes. i want to talk about the politics of brexit if we can. jeremy corbyn recently saying we can't stop brexit, keir starmer contradicting the labour leader saying brexit can be stopped. where do you stand? i'm quite clear, i think where we are now with the prime minister is one of two options, either a bad brexit deal or even worse, no deal whatsoever. 1 million miles away from what was promised two years ago. in those circumstances, what we should do, we can't have a general election, which is unlikely because of the numbers in parliament, for the first time the british public should have a say on whether they accept the o

greater manchester have just introduced £1 flat fares on metrolink for off—peak travel. brexit deal. premierfoods also. both of these companies have lost their chief executives or are losing them? with premier foods, the chief executive has been at odds with a lot of the shareholders so his departure has helped to boost the share price. for vodafone, despite racking up really bad losses, it is cutting costs. also their prediction is it will boost revenue said that is why the markets are liking that. you will be back in an hour. thank you very much. cctv has been released of the moment a man was pushed by another pedestrian into traffic on a busy london road following an "exchange of words". he was almost hit by a minicab after being shoved from the pavement on new bridge street near blackfriars. the attacker was then confronted by members of the public who took a photo of him. it has been released alongside the footage. the hope is somebody will recognise him from that image. that has just been released by the city of london police. the uk‘s first specialist wound resear

international crop and we with a major supporter of mills at manchester, england and -- slavery became extremely broad thing because number of slaves was far greater as we got into the 1830s, 40s and 50s than any time previously. so i often wonder that clearly it was that something was going finally break apart there was a good part of the history in the united states and the 19th and 19th century, of course -- it was the issue of slavery versus many other things. but what i think was interesting is that, we've got that far into the united states history before very major irreversible area irreduceible issue of slavery versus freedom that didn't explode. and when it finally did, it was a devastating war which took me confederacy higher losses in the north but in general it was a very dangerous, brutal war and what came out of it was -- >> you have this fascinating graph which shows the value of slaves. and it was single most value -- more valuable than land and it's not surprising that it ended up in war. >> one of the -- happening in the united states in the first half of 19th centuy you have two economies pulling apart the economy of the north w

international crop and we were major supporter of manchester, england and slavery became an extremely broadly held thing because the number of slaves was far greater as we got into the 1830's, 40's and 50's than any time previously so i often wonder that clearly it was obvious that something was going to finally break apart, part of the history of the united states in the 19th century, first part of 19th century i should say was the issue of slavery versus many other things, but what i think was terribly interesting is that we got that far into the united states' history before that very major irreversible, irreducible issue of slavery versus freedom didn't explode and when it finally did, it was a devastating war which took me confederacy, higher losses than the north but in general, it was a very dangerous, brutal war and what came out of it was -- >> well, you have the fascinating graph which shows the value of slaves and essentially it was the single most valuable asset, more valuable than land. >> yeah. >> and it's not surprising that it ended up in war. >> one of what is happening in the united states and first off in 19th centuries you have

greater scope in terms of affordability and for the loan to income mortgage. the north—west as a particularly strong story with regard to cities such as manchester and liverpool,upport higher levels of price growth. thank you. the hope that the trade war between china and us may have a resolution has had a hugely positive impact on the markets. pound enjoyed strongest day of the year yest and is building on that strength that's all the business news. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. security footage from a bus which crashed into a river in china shows the driver was fighting with a passenger seconds earlier. police said a woman started hitting the driver after the bus missed her stop in chongqing. he fights back and then loses control of the vehicle. the bus is filmed on this dash—cam swerving onto the other side of the road before crashing through a safety barrier and plunging into the yangtze river. time for the weather. bless you, go and get some water. we have had a cold and frosty start. it is quiet, before it turns unsettled at the weekend. but some glorious photographs from our weather watcher