in court, without the band present, secunda and the cartoon artist had agreed a deal with harold wilson'sgo to charities of wilson's choice. i lost more than anybody else. from now until then, i have never been paid a penny. which is wrong! why should i have paid for someone else's misdemeanour? 0utside court, tony secunda played down the impact the ruling would have. if the record's a hit worldwide, it could come to about £10,000. cost him nothing! we'll never see the money, so i do not think we'll miss it. if the promotion for this record was a publicity stunt, as some people are saying, it has been a pretty expensive one for you. it wasn't a publicity stunt. how can anybody suggest it was? we did it as a cartoon, remember that. "we did it"? — you did it! the case made national headlines and ruffled feathers in the corridors of power. we got really quite scared, we were always looking behind us, because we thought there were secret service guys following us. are you serious? yes. there was was a governmental looking car with black windows parked across the street when we came out of a g

another prime minister, years ago, harold wilson, famously said, "i know what's going on, i'm going ontheresa may's message now, but business as usual looks tough. next week the government is going to be publishing legislation to cap energy bills. labour is enjoying itself saying — we had that idea first, are you just playing copy—cat. she will report on brexit. brussels are already saying they want much more detail on the terms of divorce before they even discuss the future. time is pressing for brexit and recovering against labour and for mrs may. she looks more and more like a leader on borrowed time, running out of credit and waiting for the next crisis which, its seems, is neverfar away. john, thank you. john pienaar there. new figures show that productivity in the uk labour force fell in the second quarter of the year. the office for national statistics says the amount each worker produces per hour is down 0.1%. uk productivity is now more than 15% below other major advanced economies. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. at this glass maker growth starts with a glo

another prime minister, years ago, harold wilson, famously said, i know what's going on, i'm going onay today. she's trying to address what she says the needs of ha rd—pressed trying to address what she says the needs of hard—pressed households and do it with very little money to spare. brexit is in danger of falling behind schedule. to a lot of people, including from the party's point of view, a good many tories, are sceptical to put it mildly that she can go the distance. to them, she can go the distance. to them, she looks like a leader on borrowed time and waiting for the next crisis, a crisis which somehow never seems to be very far away. john pienaar, many thanks. it's a key indicator of the health of the economy. productivity — the amount each worker produces per hour. well, on that measure, the latest official figures show that the uk is lagging 15 % below the average of other advanced economies. and, as our economics correspondent andy verity reports, that could have serious implications for the chancellor philip hammond as he prepares for next month's budget. at this cumbria

hour, however band from the 60s are still paying for a controversial publicity stunt involving harold wilson. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. huge rallies are taking place gci’oss news. huge rallies are taking place across spain as tensions continue over catalonia's demand for independence. in madrid, tens of thousands of people are showing their support for spanish unity. across the country campaigners calling for dialogue between madrid and barcelona have gathered outside town halls, as gavin lee reports. madrid, this morning. tens of thousands of people, responding to the spanish government's call to take to the streets and show support to try to keep their country together. three days from an expected announcement by the catalan government to separate the region. this is barcelona, protests of a different kind. dressed in white, thousands who call themselves the silent majority, feeling caught in the middle and scared of what comes next. the movement was born by social media, under the hashtag, less talk. iam here, personally, as i feel we need a dialogue. politicians have not be