scotland yard pays former mp harvey proctor £500,000 compensation after its disastrous investigation claims of a paedophile ring. arsenal sack their manager unai emery after 78 games in charge. and rediscovered — a 42—page manuscript written by elizabeth i. and coming up on bbc news, england's bowlers are frustrated on the first day of the second test in new zealand, as tom latham hits a century. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. 4,500 workers are to lose their jobs, after the energy firm npower announced it's closing three customer service centres in the uk. unions have called it cruel blow in the run—up to christmas, but the company, which is german owned, says it's been struggling for some time and that the british market is "particularly challenging". the cuts represent three quarters of the company's uk workforce. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. hello, penny from npower speaking. how can i help? it's one of the best—known names in the uk's energy sector, one of the so—called big six suppliers, but for years npower has been struggling. competition

harvey proctor was among several prominent figures targeted by carl beech, falsely accused of being memberse 70s and 80s. the former conservative mps says he lost his home and job under suspicion and a much criticised investigation. home and job under suspicion and a much criticised investigationlj have much criticised investigation.” have no money, i have no resources, i cannot plan my future. i am not sure i have a future. harvey proctor‘s lawyers now confirmed he will receive half £1 million in conversation from scotland yard and nearly £a00,000 in legal costs. the met has previously apologised for its investigation. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that we re deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have cause. carl beech is currently serving an 18 year prison sentence for the lies that have devastated so many. tolu adeoye, bbc news. drone owners have until the end of today to register their devices, or risk facing a one—thousand—pound fine. the new regulations cover any device heavier than your average smart phone. the rules ca

sex abuse inquiry it fell apart but there has been a lot of lasting damage for the accused and harvey proctorplace he was living and had to get proof of that and that has been found and that is adding up to why it is such a high figure in this instance. and i think the implications of this will run and run and the investigation has collapsed but a lot of people feel their reputations have been unfairly treated and i know people will knock at the same sort of sound but there are a few people out there who will say at my reputation has been tarnished and i want some payback. because back to the same questions from a couple months ago and this is how did this investigation go so wrong and how much money was put into it and wasted? and every time we hear about one of these payoffs, it is scrutiny for the officers and decisions made and various figures such as tom watson's involvement. decisions made and various figures such as tom watson's involvementm comes up such as tom watson's involvementm comes up in legal debates. let's turn or go back to the front page of the telegraph. fear thatjihadists

the former conservative mp harvey proctor has reached a settlement with the metropolitan police over ded following claims made by the fantasist carl beech, will receive a payout of around £900,00. tolu adeoye reports. harvey proctor was among several prominent figures targeted by carl beech, falsely accused of being members of a vip paedophile ring in the 70s and 80s. the former conservative mps says he lost his home and hisjob while under suspicion in a much—criticised metropolitan police investigation. i have no money, i have no resources, i cannot plan my future. i'm not sure that i have a future. mr proctor‘s lawyers have now confirmed he will receive £500,000 in conversation from scotland yard, and nearly £a00,000 in legal costs. the met has previously apologised for its investigation. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have cause. carl beech is currently serving an 18—year prison sentence for the lies that so devastated so many. tolu adeoye, bbc news. mr proctor released a statement today: a man who shot dead hi

harvey proctor's case was strengthened by the grace and favour is given to him by the duke of rutland these allegations. it was a fairly straightforward case. we are going to and on the times' front page. there was probably spotted that beautiful picture earlier when we we re beautiful picture earlier when we were talking about the lead story. why did this attract your attention? it's very eye—catching hours. it's been very cold this weekend, this tawny owl checked braved the rain this week. so perhaps we will see more of these, but it doesn't look the most adept or comfortable in the landscape. to my eye, i thinki spent half of this week looking like that. a lot of misery tied up in that, just getting systematically changed whenever you go outside. that, just getting systematically changed whenever you go outsidelj hope he dries up before the frost heads because we would have a frozen tawny owl after that. you can find out how the weather is looking at the top of the hour orjust before midnight. that's it for the papers for tonight. thanks to my reviewers anand menon and katy balls.

the former mp harvey proctor has reached a settlement with scotland yard over its investigation into ring. the former conservative politician, whose home was raided following claims made by the fantasist carl beech, will receive a payout of around £900,000. tolu adeoye reports. harvey proctor was among several prominent figures targeted by carl beech, falsely accused of being members of a vip paedophile ring in the 70s and 805. the former conservative mps says he lost his home and hisjob while under suspicion in a much—criticised metropolitan police investigation. i have no money, i have no resources, i cannot plan my future. i'm not sure that i have a future. mr proctor‘s lawyers have now confirmed he will receive £500,000 in conversation from scotland yard, and nearly £a00,000 in legal costs. the met has previously apologised for its investigation. i am deeply, deeply sorry for the mistakes that were made and for the ongoing pain that these mistakes have cause. carl beech is currently serving an 18—year prison sentence for the lies that so devastated so many. tolu adeoye, bbc news.

the former mp, harvey proctor, has reached a settlement with scotland ya rd over reached a settlementrd over its investigation into false claims of a vip paedophile ring. the former conservative politician, whose home was raided following allegations made by the fantasist carl beech will be paid £900,000 in compensation and legal bills. the metropolitan police previously apologised for the m ista kes previously apologised for the mistakes made in the case. president trump has made a surprise visit to american troops in afghanistan, his first since taking office. as well as serving a traditional thanksgiving dinner and chatting with troops, he told them the us and taliban had been engaged in talks and he would reduce the american military presence in the country substantially. and that is a summary of our main stories. back to joanna. and that is a summary of our main stories. back tojoanna. thank you. a row has broken out between channel a and the conservative party, after the broadcaster decided to empty chair borisjohnson in a tv leaders‘ debate last night, and put a block of ice in

the met police is to pay the former mp, harvey proctor, £900,000 in compensation and legal costs.rongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. mr bartley is ready and waiting to answer your questions — and a study on smartphones finds a quarter of young people good morning. welcome to the bbc news at nine. the conservatives have complained to the broadcasting regulator about channel 4, accusing it of bias and of a political stunt. the broadcaster replaced borisjohnson with an ice sculpture, when he declined to take part in a debate about climate change last night. the brexit party's nigel farage also stayed away, and was replaced by a sculpture, but five other party leaders took part. let's get more with our political correspondent, helen catt. good morning. so the conservatives trying to push the focus onto channel 4 with this letter to 0fcom about what they call a stunt. but thatis about what they call a stunt. but that is not blocking out the accusations that borisjohnson is avoiding scrutiny? no, it's not. there have been disputes about television debates and