win, but focuses on claims that the justice secretary had prior warning ahead of the riot at hmp birminghamiday. the metro leads with former chancellor george osborne's verdict that his warnings about the uk being poorer after brexit are being proved right. brexit also dominates the financial times, but the paper focuses on fears about exit talks being delayed will mean banks leaving the uk for abroad. and the daily mail leads with the claim that millions of pounds of uk aid money has been used to fund a talk show for an african girl band. let's begin. nice to see you both. we're going to start with the daily telegraph, the postman. misery for commuters at christmas is one thing, but kids now, this is the threat and it is very much could, might, maybe. royal mail staff may go on strike to add to the misery and prevent cards and presents being delivered in time for christmas. this is part of the backdrop of the wider sense of industrial disputes in a variety of industries. southern rail, that has gone on and has been the main focus but there is the stoppage for the british airways cabin crew

win, but focuses on claims that the justice secretary had prior warning ahead of the riot at hmp birminghamo leads with former chancellor george osborne's verdict that his warnings about the uk being poorer after brexit are being proved right. brexit also dominates the financial times, but the paper focuses on fears about exit talks being delayed will mean banks leaving the uk for abroad. the times claims that britain is dumping overseas aid money into trust funds to try meet the country's annual target. and the daily mail leads with the claim that millions of pounds of uk aid money has been used to fund a talk show for an african girl band. 0k. ok. begin. lovely ok. - begin. lovely to see you. we will start with the guardian. liz truss and birmingham prison. the disturbance of the major rioting, the prison has been out of control. it has been subdued. it is talking about how liz truss was warned two months ago about the dangers of such an incident at birmingham. there were not enough staff. quite a large prison, 1500 inmates, one of the largest in the country. it goes on to talk about the

and last month, specialist riot squads were deployed to hmp birmingham, to a disturbance involving hundredsot shocking. the last two years we have seen increases in self harm, suicide, prison deaths, murder. this isjust an harm, suicide, prison deaths, murder. this is just an awakening to realise that these are very real, pressing conditions under reform is desperately necessary and the investment is desperately necessary. the government says the challenges in prisons are long—standing and will not be solved overnight, but the justice secretary is committed to making sure prisons are stable and delivering reform. no—one was hurt on this occasion, but this incident raises yet more questions about the safety of both prisoners and staff. smitha mundasad, bbc news. the homeless charity crisis says that people sleeping rough are 17 times more likely to be a victim of crime than other members of the public. it's also found that 80% of homeless people are regularly attacked and abused, some even urinated on. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has more. london commuter trains provide

it comes less then a week after a riot at hmp birmingham, which took 12 hours to bring under control. the isle of sheppey. it is unclear exactly what the latest situation is but according to prison service it is isolated to a landing in one wing but inmates are refusing to go back into their cells. images of these rights are emerging and one person purporting to be an inmate phoned the bbc and said that prison is in loch down. staff rate itself and confiscated drop at the. the prison is about three quarters of a mile down this road. i could clearly here inmates shouting and screaming from inside the prison and outside there were fire crews and ambulance crews on standby and staff, extra staff, were being driven in. we have seen right thatis being driven in. we have seen right that is going towards the prison in the last half—hour.. the planned strikes by british airways cabin crew on christmas day and boxing day have been suspended. members of the unite union were due to walk out as part of their dispute over pay. unite‘s leader, len mccluskey, said the talks have led to a revised off

the information we have suggests there is nothing on the scale of the hmp birmingham incident the othercident that these details are kind of sketchy at the moment. i don't believe this incident has been going on for too long. this is a category b training prison and her majesty's inspectorate of prisons injuly described the prison as dangerous and found levels of violence far too high with many serious incidents? swaleside is a particularly difficult place to work at this time. it has suffered from an acute shortage of staff, people not being attracted to the role because of poor pay and pension. it is a tough place to work. prisoners there are infor place to work. prisoners there are in for long periods of time. they are big, powerful guys. there is a lot of violence and a lot of drugs in the prison at this time. it is a particularly tough place to work and if you are short of staff then it makes it even harder. you are in contact with your staff on the ground? yes, and we want to support them as much as we can and hope there is a speedy resolution to this latest incident. but at the m

it comes less then a week after a riot at hmp birmingham, which took 12 hours to bring under control.ter, bring us up to date. well, it is unclear exactly what the latest situation is but according to the prison service it is now isolated to a landing on one wing. but the inmates are refusing to go back into their cells. images of this riot are emerging and one person purporting to be an inmate phoned the bbc, saying the prison is in lockdown. he separate was triggered after prison staff raided cells and confiscated property. earlier, iwent staff raided cells and confiscated property. earlier, i went down to the prison, three quarters of a mile down this road. from outside, i could clearly hear in makes shouting and screaming from inside the prison. and outside also there were fire crews and ambulance crews on stand—by, and also extra staff were being drafted in. in the last half—hour we have seen riot vans going towards the prison. thank you for the update. china has warned that relations with the united states could suffer "complications" once donald trump is installed as us preside

the early sketchy information coming in doesn't suggest there is anything on the scale of the hmp birminghamr scale incident. as i say, details are sketchy at the moment. i don't believe the incident has been going on for too long. this isa has been going on for too long. this is a category b training prison. her majesty's inspectorate of prisons in july described the jail as "dangerous" australianed found levels of violence there far too high with many serious incidents? it's a particularly difficult place to work at this minute of time. it suffers from acute staff shortages. people not attracted to the role because of poor pay and pension. it's a tough place to work. prisoners there are in for long periods of time. big power guys. a lot of violence and drugs in those prisons at this minute in time. it's a particularly hard place to work, if you are short of staff it makes it harder to work there. you are in touch with colleagues on the ground there? yes i am. we want to support them and hope there is a speedy resolution to this latest incident. at the moment, all that you can really say is

and last month, specialist riot squads were deployed to hmp birmingham, to a disturbance involving hundredshallenges in prisons are long—standing and will not be solved overnight, but the justice secretary is committed to making sure prisons are stable and delivering reform. no—one was hurt on this occasion, but this incident raises yet more questions about the safety of both prisoners and staff. smitha mundasad, bbc news. the uk's travel network is expected to face its busiest day of the year as many try to get away for the christmas break. however significant disruption is expected for some travellers. this weekend sees major engineering works begin on rail—lines in and out of london, manchester and cardiff. drivers are likely to face tailbacks, and airports across britain are experiencing the busiest festive getaway ever, with more of us planning to leave the country than ever before over christmas and new year. our transport correspondent richard westcott has the details. it is one of the busiest lines in britain. a vital link between south—west england and south wales. it is part of th

she is is going to be talking about that riot at hmp birmingham on friday. prisoners transferred from birmingham after friday‘s riots. we will be there in the commons shortly. before that, it is time for the sports news with tim hague. england have suffered more misery in the final test against india. they conceded their highest test total ever as india declared their first innings on 759—7 in chennai, breaking their own test records as well. karun nair was unbeaten on 303 — only the third batsman in history to turn a maiden century into a triple. at the close, england were 12 without loss — 270 runs behind, needing to bat out the final day to avoid a 4—0 series defeat. to win this, the last couple of test matches. so won‘t want to get on the plane ina matches. so won‘t want to get on the plane in a couple of days‘ time having lost another test match. they will want to bat as well as they possibly can to bat out the three sessions. football‘s world governing body fifa has fined all four home nations for displaying poppies during their world cup qualifiers las

disturbance at an english jail in less than two months following disturbances at bedford, birmingham and lowest —— hmpficult place to work at the moment. there is a shortage of staff. it is a tough prison. prisoners are there for a long period of time. they are big, powerful guys. there are a lot of drugs in prisons at this period in time. it is a particularly tough place to work and if you short staffed, staffed, it makes it even harder. hello, iam ross hello, i am ross atkins with outside source. the syrian army says it has taken control of aleppo. bbc chinese reports that japan has increased its defence budget for the fifth year in a row. that's seen as a response to tensions in the south china sea — and the threat posed by north korea. the draft budget takes spending next year to a record 43.6 billion dollars. bbc swahili reports that opposition mps in kenya have stormed out of parliament alleging they had been assaulted. this all happened during a debate on changing the electoral laws for next year's presidential election. the initial debate on tuesday also saw mps exchange punches. separatists i