theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield. the headlines on bbc news.minic raab criticises the government's "lack of political will and resolve" in dealing with the eu. president trump visits northern california, where 76 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1200 missing following wildfires. mental health in the workplace should be given the same status as physical health, say 50 top business executives. president trump has said the us will determine in the next few days who it thinks was behind the murder of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. there have been reports that the cia believes mr khashoggi's killing was ordered by crown prince mohammed bin salman. saudi arabia has blamed rogue intelligence agents. let's speak to our arab affairs editor sebastian usher who is on the line from the saudi capital riyadh now. first of all, what are they making their of these reports, these persistent reports that the cia in the united states are roaming the crown prince and saying that he directly ordered this killing? -- blaming the crown prince? es

theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield.es owned by britain's best—known supermarket brands be costing us more? a survey carried out for the bbc‘s inside out programme found customers are paying much higher prices for exactly the same products in smaller outlets compared to the larger supermarkets. jonathan gibson explains. more and more of us are shopping in convenience stores. they now account for a quarter of the grocery market. but are we paying over the odds in the small shops run by britain's biggest supermarkets? maggie, a birmingham pensioner, goes to tesco express twice a week. i think you would expect to pay a bit more. you buy quite a few bananas, don't you? yes. well, a single banana in tesco express is going to cost you 14p more. for one? for one banana. gosh! right, i know where i'll get my bananas from from now on. and that's kind of got me thinking because if bananas cost so much more in tesco's convenience stores than they do in their own supermarkets, then do other things cost more as well? and what about t

theo leggett, bbc news.hotel chain says there's been a breach of its reservations database, potentially exposing information about 500 million guests. among the details accessed were passport numbers, payment card information, addresses and phone numbers. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here. 500 million guests, it's a staggering number of people. it's a big number. there might be some duplication in there, but basically this is because it's a huge group of hotels, thousands of hotels in hundreds of countries and many people passing through. the brand affected a re people passing through. the brand affected are not marriott, its others it owns, but big names like sheraton, westin, saint regis. they are globetrotter‘s hotels and they are globetrotter‘s hotels and they are the sort of personal details and ca rd are the sort of personal details and card numbers a hacker would love to get hold of. what they discovered in september is that someone had got access to their booking system and mo

theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield. the headlines on bbc news.dominic raab criticises the government's "lack of political will and resolve" in dealing with the eu. president trump visits northern california, where 76 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,200 missing following wildfires. mental health in the workplace should be given the same status as physical health, say 50 top business executives. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. england's cricketers claimed their first series win in sri lanka for 17 years with a 57—run victory in the second test. the hosts started day five in pallekele needing 75 runs for victory. it took england just half an hour to get the three wickets they required to finish off sri lanka. moeen ali ended up with 4 wickets, jack leach got five in just his third test match for england. one more test to go in the series, but plenty of positives forjoe root‘s side in a part of the world where they'd really struggled in years gone by. it's their first away series win for tw

theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller.ou won't be that pleased to find out that there are cloudier skies on their way this week and much colder airfor a time. temperatures dip away quite quickly this evening under clear skies, cloud increasing from the east will stop that drop in temperature across eastern areas. but where you're clearer for longest, especially for northern ireland and scotland, there will be a frost around in places. there will be some showers in eastern side of the uk tomorrow, from eastern scotland down through eastern england. in fact, during the afternoon quite a few running into east anglia south—east england. some sunny spells especially to the west, but most places will see more cloud compared with the weekend. still some decent sunshine in the far north—west of scotland. there is a stronger easterly wind. two things going on, one, the temperatures will come down a little bit, so more of us will be in single figures, and two, because of the stronger wind, it will feel a bit colder than this as well

our business correspondent theo leggett reports.s, like the uk, to regions where holiday sunshine is a bit more reliable. but this year there was a problem, britain basked in summer heat and foreign holidays lost their appeal. we had a very good start to the summer of 2018. and then the heatwave, all over europe, not only in the uk, it in the nordic countries, and on the continent, had really an impact on customer behaviour. the company's earnings plummeted as it was forced to cut prices to fill planes and hotels. that hot summer does feel like a very long time ago, even so thomas cook is facing a number of other challenges. uncertainty over brexit, high debt levels, and how to keep the more traditional parts of its business relevant when what consumers want is changing very rapidly. thomas cook is a large business. it has 21,000 staff, nearly half of them in the uk. it still operates nearly 600 high street stores, though hundreds have closed over the past two years. last year it had 22 million customers. some analysts believe its b

theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield. the actorjohn bluthal has died at the age of 89.likable but dull parish council secretary frank pickle in the vicar of dibley. i need to do a little bit for levels so i need to do a little bit for levels so just tell us what you had for brea kfast. so just tell us what you had for breakfast. toast. i need to hear a little bit more than that to just make something up. let your imagination run wild. wild? great. two pieces of toast. dawn french paid tribute on social media, saying "cheeky, naughty, hilarious. bye darlin bluey." john bluthal also appeared in carry on films and worked regularly with spike milligan. they're meant to be quick and convenient, but could shopping at smaller stores owned by britain's best—known supermarket brands be costing us more? a survey carried out for the bbc‘s inside out programme found customers are paying much higher prices for exactly the same products in smaller outlets compared to the larger supermarkets. jonathan gibson explains. more and more of us are shopping in convenience stores. they now ac

theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield.hange message is heard, by trying to set a record for the world's biggest postcard. it's on a glacier high up in the swiss alps and features 125,000 drawings from children all over the world. it's urging governments to come together to help stop global temperatures rising by more than 1.5 degrees celsius. now it's time for a look at the weather. it is shaping up to be a sunny day after a chilly start. still some fog at the moment in parts of the midlands, north—east england and eastern scotland, that will break up. a bit patchy cloud in the higher ground of eastern scotland and north—east england temperatures 13 or 14 north—east england temperatures 13 or14 in the north—east england temperatures 13 or 14 in the highlands. tonight, the breeze picks up, easterly, bringing cloud back across much of scotland and good part of england overnight. a few towards eastern coastal counties later a bit of frost for the morning commute. the best of the morning sunshine. the plant will break at times

theo leggett, bbc news, sellafield.housands of young people have found a rather unique way to make sure their message is heard, whilst trying to set a record for the world's biggest postcard. lebo diseko has more. on a glacier high up in the swiss alps, something unusual unfolds. 125,000 drawings and cards from children all around the world, each with a message on climate change. they're put together to make one giant postcard which organisers say, at 2500 square metres, is the largest ever. next month, the governments of the world are going to get together in poland for the next conference of the parties on climate change. this is going to be the place where the actual plan of action to implement the paris agreement on climate change is going to be negotiated. we need ambition. we need ambition from every government that is going to be there. 1.5 degrees celsius is a message that is hard to miss. that's what scientists say the limit for global warming needs to be if we want to keep the earth habitable. last month, a un

theo leggett, bbc news. almost one in four houses meant for military families is standing empty. there are over 11,000 vacant mod homes across the uk costing the taxpayer more than £25 million pounds a year in rent and maintenance. the mod says it's doing its best to reduce the numbers but has to budget for thousands of service family house moves every year. but one senior mp has told us the government has failed to "get a grip" of the situation. angus crawford reports. houses no one calls home. thousands for military families stand empty, some vandalised. many vacant for years. this looks like a lovely place to live only know one does. somebody has told me some of these houses have been empty for more than a decade. on a former raf base in cambridgeshire, rows of family homes but no families. for local councillor john morris, it beggars belief. nice family house this. it could be really nice, it could be a really nice family house this. it's a crying shame. locally, we've got 3,500 households on the housing

martinez torres will spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> montgomery county ike leggett is waiting an explanation about yesterday's false active shooter alert at walter reed medical center. police responded to the hospital as if the threat was real. the medical center says it was preparing for a drill when the alert wasistakenly sent out. >>> a live look at the crowd waiting for the lighting national christmas tree. the annual holiday tradition here in the nationge capital underway in 15 minutes. we will have live pictures for you when it happens so that you don't haven to be outsidehe cold and in the big traffic jams as well. newshas y covered. pat and leon, back to you. >> thanks, erika. >>> black friday marked a big day for businesses in our area and across the country as well but the start of the holiday shopping season is serving as a reminder for people to keep their belongings safe. pat collins tells us about a burglar whoetted $11,000 in goods. >> reporter: that's better. it was the work of a bad santa. a twisted black friday shopping spree here inet georgn. stolen a backpa

theo leggett reports.been taken from the main pond hole, transferred into this area... this is thorp. nearly 25 years it has been recycling old nuclear fuel, 25 years it has been recycling old nuclearfuel, separating 25 years it has been recycling old nuclear fuel, separating usable uranium and plutonium from useless waste, a process once seen as uranium and plutonium from useless waste, a process once seen as a uranium and plutonium from useless waste, a process once seen as a kind of alchemy. what kind of science could take a fuel, burn it, turn the ashes back into fresh fuel to burn it again? but soon, alarms were sounding. thorp was meant to provide fuel for a new generation of super efficient power stations, but they we re efficient power stations, but they were never built, and ambitious targets were never met. the plant did not operate as well as we originally expected. there were a number of operational problems through its life. those lofty aspirations were built on expectations around nuclear pow

theo leggett, bbc news. between 16 and 60 from entering the country. it's comes amid rising tension between the two countries — after russia seized three ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of crimea. ukraine has already declared martial law, and it's now banning russian men of fighting age to prevent what it calls the formation of ‘private armies.‘ richard lister reports. another day of exercises for these ukrainian troops amid growing fears of a russian invasion. kiev has already imposed martial law in these border regions. now the ukraine president has banned russian men of fighting age from crossing into the country. translation: these measures are to block the russian federation from forming private armies here under the leadership of the russian armed forces and to prevent them from carrying out operations like those we saw in 2014. when russia annexed ukraine's crimean peninsula four years ago, it was these russian militia men in unmarked fatigues who led the way. they quickly took over the airport

montgomery county executive ike leggett says he has gotten no official explanation from walter reed or the military how this mistake was made. >> they have just given some preliminary indication as to at possiblyhappened. >> reporter: some of the people who sheltered in place hiding from what they believed to be a guan on campus emerged emotionally upset. >> i was scared. i was really scared. like they said that there was someone inside the building. >> we had no information, but just to stay in ouroffices. >> reporter: maryland congressman dutch ruppersberger was at walter reed for a meeting. is starting his own investigation into how and why this active shooter drill went on for so lon p leaviple in fear. he every 20 minutes someone would come on air, on the speaker, and say there is an active shooter and we have first responders on the scene. that's all we knew. >> reporter: now, the spokesman for naval support activity bethesda tells me they are working to try to make sure they ve all their information correct. back to you. >> aight. thank you, chris. >>> we are going to head back

theo leggett, bbc news. the time is quarter to seven.ld have loved to have been there yesterday in that. even if he did not have those views, many of you finished with skies of a similar colour. there is more of that come today a cracking sunday. temperatures in the last hour in parts of aberdeenshire dropped to minus five. a noticeable chill but sunshine to take us through the day. after yesterday's cloud, high pressure across scandinavia, dry and clear air coming in from the continent. not much in the wake of cloud to come. cloud across eastern parts of aberdeenshire and towards the borders and towards the pennines peak district. that will come and go through the day. still some sunny spells. —— and the lake district. coming in from an easterly direction, the breeze will make you feel rather cool at times during the afternoon, particularly the coastal areas. further north, light winds, and another pleasant day. sharing in similar warmth is not warmer is iceland at the moment. it will get to around 16 today. should not be getting back i

our business correspondent theo leggett reports.gn holidays lost their appeal. we had a very good start to the summer of 2018. and then the heatwave, all over europe, not only in the uk, in the nordic countries, and on the continent, had really an impact on customer behaviour. the company's earnings plummeted as it was forced to cut prices to fill planes and hotels. that hot summer does feel like a very long time ago, even so thomas cook is facing a number of other challenges. uncertainty over brexit, high debt levels, and how to keep the more traditional parts of its business when what consumers want is changing very rapidly. thomas cook is a large business. it has 21,000 staff, nearly half of them in the uk. it still operates nearly 600 high street stores, though hundreds have closed over the past two years. last year it had 22 million customers. some analysts believe its business model is outdated. thomas cook, obviously, is a well—established brand. it possibly has not kept up with the times. that brand is very traditional, but

theo leggett, thank you.a for the g20 summit, has urged mps to think about the views of their constituents when they vote on her brexit deal next month. mrs may said that her tour of the uk this week had given her an "overwhelming sense" that people wanted parliament to back the agreement. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonjoins me now. good morning, theresa may may be in argentina selling global britain that she is staying on message, that the appeal to the public and trying to get mps to back her deal, and also, she is doing this increasingly in the last couple of days, attacking labour. saying, what deal would they bring to the table? that's right, one of the more interesting things she said on the flight interesting things she said on the flight to bonus errors. there is no escape from reporters, they are on the plane with her but she did not divert from the line that constituents should put pressure on mps to get on with brakes and get a deal that she was trying to portray labour —— brexit. there are

to store waste, while the rest will be decommissioned, a process expected to take decades, as theo leggettn from the main area and transferred into this area. this is thorpe. for nearly 25 years, it's been recycling old nuclear fuel, separating usable uranium and plutonium from useless wastes, a process once seen as a kind of alchemy. what kind of science could take a fuel, burn it and turn the ashes back into fresh fuel to burn again? but soon alarms were sounding. thorpe was meant to provide fuel for a new generation of super—efficient power stations, but they were never built and ambitious targets were never met. the plant didn't operate as well as we had originally expected. there were a number of operational problems through its life. those lofty expectations were built upon expectations around nuclear power, cost of uranium, and those assumptions did not prove to be valid. thorpe did make some £9 billion reprocessing waste from overseas, but now those contracts have dried up as well. although reprocessing has now finished here at thorpe, that isn't the end for this vast facility. par

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our business correspondent theo leggett has been guaging reaction from rail passengers at london bridgeair to say that they are not happy. 0ne chap i spoke to was actually filling in his claim for a delay that he had experienced this morning, and he said to me, "why if "we are experiencing all these delays are "the prices still going up?" and of course, price increases on the railways are something of an unpopular winter tradition in this country. this year, it is not as bad as it could be. on average, ticket prices are going up by 3.1%. that is a little bit below the retail price index rate of inflation on which these kind of things are measured. but nevertheless, it is an increase, it is going to put say £100 on the cost of some of our more expensive season tickets, and so on. so how does the industry justify all this? well, to explain a little bit about that, i am joined by robert nisbet of the rail delivery group. now, robert, what is your message to commuters? why'd you have to increase prices now? nobody wants to pay extra for their fares, we understand that, but let me just try a

an ongoing executive ike leggett says they're going to mak some rule changes to preventbe an emzzlement case of this magnitude in the future. >>> has problem for commuryrs in montgocounty. >> yeah, this major artery, new hampshire avenue, closed for nearly a mile tonight because or a wain break. here we go, folks, the weather. chopper 4 overhe scene earlier today showing all of this flooding here. >> let's check i with darcy spencer who is live in hillandale. >> i can tell you, we haven't seen a lot of pog over the last several hours. but just now that is beginning to change. let me show you the damage first. this is new hampshire avenue. and that is the damage caused by the floodwaters. but if we're going to pan the these and show you, trucks just arrived here. they are going to have to dig down in the road and fix the proble northbound g down new hampshire avenue. the road buckled in some places, broken intopieces. this major comter route shut down. people tried to get home and enstart their we for some frustration set in. >> i've got a baby in the car and a mama. us some no way to gi

montgomery county executive ike leggett says he has gotten no official explanation from walter reed or the military how this mistak was made. >> they have just given some preliminary indication as to what possibly happened. that is failure for someone indicate in their system trit it was a and for whatever reason they didn't do that. >> reporter: people were told eere was an act shooter. kenyatta rin a she was in a crowded room. the door didn't lock so hernd husbandnother man held it yhut protecting those inside. >> we were absoluterrified at that point and then, you know, knowing that one of the doors was an easys point was just unbelievably frightening. >> reporter: maryland congressman dutch ruppersberger was also on lockdown for an hour and a half. he is launchingn investigation to determine why this active ashooterrt lasted so long leaving so many in fear. that's the latest. chris gordon, news4. >>> breaking news.c. olice just released the name and a picture of the man they say is wante for shooting two people on benning road in northeast killing one of them. 20-year-old malik mor

. >> outgoing montgomeryounty executive ike leggett says they have made several rule changes to pvent an embezzlement case like this in the future. bang is facing up to 40 years in prison. >>> a major trouble spot for commuters in montgomery county. a water main busting open and flooding new hampshire avenue.e lanes till closed right now for about a mile near powder mill road,s but at t hour, crews are finally starting to make some progress.ar news4's spencer has an update for us. darcy, it's looking a little better. >> it is, doreen. it's good news for putple who co through this area and people who live in this area. take a look behind me here. one lane northbound new hampshire avenue has reopened. and i believe we have some video fr chopper 4 also. wssc is now here with their heavy equipment and their workers. they're just nowha using equipment to dig the hole to reach that pipe and get it fixed. northbound new hampshire have a nubuckle as water rushed from a broken water main, pieces of the roadway scattered. this major commuter route shut down as thousands of drivers who use this

here's theo leggett.ficant development it tells us that there was recurrent fall to the air crash in the days leading up to the accident. but a fault with an airspeed indicator should not of itself be enough to cause accident, there are other systems on board in theory what should have happened is that one system is not working, the pilot showed have relied on a separate system. there are however, presidents where this is happened and pilots have ended up confused and accident has happened as a result. for example in 2009 air france crashed on the coast of brazil what happened there was that it was playing up and cost autopilot. wording and the pilot left in control of aircraft and did not communicate with one another effectively and that ultimately led to the accident it was a chain reaction, it's possible something similar could happen here, but these are early stages in the investigation. the latest revelation will be too though, his questions about the maintenance records of a are, why are there was a

theo leggett explains.ing up location data, by default, location data tends to not be on. these consumer organisations are arguing that that enables google to obtaina are arguing that that enables google to obtain a great deal of information about peoples lifestyles. if it sees you going to a place of worship a lot, it would all but a religion. if you're going to hospital, they will know about your medical condition and that kind of thing. and it says that consumers are not aware that this data is being gathered, they're not in a position to opt out of it and they have not given their consent. that forms the basis of their case about consent. i've a report now on lesotho — it's a small country surrounded by south africa. and it's becoming a global player in the medicinal marijuana industry. vumani mkhize has more. a as small as it may be, the city is making big strides in the medical marijuana industry. it'd begin the first african country legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. yet at the farm, as you c

our business correspondent theo leggett reports.e uk, to regions where holiday sunshine is a bit more reliable. but this year there was a problem, britain basked in summer heat and foreign holidays lost their appeal. we had a very good start to the summer of 2018. and then the heatwave, all over europe, not only in the uk, in the nordic countries, and on the continent, had really an impact on customer behaviour. the company's earnings plummeted as it was forced to cut prices to fill planes and hotels. that hot summer does feel like a very long time ago, even so thomas cook is facing a number of other challenges. uncertainty over brexit, high debt levels, and how to keep the more traditional parts of its business when what consumers want is changing very rapidly. thomas cook is a large business. it has 21,000 staff, nearly half of them in the uk. it still operates nearly 600 high street stores, though hundreds have closed over the past two years. last year it had 22 million customers. some analysts believe its business model is outda