our home editor, mark easton, is with me. ke of the potential legal implications of this ruling? well, discrimination law is about ensuring that people are not treated differently because of their race, religion or sexual orientation, it is about people, not messages, and it is not about cake, and that was the distinction the supreme court made today, between the message and the man. the distinction is important, because there are competing rights, the right of the customer to order a ca ke to right of the customer to order a cake to promote gay marriage, but also the right of the baker not to bake a cake to promote gay marriage, and human rights law actually accents explicitly that people are not obliged to manifest a belief that they do not hold, but this judgment goes beyond that. it says that the baker would have been entitled to refuse to bake a cake, whatever the message on the icing. as thejudges put whatever the message on the icing. as the judges put it, whatever the message on the icing. as thejudges put it, they wha

thank you, mark easton, our home affairs correspondent.editor kamal ahmed at the treasury. does this declaration today tie the hands of the treasury for months to come?” think it might do, to an exam. in three weeks‘ time, the chancellor of the exchequer has to deliver his budget. before this rather optimistic speech about the public finances and the economy, the treasury was being cautious, pointing out all the hard work that had gone into fixing the public finances shouldn‘t be thrown away or more borrowing and more spending, saying that the big pledge on the nhs already had to be paid for probably by tax rises. and, of course, the big risk around brexit. certainly, the prime minister has changed the tone of that type of narrative, saying ruling out one big possibility of a tax rise, a tax rise on petrol, saying it won‘t happen. discounts for borrowing for housing means there is more doubtful the government to carry. and saying the government to carry. and saying the end of austerity. well, the fa cts the end of austerity. well, the fact

fiona bruce along with mark easton hotfooted it to westminster from clear she presented the news thatt backdrop, but not before the two of them had flagged down a passing police car and been given an escort after getting stuck in rush—hour traffic. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or appear on the programme, you can call us on... or e—mail us at... you can find us on twitter and have a look at our website. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. storm can will ease a little overnight but the arena from it will continue on through saturday for some of us, green totals further increasing, difficult for travelling. the storm is moving away to the north. as those green totals made, it is inside the wheels were focusing, maybe i60 nanometres of rain by the time we finish saturday, a met office amber warning. in com plete a met office amber warning. in complete contrast today in eastern parts of england there has been some sunshine. tomorrow will be even warm

mark easton has the details.njustices was the prime minister's top priority when she took office. >> we will make britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us. battle will be the mission of the government i lead. and together we will build a better britain. today but a report from the e h ra better britain. today but a report fromtheehrac better britain. today but a report from the e h r a c says the picture is still bleak for the living standards of the most at risk and forgotten groups, particularly disabled group and ethnic minorities. child poverty and infant mortality are rising and government welfare reforms are blamed for putting more vulnerable people below the poverty line. the report does recognise some improvements on education attainment, political involvement and workplace equality. but it warns of the mark backward move on but it warns of the mark backward m ove 0 n a ccess but it warns of the mark backward move on access to justice, personal security and says increa

mark easton, bbc news, swansea bay. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc2. one time for the news where you are.. hello and welcome to sportsday. your sport headlines: free flowing england topple spain as sterling breaks his scoring drought. goals remain hard to come by for northern ireland as relegation looms large in the nations league. and more injury troubles for billy vunipola — england's number eight is ruled out of the autumn internationals. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. raheem sterling scored his first international goals for three years in a breathtaking first half in seville as england beat spain 3—2, to win their first match in europe's nations league. our sports editor dan roan is there for us tonight. and dan, england's last match played behind closed doors. for the fans who were in the stadium tonight, this was one to remember. one of the most memorable england victories for many years. i don't think you can overestimate what a significant performance and win that is when you consider in with her playing one of the most stylis

our home editor mark easton is here. what did you make of the announcement?tory prime minister's big announcement — letting english town halls build a lot more council housing. not since harold macmillan has the conservative party sounded as enthusiastic about the subject as theresa may did this afternoon. solving the housing crisis is the biggest domestic policy challenge of our generation. it doesn't make sense to stop councils from playing their part in solving it, so today i can announce that we are scrapping that cap. at the moment, the amount councils in england can borrow to build new homes is capped. local authority housing debt is currently about £26 billion. but once the cap comes off they can use their housing stock as collateral against much more — probably an additional £io—15 billion of borrowing. that money could be used to build an extra 15—20,000 new council homes every year for ten years. to put that in perspective, in the last year for which we have figures, fewer than 6,000 social rent homes were completed in england. so today's announceme

our home editor mark easton reports from bournemouth.s is a fundamental aim of the government after brexit. among those who will be made less welcome arriving here in dorset, for example, are low—skilled migrant workers. but what is a low—skilled migrant? today, government ministers suggested it might mean a minimum salary, and the official advisers to the government have said that, after brexit, a new immigration system should describe anyjob that pays less than £30,000 a year as low skilled. so that would include many care workers, health workers, farm workers, construction workers, hospitality workers, the very people who currently keep this local area functioning. but the prime minister is clear. after brexit, she wants the uk to become a low—migration economy with greater emphasis on british workers. we will be bringing an end to free movement once and for all. so we will be able to decide the basis on which people come to the uk. that hasn't been possible for many years. for people coming from the eu, that will change. the governme

our home editor, mark easton, has been looking at the results with people in swansea.ansea east equally emphatically to leave. as negotiations reach a critical stage we have invited a panel of local people from both sides of the argument to the city‘s waterfront museum — a national collection celebrating welsh industry, part funded by the eu. good afternoon. there are fewer than 170 days until the uk is due to leave the european union. are you excited? are you anxious? what do you think the days immediately after brexit are going to be like? i‘m quite optimistic but i am glad we‘re not going to be part of the use — the united states of europe — because i would never want to be part of that. iwould be pessimistic because it will be the start of the division of europe and this has been like the longest time of peace since the last war. it has been chaos from the beginning and it is still chaos. anxious. anxious, that is my fear. what will happen to the economy? what will happen to jobs? what will happen to the prices in the shop? i think prices will inflate for like the

our home editor, mark easton, is here. what are the wider implications of this?those viewpoints. discrimination law is about treating people differently, because of their race or religion or sexual orientation. it is people and not m essa 9 es orientation. it is people and not messages and certainly not messages on cakes. the distinction is vital because are competing rights, the right of the customer to order a ca ke right of the customer to order a cake promoting gay marriage and the right of the bigger not to promote 93v right of the bigger not to promote gay marriage. human rights law explicitly accepts that people are not obliged to manifest any belief that they do not hold. that is written into it. today'sjudgment goes further, saying the beggars would be entitled to refuse the cake, whatever the message. the judge said that support were living in sin or support for a political party. it is clear that a printer is under no obligation to print the bible or the koran or the book on atheism. but the concern here is what is going on inside the head of the shopk

our home editor mark easton has been looking at the results.ically to remain, swansea east equally emphatically to leave. so, as negotiations reach a critical stage, we have invited a panel of local people from both sides of the argument to the city's waterfront museum. a national collection celebrating welsh industry, part—funded by the eu. well, good afternoon. there are fewer than 170 days until the uk is due to leave the european union. so, are you excited, are you anxious? what do you think the days immediately after brexit are going to be like? well, i am quite optimistic. i am glad that we're not going to be part of the use, the united states of europe. because i would never want to be part of that. i feel pessimistic, because it's going to be the start of a division of europe, and this has been the longest time of peace since the last war. it has been chaos from the beginning, and it is still chaos. anxious. just only one word, anxious. that is my feeling, yes. what's going to happen to the economy, what is going to happen tojobs, what

our home editor, mark easton, is with me.ve seen a pattern of cases like this in the last five or six years... rotherham, 0xford, woakes del potro derby, banbury, telford, peterborough, aylesbury, bristol, halifax, 03, newcastle, huddersfield, this is a familiar scandal, the sexual abuse of vulnerable children in english towns by groups of men are predominantly pakistani heritage but others, too. it went on for decades but only in the last six or seven years have people taking proper notice. indeed it isa people taking proper notice. indeed it is a crime which until recently was rarely discussed in public. child sexual abuse is often ignored oi’ child sexual abuse is often ignored or covered up, the protection of institutional reputations or the protection of community cohesion has been put before the protection of children. the grooming gangs of provincial england have tended to operate where the disinfectant of public scrutiny fails to reach, the poor areas of town, around the minicab ranks and the fast food joints, the twi

our home editor mark easton reports. burning injustices was the prime minister's top priority when she took office. and we will make britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us. that will be the mission of the government i lead. and together we will build a better britain. but today's report from the ehrc says the picture is still bleak for the living standards of britain's most at risk and forgotten groups, particularly disabled people and ethnic minorities. child poverty and infant mortality are rising. government welfare reforms are blamed for pulling more vulnerable people below the poverty line. the report does recognise some improvement on educational attainment, political involvement and workplace equality. but it warns of a marked backward move on access to justice, personal security, and says increasingly work is no escape from poverty. so what we are seeing is, for the first time since the 1990s, we are seeing an increase in infant mortality. three in ten children in this coun

our home editor mark easton has been to bournemouth to find out how these plans might work in action.ent after brexit. among those who will be made less welcome, arriving here in dorset for example, are low—skilled migrant workers. but what is a low—skilled migrant? today, government ministers suggested it might mean a minimum salary, and the official advisers to the government have said that after brexit, a new immigration system should describe anyjob that pays less than £30,000 a year as low skilled. so, that would include many ca re workers, health workers, farm workers, construction workers, hospitality workers, the very people who currently keep this local area functioning. but the prime minister is clear, after brexit she wants the uk to become a low migration economy, with greater emphasis on british workers. we will be bringing an end to free movement once and for all, so we'll be able to decide the basis on which people come to the uk. that has not been possible many years, for people coming from the eu. that will change. the government says the new immigration strategy will

our home editor mark easton has been to bournemouth to find out how the plans might work.trol of our borders is a fundamental aim of the government after brexit. among those who will be made less welcome, arriving here in dorset for example, are low skilled migrant workers. but what is a low skilled migrant? today, government ministers suggested it might mean a minimum salary, and the official advisers to the government have said that after brexit, a new immigration system should describe anyjob that pays less than £30,000 a year as low skilled. so, that would include many care workers, health workers, farm workers, construction workers, hospitality workers, the very people who currently keep this local area functioning. but the prime minister is clear, after brexit she wants the uk to become a low migration economy, with greater emphasis on british workers. we'll be bringing an end to free movement once and for all, so we'll be able to decide the basis on which people come to the uk. that has not been possible many years, for people coming from the eu, that will change. t

our home editor mark easton is with me.attern of cases like this in the last five or six years. this is a horrifyingly familiar scandal that has infected dozens of provincial towns up and down in england, and yet it is a crime, as we have been heaving, that only a decade ago was rarely discussed in public. child sexual abuse was ignored or covered up, the protection of institutional reputation or of community cohesion was put before the protection of children. the grooming gangs of provincial england have tended to operate further disinfectant of public scrutiny struggles to reach the poorer neighbourhoods on the edge of town, where immigrant communities are struggling to get a foothold, the twilight zones of urban life, and child abuse thrives in those kind of dark corners, where people look the other way and don't ask difficult questions. when we look, we find schoolmasters, care workers, priests, tv presenters, taxi drivers and shopkeepers. and the only crumb of comfort from this deeply painful process is that in exposin

our home editor, mark easton, is with me. similar to what happened in rochdale, rotherham, oxford, telford, so many english towns, is it the same pattern? largely, yes, this is a scandal which appears to have infected dozens of provincial towns up and down england and yes, it isa towns up and down england and yes, it is a crime which perhaps only a decade ago was rarely discussed in public, child sexual abuse was often ignored or covered up. the protection of institutions, or the protection of institutions, or the protection of institutions, or the protection of community cohesion was put before the protection of children. the grooming gangs of provincial england have tended to operate where the disinfectant of public scrutiny fails to reach, poorer neighbourhoods on the edge of town, more often immigrant immunities where they are struggling to get a toehold, around the fast food joints, the mini cab ranks, the twilight zone of urban life, and child abuse thrives in those kind of dark corners, where people look the other way a

so fiona bruce along with mark easton hotfooted it to westminster from clear she presented the news thatand current affairs or appear on the programme, you can call us on... ore—mail us at... you can find us on twitter and have a look at our website. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and jon kay. our headlines today... warnings of travel disruption and floods as storm callum brings a second day of heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the uk — thousands are without power in south wales. good morning. there's more rain to come today, particularly for wales where we still have that amber warning. it's another windy day. meanwhile across eastern parts of england, we could see temperatures up to 25 celsius. all the details in the 15 minutes. the head of the united nationsjoins calls for a proper investigation into the disappearance of a saudi journalist at the country's consulate in istanbul.

mark easton, bbc news.cline in the performance of the nhs in scotland — that's the warning from the scottish public spending watchdog. a new audit scotland report says that there are increasing staff problems, rising drug costs and a maintenance backlog with fewer resources at its disposal. the scottish government said it was already taking forward recommendations with increases in front line staffing. the bbc has been heavily criticised on the issue of equal pay by a group of mps. the culture select committee says in a report released today, that the corporation is guilty of "opaque decision—making" and treating women unequally, while proposed reforms don't go far enough. the corporation said much of the report was out of date but there is "more to do". the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town of nadi, as their official royal tour of australia and the south—pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died in the 1972 battle

our home editor, mark easton reports.'s report from the ehrc says the picture is still bleak for the living standards of britain's most at risk and forgotten groups, particularly disabled people and ethnic minorities. child poverty and infant mortality are rising. government welfare reforms are blamed for pulling more vulnerable people below the poverty line. the report does recognise some improvements on educational attainment, political involvement and workplace equality. but it warns of a marked backward move on access to justice, personal security, and says increasingly work is no escape from poverty. so what we are seeing is, for the first time since the 1990s, we are seeing an increase in infant mortality. three in ten children in this country live in poverty. and that rise is half for certain ethnic minority groups. the report says the government should reinstate the binding targets on reducing child poverty that were dropped in 2015, and calls for more flexible working to help disabled people and women into the wo