michael buchanan, bbc news. tesla has unveiled its first electric truck.blow your mind clear out of your skull." the tesla semi is claimed to travel 400 miles afterjust half an hour's charging. but with the firm already struggling to meet demand for existing models, some analysts are asking whether tesla is promising more than it can deliver. from the launch in los angeles, dave lee reports. by bringing some of its trademark speed and style to trucking, tesla thinks it can unseat diesel as king of the road. it looks like it's not moving... elon musk has promised it will be able to travel up to 500 miles on a single charge and when dragging the heaviest trailer allowed on american roads it will still accelerate to 60 mph in just 20 seconds. he wouldn't say how much the vehicle will cost, but argued that when fuel and maintenance are factored in it will be cheaper and more efficient than diesel. claims that were met with considerable scepticism by some. it's really a very much economics driven type of industry and diesel has proven to be unmatched in that co

michael buchanan, bbc news.and train lines over the continued imprisonment of the region's separatist leaders. it comes as the spanish foreign minister suggested that catalonia could have a legal referendum on independence following last month's disputed one — but only if the necessary constitutional changes are approved by the rest of spain. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee reports. it the streets of catalonia tonight. after a day where separatist supporters have controlled the rhythm of the traffic, blocking every major route across the region. and the railways, too. in madrid, i met spain's foreign minister, who recently claimed it was fake news to suggest there was police violence against voters during last month's banned independence referendum. now he seems to have softened his position. i'm sorry if some of them got injured, but this was not... i don't think it was a disproportionate use of force. i am not denying that there were some ugly images that we would not like to see repeated, but by all means,

michael buchanan, bbc news, peterborough.r three years, and £350 million is to be made available immediately to relieve the pressures this winter. sir bruce keoch, the medical director of nhs england, called the level of funding "worrying" and is warning of longer waits for treatment. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has the details. the neonatal intensive care unit at birmingham women's hospital. here, they have a clear view what future generations will need from the nhs. the chief executive says the chancellor's new funding falls short of what's required. i feel quite sad about it. if i'm honest, i was really looking for the government to make a commitment to what the nhs needs in the long term. she told me the money for this winter has come too late. it's very difficult to think what we can do now. the only thing we could really try is to get additional locum staff or to pay existing staff overtime, but it's the same pool that we're asking to do extra work all the time. nhs england had called for a majorfudging increase, the b

michael buchanan, bbc news.habi has been formally opened which allows the loan of the name for 30 years. the new museum will show hundreds of works from every culture and era, half on loan from france's most prestigious museum collections. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has been to see it. the hit and miss architecture of abu dhabi's recently built high—rise skyline, which sits alongside the impressive sheikh zayed grand mosque, perhaps the emirate's most famous landmark. well, it was, but now there's this, the brand—new louvre abu dhabi with its 180 metres, 7.5 tonne domed roof, designed a longer with the 55 individual buildings it spans, by the prize—winning french architect jean nouvel. i wanted also, when you look at the building, that you understand it is a spiritual building. the symbol of spirituality here is the cupola. for me, it is cosmographic. it is kind of a sky under the sky. and when you have the light through, because by perforated this dome, i thought that we could play with the movement of the s

michael buchanan, bbc news, county durham.hey were questioning in connection with the disappearance of 19—year—old gaia pope who was last seen in swanage ten days ago. he is the third person the police have arrested on suspicion of murder and then released. jon donnison has more. the beautiful dorset coast. now the focus of an ugly search. more than 50 officers from the police, fire service and coastguard, are combing the area above and below the cliffs just outside swanage. but it's ten days since gaia pope was last seen. the search moved to this clifftop area after police found women's clothes similar, they say, to what gaia was wearing when she was last seen. it was shortly after that discovery that officers arrested 49—year—old paul elsey. this evening, he's been released under investigation. paul elsey lives in one of these flats in this complex on morrison road in swanage. his 71—year—old mother and 19—year—old nephew were arrested earlier this week but have also been released while the investigation continues. this cctv

michael buchanan, bbc news.argeant, has released correspondence indicating that he faced allegations of "unwa nted attention, inappropriate touching or groping", which he denied. in a statement, the family said that the 49—year—old was not given details of the allegations before he apparently took his own life. our wales correspondent sian lloyd is in cardiff. what more can you tell us? well, george, carl sargeant‘s family have released a series of letters. they show at the time of his death, mr sargent was aware of the broad nature of the allegations against him, but he did not know the details, and he was distressed that he could not defend himself and there were warnings about his mental state of mind and his welfare. the first minister carwyn jones state of mind and his welfare. the first minister carwynjones is accused of prejudicing the investigation by commenting to the media, so we get a sense of the anger the family have been feeling, but also from welsh labour sources tonight, a feeling of groundswell

our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story.f benefit dependency, much of it triggered by ill health. old manufacturing jobs maim the body — lack of opportunities maim the mind. peter cartwright has any number of health problems, from osteoarthritis to depression. he used to get incapacity benefit but is now on employment and support allowance. he‘s astonished the government have been underpaying the benefit. it‘s not as if you can go and get loads of luxuries when you‘re on this benefit. you have enough to get through, and if people are getting underpaid for it, i mean, that means they‘re not getting through, they‘re having to make the choice of either food or heating. a disproportionately high number of people here get esa, and some are now in for a windfall after an extraordinary error. between 2012 and 2015, the government miscalculated. they underpaid the benefits due to people moving off incapacity benefit and onto esa. we‘ve been told officials estimate that claimants are owed £500 million. the error could affect around 7

michael buchanan, bbc news, county durham.day. coming less than a week before the budget, the plans could add hundreds of billions of pounds to the uk economy. they also include recommendations for a new town. the commission also wants to delivery of the east—west railway line linking oxford and cambridge, a new railway station at cambridge files and a so—called east— west expressway that would link the miand mao at oxford. the commission wants more powers for councils to ensure more homes are built. emma reports. a brand—new town taking shape in cambridgeshire, housing the workforce of the future. it could just be the start. we need to boost housing supply so people can get access to those jobs and do not have to travel so far and also so that younger people can get on the housing ladder and stay in the localities, and that is why we are proposing to reopen the railway line that was closed 50 years ago between oxford and milton keynes and cambridge, significant investment in roads so that this can support more jobs and these

michael buchanan, bbc news.of the worst things that can happen to you is to become homeless. today's report reveals for the first time that more than 300,000 people in britain are struggling with the reality of being homeless tonight and this winter. i think it should be a wake—up call for government and all of this in society that this is a real and pressing problem we have two address. what is your explanation for why it has got so much worse? what is happening is that people are caught between two thinks. a chronic lack of affordable homes that people can rent on the amount they are earning plus the squeeze on benefits that we are seeing which has come about from this freeze on benefits that we have in place. this is pushing more and more families to this situation and the situation where they lose their home and can't afford to get another one. what would you like to see the government doing to address what appears to be quite a serious problem with winter approaching? the government is talking a lot about h

the problem and have already started making the repayments. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. horden in county durham has high levels of benefit dependency, much of it driven by ill health. 0ld manufacturing jobs maim the body — lack of opportunities maim the mind. peter cartwright has any number of health problems, from osteoarthritis to depression. he used to get incapacity benefit but is now on employment and support allowance. we mustjoin the press conference regarding the air collision. our priorities remain with investigating the next of kin, finding out who they are, informing them, supporting them with specialist officers as we progress the specialist investigation here on the site. we did ajoint investigation here on the site. we did a joint response with the fire service, ambulance, and the air accident branch of working with us whilst we establish the cause of the crash. any questions? i cannot go into the details of