navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham.three major water companies in england discharged sewage hundreds of times last year on days when it wasn't raining and that's illegal. the practice is known as "dry spilling". this is what should happen when the sewage process is working normally. the waste water flows smoothly through the system to the sewage treatment plant and stays out of rivers and the sea. if it rains very heavily orfor a long time, water companies are allowed to spill untreated water under certain conditions. but what is illegal is when waste water spills straight into rivers and the sea when there is no rain — that is called dry spill. it's been uncovered by a bbc investigation, as our environment correspondentjonah fisher reports. rural west sussex, and one of southern england's celebrated chalk streams. here we are, welcome to the river lavant, or as we locally call it, the river lav. the river lav? the river lav, just full of effluent. rob, a retired businessman, is notjoking. there would be no river lavant

navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham.agement of spain's women's football team. the country's football federation has sacked jorge vilda, the coach of its world cup—winning women's team. he is considered a close ally of luis rubiales, the suspended president of the federation who has been underfire for kissing the playerjenni hermoso on the lips without her consent as the team celebrated winning the tournament. it's named montse tommay to replace him, becoming the first female coach of the national team. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall. 16 days ago, george a seemed on top of the world. little could he have known what was to unfold. the fallout from louis rubiales is now infamous kiss onjenny hermosa today taking a new turn. the writing had been on the wall after he was seen applauding rubiales at a federation meeting on friday when instead of resigning, rubiales announced he was going nowhere. vilda later distanced himself from the spanish fa president, but stopped short of calling for him to go. the spain co

our midlands correspondent navteonhal is there. the first thing to say is that the city council here has not stopped functioning, it has a legal duty to provide certain services and they will continue, but this is a signal to government ofjust how dire the financial situation is here, and admission that the council here cannot pay its bills. the people i have spoken to around birmingham say they are worried about what the future may hold. but for those who have been watching the saga closely, in some ways today has felt inevitable. the pressure on this city's finances has been rising and rising, and europe's biggest local authority is now in big trouble. the news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many people living in birmingham shocked and angry. oh my god, i've never heard of such a thing in my life. how can the council be bankrupt? after the commonwealth games last year, this city was thriving. it is a dynamic vibrant city. but this should never have happened. it should never have got to this p

navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham.ng the abaya — a traditional muslim dress. the french government announced a ban last month, arguing that wearing the garment broke rules on keeping education secular. there is now a legal challenge in front of the courts on the matter. azadeh moshiri has more on the first day of the ban. here's how the first day of the ban played out. according to official figures, 298 girls turned up to school in an abaya. now, a strict protocol was already in place, and so each student then had a dialogue with school staff. in most cases, they changed and were able to start their classes, and yet 67 of them refused. and so instead they were sent home. now, according to the government, 12 million boys and girls started their school term on monday. and so as far as they're concerned, they believe the ban was widely accepted. and yet this comes after months, if not years, of debate over whether the abaya is fit for purpose in france's classrooms. some context — france has a strict ban on any religious

navteonhal, bbc news, leicester. much more on that story on our website.ghest storm alert, number ten. theses are the latest pictures from hong kong. you can see the powerful winds sweeping the rain sideways. the hong kong observatory is warning of winds which means speeds of 118kph, with the typhoon's eyewall posing what it calls a high threat. in the nearby chinese city of shenzhen, emergency shelters have been opening. hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes, and hundreds of flights have been cancelled. will be back in the next few minutes, don't go anywhere. let's leave you with these images live outside the dc district court, sentencing is due for ethan nordean, a member of the far right proud boys. we'll have much more analysis in the next few minutes on this story, as we said, at least three people have already been sentenced yesterday and today. so stay with us, lots more coming up on that story. hello. the weather is changing over the next few days — a change to something drier and warmer, with some spells of sunshine.

navteonhal, bbc news. leicester.gland without any train services. members of aslef at more than a dozen rail compaines are taking part in their long—running dispute over pay. tomorrow, in a separate strike, up to 20,000 rail workers will walk out from 14 different train companies, cutting rail services in half. journeys into scotland and wales will be affected. meanwhile, the future of station ticket offices is under scrutiny. hundreds could close in england. the government will make its final decision soon. here's our transport correspondent, katy austin. a ticket office in surrey open for business today, but for how much longer? under pressure from the government to cut costs, train companies say ticket—buying habits have changed and they want to use staff differently. a public consultation has received at least half a million responses. i buy them on an app, but i understand that there's a lot of people locally who don't have access to that app. personally, it wouldn't make a difference to how i travel, but i unde

navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham.e chain has fallen through. there had been hopes a last ditch attempt to save it would succeed the wilko name is set to disappear from uk high streets but now all of its a00 stores across the uk will close by early october. that means redundancies look likely for all 12,500 staff. 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been speaking to shoppers in greater manchester. they always had the stuff in there and it was good stuff. i�*m just gutted. keith has lived in eccles all his life. and wilko has been here as long as he has. to see it going, because i remember when it was up church street. but that is about to change. i don�*t know what they�*ll do with this place when that goes. this is one of the 52 stores already marked to close this week but now we know the other 300 or so will be shutting their doors too. i do come in for diy tooling and things, but it will be a great loss because we�*ll have to go to b&q. not everybody has got a car. it's probably one of the better sto

navteonhal, bbc news, leicester. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.meet the litter man of leicestershire, scott gibbins. whether it's car parks, pavements or lay—bys, scott's there with his bags and litter—picker. i'm out most times early doors because i beat the traffic and all that. but on that, a couple of hours on a saturday, i do a group—pick on sunday for two or three hours and a pick before the group—pick. and then at work, i'll work at a big airfield and i'll try and pick at least one or two bags every day there. you're quite dedicated. addicted, and dedicated. absolutely love it, absolutely love it. you've got the fresh air, exercise, a sense of achievement when you look back at what you've done and how many bags you've filled. i do it for the wildlife. so far this year, he's filled around 900 bags. that works out very roughly at three tonnes of litter. scott, who's 55 next week, says as long as there's litter around, he can't help but pick it up. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. x,

navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. a reminder of our top story this hour.a parliamentary researcher was arrested amid accusations he spied for china. you have been watching newsday. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. our unprecedented run of september days over 30 degrees did not continue into monday. that said, parts of the south and the east were still quite warm and humid — 27 celsius in suffolk. for tuesday, the process of things turning cooler and fresher does continue for most of us, although some warmth and humidity will hold on down towards the south. this humid air really quite stubborn, quite slow to clear, whereas fresher conditions are now filtering in across scotland and northern ireland. morning temperatures of around two or three degrees in parts of the highlands, whereas further south, ia, 15, 16 degrees in that humid air. through tuesday for scotland and for northern ireland, we will see lots of sunshine and just a few mostly light showers. but for parts of northern england, particularly yorkshire and lincolnshire and down into

navteonhal, bbc news, leicester.the region has seen decades of unrest, and four years ago india's government took direct political control. since then, india's security forces have been accused of a campaign of arrests and intimidation against journalists covering the conflict. india and pakistan both claim the kashmir region and each control part of it. the area under india's control has seen a separatist insurgency that's claimed thousands of lives. now india is accused of cracking down on those reporting on it. the bbc has spoken to dozens ofjournalists with stories of serious abuse. 0ur south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from srinagar. this is the kashmir india's government wants the world to see. beautiful, serene, full of tourists. away from sight is the more grim picture. a painful, long—running conflict. more recently, a clampdown on democratic rights. and journalists say those reporting on the realities of the situation are now being silenced. asif sultan, a kashmiri reporter, pictured here at

navteonhal, bbc news, birmingham. our correspondent ellie pricejoins me now.seeking "urgent advice" on banning american bully xl dogs. how easy is that to do? well, if a dog is banned it means it is illegal to own, sell or breed and it is punishing by time in prison or unlimited fine. now, dogs can be banned under the 1991 dangerous dogs act. there were four breeds on that list originally and none have been added since then, that is telling, it is not as straightforward as it sounds, the bully xl isn't regarded as a specific breed, it's a crossbreed so identifying it, compassionly what it is would be very complicated. there is big question marks over whether banning breeds works, dog attacks have been on the up since that legislation more than 30 years ago, there were 22,000 dog attacks last year alone and the rspca the british yvettery association and the kennel club have long campaigned against it. they say that what is most likely to bring out aggression in a dog is not its breeding it is the way it is treated and looked after or not as the case maybe, by b

here is our midlands correspondent, navteonhal.n rising and rising, and europe's biggest local authority is now in big trouble. it's problems began more than a decade ago when a landmark case was brought against the council which led to it having to hand out almost £1 billion. recurring costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement this summer that it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow, that was on top of the cost of a botched roll—out of a new it system which has said it back another £100 million. the city council leader who is currently a broad says as part of a long—standing family commitment, questions on this will be answered. we've already got a review... governance and accountability and duty authority, also made it clear that the end of this there needs to be a judge led inquiry to look at theissues be a judge led inquiry to look at the issues around equal pay. it's devastating news for burma kim taxpayers here. failure to deliver proper— taxpayers here. failure to deli

our midlands correspondent navteonhal is there.he city's finances has been rising and rising. europe's biggest local authority is now in biggest local authority is now in big trouble. its problems began more than a decade ago, when a landmark case was brought against the council, which led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. but with the authority's revenue budget, the money it spends on recurrent costs like wages, at £750 million, the announcement of this summer but it had up to £760 million still to find to settle the equal pay claims was a huge blow. and that is on top of the botched roll—out of a new it system which has set up back and about £100 million. the city council leader who is currently abroad, he says, is part of a long—standing family commitment, told us questions on this will be answered. we commitment, told us questions on this will be answered.— this will be answered. we have already got _ this will be answered. we have already got a — this will be answer

here's our midlands correspondent, navteonhal, in birmingham with the latest. have been brewing now for not just months but for years. this all began really a decade ago, when a landmark court case ruled that birmingham city council had to pay an unequal pay dispute, the claims that emerged from that, mainly to female staff or to staff that would traditionally be in roles that were done by female staff, for example teaching assistants and cleaners. the bill for that so far over the last decade or so has been more than £1 billion. but then earlier this summer, at emerged that on top of what has already been paid there was another up to £760 million to pay as part of that ongoing equal pay liability as well. and that's what's really forced the hand of birmingham city council to make this announcement today. there are other issues at play here as well, a botched it system, the roll—out of which and the implimentation of that has cost the city council around £100 million. and then there are the issues we know all local authorities up and down the country been deali