mark easton, bbc news, north wales.d mass walk—outs today in protest at the company's treatment of women and ethnic minorities. the protests began in tokyo and singapore and swept around the world. our media editor amol rajan has the story. from within one of the most powerful companies in history, a global uprising. from new york to dublin, google staff united... in berlin and singapore and zurich, and in the rain in london, protesting at their treatment. just after 11am in each time zone, hundreds walked out, leaving messages behind on their desks. when things happen in numbers and they see a large group of people speaking up then i think that's when things start to change. i'm walking out along with other colleagues in support of anyone in any workplace who has been harassed, and to ensure that the perpetrators are not protected and not rewarded. as so often in the cultural moment we are living through, seething anger was kept below the surface until one explosive case was made public. the new york times alleged that

mark easton, bbc news, north wales.ices around the world staged mass walkouts today in protest at the company's treatment of women and ethnic minorities. the protests began in tokyo and singapore and swept around the world. 0ur media editor amol rajan has the story. from within one of the most powerful companies in history, a global uprising. from new york to dublin, google staff united... in berlin and singapore and zurich, and in the rain in london, protesting at their treatment. just after 11am in each time zone, hundreds walked out, leaving messages behind on their desks. when things happen in numbers and they see a large group of people speaking up then i think that's when things start to change. i'm walking out along with other colleagues in support of anyone in any workplace who has been harassed, and to ensure that the perpetrators are not protected and not rewarded. as so often in the cultural moment we are living through, seething anger was kept below the surface until one explosive case was made public. the n

quite a wet start to wednesday across northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, and the westernust wet, but windy as well. let's take a look at nine o'clock in the morning in closer detail. much of england and wales, away from the far north—west, will be mainly dry, some bright or sunny spells, but these black wind symbols give an indication of the wind gusts through wednesday morning. so quite widely touching a0 to 50 miles an hour for western coasts, and some heavy and persistent rain across northern ireland, and southern and western scotland. warnings in place here. through wednesday, that rain will be slowly pulling away north and eastwards, so slowly turning drier across northern ireland, north—west england, central and southern scotland. eventually that rain clears away from the highlands and by the afternoon, most places becoming dry. some spells of sunshine and very mild, 15 or 16 celsius, particularly for the eastern side of scotland, given any sunshine and some help from the foehn effect. now, through wednesday evening, we'll see some lingering cloud across parts of sc

quite a wet start to wednesday across northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, and the westernl. looking at 9 o'clock in closer detail, much of england and wales, away from the far north—west be mainly dry, right or sunny spells. these black wind symbols give an indication of the wind gusts through wednesday morning. quite widely touching 40—50 mph for western coasts and heavy and persistent rain across northern ireland in southern and western scotland. warnings in place here. through wednesday that rain will be slowly pulling away north and eastwards. slowly turning drier across northern ireland, north—west england, central and southern scotland. eventually that rain is away from the highlands. by the afternoon most places becoming dry. some spells of sunshine and very male. —— mild. 15—16 celsius, particularly for the eastern side of scotland, given any sunshine and some help from the fern effect. through wednesday evening we will see some lingering cloud across parts of scotland. further outbreaks of rain arriving into the far west of northern ireland. and across the western

sea will get into north wales and for a dusting.nto northern ireland. more cloud coming into western scotland. most of the rainforest in scotland and bloody thing. still sunshine across southern counties of finland. temperatures similar to today. easterly breeze as we head into friday. and nothing sort of day really. not as much frost on friday morning. more cloud in general. a little sunshine here and there. was places dry. a few sharp showers in the south—west. more rain for eastern scotland. the weather pattern fairly static. high pressure to north of the uk. the pressure to the south and south—west threatening to push together with this weather pattern fairly static. high pressure to north of the uk. the pressure to the south and south—west threatening to push together with is weather from we head into the weekend we keep the one. temperatures in the right direction days. we might make double figures on saturday. most places dry. a little sunshine. a few showers and diverse out and showers across eastern part of it. and travelle

its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north walestern scotland. some patchy rain for the midlands, but otherwise, for central, southern and eastern england, it should stay mainly dry. some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. in fact, for all, it's a mild night. looks like the wettest weather will be across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front, which is still with us on wednesday. notice the squeeze in the isobars, so once again it becomes windy, particularly for irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain on wednesday, continuing across northern ireland, although it will start to clear through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, there will be some spells of sunshine, with some help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry. it is a mild day for all — 13—16 celsius. in fact, 16 cel

its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north walesfor the midlands, but otherwise for central, southern and eastern england it should stay mainly dry, some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. forall, it's a mild night for scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars so it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain continuing across northern ireland, clearing through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry and it is a mild day for all. 13, 16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and we're all in this warm air as we go through wednesday, pulling up from the south. this front is still fring

the seaside town of rhyl in north wales is one of the most deprived areas in the uk, with high levelsto tackle that by bringing some of country's top business leaders to the town to work with young people. our home editor mark easton has been to see how it is working. i think pretty much everyone i know wants the help. sunny rhyl, like many seaside towns, can cast a shadow over the life chances of its young. 0perating the rides at the fun fair, low—paid, seasonal work, michael feared he was heading for a dead—end. just drains the life out of you, more than anything. feels like you're going nowhere. today, though, michael is happy to be part of rhyl‘s story. i'll stand outside while you have a cigarette... the prince's trust charity restored his confidence and helped him find training, which led to a retailjob, and now the prospect of a career in hospitality. michael's life has been turned around. there's a lot of people, talented people, who want to go far, but they really don't have the self—confidence to thrive in that workplace environment, and don't put themselves forward for it.

an inquest into the death of the former welsh government minister carl sargeant has opened in north walesnovember following accusations of sexual misconduct, was found dead four days later at his home. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. carl sargeant was a well—known figure in the welsh assembly. his death last year left his family grief—stricken and sent shock waves through the welsh political establishment in cardiff bay. his body was found at his family home, four days after he'd been sacked from his post and suspended from the welsh labour party amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. walking arm in arm, mr sargeant‘s wife bernie and sonjack came to his inquest today, where the note that she'd found close to her husband's body was read to the court. directed to family and friends, it said, "i have let you down badly." "you deserve none of this adverse publicity because of my acts." "i have failed you." "that aside, i love you more than you'll ever know, and i'm sorry i've taken the easy way out." "please forgive me." "i love you — carl." the inquest heard that

waiting a month for the bins to be emptied — why one council in north wales is only collecting rubbishumping tackle against south africa on saturday —— coming up on bbc news— no punishment for owen farrell. it means he can play against new zealand this weekend. comentator: the replay‘s on the screen now... this sunday marks 100 years since the end of the first world war, and to mark the centenary around 10,000 torches have been lit in the moat of the tower of london. beefeaters lit them one—by—one — in a ceremony which will be repeated every night until remembrance sunday this weekend. well, as part of the commemorations, robert hall has been to amiens in france to find out about one former british soldier's vision of how to remember the horrors of war. robert. over the next few days we will be looking at different aspects of remembrance and commemoration, head of the centenary of the armistice next weekend. —— ahead of the centenary. today's story concerns an ambitious project to create a series of footpath stretching from switzerland to the belgian coast along the old 1914 front line

the seaside town of rhyl in north wales is one of the most deprived areas in the uk with high levelsect by one charity, the prince's trust, is trying to tackle that by bringing some of country's top business leaders to the town to work with young people. our home editor mark easton has been to see how its working. i think pretty much everyone i know wants out. sunny rhyl, like many seaside towns, can cast a shadow over the life chances of its young. 0perating the rides at the fun fair, low—paid, seasonal work, michael feared he was heading for a dead—end. drains the life out of you more than anything. it feels like you're going nowhere. today, michael is happy to be part of rhyl‘s story. the prince's trust charity restored his confidence and helped him find training which led to a retailjob and now the prospect of a career in hospitality. michael's life has been turned around. there's a lot of people, talented people who want to go far, but they really don't have the self—confidence to thrive in that workplace environment and don't put themselves forward for it. there is a lot ofjobs

away from north wales and north—west england, much of england and wales will be dry, bright, and breezy15 mph for many coasts and heavy and persistent rain, 50. we have met office warnings in rain for that —— in place for that rain in the morning. that rate will start to move away north and eastwards. we see something dry arriving in two northern ireland, north—west england, west wales. the rain mate linger through the afternoon across northern parts of scotland. to the eastern side of scotland where we get some sunshine, temperatures up to 15- 16 get some sunshine, temperatures up to 15— 16 celsius for all of us it isa mild to 15— 16 celsius for all of us it is a mild day. for much of england and wales it will be mainly dry with spells of sunshine. through the evening and overnight we will keep the raczko slay come across england and wales. more cloud for scotland. outbreaks of rain fringing western parts of northern ireland. we hold onto this mild air as we move into thursday, drawing it up from the south. still some fronts drinking the far north and west of uk. outbreaks of at times

quite a wet start to wednesday across northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, and the westernk at nine o'clock in the morning in closer detail. much of england and wales, away from the far north—west, will be mainly dry, some bright or sunny spells, but these black wind symbols give an indication of the wind gusts through wednesday morning. so quite widely touching a0 to 50 miles an hour for western coasts, and some heavy and persistent rain across northern ireland, and southern and western scotland. warnings in place here. through wednesday, that rain will be slowly pulling away north and eastwards, so slowly turning drier across northern ireland, north—west england, central and southern scotland. eventually that rain clears away from the highlands and by the afternoon, most places becoming dry. some spells of sunshine and very mild, 15 or 16 celsius, particularly for the eastern side of scotland, given any sunshine and some help from the foehn effect. now, through wednesday evening, we'll see some lingering cloud aross parts of scotland. further outbreaks of rain arriving in

quite a wet start to wednesday across northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, and the western but windy as well. let's take a look at nine o'clock in the morning in closer detail. much of england and wales, away from the far north—west, will be mainly dry, some bright or sunny spells, but these black wind symbols give an indication of the wind gusts through wednesday morning. so quite widely touching 40 to 50 miles an hour for western coasts, and some heavy and persistent rain across northern ireland, and southern and western scotland. warnings in place here. through wednesday, that rain will be slowly pulling away north and eastwards, so slowly turning drier across northern ireland, north—west england, central and southern scotland. eventually that rain clears away from the highlands and by the afternoon, most places becoming dry. some spells of sunshine and very mild, 15 or 16 celsius, particularly for the eastern side of scotland, given any sunshine and some help from the foehn effect. now, through wednesday evening, we'll see some lingering cloud aross parts of scotland. —

its way eastwards, and that‘s likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north walesengland it should stay mainly dry. some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. in fact, for all it‘s a mild night, the wettest weather for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars, so once again it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain on wednesday, continuing across northern ireland, although it will start to clear through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry. it is a mild day for all — 13—16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and we‘re all in this warm air as we go through wednesday, pulling it up from the s

showers continuing for wales, north—west england.obably get a bit rarer as we head into the afternoon, the weather becoming a bit drier. mild for most. temperatures reaching a high of 12 degrees towards the south. and then we'll take a look on into the all—important weekend forecast. we're looking at this next area of low pressure bringing another bout of rain across england and wales. that rain is going to be very slow to clear its way eastwards. across east anglia, south—east england, it will be raining for much of the day. the rain quite slow to ease up as well, across northern counties of england, once its set in here. further north, for scotland and northern ireland, there will be some sunshine around but we are into the cooler air here. temperatures between 6 and 8 degrees celsius. still pretty mild though further south reaching a high of around 13 degrees. more rain in the forecast for sunday. clearing away quickly across eastern areas with some sunshine following. it will be very windy. uncertainty at how far north this band

its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north waleschy rain for the midlands, but otherwise for central, southern and eastern england it should stay mainly dry. some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. forall, it's a mild night for scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars so once again it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain continuing across northern ireland, clearing through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry and it is a mild day for all. 13, 16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and we're all in this warm air as we go through wednesday, pulling up from the south. this

start to push eastwards and that is likely to become heavy for a time as parts of northern ireland, north walesrn england it should stay mainly dry was clear spells to temperatures building up to nine or 10 celsius. for all it is a mile night, —— mild night. all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the ice bars so it becomes windy, specifically for the irish sea coast. continuing across northern ireland is the rain clearing through the day and it will continue across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the fern effect. eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. much of england and wales stays mainly dry and it is a mild day for all. 13, 16 celsius. 16 celsius we could find across parts of aberdeenshire. and with this warm airas we go aberdeenshire. and with this warm air as we go through wednesday we pull it up from the south. the front is still fringing northern and western parts of the uk so we could still see a little patchy rain at times but most it becomes dry and there will be spells of s

its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north wales central, southern and eastern england it should stay mainly dry. some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. in fact, for all it's a mild night, the wettest weather for northern looks like the wettest weather for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars, so once again it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain on wednesday, continuing across northern ireland, although it will start to clear through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, there will be some spells of sunshine, with some help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry. it is a mild day for all — 13—16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray an

or so and generally as the night wears on the showers start to become more confined to the far north walesery night, and the most other temperatures typically between five and nine celsius. the highlands of scotland could perhaps dip closer to freezing for a time as we had towards dawn. this is how were a tuesday. showers around for the western side of scotla nd around for the western side of scotland and northern england but they will slowly start to fade and aside from one or two isolated showers, for most it is a much dry day. some bright and sunny spells, breezy if not windy, especially for western coasts. these are average wind strengths tuesday afternoon but there could be a little bit stronger through the irish sea for the western isles of scotland, and temperatures getting a generally to between ten and 15 celsius. still on the mild side for the time of year. now, through tuesday evening the rain already out to the west will start to slowly work its way eastwards. that is likely to become heavier and more persistent across northern ireland, in the northern parts of wales, north—wes

push eastwards and that is likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north walesstern england it should stay mainly dry, clear spells, and temperatures building up to nine or 10 celsius. forall, it's a mild night for scotland and northern ireland. all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars so it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coast. continuing across northern ireland is the rain clearing through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, much of england and wales stays mainly dry and it is a mild day for all. 13, 16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and we're all in this warm air as we go through wednesday, pulling up from the south. the front is still fringing northern and western parts of the uk so we could still see a little patchy rain at times but

showers continuing for wales, north—west england.rn counties of england, although these will probably get a bit rarer as we head into the afternoon, the weather becoming a bit drier. it's mild for most. temperatures reaching a high of 12 degrees towards the south. and then we'll take a look on into the all—important weekend forecast. we're looking at this next area of low pressure bringing another bout of rain across england and wales. that rain's going to be very slow to clear its way eastwards. so across east anglia, south—east england, it will be raining for much of the day. the rain quite slow to ease up as well across northern counties of england, once its set in here. further north, for scotland and northern ireland, there will be some sunshine around but we are into the cooler air here. temperatures between 6 and 8 degrees celsius. still pretty mild though further south, with temperatures reaching a high of around 13 degrees. there's more rain in the forecast for sunday. clearing away quickly across eastern areas with some sun

we start wednesday on a wet notes, particularly across northern ireland, and north wales, north—west take a look at nine o'clock in the morning. much of england and wales will be dry, some bright or sunny spells, but these black wind symbols are an indication of the wind gusts through wednesday morning. quite widely 1;0 to 50 miles an hour for many western coasts, and some heavy and persistent rain across southern and western parts of scotland. warnings in place for that rain. the rain will be slowly pulling away north and eastwards, so turning drier across northern ireland, cumbria, central and southern scotland. eventually that rain clears away from northern scotland. behind it all, some spells of sunshine. a mild day, 15 or 16 celsius, particularly for the eastern side of scotland, given any sunshine and some help from the foehn effect. now, through wednesday evening, there will be a fair amount of cloud across parts of scotland. further outbreaks of rain arriving into the far west of northern ireland, and perhaps later in the night, across the western isles. elsewhere, it's dry.

push eastwards and that is likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north waless but otherwise for central, clear southern and eastern england it should stay mainly dry, clear spells to temperatures building up to nine or 10 celsius. for all it is a mild night. all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars so it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coast. continuing across northern ireland is the rain clearing through the day and it will continue across western parts of scotland. further east, spells of sunshine with help from the foehn effect. eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, much of england and wales stays mainly dry and it is a mild day for all. 13, 16 celsius. 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and aberdeenshire. and with this warm air as we go through wednesday we pull it up from the south. the front is still fringing northern and western parts of the uk so we could still see a little patchy rain at times but most it becomes dry and there will

its way eastwards, and that's likely to become heavy for a time across parts of northern ireland, north walese midlands, but otherwise, for central, southern and eastern england it should stay mainly dry. some clear spells, temperatures here holding up to nine or 10 celsius. in fact, for all, it's a mild night. looks like the wettest weather for northern england, scotland and northern ireland, all tied in with this front which is still with us on wednesday. notice that squeeze in the isobars, so once again it becomes windy, particularly for the irish sea coasts. still some outbreaks of rain on wednesday, continuing across northern ireland, although it will start to clear through the day, and it continues across western parts of scotland. further east, there will be some spells of sunshine, with some help from the foehn effect. it could well be quite mild here, and eventually that rain will pull away from northern england. further south, across much of england and wales, it stays mainly dry. it is a mild day for all — 13—16 celsius. in fact, 16 celsius we could find across parts of murray and

west, this area of rain moves through northern ireland, wales, some snow in the high ground of north wales this area of low pressure m oves wednesday but then this area of low pressure moves in closer to the uk. the isobars close together and that means it will be windier on wednesday with some gales in exposed coastal areas. heavy rain moving through, particularly in scotland and north—west england. elsewhere, some showers but a few bright spells. windy and gusty for all of us, winds on wednesday there but it is drawing in milder conditions so look at the temperatures, 12—15d and we have not had that for a while. but be aware, on wednesday, with the strong winds and heavy rain, they could be some disruption. goodbye. hello. it's monday, it's 10 o'clock. i'm joanna gosling. within the last two hours, british academic matthew hedges — who was convicted of spying in the united arab emirates and jailed for life — has been given a presidential pardon. his wife says she's suprised but delighted. it has been an absolute nightmare six, seven months already. i cannot wait to have him back. theresa

an inquest into the death of the former welsh government minister, carl sargeant, has opened in north wales sargeant, who'd been sacked last november following accusations of sexual misconduct, was found dead four days later at his home. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. carl sargeant was a well—known figure in the welsh assembly. his death last year left his family grief—stricken and sent shock waves through the welsh political establishment in cardiff bay. his body was found at his family home four days after he'd been sacked from his post and suspended from the welsh labour party amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. walking arm—in—arm, mr sargeant‘s wife bernie and sonjack came to his inquest today, where the note that she'd found close to her husband's body was read to the court. directed to family and friends, it said: the inquest heard that carl sargeant had suffered from depression and had been prescribed medication on a number of occasions. a former colleague, leighton andrews, said he was concerned about the impact that tv interviews given by the welsh

sargeant, who'd been sacked following accusations of sexual misconduct, was found dead at his home in north waleseports. carl sargeant was a well—known figure in the welsh assembly. his death, last year, left his family grief—stricken and sent shock waves through the welsh political establishment in cardiff bay. his body was found at his family home, four days after he'd been sacked from his post and suspended from the welsh labour party amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. walking arm in arm, mr sargeant‘s wife, bernie, and son, jack, came to his inquest today, where the note that she'd found close to her husband's body was read to the court. directed to family and friends, it said... "i have let you down badly. you deserve none of this adverse publicity because of my acts. i have failed you. that aside, i love you more than you'll ever know and i'm sorry i've taken the easy way out. please forgive me. i love you. carl." the inquest heard that carl sargeant had suffered from depression and had been prescribed medication on a number of occasions. a former colleague, leighton an

a council in north wales, has become the first in england and wales, and the second in the uk, to changeasy to take out. sabrina edwards lives with her partner and a stepson. she is a stickler when it comes to recycling, but last month in a bid to increase recycling rates across this county, conwy council changed black bin refuse collections to once every four weeks. after three weeks we will count down to the next collection, looking at the chart waiting for it to happen. yeah, i have got to borrow from next door, she doesn't mind us using it. it is always full, every time. for households with six or more, an additional wheelie bin will be provided. those collecting rubbish across conwy have witnessed the locals worries first—hand. residents have shown concerns to ourselves in terms of how they are going to manage. it is more those with particularly young families, we still see sometimes all of the recycling going into the grey bins at the moment but it is reducing as time goes on. residents here on the east side of the county have had a chance to come to terms with the new regime. they

around two hundred twenty carney da wild ponies live in the mountains which share their name in north wales. for most of the year the horses are left to roam free. but each november local farmers and villagers get together to round up the ponies in a bid to preserve the. faces of children sick pack. these ponies with every single mountain in wales a few hundred years ago but now this is their last stronghold this is the last you know place. once the year the ponies are rounded up and the young stallions are removed to prevent inbreeding. baldwin jones has taken part in the annual roundup since he was ten he's even taken in a few stallions himself to children writing schools conservation you know the place like. how to get homes for them and we need more and more people to come forward if they can have a fantastic. it takes hours to get the ponies into a paddock then they must be driven down to the valley below the vet examines the ponies she's worried about this phone he's seen speak rowing i think they earned his boat like the week burned his head to any shape. and have to keep an eye on h

flintshire in north wales, just over 20 miles from liverpool. there is work available here.but like elsewhere in britain, all the industries have shrunk or disappeared. if you're unemployed, too sick to work or on a low income, then like millions, you're probably on benefits. flintshire became one of the first places to roll out the new system, universal credit. around 3,500 people are now on universal credit. we have been following their experiences to see how it's working. flint food bank. since last year, the number of people on benefits asking for their help has doubled. good morning. you all right? one is single parentjames mcdaid. he had to give up work to look after his two—year—old son. it is just me and the baby. what is your working situation? i'm a full—time dad. i come out of work to do this. james is claiming universal credit. he is entitled to roughly £1,000 a month. but that's not what he is getting. i only get £579 a month. my rent is £550. because i had to take... your rent has to be paid out of that? yes. we don't have a lot to live on. it is less than £30

the greatest as the showers will be northern england, north wales, in the southern counties of englandnnel islands will stop is across england and wales we are most likely to see snow mixed in with those showers are the hills. that is because daytime temperatures, on the per monitors at least, 6— eight degrees for most of you. and with the effect of the wind it will feel closer to freezing. particularly for england and wales. you will need your big jacket next week. you certainly will. just to confirm that here are the capital city outlooks. it is turning cloudy at times for this coming week and a good deal colder. back to you. thank you very much. it will fill a pleasant but these are the right averages for this time of year. to be fair, it is november —— it will feel unpleasant. 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

north this brain will get. some might fringe into the south midlands, the south of wales and across north wales, south—west scotlandeland, cloudy with sunshine. the cloudy as well with some patchy, showery rain. an easterly breeze across the country, temperatures no better than 7— 10 degrees. some of these outbreaks of rain flirt with southern counties. furthermore, a lot of dry weather and some clear spells to be had. if you get some clear spells in western areas, there might bea clear spells in western areas, there might be a touch of frost. i crashed to the north, low pressure the south, keeping us with an easterly breeze. lots of cloud in our direction, but a patchy rain in the east and a bit of sunshine in the west. rain coming in, we will keep an eye on it. temperatures around 7— 10 degrees. we get into monday, similar conditions. a lot of cloud and patchy rain in the east. some sunshine in the west and those temperatures stuck in single digits brawlers. but that is going to change because as we had deeper into next week. low pressure will wind itself up. some strong winds and heavy rain at times. things chan

sea will get into north wales.ost on friday morning. more cloud in general. a little sunshine here and there. a few sharp showers in the south—west. more rain for eastern scotland. the weather pattern fairly static. high pressure to the north of the uk. the pressure to the south and south—west threatening to push together with this weather pattern fairly static. temperatures in the right direction days. we might make double figures on saturday. most places dry. a little sunshine. a few showers in the far south and east of scotland. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines. theresa may says further progress has been made during crunch brexit talks in brussels, as both sides look to finalise a deal before sunday's eu summit. as both sides look to finalise we've had a very good meeting this evening. we've made good progress, and as a result, we've given sufficient direction to our negotiators, and i hope for them to be able to resolve the remaining issues, and that work will start immediately. concern for a 31—y

this is the view from north wales earlier.the south—east and the north—east of england. clipping parts of the east of northern ireland. clear spells in the west of scotla nd ireland. clear spells in the west of scotland will allow temperatures to dip away quite quickly overnight. there will be a frost taking hold and some of us don‘t minus four into mourning. you could see temperatures taking us to a touch of frost. still a few feeding through the far south—east. these are overnight temperatures in towns and cities, in the suburbs it will be called. tomorrow morning, this flow of air coming in from the east, showers peppering eastern scotland, eastern england, some into northern ireland but much of western england will be dry and fairly sunny which means more blue sky compared with today. still single figure temperatures. some mist and fog around but on choose the bl atlantic gets back into life and we have on wednesday the wind is picking up as well as the wind is picking up as well as the weather turns much more active. the

demonstrations are also taking place at the scottish parliament in edinburgh, as well as in manchester, north waleshe amazon rainforest in brazil has reached its highest level in a decade — driven by illegal logging and the planting of crops. satellite images show that 3,000 square miles of forest was cleared in the year tojuly — up nearly 1a % on the previous year. environmentalists say deforestation is one of the main causes of global warming. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may is set to head to brussels for talks today with top eu officials ahead of sunday's crucial summit to formally sign off the brexit deal. french police use water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters gathering in central paris demanding a cut in the price of fuel. the white house has dismissed a government report that warns unchecked climate change will seriously damage the economy and effect human health and quality of life. and affect human health and quality of life. the national crime agency issues a warning to organised gangs involved in people smuggling across the english channel. i'll be speaking to the nca's

this is a view from north wales earlier, there will be bigger waves hitting the coast this week as thenow, a gentle flow of air coming in from the east giving us a few showers here and there. this is the picture this evening. some of these showers in the english channel over water rather than land, maybe in the far south—west and channel islands, but elsewhere a lot of dry weather this evening. we have seen a few showers in the far south—east and in north—east england as well and a few will continue, just clipping parts of the east of northern ireland and into eastern scotland. clear spells in the west of scotland will allow temperatures to dip away quite quickly overnight with a frost taking hold here and some of us down to —4 going into the morning. in fact, anywhere overnight when it is clear for any period of time, you can see temperatures in low single figures with a touch of frost, one or two mist and fog patches. we pick up the showers are still peppering eastern parts of scotland, across northern towards northern ireland and still feeding into the far south—east. these are over

in north wales, crews had fireworks thrown at them.ut to an incident and were immediately attacked by a gang throwing fireworks. i'm not personally the owner of a dog or a cat, but to be honest, if i was, i would live in terror of what it must be like for them every time there is a noise, every time there is a bang, every time someone thinks it is funny to have an informal display in the middle of the night. we have to recognise we have to strike a balance between the individual... the liberty of the individual and of course social good and social welfare, and it's important to recognise in this case were we to follow through entirely it does mean that you will be effectively outlawing the chance for individuals to have a small firework display in their back garden and so on and so forth. it is also possible to note that those might be individuals who might not have the money to go to a public display. the use of fireworks is a devolved matter, but the sale of fireworks is reserved, and it does not take a genius to work out that unless

a greater chance of some showers for northern england, north wales and around the bush channel. howers, it is cold and firstly can slow over the higher ground to be mixed in with the rain and temperatures on the third monitor as well. 6—7dc for the vast majority. 0nce monitor as well. 6—7dc for the vast majority. once you factor in the wind, it will feel closer to freezing. back to you both. closer to winter. thank you. thanks for the warning. nice to see you this morning. have a great sunday. it is approaching ten to nine. a school trip to the theatre can often be a highlight of the term, but as education budgets are squeezed, trips like these are becoming more rare. now an initiative, led by the national theatre, is taking award—winning plays to the classroom to engage more young people in the arts. we're joined now by shiv jalota who stars in the current touring production of ‘the curious incident of the dog in the night—time' and jenna 0meltschenko. perfect. good morning to you both. tell us about this because it is a punishing schedule. it is 60 schools over 12 weeks and we

is obviously training saudi pilots in north wales there's no british. killing in those figures there's no british soldier of course on the ground or british planes brittany's supporting the saudi let's call the shining refueling and try. as you mentioned. the number of course includes both combatants and noncombatants. but there are easily least we recorded for instance at least six thousands of people civilians that have been killed seventy five percent with our tribute them to the to the saudi led coalition the ten thousand figures that the u.n. have been using since twenty sixteen seventeen hasn't been updated since so that's the major problem and the problem is that the media have continued to use that figure as he was actually the only immutable figure of casualties in yemen. the figure actually in the u.n. at the noted that since the very beginning was already in on their estimate they said they're actually there ten thousand to ten thousand people there were reported to be killed where recorded using figures provided by medical centers of course