rory cellan—jones, bbc news.oes by the name of knickers from western australia. his owner geoff pearson tried to sell him at auction last month but meat processors said they couldn't take him as he's just too big. the 7—year—old is among the largest of his kind in the world, weighing 1.4 tonnes and two metres tall. that's one animal you wouldn't want any beef with. i'm sorry! you're watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @duncangolestani. for now, thank you for your company and i'll see you next time. hello there. we've replaced our cold, dry weather now with something a lot more unsettled — wet, windy and much milder conditions, which will be with us in fact for the next few days. now, through today this next area of low pressure means business. it's going to be quite a deep area of low, bringing gales and heavy rain. in fact, there could be some disruption to travel throughout today, so keep tuned to your bbc local radio for all the local updates there. now, we're starting the day off, though, on a

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.ain to promote her brexit deal to voters. mrs may insists that the deal, which has been widely criticised across the political spectrum, protects the vital interests of the whole of the uk as it leaves the european union. what kind of trade deals could britain strike under the terms of the trade deal? remember, president trump said it would look good for the eu but could prevent future trade deals between the uk and the us, is he right? our business editor simonjack has us, is he right? our business editor simon jack has been us, is he right? our business editor simonjack has been looking at the possibilities. the us buys more uk goods and services than any other single country by miles. uk exports to the us in 2016 were worth £99 billion a year, that is nearly double what we sell to germany and much more than we do to france and ireland. to the eu in total, we sell £241 billion worth of goods a year, so it is still our biggest trading partner overall. there is no reason that existing

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.cow that goes by the name of knickers from western australia. his owner geoff pearson tried to sell him at auction last month, but meat processors said they couldn't take him as he's just too big. the seven—year—old is among the largest of his kind in the world — weighing 1.4 tonnes and two metres tall. you're watching bbc news. hello there. we've lost our dry, cold weather now, and replaced it with something very much more unsettled. and, in fact, today is looking extremely unsettled. a deep area of low pressure bringing spells of gales or severe gales. with it some very mild air drawn up from the azores. this area of pressure means business. it could cause travel disruption across the north and west — the combination of gales and heavy rain. keep tuned to the bbc local radio for the latest updates. this morning starting off on a mild note, you'll notice. temperatures ranging between five and eight celsius. but it will be cloudy and wet. something perhaps a little bit drier into the e

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.g to the united nations, which is hosting a major climate conference in poland next week. last year, greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high, and it's notjust a matter of industrial pollution. food is also a factor. the global livestock population has reached 28 billlion animals. and those animals produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas that's expected to increase by 60% in the next two years. our science editor, david shukman, reports on how ourfood choices have an impact on the planet. every breath from a cow and especially every burp releases methane. 600 litres every day. most from the front end, not the back. and because methane warms the planet, the more we eat beef and dairy products, the more the temperatures rise. at this farm, researchers encourage the cows to feed inside this hood so they can measure the methane. so, a cow came in, she was eating... professor chris reynolds explains what they found. she had five eruptations, five belches. so each spike is a burp, is

rory cellan—jones, bbc news.or dealing with the growing problem of drug abuse in scotland. it's expected to suggest that addiction should be treated as a public health concern as opposed to a criminal justice issue. the number of drug related deaths in scotland has risen significantly in the past 5 years from just over 500 in 2013 to 934 last year —and the figure for this year is expected to be even higher. one of the worst—affected areas is the city of dundee from where our scotland editor sarah smith sent this report. in dundee, someone dies from taking drugs every week. more people are killed here by drugs than die in road traffic accidents. charities that provide hot food for the homeless see the problem every day. as the city has the highest drug death rate in europe. michael is a recovering addict who started using heroin at 16. he doesn't take drugs now, but he sees what they do to his friends. a friend of mine recently, he overdosed and he wasn't actually found until the following morning. butjust recentl

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones joins us — what do we know at this stage?ary deal in 2011where hewlett—packa rd, extraordinary deal in 2011where hewlett—packard, now extraordinary deal in 2011where hewlett—packa rd, now known extraordinary deal in 2011where hewlett—packard, now known as hp, paid an extraordinary price for autonomy, $10 billion within a year 01’ so autonomy, $10 billion within a year or so it had written most of that price, and immediately accused autonomy of fraud and misleading what it had in its accounts. the us department ofjustice has come in behind that case. it brought a serious case forward, accusing mike lynch and his company of completely misrepresenting its revenues and using all sorts of techniques and dodges to inflate the financial value of the company, to give a com pletely value of the company, to give a completely misleading picture. it must be said, he has come out with a strong statement, lawyers have said the indictment is a travesty of justice and targeting a british citizen with rehashed allegations and no place in the

our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here.come out of the blue? not really. it has been building for a long time. there has been a number of cases. the female softwa re been a number of cases. the female software engineer sued the company over sexual harassment. there has been concern over at the level of representation of women of ethnic minorities within the company. what sparked it was last week, the new york times article saying it is senior executive, four years ago had been given £890 million payoff, despite the fact he faced this accusation of sexual harassment. he denies but google found credible. the thing behind this protest, they put out a manifesto saying they waited for a long time for leadership to act, they did not do it, therefore they had to take this action. we heard the chief executive saying he understands the anger. how embarrassing is this for google? the company that has had its motto, do no evil, it is embarrassing. they are clock between a rock and a hard —— they are caught between a rock and a hard pl

let's get more on this now from rory cellan—jones, our technology correspondent.tjust a usual select committee hearing. the select committee has been doing this long—running and wide—ranging enquiry into fake news, which is increasingly focused on facebook and the whole cambridge analytica scandal. it has repeatedly asked mark zuckerberg to appear in front of it. some staff have gone to washington to take part in committee hearings there, and they have now come up with this new idea, a kind of international collector, grand committee. it is as if they believe they can put more pressurejoin me on facebook to answer the questions than individually, and they will sign some sort of record during the break in proceedings at lunchtime. —— acord. break in proceedings at lunchtime. -- acord. they have also managed to get hold of some documents relating toa get hold of some documents relating to a hearing taking place elsewhere, an app suing facebook, claiming that changes in policy ruined their business. how significant as that? it is complicated. yes, this is an extraord