sark electricity has threatened to pull the plug, after being ordered to lower its prices on the smallhannel island. and at half past eleven we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jess brammar from the huffington post uk, and the broadcaster aasmah mir. stay with us for that. good evening. the bank of england is warning of an immediate economic crash, if the uk leaves the european union without a deal and without a transition period. the bank's analysis is of a shock to growth more damaging than the financial crisis of 2008, with interest rates and unemployment rising while house prices fall. the government's own forecasts were also published today, and they suggest britain will be poorer under all brexit scenarios. here's our business editor, simonjack. enter brexit centrestage. a man with a warning. leaving the eu without a deal could trigger an economic crash worse than the one that followed the financial crisis. we have constructed a worst case no deal, no transition brexit scenario, where you have a series of events including friction at the border, diff

the owner of sark electricity has been disputing the figures. or all our energy, particularly electricity. hopefully the lights will stay on. thank you for talking to us. in a moment, the weather. but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at 10. today, chloe is in the studio. coming up at ten... the first mp to reveal in the house of commons that he is hiv positive has told the victoria derbyshire programme that he was worried he would cry when he stood up to make his speech yesterday. my heart was flattering. racing. jeremy corbyn, our leader, of course just came in at that moment. he lent over and just reached out to me and said, good luck. i had been 0k untilthen reached out to me and said, good luck. i had been 0k until then but suddenly, just that last thing. suddenly i got a bit kind of... the bottom lip kind of way that and my friends, emma, next to me, said, do not suddenly start to cry before you have even started. you can hear the full interview on bbc two, the bbc news channel and on

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becky barr, this is sark electricity. thank you foryour update.ting age to prevent what it calls the formation of ‘private armies.‘ richard lister reports. another day of exercises for these ukrainian troops amid growing fears of a russian invasion. kiev has already imposed martial law in these border regions. now the ukraine president has banned russian men of fighting age from crossing into the country. translation: these measures are to block the russian federation from forming private armies here under the leadership of the russian armed forces and to prevent them from carrying out operations like those we saw in 2014. when russia annexed ukraine‘s crimean peninsula four years ago, it was these russian militia men in unmarked fatigues who led the way. they quickly took over the airport and other key sites. ukraine sees last week‘s clashes in the kerch strait when russia seized three ukrainian vessels and their crews is the first steps to another russian land grab. but moscow accuses kyiv of overreacting. translation: i think it would be very s

for 40 years, we have lived on sark for 40 years, we have all was accepted that electricityhan it is in the uk or on guernseyjersey. it is about being distributional expensive, and the price went up this summer to 66p per kilowatt hour. i think that is the most expensive watches the world. and yes of course, sark have to make a profit. the dispute has been, watch at that level of profit be? and it is widely felt on the island, and has been for quite a long time, that the profits at 66p are extortionate. paul, a sark residents talking to me earlier. a snow leopard was shot dead, after a keeper at dudley zoo left the enclosure door open and it escaped. the zoo says eight—year—old margaash was killed after getting free last month when the zoo had closed and all visitors had left. an investigation found the door to his enclosure was left open through "keeper error". a disciplinary procedure has taken place into those involved and security is being reviewed. now it's time for a look at the weather forecast. yesterday we had pretty stormy conditions across the uk but today it is m

the channel island of sark could be plunged into darkness by the weekend, after the island's only electricityould cut off supplies on friday. an independent commissioner has ordered sark electricity to lower its prices, but the company says it would make a loss as a result, and it had threatened to pull the plug. the island has some of the highest energy tariffs in the western world. it is time to catch up with the sport. matt will have the weather for us as well. we were talking about the big break that thing happening on 11th december. isn't there a football thing? there is a football thing happening. liverpool are playing napoli at anfield, and it isa are playing napoli at anfield, and it is a big night for them. differing results for liverpool and spurs in the champions league, but they both now need to get a result on the final matchday to stay in the competiton. tottenham needed to beat inter milan to stand any chance of getting to the last 16, and that is exactly what they did at wembley, christian eriksen coming off the bench to get the winner. barcelona next for spurs. liverpool were

this is myjob, i came here to give electricity to the people of sark, not shut it off. what it will mean for the shop is that we are going to be having a generator but what that will mean is that if and when the power does go out, we will have to... there will be a transitional period between power going out and the next a lot of power coming in. it won't power absolutely everything but it will mean that the freezers don't go off. because if these generators stop working, nobody really knows if they will ever come back on. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress about contacts with russia. and now more stories on bbc world service. china has halted the work of the scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies, and says it will investigate. that's from bbc chinese. and this is one of the most popular stories on the bbc news website: a british mp has revealed that he has been hiv positive for nearly 10 years. lloyd russell—moyle

with one of the highest tariffs in the western world, sark electricity was ordered to lower its priceswould result in losses and has threatened to pull the plug. the local government is currently in talks to buy the provider which supplies the island's 300 homes. we've filled the bath up in the bathroom. we've got an ensuite shower in the bedroom and suchlike. we have plenty of water to flush the toilet and suchlike. are you nervous the lights are going to go off on friday? i think they are, i think they are. how long it's going to be, that's the other thing that's going to bea that's the other thing that's going to be a bit ofa that's the other thing that's going to be a bit of a surprise, they're talking about february, maybe easter. that's a way's off and it's not going to be just a couple of days it looks like. 127 people have been murdered in the capital so far this year. that includes a 72 fatal stabbings and 1a shootings. school pupils from across australia have taken part in a day of strikes to call for greater action on climate change. thousands gathered at rallies in sydney,

as a result, the utility company, sark electricity is threatening to pull the plug this friday. 0ur reporterjohng the costs with that price and that means he is making a loss. therefore, this friday, he is having to pull the plug. what have the islanders been saying about this? well, it is a bit ofa mix saying about this? well, it is a bit of a mix between the spirit and nervousness of the unknown. at the moment, many of the islanders i am speaking to us saying they don't think it is going to happen. they think it is going to happen. they think if it does happen it willjust be for a few hours and it will come back on. but people are preparing for the worst. i spoke to an 82—year—old man today who told me that he is filling his bathtub up so he has enough water to flush the toilet, for drinking water and for a cup of tea. there are those that are stockpiling water. i was in one of the island shops earlier and there was an order for 100 bottles of water. people are preparing for the worst, but there is a lot of feeling that some kind of compromise can be reached and there is a meeting of the islan

and coming up — we hear from residents of sark — who could be left without electricity.of december, two days before a crucial commons vote. butjeremy corbyn says he favours the idea put forward by itv. lance price is a former labour director of communications, whojoins me now from skipton in yorkshire. why is this so fraught with difficulty? there is always difficulty? there is always difficulty over tv debates and if you remember the last general election, there were no debates because theresa may did not think she wanted to have one but now it is in her interest to do so. participants want to make sure the format is one which suits them best and there will be wrangling over this and there may be wrangling because one side or the other is not wanting to go ahead with it at all and they are looking for an excuse to pull out but at the moment it looks as if they are keen to go ahead so we will have to wait and see what happens. is it a risk for the broadcasters? it is a huge risk and i‘m surprised they are so enthusiastic about it, because we could end up with a lot of ho