you are the only woman, preeti shenoy, on the list of india's top—selling writers. why?my writing. but is there something you are doing that perhaps others are not? i think my books do have an emotional connection, and one thing i am not afraid to do is go out there and market my books, i think it is important to, if you have written a book, you have to have the courage to stand up and say, hey, this is my book, this is what i have written about. because unless you talk about your book and unless you believe in the book, why should others? that is one thing which i follow. it's a business, in other words. it is, because if your books don't sell, your publishers don't make any money, and they won't want to publish you. i know you have said in the past, in india, you tend to either be a wife or a mother, and given the size of the population, the number of women in the workforce is proportionately very low. so ijust wonder, do you see yourself as a role model for women in india? no, here's the thing. i don't see myself as a role model, but others see me as a role model, and

preeti shenoy thank you to us. it's been a wonderful. thank you having me.r most of us the weather is actually not looking too bad at all. there is certainly some 5un5hine on the way and skies on saturday will probably look something like this, a nice picture from a weather watcher. here's the weekend summary — so we have got some 5un5hine in the forecast for saturday but sunday does not look too great at least acro55 western areas of the uk. here is the latest satellite image, we have got clouds across the country right now. but this gap in the cloud will be in place across the uk during the course of saturday. so in the short term, still some rain around acro55 western and northern areas and even a bit of hill snow. the clearest of the weather is in east anglia and the south—east through the early area, and there's a touch of frost aound as well. just a weak weather front crossing the country first thing on saturday. by the time we get to the afternoon, on saturday, the weather would brighten up. so initially many of us will look out of that window first t

and at 2.30, preeti shenoy will be with us for talking books.ernoon, and welcome to bbc news. save the children says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015 before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was completed. brendan cox this morning stepped down from two organisations set up in his wife's memory after admitting he had behaved inappropriately three years ago. but he rejects a separate allegation he assaulted a woman at harvard university in 2015. charlotte gallagher reports. the murder ofjo cox by a far right extremist stunned the nation. the labour mp and mother of two was shot and stabbed in the week before the eu referendum in 2016. in the months after her death, her widower, brendan cox, vowed to campaign in his wife's memory, and set up the jo cox foundation and more in common. now, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour against women, he has stood down from both charities. he was accused of harassing a female colleague at save the children, and ass