up by the various parties for individual constituencies cynics will say of course that the westminster parliament has actually been out of operation for some time being totally deadlocked and absorbed by bricks it that is certainly how it's been reported. however this is not altogether the reality in today's show we feature a cross party initiative which is brought forward remarkable legislative success on a subject which means it creates a deal to millions of people cruelty to animals this is how the then hippies across the parties broke through the folk of bricks it she joined me achieve stick to regulation of the sale of puppies otherwise known as lucy's law which will now come into effect next year from puppy smuggling a heart is an industry perpetrated by people motivated purely by money they can make up to an incredible $35000.00 pounds per week illegally transporting puppies through our borders to be sold on unsuspecting dog lovers in the u.k. and the root cause of puppy smuggling seems to indeed be the ease with which gangs can abuse the pet travel scheme that operates across europe of wa

the house of lords to its legs was full of introduction in the house of commons that the westminster parliament has been dissolved for the general election and the northern ireland assembly remains in abeyance this means that the only problem it's currently in operation in the united kingdom are the national assembly wills and the scottish parliament in edinburgh i trust mr there are no members of parliament merely candidates being lined up by the vedas parties for individual constituencies cynics will say of course that the west this apartment has actually been out of operation for some time being totally deadlocked and absorbed by bricks it that is certainly how it's been reported however and it's not altogether the reality today issue we feature a cross party initiative which is pro forward remarkable legislative success on a subject which means it creates a deal to millions of people cruelty to animals this is how the then in peace across the parties broke through the folk of pics it she joined we achieved stick to regulation of the seal of poppies otherwise known as lucy's law which will n

the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, says he won't be running for a seat in the westminster parliamentcus on touring the uk to support his party's candidates. the news comes days after borisjohnson rejected a call from mr farage to form an electoral alliance with the ruling conservatives. here's our political correspondent, nick erdley. love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. it's like sponsored drinking. there might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us presidents instead. but after years of trying, seven elections, to be precise, he won't be standing to be an mp this time. i don't want to be in politics for the rest of my life. do i find a seat, try to get myself into parliament, or do i serve the cause better traversing the length and breadth of the united kingdom, supporting 600 candidates? and i've decided the latter course is the right one. so you're not going to stand yourself? no — very difficult to do both. not that he is disappearing. after borisjohnson rejected his offer of a pro—brexit pact, he is stepping up his attacks

politics of the british empire in the sense that as i mentioned the first great reform of the westminster parliament was brought by daniel koconnell, th first party, first proper party really that took root in britain was the irish party because it had a discipline of a kind that wasn't -- didn't exist in other parties, and then we come to the 20th century when we became independent. i mean, who would have thought in 1922 with the country divided down the middle and armed camps fighting a civil war against each other, who would have thought that ten years after the victors of that war, of that civil war, bloody civil war, voluntarily handed over power to those who had been defeated and vain kwish vanquished ten years before? who would have thought ireland would have continued to be a stable democracy when democracy all over europe was wrecked? who would have thought that we could have survived? i remember reading as a historian, reading back on the events of the late '60s and early '70s. at that time there was an assumption in the media south of the border that this conflict was going to become an a

now, let's get highlights of proceedings in westminster — in the week in parliament.ello and welcome to the last week in parliament before december‘s general election. coming up... the new speaker takes his seat in the commons‘ biggest chair. i hope this house will be once a great respected house, notjust in here but across the world. in the final days of the session — mps push through a bill to compensate abuse victims in northern ireland. and a former conservative demands a report into alleged russian interference in uk democracy is published. the prime minister does not have carte blanche to alter our reports or remove material from them. and we talk to three of the 70 mps who are standing down about what prompted them to go. i thought somebody is trying to tell me something, i think i better pop off while i can still make it out on my own. but first... in the dying days of what's been a most turbulent parliament, mps elected a new speaker. john bercow, who'd done the job for ten years — had decided to stand down from parliament. seven mps put themselves forward to

parliament returns after the general election. but you can catch one last round up of the westminster week on bbc parliament on friday night at 11.dbye. hello, she the morning once the mist and fog because were, a few showers peppering the northern eastern coast, you can see the extent of the sunshine, line of showers in the irish sea will merge together to produce longest as as they pushed northwards and eastward, winter and eastward, wintering us over the high ground. a dry slot in between the next band of rain which will arrive in western areas later, wherever you are, it's going to be a chilly day. but friend band pushes further north and east and merges with the one ahead of it. so quite fit start thursday, across central northern and eastern areas, posterior showers in the south, wintering us over the high ground. thursday though, this area of the pressure parked on top of the uk with its associated with the front, looks like it to be very wet across central eastern portions of the uk throughout thursday. could see some localised flooding and travel disruption. brad is looking much better, drier brighter, cold but sunshine.

stages of this, but we know that the bridge that we're talking about here, the one next to westminster in parliamentridge, is on lockdown. and the sort of information we're getting, the confirmed information is that the police are dealing with an incident at london bridge. they are standing by to give out updates. but there wasn't a bbc reporter on the bridge at the time. and he is reporting that he saw a group of men involved in a fight on the bridge. police then arrived and shots were fired. so we haven't confirmed that but it's coming via a bbc reporter who i know i can vouch for pretty much, but the met police confirming that some sort of incident has happened there. they've locked the bridge down which obviously shows how seriously they're taking it. there's been an incident in that area before so these are well-practiced routines. and occasionally areas are cleared when there are security incidents. and then they are called off quickly. but because the bridge is still closed, quite a few minutes after the initial incident, it's looking as if the police are taking this very seriously, ana. >> m

do you feel that that new brexit deal was given enough of a chance in parliament to be considered? westminsterional treaty between the european union, a deal is a kind of expression i don't like but we are used to this kind of language. i feel that this deal, this treaty, is the best we can have. it is not the first time that i am considering this treaty would be the best because when i negotiated with my good friend theresa may, i said the same and she said the same but what happened in the british parliament, the other day i was saying that by comparison to the british parliament, an egyptian sphinx is an open book, but ok it is parliament that does democracy. if we start with boris johnson because he... i like him by the way. ok, so he says, if he wins the election and the withdrawal bill is passed then he thinks it is possible to get a new trade deal negotiated by the end of 2020 so in less than 12 months. is that possible? i don't want to be a prisoner of this timeframe. but is it even possible, it took seven years to negotiate a deal with canada for example? it takes time to negotiate a

britain's vocal and colorful speaker for the lower house of parliament officially retires from westminster on thursday. 10 years as the chamber's referee less notably trying to keep blacks in proceedings under control and as lawrence lee reports his legacy will be loud and contentious. i. i. was. every circus needs a ringmaster throughout the entire city of breck's it's john bercow has been there to crack. his extraordinary intonation the way in which he says the word order. to shut up when they're all shouting at each other the way in which much of the u.k. has become transfixed by a parliament that usually ignores all of it combined to make bucko something of an international celebrity given the role of speaker is to set the terms of debate of the actor's referee inside the chamber trying to keep on top of politicians during practice it would have proved virtually impossible for anybody. we've seen both the opposition but also the government trying to use parliamentary procedure to their advantage which has meant that assessing the situation the speaker in a situation has has been put in

alarmed about it so many people in this country don't accept the fact that the parliament is themselves as seated at westminsterit is something else, that is when we are ina lot something else, that is when we are in a lot of trouble. the government is not the people. parliament is the people. if we don't know how to elect people who go there and do what they think is best for the country, and we don't believe we can, then we are in deep trouble. 0k, talking about the vote, lots of talk about the brexit party diluting the vote but let's turn to the independent and strategy being touted by vince cable to vote tactically. —— michael another strategy. vince cable lost his seat in 2015 and then regained it but he is now standing down from parliament. he says in the column he writes for the independent, which you may be unaware is not actually a newspaper but there we go, that voters should abandon their tribal loyalties and cast their ballots tactically to block brexit. i suspect he is really talking to remainers here because i don't think many leavers will vote tactically to stop brexit. he will say that whoever i

now, let's get highlights of proceedings in westminster — in the week in parliament.cember‘s general election. coming up... the new speaker takes his seat in the commons' biggest chair. i hope this house will be once a great respected house, notjust in here but across the world. in the final days of the session — mps push through a bill to compensate abuse victims in northern ireland. and a former conservative demands a report into alleged russian

westminster. jessica, burning the midnight oil, the last night of the old parliament. him, this pressure on him to resign. i think there is pressure on him to resign. the prime minister‘s spokesman said boris johnson did have confidence in alun cairns, but didn‘t say much else. it wasn‘t exactly a long endorsement andi wasn‘t exactly a long endorsement and i think alun cairns‘ position is uncertain ina and i think alun cairns‘ position is uncertain in a sense because there has been some radio silence from him. so he made me want to watch over the coming couple of days. and i noticed the westminster leader of plaid cymru has written to boris johnson urging him to remove alun cairns from the cabinet and prevent him from standing as a candidate. so considerable pressure on mr cairns and may remind you as well, during and may remind you as well, during and election campaign, headlines can cause an unpredictable campaign for any party. speaking of candidates and their endorsements, dominic grieve is will be an independent in his constituency in the next election, he had thi

now britain's vocal and colorful speaker for the lower house of parliament officially retires from westminster on thursday john bercow served 10 years as the chamber's referee most notably trying to keep bracks it proceedings under some control and as lawrence lee now reports his legacy will be both loud and contentious. every circus needs a ringmaster and throughout the entire city of brecht's it's john bercow has been there to crack the whip his extraordinary intonation the way in which he says the words. to shut up when they're all shouting at each other the way in which much of the u.k. has become transfixed by a parliament that usually ignores all of it combined to make bercow something of an international celebrity given the role of speaker is to set the terms of debate and act as referee inside the chamber trying to keep on top of politicians during practice it would have proved virtually impossible for anybody. we've seen both the opposition but also the government trying to use parliamentary procedure to their advantage which has meant that in certain situations the speaker in a situa

to call a new parliament to be holding in westminster on tuesday the 17th day of december next.r edinburgh, were among those present at the mercat cross and we'll see you then. but for now from me, alicia mcacarthy, goodbye. —— mccarthy. hello. sunday gets off to a cold and frosty start for northern england, scotland and northern ireland where there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces after such a wet saturday. still some early wet weather, parts of southern england and south wales to clear away southwards but after that, there is a lot of dry weather on the way during sunday, maybe just the odd light shower for easternmost parts of england and scotland. a chilly day but feeling better than saturday with more sunshine around though clouding over in northern ireland, into the evening here comes more wet weather pushing across scotland with some snow about higher ground, the pennines, southern uplands, the highlands north of the central belt in scotland where there could be some significant snow the higher you are, getting some of the higher routes going into monday morning.

to call a new parliament to be holding in westminster on tuesday the 17th day of december next.eriff clerk and the returning officer for edinburgh, were among those present at the mercat cross and we'll see you then. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. the recent slow—moving heavy rain that we saw across much of northern england has now eased away, but we are left with the legacy of some very high river levels, quite a lot of flooding, too. so still several flood warnings and even severe flood warnings in force, particularly across parts of northern england. river levels will slowly come down through the course of the weekend. there's a bit more rain on the way for saturday but it will be heaviest in the places that are not affected by the flooding. a dry day likely by the time we get to sunday. but it's a cold weekend. first thing saturday morning, temperatures widely subzero. about —2, —3 in towns and cities, colder in the countryside. a touch of frost, certainly. also fog or freezing fog patches to start off your day as well. we can see this weather front ma

to call a new parliament to be holding in westminster on tuesday the 17th day of december next. for edinburgh, were among those present at the mercat cross. and we'll see you then. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. don't be fooled by sunday's sunshine. there's more rain on the way this week, and to areas that really don't want any more. this is how thejet stream's looking this week. it's taking aim at the uk. it's on a more southerly track than it might be at this time of year, nestled within these dips, we find areas of low pressure bringing wet weather, and the uk is staying on the northern side of the jet stream, and that means in the cold air. a chilly week to come. so this is what we can expect this week from this weather pattern. i am afraid low pressure will be around with further rain at times, cold enough for some hill snow. it will often be windy, low pressure, temperatures below average and frost occasionally overnight. and this is how we're starting the day. a wintry start to the day across northern parts of scotland. we've seen wet weather throughout th

during the spring of 1782, parliament repealed the irish declaratory act, which affirmed westminster's supremacy over irish affairs, while the rocking ham and shelburne ministries which had seceded lord north allow the dublin parliament to gut the medieval statue that subjected irish laws to review by the english privy council. in other words, britain conceded ireland's legislative independence. certainly for the first time since the glorious revolution, and irish historians argue over this, but certainly for the first time in a century, the irish parliament had the same legislative rights as the british parliament. hugely important moment. the british lower house, in westminster, william eaton, who had been a member of the carlisle peace commission in 1778, one of carlisle's commissioners, who served as carlisle's chief secretary in ireland, said the government had no choice. parliament, he quipped, might as well strive to make the tens flow up highgate hill. as an attempt to legislate for ireland. highgate hill is pretty high. the thames is not flowing up there. the irish union would

personally who are building some parliaments and chile parliament will not change the whole growth or westminster palace or any other it's absolute so and also talking about georgian. i see things. they did not see clearly public or national we're also told that there will. be an in. this. group. where. it will stall the group. who are firstly supporting the. like you had told me you may have one view because. you. see i hear your point and i know why no matter what man because he has said something was interesting i had to write it down who said that the opposition is self destructing and so i want to bring in the take from people who think a little bit differently so this 1st is a tweet from georgia who says according to the latest research i r i call obo if elections were taking place tomorrow georgian dream which is the ruling party would get 23 percent of the vote and the opposition parties would some about 41 percent this explains a lot based on georgie this is what he writes about the recent moves of the the georgian dream government and i want to hear the voices of a few people in that op

westminster. a speaker needs to become both an advocate and an ambassador for parliament.e must reconnect it to the society which it seeks to represent. i would be comfortable to be both a speaker and a listener. >> john bercow, 322. [cheering] sir george young, 271. [applause] david: mp's had been listening. john bercow was elected on the third ballot. few tory mp's voted for him, but most joined in the applause as he was dragged to the speaker's chair, a tradition that reaches back to the days of the monarch, which could be a life shortening challenge. ♪ david: the new speaker broke with tradition by abandoning the court dress worn by his predecessors. in its place, a business suit and gown, a visual signal of his reforming intention. even those who advised him dispensed with their wigs. >> john bercow changed the way the commons works. debates became routine. the definitive guide to parliamentary procedure is now 184 pages longer than it used to be. under his predecessor, mp's could ask questions a few times a year. with speaker bercow in the chair, ministers would be s

parliament. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. because i think most of them are framing themselves very much in comparison to the wayjohn bercow went about thejob. he was to the wayjohn bercow went about the job. he was very controversial speaker, some felt he was way too political. particularly over the issue of brexit. the other candidates are saying they will go back to more of a traditional role. i think the favourite according to most mps is so lindsay hoyle. he has the advantage of having been deputy speaker of the nine years. it means he has been beyond party politics because as deputies because you don't vote either. eleanor laing is also standing and she is a conservative mp. the other names are harriet harman, the longest serving female mp. their pitch is to say that they are on the side of mps, on the side of the house of commons to give them a say rather than the government. they will all make speeches in the commons, it's a secret ballot and they will hold those rounds of voting until one of them reaches 50% of the vo

westminster, perhaps. just as likely though is getting the legislation through parliament, will face entrenched, bitter oppositionn mind the last brexit will took more than a year to get through parliament. so why, then, isjeremy corbyn setting out this deadline? because he, like borisjohnson knows that the electorate is fed up, tired, weary, fatigued. they want an end date, today jeremy tired, weary, fatigued. they want an end date, todayjeremy corbyn gave them the labour end date although without a do or die pledge. yes, all right, norman smith, and vicki young. thank you. throughout the general election, the bbc is fact checking the big claims made by all the political parties. our reality check correspondent chris morris is today looking at the pledges made by labour and the liberal democrats. so first of all, the liberal democrat claim of £850 billion remain bonus, help1, a forecast not a guarantee but this figure, £10 billion a year overfive a guarantee but this figure, £10 billion a year over five years. and it's based on the fact that nearly all independent economists say they think the economy would be b

parliament. but the price for that, she said, would be the recognition that there could be no westminster veto over to escape brexit and put scotland‘s future in scotla nd brexit and put scotland‘s future in scotland was my hands. this election really, really matters. the future of scotland is only line. the opportunities for this and for future generations are at stake. we must not let brexit rob our children‘s future. that means the kind of country we want scotland to be is on the ballot paper. at the heart of it all, i ask people in scotla nd heart of it all, i ask people in scotland to consider this simple but fundamental question before you cast your vote. who should decide scotland‘s future? the people who live here or borisjohnson? if vote for the snp on december the 12th is a vote to escape brexit. it is a vote to put scotland‘s future in scotland‘s hands, and, crucially, it isa scotland‘s hands, and, crucially, it is a vote to deprive borisjohnson‘s conservative party of a majority. well, let‘s speak to steven from the snp. thank you very much forjoining us. i quoted something that nicola

means they could find, whether that was by forming alliances with other parties at westminster if there was a hung parliamentwhether that was trying to vote article 50, or that was to vote straightforwardly through scottish independence. stopping brexit was, basically, the bottom line of her pitch. interestingly, she clearly indicated that the snp would be prepared to supportjeremy corbyn going into number ten if there was a hung parliament as one route to achieving that. although, she set the bar pretty high, i thought, for any sort of agreement with labour, suggesting labour would not only have to sign up labour would not only have to sign up to another independence referendum next year, she also suggested they would want an end to nuclear weapons on the clyde, that she would want control of immigration policy, that she would wa nt immigration policy, that she would want the reversal of various cuts to benefits, and a whole other list of policies. the price would be pretty high to get her support. but equally it's clear that she is in the market to do some sort of deal in the event ofa to do some sort of d

parliament. hugely important. the british lower house, and westminster, with an even, who had been a member of the carlisle peace commission in 1778, one of carlisle's commissioners, who served as carlisle's chief secretary in ireland, said the government had no choice. parliament might as well strive to make the tens play up highgate hill. high detail is pretty high. highgate hill is pretty high. it would depend on allegiance to the king, not parliaments sovereignty. given the extent of the irish patriots support, volunteers may have had 40,000 men under arms and they are many connections with patriots in america. historians describe the events of the early 1780's as an irish revolution whose affects were second in importance only to the winning up american independence. independence was a difference that mattered. henry gratin went out of his way to emphasize that point. this nation is connected with england not only by allegiance to the crown, but by liberty. making island and independent republic was not part of the plan. i want to note the date. there is a reproduction of this painting and the exhibit which points out

was really struck by today, coming back to westminster — i mean, only a day out and about on the road is when you get off the tube and you walk past parliament via mail or e—mail or social media or whatever it is, but even just walking past parliament, i suddenly thought i've got so used to it ijust regarded it as normal. it was only going out, leaving westminster, leaving london, going out on the campaign trail, for a day, that is all it was, one day, you come back and really struck by how hostile the atmosphere is, just as you're working your way through the crowds in the direction of parliament, in the direction of the media, it is really quite something, which we've almost got used to. it has become really normal that you walk along and someone shouts abuse at you. and you just carry on because it's normal. this little button that i carry. we have brexit bigger forbidding excellent. what happens at the uk is still a member in amount months of time goerges the speaker will be missed. this is one of these people who everybody loved. what is going on in politics it? order! this was someone who was very larger—than—life character for europea

so finally, i turn to the world beyond westminster, a reforming speaker needs to become both an advocate and an ambassador for parliamentt it with the society which it seeks to represent. i would be comfortable to be both a speaker and a listener. john bercow, 322. yes! sir george young, 271. applause. mps had been listening and john bercow was elected on the third ballot. few tory mps voted for him but most joined in the applause as he was dragged to the speaker's chair, a tradition dating back to the days when the speaker would have to communicate mps‘ views to the monarch, which could be a life—shortening challenge. the new speaker broke with tradition by abandoning the court dress worn by his predecessors. in its place, a business suit and simple gown. we march on our way. a visual signal of his reforming intentions. even the clerks who advised him dispensed with their wigs. john bercow changed the way the commons works. emergency debates became routine. erskine may, the definitive guide to parliamentary procedure, is now 184 pages longer than it used to be. under his predecessor, mps could ask urgent questions a fe

so finally, i turn to the world beyond westminster, a reforming speaker needs to become both an advocate and an ambassador for parliamentt it with the society which it seeks to represent. i would be comfortable to be both a speaker and a listener. john bercow, 322. yes! sir george young, 271. applause. mps had been listening and john bercow was elected on the third ballot. few tory mps voted for him but most joined in the applause as he was dragged to the speaker's chair, a tradition dating back to the days when the speaker would have to communicate mps‘ views to the monarch, which could be a life—shortening challenge. the new speaker broke with tradition by abandoning the court dress worn by his predecessors. in its place, a business suit and simple gown. we march on our way. a visual signal of his reforming intentions. even the clerks who advised him dispensed with their wigs. john bercow changed the way the commons works. emergency debates became routine. erskine may, the definitive guide to parliamentary procedure, is now 184 pages longer than it used to be. under his predecessor, mps could ask urgent questions a fe

parliament. that is where we will break the logjam at westminster. thank you very much.re forced to evacuate a london theatre on wednesday evening after part of the ceiling collapsed during a show. emergency services were called to the piccadilly theatre in the west end, which was packed for a performance of arthur miller's play death of a salesman. five people were treated in hospitalfor minor injuries. wendell pierce, who stars as willy loman, spoke to the crowd outside. i did not mean for it to go like this. laughter i would like to thank you all for, one, safely evacuating. we apologise and we are glad that no—one is hurt and i ask you all to come back and see our production. we are so honoured that you came tonight. 0ne audience member who saw the roof come down told us, beforehand, the crowd could hear water coming through the ceiling for several minutes. it's the normal thing, you're sitting in a theatre, watching a show and you are very stoic and you let things happen and we suddenly realised something was happening that shouldn't be and clearly things weren't ri

westminster. the snp believe they've already got a mandate for another referendum because they have more than half of the mps in scotland and the scottish parliamentthe end of next year. but borisjohnson has completely ruled out allowing another vote for independence and while labour wouldn't block a referendum, they do say it's unnecessary and unwanted. in a hung parliament, would the snp support a coalition government? the snp say they would never support a tory government. but they also say they will not enter a formal coalition with labour. instead they want to form a progressive alliance, working with other parties where they agree on the issues. their price would be more powers for the scottish parliament. nicola sturgeon says jeremy corbyn needn't even bother picking up the phone unless he's prepared to allow a referendum on scottish independence. they might be able to strike a deal, if mr corbyn were to agree in principle that it was up to scotland to decide when that vote should happen. scotla nd scotland editor sarah smith. borisjohnson has insisted that britain will not enforce checks on goods between great britain and northern ireland

westminster. we believe that should be transferred to the scottish parliament.y and specifically? i look forward to sitting down withjeremy and nicola and wanting to lock borisjohnson out of ten downing st. we don't want them in there. he has to be realistic that we are prepared to sit down and discuss progressive politics but it has to be on the basis that this referendum takes place. passing legislation, the referendum bill that will allow us toa referendum bill that will allow us to a lack —— an act that referendum, jeremy has to recognise that has to happen as a precondition to anything else taking place. this is really interesting because he was saying not year 1 and interesting because he was saying not year1 and was unclear about but for you, it is 2020, it would have to be in the first year. i would say to be in the first year. i would say to everyone that is watching this thatjeremy might say something today and his position has changed in the part —— because of the past few weeks. 0nce in the part —— because of the past few weeks. once that election is

the two big parties at westminster in the last parliament keen to say that they are wanting to spend well. we headed at the end ofjessica's report about this so—called remaining alliance. we are hearing this morning that in 60 seats, 49 in england and ii in wales, the liberal democrats, plaid cymru, the welsh national assembly greens are going to work together. they are going to stand aside for each other to try and allow the strongest of the three to wina and allow the strongest of the three to win a seat. a reminder, as i was hinting at a second ago, that lots of talk about the economy, but brexit never far away. that is the reason those parties are deciding to work together. chris, thank you very much. we are talking to various people today, from the conservatives, the labour party and the liberal democrats on the programme this morning. a man has been arrested after 15 people were found in the back of a lorry in wiltshire. police made the discovery close to the m4 near chippenham last night after a tip—off. one person was taken to hospital for checks. the others are in police cus

the focus of the general election is on the uk parliament in westminster.imately, the day when parliament returns will be issued by royal proclamation, on the advice of the new government. be up to whoever ta kes new government. be up to whoever takes charge after december the 12th. the government has said they would like to see parliament returned no later than the 23rd of december. thank you for filling in some of those answers. 414 years after di force tried and parliament no longer exists for a while. time now for the news, travel and weather where you are. it has been a cold hard with some frost in northern england and scotland. for many, temperatures will struggle. they will be below average and there is some rain in the forecast. that is coming from the forecast. that is coming from the west. initially showery rain in the west. initially showery rain in the north—west, before heavier rain spreads in later. to the east, particularly east anglia and the south—east, driest and brightest conditions for longest. but the temperatures, five to eight or nine

markjon bercow‘s last sam parliament after ten yea rs bercow‘s last sam parliament after ten years as a speaker. very unusual for westminster send offjon bercow, and it's called putting jon bercow in order. putting jon bercow in order. this is complicated. it sounds a good idea at the time. the bbc did that unit have looked every single thing jon bercow has set as speaker, they have, come up with a list of words that no other speaker has ever uttered in the last 100 yea rs, has ever uttered in the last 100 years, and they have put those words in order of how often they were used. so, unique words listed in order of frequency. can i just asked, did they make up an algorithm to do that? can you tell me if there we re to do that? can you tell me if there were not people who sat and watched it all? we cannot reveal their movement methods, it that's a secret. we have the top five words we're going to play them and want you to guess the order of frequency. 0nce you to guess the order of frequency. once he said the most and least and the ones in between. move got somebody ready to press the button. mellifluous. succinct. alacrity.

parliament and eight phone and the site of government. earlier i spoke to the bbc's gary o'donoghue,ho served as chief political correspondent ie westminster fos. can you explain why this position of speaker was so elevated under john bercow that we an talking about it in america? gary: he became immensely controversial inl he era of brexit.ee he wasby the pro-brexit people as being someone who stood in the of some of the brexit moves them and by the other side he was seen as a champion. he became a very controversial figure. there is this attempt to return to a much more evenhanded referee-type figure. laur who is this new speaker y what c tell us about him? is he going to be famo for his cries of "order, order"? ga : we will see. the satirists will try to get him as soon as possible. this is sir lindsay hoyle, from lancashire in the north of gland. he i a member of the opposition, labor mp, but they say he will be nonpartisan he says he will not be a continuity candidate because commons has become toxic and a bear pit and he will restore some order. he will try to abolish clapping in the house of commons, which he says has crept in the l

six people were killed and just down the river at westminster bridge, a knife attack and shooting with a terrorist killed outside the houses of parliament. an all too familiar scene here, katy, for lon dodoners. >> it is unusual for the british police to fire on anybody. a lot of the police do not carry guns. what can you tell us about the scenario here, the officer that had a gun, using a gun? what is the significance of that in the uk? >> reporter: well, i mean, famously, british police are unarmed. very, very different from the situation in the u.s. where in most cities police, of course, are armed. but in recent years, more and more police officers have been given firearms training. there is a specialist firearms training, firearms unit. there's anti-terror police. so, you know, it is not like it was 20 years ago when a policeman with a gun in the uk was a very, very unusual sight. we understand that the armed officers responded very, very quickly to this. again, london is very used to terror incidents over decades and in the last few years, of course, in and around central london where i am at the moment. we think they did respond

barred from speaking to parliament during his state visit earlier this year after the imposition of the migrant ban by bristol i am even more strongly. by chris from. westminster all. because success will be announced in a few days they'll be forgiven for hoping they might live through slightly less interesting times barnsley al-jazeera london. i'll have more from london for you a bit later on but let's get back to sami in doha now thanks so much mario now israel has approved the construction of more than 2300 settlers homes in the occupied west bank that's according to settlement watchdog peace now the ngo says most of the new housing units will be built in settlements that israel was supposed to evacuate under a peace deal with the palestinians more than $8000.00 units in the settlements have been approved since the beginning of the year that's an increase of nearly 50 percent compared to last year i get off ryan is the head of the settlements watch team at peace now she joins us on skype from west jerusalem good to have you with us so the construction of these settlements of these housing units i should say in these particular areas one does that well for a

westminster. it is things like that they do seem to strike a chord with members of parliament.straight off we will get a result quite soon. that's it. if not, people get knocked out and we have subsequent ballots. you‘re watching afternoon live. preparations for winter are well under way. the pressures are greater than ever. elections have already featured problem permanently. there was a warning that politicians need to be straight and play with voters saying that we thought it was important to urge politicians to be open and honest and realistic and clear about pallet promises that they make, and let‘s try and avoid getting into cheap political slogans and trying to weaponised this services. boroughmuir4.4 and trying to weaponised this services. boroughmuir 4.4 million people in england waiting for routine operations. imac there are 107,000 staff vacancies. so far, much of the argument has been about in whose hands the nhs is the safest. in these cases they need to make its case on the health service. i think they are right. it shouldn‘t be weaponised. that is why today i hav

westminster. the snp believe they've already got a mandate for another referendum because they have more than half of the mps in scotland and the scottish parliamentnext year. but borisjohnson has completely ruled out allowing another vote for independence, and while labour wouldn't block a referendum, they do say it's unnecessary and unwanted. in a hung parliament, would the snp support a coalition government? the snp say they would never support a tory government. but they also say they would not enter a formal coalition with labour. instead they want to form a progressive alliance, working with other parties where they agree on the issues. their price would be more powers for the scottish parliament. and nicola sturgeon says jeremy corbyn needn't even bother picking up the phone unless he's prepared to allow a referendum on scottish independence. they might be able to strike a deal, if mr corbyn were to agree in principle that it was up to scotland to decide when that vote should happen. our scotland editor, sarah smith. the prime minister has insisted that britain will not enforce checks on goods between great britain and northern ireland unde

westminster. so, the lib dem leader has made stopping brexit the centre—piece of her pitch to the electorate. but with just 20 mps in the current parliamentservatives and labour — what would it take for the liberal democrats to be in a position to deliver their remain pledge? 0ur deputy political editorjohn pienaar answers that question and more. could the liberal democrats stop brexit? it's possible. it may not seem likely, but if the lib dems win outright, they could cancel brexit. if no party wins most seats, lib dems mps could still press for a referendum or block future brexit plans. would that be democratic? we've had one referendum. well, 17.4 million people voted to leave, but 16.1 million voted to remain, and a lot of them, younger voters, and many unhappy labour and tory supporters, could backjo swinson‘s plan. frankly, we don't know. but there's a lot we won't know until december the 12th. what would the liberal democrats do to improve the public services? all the main parties say they'll pump cash into public services, including the nhs, which has become a political totem. the lib dems say staying in the eu could strengthen th

we have done it with the scottish parliament and we started doing it in westminster and i would encourageto administration with six store closures, just days after its rival mothercare went bust. the retailer has made 73 staff redundant and has put 54 further jobs at risk within its head office. royal mail is seeking a high court injunction to stop a postal strike — which threatens to disrupt postal voting in the run—up to the general election as well as christmas post. more on that in just a moment. degree—educated savers are more at risk of losing their pension to fraudsters than those without the qualification — that‘s according to a survey by the financial conduct authority and the pensions regulator. fraudsters often target those with larger pension pots. it's it‘s a bad week for maternity retailers. absolutely. mothercare, i sta lwa rt retailers. absolutely. mothercare, i stalwart of the british high street has launched a huge sale because early in the week they announced they were falling into administration and closing all its remaining stores across the uk. everything in store dr

westminster which is being fought on uk issues. the health service and education service are a matter for the scottish parliament on the scottish government be returned in that election on the basis of the racket it has had in scottish government. against the backdrop of unemployment which is worsening, is that going to complement —— complicate the picture for you? we are fighting every seat to wayne and i think we've got a very strong and confident message which is to lock the conservatives out of power, give people hear the right to choose an alternative future. that is going down well in all parts of scotland including those in 13 conservative seats which we re those in 13 conservative seats which were so those in 13 conservative seats which were so crucial for boris johnson forming a government. tommy sheppard, it is good of you tojoin us sheppard, it is good of you tojoin us tonight. good to see you up in edinburgh. hillary clinton says she is dumfounded by the fact that the uk will not release a report on russian interference until after the december 12th election. the former democratic presidential has her own experience with that

westminster. that new speaker gets i think one day in the chair before parliament is dissolved. been closed and dozens of flights diverted because of poor visibility. the liberal democrats have said the staging of leaders' debates for general elections should be based on independent rules. it is after they complained their leader, jo swinson, was not invited to take part in the first event. the party said that, under the existing system, the conservatives and labour were happy to do backroom deals to shut out other voices. the black leather jacket and skin—tight trousers that olivia newton—john wore in the film grease have been sold for £14,000 at auction. the film was released in 1978 and starred john travolta alongside olivia newton—john, who wore the famous outfit when the couple sang you're the one that i want at the fairground. the leather trousers were already two decades old when filming started, and a broken zip meant she had to be sewn into them. ididn't i didn't realise it was because as it was broken, but i did know that she had to be sewn into them.|j think wejust mi

westminster to decide. but if she worked with jeremy corbyn, could this election give the snp both the outcomes they want and change the course of the country for us all? if there is a hung parliamentrogressive alliance to lock the tories out of government. to be crystal clear about this, if labour were looking to seek a government and they accepted the principle of having another vote on independence in scotland, you would be willing to form an alliance that would put jeremy corbyn in downing street? i would never put borisjohnson in downing street. but you would putjeremy corbyn in? and if people are worried about jeremy corbyn, with good reason in many respects, then better to have snp mps in there making sure the right issues are progressed and the right values are protected than having a jeremy corbyn government without that influence of the snp. you said this morning that brexit, if it goes forward, means years of wrangling economic uncertainty. that's exactly the same as it would be if there was another independence referendum, isn't it? it was never inevitable that brexit became the chaotic mess that it has done. you do the work, do the thinking, be honest with people about