And California Wildfires are burning out of control. Ten people have been killed and thousands have abandoned their homes. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. What now for chris coleman, after wales fail to qualify for the world cup in russia . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The defence contractor, bae systems, has confirmed it is going to cut almost 2,000 jobs at sites across the country. Its military aircraft business is most affected, with more than 750 job losses in lancashire, where the Eurofighter Typhoon is produced. The company employs more than 3a,000 people in the uk. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson, is in warton, near preston, which is one of the bae sites affected. Yes, this is one of the aes biggest facilities. They have two sides around preston, here and at samlesbury. More than 5000 people work on the eurofighter buttler typhoon. Long and proud history of designing, building and testing military aircraft. Although the news had leaked out yesterday, there was still some shock and worry for the staff this morning when it was confirmed around one in six of them will lose theirjobs. They had heard rumoursjobs were they had heard rumours jobs were at risk but the numbers announced this morning were higher than expected. Many were told not to speak about their jobs, many were told not to speak about theirjobs, but of course, there is concern. We have only found out today. We were kind of expecting it. The news knew before we did. Just one of them. It is what it is. You are always disappointed when jobs go. They are good jobs and they create value in the local economy and there may well be an impact on the supply chain as well. It is always disappointing but i do not think it is a great surprise. Plenty of signals in the Business Planning processes indicating there were issues arising. See you tomorrow. The cafe across the road would be the first place to feel the impact. Massive, massive. Need to get theresa may down here to sort it out. Is she coming down . It is not just the north west. More than 300 maritime jobs just the north west. More than 300 maritimejobs will be just the north west. More than 300 maritime jobs will be lost in portsmouth, another 400 aircraft workers will get redundancy in east yorkshire, without the cuts across bae yorkshire, without the cuts across ba e syste ms yorkshire, without the cuts across bae systems business, nearly 2000 jobs will go in the next few years. Bae is a major employer and it will have an impact in places like this. Local companies in the supply chain could also be hit. But there are bigger questions about the future for sites like this and the uks ability to produce defence equipment. I think this is damaging for the uks industrial capability. Exports are key to the future of the uk with brexit. Aerospace is the number one export. What we are doing is diminishing that capability. In a time when i would like to see it continue and at a time when typhoon is still in contention. Another typhoon took to the skies this morning but it is the falling demand that has slowed production here and prompted this wider review of how bae operates. Bae says it does intend to keep all of its facilities open and it hopes that by trimming its workforce here and there, making efficiencies, it can be sustainable in the long run, but in large part, thatis in the long run, but in large part, that is dependent on it getting new orders for the Eurofighter Typhoons and the hopes are killed on the gulf states, they are hoping for major new orders from saudi arabia and qatar. Worrying time for workers. The government has said there will not be any impact on the uks Defence Manufacturing capability, it says it still has huge defence contracts with bae, but it will work with the workers facing redundancy. Thank you. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. What more can the government do . Ministers are not talking about some sort of bailout or cash injection or bringing forward new orders to tide British Aerospace through this period because their argument is British Aerospace is a highly successful company, it already benefits from government contracts worth £3. 7 billion a year. What they are talking about is tailoring their support to the workers affected by thejob support to the workers affected by the job losses. That could mean retraining, careersupport, the job losses. That could mean retraining, career support, it the job losses. That could mean retraining, careersupport, it could mean grants, loans to help them set up mean grants, loans to help them set up their own businesses may be, even regeneration projects in the worst affected areas. In the last few minutes, we got a few more details of the sort of support the government was thinking of from the business minister, claire perry. Have a listen to watch you said. Bae systems will enter a period of a 30 day statutory consultation process and no final decisions will be taken in terms of level or type of redundancies until the process is completed. The government will continue to work with them to ensure composites the redundancies are kept toa minimum composites the redundancies are kept to a minimum and the company assures us to a minimum and the company assures us the reductions can be managed on a voluntary basis as far as possible. Although she went on to urge the opposition to keep politics out of this announcement, i think thatis out of this announcement, i think that is probably a forlorn hope, it will of course but questions about the governments industrial strategy which they have placed so much emphasis on spark questions. We have the high tech, high value jobs seemingly at risk. There will be questions also about the Defence Industry and whether too much focus has been on big ticket items like aircraft carriers, too much kit bought from abroad and questions about brexit too. The boss of bae said it had nothing to do with brexit, but some are questioning already whether we would be better remaining in the Single Market because of the complex supply Chain Companies like bae have. Norman, thank you. Theresa may has challenged public bodies to explain or change sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas such as education, housing and criminaljustice. The governments racial equality audit, which was published this morning, shows that. Unemployment among black, asian and other ethnic minorities is almost double that of White British adults. But only a third of White British pupils on Free School Meals reached the expected standard at the end of Primary School worse than any other ethnic group. It also showed that the overwhelming majority of people of all ethnicities felt that they belonged to britain. Adina campbell has this report. Ina in a society where it seems racial barriers are not what they used to be, todays new report paints a different picture. As expected, much of the data shows disadvantage for black and ethnic minority communities. I want to see more action. This youth worker has been stopped by police more than 100 times. 40 years, nothing seems to have moved on. That is the reason i believe we have the problem, the system is designed to push out the disparity, based on race discrimination. Some of the key findings in the governments race disparity audit found fewer black and bangladeshi people who own their own homes compared to white, indian and pakistani groups. Black caribbean pupils were permanently excluded at three times the rate of White British pupils. And that ethnic minorities underrepresented at senior levels across the public sector. This woman has been a Science Teacher for ten years and she says many ethnic minorities still face ongoing discrimination. The majority of people from bme communities are also affected by poverty and working class white boys in my school, they are disproportionately affected as well. And sexism, and as a teacher, were not given the tools to challenge or to face these massive problems in oui to face these massive problems in our society. The government has announced a number of measures. In hotspots such as coventry, bradford and east london, to help people from ethnic minorities getjobs, as well as traineeships for 16 24 year olds. It is shining a light, looking at all public services, the outcome by ethnicity, and seeing what more can be done to tackle the injustices. But labour has accused the government of not taking enough action. The question will action. The question is, what will they do . How will we change this record that has been playing for generations . The report is the first time differences between ethnic groups have been looked at on the widespread scale. The new website is full of thousands of statistics giving a comprehensive view of how people from different backgrounds are treated in our public services. The audit was ordered by theresa may shortly after taking office last year. Described by the Prime Minister is holding up a mirror to oui minister is holding up a mirror to our society, many agree Racial Injustice is still an issue. If you do not have the right people around the table with the lived experience in order to influence, you will get more of the same. Todays data is 110w more of the same. Todays data is now available online. The president of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has been meeting his cabinet ahead of a crucial statement to Parliament Later this afternoon, which could trigger a declaration of independence from spain. The Spanish Government says the referendum on 1st october was illegal and has urged catalonia not to break away. 0ur correspondent, tom burridge, is in barcelona. It isa it is a will he, wont he, moment . As the leader prepares for the speech tonight, he is under pressure. From his own party, from a broader coalition of Pro Independence catalan parties, from the Spanish Government and european governments who say any declaration of independence would be illegal and meaningless. As someone who covered spain for years and this issue, there is a political atmosphere right now in barcelona which i never could have imagined. Catalonias future is hanging in the balance. For years, some have fought for independence. Others are deeply opposed, as this regions government threatens to cut catalonia out of spain. Marie is worried about the uncertainty. People are getting angry with each other, she tells us. I dont like it one bit. It is really bad, says merche. I hope they can talk and work it out. People are getting angry with each other, she tells us. It is on everyones lips, but the two players in all this the Spanish Government and catalonias regional leaders are still not talking. So all eyes on what decision has been made in the corridors of catalan power. This evening, the focus will shift to this regions parliament. A statement in this chamber, from the man in charge of the devolved government. Carles puigdemont arriving at the parliament this morning and briefing his broad coalition. The decision will become clear in the coming hours. When catalonias leader stands here and addresses catalan mps, his exact words are crucial. Does he endorse a unilateral declaration of independence, or will he step back from the brink . Catalonias government is still trying to pressure madrid to allow them to hold a recognised referendum on independence. Thats something this politician wants too. But pablo iglesias, the left leaning leader of spains third biggest party, is against catalonia breaking away. Dialogue, he says, is key now. We have to talk. Hablemos. I think now the democracy tools in order to solve political problems should be the elements that the government has to use. I think violence is not the way. There is uncertainty and tension here, too. Government the Spanish Government will have a contingency plan in place. They are poised and ready to act. As we digest the word spoken in the Regional Parliament here this evening, eyes and ears will be also on madrid for the response of the Spanish Government. Tom burridge there, thank you. The chancellor, philip hammond, is likely to have less money to play with in next months budget, as forecasts for the uks productivity growth have been downgraded. The office for budget responsibility, whose Economic Predictions form the basis of budget decisions, says the first half of 2017 has seen productivity fall significantly, and it will also lower its predictions for the next five years. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, joins me now. How much of below is this likely to be for the chancellor . It makes his budget calculations trickier. The next budget will be on the 22nd of november, productivity is the engine of the economy, it is how we produce wealth and how we pay people. We have had stagnation in wages for seven of the last ten years. If we have poor productivity figures which is what the 0br has said there are in britain, that means tax revenues are in britain, that means tax revenues a re lower in britain, that means tax revenues are lower because we are not earning as much money, businesses are not earning as much money, we are not paying as much tax, it puts at risk the governments plans to cut the deficit and balance the books by the middle of the next decade which is what they said they want to do. The 0brs downgrade today makes it a harder picture for philip hammond. The big problem is it is quite hard to push up productivity, it is around education, skills, infrastructure, high speed rail, heathrow airport. These things are very ha rd to heathrow airport. These things are very hard to push through the system, particularly for a government with a small majority. Philip hammond has a headache and the 0br has added to it by saying, frankly, the economy is not working as well as it should be. And it has not been since the financial crisis in 2008 which shows how deep seated these problems are for britain. Thank you. The time isjust the time is just after 1 15pm. Our top story this lunchtime. Bae ba e syste ms bae systems have announced plans to cutjobs in the militarily and intelligence services. And Princes William and harry hosting events to Mark World Mental Health Day and celebrate the success of their own campaign to raise awareness of the issue. And coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. Wales name their squad for next months Rugby League World cup in australia and papua new guinea. More than a dozen wildfires raging across california have killed at least ten people, and forced an estimated 20,000 people from their homes. The flames have spread quickly, fanned by strong winds. So far, 1,500 properties have been destroyed, and a state of emergency has been declared. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has the latest. Across parts of both north and south california, huge wildfires have been burning out of control since the weekend. With strong winds and dry conditions on the ground, the flames have been advancing rapidly. The flames came up, we came down here and you couldnt even see your hand in front of your face. The fire was coming up over the homes, probably 100 foot flames, spotted on both sides of the street. The flames have notjust been laying waste to the countryside. Towns and cities have also been burning. This is santa rosa in northern california, ablaze. People in some areas here were already ordered to leave. All our pictures are gone, everything. Everythings gone. Weve got a fire pit. Its pretty awful. Where homes and shops once stood, now theres little left in parts of santa rosa, napa and nevada city, in the heart of northern californias famous wine growing region. I mean, this is like apocalyptic, it seems. This is so out of the norm. Like, im from southern california, and everything is dry out there, and im used to fires, but ive never seen anything like this in an urban area. So far, its estimated at least 1,500 buildings have been destroyed across the state. This satellite map shows the scale ofjust some of the fires in the north. The biggest covers an area of more than 40 square miles. Every spark is going to ignite a fire. And so, regardless of what that may be, wind can impact and start fires, down power lines, vehicles pulling off into the dry grass, all of those things have the potential. And under these kind of conditions, the risk is just extreme of new starts. Even hospital patients are amongst the thousands of people who have now had to flee the flames. This is napa county, just north of san francisco. The best known of the California Wine regions. To the right of that is the hospital. The er is literally right behind that fire, about 20 feet. So i hope someone is over there putting that out. With at least ten people known to have died in these fires, the focus has been preventing more casualties by ordering evacuations. Only once everyones as safe as possible will the effort to put the flames out get fully underway. Richard galpin, bbc news. The cabinet has been meeting this morning following theresa mays statement to the commons on brexit negotiations and the publication of proposals on future trade and customs arrangements. So, what have we learned thats new . Lets talk to our reality check correspondent, chris morris. Chris, the Prime Minister said yesterday that there is planning for the prospect of no deal with the eu. What would that mean . No deal sounds rather final, no deal sounds ratherfinal, doesnt it . But we are going to have a relationship with the rest of europe whatever happens, they are our nearest neighbours. What no deal means in specific terms is that there would not be an agreement on there would not be an agreement on the article 50 negotiations currently taking place led by david davis and i anya. The crucial thing, as with many things on brexit, is timing and michel barnier. We still have one year before brexit, not a huge amount of time, but at least it is one year. The real fiat would be if a tentative deal for example was agreed, but at the last minute save European Parliament 01 our last minute save European Parliament or our parliament rejected it, and there was no time to put everything in place, that is the cliff edge brexit that people are really scared about. And what have we learned from the two papers on trade and customs . I think the most detail was in the customs paper. Because that did set out the fact the government says it wa nts a out the fact the government says it wants a deal, it doesnt want no deal, but it has the plan for one. It set out a series of scenarios saying that in the event of no deal goods would have to be presented by customs and revenue as land as much as possible to avoid disruption at ports, consignments would have to be pre notified. A lot of things would be put in place. To put that in some perspective, the hmrc said recently that they think roughly 130,000 companies that currently trade with the eu would suddenly have to deal with customs for the first time. So its an enormously congregated process. And thats just one small sector of the economy. I think no deal would have an effect right across the economy, which is why on both sides they are saying, its something we want to avoid if we can. Thanks, chris. Survivors of torture have won a legal challenge to home office rules on detention in the uk. Theyd argued the governments definition of torture led to the wrongful detention of Asylum Seekers in Immigration Centres. The home office says it wont appeal against the ruling. Our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is at the high court in central london. Danny, why did the government lose this case . Rita, the government lost this case because the high court here ruled that the policies that they had introduced a year ago about detaining Asylum Seekers were unlawful. What those policies did was to amend the definition of torture. And that happy effect of making it for Asylum Seekers to avoid being locked up an Immigration Centre and that had the effect. Several people who were detained in Immigration Centres brought the case. They included a man from nigeria who had been persecuted and beaten up from so much for being 93v beaten up from so much for being gay. A man from afghanistan who had beenin gay. A man from afghanistan who had been in that and beaten up by the taliban. And a woman from tanzania who had been raped and suffered terrible trauma. They had been detained, brought legal action and have now won like the case. That will make the home office reverse its policy about torture and significantly they are not going to appeal against his ruling. A big day, not only for the seven here, but for other people who have come to britain seeking sanctuary, claiming they have been victims of torture. Danny, thank you. The jury in the case of an Army Sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with a parachute have been taken to the airfield where the flight took off. Victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries when both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open. Emile cilliers denies the charges. Duncan kennedy reports. This is the base at the centre of the trial. It is here that the jury, who cant be filmed for legal reasons, have been taken to see whether victoria cilliers made her jump. This detective, surrounded by thejudge and jump. This detective, surrounded by the judge and legal teams, jump. This detective, surrounded by thejudge and legal teams, explained to them what would happen. You will have seen and heard me in the recordings Walking Around the hangar and demonstrating. Today, my role is to act as a guide, pointing out particularly patients. The jury was shown the kit room, where the prosecution say is whether victoria cilliers parachute should have been stored. They were taking to the mens toilets. It was here, the prosecution say, and meals are sabotaged his wifes parachute before she took off. The prosecution sake the meals are twice attempted to kill victoria cilliers because he could start a new life with another woman. Thejury could start a new life with another woman. The jury were also shown a parachute identical to the one victoria cilliers war on the day of her accident. They have already seen the actual parachute she was wearing. She suffered multiple injuries when her main and reserve chute both failed to fully open. The jury chute both failed to fully open. The jury have been shown around 20 locations in total the base today, as today, as well as the toilets, where the alleged tampering of the parachute took place, they are also being shown Emile Cillierss rocker, which the prosecution say he used to put victoria cilliers parachute in before she made the disastrous jump. Emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder. The jury Emile Cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder. Thejury will finish the site visit later today. Duncan kennedy, bbc news, wiltshire. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, will address the final day of her partys conference in glasgow later. The snp leader is expected to say she wants to put scotland in the driving seat with radical policies that will equip it for the next decade and beyond, including doubling the amount spent on free Early Learning and childcare by 2020. Princes william and harry have held a reception at st jamess palace to celebrate the impact of their Heads Together campaign, which raises awareness of Mental Health issues. And this evening, they will host an event to Mark World Mental Health Day, alongside the duchess of cambridge, who is hoping to make herfirst public appearance since it was revealed she is pregnant with her third child. 0ur royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. This report contains some flash photography. Mental health has become the subject much of their work has revolved around. The duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry have used their high profile and royal status to get people to talk openly about Mental Health issues. At st jamess palace today, they brought together many of those who worked on, or have been helped, by their Heads Together project. Up and down the country in schools and workplaces, in towns, cities and villages, among men and women, between young and old the uk was finally talking about Mental Health. Just talking to somebody, having those conversations, its like medicine for her. Heads together has effectively used the pulling power of the royal family. The campaign has often had the younger royals at the forefront. All of you helped change the language around this issue, shifting away from fear and shame to a more open and optimistic sense about what we can achieve when we simply start talking. Tonight, therell be another reception, at buckingham palace, to recognise the work of the entire Mental Health industry. And at that event, they are due to be joined by the duchess of cambridge. It will be her first Public Engagement since announcing shes pregnant with her third child. This was the last time the duchess was seen in public, at the end of august. Since then, shes had the severe sickness she suffered during her previous pregnancies. She is now said to be feeling much better. Daniela relph, bbc news, st jamess palace. There was widespread jubilation in iceland, as it qualified for the world cup finals for the first time and became the smallest nation ever to do so. But there was no such luck for wales, who are out of the tournament. The republic of ireland is now in the play offs in order to secure one of the last remaining places to go to russia. Our sports correspondent, katie gornall, has all the latest. 0ften its the hope that gets you wales had dreamed of playing in their first world cup since 1958. Yet again, those hopes turned to heartache. If there were points for passion, wales would be world beaters. Instead, it would all end on a sour note for them, as ireland, the underdogs, broke the tension midway through the second half. James mcclean driving home with the sweetest of strikes. For wales injured star gareth bale, it was tough to watch, as an air of inevitability descended over cardiff, and ireland held on. Their reward is a place in the play offs. Doi do i feared teams in the . Yes, every of them, every single one of them. But ive always feared teams. Its the best way to be. And then weve got to beat them. Got a dressing room full of devastated players and staff. The whole nation will be mourning and disappointed, because yet again that elusive world cup has passed us by. Back for more at iceland, beating england at last years euros, now thir famous thunderclap will reverberate around russia. They topped their group to become the smallest nation in terms of population ever to qualify for the world cup. But one team who will be joining them is syria. In a country ravaged by civil war, their 2 1 play off defeat will devide loyalties. Still, it has been a remarkable journey. Katie gornall, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres louise lear. I know its not much compensation, spirits are low in wales, but you have the best of the sunshine, sunny spells, and hopefully we will see a few more of those developing the afternoon. But it has been another great start to the day, the cloud thick enough for a few isolated showers down to the south west. This cloud into the north and west is rain on its way, it will push its way into western scotland as we go through the afternoon. Elsewhere, it isa through the afternoon. Elsewhere, it is a relatively quiet 0ctober afternoon, hopefully with some sunshine coming through. With the wind direction still from a light south westerly, its a warm