Government can accept disregard for the law. Last night, spains king, firmly behind the Spanish Government. Spain of the 21st ce ntu ry government. Spain of the 21st century is a country that catalonia is, and always will become an essential part of and we should read ourselves in loyalty and solidarity. Catalonia is split over the question of independence. There is anxiety over what the future will hold. But those who want independence say dreads tactics could backfire. There will be peaceful protest, likely work to rule from Civil Servants for example, the catala ns rule from Civil Servants for example, the catalans are not going to lie down and take it easily. There is no solution going this route. But the measures announced by the Spanish Government wont come thick and fast. Expect a careful, slow running strategy and i is the risk of making a tense situation in catalonia even worse. And tom is in barcelona now so whats the latest . This has been on the cards are the days but the enormity of such a moment only becomes apparent when it is delivered in such blunt terms from spains Prime Minister. He knows it is hugely controversial, the idea of scrapping the devolved illustration here in catalonia and replacing all its powers and responsible aziz and taking control of those in madrid. What happens next . The parliament in theory here will be scrapped, all of the measures we expect will be passed by the Spanish Senate in the coming days. Expect resistance, possibly from within the state apparatus of this region and from the Pro Independence movement in catalonia which is highly organised. This afternoon a huge crowd will take to the streets of barcelona and i expect that in the next couple of weeks, they will try to work to undermine this strategy set out now by the Spanish Government. Speed limits through motorway roadworks could be raised from 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. The proposed changes follow trials by highways england, which found drivers would feel safer at higher speeds. Roadworks and mile after mile of Little Orange cones are the pain of many drivers lives. The current speed limit when passing through motorway roadworks is 50 miles an hour but high with england says that could be increased up to 60. It follows trials where drivers are fitted with heart rate monitors to measure stress levels driving through roadworks at different speeds. 60 of participants recorded a decrease in average heart rate in a decrease in average heart rate in a60 a decrease in average heart rate in a 60 mile in our trials. In the 55 mile an hourzone, a 60 mile in our trials. In the 55 mile an hour zone, decrease was 56 . Some drivers said they were more relaxed at higher speeds because it allowed them to accelerate away from large lorries. What you find a 50 miles an hour is, many trucks have their Speed Limited to 56 and therefore they try and drive faster, they tailgate car is and that becomes incredibly dangerous. 0n those stretches, if you can have a 55 or 60 miles an hour, you get less tail gating on fewer drivers studying this pedometer and it really ca n studying this pedometer and it really can be safer. The Union Representing road workers has described the plans as a deadly version of wacky races that would make dangerous work areas twice as dangerous. How is england says it is carrying out further tests but the changes could be phased in by the end of the year. Human Rights Groups and political opposition groups in zimbabwe have condemned a decision by the World Health Organisation to appoint president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. Human rights watch said that given mr mugabes record on human rights, it was an embarrassment to give him such a role. The Opposition Party said the move was laughable. A spokesperson for the uk government said the appointment was surprising and disappointing. Gusts of over 70 Miles Per Hour have been recorded in parts of the uk as storm brian made landfall. The strongest wind gust this morning was measured in wales at 71 Miles Per Hour. Yellow strong Wind Warnings are still in place across much of wales, as well as the south of england and the midlands. Flooding and strong winds are also affecting the southwest coast of ireland. The majority of households have experienced problems with their broadband over the last year, with slow speeds the most common complaint. A survey by which found that customers of virgin media, talktalk, sky and bt were the most likely to be affected. Frustration with broadband is boiling over in some households, weve become so dependent on it for shopping, banking and entertainment that the internet not working can drive people mad. It cuts out more than it should. I live in the countryside and its terrible, five megabytes of a second is the most you will get. Speed in my area doesnt work as well as it should. It depends where you live, i live in a new build apartment and the speed is pretty good. I get what i pay for. Whichs survey shows that 21 of customers had problems with speed, 17 experienced frequent dropouts in the connection and 12 had a wireless router fault and 8 had no connection at all for hours or days. 33 said their speed was very slow with talktalk. 38 of virgin customers complained about price increases. Talktalk says it is disappointed and its extensive Investment Programme has already led to fewer faults and quicker repair times. Virgin says its services are faster and the majority of its customers get their advertised speed or above at peak times. There is a regulator 0fcom with the job of making sure the companies provide what they promise. It says they must up their game. With all the sport heres mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. Chelsea have some catching up to do in the premier league, after losing last week and this lunch time theyre facing the team, surprisingly above them in the table 11th placed watford. And theyre on course to narrow, the gap between themselves and the top 4, thanks to a wonder goal from pedro and they could have had more, as they look to draw the sting from the hornets impressive start to the season. Its still 10. Its League Cup Semi final weekend in scotland the first is underway at hampden park. Celtic are currently leading 1 0 against hiberian, thanks to this from mikael lustig. The second semi final, tomorrow, is between rangers and motherwell. In rugby, there is a busy day of champions cup games. Glasgow are currently hosting irish side leinster in the first game of the day. The game is in its early stages. At the moment it is leinster leading by three points. Englands women cricketers, begin their quest to regain the ashes from australia, with a one Day International in brisbane, starting just after midnight tonight. The build up to the competition has been disrupted by bad weather, but Heather Knights team will be full of confidence after winning the world cup on home soil injuly, where Tammy Beaumont was voted player of the tournament. The world cup was amazing. It is a once in a lifetime thing but we got to back it up coming out here and taking on australia in australia to win the womens ashes is probably the next hardest challenge after a world cup so is going to be tough. Australia lay very good cricket and their own country but i am hoping i can put some performances in the tea m can put some performances in the team and we take the ashes home. British horseracing reaches the climax of its flat season today with its now traditional, and lucrative, qipco champions day at ascot. For one man, it will be quite a day as silvester de sousa, is formally crowned britains champion jockey. Quite an achievement given that when the boy from brazil, first came to europe, he couldnt speak, a word of english. Joe wilson has been to meet him. 7 30 one an act of mourning in newmarket and this is britains championjockey. Newmarket and this is britains champion jockey. His story belongs to the world. His journey is unique. 0n to the world. His journey is unique. On his wall at home, he shows me pictures of his triumphs in india. He first sat on a course in the family farm he first sat on a course in the familyfarm in he first sat on a course in the family farm in brazil. At 16, and told him he looked like a jockey and thatis told him he looked like a jockey and that is how it all began. When i came to Ireland First of all, i couldnt speak a world of english. It was a lot of dedication. I think its not easy to be a champion and when you are foreign and from a different country, even harder. So you have to make the chances come to you. He has written over 800 times this season, far more than any other trifles. A ha rd est this season, far more than any other trifles. A hardest working jockey in the world, he admits, is him. Relaxation comes with frankie, the ever present family dog, named after frankie dettori, chiefly for his energy. It is a constant battle to be top dog at their home. Determination is sylvesters biggest asset. I have achieved 90 more determination is sylvesters biggest asset. I have achieved 9096 more than what i thought. My dream was to come to europe and have one ride and have a feel of the race and just to watch the race. Here where i am today. Where he is today is champion jockey for the second time. He is an institution here. Next destination, a couple of weeks rest back in brazil. It winters are an acquired taste. Thats all the sport for now. You can see more on all of todays stories on the bbc news channel. The next news on bbc one is at 5 25 bye for now. Hello. Youre watching the bbc news channel. Spains Prime Minister has confirmed that the National Government will ta ke that the National Government will take temporary control of the thomas region of catalonia following an emergency Cabinet Meeting this morning. He insisted he was not stripping catalonia of its autonomy but returning it to the rule of law. The decision comesjust but returning it to the rule of law. The decision comes just three weeks after the Catalan Administration held a referendum on independence in defiance of the constitution. The Prime Minister said he would order fresh elections as soon as possible. We prefer to act, as i think one must in these cases, with patience, with common sense and try to reach a point where there will be a Resignation Letter never took place. They did not reply within the period of stability at. I am under the impression seeing how matters have developed, can anybody think that some people wa nted can anybody think that some people wanted to reach this decision i am not going to see this categorically, i dont want to the size anybody but i have this feeling because how can you do things worse, even thinking of the people who have behaved in this way in the catalonian authorities. In the second place, i wa nt to authorities. In the second place, i want to refer to dialogue. A beautiful world. On this occasion, it has become magical. I have to say here. They never asked for a dialogue. We will get more on the measures that will be put through the Spanish Senate which asked to approve them although his party has a majority in that chamber and is backed by all the other spanish white parties who support the government s position. We will get details of the specific proposals and bring them to you as soon as we have them. Explosives experts have been called to the Sellafield Nuclear plant in cumbria and a partial cordon is in place. Sellafield limited, which runs the plant, said there has been no explosion and no reason for People Living locally to be concerned. They are disposing of a number of chemicals which are no longer used and say its routine to call in experts. They will be a controlled explosion later on today. Joining me now is francis livens, a professor of radiochemistry at the university of manchester. Cani can i ask you what you make of this, what little we know so far about what little we know so far about what has happened at sellafield . The very little that i know of suggests that it very little that i know of suggests thatitis very little that i know of suggests that it is the sort of thing that happens not infrequently at universities, schools, Industrial Establishments around the place where things get put in the backs of coverts a nd where things get put in the backs of coverts and left for a long time and when they are discovered, they have started to decompose and are not in a particularly stable state and the need to be disposed of carefully. Presumably sellafield is such a large site, a site no longer involved in the active production of nuclear energy, that it has a lot of buildings and places that have been abandoned in terms of practical use for several years now . Yes, thats true and it doesnt even need to be as dramatic as that, it can simply bea as dramatic as that, it can simply be a bottle of something that gets shoved to the back of a covered in a lab and sits there for a few years. Sounds to me that you have some experience of this happening sounds to me that you have some experience of this happening i have seen it happen before, yes anything that involves sellafield is going to get people interested and initially what we had from the company was a statement stressing how things were routine and normal and procedure, nonetheless they did call in the army in the middle of last night and the army through a cordon around it. Now told that the expose of team will dig a trench, very these canisters using sandbags and detonate them in a controlled manner. Chemicals involved or solvents which are potentially flammable in liquid state and can crystallise and become unstable and therefore when exposed to air. Given all of that, people might be surprised that there are not more strict procedures for auditing and maintaining records of what chemicals or stored. Were talking about things restored in the 1970s, and in the 1990s . That is still 20 something years ago. I can think of other places where very similar things have happened. You try very ha rd things have happened. You try very hard but things get brought in, they get moved from one another to another, the person working on it changes rules and the chemical gets parked somewhere and forgotten. It does happen. I think if he talked to some of the army people, they would probably tell you they do this quite a number of times each year, just not in places that are as high profile and sensitive as sellafield. Zabalete there are technical things, i dont know if bar codes were used but things that can be very effective. The average supermarket has strict haughty control and best before dates, white and systems of that kind be developed or industrial use . They can be and from what ive seen of sellafield, they do have better procedures for tracking these things than most but if you think about what is happening, you might have a big bottle of solvent that comes into the lab and you track it into the lab and a bit of it gets poured into one bottle and a bit of it gets used in an experiment and disposed of and used in an experiment and disposed ofand a used in an experiment and disposed of and a bit of it gets put somewhere else, so it is notjust tracking the parent material, it is tracking the parent material, it is tracking all of the materials that are derived from it as well, and thatis are derived from it as well, and that is what is really, very difficult and i dont know of anybody who is really has a foolproof system for tracking. Anybody who is really has a foolproof system for trackingm anybody who is really has a foolproof system for tracking. It is an enormous side and the process of decommissioning we are told is going to ta ke decommissioning we are told is going to take decades and decades. A lot of that is to do with how they deal with uk based but visibly in a site that size, this kind of thing probably will happen again, it is in the nature of the clean up operation . Indeed and you would expect the same on any Large Industrial plant other it is a nuclear site or not. Your poorly open cupboards and drawers and find things you would really rather not find. I do that all the time at home explosive experts have been called to the sellafield plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored ina lab after an audit of chemicals stored in a lab turned up and needed to be disposed of. Speed limits for motorway roadworks could be raised in england and plans in at reducing ingestion. And winds of up to 70 miles an hourand ingestion. And winds of up to 70 miles an hour and high tidal waves are expected in parts of the uk as storm brian makes landfall. The met office has issued a yellow weather for parts of wales, southern england and the midlands. Winds of sixty miles an hour have already struck the welsh coast and the strong winds are also expected to cause some flooding in coastal areas. Lets talk to our reporter Clare Woodling whos in seaton in cornwall. When we spoke last, it was pretty windy but it now looks very windy . Yes, it is very, very windy and each year. This small, exposed community isa year. This small, exposed community is a very, very vulnerable to strong winds and certainly we are filling them today. Some very possible south westerly is coming in and bringing with them, some big waves, too. We have seen a windsurfer go out on the water in the last few moments but apart from him, there are now both visible at all. That is because the waves are still very strong. Here, two car parks have been completely flooded. Luckily there are no cars stranded there and there are no cars stranded there and the road is submerged as well. Some ca rs have the road is submerged as well. Some cars have been trying to pass through and luckily they have made it. Two buses full of passengers have gone across as well. It is at least six inches deep across the road. The winds are continuing to batter the coast of cornwall and are respected to continue doing so and we will keep monitoring the situation. It looks like there is a windsurfer behind you, but she hardened to these things but that is quite something . He does have a wet suit on he is very, very skilled, looking at him but it is extremely dangerous out here, a very rapid sea. The Enrolment Agency has been advising people to keep away from the coast, to stay away from the water and keep inland. This man not heeding the advice. 0ther water and keep inland. This man not heeding the advice. Other books have taken it on board and there are none to be seen. I have not seen any all morning as i have been looking out from different parts of cornwall. The us has says the drills are designed to be a show of sea and air power, to Deter North Korea from any military action. Pyongyang has described the exercises as a rehearsal for war. Among the ships taking part is the uss ronald reagan, the biggest of the us navys fleet in the asia region. 0ur correspondent mark lowen was on the ship. If i step back, we can zoom in. You can see there the enormous aircraft carrier, the uss ronald reagan, that leads the fleet, stationed in japan. It has a crew of 5,000 and on board, we had a short time on deck and saw some of the 70 fighterjets and bombers stationed on there. This is one of the vessels that have been taking part in ten days ofjoint military exercises between the us and south korea. The commander of the vessel spoke to us and spoke of an iron clad alliance between the us and south korea, clearly the us is very keen to reinforce its monetary support for the republic of korea at a time when the escalation of Nuclear Tension with north korea and also without escalation puts strain on International Relations and of course has caused some fear here in south korea. Two boys have been injured in a serious collision with a van in cleethorpes in lincolnshire this morning. Humberside police were called to the incident, which involved a white peugeot van, on st peters avenue at about 8. 30. One of the boys suffered life threatening injuries, and both have been taken to hospital. The church of england is to Debate Holding services of blessing for same sex couples for the first time. If its agreed by the churchs ruling general synod, the services could be held after a couple has married in a secular ceremony, or formed a civil partnership. I, david, take you, peter, to be my lawfully wedded husband. Since 2014, same sex couples have been able to marry outside the church, but the church of england does not allow their relationships to be blessed. It says there is real and profound disagreement about sexuality. Bishops set up a group to spend three years discussing what to do next, but their hand may now have been forced by some in hereford, who voted in favour of prayer and dedication following a marriage or civil partnership. Now it will be debated by the churchs ruling synod. The proposed service is described as neither contrary to or opposed to the current doctrine and some priests will be able to opt out. They havent yet gone as far as anglicans in the scottish episcopal church, which began holding same sex weddings this year, and conservative campaigners called the move a fundamental departure from church teaching. The synod which meets twice a year is yet to fix a date for the debate to take place. Thousands of people have rallied in the australian city of sydney to express their support for the legalisation of same sex marriages. Similar events are being held in towns and cities across the country this weekend. Australians are taking part in a postal vote to gauge the level of support for same sex unions. The poll closes in two weeks time, with the result due to be announced in mid november. Police in germany say an attacker with a knife has injured several people in the Southern City of munich. The stabbings occurred near the rosenheimer underground station. There were no life threatening injuries. A man has been detained. An Animal Welfare charity has released footage of illegal loggers cutting down a tree with a sloth clinging to its branches. Its to try to stop people posting animal selfies. Campaigners believe the growing trend of tourists taking pictures alongside wildlife means more and more animals are being snatched from their natural habitat. Terrified and clinging to the top of 100 foot tree, as illegal loggers cut it down. This undercover footage was captured in the amazon in peru and highlights the horrible method used to steal wild animals from their homes. The sloth is forced into a bag and dragged off to market, just so tourists can take photos with it. The social media platform instagram has seen a nearly 300 increase in wildlife selfies since 2014 from around the world. It says it wants the craze to stop. World Animal Protection says many animals are kept in filthy, cramped conditions and treated extremely badly, all for tourist entertainment. The charity is asking for those who want a photo with an animal to make it cruelty free by keeping a safe distance from the creature and making sure it is free to roam in its natural habitat. In order to stop this. From happening. The weather is next. Then is up on the balcony. What is the latest on storm brian . It will slowly weaken as we go through the rest of the weekend but slowly is the operative words, still some pretty strong winds to come as we go through the next few hours. You can see on the satellite picture, quite an impressive swell of cloud. There is the centre of the storm jesting eastwards. It is to the south of this area that we have the strongest winds with gusts of up to 50 miles an hour. Some heavy rain as well. As we go through the evening, the strongest winds transfer further north into wales and northern ireland. The downpours keep on coming in Western Areas and not a particularly mild night either. Tomorrow, it is that process of things coming down. This is what is left of storm brian pushing out to the east. The club will break up in the east. The club will break up in the sun will come out. Not particularly warm, 121a the sun will come out. Not particularly warm, 1216 degrees. Next week, things look decidedly mixed. There will be spells of rain, it will be breezy but we dont you see the last bit, warming up in the south perhaps the 20s. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines at 1 30pm. Spains Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy has confirmed that the National Government will take control of the previously autonomous region of catalonia. Explosives experts have been called to the Sellafield Nuclear plant