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Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee is in barcelona. The organisers of this prounion demonstration say the silent majority are coming out. Police say there are 300,000 in the crowd, organisers say more than a million. This is what has developed over the last few hours. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by their now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Well, this is becoming a familiar noise. It is a pro spanish unity demonstration. Over the weekend we have seen pro separatists. One of the voices here, shouting for spain. If you are to listen to them individually, people want very different things. We have never been out like this before, but now we have to, because we cant stand it any more. Were europeans, spanish and catalan. I cry, i cry. It is not possible. The key moment here will be what happens to this man, Carles Puigdemont, who still calls himself the catalan president. Hes been removed from office by the Spanish Government, along with his cabinet and more than 100 officials. His job in all but title has been transferred to spains deputy Prime Minister, soraya saenz de santamaria, until elections in december. What do you want the Spanish Government to do . Do you want them to take over forcibly . He has to go to. The prison. Independence supporters are being urged to democratically resist any attempts from madrid to forcefully remove the separatist leaders. But a flash point could come tomorrow, if Carles Puigdemont tries to return to his old position. There are reports he could face charges linked to sedition and rebellion against the state. Asi as i was walking through the crowd i met a number of off duty reasonably is officers who said they did not wa nt to is officers who said they did not want to be identified but they were concerned, they were pro unity and many of their colleagues feel the other way, it is causing deep divisions within the force i met a number of off duty Regional Police officers. Ca rles a number of off duty Regional Police officers. Carles puigdemont is perhaps returning to work tomorrow, but what about wider society, the police, firefighters, they are being told they are controlled by spain but the de facto leaders are not going anywhere. Complaints about inappropriate behaviour and Sexual Harassment by mps have now led to a government minister being investigated to see if he broke the ministerial code of conduct. International trade minister mark garnier asked his secretary to buy two sex toys in soho. This was in 2010 before he became a minister. Hes described the incident as good humoured high jinks. Meanwhile theresa may has written to the house of Commons Speaker asking him to look at the creation of an independent body to which allegations about mps behaviour can be reported. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Mark garnier has been an mp for seven years. Hes currently a minister at the department for International Trade. In the mail on sunday, mr garniers former secretary said in 2010, he asked her to go into a shop to buy sex toys. She also accuses him of using derogatory language. The minister has not denied it, telling the newspaper that he would have to take this on the chin. He described what happened as good humoured high jinks and added that it absolutely does not constitute harassment. But, aware of other recent reports about mps acting inappropriately, the government was quick to respond. These stories, if theyre true, are obviously totally unacceptable and the Cabinet Office will be conducting an investigation as to whether there has been a breach of the ministerial code in this particular case. But, as you know, the facts are disputed. What i would say is there are mums and dads who have daughters who are politics students hoping to get a job in westminster and they must be able to be confident that if they get that job, their daughter will not be subject to some of these behaviours that we have been seeing. Westminster has been braced for accusations of abuse against mps. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, those in public life are facing renewed scrutiny. Last week, the labour mp jared 0mara was suspended after apologising for sexist and homophobic comments. Long serving mps said things have changed, but that there is still more to be done. It was partly to do with the fact it was a very male environment. 650 mps when i went there, just 20 odd women. Its partly to do with the idea that all these men are away from home. Its partly to do with the fact there were eight bars and very long hours and the bars are open for as long as were sitting. And partly it was the notion of what happens in westminster stays in westminster. It was worse. Its a little bit better now, but theres a long way to go. With a fresh focus on the issue of Sexual Harassment at westminster, the Prime Minister has written to the speaker of the house of commons asking for a new procedure for mps and staff to report abuse. Theresa may has also asked for advice on how the culture at westminster can be changed. Jonathan blakejoined me earlier and he said the government had been quick to react today to allegations of misconduct. There has been swift reaction from the government. You saneremy hunt saying the minister had been referred to the Cabinet Office and they will look into whether his behaviour, alleged behaviour, has broken the ministerial code of conduct. That is one response. The Prime Minister wrote to the speaker, john bercow, who has a sort of overseeing role in terms of parliamentary discipline, to ask for a new procedure to be set up, contratually binding procedure, she has said, to allow mps and staff to report accusations of Sexual Harassment and inappropriate behaviour and have confidence they will be dealt with. As it stands, anyone can make a complaint against an mp to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, but there is clearly a feeling procedures need to be tightened up and i think we will see more on that in the coming days. Difficult if the mp you are complaining about is your employer . Quite. We have heard of mps talking in the wake of these accusations in the last few days, saying they know of cases where people do have concerns and have been the victim of abuse or inappropriate behaviour on whatever level and have not reported it, either they did not have the confidence it would be taken seriously, or because they had been urged not to. Anna soubry, the conservative mp, is one of those talking about these accusations and suggesting she and others have tried to make progress on this for some time. I had already this morning sent a request to the speaker asking for an urgent statement from the leader of the house as to what could now be done to make sure that any complaint against anyone working in parliament, to extend the protections that workers throughout the rest of businesses and in other workplaces have, they should be extended into parliament, and asking for an urgent statement from the leader. Clearly the pm is well on to this. It strikes me it is a good idea. We have to make sure everybody who works in parliament, whoever they are, enjoys the same protections as other workers. I very much welcome this. We touched on the practical difficulties arising from this. Another complication that occurs to me, mark garnier is investigated under the ministerial code, but the accusations relate to a period when he was a backbench mp. How could he be in breach of the code if he was not a minister . It is a tricky question and one the Cabinet Office and those investigating this. They are not trying to pass it into the long grass . I do not think that is the intention. Jeremy hunt spoke this morning, saying if the allegations are true they are not acceptable. There is i think good will on all sides because it appears to be a cross party issue. If you are not a minister, or you were not a minister when you are alleged to have done something, it is difficult to see how you could be in breach of the ministerial code, but there are other rules and standards by which mps are held to and we may see those come into play with these accusations and others, which im sure will follow in the days to come. Jonathan blake. Its been reported that the bbc has suspended radio 5 live presenter george riley following claims that a number of women who have complained about his behaviour. George riley presents rugby league, snooker and darts and is a regular voice on radio. The bbc said it could not comment on individual staff members. George riley himself has yet to comment on the claims. The Health Secretary has hinted that nhs nurses might get a pay rise. In an interview on the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, jeremy hunt said about higher pay. Along with other Public Sector workers, nurses have had pay rises capped at 1 since 2010. Officials at Heathrow Airport are investigating after details of its security procedures were found on a memory stick in the street. The sunday mirror says information concerning the queen was on the unencrypted device as well as files on safeguards for cabinet ministers and foreign dignitaries. A little earlier i spoke to our correspondent dan johnson, who is at Heathrow Airport. He said the memory stick was picked up by a member of the public. But a member of public picked up a memory stick in the street and when he went to the library and found out what was all that he found documents about security at heathrow. And found out what was on it. Sensitive information detailing things like the location of cctv cameras, id needed to get to different parts of the airport and the routes taken by vips coming into the terminal. That included cabinet ministers, foreign dignitaries and the route taken by the queen. Very Sensitive Information including codenames and tunnels and escape routes that exist around the airport linking to underground networks onto the runway and terminals. Under the runway and terminals. All sorts of Sensitive Information packed onto the memory stick with no protection, no encryption. Some important questions for the airport to answer and they are talking to the police to work out who would have put that information onto a memory stick and why they would have taken it away from the airport and lost it and why, even if entitled to do that, why was it not properly protected . Urgent questions for the airport to answer. They say safety is their primary concern. If nothing else it is embarrassing for the airport. That somebody could wander into a library and plug it in and it is there for them. No coding, passwords. On that level alone, it is a pretty basic failure of Data Security . Yes, embarrassing and worrying because it could have been more serious. You should not be able to take that information and put it on a memory stick without it being flagged up. Evenif even if you have the right to do it, you should not take the memory stick away and lose it. The guy who found it handed it to a sunday newspaper. He flagged it up and did not do anything more sinister with it but this information is the kind of stuff, if you plans to do something to some of the sorts of people coming through heathrow, the source of information that will be useful, so something the airport and authorities are taking seriously and they say of course safety is a primary concern when they are considering staff as well as everybody using the airport and an investigation is now under way. Danjohnson dan johnson at heathrow. Thousands of drivers are breaking the law by driving their diesel cars without pollution filters, experts have told bbc 5 live investigates. Nearly 2000 cars have been found without filters since 2014, but its thought the number is much higher. It is illegal to drive without them but many cars which have had the filters removed go unnoticed during mot tests. The driver and Vehicle Standards Agency says it plans to improve the tests next year with me now is the seoul of emissions analytics limited. What are the signs that filters are absent . You can do a visual inspection of the vehicle, but increasingly garages are getting quite smart at sealing the unit up so quite smart at sealing the unit up so it is hard to see on a very cufsofy so it is hard to see on a very cursory glance. Beyond that, you are looking at some quite sophisticated emissions testing equipment to be able to detect that the filter has been removed. You said removed, is this a case where the filters are fitted as standard to new vehicles, they had to be replaced after a time and it is simply saving money not to replace them . Yes, the question of saving money, typically over £1000, but also there are other benefits of removing the filter potentially in terms of vehicle performance, vehicle fuel economy. It is quite a lot of incentive to do this. On the ca is lot of incentive to do this. On the cars are rolling off the production line they are coming off really clea n, line they are coming off really clean, so in this case the manufacturers deliver clean cars but then users have the incentive to remove them later. That is presumably the issue, how you create a situation in which either the filters are not removed 01 either the filters are not removed or if they have been removed you can spot it and people had to correct that, and presumably the obvious place for that is the mot . The obvious places that. What it will require to have a better system is more sophisticated equipment in the farage is to pick up when the filter has been removed. Sophisticated equipment in the garages. Another idea is a car plus my computer has better self detection when there has been interference with the vehicle. There are dramatic statistics for the number of People Killed because of our pollution in this country, thousands and thousands a year whose lives are thousands and thousands a year whose lives by shortened. , l thousands and thousands a year whose lives by the rtened. , l thousands and thousands a year whose lives by the state i. , l, thousands and thousands a year whose lives by the state of , 7, thousands and thousands a year whose lives by the state of the , 7, thousands and thousands a year whose lives by the state of the air thousands and thousands a year whose lives by the state of the air in g else, by the state of the air in certain parts of uk dramatic statistics for the number of People Killed because of air pollution. Can you link the removal of filters and the bad effects on health that can ultimately lead to death . I think there is a very good body of Health Evidence linking these particle emissions to health problems, incidence of cancer and other respiratory problems. In essence, removing a filter from a diesel vehicle takes cars back to diesels of 20 years ago, with those characteristic puffs of black smoke out of the exhaust. So all the progress to virtually eliminate particle emissions which you see on modern cars can be completely undone, back 20 years and back to the levels of Health Effects of them. In terms of the future, everyone is talking about an increased use of electric cars, the scandal over the emissions testing on diesel vehicles, assessment of vehicles, what is your assessment of how long we will have to live with this problem . 0n the particle side, which is what the filters are about, with some better surveillance, better mot is, more spot checking by the regulators, randomly taking cars off the road and inspecting them, there isa the road and inspecting them, there is a solution reasonably soon. The other emissions, the nitrogen oxide emissions of the diesel scandal, that will take longer. There is new, Better Regulation but still a long way to go, the regulation is only coming slowly and there will be a question of compliance because reducing those emissions is very expensive. Thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news this afternoon. I suspect that is a story we will return to lin zhu course. The headlines on bbc news. At least 300,000 people marched through barcelona in a show of unity with spain, protesting against cata la n with spain, protesting against catalan independence. The International Trade minister mark garnierfaces the International Trade minister mark garnier faces an investigation after admitting asking his then secretary to buy sex toys for him. Heathrow airport says it is confident it remained safe after details of security procedures were found on an unencrypted memory stick abandoned on the street. Itv has ended the contract of one of coronation streets main actors following an internal inquiry. Bruno langley, who plays Todd Grimshaw in the soap, is no longer part of the cast according to an itv statement. The sunday mirror has reported that mr langley was dismissed after allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in a club. Mr langley has confirmed he has left the show, and says he will make a further statement when he is able to do so. Nicola sturgeon is to apologise on behalf of the Scottish Government to gay men convicted of now abolished sexual offences. The first minister will make her statement next week to coincide with new legislation to grant automatic pardons to those affected. The law will also allow the removal of such crimes from criminal records. Catriona renton reports. Until 1981, all Sexual Activity between men was a criminal the law was then changed to decriminalise sex between men over the age of 21. In england, that law was changed in 1967. But it took another 20 years for the age of consent to be reduced to 16. Last month, the first minister, nicola sturgeon, announced a new bill that would automatically pardon all men, alive and dead, convicted of these crimes. She will publish this and make an apology at holyrood on the 7th of november on behalf of the Scottish Government for the treatment of homosexual men under previous governments. By offering you this ring. Gay marriage became legal in scotland in 2014. But looking to the past, the Scottish Government said the new bill will give justice to those criminalised simply because of who they loved. Those who have convictions will also be able to apply to have them removed from central records. In england and wales, there is no automatic pardon, except for those who died before february this year. Those who are living will receive a pardon catriona renton, bbc news. The president of iraqi kurdistan, masoud barzani, has confirmed his intention to step down. Mr barzani told a closed door session of parliament he was resigning, as the fallout from the regions independence referendum continues. Kurds voted overwhelmingly for independence last month in a poll disputed by baghdad. Protesters have forced their way into the Regional Parliament to decide how to distribute masoud bharzanis president ial powers. Let me show you some pictures of masoud bharzani he was addressing the iraqi Regional Parliament as we speak, he has been speaking for about 20 or 25 minutes in erbil. It isa about 20 or 25 minutes in erbil. It is a valedictory address, we were talking earlier on the bbc news channel as the news came through, in many ways his strategy has failed and he called the many ways his strategy has failed and he callet he 3 many ways his strategy has failed and he callet he got the mandate he referendum, he got the mandate he was hoping for but the implication of what he said today and what has been said today is that he only wa nted been said today is that he only wanted it as an opportunity to use it as wanted it as an opportunity to use itasa wanted it as an opportunity to use it as a bargaining chip to discuss further autonomy and potentially a path to independence. Instead he got a pretty robust response from the Iraqi Government, including the deployment of troops. There have been a series of stand ups involving iraqi peshmerga and the Kurdistan Peshmerga and the iraqi army in the weeks since that referendum took place. He has told the Regional Parliament a number of things, nobody is standing up for the kurds other than our mountains, he has complained about the lack of support from washington, where he put a lot of effort into winning us approval over the years. He says the referendum was meant to be a way to finding a peaceful solution to the problems they have with the Iraqi Government, and he says that rivals who handed over the old city of cocoa to iraqi forces without fighting to defend it had committed high treason. Earlier i spoke to our Arab Affairs Editor sebastian usher about the president s resignation. He obviously felt this was the moment, that the kurds had got themselves into the driving seat, very much thanks to what they have donein very much thanks to what they have done in the battle against isis. They had ta ken done in the battle against isis. They had taken control when the iraqi forces fell to pieces when i began its big drive in 2014, which left them in control of this important area outside kurdistan. So many oilfields. Exactly. He felt this was the moment. He always sold the referendum is increasing bargaining, iam the referendum is increasing bargaining, i am not saying we want independence the next day, but baghdad reacted very strongly from the start in the leader plans afterwards. Do you think he simply did not calculate how swiftly it would happen and whether the government in baghdad was Strong Enough to be able to ta ke baghdad was Strong Enough to be able to take effective action . I think that must have been at, to some extent, feeling that the battle against Islamic State had gone some extent, feeling that the battle again long, nic state had gone some extent, feeling that the battle again long, the itate had gone some extent, feeling that the battle again long, the iraqi had gone for so long, the Iraqi Government has been able, essentially, to for so long, the Iraqi Government has been able, essen inlly, to for so long, the Iraqi Government has been able, essen in that o finally declare victory in that battle and whether they would really have the appetite for a new confrontation, essentially one which had been put to one side during this Epic Confrontation with isis, that had never gone away, whether they would have the appetite that the Prime Minister made very clear, and then on the ground the iraqi army and other forces moved then on the ground the iraqi army and otherforces moved quickly into place and Kurdish Forces moved away from kirkud. A ceasefire at the moment has been extended for another day, talks are going on between top Iraqi Military and kurdish officials to try to resolve this without more violence, but for mr bharzani, this has been his biggest gamble and fall the moment it has failed and left him ina the moment it has failed and left him in a difficult situation, and the opposition within kurdistan was able to use this and believe this was something which was not in the interests of kurdistan and they needed to act. He has faced opposition vote, and then opposition before the vote, and then when it did not seem to achieve what they wanted, very strongly within kurdistan. He is going, he will have left office at the end of the month . We will see. He has announced his intention, saying his mandate expires on wednesday. There was meant to be an election on wednesday, that has been put off for another eight months. He has told parliament i can continue in this role, you need to distribute my powers so that we dont have any powers so that we dont have any power vacuum while we await the actual elections he has told parliament i cannot continue in this role. There is a changing of the guard, the old generation seems to be passing away, notjust him but his great rival, who died a few weeks ago . Yes, he died and there was a huge three day funeral in kurdistan as the referendum, essentially, was going on. It was very symbolic that it happened. These are the important families within kurdistan. In some sense what these are the important families within kurdi is n. In some sense what these are the important families within kurdi is doing. Ome sense what these are the important families within kurdi is doing is ne sense what these are the important families within kurdi is doing is ensuring what these are the important families within kurdi is doing is ensuring his at mr bharzani is doing is ensuring his brand is not the lead and it can continue. That was our middle east editor speaking to me earlier about the resignation of masoud bharzani, the president of the iraqi autonomous region of kurdistan, who has announced he will not seek to extend his term as president , which was due to expand on wednesday. The government is changing the rules around paying Child Support so parents can no longer use a legal loophole to avoid their responsibilities. People have been able to avoid payments by putting their money in a joint account with a new partner. The department for work and pensions says it hopes the change will lead to nearly £400,000 a year in additional Child Maintenance being collected. The family and divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd platt is sceptical about whether the idea will work in practice. I personally dont think it will work, because it will be too expensive to enforce and, naturally, people are going to say the money in the account is mine, and proving otherwise when there are so many ways to get around i will be ways to get around it will be nigh on impossible. I totally accept that a lot more has to be done to stop what we call serial offenders that keep avoiding paying Child Support. 0ne thinks it is that the lower end of the scale, actually it is with very wealthy people getting away with it because they are self employed and think that their finances cant be fully investigated. A 16 year old boy has died after a suspected drugs overdose at a halloween rave in north wales. In a statement north wales Police Called the death a tragic incident in which a young boy lost his life and urged anyone with information to come forward as the investigation at a very early stage. A 15 year old boy is in Critical Condition after falling from the bridge at the Trafford Shopping Centre in manchester. Police have released four or five teenagers arrested after the incident which happened from a covered walkway yesterday evening. It was initially thought there might have been an altercation in the group, Police Believe this is no longer the case. Less than a fortnight ago, the syrian city of raqqa was reclaimed by us backed forces. For three years it was the self declared capital against its residents. It will take some time for normality to return, but in a first since the citys liberation, women and men have danced together at a wedding something which would have been unimaginable just a few months ago. David campa nale reports. In traditional manner, women swirl and ululate in wedding celebration in one of raqqas western neighbourhoods. This is the first such gathering since so called Islamic State were driven from the city by a coalition of kurdish, arab and syrian fighters. Out on the patio, a man spins his prayer beads to the beat, as he leads a line of men and women in the dabke, a traditional dance. Dancers hop and sway, as children run around and elders look on. Almost everything in the scene would have been impossible during the three years of brutal is rule. The group banned music and dancing, imposed a strict dress code, prevented women from wearing make up, and forceably prohibited the mixing of men and women. The grooms family, unlike many others who fled raqqa during the fighting, has been able to return to their neighbourhood and celebrate. Translation this is the first time weve got together like this. Women used to have to stay here and men there. There was no mixing. Now that theyre gone, we can mix, and we no longer have to wear the burqa. Female guests, forced underjihadist rule to wear all enveloping black, including gloves and face veils, now enjoy patterned robes and bright red lipstick. For now, raqqa is close to uninhabitable, with many buildings destroyed, and large parts of the city off limits forfear of unexploded ordnance. Hundreds of civilians were killed in the fighting, and many residents are still searching for missing family members. But, for the wedding guests, the celebration is a glimmer of hope for the future. David campanale, bbc news. 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It has been eight celsius soa drop direction. It has been eight celsius so a drop of 9 degrees and the winds have been busting about 30 miles an hour making it feel chilly here and also down the north sea coast as well. In london, there has been plenty of sunshine out and about. 0vernight, the brisk winds extending down the north sea can bring some isolated showers, but they should keep any frost at bay if you near live near to the coastal areas. Inland, temperatures will plummet. 0ne inland, temperatures will plummet. One of the coldest inland, temperatures will plummet. One this e coldest inland, temperatures will plummet. One this autumn. Temperatures could seen this autumn. Temperatures could get down to minus two in scotland and Northern England and pockets of frost cross paths of the south. We will see the week weather fronts moving into the far north west later in the day. But the most, monday start off on a glorious, if not chilly note. There will be more cloud moving in late in the day across western scotland with the threat of outbreaks of rain here, probably not amounting to too much. Eight to 12 degrees. Cooler than normalfor eight to 12 degrees. Cooler than normal for this eight to 12 degrees. Cooler than normalfor this time of eight to 12 degrees. Cooler than normal for this time of year but the cool weather isnt going to stay too much longer. Another cold night with potentially a touch of frost but as the High Pressure moves southwards the High Pressure moves southwards the tuesday, we get more of a south westerly wind influencing the weather and that will bring milder conditions for most areas as we get into tuesday. Turning milder, often quite a bit of cloud around. With fronts close to scotland, it will be windy and cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Mild, southerly winds still with us in the middle of the week rain. Mild, southerly winds still with us in the middl| average leek rain. Mild, southerly winds still with us in the middl| average for rain. Mild, southerly winds still with us in the middl| average for most. Temperatures above average for most. Rain affecting western scotland with the cold air into the lahm of far north. That is your weather. More than a quarter of a Million People take to the streets of barcelona, to defend a united spain. They back the madrid government taking direct control of catalonia, and they want the leader of the Independence Movement to go to jail. He should go to prison because he is like a dictator. I came to demonstrate and please keep together with spain. The minister, sex toys and his personal assistant, the latest twist in the westminster sexual harrassment claims. Heathrow launches an inquiry, after details of security procedures are, found on a memory stick, lying in the street. And its heavy going for antonyjoshua, as he defends his heavyweight titles, against the frenchman carlos takam. Good afternoon. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona, in support of a united spain. It follows the National Governments decision to take direct control of catalonia, after regional leaders voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked separatist leader carlos puigdemont, has called on his supporters to defy direct rule from madrid. But those backing a united spain, say he should go to jail. James reynolds is in barcelona for us now. James. This may be spains most profound crisis in decades but there is a certain order to it. Each site demonstrates, in turn, this afternoon the anti Independence Movement had its say. Catalonias pro Spain Movement is emerging from its recent quiet. These are the people who want to stay inside spain. They make up half the population of this region and they insist they are both catalan and spanish. You are catalan . |j they insist they are both catalan and spanish. You are catalan . I am catalan, my rant parents are catalan, my rant parents are catalan, iam catalan, my rant parents are catalan, i am catalan and spaniard, european. I dont want to leave. Catalonia is spain, these kids right. Catalans are divided in this moment, it is very sad. Can you get back together . I would like that very much, i love catalonia, i love spain andl very much, i love catalonia, i love spain and i love europe. Iwant very much, i love catalonia, i love spain and i love europe. I want to be in europe. Four years, these people have felt overshadowed and overridden by Pro Independence campaigners. They now see this as their chance to change the balance of power in catalonia. This crowd celebrates the governments sacking of catalonias Pro Independence authorities. For the first time in four decades, this region is being ruled directly by madrid. What do measures the you think about the measures the Spanish Government has taken . We had to ta ke Spanish Government has taken . We had to take this message, we didnt want to take this message, we didnt want to arrive to this situation but we had no option. Catalan, 10096 catalan. I live in madrid and i came just to demonstrate and to please keep together with spain. Jailed, carlos puigdemont, the sacked cata la n carlos puigdemont, the sacked catalan leader, the crowd is chanting. Put him in prison, this woman tells me, put away all the Pro Independence politicians. Woman tells me, put away all the proindependence politicians. He should go to prison because he is like a dictator. We will vote, the crowd chanting. Local catalan elections will take place in december. An opportunity for this site to pick leaders who want to stay with spain. And so far here, direct rule from madrid hasnt noticeably changed life in catalonia but a greater test will come in the morning when the working week begins. Will those sacked catalan leaders try to turn up sacked catalan leaders try to turn up to work to try to continue their jobs . Thank you, James Reynolds in barcelona. Complaints of inappropriate behaviour and sexual harrassment by mps, have now led to a government minister being placed under investigation. The International Trade minister mark garnier, has admitted asking his secretary to buy two sex toys, describing the incident as good humoured high jinks. Meanwhile theresa may has written to the speaker of the house of commons, asking him to look at the creation of an independent body, to which allegations about mps behaviour can be reported. Heres our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. In recent days, westminster has been braced for fresh claims of impropriety. Today the trade minister mark garnier was the subject of a newspaper report. It says seven yea rs subject of a newspaper report. It says seven years ago he used a rocketry language to a former secretary and once asked her to buy sex toys. Mark garnier said it was taken out of context, calling it good humoured hijinks that didnt constitute nonetheless, constitute harassment. Nonetheless, the government was quick to act. These stories, if they are true are totally u na cce pta ble a nd these stories, if they are true are totally unacceptable and the cabinet 0ffice totally unacceptable and the Cabinet Office will be conducting an investigation to see if there has been a breach of the ministerial code. The facts are disputed. What i would say, there are mums and dads who have daughters who are politics stu d e nts who have daughters who are politics students hoping to get a job in westminster and they must be confident, if they get thatjob, their daughter will not be subject to some of these behaviours we have been seeing. Last week, jarrod 0mara was suspended after apologising for sexist and homophobic comments. Here, it is accepted this is not a Party Political issue, but there is a problem. The Prime Minister says current Disciplinary Procedures dont have enough teeth and shes written to the house of, speaker, calling for a new system for grievances. Labour and conservative mps have said a clear system to report concerns might help, but there is recognition a change in culture is needed and that is harder to achieve. Some hope renewed debate may mark a about Sexual Harassment may mark a turning point, so what people once felt they had to put up with, will no longer be accepted. Long serving mps say well more must be done, things have changed, compared to the way they once were. It was a very male environment, 650 mps when i went, just 20 odd women. All these men are away from home, partly to do with the fact there were eight bars and very long hours on the bars were open for as long as we were sitting. And also what happens in westminster, stays in westminster. It was worse, a little bit better now, but there is a long way to go. Claims of sexism and scandal may have dogged this place for decades, but now parliament is having to examine and change its practices. Public scrutiny perhaps forcing Higher Standards from politicians. Alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. Its been reported that the bbc has suspended the radio 5 live presenter george riley, following claims by a number of women, about his behaviour. He presents coverage of rugby league, snooker and darts, and is a regular voice on radio. The bbc says it cant comment on individual staff members. The government is changing the rules around paying Child Support, so parents can no longer use a legal loophole to avoid their responsibilities. People have been able to avoid payments by putting their money in a joint account with a new partner. The department for work and pensions says it hopes the change will lead to nearly £400,000 a year in additional Child Maintenance being collected. Officials at Heathrow Airport are investigating after details of its security procedures were found on a memory stick in the street. It was found by a homeless man, who was able to view the material as it wasnt encrypted. Lets speak to danjohnson whos at heathrow for us this lunchtime. Dan, bit embarrassing this . 0ne shudders to think what the ramifications of this could have been . It sounds like this could have been . It sounds like this could have been serious. This is one of the most sensitive places in the country. Security is tight. A man was able to find, in a in was able to find, in a street in west london, and memory stick, Something Like that. When he west london, and memory stick, so the hing like that. When he tom west london, and memory stick, so the library, 1 that. When he tom west london, and memory stick, so the library, plugged hen he tom west london, and memory stick, so the library, plugged it n he tom west london, and memory stick, so the library, plugged it in 1e tom west london, and memory stick, so the library, plugged it in he. Om west london, and memory stick, so the library, plugged it in he was to the library, plugged it in he was able to access details of security arrangements, maps that showed cctv cameras, routes that dignitaries and the queen would take to get in. Also details of what level of id was required to get his aspects of the airport and details about sensitive security arrangements, the sort of stuff that could be useful to people who may have been planning to do something awful here at heathrow. Fortu nately, something awful here at heathrow. Fortunately, the man who handed it gaveit fortunately, the man who handed it gave it to a sunday newspaper and there is an investigation. The question is, why was information downloaded like this, why was it taken away from the airport and how, could it be that such since Sensitive Information is on here without encryption. Important questions that are urgently being investigated by the airport authorities. Dan johnson, live at heathrow. Its one of the worlds most advanced economies, yet the United States has historically high numbers of people who cant read and write. Illiteracy levels in the us are running at a rate of over 8 , nearly double the rate here. Thats 16 Million People, many cant read and write despite having gone through the education system. Aleem maqbool reports now from kentucky, michaeljohnson says not being able to read left him an outcast from much of his life and it affected his ability to do even the simplest of tasks at work. My employer told me to go and locate this box that had certain writing on it. I would not know how to locate that because i would know how to collect the writing to the box. I would note there was letters on the box, but i would know how to read the letters on the box. Its not that michael didnt go to school, you did, but what he faced decades ago still affects so many children in america today. Right across this country, there are an astonishing number of people who go right through the school system, even graduating from high school, without ever learning there are than 60 to read. There are now more than 60 million American Adults who are functionally illiterate. The proportion of the country that co m pa res proportion of the country that compares badly to other developing nations, but why . There is huge inequality when it comes to education standards in america with rich districts and poor ones often having startling differences in school resources. There is a rectangle where ever you look. Peggy, who is now learning to read to help her children, there were other factors. What stopped you from learning to read . My parents and the school. They didnt want to help me learn, so they put me in special ed and they thought it would help, but it didnt. It is a common complaint that the system doesnt deal well with those that need extra help. Sometimes we soft and our expectations and think it is doing service to the child. But in reality, what we are doing is it my build up their self esteem for a little while, it doesnt help them become a contributing member of society. To this day in america, someones economic background which can someones economic background which ca n ofte n someones economic background which can often mean race and learning difficulties play such a massive pa rt difficulties play such a massive part in whether they get so starkly left behind. With all the sport, heres Katherine Downes at the bbc sport centre. Anthonyjoshua has set his sights on the other two world heavyweight belts in boxing, having successfully defended his ibf and wba titles last night. He stopped carlos takam in the tenth round in cardiff to maintain his unbeaten record. David 0rnstein was there. The name, the face, a fighter they had all come to see. More than 70,000, the biggest ever crowd for an indoor fight, cardiff 70,000, the biggest ever crowd for an indoorfight, cardiff transformed into joshua town. An indoorfight, cardiff transformed intojoshua town. This guy is box office. Anthony joshua. A career still young, only 25 saint, it is already the entrance and aura of a king. With the already the entrance and aura of a king. Done with the already the entrance and aura of a king. Done by with the already the entrance and aura of a king. Done by takamse cut, the damage done by takams head. In round four, joshuas power prevailed and it was his opponent nursing balloons. Takam had just 12 days to prepare the contest but he was durable, courageous and awkward that the champion. But eventually the big shots came out and the referee stepped in. A debatable call, takam said he felt he could have gone on. And many in attendance thought so too. Joshua has done what he needed to do, the 100 record in ta ct, he needed to do, the 100 record in tact, another important step on the path to a bigger goal. Without winning, people will not want to watch. I had to make sure we won. When i started getting a bit too cocky and confidence in the ring, the corner do theirjob in telling me to focus. With the curtain coming down onjoshuas year, he can look forward to a career defining 2018, with the aim of becoming the first man to hold all four heavyweight belts at the same time and turn a good fighter into potentially one of the all time greats. 0n the south coast, brighton came from behind to draw with southampton in the premier league. Steven davis scored for southampton after only seven minutes and they led going into the second half. But glen murray scored his third goal in two games to rescue a point for brighton. Both sides are comfortably mid table. In the later kick off, two new managers are going head to head claude puel at Leicester City and david unsworth, whos temporarily in charge of everton. It is 20 it is 2 0 to leicester at the moment with just a couple of minutes of injury time left to play. Scotland have suffered a heavy defeat in their opening game of the Rugby League World cup. They were outplayed by tonga who ran in nine tries to win by 50 4 in australia. And it doesnt get any easier for the socts, they play new zealand next. But there was better news for ireland who began their World Cup Campaign with a 36 12 win over italy. Winger liam kay scored two of irelands six tries. Englands cricketers have fought their way back into the womens ashes series, beating australia in the third one dayer. Captain Heather Knight was one of three players to score half centuries, as england made 284 from their 50 overs. And australia fell 20 runs short, which means theyre nowjust two points ahead of england in the series. Gloucester grabbed a dramatic one point victory over their west country neighbours bath in rugby unions premiership. Discarded england wing semesa rokodunguni scored two tries for bath. But ed slater bundled over deep into injury time before 0wen williams decisive conversion gave them the 22 21win. Elsewhere leicester beat newcastle 30 13. And injust over one hour Lewis Hamilton starts from third on the grid at the Mexican Grand Prix, knowing he needs only fifth place or better to win his fourth world f1 drivers championship. You can follow the action on bbc radio 5 live and on the bbc sport website. But thats it from me. Theres more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news, but now on bbc one its time for the news where you are. Goodbye. Hello. This is bbc news. The winner of the Royal Institute of british architects most prestigious award, the stirling prize, will be announced on tuesday. The nominations to become britains best new building 2017 include a rejuvenated seaside pier on the south coast of england, a London Housing development and an extension to the british museum. Today, we look at the studio of the fashion photographer jurgen teller by 6a architects. Essentially, he wanted a studio, a place to work. But that in his well, it means a few different things, shooting videos, writing books and making exhibitions as well as receiving lots of people. That is where the idea of several buildings, some were different shoots some were a lot of different shoots can happen in a natural setting. He used to share his home with the studio. We wanted to make this new building have the same moment a intimacy. He still has the Kitchen Table where he meets clients, there isa table where he meets clients, there is a sauna and a gym. There is the private world to the studio and then there is the big studio in the middle where he shoots and things and then there is the public, building up the front that has different collaborators and archive. It isa different collaborators and archive. It is a quality between garden and internal space. Really reduced material adds texture but allows it to be background for his work and photography to be at the foreground always. There is a quality of light, both within and in the gardens, which is almost kind of archaic. I think that makes an amazing setting for the kind of work he does. |j think that makes an amazing setting for the kind of work he does. I am using every single centimetre of for the kind of work he does. I am space. Have photographed every bit of. And it is tremendous fun, it of it and it is tremendous fun, it is like a haven of quietness and freedom and madness. It isjust brilliant. For me, it is excellent. And you can see all the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and find out who is the winner of the Riba Stirling prize for architecture live on the bbc news channel next tuesday between 8. 30 and 9pm. Lets get the weather. This week we will see some swings in temperatures day to day. Will see some swings in temperatures daytoday. At the moment it is cold air in place and that has come down from the arctic and has been targeting scotland and parts of Northern England. If we focus on scotland, in aberdeenshire, it is one of the warmest places in the country yesterday. 17 celsius thanks to the westerly winds. But the winds have changed direction coming more from a northerly direction. It has been 8 degrees so a drop of 9 degrees and coupled with that, the winds have been gusting 30 winds have been gusting about 30 miles an hour making you feel chilly and down the north sea coasts as well. Inland there has been plenty of sunshine out and about. I am sure you have been outside enjoying the fresh conditions. 0vernight, the brisk winds extending down the north sea will bring a few isolated showers but they should keep any frost at bay. Inland, it is a different story. The clear skies and the light winds allowing temperatures to plummet which is going to be one of the cold nights we have seen this autumn. It has been a pretty mild autumn, but temperatures could get down to minus two in scotland and Northern England and pockets of frost across part of the south. High pressure is with us on monday but we will see week weather fronts moving on monday but we will see week weatherfronts moving into the on monday but we will see week weather fronts moving into the far north west late in the day. For most, london starts off on a glorious but chilly note. There will be more cloud moving in late in the day across the north west of scotla nd day across the north west of scotland but the threat of some outbreaks of rain here, probably not amounting to too much. Eight to 12 degrees, are bit cooler than normal for this time of year but the cool weather isnt too for this time of year but the cool weather isn going too for this time of year but the cool weather isn going to too for this time of year but the cool weather isn going to be i too for this time of year but the cool weather isn going to be another longer. It is going to be another cold night, with a touch cold night, potentially with a touch of frost. But that High Pressure move southwards the tuesday, we start to get more of a south westerly wind influencing the weather and that will bring milder conditions for most areas as we get into tuesday. Turning mather, quite a bit of cloud around across western areas. Best of the sunshine in the eastern with weather fronts close to scotland, it will be windy and cloudy with outbreaks of rain. The mild, southerly winds still with us towards the middle part of the week s temperature is above average for most. Some rain affecting scotland with the colder air and into the far north. That is your weather. This is bbc news. The headlines at 6. 00pm. At least 300,000 people march through barcelona in a show of unity with spain, to protest against catalan independence. The International Trade minister, mark garnier, faces an investigation, after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. The Prime Minister calls for changes to Disciplinary Procedures to better protect house of commons staff. In Heathrow Airport says its confident that it remains safe, after details of security procedures were found in the street. Lewis hamilton only needs a fifth place finish at this evenings Mexican Grand Prix to be crowned world champion. 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