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Prue leith apologises after revealing the winner of tonights Great British bake off on twitter. Good evening. Theyre called the crack cocaine of gambling fixed odds betting terminals on which you can currently gamble up to £100 every 20 seconds. They made nearly £2 billion last year for the betting industry and hundreds of millions for the treasury. But now the government is considering limiting the amount that can be gambled at any one time to as little as £2, in an attempt to deal with problem gambling. Jim connolly reports. A few months ago, nathan would have struggled to walk past a bookmakers. His gambling problem started with fixed odds machines. He has stopped betting with help from gamblers anonymous. I found myself suddenly with debts that i could not cover at all. I lost about £5,000 in 48 hours. You lose all sense of time around you. The moneyjust. The money becomes a number on a screen. Youre de sensitised to everything that is going on. Gamblers anonymous was my last resort to save relationships. Currently you can bet up to £100 a time on a fixed odds betting erminal. The government review suggests a much lower limit, ranging from £50 to £2, making these machines less attractive. We recognise that people are losing a lot of money on these machines. That they are creating some issues around harmful gambling which can have a great impact on other areas in society, including their families and their communities, so we want to make sure we are taking action. But labour isnt happy with the review, saying it could go much further. The government could have come to Parliament Today and said we are reducing the stake to £2. Instead they have given in to industry lobbying, they have a 12 week review. The maximum stake could still be £50, which means there are going to be a lot more problem gamblers losing money in years to come. Last year, £1. 8 billion was made from these types of machines. Bookmakers said thatjobs are at risk if the limit falls as low as £2. We estimate that half of shops in the uk would close, thats approximately 4,000 shops and potentially 20,000 jobs. At higher stake levels, maybe £20 or £30, we are looking at approximately 2,000 shops closing with 10,000 to 11,000 job losses. Just like high streets up and down the country, this part of east london has more than its fair share of bookmakers. Legally, shops like this one are restricted to having only four fixed odds machines in each shop and some critics say they are so profitable that some companies have multiple branches all in the same area. Charities say its the speed you can lose money on these machines that is the issue. The gambling industry has 12 weeks to respond before the government decides how low its final limit will be and, with bookies taking billions each year, the stakes have never been higher. Jim connolly, bbc news. Ciaran 0brien is from the Bookmaker William Hill and joins us now from central london. Good afternoon to you. Do you recognise that thats one of key points that we heard in that piece, it is the sheer speed at which people can lose money on some of these machines that needs looking at . There have been changes, so you can only walk in off the high street and bet at £50 a spin. The games are slower than the £2 games and the returns are higher. If you look at them side by side f one person was playing a 50 pound game and another a two pound game, the losses would be ata a two pound game, the losses would be at a similar level. There is research that shows the losses are higher on the the smaller stake games. I know that is a complicated issue. What we are focussed on is getting that level of problem gamblers down. That what is the government wants to see. It has been sta ble government wants to see. It has been stable between 0. 6 and 0. 9 of the population for over a decade. We need to work to target those who do exhibit problems and makes sure we have a sus stainable business that is socially responsible. How do you help those people, even if you say its a small percentage, the sums involve candidate bankrupt people involved can bankrupt people. How can those people be helped . Look, i mean, all types of gamble have problem gamblers we have never ran way tr that. We will continue to look at the evidence and do more to target those people and give them help. That is why we fund research, education and treatment and we do things like player tracking and we are continuing to look at evidence to do more. And we will work with government do that in the months ahead. There are people you will have heard today who say, actually, organisations like your have won and these proposals dont go far enough and people saying the government has given in to the industry . No, there isa given in to the industry . No, there is a lot of evidence and it is complicated, the governments own experts have looked at a wide range of issues. They have suggested that some of controls we brought in, some of the world loading controls that we have, they want to see extended to casino and other environments. There is the concern about losses in alcohol environments like pubs. So it isa alcohol environments like pubs. So it is a broad issue for all sorts of gambling sectors. We know the machines have been the subject of a campaign and lot has been based on Commerce National interests from other parts of sector. But we are getting into how do we get the number of problem gamblers down. We dont want to see addictive gamblers. It doesnt do us any good in the long term, because they burn themselves out and we get negative publicity. We want to tar get those and people and not the 99 of people who dont have a problem. Thank you. After half past i will be talking to one man who describes himself as a recovering gambling addict to hear about his experiences. A man has been found guilty of murdering a former Royal Navy Officer, who was run over and killed by his own car in Greater Manchester earlier this year. 0ur correspondent dan johnson was at Manchester Crown court for the verdict. Mike samwell was woken at 3am by somebody breaking into his house. He had gone down stairs to investigate what was going on and found somebody taking his car. Jessica samwell described following her husband at the back of the house and she saw her husband on the ground with the cars tyre on his chest and she described to the court how she watched that car reverse back off his chest and then drive forward over him and speed off. Driving that car was ryan gibbons a29 year old, who admitted taking the car, but denied manslaughter and murder. Who admitted taking the car, but denied manslaughterand murder. He said he didnt see mr samwell. But thejury decided he said he didnt see mr samwell. But the jury decided he was guilty. There was cctv footage where mr samwell can be heard shouting, get out of car. So he has been convicted of murder. Also convicted here is raymond davies, found guilty of manslaughter. H edrove ryan gibbons to the scene. This case has highlighted how the normal lives of people can be destroyed by criminals who act without any understanding of the impact of their actions. The bank of england is warning the uks Financial Sector to prepare for tens of thousands ofjob losses, in case the government fails to get a post brexit trade deal. The bank says 75,000 jobs could move abroad if negotiations with the eu are unsuccessful. Financial firms are also being warned to prepare to lose their right to trade across the eu. British Police Investigating the american Film Producer Harvey Weinstein are now investigating Sexual Assault allegations made by seven women. Officers are investigating incidents alleged to have taken place between the early 1980s and 2015 in london and across the uk. Officers in new york and los angeles have also opened investigations into allegations made against the movie mogul. Harvey weinstein has denied any allegations of non consensual sex. A well known labour activist has told the bbc that the party bex bailey, who sat on the partys ruling body, the nec, a well known labour activist has told the bbc that the Party Headquarters encouraged her not to pursue a complaint about a rape she said took place in 2011 at a labour party event when was 19. Bex bailey, who sat on the partys ruling body, the nec, for several years has told the pm programme that she did not report the rape initially and two years later she says she approached an official at party hq and asked for advice about the procedures and she was warned of the consequences of making an allegation. She has waived her anonymity. 0ur Political Correspondent leila nathoo is in westminsterfor us. The complainant said she was raped in 2011 at a labour party event when she was 19 by a labour member senior to her. She didnt feel comfortable reporting this at the time. But two yea rs reporting this at the time. But two years later, she says she took her complaint to labour party hq and made a complaint to a senior official, who she says, warned her official, who she says, warned her of the consequences of pursuing that allegation. She described the whole experience as being horrible. Here she is speaking to the pm programme. It is something i have experienced, i was seriously sexually assaulted ata i was seriously sexually assaulted at a labour party event by, he wasnt an mp, but someone more senior to me. It took me a while to summon up senior to me. It took me a while to summon up the courage to tell anyone in the party. When i did, i told a Senior Member of staff, who told me that, or it was suggested to me that i not report it, i was told if i did it might damage me and that might be theirgenuine it might damage me and that might be their genuine view that was the case and that shows that we have a serious problem in politics with this issue any way. Bex bayley said she didnt report the case to politician, police because she was scared and thought she wouldnt be believed. She said she is speaking out because she wanted things to change. Labour have changed their rules around harassment. They say there is a zero tolerance to any form of discrimination or harassment. The new procedures includes a dedicated panel on the Labour National executive dealing with sexual harassment. A promise that the complainta nt with sexual harassment. A promise that the complaintant will never be required to confront the person they accuse and safeguards in place for anyone who makes a complaint. Bex bailey said she wants an independent body for whom complaints, where complaints can be made and she wants staff in Political Parties to have training. Labour have responded to her claims, saying the party takes the allegations very seriously and saying it takes courage for victims of rape to come forward. And all support will be made available. They recommend the Police Investigate these matters that bex bailey has talked about. But also are promising that labour will themselves begin an independent investigation into the claims that a Party Employee acted improperly in 2011. Her claims today come against as we have been reflecting on for a few days, the broader picture, the broader soul searching about the culture at westminster. Absolutely. But it is worth saying that this claim that bex bailey is making is stronger than many of the accusations that have been swirling around westminster in cent days. She is accusing a party member of rape. It is not an mp she says, but a senior party member. Some of the other accusations that have been swirling around westminster, there has been a list circulating, an unverified list of accusations, supposedly compiled bya of accusations, supposedly compiled by a tory member of staff. We have had allegation against Michael Fallon and a female journalist. But this has been dismissed by her as just mildly amusing. This as you say isa just mildly amusing. This as you say is a bit more serious potentially. Thank you. It is quarter past 5. These are the headlines the government proposes reducing the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals in an attempt to tackle problem gambling. A man has been found guilty of murder after he ran over a former royal navy office we are his own car. And a labour Party Activist has alleged she was raped ata activist has alleged she was raped at a party event in 2011. The party says it takes the claim extremely seriously. In sport a Parliamentary Committee has heard about claims of cheating in pa ralympic committee has heard about claims of cheating in paralympic sport. Manchester united could qualify for the knock out stages of Champions League tonight, Jose Mourinhos side play benfica. And troy deeney has accepted a violent conduct charge following a clash withjoe allen. Im back with more at half past. The social networking site Facebook Says more than 100 Million People in the us could have come into contact with russian backed propaganda before and after last years president ial election. Twitter and google say their sites were also used to share divisive posts traced to russia. It comes as the white house insists that criminal charges that have been brought against former aides to President Trump show no evidence of collusion between his Election Campaign and russia. 0ur correspondentjane 0brien is in washington. It has been an extraordinary 36 hours in washington. Has it got any closer to the administration itself, what is everybody saying about this now . It is interesting to note that all of these events are not necessarily connected. But they all add up to this perception that russia has played a major role in the president ial elections and continues to try and interfere with us politics as a whole. This is a problem for mr trump not least because he doesnt think it is happening, the longer he denies it, the more people think there must be something there. Yesterday we got the closest to finding out how close the closest to finding out how close the allegations come to the white house. Particularly looking at george pap dop louse. He was a Foreign Policy aide who spent time in that post trying set up meeting with russian government officials to get the dirt on hillary clinton. President trump took to twitter and is calling popadopolous a proven liar. But what is going to be worrying mr trump and perhaps his associates is the fact that mr popadopolous is now a proactive witness for the fbi. He has had many months to talk about these things and the questions are still swirling about who knew what and when. And what did the various social Network Sites do about it, or what are they saying about it. There is focus on social networks, but not as part of charges we saw yesterday. This is a more general problem, because people dont know what theyre looking at. And in america, the polarisation of politics has got to such a point that people cherry pick and will go to sites where they know their own views will be confirmed and 126 Million People are suspected to have been exposed to this type of divisive material coming from russia. 0nly divisive material coming from russia. Only 139 divisive material coming from russia. 0nly139 Million People voted last year. So you can see the impact of that can be big. That what is law makers want to get to the bottom of today and tomorrow. We will talk about that again im sure. Thank you. A single dad and five children aged between four and 11 are believed to have died in a fire which ripped through a farmhouse in powys in the early hours of monday morning. 0ur correspondent nick palit is close to the house in mid wales, what more are the authorities saying . Yes, it has been confirmed by police that although no bodies have been identified for recovered, they believe that its a father and five of his children who died. A blaze so intense that it reduced a stone farmhouse to no more nan a shell. The youngsters that are presumed dead are aged between four and eleven years old. Three other youngsters got out of property, aged, 10, 12 and 13. Theyre being treated in hospital. Theyre being supported by family and by specially trained officers. In the community, the deaths have shaken villagers. They have been leaving flowers and messages, one from a child says, simply, i will miss my best friend. Ajust giving page has been set simply, i will miss my best friend. A just giving page has been set up and they are collecting money in buckets and a book of condolence has been opened in the local church. Thank you very much. Catalonias sacked regional president says hes gone to brussels to make his voice heard in the European Union not to claim asylum in belgium. Carles puigdemont told a News Conference he wasnt trying to escape justice, but wanted to be able to speak freely. He also said he will accept the result of elections which will be held in catalonia in december, on the orders of spains central government. Andy moore reports. The worlds media waited expectantly for the first comments from the Catalan Leader since he left his homeland. Good morning. He said he would speak in several different languages to appeal as widely as possible to an international audience. He accused the Spanish Government of aggression against the catalan people. Translation we are facing a state that only understands the reason of force and has decided to use violence and repressions, forcing us to abandon our political project. In answer to a question in english, he denied he would be claiming political asylum. I am not here to in order to demand political asylum. This is not a belgian question. I am here in brussels, as the capital of europe. I am here in order to act with freedom and safety. Even as he was speaking, Spains Constitutional Court declared the declaration of Catalan Independence null and void. Another court was considering rebellion charges against him. The people of barcelona woke up to newspaper headlines this morning that their president was now in belgium. Opinion on that, as on independence itself, is divided. For me, said this man, it shows he lacks the courage of his own convictions. But this man said the more international spotlight the issue received, the better that was. Outside the headquarters of the Catalan Government there was no sign of a tussle for power. The image of the exiled leader can still be seen in some of the offices. The local police were on duty outside. There are reports the National Civil guard has raided the headquarters. There were wild celebrations in barcelona on friday, when the breakaway from spain was announced. But what for some was a dream of independence is now further away than ever. Andy moore, bbc news. Tim wilcox has been following the story and joins us from barcelona. Not seeking asylum in brussels, but safety a nd not seeking asylum in brussels, but safety and freedom. When Carles Puigdemont was asked when he would return to catalonia, he said only when there were safeguards from madrid. I dont think he will get many of those. Madrid have said if he went ahead with the declaration of independence, they would go ahead. And there have not been any mass demonstrations. Lets discuss this move with two journalists in the region, one who is catalan and one who writes for the guardian. He say he is not seeking asylum, but he has gone to avoid prosecution . Yes, he has gone to avoid prosecution so far. He has told something which is not true that he has been prosecuted because of his ideas. He hasnt been prosecuted for that. He has been prosecuted, because he has broken the law. This whole show of going to brussels and playing the exile role, i found it a bit insulting for the families of real exile people who have to live in catalonia after the civil war and thirdly he is complaining about the rule of 155 being imposed, but hey had the chance of not having it imposed and of calling for elections. So really i dont know in which universe he is living. He has set up a website. You have lived here for 18 years, how disappointed will his supporters be with him . I think theyre very disappointed and it is an indication there has been no action on the streets and everyone has on one hand become gobsmacked and disappointed at what they see probably as a betrayal. Both of them and of course of his colleagues. Who he has left to face prosecution, without the support of the government. Catalonia is divided. Many dont want the leave spain, millions do. The fact he will take part in the elections in december, that is key, because if he called his own elections he could have avoid this. That would have beena have avoid this. That would have been a disaster. Im pleased that all the parties are going to elections. That what is they should do and lets see what happens. I think it was, that has been the best move so think it was, that has been the best move so far. In a long story of really bad political moves from both parts. If he were able to form a coalition, what happen then, we are back to square one . Exactly. It is where do we go from here . If youre a true believer, we are standing in an independent republic now. Which we know we are not. What are they going to go to the people with . That we are going to ask for a referendum . We we are going to ask for a referendum . We know we are going to ask for a referendum . We know this current government wont give a referendum. They may discuss constitutional change, but that is not matter. It is not clear what the Independence Movement has to offer. If they arrest the Vice President for example, will there then be demonstration . Well im not sure. There maybe. Today Carles Puigdemont said that thanks to him there is no violence in the street. Well thank you very much for not having us. Fighting to each other. I dont know, the Independence Movement is well argued and they have a organised and they have power to call people into the street. I cant say. I hope that doesnt happen. Thank you both very much. So it doesnt look as if Carles Puigdemont will be returning to the catalonia in the short term, jane, as i say, he set up that web site, his government in exile, and the next move will come from madrid. If madrid decides they wa nt tto. Want tto. Thank you. Well lets catch up with the weather prospects. Good evening. Few treats to be had across scotland with regards to the weather today. It has been fairly dank. Something brighter as we move towards east sussex. Overnight we keep the rain coming in scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. Further south not cold by any means at all. And then into the new day the rain is still present. A lot of surface water. That front gradually moving into the Southern Uplands and down into the Southern Uplands and down into the Southern Uplands and down into the heart of Northern Ireland. For thursday the remainder of that weather front but turning brighter behind and turning a little bit colder. This is bbc news the headlines. New government proposals to tackle problem gambling reducing the maximum stake on fixed odds machines from £100 to as little as £2. A man is found guilty of murder after he ran over a former Royal Navy Officer with his own car. A labour activist has alleged it was raped as a party event in 2011 and was later advised not to pursue the complaint. The labour party says it ta kes complaint. The labour party says it takes the claim is extremely seriously. A father and five children are believed to have been killed in a house fire at theirfarmhouse in mid wales. British Police Confirm theyre now investigating seven allegations of Sexual Assault against the american Film Producer Harvey Weinstein. Right now we catch up with the sports news. Good evening. The department of Culture Media and Sport Select Committee have been hearing from key figures within paralympic sport and paying special attention to the classification system with many claims that the system is open to abuse and that athletes have cheated their way to medals by exaggerating their impairments to get put in weaker fields whatever the sport is. Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson was one of those facing mps today. Great britain should be the Gold Standard of independence and we should have an open discussion about misclassification, but where we are now in the paralympic movement, it is medals, sponsorship and media coverage, if we were talking about doping in olympic sport it would be the same reason. So you think it is the equivalent . Not quite. But there are similarities in terms what it can give you. Champions League Football returns this evening with three british clubs in action. Celtic host the five time winners Bayern Munich while chelsea travel to roma. Manchester united are top of their group with three wins out of three, and are at home to benfica. Victory at old trafford could take united into the knockout stages thats if cska moscow fail to beat basel in the other group game. Managerjose mourinho has been defending his striker Romelu Lukaku after a barren spell in front of goal. I have to protect my players when i feel the players deserve and romelu always deserves because what he does for the team, what he does for the team is fantastic and he playing football for a striker is notjust about scoring goals. So for me, untouchable in my team and i think he should be untouchable also in the support and the respect that he deserves from the fans. Troy deeney has accepted a violent conduct charge and will serve a three match ban. The watford captain was charged following a clash with stoke citysjoe allen during the 1 nil home defeat and will now miss the premier League Matches against everton, west ham and newcastle. Liverpool defender dejan lovren says a disgusting death threat has been made against his family on social media. Lovren was heavily criticised for his performance in his sides 4 1 premier league defeat at tottenham earlier this month. The defender shared an Instagram Post of a private message in which the sender said they would murder the footballers family. The defender says he cannot and will not accept it. Chris silverwood has been appointed as the full time england bowling coach. Hell take up the post injanuary, replacing ottis gibson who left to become south africa head coach. Silverwood led essex to the county championship title last summer. He wont be involved in the upcoming ashes series england will use the former new zealand bowler shane bond as a consultant. Irelands hopes of hosting the Rugby Union World cup in 2023 have been dealt a major blow with the announcement today that south africa has received the world rugby boards recommendation to stage the competition. The World Rugby Council will now meet on the 15th of november to vote on the next host. The people behind irelands bid though insist they are not giving up yet. The key issue and the key message for us and for people who have supported our bid and there are many unions out there who have supported us is that we are going to go into the next two weeks, we will fight to the end. We have got a great proposition and we have got a great bid in front of us. We are more than capable as Rugby World Cup acknowledged of hosting the tournament and thats what we intend to do. South african sprinter Wayde Van Niekerk will miss the next Commonwealth Games in australia after suffering a knee injury during after suffering a knee injury during a celebrity rugby match. More on that later. Lets return now to the governments proposals to tackle the problem created by fixed odds Gaming Machines in betting shops, by cutting the current £100 maximum stake to somewhere between £50 to £2s. Bookmakers say thousands of betting shops could be forced to close if these proposals go ahead. Tony franklin lost his wife, son, his home and hundred of thousands of pounds through gambling. He welcomes stricter controls on these fixed odds betting terminals and joins me now. Can you even put a figure on how much you lost . No, gamblers talk about winning is typical and not the money they lose. I estimate over 30 yea rs of money they lose. I estimate over 30 years of addiction that i lost more than £1 million. That leads to so many questions but you mustve started very young. I was addicted to the machines by the age of ten or 11. I went to a Preparatory School and played in arcades and missed school to do that. And as you got older, into your teens and 20s, by that time, did you at any point tried to get help . Did you talk to anyone . Recovering from gambling has been a life struggle for me. I was seriously addicted by my late teens and my parents were desperately worried and they took me to see a child psychologist. This was 30 yea rs child psychologist. This was 30 years ago and a lot has moved on since then. But the view given to my pa rents was since then. But the view given to my parents was this was something that i would grow out of. And tough love was required. The consequence for me was required. The consequence for me was i left home at around 16 and for seven was i left home at around 16 and for seve n years was i left home at around 16 and for seven years did not see my family. So that was a very tough period for me. And my addiction went on from playing the machines in the amusement arcades to playing machines in working mens clubs where they have two underpants machines and then around the turn of the century we got the introduction of the fixed odds betting terminals and my addiction went from bad to worse. Do you consider yourself recovered now . The way i would explain it, i used to gamble 365 days a year, i would be sat at work ina days a year, i would be sat at work in a Management Meeting and my collea g u es in a Management Meeting and my colleagues around me were unaware of what i was doing, i was on a mobile phone spending £1000 on cartoon will act from my mobile phone. And in the space of three or four weeks i lost £80,000, i lost my home during that period. And one of the consequences of that was the pain of my two year old son at that time, we we re two year old son at that time, we were evicted from the property and he cried for weeks and weeks because we could not go home. That is some kind of consequences you get from this addiction. To this day i had not gambled online for approximately ten years. I have gambled until fairly recently on fixed odds betting term is because they are very accessible and everywhere in the high street. You cannot escape them but over the course of the past few years i have been gambling less and less and now im at the point where i have figured out what it is for me that keeps me away from the machines and will not get another moment of my time to playing these machines. When we hear from the government about another 12 week consultation period, what is your response to that, what would you say toa response to that, what would you say to a government minister if they we re to a government minister if they were sitting here, what needs to be done to prevent people falling into this terrible situation . Im astounded by the announcement today, i think it is disgusting. This was the result of a review that has been taking place over 18 months and was delayed from spring this year. And to now announce that we need another 12 weeks to discuss options when we already know the scale of harm that is happening out there, what this means today is that christmas this year, for many people up and down the country, will be ruined by fixed odds betting term or addiction and people going home to their partners in ten terrible state, shouting and screaming, fighting and arguing over money and losses and perhaps kids not having enough food on the table for the mind perhaps not even getting a present at christmas. These machines are in the very poorest areas of our society. People who play these machines have the least amount of disposable income and they are targeted because of the proliferation of these machines in working class areas. And theyre struggling to survive in life so someone struggling to survive in life so someone who gets an electricity bill thinks oki someone who gets an electricity bill thinks ok i might be able to get that money from the machine. They go and play and they get immersed, they lose all their wages and their borrowing money, payday loans, they get in the rail mass. The government needs to take action and reduced the sta kes to needs to take action and reduced the stakes to £2 and do that today. Your story is so powerful, good of you to come and talk to us. Thank you very much. There have been warnings that brexit could lead to a staffing crisis on farms reliant on fruit and vegetable pickers. And now concern is growing that the dairy industry could be similarly affected. Almost 60 of Dairy Farmers employ people from the eu, many in permanent skilled roles. Some Dairy Farmers say they have difficulty recruiting british employees but others argue that brexit and the potential for International Trade deals is a new opportunity. Our environment and Rural Affairs correspondent Claire Marshall has more. Imagine pure english pasture with contented cattle. Forms that have high welfare standards producing high welfare standards producing high quality milk. Farms. This is all material for high quality milk. Farms. This is all materialfor a high quality milk. Farms. This is all material for a powerful sales pitch full stop and it is hoping to open up markets outside of europe. At this plant in birmingham something is happening that has never been done before. Fresh british milk is being packaged up to be sent 4000 miles to qatar. And now milk from cheshire and the surrounding counties is soon to be transported even further afield to china. The chinese have said they find it more simple to deal with the uk rather than the whole of europe. Would this be happening without the brexit vote . I believe not, we have some highly decorated officials from the Chinese Government sitting with us and one comment was that it was easy to do a deal with one country and difficult to do deal with 27. The brexit deal is crucial to the industry. The vast majority of produce is exported to europe and the uk relies heavily on dairy imports. Lets take a look at some of the figures about the industry, the number of Dairy Farmers has shrunk dramatically, around 20 years ago we had some 35,000 Dairy Farmers and is now down to around 13,000. The average price of a pint of milk has gone up by not very much, from around 36p to around 43p. And many Dairy Farmers say they does not enough for them to earn a decent living. One of the main concerns for Dairy Farmers now is labour. It ta kes Dairy Farmers now is labour. It takes skilled workers to handle the animals and operate the machinery but few in the uk what to do the job. Almost two thirds of Dairy Farmers employ foreign staff. David brooks relies on his family to help run his form in staffordshire. What would it mean for the dairy industry if controls were placed on Migrant Workers . Any farm that has been reliant on migrant labour, and there are good many, i think they would struggle. This is one of the cheshire farm is now providing the milk to qatar and china. James and rhiannon has been considering giving up rhiannon has been considering giving up the Family Business but not now. We feel hopeful and it gives us a chance and we can start to continue to invest and improve. Specific talks of future trade deal have not even started however and it is up to those around the negotiating table to decide the future of the uk landscape. So how could the negotiations impact the british farming industry . Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier has been working with the bbcs Reality Check Team and is here to explain. Something central to farming in the uk when it comes to brexit is the Common Agricultural policy or cap. The Financial Assistance it gives is vital to farmers right across the eu including here in the uk. The cap is one of the biggest areas of eu spending at 39 billion pounds with each country in the eu paying into the budget to fund the policy. The eu says the payments make up nearly half of the income of farmers across the bloc. It supports eight million farmers across the eu and aims to stabilise their incomes and keep prices roughly the same. When it comes to the impact of the Common Agricultural policy on the uk there are around 178,000 farmers who benefit from the scheme. A few get millions of pounds but the average payment is between seventeen and eighteen thousand pounds a year. To reassure farmers about what will happen to the cap after brexit the government has already promised to keep up the payments until 2022. Leave supporters point out that the uk contributes more to the whole eu budget than it receives back in subsidies like these so they argue the government should still be able to support farmers once weve left. Of course Everyone Wants to know will our weekly shop end up being more or less expensive . Its impossible to say because there are so many factors like the value of the pound and crucially the weather that impact food prices. And we dont yet know how brexit will affect the number of Seasonal Workers who come here and their wages. Another big factor thatll influence the cost of food is the nature of the trade deals we strike with the eu and the rest of the world because tariffs thats the extra cost put on imported food and the food standards we adopt after brexit all need to be negotiated. So will Brexit Impact food prices . That remains highly uncertain. But if you want to find out more about all this go to the bbcs reality check page online. This is bbc news at five the headlines. The government proposes reducing the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to as little as £2 in a bid to tackle problem gambling. A man is found guilty of murder after he ran over a former Royal Navy Officer with his own car. A labour activist alleges she was raped at a party event in 2011 but was told by officials not to pursue it the party says it takes the claims extremely seriously. An update on the market numbers for you heres how london and frankfurt ended the day. And in the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. Coming up in a moment prue leith apologises after revealing the winner of the Great British bake off tonight on twitter. Some news coming through on reuters, back to the situation in catalonia and we are hearing that the Spanish High Court has begun processing those charges of rebellion and sedition against Carles Puigdemont. He is currently in brussels and he was adamant that he wanted to talk to the eu and not claim asylum in belgium. The high court as we has started processing those charges of rebellion and sedition following on from the Independence Movement in catalonia. A woman whose husband is accused of trying to kill her, by tampering with her parachute during a skydive, has told a court she did not believe their Financial Arrangements would benefit him if she died. Emile cilliers, an army sergeant, is accused of attempted murder and recklessly endangering the life of his wife, victoria. In court, mrs cilliers agreed that her husband was financially incontinent and had issues with debt. Duncan kennedy reports from winchester. Todays evidence began with the finances of victoria and Emile Cilliers. The prosecution say it was money that partly drove him to try to kill her. Mrs cilliers, wearing the sunglasses, came to court and agreed that most of the couples assets, like their house and savings, were in her name. The court also heard that Emile Cilliers, left, had taken out an insurance policy through the army but wasnt sure if any pay out went to him if she died. In court, Emile Cilliers defence barrister, elizabeth marsh qc, suggested to mrs cilliers, putting the insurance policy to one side, emile was better off with you alive than dead. Yes, she replied. She then asked, if you die, the house, the savings and other assets will go to the children, and hed be on his uppers. Yes, said mrs cilliers. It was in april 2015 at the netheravon airfield near salisbury that victoria cilliers had her parachute accident. Both her main and reserve chutes failed to fully open, and she fell 4000 feet. The impact led to severe injuries. In court, with the couple separated by a few feet, mrs cilliers agreed shed been very unhappy in the months before the accident, troubled by her pregnancy and her husband. Ms marsh then turned to two interviews that victoria cilliers had given the police in the aftermath of the accident. She said that, in one you depicted emile as awesome, but in the other you painted him as the devil. Victoria cilliers said she felt the first interview was more honest, because by the time of the second, she felt coerced after the police had told her emile had been having an affair. Mr cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder, and the trial continues. Duncan kennedy, bbc news, at Winchester Crown court. This years award for britains best new building the Riba Stirling prize for architecture will be presented at a special ceremony tonight. Among the nominations are a crowd funded renovated sea side pier, a mega campus for students in glasgow and a new Housing Development with wicker balconies. Our media correspondent David Sillito is at the roundhouse in north london where tonights prize will be presented. All the architects will be arriving in the next few minutes. Im joined by the president of the Royal Institute of british architects and we now have a chance to go through the runners and riders of the stirling prize. A canter through the list of nominations. Six buildings and at the top of the list, because it is so well known on the south coast, hastings pier. It has been rebuilt after a fire . It is an extraordinary experience, you walk onto the boards and you hear the sound of the sea on the shingles. You have a great sensory explosion, a feeling of being in the open air and ina a feeling of being in the open air and in a place of opportunity for the local community to exploit. They have not built much . It is a reinvention of the concept of the pier, a way of seeing seaside architecture is an opportunity for hastings and economic and social regeneration. Now the second on the list, altogether different, the glasgow college. It is on a hilltop overlooking glasgow and it places the ambition of the city to train its people in a way that celebrates the role of further education in society. Hms no more, once the great of the ages, they found some pieces of the ages, they found some pieces of it and then they had to display it. The story is about reuse and of course chatham and the history of the dockyards was about the reuse of timberand the dockyards was about the reuse of timber and machinery from the navy and from warand timber and machinery from the navy and from war and what the architect had done was to create an environment which is about adaptation and reuse. Another museum, much bigger now, the british museum. And these are the back offices, a huge work space going right down on the ground. How do you compare that with the tiny project . Of course it is iceberg of a building and a great feat of ingenuity. A talented team and an extremely technical programme. Of course it is a very wide range on the short list and that is not a problem because we are a very diverse profession. Now then we have a small block of flats, looks fantastic on the outside, almost like a cartoon but a real revelation on the inside. Yes it is using cross laminated timber. Plywood chunky plywood. That makes it sound flimsy but it is a very solid building and very sustainable and durable. And a very sustainable and durable. And a very good example of fitting housing into the existing fabric of the city ina into the existing fabric of the city in a beautiful way. And finally much smaller, are more polite building if you like, almost like on a monastery. A photographic studio. It seems out of keeping with all these bigger projects. Again a very clever piece of urban stitching. Fitting it in to the existing fabric. In this case is brutalism revisited in a way. A of concrete and creating a place in which the artist can use an adaptable series of urban spaces and beautiful studios in order to exercise his art. And you will be able to watch the prize being awarded tonight. And finally to the perils of twitter. Tonight is the final of the Great British bake off when millions are expected to tune in to channel 4 to find out who has won. Its supposed to be one of televisions most closely guarded secrets. But this morning the newjudge prue leith accidentally named the winner on twitter. She says shes mortified. She did delete it quite quickly and were being very good and not saying who is winner. Time for a look at the weather. It has been a cloudy day across much of the British Isles. There was some brightness around, this is east sussex earlier today. But the rain just keeps on coming across a good pa rt just keeps on coming across a good part of scotland and Northern Ireland tonight. Elsewhere a lot of clout. But the temperatures keeping up, nota clout. But the temperatures keeping up, not a cold start to wednesday but certainly wet. A lot of Service Water around in the glasgow area. Surface water. But generally speaking to the north of that front it isa speaking to the north of that front it is a mixture of sunny spells and showers. More in the way of sunshine to the south of it. Make the most of that mild weather because when the weather front moves to the south of the British Isles on thursday, brighter sky is falling behind but feeling much fresher. A crackdown on gambling the government looks at reducing the risk to gambling addicts and children. One proposal is to reduce the maximum stake on machines that let you gamble £100 every 20 seconds. I lost thousands of pounds, got into thousands of pounds of debt, and i think that really capping the maximum stake at £2 a spin would reduce the harm that this product causes. The review will also look at the explosion in Online Gambling the betting industry warns there could be big job losses. Also tonight a woman tells the bbc how a Senior Labour Party figure persuaded her to drop allegations of rape by a party member. Police confirm a man and five of his children died in the devastating house fire yesterday in mid wales. A man is convicted of murder after running over an ex navy officer with his own car in a robbery gone wrong. The winner of the Great British bake off 2017 is