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The uks Terror Threat level is downgraded, from severe to substantial, but it still means an attack could happen without further warning. A Public Health emergency in delhi, indias top court announces measures intended to address the toxic smog, engulfing the city. And, well speak to andrew strauss, the former england cricket captain, about the charity hes set up in his late wifes name, to raise awareness of a rare form of cancer. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that that Health Service leaders in england, are warning against the use of the nhs as a political weapon, in the general Election Campaign. The head of nhs providers says that over dramatising nhs difficulties, or making disingenuous claims about funding, is doing the nhs no favours. Nhs difficulties, or making disingenuous claims about funding, is doing the nhs no favours. Both conservatives and labour are pledging to spend billions more, to improve nhs care. The long term future of the nhs and social care is likely to be a key battle ground, in the run up to the election on 12th december. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. The state of the Health Service is always a key election issue. But this time, votes will be cast as the nhs enters its most testing time of year. Preparations for winter are well under way, but the pressures are greater than ever. The nhs has already featured prominently in the Election Campaign but there is a warning that politicians need to be straight and clear with voters. We thought it was sensible, at the beginning of the campaign, to basically urge politicians to be honest and open and realistic and clear about the promises that they make. And lets try and avoid getting into cheap political slogans and trying to weaponise the service, as a means of fighting a Party Political battle. To illustrate the scale of the challenge, nhs providers says there are now, so far, much of the argument has been about in whose hands the nhs is safest. With labour blaming the conservatives for cancelled operations and longer waiting lists. We do have a responsibility and doctors and nhs leaders we have an honest debate about it and that is why today i have a meeting with staff to see what they have got to say and some of the evidence that they are presenting should worry us all and the message from them that we need more respect, more resources and we want to end the privatisation of the nhs. But the conservatives point to the money theyve already committed to the nhs, and say their management of the economy is the best guarantee of future funding. Thats why we had this record investment and ongoing investment, with a Long Term Plan for the nhs. Weve increased the capital spending, in order to make sure we get new equipment, new buildings, which help make sure that patients come first in the nhs and are supported by the conservative government. Thats only possible with a Strong Economy and making sure that we can fulfil the financial requirements, in order to provide that care. Recruiting more staff, managing growing demand from patients, improving the quality of care. These are the questions Health Service leaders want politicians to focus on. That may be a forlorn hope, in the heat of an election. Dominic hughes, bbc news. With me now is ruth thorlby from the health foundation, an independent charity focused on health care reform. Clearly, people have concerns about the state of the Health Service and have their own personal experience of va nessa have their own personal experience of vanessa going to the Election Campaign, the Health Services always, lets just say, campaign, the Health Services always, letsjust say, the campaign, the Health Services always, lets just say, the subject of debate. The shape of the debate in what they should be looking for in terms of what people in different parties, different people are proposing . We have not seen the ma nifesto proposing . We have not seen the manifesto yet, clearly there are a lot of pledges being made already. People have to ask themselves the costs, have people been clear and upfront about where the money is going to come from adelphi into a bigger debate on how confident they are about the proposals to grow economy so we have the ability to do this. And does it affect all of the parts of the nhs rather than just the flagship projects and people watching this will have contact with the general practitioners, district nurses and the nhs touches everyone at different points in their lives in some parts of the service are under more pressure than others. So i think he was use the common sense a little bit about does this add up to me. What would you say about the real pressure points in the Health Service right now. The seed evolved issue in different parts of the uk handle this differently. We are talking primarily about england here so where the pressure points in england . In england, we cover mostly england. There are a lot of pressures being seen within the target times for acts of emergency, for plans, nonurgent care and it can be hard to see, but some of the data shows that people do get to see, a lot of people do get to see the gp of the day that they want. At hospitals are under pressure and also a huge amount of pressures, social care is in a different state, difficult state right now and that is the reality of people, you can leave communicative modern hospital but if you are left to go home and not looked after, then that doesnt really add up. On social care, there will be those thinking that theresa may actually had some ideas around social care in 2017. They involved some painful decisions. Are we ready to ta ke some painful decisions. Are we ready to take those kinds of decisions and the cost implications of a half, not just for the state before individuals as well . The thing that debate will resurface in this campaign are not . We hope that it does resurfaces campaign because all the evidence suggests that we hear from charities and other people that this cannot go on in the way that it has. And the cost of families. Mostly. Social care and the providers of social care, it is not right that we have this going on. There needs to be a debate it will cost money to put it right and it seems wrong that we can have the situation in which this part of the population is just not getting the ca re population is just not getting the care that it thinks it will and is the biggest shock for people that social care is not like the nhs, it is not free at the point of use, whether it should be or not is a point of debate but we need to have that debate where the money should be raised from. Right now, people are bearing the cost, families and carers. How realistic is that, how can it be funded, if somebody said to you, 0k, can it be funded, if somebody said to you, ok, if you look at the nhs in england, to what extent is it underfunded and keep it a figure on that or would you describe it as being moderately underfunded or very underfunded . How much is enough of the nhs . We have calculated that the money has been allocated to the nhs, a large sum and we think theyll be just about enough to carry on what it is doing now, but for people to be able to have care before they get in the need to go the hospital, there will probably need more. Something more needs to go into the nhs to social care but also to other parts of the sector which help keep people well. I think thank you very much for coming in today. I thank you very much for coming in today. I mentioned that the house of commons is right now holding a series of boats series of the house of commons is holding a series of votes to elect a successor ro john bercow as speaker. Seven mps made their pitches for the role. After a secret ballot two failed to make it through the first round of voting. They were meg hillier and sir edward leigh. Lets get a flavour of the appeals of those mps still in the running. To gain respect from the public, we must show each other respect. The next speaker must lead by the example she sets. Changing the tone and lowering the temperature when the house gets overheated. And lowering the temperature when the house gets overheatedlj and lowering the temperature when the house gets overheated. I am standing because i love parliament andl standing because i love parliament and i believe apartment and i want to do things properly. That means being a speaker who has absolutely no favourites. A speaker who believes in standing by the rules, somebody was completely impartial step we need to rebuild confidence and trust in our politics they must begin with the selection today. Phil there are times for change and this isa time there are times for change and this is a time for change. I want to be the change. There is about making sure that these benches have the right to question and hold to account. That is what matters. Of course, it is about having an accountable speaker to back that up. It is notjust about accountable speaker to back that up. It is not just about the accountable speaker to back that up. It is notjust about the back benches, it is about a speaker that endorses and supports the back benches. We cannot go on with huge decisions being made by one person behind closed doors. I would reform the speakers powers to make them transparent and accountable to this house and i would be fearless in standing upfor house and i would be fearless in standing up for the rights of the house. An interesting contest that we have not seen for over an interesting contest that we have not seen for over a an interesting contest that we have not seen for over a decade or more and john is been massive influential figure during a very turbulent political period. So theres no understating the importance of the role at all. But this goes straight to the central lobby. The election ofa to the central lobby. The election of a speaker because they have had several rounds, if nobody hits that 50 mark and that has not happened yet, in between each round, they have to reprint of the ballot papers depending on who drops out, and in 20 minutes theres another a0 minutes for the count the result. It could go on a long time, estimate took several hours and it all depends on what happens in the next round and many predicted he was the favourite, he is certainly out in front and that he could really get across the line to the 50 needed for the next round by the will was striking by the speech is being made by the candidates was how they were all framing themselves against the way thatjohn brokaw did his job. All framing themselves against the way thatjohn brokaw did hisjob. He was incredibly influential in the bit controversial and a lot of this candid saying that it is not about me being a player, its about being a referee, saying that they will speak a lot less than the previous speakers that mps can speak a bit more. So quite interesting that they are pitching themselves as doing things a little bit differently. A lot of people think that if there we re lot of people think that if there were to be another hung parliament, a brexit is still unresolved, we can end up in a situation where the speaker is very influential because they do have the power to, for example, select amendments to bills and that is a resolvejohn bercow really intervene and some would say bending the rules, just progress to change the way things are done in the house of commons. But we will know in the next few hours to the new speaker is. I will bring in my special guest. Paul seaward is a former clerk in the house of commons, and now Research Professor on the history of parliament project. Pauljoins me now. It isa it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a labourious process but we will get there eventually. What do you think mps would be looking for this standard will they react in some way to the torture of john bercow, what do you make of this . Departure. They are placing themselves in contrast ofjohn bercow, it would depend on the nature of the next parliament, it has been one in which the government has, set the tone of what is followed in the love the controversies most recently in the way of which john controversies most recently in the way of whichjohn bercow, the decisions that he is taken and there are plenty of other issues that surround it. Ithink are plenty of other issues that surround it. I think it is very interesting about the speakership now is that this is the second time we have had a ballot for thejob in previously before 2000, the election was quite often between the two main parties. And so there was a sense in which there was an establishmentjob and now we have elections that are a very different, ballot elections they were different game. That means that theyve made promises about how theyre going to do the job and so on which really is going to set the pattern of how they do it. |j on which really is going to set the pattern of how they do it. I noticed a couple of comments on social media, one person saying that why on earth electing the speakerjust before a general election . Wouldnt make much more sense for the new parliament to elect a speaker . What is the answer to that . Is a bit of a conundrum, really. There is always been a feeling that it would be good to have a parliament of some standing so you dont leave it to the beginning of the new parliament where there may be a lot of new members who do not know each other, there is not that sense of community where youre electing a known quality here, but there is a point that if you, if you expect the party and government to change dramatically, if you expect the conservative government to change and to the step of government, under the old system, you would elect a conservative speaker was going to serve the most time under labour government, or other a liberal, there are huge complaints about that andi there are huge complaints about that and i think it is an issue. Another issueis and i think it is an issue. Another issue is that is this automatically a liberal, conservative kind of thing we have had john john bercow and reverse at a former labourmps, so is john bercow and reverse at a former labour mps, so is this an automatic change michelle is required the other way around. Used to be a rule that when the speaker was elected, that when the speaker was elected, that the speaker would be of that party. Since 1992, things have pretty much been different, and we will see what happens this time around. They can go either way. When you heard the pitch is being made earlier, what struck you about them . Today when perform better than expected or in some cases worse than expected . We know that chris bryant is a good speaker in the house of commons, but i think out of all of them, his did stand out. It had with and it has a copy of the parliamentary rule book on his bedside table which caused a few last house of commons, he wanted to stop clapping in the Commons Chamber and immediately lots of mps, particularly from the snp benches started to apply. She is incredibly experienced and well known, i think he may be because she has been a minister and he may be because she has been a ministerand in he may be because she has been a minister and in government and is very experienced but maybe does not come from the back benches and some of the others and the others who are at the top of that list there, they have been outside of Party Politics for a very long time because they have been Deputy Speaker and they do not vote in the same with the speaker doesnt vote. So they are detached from the political fray which might help them in terms of looking for someone who can be independent. In terms of your experience of witnessing business in the chamber on how mps conduct that business and the authority of the speaker. What other qualities does the speaker needs . What does it mean necessarily to be a major personality . It is to do with respect and to command respect of the house, thats really it, isnt it . I think the qualities of the speaker very fascinating. The chemistry that is necessary. Used to have a model of these great victorian speakers with enormous beards that impose themselves on the house in a way that i do not think its possible now. It is very interesting you look at one of the speakers, fitzroy and the way he had to adapt from a situation which is very victorian, very gentlemanly, to one in which the women in the labour members and the working class labour members, he did not do it very well, i think. A very good disciplinarian and that thing is no longer possible, that sense of being a disciplinarian. You make a pitch, you have ballot people to make themselves very acceptable and will aid group of members and the minority parties, the backbenchers and so on, they have to think about things that were said during the pictures this afternoon, about wi fi in the house. And these are concerning things to the members which 20 years ago, the speakers did not worry about. It is gaddafi with us, us, thank you very much. It is good you with us. Another big name on the high street is on the brink of collapse. Mothercare is calling in administrators, putting two and a half thousand jobs at risk. The company has 79 Stores Across the uk, which will continue to trade as normalfor the time being. Im joined by our Business Correspondent Ramzan Karmali who is in our newsroom. What is the state of play here . Many experts knew that this news was coming in labour has been struggling for a good few years now, going back tojune for a good few years now, going back to june 2018 and for a good few years now, going back tojune 2018 and the company applied for volu nta ry tojune 2018 and the company applied for voluntary arrangement and they saw many of its stores shut down and the Early Learning centres to the entertainer and also those on part of its business that was actually profitable, so they have been desperate, but no one has bitten so far. So two and a half thousand jobs at risk and of those, only 500 of those are permanent and 79 stores are closing. The overseas business is profitable, operating on a0 countries and over thousand stores and the mid about £36 million in profit compared to uk business which really lost 28 million pounds. And it all boils down to a number of factors, competition, competition at the small mind but also from other high Street Stores and at other supermarkets selling the same types the confined there. And also the dreaded Business Rates as well theres a lot of companies on the high street that have restructured that have a new look, they have all made arrangements to their landlords to reduce the rents and rates and look at the high street generally, there is trouble there because last year alone, we saw so many businesses fall and there is massive pressure on businesses of the high street at the moment. Thank you very much again for the pressure on mother care and indeed one of the stores in the high street as well. The leader of plaid cymru, adam price, says hes consulting his members about an Electoral Alliance with other remain supporting parties in wales. Launching his partys campaign this morning, mr price said wales is being held back by westminster. Plaid hopes to deny the conservatives a majority and stop brexit by working together in some constituencies with the liberal democrats and the greens. 0urjob is to persuade people that there is a better, Brighter Future for our country. It is not in putting ourfaith in westminster politicians, it is not putting our faith in their brexit, which will deliver nothing for us. We can become a confident, independent european country in our own right. That is where we need to be taking back control our way. Putting putting it in the hands of the welsh people, having those levers so we can pry ourselves out of the poverty that we have been for so many generations. Thank you very much forjoining us. Lets discuss the political situation in wales now with professor roger scully, head of politics at cardiff university. We think traditionally of labours dominance in wales. As we kick off this campaign which would be so different to the one in the uk in many ways, how would you describe the landscape to our viewers . One major thing about elections is that they produce a similar result for a very long time. The last person to defeat labour in the general election was george, and december 2019. In the last general election, they got the most seats in wales. But it looks as though things are going to be highly contested and conservatives in particular are running very close to these traditional labour seats. Please say theyre running close, we are very cautious about poles and in the stages of the campaign, woody picking up right now. The first welsh pole of the campaign is just been published about 20 minutes ago and suggests a single lead of the conservatives. In the labour party finished about 16 ahead of the conservatives. That indicates a significant swing from the labour party to the conservatives and the conservatives might capture seats from the labour party and that may mean wales is not going to be contributing to a labour victory but potentially a significant contribution towards borisjohnson and the conservatives winning that majority in the house of commons stop board that makes sense in those areas to or that mining district which all voted leave and the two is a the worry of those make dessert labour party for the conservatives. 0f those make dessert labour party for the conservatives. Of the conservatives are coming from so far behind in his constituencies that it is difficult to get traction there. And there are number of the seats in wales, in particular there is another arc of about five seats that we re another arc of about five seats that were currently labour held but potentially could go conservative in the northeast of wales, right on the border of england and the conservatives do not eat huge swings if they end up having a good election, they can take all of them and things could turn out very different. Is possible that the electoral agreement with other parts of the party that remain parties basically, those that are very anti brexit, what could they do . A bit of a measurable impact on this result are not . We saw in the by election in august trained to assist the liberal democrats nearly won the seat and in a close election, and a small number of seats, the liberal democrats maybe do some support from the green party, they can make a difference and if we end up with a very close general election result, there could also tip the balance. But to have a major impact in terms of what these parties are trying to do, elect more per remain members, pro remain. They could be working together might make a difference in three orfour together might make a difference in three or four seeds to have a big impactand three or four seeds to have a big impact and lots of places that you really would need in wales and england as well for bringing in the labour party. Will talk to you again in the campaign, thank you very much. The Brexit Party Leader nigel farage has criticised conservative mps for backing the Prime Ministers brexit deal with the eu. Mr farage was unveiling his own partys list of candidates after revealing that he would not after all be a candidate himself on 12th december. Jacob rees mogg, who i like personally, said this morning that the brexit party should stand aside and leave it to the conservatives. What kind of conceited, arrogance is this . That we are seeing from a party who, without the Referendum Party moving them in the 90s on the euro, without you tip, forcing them them in the 90s on the euro, without ukip, forcing them into giving a referendum and without the brexit party will never deliver brexit. And i say this to you and i will say it as i do of this country, there will be no brexit without the brexit party. Of that i am certain. The snp leader and first minister of scotland Nicola Sturgeon has challenged borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn to a Leaders Debate. She said she would take on the conservative and labour leaders anytime, anywhere. Her comments follow an official complaint from the lib dem leader, jo swinson, because shes not been included in an itv Leaders Debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on november 19th. As the leader of the biggest and strongest party, it is a nonsense to suggest that these debates should go ahead, leave versus leave with no voice for remain whatsoever. The voice of the millions of people who voted to remain, who want to stop brexit instead of the European Union must be heard who want to stop brexit and stay of the European Union must be heard in those Leaders Debates and as liberal democrats. applause . As liberal democrats, we will take any action required to make sure that that voice of remain as represented in those debates. We are taking legal advice and we will pursue legal avenues if itv do not change their format. Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich it has not been raining all the time, but some of us ending on a decent note that this is the kind of weather we continue with over the next few days, certainly in terms of the look of the weather. There will be some rain at times but not all the time, but the feel of the weather will change a bit and it is going to turn a little bit colder, subsequent to this evening, still some persistent rain on in scotland the move its way down into northern england, some hefty showers elsewhere where they could become fewer and farther between us the night wears on, temperatures getting down to around six, seven, 8 degrees. Certainly not as cold as some areas that we will see later this week. For england and wales, expect a lot of cloud, some are bricks of showery rain which have been confined to see in eastern areas in the very highest mounds of scotland, there could even be some wintry mixing in, so things turn quarter, it spread southwards through the middle of the week, some rain at times but not all the time. This is bbc news. The headlines. Health bosses have warned parties not to use the nhs as a political weapon in the Election Campaign. The house of commons is voting to elect a new speaker, the first election for the post in more than a decade. The baby goods retailer, mothercare, has said it plans to call in administrators, putting 2,500 jobs at risk. The uks Terror Threat level is downgraded, from severe to substantial, but it still means an attack could happen without further warning. Sport now with ben croucher. Good evening. Lewis hamilton has just won his sixth f1 world title and he feels hes not even reached his peak yet. At 3a, hamilton is nowjust one behind Michael Schumacher on the all time list. Second place at the United States grand prix was enough to secure the drivers championship with most of the damage done earlier on in the season. Hes still won more than half the races so far and theres still two to go. But just what sets hamilton apart from his contemporaries . Sheer talent number one. He is an exceptionally good racing driver. It is simple like that. Secondly, the termination. There is that. We see a lot with hamilton, thejet termination. There is that. We see a lot with hamilton, the jet set lifestyle and the fashion industry, the music that he dabbles with. But there is a lot of determination and ha rd there is a lot of determination and hard work that goes into it. On top of that coming of the great team behind him. Mercedes, they have been a big forest since theyjoined in 201a. The whole package means that yet again he is champion with a couple of races to go as well. It was a quiet homecoming for the England Rugby team at heathrow this afternoon. The disappointment of losing in the World Cup Final to south africa was still being felt as they returned without much fanfare. Katie gornall was there for us. This was not the homecoming that englands players and staff had envisioned. They had hoped to arrive here at heathrow with the trophy in their hand luggage and but they arrived looking fairly dejected and despondent. They walk through here without speaking to the media but they did speak to a few young fans who approached him to ask for a photo, putting on a brave face on things. You could tell they are still licking their wounds, still smarting from what was a demoralising and comprehensive defeat at the hands of south africa. England were widely tipped to beat the springboks after demolishing the all blacks in the semifinals what they were just unable to bring that same level of performance when it mattered on saturday evening. Defeated by 20 points. Eddiejones was really at a loss afterwards to fully explain where it all went wrong for his side but he will have time to think about that and they will be an official review into the tournament as there always is at their major tournaments for the rfu andi their major tournaments for the rfu and i think england will reflect any tournament that was really brimming with positivity into the final game bust of a young side with a Bright Future ahead of them, but players not in the meantime are going home to their friends and family, they have been in campus training since june. I think they deserve a well deserved rest after a physically and emotionally draining few weeks. Everton say surgery to repair andre gomess ankle injury went extremely well today. The midfielder suffered a fracture dislocation in a challenge with tottenhams son heung min during their 1 1 draw at goodison park. Players from both sides were visibly distraught after the final whistle. A Club Statement went on to say gomes will spend some time recovering in hospital and expect him to make a full recovery. The leeds united goalkeeper kiko casilla has been charged by the fa over an alleged racial abuse of the charlton playerjonathan leko. The fa have been investigating the casilla since the alleged incident on the 28th of september. Leeds have acknowledged the charge and say the player plans to appeal. Casilla has until next tuesday to officially respond. And for the First Time Since the world cup, ellen white has been included in the england squad. Shes only just returned from a knee injury with her new Club Manchester city. After training with the squad to prove her fitness, shes now been included for the games against germany at wembley on saturday and Czech Republic away next tuesday. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website including the news that hibernian have sacked their manager, paul heckingbottom, in the last hour. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. Thank you. See you later on. To charity every month and the most popular causes include the main cancer charities, Animal Welfare causes, hospices, and childrens charities. But there are smaller charities, even in these areas, that need more funds, and they include those foundations set up to Fund Research into rare diseases. Sir andrew strauss, one of englands most successful cricket captains, lost his wife ruth, who died last december of a rare form of lung cancer. So andrew has set up the ruth strauss foundation, to raise awareness, and to bring much needed new funds, to this area of research. Andrewjoins me now. Its its great to have you with us. Thank you for coming in. You set up the foundation with the principal aim of what . Allowing them to get on more work or more to do with awareness . What is the purpose . Two main focuses. Number one is raising awareness and raising funds to help her research into these rare forms of lung cancer. This is lung cancer contracted by people who have never smoked. And we are talking about ten to 15 of all lung cancers and a five to 7000 people in this country each year. Although it is rare in terms of lung cancer, it is still a lot of people getting them. Also to provide psychological and well being support for patients with a terminal diagnosis and their families, ultimately, about preparing people for the huge life changing experience for those that stay behind and for the people that are ending their life, that is a horrible thing to have to go through mentally before you go through it. So we are trying to make that journey as smooth as possible in difficult circumstances. When ruth was diagnosed initially, what kind of level of support did you experience . What was your insight and assistance at that point . We didnt know much about these rare forms of lung cancer. I didnt realise you could get lung cancer if you didnt smoke. That was a real surprise for us. What we realise pretty quickly is that most people who are diagnosed with lung cancer, diagnosed a stage for what it has already spread to other parts of the body and survival rates are very low and certainly but that we had to get her head around the idea that her life was limited. Where ruthless brilliant is, she really encouraged me and the kids to take on the idea that she was going to die after this. Where it ruth was it allowed us to get on with living the rest of her life. That was a very brave thing to do. No one really wa nts to brave thing to do. No one really wants to go there. They dont want to think about that. I am so grateful that ruth was able to do that commit our lives a lot easier coming to terms with her death. That commit our lives a lot easier coming to terms with her deathm is not just managing coming to terms with her deathm is notjust managing your outlook, when there are children involved. Managing their outlook is even more difficult possibly absolutely. An understanding, we had a great professional help. Understanding how kids react to this stuff and what to say to them and whatnot kids react to this stuff and what to say to them and what not to say for somehow to not normalise a break get them comfortable with the idea that their life is going to be different. And i will have to play a different role as a father and we will have to lea n role as a father and we will have to lean on support, family and friends and all that become incredibly valuable advice and support that we had andi valuable advice and support that we had and i know that made ruth so much comfort in herfinal had and i know that made ruth so much comfort in her final days to know we are well supported and we would be ok. The foundation, what you set up, i wonder what kind of things you plan to do in order to basically allow it to grow, and to do more work . What are you planning . We got a lot of fundraising stuff. We got a lot of fundraising stuff. We were lucky to have that day in the lords, the red for ruth day, we are hoping to do that again next year. We are trying to do more fundraising around the country rather than just do it at the lords, there is a lot of fundraising what are the other side of the coin, it is about using that money effectively, so in terms of the rare forms of lung cancer, we want to bring all of the worlds experts together into a conference to start really having the conversation about these rare forms, ultimately, lung cancer is massively underfunded because of the stigma around lung cancer and certainly these rare forms are massively underfunded. So we need to try and plug that gap and provide that this professional support for people going through the terminal diagnosis as well. A lot for us to do, but what is really encouraging is that people supporting charities more and more these days. That is fantastic to hear. There is that perception there that people are more self absorbed in self obsessed these days and actually to see that people are putting their hands into their pockets and supporting people and causes it, friends orfamily, that are doing something to make the what are doing something to make the what a better place is fantastic. A question i want to ask you, not intrusive in this way, but to do with how you manage grief as a guy, on the fact that a lot of people within see you in the past as a fantastic supporting role model, some people see you now as a role model, a really respectable model but ina model, a really respectable model but in a different area. Which is a managing one of the most painful episodes that anybody could imagine. Do you feel that is an obligation . have been through grief, im going to grief, and guess what, we all will do that at some stage of our lives. I think we need to be more open about it. I think we are far too closed in terms of talking about death, and i think we lead people to go through it on their own, far too often because they think that is what people want and no, people are going to grief want to be able to talk about it openly, and also had times where you do need to go away and have your own time as well. Part of this foundation is about loading up of this foundation is about loading up that discussion and we are all going to be affected by death and one way shape or form in our lives, and we need as a society for that not to be. A great message. If people want to donate, how did they do that . Either to ruth Schott Foundation icom, donate directly but also the Online Platforms we have been working with, Virgin Money Giving dot com. Plenty of ways to donate but also plenty ways for you to do something whether it is running a marathon, or going for a walk or whatever, the world is your oyster. If you want to help out, there are so many ways. It fantastic to talk to you. Thank you for coming the former soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has warned that the current tensions between russia and the west are endangering the world. Speaking to the bbc in an interview to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, mr gorbachev called for all countries to declare that Nuclear Weapons should be destroyed. He was speaking to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. These days, its rare to see Mikhail Gorbachev in front of a camera. Aged 88, he avoids the limelight. Im slowing down, he tells me. I can barely stand up. But the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world that his achievements are at risk. And one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race between the soviet union and america. His diplomatic double act with Ronald Reagan slashed the two superpowers nuclear arsenals. But the arms race has reignited. There is new tension and fierce rivalry between moscow and the west. How dangerous do you think the current confrontation is between russia and the west . Translation as long as weapons of mass destruction exist, Nuclear Weapons, the danger is colossal. Going to the commons very quickly in the election for the house speaker. Harry harmon, 59. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, 2aa. Dame elinor laying, 122. Elinor lane. Dame rosie weeden, 30. There were no spoiled ballots. Yet again, no member received more than 50 of the ballots cast. We proceed toa 50 of the ballots cast. We proceed to a further ballot. Dame rosie wa nted to a further ballot. Dame rosie wanted to and received the fewest votes, so she retires. Before i confirm the list of candidates for the next ballot, i now invite any candidate who wishes to withdraw to inform me and the chamber or the clark assistance and the reasons room within the next ten minutes. We are looking at the light images here from the house of commons, kenneth clark, the father of the house, who is presiding over the election of a new speaker but as we caught the end of the statement there, saying that no candidate had reached the necessary threshold come even though sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Deputy Speaker, did get 2aa votes. They have to proceed to a another round of votes. There were some people who thought we will be crossed alone at this point but as vicky told us earlier, it is a labourious process. Vicki, back to you. Nobody got there. 0ff process. Vicki, back to you. Nobody got there. Off to another round again. That is right. We think 281 if the magic numberfor again. That is right. We think 281 if the magic number for the speaker. Lindsay hoyle is close. But not close enough. I think partly in the last round only if you dropped out. There were not that many to redistribute. That is the problem with the system. They are insisting on reprinting the ballot papers each time and that is why it is taking so long. We will get there eventually obviously and i think the question now is whether mps come a lot of home actually want to get away tonight because they want to get back to their constituencies and campaignfor back to their constituencies and campaign for the election, whether they start shifting their votes may be away from their first or second choice to somebody who they know might well win. But i think most people do feel Lindsay Hoyle is still the favourite to get this. Labourmp still the favourite to get this. Labour mp Deputy Speaker for many yea rs, labour mp Deputy Speaker for many years, and in a speech talked a lot about his experience standing in for john burke out and making it clear he was going to do it differently, saying this is like a football match whats up john saying this is like a football match whats up john burke saying this is like a football match whats up john burke out. People dont want to remember who the referee is, they want to game to flow and that is what he intends to do if you become speaker. Many thanks. Vicki young keeping an eye on things. We will be back as soon as there is a result of emerging there but they have gone on to another ballot again in the house of commons for the election of speaker. 12 ministers six. The uks terrorism threat level has been downgraded from severe to substantial, the lowest level since august 201a. Its not clear why the decision was taken. The home secretary priti patel warned that the uk still faced a high level of threat, and an attack might well occur without further warning. Lets talk to our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford whojoins me now. A lot of viewers will think does this really make any big difference. It may not make that much difference to their everyday lives, the truth is we should also be vigilant, we should still report anything that we are worried about because the threat level being substantial still means an attack is likely but it will make an attack is likely but it will make a difference to people working in security and how they approach and protect buildings and people they may take a slightly different approach because for the first time really in five years, the First Time Since Islamic State established that caliphate that he called in syria, the threat level has dropped down to substantial. Almost throughout the entire time that of that caliphate that we were as severe. Why had the drop down now . The answer is is that when state as were imploded, many of the fighters killed or captured, their ability to generate the huge amount of propaganda that they were generating and the ability to advise over the internet, people in the west who might want to carry out attacks come almost completely wiped out, and the propaganda became also left less effective because they we re left less effective because they were less able to be convincing about the fact that this caliphate was going to be the future. So i think those two things combined has meant that the actual genuine threat to the uk is now being assessed at slightly less than it has been for five years. Thank you. Mcdonalds has sacked its chief executive for having a relationship with an employee, which is against company rules. Steve easterbrook from watford who now lives in the United States is credited for turning around the fast food chains fortunes since he took over four years ago. Despite the relationship being consensual, mcdonalds says he broke the companys rules and showed poor judgement. The renowned irish broadcaster gay byrne has died at the age of 85. Mr byrne was a giant in irish broadcasting and hosted the late late show for more than 30 years on the Irish National broadcaster rte. Paying tribute, the irish Prime Minister leo varadkar described him as a much loved figure who changed ireland for the better in so many ways. Millions of people in the indian capital delhi are being urged to stay indoors, because of toxic smog. Its the worst pollution there for years. Some of the citys 20 million residents have been finding it hard to breathe, and their eyes have been itching and burning. Other emergency measures include many schools being closed, and a traffic restriction scheme where people can only drive their cars every other day. From delhi, pratiksha ghildialreports. Ghildial reports. Its a real Public Health emergency. The air here is poisonous. By many accounts, this is the worst pollution in years. Many are choosing to stay indoors, and those who do go out are experiencing health complications. Because of this pollution level, you have so many symptoms, i have headache every day i wake up, and then its suffocating to breathe also sometimes, and inflammation in the nostrils and the eyes also. Like it kind of burns. For the last few days, delhi has barely seen any sunlight, because a thick layer of toxic smog hangs over it. Delhi residents continue to breathe highly toxic air, as pollution levels remain severely high even today. The government says it is doing what it can. Private vehicles on the roads are being restricted, and schools remain shut. But critics say, when pollution levels are so high, delhi needs more drastic policy measures. Delhis City Government is restricting the use of private vehicles on the capitals roads. From today until the 15th of november, only cars with either odd or even numberplates will be allowed on the roads each day. But many are sceptical, as this system has been used before. But its not clear if it actually helps bring down pollution. Of course its ineffective in dealing with air pollution as an issue, you know. If air pollution was solely due to the vehicular traffic, then this would be a solution. Right now, it cannot be a solution, because motorised, private transport has a very small share in the whole pie. Another major cause of the high pollution levels is farmers, in neighbouring states, burning crop stubble to clear their fields, because they lack modern machinery. Campaigners say there isnt enough political will to combat the problem. And, until that happens, delhi will continue to choke. Pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, delhi. Another quick look inside the house of commons. Mps trying to elect a new speaker to succeed john burke who come who has been imposed for just about ten years. John burke how. It is meant a round of ballot so far, vicki young exclaimed to us earlier that the magic number to get to the speaker chair she thinks is 281. To the speaker chair she thinks is 281. John bercow. To the speaker chair she thinks is 281. John bercow. They are to the speaker chair she thinks is 281. John bercow. They are four candidates left in the race at this stage. We may get one or two of them dropping out before this next ballot. Kenneth clark may actually announce that the senior conservative in a few minutes time. But as things stand, there are four candidates still left us up in the lead at the moment is the Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, who sir Lindsay Hoyle by now, who made his pitch earlier to mps saying that he would be there as the champion of the chamber. And was not going to make all kinds of rash promises about changing commons procedures because one or two of the other candidates were talking about making some changes. He has made his pitch, on 2aa, and then in second place at the moment, elinor laying, on the conservative benches, 122, chris brya nt conservative benches, 122, chris bryant on the labour benches 120, probably the best received speech of the afternoon, with a bit of humour, the afternoon, with a bit of humour, the deft touch in that speech by chris bryant but will be enough to get him to the speaker chair . Looking a bit distant at the moment at the end that harriet harman, the very singular labour mp come and former cabinet minister on 59 which i think she will be disappointed with because of her stature and her experience, some people were expecting her to do rather better than that. Three candidates have dropped out, rosie, make hilliard, and sir edward lee, the veteran conservative. But we have four still left. I suspect we will get a result within the next half hour or so. That is my hunch. Kenneth clark will make an announcement in a few minutes about the remaining candidates, that is when we will find out if any of the four i just mentioned have dropped out. And then we will find out when the last ballot will ta ke we will find out when the last ballot will take place. It will probably be 1a minutes, before we get the final result but clearly a hugely significant result because the next week or come whoever that is, will have a huge impact on parliamentary business. Something that we are keeping a very close eye on. Bbc news essex coming up very soon. On. Bbc news essex coming up very soon. I will be back at ten. Bbc news essex. Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. Thank you and good eating. Soggy scenes on the street today. Eastern scotla nd scenes on the street today. Eastern scotland bore the brunt of some really heavy and persistent rain. Elsewhere they were scattered heavy showers as well. The weather will not look too different over the next few days. More rain. But it will start to feel quite different because it is going to turn colder. Low pressure has been in charge come all these clouds are circulating, thatis all these clouds are circulating, that is what we have seen the outbreaks of rain. Low pressure will remain with us over the next couple of days. This is the radar picture, you see the heavy rain piled into cross eastern parts of scotland, some swot think an excess of 30 mm of rain. Well over an inch. The rain continuing for a time and pushing southwards into northern england. That rain turning a little less heavy as the night goes on. Elsewhere still wanted to showers and many of those will fade as the night passes by. Temperature six, 8 degrees a lot of cloud, may be the odd mist patch taking us into tomorrow. I mentioned the area of low pressure pushing to what eastward story tomorrow. As it does, look at the white lines and isobars. All the way to the north. That shows where the air will be coming from. All the way from the north and air coming from the north at this time of the year will certainly will not be warm. It will start to feel colder. Tomorrow across england and wales come a lot of cloud as shall be rain which will increasingly become confined to central and eastern parts of the country. For Northern Ireland and for scotland, here we will see more sunshine, some showers, which could be wintry over the highest grounds in scotland, really only over the highest mountains but you can see the temperatures coming down. Do tomorrow night, heading into the early hours of wednesday, the cloud melts away and the one fall light, a look at the temperatures, the blue colour spreading across the chart out and the countryside, some spots will get the freezing or even a little bit below. A chilly and potentially frosty start on wednesday morning to come a fair amount of sunshine initially, but then was the thing sliding of rain and that render to the cold air over the very highest ground of the pen nines and the highest mountains. Could be something a little sleek tea mix again but those temperatures to the afternoon, five and ten, that is sure lot. Heading towards the end of the week, it remains very chilly. Single digit for most of us, we will see operates a rain at times but not all the time. This stays unsettled but it will turn a bit colder. Another tale of financial collapse on the high street. The baby and maternity retailer, mothercare, is warning, its on the brink of closure. In its heyday, it boasted hundreds of Stores Across the uk. Now, 2,500 jobs are at risk. Mothercare was one that we did pop in every so often, yeah. It was just quite a shock to hear it go into administration, given loads of people do actually shop in there. Its shop in there. Estimated 85,000 retailjobs have its estimated 85,000 retailjobs have been lost in the last year. Also on the programme. Doctors and Health Service managers tell the main parties not to use the nhs as a political football in the election. We have a special report on the children who go missing from care across england and wales. And, after mcdonalds sacks its chief executive for having