earlier this year, the shirt worn by diego maradona in that match sold at auction for more than £7 million. the ball is expected to fetch upwards of 2.5 million. there s likely to be no shortage of bidders eager to own a piece of the hand of god, but they ll have to put their own hands deep in their pockets. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. let s ta ke let s take a look at the weather prospects right now. here is helen willetts. it s been another mild day, very showery. it was a mild 0ctober it s been another mild day, very showery. it was a mild october and it was actually a little wet just a little for england and wales and scotland, but more than arlen had a 15% prewarm 50% more rainfall. the 1st of november has started on a rather unsettled note. we ve got more rain to come this week. this is the next low pressure powering in.
up. the rain spreading into much of scotland, wales and west in england by the time the afternoon is out. temperatures are ten or 16 degrees. cooler in the wind. the wind picks up cooler in the wind. the wind picks up later in the day. widespread gales, severe gales in the west, transferring into northern scotland later. through the night and into thursday, the wind will eventually ease down. sunshine and showers for many on thursday, but we could see lingering rain, east anglia, the south east and the channel islands. how quickly that clears away is the big question mark. temperatures nine or 13, feeling cool of late, but thatis or 13, feeling cool of late, but that is on par 4 november. wet and windy weather for guy fawkes day on saturday. thanks, matt. and that s bbc news at ten on 1st of november. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark which is just getting underway on bbc two the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our
day. today will be a mild day generally. but as we head through this week temperatures will return to roughly where they should be at this stage in november. tomorrow being the 1st of november. today it is a bright start. some rain later. some rain coming in across the western isles. fringing into northern ireland courtesy of this weather front. northern ireland courtesy of this weatherfront. as northern ireland courtesy of this weather front. as you northern ireland courtesy of this weatherfront. as you can northern ireland courtesy of this weather front. as you can see from the isobars, it looks like the wind is going to strengthen. a lot of dry weather. some sunshine. a few showers ahead of this band of rain. the rain likely to be heavy across northern ireland. behind it, as it brighten up, the wind is going to be fairly gusty. especially with exposure in the west. by the end of the afternoon we will see some showers in southern areas. temperatures 13 to about 18 or 19 degrees. thro
being able to import electricity from the likes of france, belgium and the netherlands, although power would still come in from norway. if there is no action taken, national grid says this could lead to shortages. but it did say that it has struck deals to keep additional coal fired power units on standby in case they are needed. and other measures include a scheme from the 1st of november which incentivises homes and businesses to reduce their electricity use at those peak times. with those measures in place, the grid says supply interruptions would be avoided. it also models a second, possibly more worrying scenario that is what you were outlining there which, in this scenario, the energy prices in europe could escalate and that would mean not enough gas being available in britain. in that event, it says households could lose power for up to three hours at a time. customers would be warned in advance of that happening. it would probably occur at peak times, say the mornings or th
potential, more worrying, scenarios which could arise. in the first scenario, the energy crisis in europe would result in britain not being able to import electricity from the likes of france, belgium and the netherlands, although power would still come in from norway. if there is not action taken, national grid says this could lead to shortages. but it did say that it has struck deals to give additional coal fired power units on standby in case they are needed. and other measures include a scheme from the 1st of november which incentivises homes and businesses to reduce their electricity use at those peak times. with those measures in place, the grid says supply interruptions would be avoided. it also models a second, possibly more worrying scenario that is what you were outlining there which, in this scenario, the energy prices in europe could escalate and that would mean not enough gas being available in britain. in that event, it says households could lose power for up to three