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A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt with many having to borrow to meet basic living costs. Two stars on a collision course some 800 billion billion miles from earth scientists detect Gravitational Waves. And the case of gao zhisheng the prominent chinese human rights lawyer hos still missing. Well be talking to his daughter. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the effect of storm ophelia which is causing damage across the republic of ireland and claimed the lives of three people. 100 mile an hour winds have swept across the country. More than 360,000 homes and businesses around ireland are now without electricity. Police have warned people to stay at home and not travel unless absolutely necessary. Troops have been deployed to coastal areas in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, west wales, south west scotland and the isle of man is in force. 0ur correspondent ian palmer has the latest. In ireland are battered by the force of nature, a Community School in court feels the strength of 0phelia. This crumbled as if by a giant hand. 0phelia may be losing her strength but she still has the power to kill. It was the message the taoiseach is keen to stress during a briefing. It was the message the taoiseach is keen to stress during a briefingm isa keen to stress during a briefingm is a volatile situation. We only made the decision last night to apply the red warning to the entire country. The decision was taken yesterday to cool to close schools and public services. The decision still stands, people should not make unnecessary journeys decision still stands, people should not make unnecessaryjourneys and they should stay indoors until the storm has passed. The eye of the storm has passed. The eye of the storm was first felt off the coast of galway. Seafront hotels were protected, shops and businesses were closed. Everyone here is visiting covers over their daughters in anticipation of what is being described as a storm surge. The fire station are standing by, the army in the barracks are ready to go. Everybody is getting ready. The red warning so schools and colleges closed, flights and ferries were cancelled. The risk to life and property is real. To make matters worse, thousands of households are without power and could remain so for some time. As things stand now, we are approaching 100,000 homes and businesses without electricity. They are predominantly in an area from cork city, west and north. Ophelias visit to the republic and Northern Ireland comes 30 years to the day of the great storm of 1987. It could be days before the devastation and damage of this one can be accurately assessed. Lets see how the storm is progressing cross the uk in a moment well talk to sian lloyd in milford haven, pembrokeshire then to fiona trott in whitehaven, cumbria but first to chris page whos in downhill, county londonderry. Just a sense of the impact so far and what is being said locally . This is the beach famous for being the place for many battle scenes for the hit tv show game of thrones but today the battle is against the elements. People are talking about nothing else, the wind is whipping this stand up of the dunes and they are stinging yourface. This stand up of the dunes and they are stinging your face. The waves are stinging your face. The waves are battling the seashore. Right across Northern Ireland, shutters we re across Northern Ireland, shutters were down. Business as we passed we re were down. Business as we passed were closed. Lots of outpatient appointments were cancelled. Lots of people not getting into work at all today. Schools have been closed. In the last half hour, we heard. 0nce more tomorrow schools will also be closed. 0phelia is still getting up strength, certainly since we have been here, you can feel the wind is getting stronger. We have still to wait for the full force which could come in the next hour or two. Whenever people see the full strength of the wind and the damage it will cause, that is when the Emergency Services will be able to make a judgment as to how big the clean up operation will be and how quickly Northern Ireland will be able to return to normal. As you have been hearing, the storm has had serious consequences. Three deaths due to 0phelia, two People Killed in their cars when trees fell on them, one in County Waterford and another in dundalk. Another man died in tipperary in a chainsaw accident when he was trying to remove a fallen tree. Unfortunately, storm 0phelia has claimed lives. Fallen tree. Unfortunately, storm ophelia has claimed lives. Thank you for the update from county derry, telling us the peak of the storm is still one hour away. Conditions are clear for us to see. Let us go to cumbria. They are still expecting some of the brunt of the storm. What is the latest condition their . There is the latest condition their . There is yellow weather warnings in place which means the danger of trees coming down. The county council are saying they had teams out on the road with chainsaws ready to clear the road of deadly, if and when that happens. There is an amber warning in place about five miles out to see. It has been a strange day here. 1. 5 hours ago it was a perfect sunny day then suddenly it has turned, as you can see. People are talking about the red sky they have seen. The forest fires in portugal gave this guy is strange orange glow. People have been talking about that in cumbria today. The sky. The weather has changed dramatically in the last hour. We can feel the winds coming in on the coast now, due to peak ina coming in on the coast now, due to peak in a of hours. Many thanks, the owner with the latest in the conditions in cumbria. Let us go to pembrokeshire. Just descends there again, whatare pembrokeshire. Just descends there again, what are the elements telling you . Im standing alongside the sea wall here. It is really a cauldron. This is a sheltered spot. I spent most of the afternoon up on their head lands and the winds gusting up to 70 miles an hour. They advised us against broadcasting and told us to come down here to talk to you. They are monitoring the coast from devon up are monitoring the coast from devon up to wales. They have a bank of monitors, taking in live webcam feed across wales. I saw some footage from port coll. They are worried about people who are gathering and peers to watch the waves. They are worried people could be swept away. Here in pembrokeshire there are 70 schools which are closed. At in anglesey, schools were closed early and also in ceredigion council. At the moment there are 1500 homes here in wales without power. This affects up in wales without power. This affects up to 5000 people. The result are being some travel disruption. Roads have been closed as trees have fallen. Also at cardiff airport, people have been advised to check their flights as there have been delays. Thank you very much. Apologies for the break up in the sound, obviously that is a strong winds but we heard most of what she had to say. Thank you all three for the latest updates. Before we go on to the brexited talks in brussels, a quick element of breaking news. President trumps views on the Iran Nuclear Deal, he has been very clear about his dismissive attitude to that deal, again today on social media the president said the total termination of the Iran Nuclear Deal is real possibility. Despite the fa ct is real possibility. Despite the fact there are people in his own administration advising strongly against it. The president says again today that the termination could be a real possibility. I am also seeing here that britain and france say today, because theresa may and president micron have been talking that they are firmly committed to that they are firmly committed to that deal and will work toward that deal. They discussed President Trumps decision not to recertify the deal and said france and britain would Work Together to push back on irans destabilising activity in the region. That is something President Trump has also been highly critical of. That is the latest for you, anymore and i will bring it to you right away. The Prime Minister has indeed arrived in brussels. For a dinner with eu leaders and for talks to try to end a stalemate over brexit negotiationsas. Downing street says the Prime Minister will be talking about a range of issues during talks with the the head of the Eu Commission Jean Claude Juncker and chief brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. The meeting comes after last weeks negotiations ended in apparent deadlock. Downing street says the dinner meeting had been planned for some time. In a moment will talk to adam fleming in brussels, but first our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in downing street. What is likely to be achieved if anything today . It does feel as if diplomacy has gone up a level. At the end of the week there was an eu summit were at one point britain is hoping eu leaders would say, we have made progress and were ready to move onto the next state to talk about a transition and trade in the future relationship. That now looks unlikely. Downing street insists this is not an emergency mad to brussels. They say it has been in the diary for some time. But no one in westminster knew about it until late last night. There will be hoping it went better than last time when they met here in downing street when they met here in downing street whenjean when they met here in downing street when Jean Claude Juncker said afterwards that theresa may was deluded about what she did get from the talks. I do think there are many people here who see she went out there, made that speech in florence, she made a generous offer and it is now up to the eu to show they are willing to give something back. Not many people here think that will be announced on friday that were moving on onto trade talks, but they do want our heads. Theresa may would desperately like to have some suggestion from the eu that at least in december we would move onto the next stage otherwise the chorus of voices, especially the brexiteers, well say it is time we walk away. That will increase. Politically, she needs something from them, the question is how much more they will demand from the United Kingdom before they are willing to walk on. Thank you very much. What kind of reception will that get . thank you very much. What kind of reception will that get . I can tell you the reception theresa may will get because although journalism cameras are waiting outside the Eu Commission building in brussels. Normally these vip arrivals happen inside but that is not happening, we are all waiting for the car to arrive. In terms of the politics, there are two big outstanding areas that the eu was addressed so there can be progress to move onto trade talks and a transition deal. 0n the rights of eu citizens in their uk there are outstanding issues like whether eu nationals can bring over theirfamily whether eu nationals can bring over their Family Member whether eu nationals can bring over theirFamily Member members. What will be the process to get their settled status to allow them to stay there. Will there be a role for the European Court of justice there. Will there be a role for the European Court ofjustice in luxembourg to guarantee those rights. Then the financial settlement, finding a way of calculating the uks outstanding financial obligations to the eu. The eu is happy that theresa may made warm words in her commitment to that in her florence speech but they one turned into hard fast commitments. We in the media are quite excited about what comes out of the dinner tonight. Eu officials are beavering away, working on a draft text to be put in front of eu leaders on the brexit portion of their summit which they will have here on friday. All they will have here on friday. All the leaders will be back on friday. The summit will concentrate on brexit on friday morning. We have had a new updated draft of that text, it tonight. It mentions the role of the European Court of justice. Some people say it sounds like it is being tougher on the uk and less optimistic about the chance of progress being made on brexit talks. Eu diplomats say to me privately it is not as tough as that it is just making technical tweaks to the document. I will keep you posted on when the Prime Minister does actually arrived here or her dinner with eu leaders. We will be back, thank you very much. Thank you from to vicky young in downing street as well. Lets go to westminster now where im joined by conservative back bench mp and remain campaigner anna soubry. Thank you for talking to us. What could the Eu Commission do this week which might make it easier do you think ford theresa may to come away with something which looks more like an unlocked process . with something which looks more like an unlocked process . I do not think it is just up to the eu, it an unlocked process . I do not think it isjust up to the eu, it is up to our good cells as well. There has to bea our good cells as well. There has to be a real step forward to accept the realities of what the difficulties are and to accept that we can come together and we can get some sort of deal. We have to kneel down the transition, the Prime Minister has to be clearer. She made an excellent speech in florence, the tone was good and the content was very good. She needs to reassert a much a message and torn. And now start to see progress on it. If she does not, we will be heading for this hard brexit which she has no mandate for. She has to put those small number of ha rd she has to put those small number of hard brexiteers, im afraid to say in my parliamentary party, only about 30 of them, she has to make it clear to them that they are not the majority. The british people have not given hard brexit and mandate. They want a smooth, sensible brexit deal. If people like me who voted against my conscience to trigger article 50, respecting the referendum result, ifi article 50, respecting the referendum result, if i can do that, it is up to everyone in parliament to respect the vote of the people, not just to respect the vote of the people, notjust in to respect the vote of the people, not just in june 2016 to respect the vote of the people, notjust injune 2016 but alsojune of this year. They do not want a ha rd of this year. They do not want a hard brexit. Where do you stand on the transition process which might or might not close incorporate the jurisdiction or might not close incorporate thejurisdiction of or might not close incorporate the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice, the view of those 30 mp5 court ofjustice, the view of those 30 mps is very clear, what is your ta ke 30 mps is very clear, what is your take on that . I do not have a problem with that, in a transition period in makes perfect sense to give Business Uncertainty at the time. If we accept their rulings that this time it provides certainty. The court has been turned in to some sort of bogeyman. In all arrangements and treaties between governments, you have to have some court which will be there to resolve disputes. It is not the great bogeyman that some of my colleagues have painted it to be. We want a smooth transition and we want the status quo in the period of the transition process and at the end of that we implement what ever has been finalised during that process. This is not revolutionary stuff, it is what i believe the british people want, smooth and orderly interest which pits the economy at the heart. How likely is it . Just wait a minute, my earpiece has fallen out. Go on. Are you with me . I am. What is your sense of things, do you think it is likely at the end of this week that there will be a measurable step forward in this process . Measurable step forward in this process . I honestly do not know but, then members of the eu do not want us then members of the eu do not want us to leave. This is our decision. We have decided we are leaving the club. They do not want as to call but i think they are getting increasingly rather frustrated because the reality is that government still has not worked out what brexit looks like, the final deal. We have not even had a debate in this place the remainder vote to assist and help the government which is shameful set of circumstances but i think both sides and now saying there is a real need to make progress so that it isnt everyones interest we get a good deal the end. We are not going to get what we have got at the moment, it will not be the land of milk and honey. People should not be tricked into thinking that. We need to see some progress. With the right tone and making sure we do not here are some of the dreadful rhetoric which comes from some members of government, if we get all these things right, we can begin to make progress which is in the interest of everyone. Good due tojoin us, the interest of everyone. Good due to join us, thank the interest of everyone. Good due tojoin us, thank very much. Good of you tojoin tojoin us, thank very much. Good of you to join us. Tojoin us, thank very much. Good of you tojoin us. We tojoin us, thank very much. Good of you to join us. We will have more for you later, especially if we see the Prime Minister arriving there. The Spanish Government says it will take direct control of catalonia if the regions leadership doesnt drop its independence declaration by thursday morning. Catalonias president Carlos Puigdemont was due to clarify his position on independence today but he was accused of failing to answer the question directly in a letter sent to the spanish Prime Minister. Forty people are now known to have died in wildfires in california. Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as the fires spread, aided by high winds. More than ten thousand firefighters are battling 16 remaining fires, and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. Californias governor has called it one of the greatest tragedies the state has ever faced. And in europe, more than 30 people have died in wildfires in northern and central portugal. The Civil Protection agency says there are 145 fires still raging, fanned by the strong winds of hurricane 0phelia passing the iberian coast. A state of public emergency has been declared. The trial of an Army Sergeant accused of sabotaging his wifes parachute in order to try to kill her has been hearing from the man who taught him how to assemble a reserve parachute. Victoria cilliers fell 4,000 feet when she made a jump over wiltshire two years ago. Emile cilliers denies the charges. 0ur correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports from Winchester Crown court. The jury were today shown nylon ties like these called slinks. The prosecution say Emile Cilliers deliberately removed two of them from his wifes reserve parachute. They say he attempted to kill his wife victoria to cash in on an insurance policy and because he wanted a new life with another woman. The couple were both keen pa rachutists and jumped at the airfield in wiltshire. Today this Expert Witness said he taught Emile Cilliers how to pack reserve parachutes during a four day course. The jury has seen this video of the slinks being done up correctly. The witness said he would have dealt with 7 or 8 of these during the course. Another witness was on the plane that victoria took. He saw herjump and saw heard be thrown violently around. He said she was heading to the ground faster than she should of been and knew there would be serious injuries. Brian gardner had checked her parachute before she took off. He said he heard a scream and saw our parachutist spiralling down faster and faster, they went down behind trees. That that person was victoria. She fell 4000 feet into this field when her main and reserve chutes failed to open. She suffered serious injuries. Emile cilliers has denied two counts of attempted murder in the trial continues. We have been talking about the 30 Year Anniversary of the great storm of 1987 when that huge storm came in. Not predicted at the time by weather experts. It caused extensive damage. There is a little sense of it for you. Let us have this report from our correspondent. Howling in from the channel, the most devastating storm since 1703. It caught the southern half of the uk totally by surprise. Gusts of up to 115 miles an hour ripped 15 Million Trees from the wet ground, tore off roofs, and cut power to thousands of homes. 18 people were killed and the damage ran to over £1 billion. In london power cuts forced the breakfast news team into an emergency studio. We must apologise for this makeshift breakfast time service which we are bringing you from lime grove studios. The breakfast time home is out of action as a result of the weather. Part of the reason so many were caught on the hop can be found in a now infamous forecast the previous day. Apparently a woman rang the bbc and said she had heard there was a hurricane on the way. Dont worry, there isnt. Pictures shot in the hours after the storm offered a glimpse of the most dramatic damage. Broadcasters and local papers hired planes to capture a changed landscape. The most amazing sight was that of the oak trees on the Cricket Ground after which the town is named, lying on their sides. Emergency services struggled to open roads and make structures safe. 0n the coast an operation was launched to float a grounded ferry. The most lasting effect was the devastation of ancient woodland was in sevenoaks which lost 97 of its trees to the gale. Some were more than 300 years old. In the decades that followed many were repla nted, but in some cases the land was left untouched and nature provided its own first aid. New clearings encourage new plant growth and new wildlife species. Today perfection has returned, proving that green shoots can and will find a way through destruction. Kent very affected by the storm and of course we have storm of yulia today, let usjoin of course we have storm of yulia today, let us join our presenter. This was one of worst affected areas by that storm 30 years ago. 95 of the ancient woodland was toppled over back in 1987. We can talk no to tom hill, a tree and Woodland Management expert in the south east. Can you tell us about the clean up effort, how long it took us are still going today . The initial clean up certainly took a couple of yea rs. Clean up certainly took a couple of years. It was done with a lot of machinery. Since those early years, we have realised that natural processes play a big part in restoring the woodlands to their full beauty and health and so letting nature do its thing has become far more important in the way we look forward now. Looking to the future, we can say we learned lessons from the storm and change we manage woodlands and the Natural Environment in the future . Absolutely, there is a greater appreciation for the trees and what they bring to our lives generally and hopefully moving forward is, eve ryo ne and hopefully moving forward is, everyone canjoin and hopefully moving forward is, everyone can join us and hopefully moving forward is, everyone canjoin us in helping to ca re everyone canjoin us in helping to care for these natural places. Thank you very much. 30 years on from that great storm, it is another day of wild weather, especially across the western parts of the british isles, the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland. You may have noticed the bizarre orange light that has covered much of the country lets have a quick look at some of the pictures. Its caused by a combination of factors including the remnants of hurricane 0phelia dragging dust from the Sahara Desert into the air. Forest fires in spain and portugal have also contributed to the atmospheric conditions. The skies went very dark and orange. It has no turned to its normal colour but the winds have been picking up. The satellite image of harry kane 0phelia, it was a category three storm, it has been weakening as it pushed northwards towards the british isles. We also have very strong gusts of 96 miles and are across the republic of ireland. As it moves across Northern Ireland. As it moves across Northern Ireland this evening we have seen gusts as high as 80 miles an hour, enough to cause severe disruption. It is not just enough to cause severe disruption. It is notjust Northern Ireland using the brunt of the storm, strong winds across western scotland and north wales and north west england as well. Through tonight we are likely to see further disruption to travel, down to the fact we have the severe gales. Keep your eye on local radio weather forecasts. The storm will gradually head away tomorrow, especially in england and wales buffers scotland and Northern Ireland is the strongest winds push away during the afternoon. Temperatures cooler, around 17 celsius. It looks like quieter weather conditions will continue into the middle part of the week. The weather will come down over the next few days, were not out of the woods yet. Severe winds down to storm 0phelia, especially in the north and west. This is bbc news the headlines. Three people have died and thousands have been left without power as storm 0phelia hits the republic of ireland. Theresa may heads to brussels to meet eu leaders in a bid to get talks on brexit back on track. A University Academic has admitted more than 130 offences including blackmailing people into degrading sexual acts. It is time to catch up with the sport and lets go tojohn. Newcastle united have been put up the sale by owner mike ashley. The news has been confirmed in a Club Statement released earlier today. With more detail on this im joined by david 0rnstein. Is this announcement one we were expecting . It was partly expected because newcastle have been linked with rumours of takeovers for some time. Earlier this month, amanda studley the financier was seen at Saint James Park during the liverpool match, so that has prompted suggestions this sale could be close. However, unexpected also because newcastle are ninth in the premier league, doing quite well, and in 2015 mike ashley said newcastle were not for sale at any price unless they had won trophic or qualified for the champions league. The club said, Newcastle United requires a new direction and a path toa requires a new direction and a path to a bright and successful future. This is to give the club the best possible opportunity of securing the investment necessary to take it to the next level. Very interestingly at this point, to give an incoming owner the maximum flexibility to make meaningful investments in the clu b make meaningful investments in the club including its player squad. The interesting interested parties will have the opportunity to defer substantial payments. That would point to a quick sale being needed by mike ashley. Thank you. The new selection policy is to be permitted by the welsh rfu to try to stem the number of players leaving to play in england and wales. 0nly players with 60 caps of more playing outside wales will now be eligible for selection, replacing the so called gatlands law. It could mean notable players will miss out on selection ahead of the world cup in 2019. This new selection policy is an admittance the old system wasnt quite working and it wasnt doing enough to stem the flow of players leaving wales to play in england and france, all those already in england and france have not been coming back to wales at the rate they would have liked. So now ifa rate they would have liked. So now if a player wants to play outside wales, he will need 60 or more International Caps in order to be eligible. It doesnt apply to those already overseas. Their current contract is protected but their next contract, they will need to come back to wales if they have fewer than 60 International Caps. The high profile casualty of this looks set to the rhys webb, who only has 20 wales caps but is moving to toulon in france next season meaning hes ineligible to play for the national side. Well placed sources have told me that webb was aware of what might be happening before he signed his move, this has also been disputed in other quarters, but either way webb will be one of those players who is affected. The International Pa ralympic committee has told bbc sport it is in talks with the British Paralympic Association over the bullying scandal that is currently surrounding british swimming. In a statement the ipc have said they are fully aware of the story and they are in consultation with the British Paralympic Association regarding the matter, this is after more details emerged after what has been called a climate of fear existing within the association. We are going to return to football to finish, and this is what cork citys ground looks like after storm 0phelia blew the roof off one of their stands. Cork need one point to clinch the league of ireland title. Pa rt clinch the league of ireland title. Part of the roof have been blown into surrounding gardens. No announcement yet about what will happen had of that scheduled game. Thats all the sport from now. Thank you, we will talk to you later. It is 5 36pm. Lets return now to brexit, and this evening the Prime Minister theresa may will have dinner with the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Commission President Jean Claude Juncker. Its thought the meeting is an attempt to break the deadlock in the brexit talks. Downing street officials are denying claims its a hastily arranged panic meeting, and say the meals been in the diary for weeks. There are different views on that. Lets get a take on a really fascinating aspect of this, how will these negotiations take place . What are the skills needed in these negotiations . Not just at the very highest level but indeed the army of Civil Servants and diplomats having to engage as well in the process of negotiating. Joining me now is dan hughes, a specialist in handling negotiations. He has 25 Years Experience of negotiating. So we used the word deadlock all the time, the Prime Minister is there today to try to unlock the whole thing. Do all negotiations at some point have a deadlock . Should we be panicked . Negotiations that deadlock7 should we be panicked . Negotiations that have risk associated with them will have whatever you want to call it, sticky moments, stalemate along the way and thats not only normal, it is even to be welcomed that you will get moments of discomfort and tension along the way. The only deadlock that matters is if that is the end outcome. Along the way it is bound to happen. When you advise on negotiation, what is the first thing you try to tackle . Is it the way we people interact or the mastery of technical detail . Theres always two novels, one is to have the plant, the process , one is to have the plant, the process, the strategy, but you can have the best plan in the world and it tends to go out the window when you get two individuals because then you get two individuals because then you get two individuals because then you get tactics coming into play. You get regression or whatever it may be from one party and best laid plans can go to waste. In any negotiation it is not between the eu and the uk, it is between two individuals. That is what it boils down to so it tends to be very behavioural in nature. What is your experience of advising to government level in this process . I know you have been training members of the department of exit. What has been your sense of the expertise . Im asking this question because time and again we are told government does not have the skills, it is short of the expertise needed. What has been your perception of that . we can perhaps take a step back, especially for this negotiation theres an interesting dynamic because broadly speaking there are three levels. At the highest level you have the Prime Minister and youll come on the other side, they are there to set the vision. They shouldnt be too involved because they are dangerous, they can give things away which they probably shouldnt do under pressure. The next level down you have davis and Michel Barnier, they are there to set the strategy. Then the next level down as the Civil Servant level down as the Civil Servant level and that is where all the work is going on. Those individuals i have worked with are incredibly bright and they may not have been through the kind of training which we do in negotiation skills before but they have been doing it for a while so they know the machinations. This is where the work is going on really. So on that level, when you got in there was it your perception that people did actually need quite a lot of training in the essential skills you are talking about or was ita skills you are talking about or was it a matter of finessing . They do but that is not necessarily a reflection on them. Anyone who was involved in important risk laden negotiations need constant training. You wouldnt buy a striker for Manchester United and think his cost £50 million so he must be good, lets leave him alone. He needs training. Whatever the key skill is for your job. Training. Whatever the key skill is for yourjob. Whether you are diplomats or not, you need to keep those skills constantly finessed. Final point, given that we are in such an important place this week with the summit coming up at the end of the week and given that you have been following this closely with a very specialised interest, is it your sense that this process is on the verge of opening up into something that makes proper progress . 0r something that makes proper progress . Or are you more pessimistic . It is hard to say, time will tell. 0verall pessimistic . It is hard to say, time will tell. Overall we have a two year process from the triggering of article 50 through to the deadline, and what we tend to find, doesnt matter what the negotiation is, it is normally the last 10 20 of the time where the movement takes place. We are long way off so expect more of this. There will be deadlock, threats, frustrations, all sorts of things going on but there is too much to lose for both sides for this to ending deadlock. Up to the wire, close . To ending deadlock. Up to the wire, close . It is bound to be. Thank you for talking to us. The time is 5 42pm. A 28 year old man has pleaded guilty to dozens of charges including encouraging rape, and making and distributing indecent images of children. Matthew falder, a postdoctoral researcher in birmingham, pretended to be someone else online and fooled many of his victims into posting naked pictures of themselves. Our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw sent this report from Birmingham Crown court. He shared the images on a part of the dark web, the hidden part of the internet, with other people who were interested in paedophilia, murder and torture. In all, Matthew Falder was accused of 188 crimes. It took more than half an hour for all the charges to be read out in court. He admitted 137 on them. He pleaded not guilty to the remainer, a prosecutor has accepted those pleas and he will be descendants sentenced in november. Matthew falder was one of the most prolific sexual offenders in recent history. Some of the other stories making bbc news at five. The comedian and actor, sean hughes, has died at the age of 51. Hughes, who was a team captain on never mind the buzzcocks on bbc two, also had a role in coronation street in 2007 and was a former bbc six music presenter. The cause of death isnt known, but his latest tweet, dated eight 0ctober, said that he was in hospital. The Award Winning singer ed sheeran has broken his arm in a cycling accident. The singer posted a picture of his arm in a cast on instagram and told his 16 million followers that the injury could affect some of his upcoming shows. His next tour date was scheduled to be in taipei on sunday. Young people are facing increasing pressure from growing debt, with many having to borrow to meet basic living costs thats according to the head of the financial conduct authority. Research for the bbc by the Accountancy Firm pwc shows nearly a third of young people are worried they cant repay loans, overdrafts and credit cards a much higher proportion than older age groups. 0ur personal finance reporter Kevin Peachey has been to meet one young woman trying to get her finances back on track. Trying to get out of disney. Jess was 18 years old when she took out herfirst loan borrowing £1,000 for a holiday to disneyland paris. It was no fairytale when in three years, another loan and two credit cards later, she was £10,000 in debt and in trouble. All of my creditors were on my back and i was getting lots and lots of letters to my doors and i didnt tell anyone about it. Ijust ignored the letters. Id rip them up as soon as i got them. The more letters and phone calls, it wasjust like, im in way over my head here. Jess is now on a plan to pay off her debts in seven years, but many others her age are facing difficulties. There was a 31 rise in 18 to 34 year olds going into insolvency, such as bankruptcy last year, compared with the previous year. More than a quarter of 25 34 year olds are worried about making debt repayments in the future, a survey found. Three times the level of the over 55s. And 20 of young adults were using credit to pay for essentials, such as food. For the over 55s, it was just 6 . Concerns extend to those policing the uks financial network. Theres been a clear shift i think in the generational pattern of wealth income and that translates into i think a greater endebtedness at a younger age than was probably seen before. Policy makers at the bank of england have trouped some heavy hints at a possible Interest Rate increase next month. That will be the first for more than ten years, the first in the adult lifetime of many people in their 20s. So with borrowing getting more expensive, the financial squeeze on the young and in debt could get a little tighter. Debt advisers say the signals are clear when the grip starts to crush their finances. Finding yourself using credit to pay for every day essentials like food or travel is a big warning sign, as is standing at the till trying to work out which of your cards has the available balance to enable you to make that purchase. Anyone in that situation can seek free debt advice for help to stop the debt and the misery piling up. Kevin peachey, bbc news. This is bbc news at five the headlines storm 0phelia has hit ireland with gusts of up to 100 miles an hour three people have died and thousands are without power. Theresa may haarrived in brussels to meet with eu leaders in a bid to get talks on brexit back on track. A University Academic has admitted more than 130 offences including blackmailing people into degrading sexual acts. Lets talk about the human rights situation in china. Since president xijinping came to power in 2012, hundreds of chinese citizens have vanished. One of those is gao zhisheng, a prominent human rights lawyer who spent three years in prison and who activists say has endured years of abuse under virtual house arrest. In a memoir he wrote in secret, gao says the human rights situation in the country has now deteriorated to an unprecedented level. His daughter grace is in london this week to raise awareness about her fathers case and the wider human rights situation in china. And grace gao is here with me now. Thank you for coming in. You are on a visit to tell people about your fathers situation. When did you last see him . Weve lead china in 2009, january the 9th was the last timei 2009, january the 9th was the last time i saw my father. Eight years ago. And when did you last have contact with him . Almost two months ago. Was that the conversation on the phone . Yes, but its a little tricky because they kept my father ina tricky because they kept my father in a really remote village and there is not really any signal so he has to climb to the highest mountain every week just to get a better signal so that we can have a conversation each week. We talk on the phone every week. So that was two months ago, no contact in the meantime after that . No. Do you have any idea where he is . No, im here to find out. How can you find out . By to find out. How can you find out . By talking to the media and the more people that knows the situation of my father and the situation of the human rights Chinese Government might give my family and answer. Viewers will want to know something about your father. I viewers will want to know something about yourfather. I mentioned he has made a big stand on human rights. What has he done in his life so far . Because hes a prominent and courageous role in what he has been doing. What kind of man is he . He is a very doing. What kind of man is he . He is a very courageous man, and doing. What kind of man is he . He is a very courageous man, and also he isa a very courageous man, and also he is a very religious man. So my father is a human rights lawyer and he has been representing cases for the religious groups like christian groups, and that is why he became the target of the Chinese Government. Since then, they kidnapped him and tortured him cou ntless kidnapped him and tortured him countless times. I just cannot count how many times. And so since 2008 i think i remember, they gave him five yea rs think i remember, they gave him five years probation and they also gave him three years, another three years at the present time. They sentenced him. It must be very difficult indeed for you as his family to be aware of what has been going on but also to try and lead a campaign to get people to be more aware. When you travel and when you come to the uk and go to other places, do you find that people want to help or do you find it is a battle . It is a battle. People themselves want to help, but if you relate it with the country, they always want to trade with china so this kind of ignorance of the international community, it doesnt help. Im not only talking about my fathers case but there are so many people like my father, human rights lawyers and activists, it is not helping them. Its interesting because im sure viewers will query this point. He has been defending the rights of religious groups, you mentioned christian groups for example. What is it about that and the way he has done that that has annoyed the Chinese Government . What is it about the activity they really dont like . This is a really hard question to answer with. It is not what they dont like, they dont like everything. They can charge you simply because you are christian. You dont have to do anything further, yes. So there is countless cases my father can represent that. Yes. Would you like to be in a position where your father could just leave china and live somewhere else . Of course. After 2014 he was released from jail, since we have contact released from jail, since we have co nta ct i released from jail, since we have contact i begged him a couple of times, please just for a year, choose your family. And he said . He said no. He said this is a mission that god has given him and he wants to show the Chinese People that no matter what happened, i am still fighting for you, i am still fighting for you, i am still fighting for you, i am still fighting for china. I love Chinese People so i have to stay in china with all of you. So on this visit, what are you hoping to achieve . 0bviously what are you hoping to achieve . Obviously to get people to be aware of what is happening, but in practical terms what would you like to achieve on this visit . On this visit, i specifically want to find out where is my father because he has been missing for two months and asafamily has been missing for two months and as a Family Member, his daughter, i need to know where he is. At least tell me if he is still alive. Grace, we wish you well and thank you for coming to talk to us. Grace there, the daughter of gao zhisheng, who is a human rights lawyer missing in china. Two super massive, neutron stars have collided over 600 billion, billion miles from earth, sending ripples called Gravitational Waves through the fabric of the universe. It actually happened 130 million years ago but has onlyjust been seen and heard by scientists. Its the type of collision thought responsible for creating all the gold and platinum in the universe. Palla b pallab ghosh will explain all. It is the longest Straight Line in the world, a one and a half mile pipe containing a laser that can detect powerful explosions in space. Inside, a technician fine tunes the instrument. It has made a discovery that has shaken the scientific world. Two stars colliding. The two stars got closer and closer until they merged, resulting in a huge shock wave that rippled across the universe. The massive explosion led to the production of rare elements, such as gold and platinum. Neutron stars are what is left over when a normal star dies and collapses in on itself. They are so densely packed that a teaspoon would weigh 1 billion tonnes. Here is the actual sound of the collision. The explosion was picked up in the control room. It took place 130 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and it was so far away that it is only now just reaching us. We have been waiting for this for so long. We did not know if we were lucky and this happened to be an event that happened relatively close to earth, or perhaps there are many more neutron stars than we thought. We do not know that yet, but we will know. Within seconds, telescopes all over the world were pointed at the colliding stars and this is what they saw. The collision created distortions stretching and squeezing space. These are known as Gravitational Waves. There is a vacuum. Professor robertson helped to build the detector, she spent 40 years on the project and now she is getting the results she always hoped for. One of the most exciting things for me will be when we start detecting Gravitational Waves from some completely unknown source and we will have theorists speculating about what these could possibly be. Yes, i think we are at that first stage in a whole new astronomy. One of the worlds leading experts in the field described the discovery as a milestone. The new observational window on the universe leads to surprises that cannot yet be foreseen. We are still rubbing our eyes and our ears as we have just watched and heard the Gravitational Waves. Researchers say there are likely to be many more discoveries using Gravitational Waves of objects in the universe that we have not yet imagined. Bbc news at six coming up. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. It is all about 0phelia, which started off as a major category three hurricane. Yesterday it came past spain and portugal, and since thenit past spain and portugal, and since then it has turned into a normal area of low pressure. I say normal, it has had incredibly strong gusts of wind. The latest, near cork 97 mph, peaking in west wales now, reaching 90 mph. Some very strong winds around but others have been marvelling at the red sun today, this was sent in by one of our weather watchers. And ahead of 0phelia had some saharan dust which is what caused those red skies, but centre stage is the wind. 0vernight in across western parts of wales and Northern Ireland and western parts of scotland, the wind reaching 80 mph. That is Strong Enough to cause some disruption to travel. We have seen that already, trees may be brought down so dangerous travel conditions on the roads. Keep up to date with local conditions via your local radio station. It will be a fresher kind of night compared with recent nights, temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees so certainly not cold. Tomorrow, bear in mind the winds will be very strong still, across the central belt of scotland Strong Enough to bring speed restrictions the bridges and still Strong Enough to bring down some trees so the weather pretty nasty in the morning. Those gusty winds will gradually be easing through the day but a gradually be easing through the day butafairamount gradually be easing through the day but a fair amount of bright weather across england and wales. And businesses are without power. There are flood warnings along the west coasts of the uk and ireland. The irish leader urges people to stay indoors. This is a national red alert. It applies to all cities, all counties and all areas. The storm is hitting wales too and is expected to move across scotland, though the winds are likely to have weakened. Well bring you the latest. Also tonight. Theresa may off to dinner in brussels. 0n the menu, trying to break the deadlock over brexit. 0n the new front line in Northern Iraq the city where tensions could have an impact across the middle east. Weve suddenly had to pull back. There was a sustained outburst of gunfire at the position up ahead. We