with the weather chris, parts of the uk are going to see something special tonight. yes, uk are going to see something specialtonight. yes, it's uk are going to see something special tonight. yes, it's a decent night for spotting some of this. the northern lights, i will be telling you how they form and perhaps more importantly where the best places are for catching a glimpse of this dazzling astronomical display. also coming up, don't try this at home. the british adventurerflying high ina home. the british adventurerflying high in a camping chair strapped to helium balloons. hello, this is afternoon live. i am simon mccoy. the uk's economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september, increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase interest rates next week. according to the initial assessment by the office for national statistics, the economy expanded by 0.4%, with strong performances in the services and manufacturing industries. the construction sector, however, continued to perform poorly. andy verity has the details. of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago. manufacturing. the orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further growth, like finding enough staff and materials to meet those orders. that is when the economists think inflation can become a risk. but growth, compared to last year, has slowed down. last year we had double—digit growth. we had a fantastic year last year. this year, we still have growth but organic growth from existing accounts. and we have been lucky enough to win some new business. but not on the scale of last year. our sales team have been distracted in negotiations, price increases and things like that. so this year is not quite as good, but still very positive. construction was easily the worst performing sector of the economy. it's shrunk now for six months, that is technically a recession. and in the last quarter it was down by 0.7%, that is its worst performance in five years. it was much better with industrial production, that was up by i.0%. mainly because of carmaking and other manufacturing activities. services grew by 0.4%. that is better than expected, but not as good as it was back in the boom days. the troubles of the construction industry were more than offset by other industries doing better than expected. including business services like information technology and finance. it is a solid performance by the uk economy in the third quarter and it has outperformed market expectations as the uk economy has done overall since the referendum. and what it shows is the underlying fundamental strength of this economy. oecd, imf, obr, all those independent forecasters have said growth is pulling back, wages stagnating. but, more importantly, productivity is stagnating. so we are falling behind our competitors. in this budget that is coming up, it has got to change direction. on the money markets the betting is that interest rates are 80% likely to rise next week. but not everyone thinks that they should go up. it is a difficult one to call. i think on the one hand you have got inflation which is at the higher level than mpc members are comfortable with. but the performance of the economy is not exactly firing on all cylinders. i think some of the communications from the bank recently would indicate a majority will see this as a green light to press ahead with a quarter point increase next week. if rates do rise a week tomorrow, only a minority of the population will face higher costs. as only a minority have a mortgage. and many of them have fixed rates. if the official rate goes up as expected to 0.5%, it will still be lower than it has been for most of the last 300 years. andy verity, bbc news. i'm joined from central london by rupert harrison, portfolio manager from investment company blackrock. he was chief of staff under george osborne when he was chancellor. that last point, interest rates, if you were a betting man, what would you were a betting man, what would you say were the chance of a rise next week? i think a chance of a rise is pretty high. the context that just gave is rise is pretty high. the context thatjust gave is right, interest rates have been low for a long time. after the referendum the bank of england cut them again. that was really a n england cut them again. that was really an emergency setting, they we re really an emergency setting, they were trying to insulate the uk against what they were worried might bea against what they were worried might be a bad outcome after the referendum. the data today tells us that there is no emergency in the uk economy, it's solid. i thought that was the interesting world the chancellor choose, when he says it's solid, that's fair, but it's interesting it's probably the best word that he could incredibly use today but it's not an emergency and therefore, i think the bank of england are likely to try and get rates a little bit higher. i think i would be surprised if this was the beginning of a big rate hike in cycle like is happening in the united states, for example. the economy still feels a little weak for that. if you were still at number 11 for that. if you were still at number” and on for that. if you were still at number 11 and on this day you were sitting there with the chancellor and he saw those figures, 0. 4% instead of the predicted 0. 3%, what difference does that make, how much extra wriggle room does that give you with this budget so close? it's a relief on the day, it makes interviews today easier. but it doesn't really change the big picture, which is growth is solid, but lacklustre, but the big story at the budget is going to be what we heard a few weeks ago from the office of budget responsibility, which is they think the underlying rate of productivity growth in the uk economy is not going to bounce back to the levels we saw pre—crisis. that has very big implications for philip hammond's numbers, he is going to have to present those forecasts on budget day. we are going to see some worse numbers on borrowing and on growth and that's the context. today's number doesn't really change the big picture, which is we face a difficult period of uncertainty for the economy, because of brexit. steady but weakish growth. and some public finances numbers that are still very much not fixed. public finances numbers that are still very much not fixedlj public finances numbers that are still very much not fixed. i wonder how yourformer still very much not fixed. i wonder how your former boss must be feeling, george osborne, because his predictions were wrong, as well. yes, the immediate predictions, i made and many other people made, that the shock of the brexit vote would cause perhaps even a recession in the uk, that clearly has not happened. i think, in the uk, that clearly has not happened. ithink, sadly, the longer term predictions that a lot of economists made that this would lead to slower growth, particularly if we end up with a deal where there are barriers to trade between us and the eu, is beginning to come true. we are seeing definitely a slower average rate of growth in the uk economy than we had a few years before. it comes down to the quality of the deal. how much is a self—fulfilling prophecy, if you look on the face of it, the ftse seems to be doing reasonably well, we have figures today, the only problem seems to be productivity. everything else seems to be ticking along nicely, yet everybody still says, oh, well, things are beginning to slow, it's beginning to happen as predicted. how much isjust doom—mongering? predicted. how much isjust doom-mongering? i agree we shouldn't be too gloomy, that's why i say there is no emergency. the sxhe growing. the labour market in particular is still strong, lots of people in work. the issue is you look around the world, there is a global boom happening, particularly in europe. the european economy is growing faster than it has for at least a decade. we are not really participating in that. the immediate reason has been this spike in inflation because the currency fell last year. that's eaten into people's incomes and one of the reasons the economy isn't firing on all cylinders. some of that should drop away over the next couple of yea rs drop away over the next couple of years and we should healthier real income growth for people in pay packets. we are looking at an environment where uncertainty and potential barriers to trade are probably going to hold the uk back a little bit, relative to a global economy that is booming. thank you for your time. you can let us know what you think, tweet us, there are all the ways to contact us on screen. the brexit secretary has said that parliament might not get a vote on any brexit deal, until after the uk leaves the eu. david davis told a committee of mps that he hopes to get an agreement finalised with the european commission by the time the uk leaves in 2019, but ratification could happen after that date. ben wright reports. building up to brings. as we head towards our departure from the eu in 2019, parliament is scrutinising the government's strategy. it will have to vote on the terms of the exit deal ministers are negotiating. but today the brexit secretary said that may have to happen after the uk has left. it could be after march 2019? it could be. it depends when it concludes. the vote of the uk parliament could be after march 2019? yes, it could be. david davies says negotiations could go to the wire. there is a clock ticking on their talks and deadlines to hit. it is no secret that the way the union makes its decisions tends to be at the 11th minute, etc. that is what i would expect to happen here. we are under pressure. very exciting for people watching. he also spelt out the government's position not to spell out the terms of divorce from the eu, but to negotiate a whole new trade deal. what we are aiming for is the conclusion of negotiations on all fronts on the grounds that nothing has been the eu negotiators have said a trade deal could take years to complete. both sides playing high—sta kes political poker. david davis also said the government hopes to get the crux of a two—year transition agreement nailed down with the eu by the start of next year. something businesses are demanding more loudly every week. in the commons afterwards, theresa may was pressed by mps on the role parliament will have in agreeing the final brexit deal. can the prime minister explain how it is possible to have a meaningful there will be ratification by parliament and other parliaments that we will be able to achieve that negotiation in time for this parliament to have the vote we commissioned. one mp shouted shambles. the government is confident but there is clearly uncertainty about the course brexit will take. ben wright, westminster. let's go to our chief political correspondent vicky young in westminster. do you think david davis regrets his choice of words to that committee? yeah, i think he possibly does, he seemed to get himself in a bit of a corner there where he was discussing the way that the eu works, saying that often these negotiations and deals are done at the last minute and then obviously he then started to think, hang ona obviously he then started to think, hang on a minute, when does parliament get its vote? the person you heard asking the question was a labourmp you heard asking the question was a labour mp who is with me now. he is saying that this deal could go right up saying that this deal could go right up to the wire. that means that parliament, you, the mps, get your vote maybe after we have left. what do you think about that? well, today's statement was actually very shocking and what it shows is that the government that has lost control of the process. this is a government now that is so way behind on negotiations and now being blamed for those delays, but also a government that seems to want a blank cheque for no deal or any deal. this statement today came as a huge shock to members of parliament who have been promised a meaningful vote and for that meaningful vote to be after brexit day seems to make a mockery of that promise. would it mean that mps couldn't reject a no deal scenario now, the government says it's not aiming for that, it wa nts to says it's not aiming for that, it wants to get a deal, does that mean you might be forced to go along with that? that's exactly what it could mean. it could mean that we go into a transition agreement as of yet an undefined terms, david davis didn't know when we would have a transition agreement, he estimated the end of the first quarter of next year. he didn't know when we would have a withdrawal agreement. he didn't know when we would have a future trade agreement. so for us as parliamentarians to effectively go along with what ever the government decides at which ever time in the future it happens is making a mockery of the process of parliament, making a mockery of our democracy and i think the government has to come forward with a statement urgently about whether this is an actually a change in policy and what they're actually going to do about it. theresa may seemed to try to clarify it saying she was confident a deal would be done in very good time for mps to get that vote by the end of march 2019. david davis still sounded confident. he feels that he can get this transition deal organised pretty quickly in the new year and he says there is no reason why there can't be a trade deal, a free trade deal done quickly as well if the political will is there on both sides. well, let me read out what the government has said before about a meaningful vote, this was a statement made to the house of commons in february. it will be a meaningful vote, said the minister david jones, as i have said, it will be the choice between leaving the european union, with a negotiated deal, or not. now the idea that we leave the european union and that after brexit day at a time that is not yet defined, possibly when the european parliament is dissolved and going into its own elections and at that point that we have a vote, it's neither meaningful, is unlikely to be binding and if we have already left the european union, i cannot see what value it would add. but we are leaving the european union, there are many mps who don't want that to happen, but the truth is we are leaving, article 50 has been triggered. whatever happens, we are leaving at the end of march 2019. you can't stop that. that's right but the process and the point now is about how we brexit. i think that those — some of those questions... that could be sorted after we left ina that could be sorted after we left in a transition period, why not? the question is what the transition period is, if you heard the comments from the secretary of state today andindeed from the secretary of state today and indeed the differences what he has been saying, the prime minister and chancellor said, there is no clarity even yet about what that transition period is going to be. is it going to be an implementation period where we go from a to b in terms of our relationship with the european union? is it going to be a continuity, continuous arrangement we have now,le market, customs union so we have now,le market, customs union so there is no change for british businesses? this comes down to what's going to help secure the sta ble what's going to help secure the stable orderly brexit for british businesses and families, so people aren't worse off, we don't have a cliff—edge, nothing that the secretary of state said today gives me reassurance that's exactly what's going to happen. we must leave it there, thank you very much. so the select committees yet again posing some difficult questions to ministers. thank you very much. the headlines. the british economy grew more than expected paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has left. labour suspends mpjared o'mara over alleged misogynistic and homophobic remarks. england are winning 3—1 with a couple of minutes left to play. ryan brewster scored a hat trick. the english football league say that the match balls used in the league cup comply with regulations after the manchester city boss says that the ball they used last night was unacceptable. too light. and england's women are preparing for the second one—day in their ashes series against australia. they narrowly lost their first match on tour. i will be back in the next 15 minutes. a woman whose husband is accused of trying to murder her, has told the court she lied to police about her husband's actions "to get her own back" after she had learnt of his deceit. victoria cilliers survived a 4,000 foot fall after her parachute failed during a jump in 2015. army sergeant emile cilliers denies tampering with his wife's parachute, and denies sabotaging a gas fitting at their home. duncan kennedy is following the case at at winchester crown court. victoria cilliers arrived in this car ready to give her evidence two years after the parachute fall that left her with multiple injuries. shortly afterwards, emile cilliers on the left also came to court. to listen to his wife talk about the affair he was having and his problems with debt. in court, mrs cilliers spoke of her love for parachuting, saying that it became an obsession and addiction, not dissimilar to drugs. i spoke about it a lot. he showed an interest. he learned about parachute packing from me. the prosecution claim emile cilliers sabotaged his wife's parachute at this airbase in 2015. leading to both of parachutes failing to open. the couple were married four years earlier and lived in wiltshire. she told the court today about their marital problems. cracks were starting to show, she said. i was aware he was having an affair. it was an accumulation. i'm intelligent, i knew what was going on, only so much you can put up with. i despised him at that point, easier not having him around. later she added, i was panicking because i was expecting a baby. i didn't want to leave just then, i was getting in the way, i was miserable. i was threatening suicide. the prosecutor asked her if she meant it. mrs cilliers replied, i'm not sure. later, mrs cilliers said she had lied to police about her husband's actions to get her own back after she had learned about what she called his lies and deceit. when asked if she had always told the truth, she replied, not always. mrs cilliers walked into court and showed no output signs of injuries that she suffered at nether raven. she told the court her husband was bad with money and he had debts. she also said he knew that money from a life insurance policy would go to him. emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder. let's go to our correspondent andy moore at winchester crown court. what else has his wife been saying? well, she's expected to renew giving evidence in the next few minutes. but we heard there in that report about the fact she had lied to police. we have heard in court that it's alleged mrcilliers went into a toilet cubicle and tampered with the parachute in some way. now she initially told police that he was in there for a few minutes. then she said that he may have been in there for as much as five minutes. she said she was not always entirely truthful with the police. she had lied because she was angry with him, because of his affairs and she wa nted because of his affairs and she wanted to get back at him. we heard also that she had threatened suicide on one occasion, she despised her husband, he was living apart in separate quarters at one stage. in 2014, november 2014, she said she knew the marriage was cracking up and suspected that he was having affairs. given that she did have this incident with the parachute, she was able to walk in unaided? that's right. i mean, it was a very serious incident. she nearly died. she had multiple injuries. she had a broken pelvis, the court has heard she only survived because she was very small in stature and landed on a soft field. she managed to walk into court unaided, no support, no crutches. also she was told she would probably be giving evidence for several hours, she said she was happy to stand for that amount of time. more from you later, thank you. labour has suspended the mp jared o'mara, while an investigation is carried out into comments he made online. o'mara, the mp for sheffield hallam, has apologised for misogynistic and homophobic comments he posted 15 years ago — but he's also been accused of verbally assaulting a woman in his constituency earlier this year. the shadow chancellor said a decision about his future has yet to be made. yes, a decision has been taken to suspend him and have the whip withdrawn because of that suspension. there will be a full investigation by the labour party and then as a result of that a final decision will be made about his future. responding to a question during prime minister's questions theresa may said all mps should show women the respect they deserve. i want to see women to see this house as a place they want to come to, they want to contribute to society and respond to needs of local constituents and make a real difference to people's lives. that's what i am in it for and that's why i have encouraged more women to come into this house and i am pleased to say we have more women on our benches than ever before. finally, all of us in this house should have due care and attention to the way in which we refer to other people and should show women in public life the respect that they deserve. joining me now the liberal democrat peer and former leader of sheffield council lord scriven. first question, should he resign? we need to have this investigation, it needs to be a full, frank, open and transparent investigation. to look at all the allegations that have been made and then make a decision about whether he's fit and proper to hold the title labour mp. seems a long time ago these allegations happened and it seems a long time this has been dealt with. well, in 2004 when he made some of the homophobic comments he was an official labour party candidate for sheffield city council. it's now a pattern emerged which maybe shows his character when he thinks about women as potential sexual objects. he is clearly shown homophobic views, things that came out today on the internet which shows racism. i think there are severe questions about whether this man can represent the outward looking tolerant views of many of his constituents in sheffield. you know him, what do you think? well, i think it's more or less inconceivable unless something comes out that he would be one to be — should i say the leadership of the labour party would want him to be associated with their party, so i think he is on very thin ice but i do believe in a process, that investigation has to take place. but it cannot be the type of investigation we have seen since the present labour leadership have been in place where we have a three—month investigation and everybody seems to get led off. there are serious allegations, only seven months ago, backin allegations, only seven months ago, back in sheffield that he used quite sexist and aggressive language to a female who was in a nightclub that he owned. this is serious. in all my 30 years in political life i have never seen such vile, distressing and disgusting language and this really does need a serious full investigation. does it, if you are this convinced that he has done what you say he has done, there doesn't need to be an investigation? of course there does, there needs to be a process. the process needs to be open and be frank. maybe there is something which he will show to that investigation which will contextualise it. however, ifeel it's highly unlikely that's the case. as i come back, its notjust the labour party he has got to look in the eye, he has to get back to sheffield and look at those many, many people who voted for him in sheffield who are very outward looking, tolerant, they don't hold these views and explain to them why he wasn't honest with them about holding some of these views before he was elected. of course he did knock out a certain nick clegg in the last election, there is no vendetta here s there? democracy is democracy. the 2017 election, he won that fairly and squarely. however, this isn't about retribution. people in his own party say these — the comments are vile. and unacceptable. and no place in modern politics. it's not just me and no place in modern politics. it's notjust me as a liberal democrat that is saying that, some people in his own party are saying these kind of comments have no place in modern british politics. he has issued a statement saying he is giving interviews. we have not heard that much from him since he was elected, is that a mistake?” that much from him since he was elected, is that a mistake? i think it isa elected, is that a mistake? i think it is a mistake, he is hiding away, not just from the it is a mistake, he is hiding away, notjust from the media, he is hiding from the people in sheffield. if he really is the sinner that has repented, why isn't he in front of the camera explaining the position and explaining to you and his constituents why he has changed? it would appear that a pattern has emerged and he may not be the sinner repenth and he knows he is in serious trouble and this investigation might end his career asa investigation might end his career as a labour politician. thank you for your time. you are watching afternoon live. now a warning, do not try this at home. another british adventurer reached heights of 2,500 metres, and flew nearly 16 miles across south africa — in a camping chair strapped to 100 helium balloons. the 38—year—old and his team spent two days inflating the balloons ready for the flight — which he described as "unbelievably cool". after a rapid ascent, he returned to earth by gradually cutting the balloons loose. that is cool on a whole new level. let's look at the weather. some interesting views across parts of the country yes, these pictures have been sent to us just yes, these pictures have been sent to usjust in yes, these pictures have been sent to us just in the last 24 hours. was last night. more pictures as well, isn't that special? beautiful picture there. again from scotland. thank you very much for that. as far as the aurora is concerned, it's caused by the sun, at the moment the dark patches in the sun you can see, you can see theseif the sun you can see, you can see these if you look at x—rays or ultra high... whatam these if you look at x—rays or ultra high... what am i trying to say? uv light. the dark zones are where we have got slightly cooler surface of the sun and we have the magnetic field lines all pointing towards the earth. that throws out charged particles that zoom across space. simon, do you want to guess how fast they move? i better given your performance so far! no! i don't know the speed — twice the speed of sound. no, quicker than that. 1. 4 million miles an hour. i was close! quite close. these zoom straight towards... zooming is a technical term. in the upper part of the atmosphere, they collide with atoms and molecules and the electrons in the utter field get excited and jump up the utter field get excited and jump up to the next energy level. they release light, now the colours are caused by different atoms and molecules, so the green and yellow you can see low down are caused by collisions of the solar wind with oxygen molecules. higher up you can get beautiful magenta colours, due to collisions with nitrogen. sometimes you can even see red colours. these collisions are some 50 to 500 kilometres above the earth's surface. so they're quite a sight to behold. there is a decent chance of catching the aurora tonight. the chances, likely to catch a glimpse into north of england, parts of northern ireland and scotland. it's notjust because the skies are clearest there, but it tends to affect areas around the geomagnetic north pole. there will be thicker cloud in england and wales. the fog will turn murky as moist air works its way in. tomorrow will be different across england and wales. murky conditions we re england and wales. murky conditions were last in the morning. some spots of rain in the north of england, north wales and the midlands as well. in the northern parts of the country that is where we should keep the clearer weather. there will be blustery showers in the north west of scotland. that is the weather picture through the next 24 hours. thursday night, the weather front slinks southwards. the cloud will break up and pressure will build. friday will be a decent day. a few fog patches in northern ireland. not a bad end to the week. into the weekend we'll start to see high—pressure move to the west of the british isles and we will drag in cold, northerly winds. the temperatures are set to plummet particularly in the north of the country. look at this! a cloudy and windy day on saturday. temperature is not reaching double figures in edinburgh and aberdeen. it will be windy as well. the wind will either certain chill. if you have dodged putting the heating on, i think this weekend is the weekend he will crack. temperatures coming down. temperatures about 5 degrees cooler than today but normal for the time of year. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. the uk economy grew slightly faster than expected in the three months to september. official figures from the office for national statistics show gdp rose 0.4% in the third quarter. the brexit secretary, david davis, says it's possible that the uk parliament's vote on any brexit deal might come after the uk leaves the eu. the labour party suspends its mp jared o'mara after he posted misogynistic and homophobic comments online. the wife of an army sergeant — accused of attempting to murder her — tells a court she lied to police about his actions — to get her own back. sport now on afternoon live with olly foster. what's making the headlines with you olly? some unexpected fallout from the league cup last night. england rugby union captain dylan hartley is no stranger to a disciplinary process. he hasjust had some stranger to a disciplinary process. he has just had some good news ahead of the autumn internationals next month. you'll be able to play foster he has got off after being cited. —— he has got off after being cited. —— he will be able to play. england have beaten brazil. we were watching it on the bbc red button and the bbc sport website for the last couple of hours. england, the age groups have been brilliant all year. in the last few minutes, the under 17 is, at their world cup which has been taking place in india in the last few weeks, have beaten brazil in the semifinals, thanks to another hat—trick by ryan brewster. it is one of the ones where you say remember the name for the liverpool fa ns remember the name for the liverpool fans know about him. he has been tipped for greatness. they went ahead against the brazilians but the brazilians pulled one back and did a dance about it. not much to celebrate about on the night at all. brewster started out his career at chelsea. he made it 2—1 at half—time. there he goes. his second hat—trick of the tournament. he also scored a wonderful free kick. england are heading for the final where they will face either spain or mali. beyond the 20s won the world cup, the under 19 became european champions for england. —— be under 20s. we will see how the under seven teams do in that final. there was see who they play in them by a little bit later. we'll stay with football of sorts. anthony ogogo has been talking about the racist abuse he was subjected to at the arsenal— norwich league cup tie last night. he received that abuse from a fellow norwich band. i was totally flub it lasted. —— fan. i was totally flabbergasted. i have not come across much racism. i have always blocked that negativity out. i was just really shocked and saddened. weinberger that is one bit of the unexpected fallout i was talking about from the football last night. -- that is one bit. the english football league has been forced to defend the ball it used in the competition. it was under fierce criticism from pep guardiola. it was impossible to score after his side's for three and twin. they won against wolves in a penalty shoot out. he said it was too light and yaya toure hired a pop at it as well. a statement was issued which suggested the ball was not having a negative impact. two more league cup matches this evening. tottenham host west ham at wembley while everton, who sacked manager ronald koeman on monday, they head to chelsea. the ca reta ker monday, they head to chelsea. the caretaker manager says his side need to ta ke caretaker manager says his side need to take collective responsibility for the lack of goals. we must play ina way for the lack of goals. we must play in a way we create more opportunities to give the strikers i have seen playing the opportunity to score. the way i want to play, i certainly want to create more opportunities than we have been doing. it is notjust the responsibilities of the strikers, it is the responsibilities of the team. dyla n is the responsibilities of the team. dylan hartley is free to play in the autumn internationals next month after citing for striking an opponent was dismissed peep it up a yellow card for the incident against the claremont player. —— he says the player has been singled out to two past misdemeanours. hartley has been banned in total ball over a year due to various disciplinary issues. not this time. he is cleared to play for england in international next month. that is quite headline. people defending the ball. it is round and has are in it. played too much like a beach ball. that is the first time at manchester city have not scored this season until the penalty shoot out against wolverhampton wanderers. i think pep guardiola just took it out on the ball. half of all british women, and a fifth of men, have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study — according to a survey carried out by the bbc. of the women who said they had been harassed, nearly two—thirds said they didn't report it to anyone. adina campbell has been looking at the findings. inappropriatejokes. ann wanted messages or e—mails. obscene behaviour. unwelcome sexual advances. just some examples of sexual harassment which women and men have faced according to a survey for bbc 5live. emily was sexually assaulted during a job interview at the age of 16. the man who abused her was in his 50s. i was frozen, i didn't know what to do with myself. and then i thought i was in the wrong when i left. i couldn't process what actually happened. i remember ringing a couple of friends and asking if things were normal. and it got fed through to teachers and then my parents and we did end up reporting it. the survey found more than half of women have experienced sexual harassment at work or in a place of study. around two thirds of men and women who had been harassed said they did not report it. and more women than men said they were targeted by a boss or senior manager. in the last couple of weeks, the scale of this type of abuse has been shared on social media after allegations of sexual assault by the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. since then women and men have been sharing their own personal stories using the hashtag me too. a campaign that dates back more than a decade. my ultimate goal is to make sure this is notjust a moment, that this is definitely a movement and we will continue to raise our voices, we will continue to disrupt and continue to tell our stories until we are heard and until we move the needle. politicians here are also now making a stand. so many things have happened to me and i'm only 40. i do think we need to be saying if so many women are coming forward and saying this is part of their daily lives, what are we all doing about it? who are the people doing this, why do they think it's ok? what are we doing to say this is not a culture, this is not a crime that we're going to tolerate. the survey also found that one in ten women who had been harassed left theirjob or place of study. something businesses, schools and colleges, will be hoping to change. adina campbell, bbc news. an inquiry into e—cigarettes has been announced by mps, amid concerns there are "significant gaps" in what is known about them. everything from their impact on human health to how their consumption affects the nhs and economy will be examined. our health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. the popularity of e—cigarettes has soared in recent years. nearly 3 million people in the uk now use them, according to the office for national statistics, a fourfold increase since 2012. this year, they were even used in the annual stoptober campaign for the first time. but despite this, they are not yet officially prescribed by the nhs. in fact, advisory body nice says patients should be told there is currently little evidence on the long—term benefits or harms of these products. the house of commons science and technology committee believes this mixed messaging about vaping and a lack of clear guidelines about their use is causing confusion, and has now announced it is launching its own enquiry. we need to understand what the long—term implications are of a far greater number of people using e—cigarettes. it's great news that people are stopping smoking and shifting to e—cigarettes, that we need to understand more about the health consequences of that. the cross—party group of mps has asked anyone who wants to submit written evidence to make sure it reaches the committee by the 8th of december. with me in the studio is jonathan grigg, professor of paediatric respiratory and environmental medicine at queen mary's university. a lot of people use either cigarettes to try to get off real cigarettes. —— e—cigarettes foot that the good thing? absolutely. the question is whether they are as are as effective as other ways of giving up as effective as other ways of giving up smoking, poor example nicotine ta blets up smoking, poor example nicotine tablets or sprays. if they are, aren't they associated with more toxic effects? toxic effects how in chemicals are breathed more deeply into the lungs. common sense tells you that is not a good thing for anything to be breathed in. everyone should breed fresh, clean air. we don't want to add to that. —— breeze. the problem behind the use of e—cigarettes. we are getting worrying signals from animal and sell models that they do have effects and seem to be toxic. in animals we see if on clearance of infection, such as bacterial infection, such as bacterial infection and streptococcus which causes pneumonia. recently effects on cell production and mucus which are similarto on cell production and mucus which are similar to those we see with chronic obstructive airways disease. these are short—term effects but worrying signals will. i don't think we can wholeheartedly support the of e—cigarettes. our lungs are not really designed to breathe in su bsta nces really designed to breathe in substances which may be safe when we breathe them in but these substances have been vaporised. they have been changed by temperature and delivered into high concentrations into the airways. there must be some toxicity. opponents would suggest there is some toxicity associated with it. if you have ever smoked a cigarette is, does the body heal itself or is the damage potentially permanent? we don't really know. generally, if we are going to use either cigarettes to stop smoking and use them for a short period of time, probably that will be fine. what is a short period of time? maybe two weeks. if you're going to use them over months or years, as some people do, mixing them with cigarettes, the toxicities could become important that we need to understand more about the toxicity. at the moment it is a black box. just talking to you now, professor, in ten, 20 years, we could be talking about is cigarettes in the same way as we are talking about them 50 years ago, not fully aware of how much damage they would do. that is true. no doubt that e—cigarettes would be safer than smoking that is like saying jumping offa smoking that is like saying jumping off a five floor building a safer thanjumping offa off a five floor building a safer thanjumping off a ten off a five floor building a safer than jumping off a ten floor building. e—cigarettes is in transition. i hope and ten, 20 yea rs' transition. i hope and ten, 20 years' time it will not be inhaling anything into our lungs, sadly anything into our lungs, sadly anything with potential toxicity. you have had many patients sitting before you and given them some pretty bad news. what is the story you tell that tends to make people quit smoking or e—cigarettes there and then? i am a paediatrician. fortu nately and then? i am a paediatrician. fortunately i do not speak to many aduu fortunately i do not speak to many adult patients. my adult colleagues, when they break the bad news is they have lung cancer, many will stop smoking immediately. that is a tragedy. we need to remove smoking entirely. before we replace it with inhaling substances into our lungs, but substances we do not know, we could pause. presumably, be very careful. if i see a pregnant mum i would advise her to stop smoking and guide her to cessation clinics to get therapy. not e—cigarettes. there are several studies ongoing. until we have those results we have to be very cautious. it is easy to come and talk about it. thank you. in a moment, what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the british economy grew more than expected — paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has left. labour suspends mpjared o'mara — over alleged misogynistic and homophobic remarks. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. as we've been hearing the uk‘s economy has grown faster than expected. growth in the services and manufacturing industries helped the gross domestic product for the quarter rise by 0.4%. it increases the chances of an interest rate rise next week. lloyds has announced pre—tax profits of £1.95 billion for the third quarter. that's an increase of 141% on the same period last year — which had included provision for pp! compensation. half of british women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study. that's according to a poll for bbc radio 5 live involving more than 2,000 people. the majority of those who said they had been harrassed didn't report it to anyone. we're going to talk about the us high street now. the clothing industry are a bit worried about president trump's approach to global trade? they are not happy with president trump ozma attitude to global trade. there is a free trade agreement between the us, canada and mexico. president trump has been rather vocal about how he does not like it, not being a fair deal for america. the clothing industry has come on board and said, we are a bit concerned about the repercussions it might have on our industry. this is american capital apparel ceo who has been expressing his concerns. the top three points are very simple. any disruption to the major supplier chain disrupts how we do business. anything that changes it, and the president has managed to disrupt our top six trading partners in the united states. he has actually gone after every single one. who is numberone? china. after every single one. who is number one? china. the two? canada. number three? mexico. number four, japan. numberfive? number three? mexico. number four, japan. number five? germany. number three? mexico. number four, japan. numberfive? germany. number six? south korea. we are picking fights with all of them. that is not healthy for business. we cannot plan. car bosses are not happy with president trump either. yes. global trade is 1.3 billion dollars. a lot of money involved. they are worried about what changes he has in he has not been clear about the changes but only clear about not being a fair for america. not everyone agrees with it being a disaster. no. absolutely not. the trade agreement has been in effect for more than two decades. no question that all three countries agreed there could be some retooling. the real problem is the united states is trying to putting clauses that are just absolute no—no .s’ clauses that are just absolute no—no 's, things that canada and mexico absolutely could not agree to. with regards to what your excerpt was talking about in terms of specific clauses, one of them, the retailers and automotive industry, any industry involved with nafta currently do not like the sunset clauses. every five years, all three countries had unanimously agreed. if they do not, then we start to renegotiate all over again. from a business perspective, that it's very difficult to swallow. businesses need a lot of stability. really a five—year sunset clause does not give that kind of stability and extremely hard to operate an international business. it is not just in after he is unhappy about. there are other trade deals he has not been pleased about. remind us, please. right off the bat, as soon as he came into office, president trump walked away from the transpacific partnership. that was a multi—country trade agreement which was still going to be worked on. the united states has pulled out of it absolutely. president trump said he does not like the big, multinational trade agreements. that said, there are already some grumblings about some trade agreements that he is not too thrilled with. the us trade agreement with south korea he is not super happy with. the trade agreement with japan, there super happy with. the trade agreement withjapan, there are issues already. yes, he wants bilateral trade deals that some are already in existence he is not super happy with. let's leave it there. we will hear more from other industries as the week goes by. on the currency front, sterling has done well today. that is due to the information about the uk economy boosting chances that the uk economy boosting chances that the monetary policy committee might increase interest rates. we are seeing a bit of arise. metro bank are doing quite well. they announced are doing quite well. they announced a rise in profits and added more customers to its books. the winner of the riba stirling prize for architecture will be announced next week. among those in the running to be named the uk's best new building are a block of flats with wicker balconies, a dockyard redevelopment and a new college campus. today, we look at barretts grove in london. our client was a speculative housing developer who is interested in something that tends to be relatively generic on the market, and barely cost—effective to ensure his return. the challenges can become a build housing but is fairly economic order to build, fairly cost and quite quick to grab also has tactile qualities and details that sees chant being preserved? we challenged the client to break away from the generic convention of plastering walls and conventional construction to using cross laminated timber. not just construction to using cross laminated timber. notjust a superstructure but the internal finish. if you can keep to that exposed internally, it is already something different from what you find in speculative development. the next step to that is having details. there are a number of details that reveal that structure. other elements, smaller details current tactile details, respond to that. the thing about living in space is wood. more than anything it is a comforting unwelcoming material to come home to. but outsiders brickwork is beautiful but when you come into the space it is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. it isa the winter and cool in the summer. it is a lovely environment to be in. and you can watch the stirling prize awards ceremony live next tuesday here on bbc news. that's at 8.30pm. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we are looking at a fine afternoon with plenty of sunshine from most parts of the united kingdom. a few showers in the north west of scotland. the weather front is 50 miles further south than yesterday. the front itself still wiggling around. the wiggles will be crossing central portions of the uk over the next 24 hours, bringing a change in the weather. into the evening most areas will keep fine weather. thing is clouding over in south—west england. the killing cloud bringing a few spots of light rain and drizzle. overnight tonight, something that is worth pointing out, we could get glimpses of the aurora borealis across northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england as well. further south, the cloud coming back in. as the moister air works in blue will start to see mist and fog patches becoming dense by dawn. a few showers in the north west of scotland, otherwise drive for the northern half of the uk. on thursday the weather front will wriggle around in central areas. a few spots of rain possible. north wells, the north midlands and northern counties of england. —— wales. it would be a much cloudy day for that we are looking eyes of 12, 13 when the sunshine comes out. milder conditions further south. that is where we have cloudy skies. thursday night and into friday will start to see the clearance of that front finally. we will see some sunny spells coming through the cloud as pressure begins to build. temperature wise we are looking at highs between 11 and 15 degrees. the wind moves westwards, allowing northerly wind to move in. it will get a lot colder as we go one progressively through this weekend with temperatures really dropping away. how cold will it get? across parts of the north of the uk, we're looking at single figure temperatures in edinburgh and aberdeen. also the strong winds will make it feel bitter at times. further south in london temperatures coming back to normal. you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at three: the british economy grew more than expected, paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has left. labour suspends mp jared o'mara over alleged misogynistic and homophobic remarks. the wife of an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder her tells a court she lied to police about his actions to get her own back. and all those bored with olly foster, and england have beaten brazil in the world cup! yes, fantastic celebrations in kolkata, the under 17s through to the final, thanks to another hat—trick. we will be reflecting on that glory available later. with the weather, here is chris. yes, a decent chance tonight of catching a look at the aurora borealis, or northern lights, i will be telling you how these form and also where the best places are for spotting a glimpse of this dazzling display. also coming up — flying solo for £46. we meet the woman who had vip treatment for a bargain price. she had the plane all to herself. hello, this is afternoon live. i am simon mccoy. the uk's economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september, increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase interest rates next week. according to the initial assessment by the office for national statistics, the economy expanded by 0.4%, with strong performances in the services and manufacturing industries. the construction sector, however, continued to perform poorly. andy verity has the details. this cardboard box maker in leamington is in one segment of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago. manufacturing. the orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further growth, like finding enough staff and materials to meet those orders. that is when the economists think inflation can become a risk. but growth, compared to last year, has slowed down. last year we had double—digit growth. we had a fantastic year last year. this year, we still have growth but organic growth from existing accounts. and we have been lucky enough to win some new business. but not on the scale of last year. our sales team have been distracted in negotiations, price increases and things like that. so this year is not quite as good, but still very positive. construction was easily the worst performing sector of the economy. it's shrunk now for six months, that is technically a recession. and in the last quarter it was down by 0.7%, that is its worst performance in five years. it was much better with industrial production, that was up by 1.0%. mainly because of carmaking and other manufacturing activities. services grew by 0.4%. that is better than expected, but not as good as it was back in the boom days. the troubles of the construction industry were more than offset by other industries doing better than expected. including business services like information technology and finance. it is a solid performance by the uk economy in the third quarter, and it has outperformed market expectations as the uk economy has done overall since the referendum. and what it shows is the underlying fundamental strength of this economy. oecd, imf, obr, all those independent forecasters have said growth is pulling back, wages stagnating. but more importantly, productivity is stagnating. so we are falling behind our competitors. in this budget that is coming up, it has got to change direction. on the money markets, the betting is that interest rates are 80% likely to rise next week. but not everyone thinks that they should go up. it is a difficult one to call. i think on the one hand you have got inflation, which is at the higher level than mpc members are comfortable with. but the performance of the economy is not exactly firing on all cylinders. i think some of the communications from the bank recently would indicate a majority will see this as a green light to press ahead with a quarter point increase next week. if rates do rise a week tomorrow, only a minority of the population will face higher costs, as only a minority have a mortgage. and many of them have fixed rates. if the official rate goes up as expected to 0.5%, it will still be lower than it has been for most of the last 300 years. andy verity, bbc news. the brexit secretary has said that parliament might not get a vote on any brexit deal until after the uk leaves the eu. david davis told a committee of mps that he hopes to get an agreement finalised with the european commission by the time the uk leaves in 2019, but ratification could happen after that date. at prime minister's questions, theresa may sought to reassure the house of commons. ben wright reports. building up to brexit. as we head towards our departure from the eu in march 2019, parliament is scrutinising the government's strategy. it will have to vote on the terms of the exit deal ministers are negotiating. but today the brexit secretary said that may have to happen after the uk has left. the undertaking we have given... it could be after march 2019? it could be. it depends when it concludes. the vote of the uk parliament could be after march 2019? yes, it could be. david davies says negotiations could go to the wire. there is a clock ticking on their talks and deadlines to hit. it is no secret that the way the union makes its decisions tends to be at the 59th minute of the 11th hour. that is what i would expect to happen here. we are under pressure. very exciting for people watching. he also spelt out the government's position not to spell out the terms of divorce from the eu, but to negotiate a whole new trade deal. what we're aiming for is the conclusion of negotiations on all fronts on the grounds that nothing is agreed until everthing is agreed by march 2019. the eu negotiators have said a trade deal could take years to complete. both sides are playing high—sta kes political poker. david davis also said the government hopes to get the crux of a two—year transition agreement nailed down with the eu by the start of next year. something businesses are demanding more loudly every week. in the commons afterwards, theresa may was pressed by mps on the role parliament will have in agreeing the final brexit deal. can the prime minister explain how it is possible to have a meaningful vote on something that has already taken place? i am confident, because it is in the interest on both sides, there will be ratification by parliament and other parliaments that we will be able to achieve that negotiation in time for this parliament to have the vote we commissioned. one mp shouted shambles. the government is confident, but there is clearly uncertainty about the course brexit will take. ben wright, westminster. let's speak now to the labour mp hilary benn, who is chair of the brexit select committee. were you surprised by what david davis said? go go buy was very surprised, to be honest, because i do not see how it can be a meaningful vote if it comes after we have left the eu. i would also point out that michel barnier said at the beginning of the negotiations, we wa nt to beginning of the negotiations, we want to get them concluded by the autumn of 2018, precisely to give the uk parliament, the european parliament and the 27 member state governments time to consider the deal and reach a view on whether they think it is acceptable or not. now we have had the prime minister at prime minister's questions just now trying to clarify that, saying, no, iam now trying to clarify that, saying, no, i am confident it will be before we leave. it would be helpful if the government could speak with one voice on this and other issues that are so fundamental to the importance of getting a good deal as we leave the european union. do you have any sympathy for david davis? sitting in front of a committee of you and your colleagues, budding hypotheticals to him, he can only answer what he can answer. that is true, sometimes the wise course of action is not to a nswer wise course of action is not to answer a hypothetical question, and in fairness to him, he was saying, well, that might be the case of the negotiations go right up to the wire. but i don't think that that is going to happen, because of the deadline, and the 27 have set that, and and secondly it is absolutely essential that parliament at the final say on this. we have no intention of being a bystander, we are going to be an active participant. in the end, we will sign off or otherwise on any deal thatis sign off or otherwise on any deal that is put before us. sign off or otherwise on any deal that is put before uslj sign off or otherwise on any deal that is put before us. i am guessing the brexit secretary had a pretty clear idea how you all felt by the time this was over. i think he would have seen some raised eyebrows when he gave that answer. but he did say something else today that dealt with another bit of confusion in the government's position which have arisen over the last week. the impression had been given previously that seeking the transitional arrangements that are so essential might have to wait on progress on negotiating a deal on trade and market access for the future. now, he was very clear, in telling the committee today that as soon as the negotiations move onto phase two, the earliest that can happen is december, that the government will seek to transitional agreement agreed. this is absolutely essential, because there are businesses that are put plans in place to move staff out of the country because they have got to plan against the possibility of there being a no deal. and the reason why business is saying, increasingly loudly, we need transitional arrangements, and we need to know what they are very quickly, is to prevent that happening, because that would lead to damage the british economy. what happens now? are you going to go and write a report that we will all be reacting to in a few weeks, or what? are you making recommendations? the committee will have to decide that. we have a two inquiries going at the moment, one on the eu withdrawal bill, and the other on the negotiations, and i hope that the committee will feel that we can now comment on what has happened over the several rounds of negotiations that have taken place thus far. it isa that have taken place thus far. it is a fast—moving situation, and the committee, i'm sure, will wish to offer the benefit of its views about what is going well, what needs to change, and what objectives the government should set going forward in what is a very complex, very very challenging process for the country, but it is absolutely essential that we get this right, and it is absolutely essential that the british government speaks with one clear voice about what it is that it is seeding, because division, uncertainty, confusion is absolutely not in the national interest. while i have you here, and i know this will have your heart sinking, can i ask you about the situation with jared o'mara? suspended by the party, if an investigation finds that he has said and written the things he is accused of, does he have to go? well, you asked me earlier about answering hypothetical questions, so i am going to decline to a nswer questions, so i am going to decline to answer that one! the party has decided that he should be suspended, and that is the right decision, but they're now needs to be an investigation, and frankly i think not commenting any further is the wise thing to do in those circumstances. yes, that is 15-15, thank you, hilary benn. a woman whose husband is accused of trying to murder her, has told the court she lied to police about her husband's actions "to get her own back" after she had learnt of his deceit. victoria cilliers survived a 4,000 foot fall after her parachute failed during a jump in 2015. army sergeant emile cilliers denies tampering with his wife's parachute, and denies sabotaging a gas fitting at their home. duncan kennedy is following the case at at winchester crown court. victoria cilliers arrived in this car ready to give her evidence two years after the parachute fall that left her with multiple injuries. shortly afterwards, emile cilliers on the left also came to court to listen to his wife talk about the affair he was having and his problems with debt. in court, mrs cilliers spoke of her love for parachuting, saying that it became an obsession and addiction, not dissimilar to drugs. the prosecution claim emile cilliers sabotaged his wife's parachute at this airbase in 2015. the couple were married four years earlier and lived in wiltshire. but she told the court today about their marital problems. cracks were starting to show, she said. i was aware he was having an affair. it was an accumulation. the prosecutor asked her if she meant it. mrs cilliers replied, "i'm not sure." later, mrs cilliers said she had lied to police about her husband's actions to get her own back after she had learned about what she called his lies and deceit. when asked if she had always told the truth, she replied, "not always." mrs cilliers walked into court and showed no outward signs of injuries that she suffered at netheravon. she told the court her husband was bad with money and he had debts. she also said he knew that money from a life insurance policy would go to him. emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder. the british economy grew more than expected, paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has levelled. labour suspends mp jared o'mara after britain has levelled. labour suspends mpjared o'mara over alleged misogynistic and homophobic remarks. in a moment, we will speak toa remarks. in a moment, we will speak to a woman who has set up their own campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace. and sport, english footballers are through to the final of the under 17 world cup in india after beating brazil 3—1. they will now face either tim swiel spain in the final. dyla n either tim swiel spain in the final. dylan hartley has been cleared to play in the autumn international series next month at the being cited forfoul series next month at the being cited for foul play series next month at the being cited forfoul play in series next month at the being cited for foul play in a match, but a disciplinary panel dismissed the case. and england is women are preparing for the second one—day game against australia, they narrowly lost the first match on tv. i will be back with a full update in the next 15 minutes, see you then. labour has suspended the mp jared o'mara, while an investigation is carried out into comments he made online. o'mara, the mp for sheffield hallam, has apologised for misogynistic and homophobic comments he posted 15 years ago, but he's also been accused of verbally assaulting a woman in his constituency earlier this year. the shadow chancellor said a decision about his future has yet to be made. yes, a decision has been taken to suspend him and have the whip withdrawn because of that suspension. there will be a full investigation by the labour, party and then as a result of that a final decision will be made about his future. responding to a question during prime minister's questions, theresa may said all mps should show women the respect they deserve. i want to see women to see this house as a place they want to come to, they want to contribute to society and respond to the needs of local constituents and make a real difference to people's lives. that's what i am in it for, and that's why i have encouraged more women to come into this house, and i am pleased to say we have more women on our benches than ever before. finally, all of us in this house should have due care and attention to the way in which we refer to other people and should show women in public life the respect that they deserve. let's speak to the conservative mp mims davies, who is chair of the all—party parliamentary group on women. the suspension of this particular mp, the right move? absolutely, and one has to ask what has been going one has to ask what has been going on in the labour party that it has taken quite so long. just before prime minister's question time, when jeremy corbyn was going to be up against the prime minister, and this was bound to come up, suddenly this news that action has been taken. i absolutely agree with the prime minister. the way we deal with constituents and talk about people in every walk of life is really important, and we must be scrutinised as parliamentarians on this, and they have done the right thing, but i wish we had seen action sooner. the labour party saying that new information has come to light and that is why this decision has been made at this time. it has been quite surprising how little this gentleman has done since he has been in parliament, perhaps he has been out nightclubbing and networking with constituents in venice, lots of mps don't do very much, but that does not mean they get suspended from the party. —— in fairness. does not mean they get suspended from the party. -- in fairness. as any new mp, you need to make a mark for your constituents, and what appears to have happened in this case, it has happened in a rather negative way. the way that it has been dealt with by the labour party is very lax, and the prime minister was perfectly right to make that point today at the despatch box, that we all, as parliamentarians, on whatever side of the house, have to absolutely be careful with our language and be suitable when it comes to dealing without constituents. yes, we are all going to have a social media presence, and indeed we have got to be real people, but the vile homophobic slurs and against women, and further evidence was coming up with no action being taken, making people believe that parliamentarians can do what they want. i am afraid to say, you know, if we don't call it out, we are part of the problem, soiam it out, we are part of the problem, so i am played they have acted on this this lunchtime. we should point out that one of these allegations was before he was an mp, claims that he made to a constituent, and the others go back 15 years. he wasn't a parliamentarian at the time, and i am wondering how far back we should look at things like this. the government has made sure that your digital footprint government has made sure that your digitalfootprint going government has made sure that your digital footprint going forward, you can do something about that. yes, 15 yea rs can do something about that. yes, 15 years back, you didn't realise your digital footprint was going to follow you around, they will possibly be impacted, but all parties have to look at their candidates, and all people have to look at their suitability as candidates, of course, and there is a balance to be struck. but i was on the women and equality is select committee, which this mp was also on, and! committee, which this mp was also on, and i was struck when we did some work on sexualisation of children and the pressures that they are finding in schools. now, this is learned behaviour that we are seeing in schools and colleges, so we don't call this out in parliament, whether it was a long time ago or we are not, as mps, seem to treat people with respect, then we are going to struggle to cut through. i think it is really important that the labour party act on this, and the question that many of us are wondering is why it has taken so long. the next question is, if the allegations are proved to be correct in this investigation, what should happen next? well, absolutely it is right that there should be an investigation, you pointed out some of these comments are a number of months ago, but i was watching brea kfast tv months ago, but i was watching breakfast tv yesterday and more people were coming out with concerns about how they have been treated by this gentleman. we as mps have to look at our behaviour, and there will be times that we fall short, none of us is perfect, and i will not point the finger at anyone, because we are all fallible. but ultimately, if this gentleman has not changed, and it is he is not adding value to parliament, then the labour party are going to have to look at this, and he has responsibility to look at his community and his constituency and sell. in reality, it is his constituents that really matter, and the most recent people to point the finger are his own constituents. the most recent people to point the finger are his own constituentslj finger are his own constituents.” am struck a bid by the fact that this is someone you sit next to on the committee, a colleague of yours, and you don't want to use his name. i have not seen him much around parliament, but certainly, as i say, he is an mp, mm of parliament, i am trying to talk more broadly as well about mps and their behaviour, and thatis about mps and their behaviour, and that is what the prime minister did today. we have the ability, with more women in parliament, to raise different issues which have not been spoken about over the last few yea rs. spoken about over the last few years. so it does give us a chance to shine a light on the sergeant, shine a light on the problems that we are seeing in the real world. —— shine a light on the asi as i say, this is learned behaviour, if we do not deal with this on whatever side of the house, if we are not balanced in our language and behaviour, we need to call each other out, whatever side of the house you on. you do know is name, don't you? jared, yes. thank you for your time. pleasure. two people have been fatally shot at grambling state university in louisiana, according to us media reports. the reports quote a sheriff's spokesman who said the gunman fled the area. detectives are at the scene, assisting campus police. an electrician from stirling who was facing three months in prison in dubai for public indecency has spoken of his relief at returning home to the uk. jamie harron had been sentenced for touching a man's hip in a crowded bar. he was freed after dubai's ruler intervened on his behalf. i kept positive all the way through it, because i still couldn't believe it, because i still couldn't believe it had actually happened, for what it had actually happened, for what it was, that was going on, i still can't believe it. half of all british women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, according to a survey carried out by the bbc. of the women who said they had been harassed, nearly two—thirds said they didn't report it to anyone. adina campbell has been looking at the findings. inappropriatejokes. obscene behaviour. unwelcome sexual advances. just some examples of sexual harassment which women and men have faced according to a survey for bbc 5 live. emily was sexually assaulted during a job interview at the age of 16. the man who abused her was in his 50s. i was frozen, i didn't know what to do with myself. and then i thought i was in the wrong. when i left, i couldn't process what actually happened. i remember ringing a couple of friends and asking if things were normal. and it got fed through to teachers and then my parents, and we did end up reporting it. the survey found more than half of women have experienced sexual harassment at work or in a place of study. around two thirds of men and women who had been harassed said they did not report it. and more women than men said they were targeted by a boss or senior manager. in the last couple of weeks, the scale of this type of abuse has been shared on social media after allegations of sexual assault by the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. since then, women and men have been sharing their own personal stories using the hashtag #metoo, a campaign that dates back more than a decade. my ultimate goal is to make sure this is notjust a moment, that this is definitely a movement and we will continue to raise our voices, we will continue to disrupt and continue to tell our stories until we are heard and until we move the needle. politicians here are also now making a stand. so many things have happened to me, and i'm only 40. i do think we need to be saying if so many women are coming forward and saying this is part of their daily lives, what are we all doing about it? who are the people doing this, why do they think it's ok? what are we doing to say this is not a culture, this is not a crime that we're going to tolerate? the survey also found that one in ten women who had been harassed left theirjob or place of study — something businesses, schools and colleges, will be hoping to change. adina campbell, bbc news. with me in the studio is hannah price, who started her own campaign to combat sexual harassment, revolt sexual assault. undo did it with snapchat, why was that the way to do it? well, one of the problems i had, especially at university, was that people were not co mforta ble university, was that people were not comfortable talking about it, let alone kind of reporting it. so one of the things we could do on snapchat was each individual could use the face tracking software to either have a filter or an emoji, they had control over how anonymous they had control over how anonymous they were, which meant more people wa nted they were, which meant more people wanted to take part and also meant that they were using a platform they we re that they were using a platform they were familiar with. just explain how that works in practice to people. so basically they can use the app, a lot of them came to me, and i helped them do it, or they could do it on their own device wherever, and they can basically filmed themselves sharing their own experience of sexual harassment or assault, or anything that they have experienced along those lines at university or outside of university, and recorded, and then afterwards they could either add a filter or all these other things that meant that their identity... so they are anonymous. yeah. let's listen to some of those who contributed. at my first week of um, who contributed. at my first week of uni, i met a guy who, after speaking for a while, realised we shared about 15 a mutual friends. we met a couple of times, and we went on a date, and then i slept with him. after the second time it happened, he took a photo of me barely clothed and ina he took a photo of me barely clothed and in a comprising positions without my knowledge — which he then actually posted on snapchat with the caption uni life. later that day, my best friend, who lives in london, askedif best friend, who lives in london, asked if it was me, which it was. when i rang him and asked why did it, he just laughed and asked me what i was up to, like things could return to normal. so you set this up in march, having seen all the stories that you have, are you thinking you are taking on quite a lot here? i think it is quite hard, especially when it is a campaign day andi especially when it is a campaign day and i speak to a lot of people at once, because it is quite draining and depressing, but also these stories are things that are happening all the time and to people i know, and ijust think that it is really important that it is talked about so more people feel happy to report this kind of behaviour.” about so more people feel happy to report this kind of behaviour. i am and what sort of effect the harvey weinstein scandal has had. positive effect in terms of more people feeling comfortable about coming forward with their stories. we did not find it hard to get people to take part, but now we have people to take part, but now we have people actively wanting to share their stories, and a lot of people that have taken part say they feel quite empowered by being able to voice their stories. what do you do with the information, with these videos? where do you go from here? so the videos are on our social media accounts, getting the message out, and then kind of we have been working with avon and somerset police... we should say you are at bristol university. yes, and it is not a problem isolated there, it is everywhere, but we need more support in place so people can report it, because the perpetrators are people they live with, people that they bump into in the shop, in lectures, ona bump into in the shop, in lectures, on a out, friends of their friends, so these are problems that we need to combat with more trained people to combat with more trained people to deal with it, face—to—face contact, that someone can go to and seek advice when they want to report the sort of thing. very good of you to come and talk about it. members of the european parliament have been debating sexual harrassment in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal. some meps complained they themselves had experienced harrassment. some lawmakers sat behind placards with the hashtag #metoo before and during the debate to discuss preventative measures against sexual harassment and abuse across the eu. don't forget, you can let us know what you think tweet us using #afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. now for the weather. we are looking ata now for the weather. we are looking at a much sunny afternoon compared with yesterday across most parts of the british isles. clouding over across wales and south—west england earlier. overnight a chance of spotting this, the aurora borealis. in scotland the skies are clear. the cloud across southern parts of england and wales cloud is encroaching pretty quickly as the weather front returns. there will be damp weather around across wales, the midlands and low cloud and fog patches forming in the south. some of that would be dense on thursday morning. still showers in the north west. a lot of cloud for england and wales. the thickest would be in the north of wales. the king of to bring spots of rain. a few showers on the north west of scotland. generally a lot of cloud around. temperature is ranging from 12 to 18 degrees. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. the uk economy grew slightly faster than expected in the three months to september. official figures from the office for national statistics show gdp rose 0.4 % in the third quarter. the brexit secretary, david davis, says it's possible that the uk parliament's vote on any brexit deal might come after the uk leaves the eu. the labour party suspends its mp jared o'mara after he posted misogynistic and homophobic comments online. the wife of an army sergeant — accused of attempting to murder her — tells a court she lied to police about his actions — to get her own back. sport now on afternoon live. we will talk about football in a moment. you have other stuff. a couple of stories from the league cup ties last night. still some legs to come. we have been keeping a cross disciplinary hearings in rugby union. very important for the england team for the three forwards involved. good news for the captain, dyla n involved. good news for the captain, dylan hartley. not such good news forjoe mahler. dylan hartley. not such good news for joe mahler. another dylan hartley. not such good news forjoe mahler. another england forward is going in front of the dock. eddiejones will be trying to echo what kind of a team here is to play with next month in the autumn internationals. what about the and 17 team? england three ampicillin. sounds good. it is the similar story as we have been telling in recent months. the under 20s, and other teams had success as well. it is thanks to another hat—trick from ryan brewster. he got three in the quarterfinals against usa. he was at it again, putting england in front. brazil did pull one back midway through the first half. he had rehearsed that, hadn't he? but brewster, who is on liverpool's books, he put in them back in front, 2-1 at books, he put in them back in front, 2—1 at half—time. no stopping him in the second half. he completed his second hat—trick of the tournament. they stay where they are for the final and they will face mali or spain. the under 17 team lost to spain. the under 17 team lost to spain in the euro finals this year on penalties. they have been busy. for now they will celebrate that early on when against brazil. let's hear from brewster. i am feeling great, over the moon. a great performance from the lads. we dug deep. brazil are a very good team. we knew that before we came in. we stuck to the plan and won 3—1 and onto the final. hopefully doing our best to win the game. that is what we do. i am not sure how the headlines will rope in brewster's millions in the headlines tomorrow. now to some of the other football fallout from last night. the british boxer anthony ogogo was at one of the league cup ties. he has been talking about the racist abuse he was subjected to in the match between norwich and arsenal. anthony ogogo is the olympic bronze medallist from london is targeted by a fellow norwich fan. i was totally flabbergasted. being a professional boxer, i have not often come across much racism. i have always blocked the negativity out. speaking to people, chances are, i wasjust really shocked and saddened. the english football league said there was nothing wrong with the ball used in the league cup despite pep guardiola saying it was unacceptable and made it impossible to score. they did eat wolverhampton wanderers on penalties but the players felt it was too light and inferior to the one used in the premier league. is the fa said the entertainment provided did not have a negative effect. unsworth has taken on the ca reta ker effect. unsworth has taken on the caretaker role for the second time in his career at everton. the team has to chip in with the goals. we have to play in a way to create more opportunities to give the striker is an opportunity to score. the way i wa nt to an opportunity to score. the way i want to play, i certainly want to create more opportunities than we have been doing. it is notjust the responsibilities of the strikers, it is the team's responsibility. dylan hartley is free to play in the autumn internationals last month after his sighting. king an opponent was dismissed. he picked up a yellow ca rd was dismissed. he picked up a yellow card for the incident against a clermont player. it was deemed that punishment was sufficient. it says that hartley was singled out because of past misdemeanours. he has been banned in total for over a year for various disciplinary issues. there was another hearing taking place which has just finished for another england forward, joe mahler. he has been banned for three weeks. king and opponent. he will miss the matches against argentina and australia. we will see what happens to another england forward, nathan hughes. we will have news on matt. to think in our lifetime we will ever be reporting on england against brazil to reach a world cup final in the adult game? unlikely. they are in the world cup next summer in russia. we can but dream, simon. that is what we do, at our age. thank you roma. an essex man accused of throwing acid over a group of clubbers has told a court that he thought the liquid was a date rape drug. arthur collins, 25, who's the ex—boyfriend of reality star ferne mccann, denies grievous bodily harm. he says he was trying to stop two men spiking a girl's drink. our correspondent sonja jessup is at wood green magistrates court in north london. what was the court told? this is the first time thejury what was the court told? this is the first time the jury has heard from arthur collins for the p is one of two men accused over this attack which took place at a nightclub in dalston in east london april. 14 people were hurt after acid was thrown over them put up mr collins does not deny throwing the liquid that he claims he did not know it was acid. he said he spotted a man inside the club who was holding a small bottle. he believed he ever heard the man saying he planned to spike a girl's ring. he swore at the man, snatched the bottle and said, you're not spiking no one. he thought it was a date rape drug. the man insisted he had done nothing wrong and was trying to stop a man spiking a girl's ring. he threw the liquid two or three times. he was askedif liquid two or three times. he was asked if he thought the bottle contained a corrosive substance and he said, never, no. the court also heard that just hours he said, never, no. the court also heard thatjust hours earlier, mr collins had been at a family barbecue with his then girlfriend, reality tv star verne mccann. they had told firm's family the news that she was pregnant. —— fern's family. arthur collins denies five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and nine counts of bodily harm. the co—defendant denies four counts of intended bodily harm and nine counts of bodily harm. some reiki news, fats domino has died at the age of 89. —— breaking news. facts. let's look back at his life. here's our correspondent. —— antwan templer mcquillan his piano playing in the bars of new o rlea ns piano playing in the bars of new orleans when he was spotted playing for $3 a week. —— antwan fats domino was spotted playing his piano. together they turned his rolling real man blues style, with its rich jazz and latin roots into something far more popular and conquered the 50s pop charts. rhythm and blues was only selling at the time may be 100,000 records. we found the guys buying pop were selling like 1,000,000th of that we crossed over and we went to, ain't that a shame, and we went to, ain't that a shame, and we went to, ain't that a shame, and we never looked back. he was one of the first black artist is top the white dominated chart and see his songs released on mainstream labels. his friendly, polished style delighted white audiences. in britain, rock and roll was blamed for teenage delinquency. # i've found my thrill # on blueberry hill.# he made millions and gambled much of it away. when hurricane katrina hit his hometown in 2005 he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later a visit from george w bush to replace his national arts medal lost in the floods and looting. as for his musical about the maimed as appealing and infectious as ever. —— as for his music, that remained. fats domino who has died at the age of 89. an inquiry into e—cigarettes has been announced by mps, amid concerns there are "significant gaps" in what is known about them. everything from their impact on human health to how their consumption affects the nhs and economy will be examined. our health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. the popularity of e—cigarettes has soared in recent years. nearly 3 million people in the uk now use them, according to the office for national statistics, a fourfold increase since 2012. this year, they were even used in the annual stoptober campaign for the first time. but despite this, they are not yet officially prescribed by the nhs. in fact, advisory body nice says patients should be told there is currently little evidence on the long—term benefits or harms of these products. the house of commons science and technology committee believes this mixed messaging about vaping and a lack of clear guidelines about their use is causing confusion, and has now announced it is launching its own enquiry. we need to understand what the long—term implications are of a far greater number of people using e—cigarettes. it's great news that people are stopping smoking and shifting to e—cigarettes, that we need to understand more about the health consequences of that. the cross—party group of mps has asked anyone who wants to submit written evidence to make sure it reaches the committee by the 8th of december. in a moment, the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the british economy grew more than expected — paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has left. labour suspends mpjared o'mara — over alleged misogynistic and homophobic remarks. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. as we've been hearing the uk‘s economy has grown faster than expected. growth in the services and manufacturing industries helped the gross domestic product for the quarter rise by 0.4%. it increases the changes of an interest rate rise next week. an independent review of the energy sector has found the costs of uk energy are too high. it says the government should establish an independent energy operator. lloyds has announced pre—tax profits of £1.95 billion for the third quarter. that's an increase of 141% on the same period last year — which had included provision for pp! compensation. so a new report out about the costs of energy? another report saying we may be paying too much for it. since 2014 we have seen the price of oil, gas and coal go down. what the independent review has concluded is the consumer has not felt the benefits. prices have increased. it is suggesting a default tariff replaced the variable tariff we see at the moment to cap energy profits and reduce prices for consumers. a report aboutjobs. and reduce prices for consumers. a report about jobs. employers and reduce prices for consumers. a report aboutjobs. employers say they are increasingly not confident about where the economy is going. yet, all the figures we seem to be reporting suggest that things are rather positive. unemployment is down. we have had growth figures today. unemployment is the best it has been for decades. we have had good gross out today. employers surveyed in this report have said they are concerned about the future outlook. people who hire and fire saying they are not sure if they can hire in the same way they are currently. that is due to uncertainty generally over negotiations of brexit, about trade and immigration and eu citizens rights as well. joining us now is tom hadley, from the recruitment and employment federation. thank you for joining us this afternoon. as simon was saying, it is slightly perplexing. we have this great economic data out but employers are feeling not so great. are they feeling not so great. are they feeling pessimistic? if you look at all the discussions we are having posed brexit and a lot of the uncertainty, perhaps it is no surprise. —— post. we do need to ta ke surprise. —— post. we do need to take this uncertainty seriously. what is encouraging is demand for stuff is still strong foot over 20% of employees are planning to hire more. “— of employees are planning to hire more. —— employers. of employees are planning to hire more. -- employers. you would think there would be more confidence. what will it take to make them feel better about the future? brexit colours lot of conversations the employers are having internally. there have been positive messages over the last few weeks. that would help. for employers we work all clear guidance on immigration policy would be great. we understand the business community needs to hire differently. we will still need to maintain access to workers from overseas including in sectors like health and social care. demand is not bad the biggest challenge we see is meeting demand for workers in many different sectors. would you say that is the key factor? could that be replaced with domestic workers? employers recognise it is a good time to take stock. that is something we are keen to facilitate. employers are looking at different ways to hire locally. employers are looking at how they can bring more underrepresented groups into the jobs market. all of that is happening. even if we drive this agenda, which we are doing, we will still need to maintain access to staff, including workers from the eu. that is a big concern at the moment, especially in sectors like health care, drivers, hospitality. it is otherjob categories as well. thank you. quick looks at markets. glaxosmithkline has just posted some good results. they said demand for hiv and lung drugs, sales are up but the share price is not reflected in the share price is not reflected in the same way. more analysis later on that one. thank you for that. imagine turning up for your flight to the sunny greek island of crete and finding out you are the only passenger. when she went to the check in desk she was told there were only 2 others booked on the flight. when i turned up at the check—in desk, i wasjoking when i turned up at the check—in desk, i was joking with the clerk. i said, how many passengers are there? he's said, gas? ok, ten. isaid, eight. we went down and down. i went four. he said when you're never going to get it. there are only three of them. i'd julie went through. when i got to the gate there was nobody there. i thought, i am at the wrong place. it said rackley on. the guide turned up at the desk and said, high, karen. i went, yes. you are our only passenger. you have your very own private jet. that sounds great. where were you going to sit? my seat had been 30 38, right at the very backin had been 30 38, right at the very back in the corner. when i got to the original check—in desk, because it thought there were three people they said i would be in the middle of the plane when it was only me, they said, you have the best seat in they said, you have the best seat in the plane, number one, with all the legroom and everything else. as i was sitting at the gate, the pilot and first officer turned up and crew. they all said to me, high, are you karen? iwent, yeah. they were so friendly. they said, we are your private crew. it sounds amazing. presumably the announcements were personalised as well. they work, a bit. the pilot, a lady, called laura. she would go, i karen, and the girls. if you look over your left hand side got we are flying over. . . left hand side got we are flying over... right now. when it got dark, she said, high, karen and the girls. if you run across the plain you will see we are going through a lightning storm. the plane, it was totally calm but there was a most amazing lightning storm with flashing lights the side us. it was totally amazing. it was like the icing on the cake. what happened with food and drink? presumably nonstop. oh, yeah. it was great. how much did the ticket cost? £46 yes. it is difficult. presumably you did not have to worry about the occupied light going up on the toilet or anything like that. in fa ct, toilet or anything like that. in fact, laura, the pilot before we took off, the first officer was doing some checks. she said, you know when those lights go off, you can move around the plane. feel free to run up and down. so, i did. you didn't? i did. yes. it was my big moment. ifeel like a didn't? i did. yes. it was my big moment. i feel like a five—year—old. you ran up and down the aisle? only once. that sounds bad, doesn't it? i'm looking at the picture you took of yourself. how much wine did you have? i had four of the little bottles that you get. the red cheeks suggest that is probably about right. you know the name of the pilot, you're all one—to—one. when you landed, how did laura deal with that? when we landed, they all came out. normally the hostesses go, hope you have a nice flight and it was automated. the order squint and went, have a great time, karen. there was one man standing at the bottom up the steps with my bag. my luggage did not even have to go through the whole carousel or anything like that. it was all handed to me, as if i were a vip. you are in crete. is the holiday matching the journey?” you are in crete. is the holiday matching the journey? i am here to work. i am working on another novel. when i going back?” work. i am working on another novel. when i going back? i am going back in december. hopefully not too many people to spoil that flight either. it is great for you to join us. thank you for telling us your story. my thank you for telling us your story. my pleasure. nice to speak to you. isn't it good to have a good new story just for isn't it good to have a good new storyjust for once? time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. plenty of sunshine for most parts of the united kingdom. the area of cloud, 50 miles further south and we we re cloud, 50 miles further south and we were thinking yesterday allowing sunnier weather to work its way into southern counties of england. this weather will be crossing central portions of the uk over the next 24 hours bringing a change in the weather. into the evening, most areas will keep the fine weather. thickening cloud perhaps bringing a few spots of light rain and drizzle. overnight tonight, one thing that is worth pointing out this week could get glimpses of the aurora borealis. keep your eyes peeled overnight. further south across england and wales, as the moist air works its way in. to see cloud overnight with mist and fog patches. this could be dense by dawn. still a few showers for the north west of scotland. otherwise drive for the northern half of the uk. on thursday the weather fronts wriggling around bringing thickening cloud. a few spots of rain possible. north wales and the midlands and northern counties of england. across england and wales it will be cloudy day. temperatures, we are looking at 12, 13 weather sunshine comes out. milder conditions further south. as we go through thursday night and into friday, we'll start to see the clea ra nce into friday, we'll start to see the clearance of the front finally. pressure will begin to build. temperature wise we are looking at highs of 11—15. into the weekend, the high—pressure moves westwards allowing northerly winds to feed in. that means things will certainly get quite a lot colder as we go on progressively through the weekend with temperatures really dropping away. how cold will it get? across parts of the uk we are looking at temperatures into single figures in edinburgh and aberdeen. also some very strong winds making it feel bitter at times. temperatures coming back to normal in london. you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at four: the british economy grew more than expected, paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has left. fats domino, one of the pioneers of rock and roll, has died at the age of 89. we will be lugging baghdatis life. and all the sport on afternoon live, england have beaten brazil in a world cup. —— we will be looking back at his life. yes, not often you can say that, they averaged the world cup final, a purple patch for the england youth teams. —— they have reached the world cup finals. and in the weather, something to look forward to. yes, it sounds of catching the aurora borealis, we will be having a go at explaining how it forms, join me later for that. it can only get better! you could call him barking mad. the man who made his car look so embarrassing so that his girlfriend wouldn't keep asking him for lifts. we'll have the full "tail". hello, this is afternoon live. i am simon mccoy. looking forward to that story! now, the uk's economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september, increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase interest rates next week. according to the initial assessment by the office for national statistics, the economy expanded by 0.4%, with strong performances in the services and manufacturing industries. the construction sector, however, continued to perform poorly. andy verity has the details. this cardboard box maker in leamington is in one segment of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago — manufacturing. the orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further growth, like finding enough staff and materials to meet those orders. that is when the economists think inflation can become a risk. but growth, compared to last year, has slowed down. last year, we had double—digit growth. we had a fantastic year last year. this year, we still have growth but organic growth from existing accounts. and we have been lucky enough to win some new business. but not on the scale of last year. our sales team have been distracted in negotiations, price increases and things like that. so this year is not quite as good, but still very positive. construction was easily the worst performing sector of the economy. it's shrunk now for six months, that is technically a recession. and in the last quarter it was down by 0.7%, that is its worst performance in five years. it was much better with industrial production, that was up by 1.0%. mainly because of carmaking and other manufacturing activities. services grew by 0.4%. that is better than expected, but not as good as it was back in the boom days. the troubles of the construction industry were more than offset by other industries doing better than expected. including business services like information technology and finance. it is a solid performance by the uk economy in the third quarter, and it has outperformed market expectations as the uk economy has done overall since the referendum. and what it shows is the underlying fundamental strength of this economy. oecd, imf, obr, all those independent forecasters have said growth is pulling back, wages stagnating. but more importantly, productivity is stagnating. so we are falling behind our competitors. in this budget that is coming up, it has got to change direction. on the money markets, the betting is that interest rates are 80% likely to rise next week. but not everyone thinks that they should go up. it is a difficult one to call. i think on the one hand you have got inflation, which is at the higher level than mpc members are comfortable with. but the performance of the economy is not exactly firing on all cylinders. i think some of the communications from the bank recently would indicate a majority will see this as a green light to press ahead with a quarter—point increase next week. if rates do rise a week tomorrow, only a minority of the population will face higher costs, as only a minority have a mortgage, and many of them have fixed rates. if the official rate goes up, as expected, to 0.5%, it will still be lower than it has been for most of the last 300 years. andy verity, bbc news. more on the fallout, david davis was in the house of commons this morning, vicki young, this story is developing as we speak, the brexit secretary just making a developing as we speak, the brexit secretaryjust making a statement. yes, this morning david davis was asked about the meaningful vote that mps have been promised on the final outcome of those brexit negotiations. the understanding of eve ryo ne negotiations. the understanding of everyone here is that the government would come back, either with a deal or no deal, and parliament would be able to accept or reject that. this morning, in the select committee, he was asked about this, and he seemed to be talking about the negotiations going right up to the wire, to the last moment before the end of march 2019, and in that scenario the vote that parliament has will be after that parliament has will be after that date, after we have left the eu. that has caused a storm of protest from mps here, and in the last few minutes david davis's spokesman has, i think we can say, sought to clarify the situation, saying that the government is working to reach an agreement on a final deal in good time before we leave the eu. once a deal is agreed, we will meet our long—standing commitment of a vote in both houses, and we expect and intend this to be before the vote in the european parliament, and therefore before we leave. referring to what david davis said this morning, the spokesman said, this morning the secretary of state was asked about hypothetical scenarios. michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu, scenarios. michel barnier, the chief negotiatorfor the eu, has said he hopes to get the deal agreed by over 2018, and that is our aim as well. so clarifying, you could say, or maybe contradicting what the secretary of state said earlier. but making the point, which i put two hilary benn earlier, in that it is difficult when you face these committees, if a hypothetical is put to you, you have got to be straight. the problem with the old brexit negotiation, nobody knows what is coming down the track, and what we have seen in the past few months, few weeks, couple of days is each side pushing forward what it thinks is going to happen. you have michel barnier saying a trade deal, well, that could take years, look how long it is taken with canada, it will ta ke it is taken with canada, it will take far longer than a few months to sort that out. today you have got david davis saying there's no reason why this cannot be sorted out by march 2019, it is not that difficult if the political will is there. this isa if the political will is there. this is a negotiation, both side want to get their own way, neither side knows where it is going to end up, so you end up with these hypothetical situations, hypothetical situations, hypothetical questions, and ministers have to be very careful how theys them. vicki, don't go away, i want to tell you about what is happening with the labour party, which has suspended and launched an investigation into the behaviour of jared o'mara following comments he made online. o'mara, the mp for sheffield hallam, has apologised for misogynistic and homophobic comments he posted 15 years ago, but he's also been accused of verbally assaulting a woman in his constituency earlier this year. the shadow chancellor said a decision about his future has yet to be made. yes, a decision has been taken to suspend him and have the whip withdrawn because of that suspension. there will be a full investigation by the labour party, and then as a result of that, a final decision will be made about his future. responding to a question during prime minister's questions, theresa may said all mps should show women the respect they deserve. i want see women to see this house as a place they want to come to, they want to contribute to society and respond to the needs of local constituents and make a real difference to people's lives. that's what i am in it for, and that's why i have encouraged more women to come into this house, and i am pleased to say we have more women on our benches than ever before. and, finally, all of us... all of us in this house should have due care and attention to the way in which we refer to other people and should show women in public life the respect that they deserve. vicki, how much trouble as jared o'mara in, and how much damage could this do tojeremy corbyn? o'mara in, and how much damage could this do to jeremy corbyn? yeah, i think the labour leadership was coming under increasing pressure of all of this. what they were able to do at the beginning of the week, afterjared o'mara went to his colleagues, he spoke to them very emotionally about the mistakes he had made, he said, you know, a long time ago, back in 2000 and he said he had been on a journey, that he had changed his views, that he no longer felt like that, so that allowed them to say he has apologised, that has been accepted, we move on, he has learned his lesson. the trouble now is that yesterday there were more allegations, today labour suggesting that there were more revelations as well about things he may have said more recently. now, he has denied some of those categorically, but labour clearly feel that, with the pressure mounting, it was time for him to be suspended from the party. he is suspended as a member of the parliamentary labour party as well while this investigation carries on. 0k, vicki, while this investigation carries on. ok, vicki, while you are there, i am looking at reuters, which says that prime minister theresa may, her spokesman says the prime minister has full confidence in brexit secretary, david davis. i always see those words, full confidence, and i suddenly think people might be in trouble. obviously, after what has happened this morning at the select committee, because there seems to have been a clarification from the department that has to be made, theresa may being put on the spot in the house of commons during pmqs about this, it will be journalists at the westminster lobby asking whether she does still think he should be in post. i do not think there is much cancer of him being moved, but i can't put that to charlie elphicke, the conservative mpfor charlie elphicke, the conservative mp for dover. just saying that theresa may's is bugs and saying she has full confidence in david davis following his appearance at the select committee, when he said that mps would get a vote on the final deal may be after we have left.” think he is doing a superbjob, sticking up for britain, making the case for our national interest, to make sure we do not pay too much money and get the best possible terms, i cannot think of anyone better to do thisjob. terms, i cannot think of anyone better to do this job. hmrc has been talking this afternoon about customs and future arrangements, they are concerned about any new arrangements, and details it may well cause, those are the words being used by mps and buy them, particularly at our borders. as mp for dover, you presumably would think that work needs to be done on this now. we have been arguing that we need to be ready on day one, prepared for every eventuality, deal all no deal, and that is why i have been calling on the treasury to earmark £1 billion or more in the current budget so that we can make sure that whatever happens, we are ready. but some would say, why spend that amount of money, money that we do not really have, on a scenario that might not happen? three key reasons. you get house insurance before you are burgled, it isjust good practice to make sure we are a prepared for every eventuality, in case there is a problem at the last moment. you will get a better deal if the other side know you can walk away from the table if you need to — the price goes down and the temps get better. the third reason is, this is what i call no regrets spending. we have got a customs syste m spending. we have got a customs system which needs to be improved, we could do with cutting edge digital border systems that make sure that we can stop murderers getting into the country, that we are able to track down those who ove rstayed are able to track down those who overstayed visas, and we know about the problems of the roads to the treble ports. why shouldn't we have resilient roads? so you think that the new technology, those changes should be brought in even if we end up should be brought in even if we end up with a very, very free tariff trading arrangement with eu. very much so. member, half of our trade is already on wto terms, so we ought to be having the very best custom system, like in singapore, where they can clear in seconds. in australia, they have incredibly good digital borders, and we should have those things as well, it would make our borders safer, stronger and more secure. but even if you did get that money, even if the cancer does decide to do that, how quickly can that whole new system be set up? —— the chancellor. we have heard so many stories about it systems, particularly with the home office, that we have not worked. there are no shortage of people who say it cannot be done, in a year and a half we cannot possibly be ready, we will have to be supplicants to the european union. but if you look at the history books, it is clear that there is no challenge your obstacle we cannot meet or overcome when there is a national need, i believe in the future of the british people and our best days are yet to come, and our best days are yet to come, and we can do it. do you think, like david davis has been confident about, that a trade deal is still very much within the grasp of the british and eu governments?m very much within the grasp of the british and eu governments? it is in everyone's interest to find a way forward , everyone's interest to find a way forward, to come to a good agreement. it is in europe's interest as well. they would suffer most if they did not have the finances of the city of london, they would suffer most because they have a trade surplus with us in goods to the tunes of £100 billion. tariffs would hit european exports twice as ha rd would hit european exports twice as hard as the other way round, and of course they want our money for the divorce bill, sol course they want our money for the divorce bill, so i think we can find a positive settlement and a really good way forward. ok, charlie elphicke, thank you very much indeed. a lot of talk again today about brexit, it seems that mps will get their vote before we leave the european union, that is what the government seems to be saying now, but we don't get know what they will be voting on. vicki, thank very much, vicki young. the british economy grew more than expected, paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary tells mps they may not get a vote on any eu deal until after britain has levelled. and fats domino, one of the pioneers of rock and roll, has died at the age of 99. more at the moment. in sport, england are through to the final of the under 17 world cup in india, they beat brazil 3—1 in kolkata. rhiannon brewster scored his second hat—trick of the tournament. they will face mali or spain in the final. dylan hartley has been cleared to play in the autumn international series next month after being cited for foul play in a match, but a disciplinary panel dismissed the case. and england's women are preparing for the second one—day game against australia, they narrowly lost the first match. i will be back with a full update in the next 15 minutes, see you then. the american singer songwriter fats domino has died at the age of 89. he began his career as a pianist in the bars of his hometown, new orleans, before recording a string of hits which crossed over from before recording a string of hits which crossed overfrom rhythm before recording a string of hits which crossed over from rhythm and blues into rock and roll in the 19505 blues into rock and roll in the 1950s and 1960s. nick higham looks back at his life. # one day you'll cry # and i won't come back to you # just you wait and see...# antoine "fats" domino learned his piano—playing in the bars of new orleans, where he was spotted working for $3 a week by the record producer dave bartholomew. together, they turned his rolling rhythm and blues style, with its rich jazz and latin roots, into something far more popular and conquered the ‘50s pop charts. rhythm and blues would only sell at the time maybe 100,000 records. but we found the guys was buying pop, they were selling like a million, so we crossed over and we went to ain't that a shame, and we never looked back. he was one of the first black artists to top the white—dominated chart and see his songs released on mainstream labels. his friendly, polished style delighted white audiences, though in britain rock and roll was blamed for teenage delinquency. # i've found my thrill # on blueberry hill...# blueberry hill was one of more than 30 top—40 hits, though the one he didn't write himself. he made millions and gambled much of it away but went on playing into old age. when hurricane katrina hit his hometown in 2005, he chose to stay at home and was rumoured dead. later, there was a visit from george w bush to replace his national arts medal, lost in the floods and looting. as for his music, that remained as appealing and infectious as ever. fats domino, who has died at the age of 89. a woman whose husband is accused of trying to murder her has told the court she lied to police about her husband's actions to get her own back after she had learnt of his deceit. victoria cilliers survived a 4,000 foot fall after her parachute failed during a jump in 2015. army sergeant emile cilliers denies tampering with his wife's parachute, and denies sabotaging a gas fitting at their home. duncan kennedy is following the case at at winchester crown court. victoria cilliers arrived in this car ready to give her evidence two years after the parachute fall that left her with multiple injuries. shortly afterwards, emile cilliers on the left also came to court to listen to his wife talk about the affair he was having and his problems with debt. in court, mrs cilliers spoke of her love for parachuting, saying that it became an obsession and addiction, not dissimilar to drugs. the prosecution claim emile cilliers sabotaged his wife's parachute at the netheravon airbase in 2015, leading to both her chutes failing to open. the couple were married four years earlier and lived in wiltshire. but she told the court today about their marital problems. the prosecutor asked her, "did you mean it?" mrs cilliers replied, "i'm not sure." later, mrs cilliers said she had lied to police about her husband's actions to get her own back after she had learned about what she called his lies and deceit. when asked if she had always told the truth, she replied, "not always." mrs cilliers walked into court and showed no outward signs of her injuries that she suffered at netheravon. she told the court her husband was bad with money and he had debts. she also said he knew that money from a life insurance policy would go to him. emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder. with the position of president xijinping consolidated by the communist party in china, speculation is now growing that president xi wants to stay in office beyond the allotted ten—year term. the new politburo committee unveiled yesterday, the six men who will serve alongside him for his second term in office, includes no obvious young successor. here's our china correspondent john sudworth. a packed hall waits for the results of the mysterious and secretive process at the heart of one of the world's powerful states. now pleasejoin me in a warm applause to greet the general secretary and other political bureau standing committee members. and then, out they come. the only certainty — the man at the front. but behind president xi are the handful of men who are to rule china for the next five years. it is a well—established tradition, but this time something is missing. there is no obvious young leader—in—waiting. let us warmly welcome general secretary xi jinping. .. this break with precedent will fuel speculation over whether he intends to break another — the two—term limit for chinese leaders. the press conference, if it can be called that, was notable for another reason — a number of major international news organisations were not invited. the economist, the financial times, the guardian newspaper, the new york times, and the bbc. this is about as close as we've been able to get. it may be no coincidence of course that all of those organisations produce the kind ofjournalism to which the authorities regularly object. we should never entertain the idea... for those who were in the hall, mr xi had some advice. translation: we do not need lavish praise from others. however, we do welcome objective reporting and constructive suggestions. applause. and with that, mr xi walked off to begin his second term in office. his consolidation of power is now complete. the only question — how long he intends to hang on to it. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. half of all british women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, according to a survey carried out by the bbc. of the women who said they had been harassed, nearly two—thirds said they didn't report it to anyone. adina campbell has been looking at the findings. inappropriate jokes or banter. obscene behaviour. unwelcome sexual advances. just some examples of sexual harassment which women and men have faced, according to a survey for bbc 5 live. emily was sexually assaulted during a job interview at the age of 16. the man who abused her was in his 50s. i was frozen, i didn't know what to do with myself. and then i thought i was in the wrong. when i left, i couldn't process what actually happened. i remember ringing a couple of friends and asking if things were normal. and it got fed through to teachers and then my parents, and we did end up reporting it. the survey found more than half of women have experienced sexual harassment at work or in a place of study. around two thirds of men and women who had been harassed said they did not report it. and more women than men said they were targeted by a boss or senior manager. in the last couple of weeks, the scale of this type of abuse has been shared on social media after allegations of sexual assault by the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. since then, women and men have been sharing their own personal stories using the hashtag #metoo, a campaign that dates back more than a decade. my ultimate goal is to make sure this is notjust a moment, that this is definitely a movement and we will continue to raise our voices, we will continue to disrupt and continue to tell our stories until we are heard and until we move the needle. politicians here are also now making a stand. so many things have happened to me, and i'm only 40. i do think we need to be saying if so many women are coming forward and saying this is part of their daily lives, what are we all doing about it? who are the people doing this, why do they think it's ok? what are we doing to say this is not a culture, this is not a crime that we're going to tolerate? the survey also found that one in ten women who had been harassed left theirjob or place of study — something businesses, schools and colleges, will be hoping to change. adina campbell, bbc news. now, our next story is certainly in the category of "don't try this at home". a british adventurer reached heights of 2,500 metres and flew nearly 16 miles across south africa — in a camping chair strapped to 100 helium balloons. the 38—year—old and his team spent two days inflating the balloons ready for the flight, which he described as "unbelievably cool". after a rapid ascent, he returned to earth by gradually cutting the balloons loose. that is cool on a whole new level. so remarkable images from the skies above south africa. someone else who has his head in the skies at the moment, chris fawkes, rather colourful skies too. yes, you can see these pictures from yesterday, the fauria list last night, and there is a chance of catching it tonight, and some of them have been quite spectacular. —— them have been quite spectacular. —— the aurora borealis. what causes it? well it is all the do with the sun, the outer atmosphere of the sun is the corona, and this is not a visible image, this is using x—ray is and ultraviolet light, but these are holes in the corona, and within them there are cooler regions of the outer atmosphere of the sun where the magnetic fields line up in the same direction, and charged particles search up and head sometimes towards earth. they are moving very fast, 1.4 million mph, and they head towards earth, where they sometimes get captured by the earth's magnetic field. if they get into the magnetic field, they bounce around between the north and south pole, sometimes hitting atmospheric molecules, exciting the electrons in the adams, and as they fall back into a lower state of excitation, they release photons of light, which is what makes this display. so this is what makes this display. so this is oxygen molecules and atoms hitting them, the different colours correspond to the different atoms and molecules that are colliding. there is a good chance of seeing it tonight, actually, the best places tonight, actually, the best places to catch a view of the northern lights will be across scotland certainly, but probably parts of northern england and northern ireland as well, so we could get scenes like this for some of you overnight tonight. looking at the weather beyond that, that hole in the corona moves away because the sun rotates, so it will be moving away from pointing our way, and overnight, well, further cloud for england and wales, dense fog across southern parts, damp weather too. clear skies across the northern half of the uk, which is where you are most likely to see the auroras encore is. a much cloudier picture tomorrow, a murky start to think. further north, that is the best of the sunshine, but again quite blustery, 12 or 13 in the sunshine, 18 in blustery, 12 or 13 in the sunshine, 18ina blustery, 12 or 13 in the sunshine, 18 in a rather cloudy london. looking at the picture through thursday night, the weather front slips southwards, allowing high pressure to build across the british isles, breaking the cloud more generally, a decent day on friday, fog patches for northern ireland, most of us seeing sunshine. still on the mild side. but that will change. as we go through the weekend, high pressure in the rest, quest of the british isles will allow cold air to search down from polar regions, knocking the temperatures down significantly. across parts of scotland, northern england, northern ireland, a cloudy and windy day on saturday, but temperatures falling to below average on sunday. that will be a shock to the system. temperatures also coming down further south, for example in london, 19 today, 14 on sunday, average for the time of year, but feeling cooler can paired with recent days, and there will be a chilly wind as well on top of that. —— compared. cooling down into the weekend, sunday will be the cool of the two days of the weekend. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. the uk economy grew slightly faster than expected in the three months to september. official figures from the office for national statistics show gdp rose 0.4 % in the third quarter. the brexit secretary says parliament will get a vote on brexit before the uk leaves the eu, despite earlier implying it may not. the wife of an army sergeant — accused of attempting to murder her — tells a court she lied to police about his actions — to get her own back. and fats domino, one of the pioneers of rock and roll, has died at the age of 89. sport now on afternoon live. let's just enjoy the moment of the footballing moment but talk about other stuff that has been going on. football last night and the repercussions. interesting that manchester city blamed a ball for what was an underwhelming performance from them last night. a couple more league cup ties to come with inform spurs and chelsea. let's baskin with inform spurs and chelsea. let's bask in the purple patch for england's youth teams at the moment. it is the semifinal of the world cup and england and brazil. the final score was? brazil one, england, three. are we expecting england to produce at the world cup next summer in russia? perhaps not. the youth tea m in russia? perhaps not. the youth team certainly is doing the business. the under 20 won their world cup and the under 19 became european champions. the under 17 ins have beaten brazil to reach the final of the world cup in england —— india. brewster now has three hat—trick in the quarterfinals in the usa. brazil managed to pull one back. he clearly rehearsed that celebration with his team—mates. brewster, the man at the moment, who is on liverpool's books, put england backin is on liverpool's books, put england back in front to make it 2—1 with that strike. in the second half he completed his second hat—trick of the tournament. that means they stay on in india and that final to be played on saturday. they will face either mali or spain. fingers crossed that england can emulate the achievements of the other youth teams at that wonderment.” achievements of the other youth teams at that wonderment. i am feeling great, over the moon. a great performance from the lads. we dug deep. brazil are a very good team. we stuck to the plan and won 3-1. team. we stuck to the plan and won 3—1. onto the final foot we will hopefully win and do our best to win the game. that is what we will do devon hartley is free to play in the autumn internationals. hartley picked up a yellow card is cited for the incident in the champions cup on the incident in the champions cup on the weekend. the disciplinary hearing decided today that punishment was sufficient. you'll be able to feature in eddiejones side. the harlequins prop pleaded guilty to striking will ronan is with his forearm. we are waiting news on the outcome with nathan hughes w is also in front of the disciplinary committee today. anthony ogogo has talked about the racist abuse he was subjected to with the arsenal— norwich cup tie yesterday. he was targeted by norwich fan put up the clu b says targeted by norwich fan put up the club says it will ban anyone found to have abused the boxer.” club says it will ban anyone found to have abused the boxer. i was flabbergasted. being from where i'm from a professional boxer, i have not often come across much racism. asa not often come across much racism. as a positive person i was tried to block the negativity out. i was just really shocked and saddened. eyes—macro astonishing stuff. i'm sure that investigation will continue to let's say it again. england 3— brazil. continue to let's say it again. england 3- brazil. a very special moment. cheered those of us up who support england. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. riz lateef is in london, where you've had rare access to one of the city's major trauma centres — more of that in a moment. and mary rhodes is in birmingham — where a grandmother came within hours of being wrongly deported. but first to riz in london. hide. that is right. the footage we see is thanks to our political correspondent who had amazing and rare a ccess correspondent who had amazing and rare access to one of the capital's major trauma centres in whitechapel. this is where the most sick and seriously injured get taken. there are four of them in london. the one we see is the one at the royal london hospital. do you remember the london hospital. do you remember the london bridge terror attack? that is when many dashes up where many of the seriously injured were taken. those in the recess unit were either on shift or they headed back to help in they could. what our films do they give an insight into what happens over the course of five nights. five night shifts monday to friday well rest of us are sleeping. have a look. code black trauma. patient arriving in two minutes. there is a badly injured patient coming in with fixed, dilating pupils, which is a sign of brain death. a very high risk to life. she worked to deteriorate it could happen extremely quickly. worked to deteriorate it could happen extremely quicklym worked to deteriorate it could happen extremely quickly. it is normal. we expect people to come in with gunshot wounds and stabbings. the last thing we want is gang members orfriends the last thing we want is gang members or friends coming the last thing we want is gang members orfriends coming in to finish thejob. members orfriends coming in to finish the job. tonight, looking at the work of what hospitals across the work of what hospitals across the country deal with and that is a road traffic accident. we saw armed police. armed officers guarding every entrance when a patient with a gunshot wound comes in. tonight, as you mentioned, the aftermath of the road traffic accident. we'll says the doctors operated on people with a bullet woodland in their stomach. in one case gentlemen have it on his brain. karl, who i mentioned earlier has the footage and got the access. he spent five nights armed with a small camera not making anyjudgment we re small camera not making anyjudgment were just reflecting what happens. to put it into context, just think about this. this one resuscitation unit at the royal london hospital deals with 100 gunshot wounds the year and 700 stabbings. it shows good if you like, what medical staff dealing with day—to—day. it also shows that incredible devastation and commitment. after all these are remarkable people who save lives. plenty more on your programme tonight. let's go to birmingham. this remarkable story of a woman who came to the country aged ten and is on the verge of being deported. this is the story of paulette wilson, a grandmother. she was at heathrow this morning werejust grandmother. she was at heathrow this morning were just hours from being sent back to jamaica. she arrived as a ten—year—old in 1968 to be looked after by her grandparents that she was taken into care when her grandparents could no longer look after her. she has lived in the midlands for 50 years. she now lives in wolverhampton. she has worked in this country for that she has a daughter, a grandchild. she has evidence of national insurance contributions banning 34 years. she worked in the house of commons as a cook. she was working and paying national insurance contributions. why should she be so close to being deported? a few years ago she received a letter from the home office saying her right to remain in the country was being reviewed. this started two very stressful years for paula wilson and her family. started two very stressful years for paula wilson and herfamily. she had to report regularly to an immigration centre while her case was being reviewed. last wednesday, when she was attending one of these appointments, she was told she would probably face deportation. she had to gather herb things up very quickly. she went to bedford and then heathrow. she was very close to being deported. she had no idea why. it was only this one that her daughter received a phone call saying that her mother was on her way home. what is going on? i will phone you. they are releasing new? yes. how long will it take? where are you going? what do you have to do? they are going to take me to make train station. i don't know which one. i still have this phone. how you feeling? happy. ijust which one. i still have this phone. how you feeling? happy. i just want to see you. want to see you as well. she sounded fairly relaxed you could tell the anxiety from her daughter, natalie. it has been extremely stressful, this situation. we still don't know what precipitated that change of mind. this morning she was going to be put onto a train to jamaica where she has no family and has not been for almost 50 years. we are hoping that paulette will return back to coventry during our programme, between 6:30pm and 7pm to be reunited with her daughter, and natalie. just before i leave you, it is not even the end of october yet. you are doing a story on christmas lights. i like to think i am of a sunny disposition. when someone said that we have christmas lights, i said, don't be ridiculous. this is the story of a family from birmingham pulled if he thought the end of october was early to put christmas lights up, they have been up christmas lights up, they have been upforfour christmas lights up, they have been up forfour weeks christmas lights up, they have been up for four weeks will stop their houseis up for four weeks will stop their house is destined inside and out. we will be live this evening. they say they do it because they love christmas and wish it could be christmas and wish it could be christmas every day. where have i heard that before? probably from the engine in previous chats. thank you. great to talk to you. and we just can't stay away. harry gration is in leeds where a footballer has received a rather unique present from a young fan. he found a fiver on the floor.l great story about yorkshire generosity. a great football club, huddersfield town that they are very proud of their association with other towns. the huddersfield town side smashed manchester united on saturday and he found £5 note on his way out. he is as honest as the day is long and he said i can't keep this because it is not mine. he sendsit this because it is not mine. he sends it to huddersfield town. the commission director then responds to it who are basically be £5 note in the letter, adam wanted to give it to aaron moya, who scored the goal, because he felt he played so well. that is a lovely tale. what will happen now is that the young man will meet aaron and i suspect quite a few of the other players as well on friday when he goes down to the huddersfield town to ground. that is a fantastic story about generosity. i hope he has a great day. i don't actually get down to london very often. i did a few weeks ago. i found this outside your dressing room. i know it is yours because it says, can you see that? belongs to simon mccoy. do you know what i will do with it? spend it. two cappuccinos in the north of england. thank you. thank you. by a joke book. you are on the show more than iam.i book. you are on the show more than i am. i saw that. thank you. great to talk to you again. that is our look at what is happening nationwide. if you'd like to catch up with more of those news nationwide stories, go to the bbc iplayer. you can pick your region, pick the stories. it is fair to say each one of those regions today we have covered has a story that will move you in various ways. fascinating look at what is going on nationwide. as part of our 100 women series, we'd like to introduce you to bangkok's all—female fight team. muay thai is thailand's national sport, but women have to make their own way in the sport in the face of limited opportunities. they are paid significantly less than their male counterparts and several prestigious stadiums in bangkok still won't allow women to compete. in a moment a look at the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the british economy grew more than expected — paving the way for a rise in interest rates next week. the brexit secretary says parliament will get a vote on brexit before the uk leaves the eu, despite earlier implying it may not. and fats domino, one of the pioneers of rock and roll, has died at the age of 89. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. as we've been hearing the uk's economy has grown faster than expected. growth in the services and manufacturing industries helped the gross domestic product for the quarter rise by 0.4%. it increases the changes of an interest rate rise next week. an independent review of the energy sector has found the costs of uk energy are too high. among the recommendations are that the government should establish an independent energy operator. lloyds has announced pre—tax profits of £1.95 billion pounds for the third quarter. that's an increase of 141% on the same period last year — which had included provision for pp! compensation. we're going to look at the markets now. it's been a busy day for business news. a rise of 0.4% in the economy. that is positive news. economists are saying it will give the bank of england or green light to raise interest rates next week. it supports other economic data we have got as well. we have seen sterling jump got as well. we have seen sterling jump on that news. ftse, when we see sterling jump, the ftse tends to fall a bit low and that is what is flat today. you have mentioned the cost of energy. another review saying we are paying too much. this was a proposed solution, saying we should replace the current variable standard tariff with a default tariff which would see profits be capped. it is saying costs have been falling. the price of oil, coal and gas has gone down and we have not felt the effects. let's look at the markets. what has caught your eye on the ftse100? it is in the red, a little bit flat. the world plasma biggest copper mining company is down from it is one of the biggest fall is. analysts have said production outlook has not been grateful whenever we see mining companies move in positive and negative directions but it seems to have a negative impact. the ftse going down 1% is quite a reaction to that news this morning. that is because of the sterling being boosted. more analysis from simon french, chief economist. thank you for joining french, chief economist. thank you forjoining us this afternoon. i know you have had to rush over. thank you for that. .4%. economists like you saying not a huge amount of acceleration but enough for the bank of england to increase rates next week. good afternoon. ithink of england to increase rates next week. good afternoon. i think that is right. the bank of england have guided markets to expect a rate increase next week. i think it would have taken quite a disappointing number this morning to move from that position. what we got was not .4%. you only get about 25% of the data for the last quarter at this stage was therefore it is very much april and three estimate. the second thing to note previous rate heights, we have not had another one since 2007. previously the average has been a gross of .7% when the bank has moved. still significantly below what historically they have felt co mforta ble what historically they have felt comfortable raising interest rates into. let's move on to energy. the independent review has told us what we already know, we are paying too much for our energy is going to make a difference? the replacing of the standard variable times with a default tariff. i have lost track of the of times this has changed. we are seeing a manifestation of a market that really is not working for consumers to what the government has tried is to get the behavioural change for people to shop around for tariffs. we have seen that people's inertia is moving. the government is having a look as to whether the standard variable rate becomes default. people who are in moving around will not get such a bad deal. moving on to our last story today. it has seen a fall of 4.5%. that is because of the outlook of copper mining production. copper mining has had a few hurdles this year. a few strikes would do you think back is an accurate outlook? it is investors taking money off the table having bagged the profits. shares are up 50% this year after a strong demand for copper in china. you have had two significant bits of news. you have had low expectations of production next year and the fact that sterling has rallied means investors are less keen to go after mining stocks will do it is the reversal of that trade. thank you for joining reversal of that trade. thank you forjoining us. back to you. would you hitch a ride in a car like you are about to see? look at this. he was so sick of his girlfriend treating him like a taxi, he did something about it. he turned four wheels into man's best friend was now it is walkie time for her. let's talk to sam. hejoins me from leeds. first of all, what was it? what was the problem that made you do something as drastic as this? your girlfriend relies on you as a taxi cab, does she? i did it originate to annoy my girlfriend. i was fed up with her scrounging lifts from me. what is nice and polite way of saying no without her having a go at me? ijust saying no without her having a go at me? i just turned saying no without her having a go at me? ijust turned it into a dog. how did you do it? it was originally for a programme on e4. i turned the car into a a programme on e4. i turned the car intoa dog. a programme on e4. i turned the car into a dog. i am sorry. we'rejust looking at pictures of this thing. what are the is made of?” looking at pictures of this thing. what are the is made of? i don't know. it was polystyrene foam, i think. and if flew off and i was reported to highway maintenance. i feel like dumbo. look, you do this because you are sick and tired of your girlfriend saying i want a lift. so, the next time she asked you, what did you say? go and have a look at the car, or did she just see it? it has definitely affected the lifts she scrounge. she has even changed jobs and others that she would rather get a bus into the city centre rather than me giving her a lift, which i can't quite understand. did she laugh? did he think it was funny? she laughs at it now. a lot of people laugh at it. it was a monstrosity but funny at the same time for that that's what i find funny. it looks really effective. people are stopping you in the street, are they, saying, shall we give you a lift? it is more the problem when peoplejump in front of the car when you're doing for two. some people like it too much. i woke up at two o'clock in the morning the other day and looked out of my window. there were two women stripping down to their bra and knickers rubbing themselves up and knickers rubbing themselves up and down on my bonnet. i had to say, this is not aladdin ‘s carpet! and down on my bonnet. i had to say, this is not aladdin 's carpet! what about the police? presumably you pulled up alongside a panda car at some point. what happened then? what was that, sorry? when the police see it, what do they say? not too much. it isa it, what do they say? not too much. it is a bit of an iconic symbol. whenever they pull me over it is more to take a photo. you and your girlfriend, you're still... what is her name? corel. you are still together? at the moment, we are. we will have to wait till after christmas. when ritchie last have a trip in the car? when it was still in a sea at lyon. she has beenin was still in a sea at lyon. she has been in it but she puts her head down. -- seat. what would it take for you to take the dog kicked off the car and for you to take the dog kicked off the carand go for you to take the dog kicked off the car and go back to how it used to be? this is the thing when we got the car done, beforehand i wanted to change the paperwork in my name for that now she cannot sell the car without my permission. absolutely zero ami without my permission. absolutely zero am i going to samak park.” have a little prediction for you. i think you might be single before christmas. come have me, girls! how much trouble am i going to get you into? we will leave it there. love the car. yes. much more than you love your girlfriend, i think. sam, thank you. that is it from afternoon live. now for the weather. a sagna afternoon compared with yesterday. a few showers coming are going in the north west of scotland. overnight the chance of spotting this, the aurora borealis across northern ireland, the far north of england and scotland as well, where we keep the skies cleared. further south got across southern parts of england and wales, cloud is encroaching pretty quickly as the weather front returns northward straggling in moist air. there will be damp weather around across wales and the midlands and fog patches forming for the summer that could be dense. still showers across the north—west was that this is the picture on thursday. a lot of clout in england and wales. the biggest in the north wales, and the midlands. sunshine to the north of our front. a few showers in the north west of scotla nd a few showers in the north west of scotland was generally a lot to cloud around stop cabbages ranging from 12 to 18 degrees at most. this is the weather will stop —— temperatures ranging. today at 5:00: britain's economy performs better than expected in the last three months. there was growth of 0.4% and that paves the way for a rise in interest rates next week. it's outperformed market expectations as the uk economy has done overall since the referendum last year and what it shows is the underlying fundamental strength of this economy. we'll have the latest, and we'll be talking to economist linda yueh about what this means for businesses and consumers. the other main stories on bbc news at 5:00: theresa may says parliament will get a say on any brexit deal, despite brexit secretary david davis suggesting this may not happen. the woman whose husband is accused of trying to murder her by sabotaging her parachute tells a court she lied to the police to get her own back.

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