The british explorer ben saunders prepares to make the first solo, unsupported crossing of antarctica after his friend died making the same attempt last year. And england beat brazil in the world cup semi final its the under 17s and a hat trick from Rhian Brewster sends the favourites crashing out. The uks 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. Our economics correspondent 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. Its 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. Joining me now is the dr linda yueh, from the London Business school. Lets assess these figures. Thank you forjoining us. Philip hammond saying its a solid performance, how do you see at . Bigot in line with what growth has been for the First Six Months of the year. An easy way to think about it is that for the full year, it means that the Economy Todayis full year, it means that the Economy Today is 1. 5 larger than last year. Its not a bad performance if we can grow around 30 great. It seems to be pretty solid, but you saw there are some optimistic and pessimistic views. I. 5 some optimistic and pessimistic views. 1. 5 is slower than most of the other major economies, but it is still a pretty solid performance. These growth figures nowadays are tied up in politics. People wonder whether they are better or worse because of brexit. You have to realise that brexit reavie split the country. For those who wanted to remain, they will see quite a bit of negative in this 1. 5 year growth wea ker negative in this 1. 5 year growth weaker than the other g 7 because brexit is starting and inflation is high because sterling came down in value after the referendum. Those who are far brexit have a different view. They will see that last year was the Fastest Growing economy in the g7, was the Fastest Growing economy in the g 7, so this year you expect a bit of a slowdown. They would say not the a lot of signs that businesses have been put off by the brexit vote. I think the next economic evidence, its selective what you pick sometimes. I think that reflect the fact that brexit is so that reflect the fact that brexit is so polarising for most people in the country. Do you agree with the a nalysts country. Do you agree with the analysts who think that these figures mean an Interest Rates hike next week is more likely . figures mean an Interest Rates hike next week is more likely . I think it makes it a bit more likely, but the bank of england is supposed to target inflation. If you look at inflation, the governor has said it will actually go above 3 before it stops rising. That is a massive squeeze on most peoples living standards. For those reasons, squeeze on most peoples living standards. Forthose reasons, i would say the bank of looks like poised to raise rates. The real indicator of where they are going to headis indicator of where they are going to head is what happens to labour costs forfirms. Head is what happens to labour costs for firms. That underlying head is what happens to labour costs forfirms. That underlying costs, that has risen strongly by 2. 4 in the latest figures. What is that telling you . The latest figures. What is that telling you . That the latest figures. What is that telling you . That firms are paying a higher cost than 2 . All of that points to. Interests shouldnt be at rock bottom, but what is going to law them back is that they are worried about brexit. At the moment we are still in the Single Market and the customs union, is the bank of england will be thinking, what if we end up out of that and we raised the rates now and the economy crashes . They are always ready on the basis that if they raise rates they will have to cut them again and i think that is what will cause them to hesitate. We will be watching that carefully. Thank you for your analysis. 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. 0ur Political Correspondent ben wright reports. Building up to brexit. As we head towards our departure from the eu in 2019, parliament is scrutinising the governments 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 undertaken that 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 11th minute, etc. 59th minute of the 11th hour and so on. That is what i would expect to happen here. We are under pressure. Very exciting for people watching. He also spelt out the governments ambition 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 agreed by march 2019. The eu negotiators have said a trade deal with the uk 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 vote on something that has already ta ken place . I am confident because it is in the interest on both sides, there will be ratification by other parliaments and other parliaments that we will be able to achieve that negotiation in time for this parliament to have the vote we commissioned. 0ne mp shouted shambles. The government is confident but there is clearly uncertainty about the course brexit will take. Ben wright, westminster. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us now. David davis raised the few eyebrows thereby suggesting the vote might be after the event, but the Brexit Department have now clarified what he said. That is right. We are certainly any period here where uncertainty is the watch word. Whatever side of the debates people we re whatever side of the debates people were on minikin to the referendum, when it comes to brexit, no one here can predict what is going to happen, partly because this is a negotiation with another team and you cannot control the outcome of all of those possibilities. I think that is how david davis got into all of this today. He was asked a hypothetical question, you decided to answer it, pointing out how the eu sometimes operates when these deals are done at the very last minute and therefore you could end up with this vote after we have left. That has caused outrage amongst some labour mps because they want to be able to send the Government Back to the negotiating table if it comes back with a no deal scenario or a deal it doesnt like. They feel that after we have left, they dont have the same amount of cloud. This was the reaction from labours brexit spokesman. In none of my conversations, either in this country, in any other eu country or in brussels, has it been suggested that ratification can come after the expiry of article 50. So i really dont know the base upon which the secretary of state was saying what he said if he said that this morning. What is envisaged in the European Parliament is that it will be put before the European Parliament before march 2019. Everybody is saying that will probably be in about october, november 2018. And when we were debating this in the house, whether we should have a vote, i was very keen to extract from david davis the undertaking that our vote would be before the European Parliament and the wording that both he and the Prime Minister had used, to the best of my recollection, is that it is intended that the vote in our parliament will be before the European Parliament. I cannot. I cannot see how that can be after article 50 has expired. I cant really. Im struggling to make sense of what he said this morning, to be honest. And it does seem that the department, the spokesperson for david davis himself, seems to agree, actually. They put out a statement trying to clarify the position, saying that it is in fact the governments expectation and intention that the deal will be done before the vote in the European Parliament, and therefore before we leave. They explain the comments by saying he was talking about a hypothetical scenario. They also point towards the eu negotiators aim is to get the trade deal sorted out by october 2018 and the Spokesman Says that is our aim as well. I have just spoken to ken clarke, you could call him the conservative remainder, he says he doesnt think a deal could be done by 2019. He thinks we would go into a town edition period and the deal would be done then. He is quite relaxed and isnt bothered as long as it gets its say at some point. Hypothetical scenarios mean that people can have all sorts of opinions. Think very much indeed. This is bbc news at 5 00. The headlines 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 this morning implying it may not. And fats domino, one of the pioneers of rock and roll, has died at the age of 89. In sport, england are through to the under 17 world cup in brazil. The second hat trick of the adjournment was scored by liverpools player. He england for the union captain has been cleared to play in the autumn internationals next month. He was cited for a foul play during a match with the panting, but a Disciplinary Panel dismissed the case. Arsenal women have sacked their manager after three years in charge of the team. He leaves with the team sixth in the Womens Super League having w011 in the Womens Super League having wonjust once this in the Womens Super League having won just once this season. I will be back with more noble street at around 530. More on those stories at 5 30pm. The row between President Trump and some senior members of his own Party Continues to escalate. Senators bob cork and jeff flake, who are both standing down next year, have accused mr trump of debasing america. Within the last few hours, jeff flake has been back on national tv in the us, urging other senators to follow his lead in calling out the president. We have a responsibility as elected officials to speak out. Some of what we have seen fit into that category. Do you think you can change the president . I think all of us have been waiting for a nine month productivity occurs towards more appropriate behaviour and stability. We havent seen it and i think its time that we stand up and be a little more forceful. Joining me now from washington is our correspondent, jane 0brien. Some pretty tough words for President Trump from both the senators. How worried will he be . dont think you will be worried at all, because he has been tweeting about them again and saying that they are unelectable and thats the reason. This is personal. He doesnt really care. This notion that you are going to see this forcing a change in the way President Trump behavesis change in the way President Trump behaves is erroneous, because it hasnt happened so far, i dont think its going to happen now. I think its going to happen now. I think the other important thing is that we are not seeing a soon army of republican senators following suit. Ive been watching the American Networks all morning and a progression of senior senators have come on to say they stand by him. They are catching this in terms of a personal dispute. Its not good for the party, it shows disunity. Ultimately, he is the president and in the words of one senator, its in the interests of every american to see him succeed, because if President Trump succeeds then america succeeds. The view in washington than that these two senators, whatever their thing, they are not representative of republicans on capitol hill . They might be, but they are certainly not representative of other republicans who may be saying things in private, but at this point are not willing to say them in public. I think thats the dilemma that a lot of them face. As we have noted, jeff flake and bob cork are not seeking the election. Many of the other senators are and they clearly are not at the point where they want to encourage the expected raft of President Trump and his base if they are seeking the election in the midtown is ought in 2020. They dont want an open confrontation at this stage with President Trump. Frankly, having seen President Trump. Frankly, having seen the way he treats people on twitter, you can blame them . Thank you. A woman whose husband is accused of trying to murder her, has told the court she lied to police about her husbands 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 wifes parachute, and denies sabotaging a gas fitting at their home. Andy moore is following the case at at Winchester Crown court. Victoria cilliers arrived in this car ready to give her evidence two yea rs car ready to give her evidence two years after the parachute fall that left her with multiple injuries. Shortly afterwards, in meal on the left also came to court to listen to his wife talk about the affair you as having and has problems wit