Curiosities, his and easy oven. That was ourfather. His and easy curiosities, his and easy oven. That was our father. His and easy as. Australia captain steve smith hits a double century, as his side takes complete control of the third test in perth. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Police investigating the deaths of a 75 year old canadian billionaire and his wife say the circumstances appear suspicious. Barry sherman who founded a Major Pharmaceutical Company was found dead with his wife honey at their mansion in toronto. Reports say there was no sign of forced entry. Angus crawford reports. One of torontos richest suburbs, a house for sale. In the basement, a discovery, two bodies, a man and a woman. Barry sherman and his wife, honey, one of the richest couples in the country. Police cannot yet say what happened. The circumstances of their death lead us to believe that there may be suspicious circumstances. It is an investigative tool. Until we know exactly how they died, we treat it as suspicious, Barry Sherman, who was 75, is thought to be worth more than £2 billion. He made his money in pharmaceuticals, setting up apotex in the 1970s, and building it into one of the biggest Drugs Companies in the world. Stepping down as chief executive in 2012, he dedicated himself to charity work. Today, canadian premier Justin Trudeau said that he and his wife sent their condolences to the shermans family and friends and everyone touched by their vision and spirit. Local people came to the couples home to lay flowers and pay their this woman still could not believe the news. People looked up to him. People are in shock, crying. They are genuinely heartbroken. Flag for now, the Investigation Continues into two deaths which leave the community in shock and a family in mourning. The South African president , jacob zuma, has warned the anc that its very survival is under threat. He told a special conference that the partys losses in local elections last year were due to the perception that it had become arrogant and soft on corruption. The conference is due to choose a new party leader, whos expected to become president in 2019. 0ur correspondent Pumza Fihlani reports. A call for change by members of the embattled African National congress. These are some of the delegates wholl be voting for the anc leader. The party has never been more divided but its time to present a united front. These people waiting patiently have the future of the anc in their hands and possibly south africas. Underjacob zumas leadership, the party has been plagued by allegations of corruption and cronyism and the row over his governments has split the party down the middle. There is a desire that the vote should bring africas oldest Liberation Movement back together. I hope that on the conference floor people will find one another. This has not been easy, for the last five years. Its a hope against hope, but i hope that, you know, the life of the anc will somehow surge today. The anc has been losing support and the two candidates have very different ideas on how to arrest that decline. Its been such a bitter fight that whoever wins will have the difficult task of bringing the opposing faction on board. But with a National Election in just two years, many say unless the party cleans up house, it could find itself out of power for the First Time Since the end of apartheid. President zuma has been addressing the anc conference injohannesburg. He told delegates that the party must respect whoever becomes leader. I believe we all love our movement. That is why we are given a choice to choose whom anc, but, when we make those choices, its not like we make one choice. We make different choices because we are a big delegation but it leads to what has taken place since 1912. We know, therefore, what to do. No matter how strong we think the candidate, once the branches of the anc have made a choice, you have to respect that, and agree to be led at that point. Applause that was south africas president s bidding at a conference. Austria is poised to become the only western european country with a far right party in government. The conservative Peoples Party which won the parliamentary election two months ago but failed to secure a majority has struck a Coalition Deal with the anti immigration freedom party. The leaders of the two parties have met with the austrian president , who has given his approval for the deal. The head of the Peoples Party, Sebastian Kurz whos 31 will be the Youngest National leader in the world. A leading supporter of brexit has warned the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected two year transition period after britains withdrawal in march 2019. Jacob rees mogg made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move to the next phase of brexit discussions in the new year. They suggested the uk would need to shadow Single Market regulations and remain under the jurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice during any transition phase. A short time ago, i spoke with our political correspondent, tom barton, who explained mr rees moggs objections. This was published by the European Council after that summit that theresa may attended earlier in the week. Now, im sure you will remember back in september at a speech in florence, theresa may committed the government to trying to get a transition deal for about two years and essentially, what this does is lay out what the eu thinks that transition period involves. In essence, what they are saying is that the uk will have to continue to accept eu laws, but also to accept any changes or new laws which were introduced during that period. On top of that, theyll have to carry on with things like Free Movement and carry on accepting thejudgments of the European Courts ofjustice. But its that detail around having to accept changes to laws which is really getting Jacob Rees Mogg worried. The Prime Ministers consistently said that she is in favour of an implementation which means we leave in march 2019 and that the consequences of leaving are implemented. But we cannot be a colony of the European Union for two years from 2019 2021, accepting new laws that are made without any say so of the british people, parliament or government. That is not leaving the European Union, that is being a vassal state of the European Union and i would be very surprised if that were government policy. Does he have support for his view . 0n the broad issue of a transition period, there is generally consensus within the conservative party. After the florence speech, the idea of a couple of years of transition was generally accepted and it was mostly for the reason that although trade talks are going to start now, formal trade negotiations cant begin until after britain has left the European Union and so it seems that across the board the view has been taken that some sort of transition period which gives continuity for business while those detailed trade negotiations are taking place is broadly a good thing. There are though, as we heard from Jacob Rees Mogg the questions around the detail of that and in particular whether or not we should be forced to accept changes to the rules after weve left. On that broad issue today, Philip Hammond, the chancellor, on a visit to china, was asked whether britain was committed to essentially maintaining the status quo. In his answer, he said yes. We will no longer be members of the European Union. We wont technically or legally be in the Customs Union or in the Single Market, but we are committed, as a result of the agreement we have made this week, to creating an environment which will effectively replicate the current status quo so that businesses can carry on trading with their commercial partners across the European Union as they do now. Borders will operate as they do now and financial services, businesses will be able to carry on conducting their business across borders, as they do now. So it seems for the transition period at least, things are going to stay the same. 0bviously beyond that, its all down to the trade deal which is going to be negotiated over the next year or so. Tom barton. News of a special programme now. But on monday. We are just packing up in brussels where the Prime Minister finally got the green light to move onto the next phase. What happens next . Our podcast. On monday at ten past 11 on the bbc news channel. Officials in california says one of the wildfires he later died of severe burns after the incident. A spokesman from the metropolitan police said detectives have spoken to several witnesses, but they are still treating his death as unexplained. Severn trent water has apologised to customers in tewkesbury, who are still without water for a second day due to a burst main. The company said a wide area has been affected, and they did not know when the service might be restored. Severn trent has been handing out water to around 10 thousand homes and businesses. It is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months. Earlier, the managing director of production at Severn Trent Water said the water supply has already been restored in some homes, with more to follow soon. I would like to apologise again to everybody affected by this. I know how difficult it can be to be without water for such an extended period of time. I can assure you that we, i can assure the customers that we have lots of staff in the area try to fix this issue as quickly as possible. Yesterday we were compounded by a lot of flooding in the area. The burst itself is actually on a flood plain and the river levels themselves are up which has made getting on to that particular burst particularly difficult. In the meantime we have been looking to move as much water around as we possibly can to refill the particular area and im pleased to say, we are actually starting to see supplies coming back into the tewkesbury area. This will take some time. It is early days. It will take a bit of time for supplies to return to tewkesbury, but we are gradually seen that building up over the next while. Does that mean that the leak is now fixed . What weve been able to ashley do is isolate the burst itself. Its an incredibly complicated network. But the weather and flooding it has been incredibly difficult for engineers in the area to get out and about. And to be able to move water around the network. What we have been able to do is isolate that particular burst, and provide water into the area so although it is not yet fixed and we now have alternative supplies for the zone around tewkesbury. What was the cause . Because you had that a recent problem with the pipes back in october when around 7000 households were affected. Whats causing them . Bursts are something that happened across the water industry. It is often affected at this time of year, when we get periods of frost and then thawing, we see an increase in the number of bursts we get across the network. After the event will try to do everything to understand what has happened in this particular area, and make sure that it doesnt happen again. You said you are slowly restoring water to the affected households. Just clarify something for me, does that mean that there was water coming out of the taps and it is safe to drink . I understand there are three bottled water facilities for your customers. There are three bottled water facilities for oui customers. The water that will be starting to appear in taps will be safe to drink. There may be times when it looks a little discoloured, but is perfectly safe. There will be, this will take a period of time, as you can imagine, the network being emptied of water over that period of time, it does take quite a long period of time for that network to refill with water, so some customers may not see water out of their taps for a further period. If you are without water, i would encourage people, we do have three bottled water stations open until late this evening and all of those details are available on our website. That was the managing director at severn water is speaking to me earlier. The headlines on Bbc News Police in canada say theyre treating the deaths of the billionaire businessman Barry Sherman and his wifea the South African president , jacob zuma, has spoken of the enormous challenges facing the country and the governing anc as it chooses his successor. And a leading brexit supporting mp says hes unhappy about the idea of britain staying in the Single Market and Customs Union during any transition period. The former Prime Minister, David Cameron, is to lead a uk Government Investment initiative with china. The announcement follows a two day visit to the country by the chancellor Phillip Hammond. Mr cameron will be involved in a new 1 billion fund which will invest in the uk, china and other countries. Earlier, the bbcs china correspondent, robin brant, was asked to explain why Phillip Hammond was bringing David Cameron back into the political fold. I think maybe the answer to that is more about uk institutional investors, their desire to have such a prominent figure on board and mr camerons desire to continue the work he did in government where he championed even closer ties, expanded ties, between the uk and china. Philip hammond told me a few hours ago here in beijing that he supports this investment fund, he endorses it but it is not public money, not taxpayers money, not a government fund. Nonetheless, David Cameron, very well known, has taken a pretty low profile since he left downing street a year ago. He has campaigned on some health causes, hes been involved in the National Citizen service for 16 17 year olds in the uk. But he is now turning his aim to institutional investing and continuing that focus on, as i said, trying to improve and expand economic ties between china and the uk. So i think Philip Hammond thinks that David Cameron will lead this fund, is going to invest in a swathe of projects, possibly, pipelines, railways, infrastructure projects, closely linked with the rather awkwardly named belton Road Initiative which is chinas number one Public Policy priority and is aimed at helping economies to the west of china and beyond in europe to develop, because that helps china gain access there and then helps those countries improve their economic ties with china. But i think what it shows more than anything, when you add it to comments from Philip Hammond, is how much the uk continues to believe in better relations with china, better economic ties, because it believes, especially as brexit approaches and then passes, that china, the worlds number two economy, is key to helping the uk economy grew. More than one million homes and offices across the uk still struggle to get good broadband according to the communications regulator. Although coverage is improving, a report by 0fcom found that roughly 4 of properties in the uk were stuck with slow internet speeds. The situation is worse in rural areas, with 17 of homes having a poor connection. The renowned scientist and Television Presenter heinz wolff has died at the age of 89. With his trademark bow tie and hair, the german born inventor became known to british tv audiences in the 70s and 80s on the great egg race, which encouraged teams to invent useful things out of everyday objects. They were thought to be lost forever, but now tv shows, starring cilla black and Pete Postlethwaite, are being seen for the first time in decades, at an exhibition in london. The event, by the british film institute, celebrates the discovery of programmes which were believed to have disappeared from the archives. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, had a preview. I could learn a lot of things from you. You shine at every single thing you do. Cilla black and dudley moore together on her bbc one variety show. This episode of cilla has not been seen since it was first transmitted in march, 1968. Youre the one whos really versatile. A copy has turned up in the house of a former fairground worker near blackpool, whose dad was a film collector. Today it will be shown in full at the Bfi Southbank as part of their missing believed wiped series, where rediscovered tv is showcased, including a crackly recording of the first ever tv appearance by Pete Postlethwaite at the age of 29. I still like you, sometimes. Come on. Local loony hears voices from outer space, get on with it. Lets get it over with. One was a half hour bbc play broadcast in 1975, from which he played a journalist investigating a possible arrival of an alien spac