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which will become more widespread as we go through the day. for many of us, a beautiful day, cloud and drizzle in the north west of scotland. most likely to develop across central england, southern england, eastern counties, the fog could be dense enough to cause delays on the road and possibly even some of the airports in the south. they're that in mind if you are travelling tomorrow. look at the extent this morning. some freezing fog around as temperatures dipped to zero. a lot milder in the north west due to south—westerly winds. southern parts of the uk, the airports, in some places the fog will last through the afternoon, in many areas it will lift and disperse. where it lingers, it could be around 0 degrees. most of us won't get that. a lot of low, grey cloud. the odd spot, 14 degrees in aberdeen. this is an unusual meteorological phenomenon. we had a weather front living in tomorrow night, fog forming in some parts of the country. wednesday is gloomy, less foggy, the wind will pick up. temperatures into double figures. the best of the sunshine in scotland. at the end of the week, this is the jet stream to the north of us. slightly milder weather for us, high pressure this time of year usually means low, grey skies, drizzly weather, the risk of more fog. take it steady if you are travelling first thing tomorrow. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. a review of building regulations following the grenfell tower fire shows the current system is not fit for purpose and a culture change is needed to ensure safety is prioritised over cost. that's all from the bbc news at one. so, it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. let's start with the ashes — and disappointment for england as they surrender the urn after australia stormed to an impressive win in the third test. that gives the hosts an unassailable 3—0 lead in the series. but with two tests still to go england will need to come back strong to avoid yet another whitewash. our correspondent andy swiss is in perth for us. it has been coming for some time but for those young players that does not make it any less sweet or any less painful for the england players. they secured victory with an emphatic victory and an unassailable 3—0 lead. the day began with an unlikely lifeline for england after overnight rain got in under the covers, causing a three hour delay while staff with a leaf blowers tried to dry damp patches. when they got underway in australia did not waste any time, jonny ba i rstow did not waste any time, jonny bairstow was the first to go. ali was the next to go and after an impressive australia half—century that was england's hopes really gone. chris woakes the last man out for england which sparked celebrations among the australian players who have outplayed england in every facet of this series. england can have few complaints about the scoreline. australia have regained the ashes here in emphatic style. one of the most frustrating things is we have not been blown away, we have not been completely outplayed and we have put up some really good performances, just not for long enough, simple as that. in all three games there has been periods we have matched and i —— outplayed australia but credit to their side, the contrast those and drove them home and we have got to learn from that and nature it is us that does that in the last two games. england have now lost the last eight test matches in australia, and attention turns to the remaining games in melbourne and sydney. so what's the chance of a third whitewash in four test series down under? here's former england captain michael vaughan. i look at ali and think, the minute he does not get in as the batsmen anti—social does not get in as a bowler to have to bring in a spreader —— and he certainly does not get them as a ball. what several injuries you have to look to someone different so if i wasjoe good i will looked to those two games and try and go for a little bit of difference because what he has gone with here and in adelaide and brisbane has not worked so he might as well use these last two opportunities to blunt a couple of players. west ham midfielder manuel lanzini has been charged with successful deception of a match official following the award of a penalty in saturday's premier league game at stoke. west ham converted the penalty to take the lead in their 3—0 win. he has until 6pm tomorrow to respond. crystal palace midfielder jason puncheon's been charged with carrying a weapon after a fight near a surrey nightclub last night. the 31—year—old was arrested in the early hours of the morning after the disturbance near the mishiko bar in reigate and later charged with possession of an offensive weapon, common assault, and a public order offence. he's been released on bail and is training with the club as normal. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. let's look at some of the main stories today. the woman leading a review into building regulations following the grenfell tower fire says there should be a "culture change" to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. dame judith hackitt, a senior civil engineer, who carried out the review for the government, made a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. the royal institute of british architects who contributed to the review told the bbc about their concerns and what progress is needed to enforce regulations. we have some real concerns about document b, the government guidance to the construction industry to help it comply with building regulations in relation to fire and we believe it is flawed and confusing illustrated by the fact we have so many high—rise residential buildings we now have serious fire safety concerns related to both cladding and other elements and have had a major failure and other elements and have had a majorfailure on the and other elements and have had a major failure on the regulatory side. that is illustrated by over 200 high—rise buildings apparently have complied with building regulations and been signed off by the authorities but we know there are serious issues that have come out in further survey work. the document at the moment creates the concept of material of limited combustibility that can be used to clad buildings high—rise —— used to clad buildings high—rise —— used to clad high—rise buildings. we believe that should be changed and we should only noncombustible materials. bash that we should only use noncombustible materials. two people have died after a fire broke out at a five—star hotel on the banks of loch lomond. the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at the cameron house hotel near balloch. one person died at the scene and another person died later in hospital. two others are still being treated. 200 people were evacuated from the hotel. police say they're now trying to find out how the fire started. a new plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the environment secretary michael gove. he says he wants to reduce the amount of plastics used in the uk and to ensure more is recycled. mr gove says he's been moved to act faster after seeing david attenborough's blue planet series which highlighted the harm to marine life from plastic litter. a small village in west wales is at the forefront of the uk's fight against plastic pollution and its community has set up a plastic—free aberporth committee. village store owner, mike allen, told me how the campaign came about. the we have been doing lots with the environment for a number of years now, our local school went over to the eco—schools green flag scheme around 12 years ago and we have a lwa ys around 12 years ago and we have always been conscious of the way our local environment is looked after. recently our campaign leader went off on an expedition on a ship around the country to highlight and see all the damage and potential issues there are from pollution around the uk. when she came back she had a big thing about going plastic free, after seeing all the damage it does so that is when we started this. tell us what you are doing in your shop. our local pub started by going over to paper straws and non—plastic containers for the condiments. one local takeaway cafe is using paper plates and non—plastic forks. they are using paper... they have a scheme of bring your own mug. what is your ultimate goal? to what extent what is your ultimate goal? to what exte nt d o what is your ultimate goal? to what extent do you want to reduce the use of plastic, is 100% possible or unrealistic was it is unrealistic to go completely plastic free because lots of manufacturers would have to come on board. the drinks manufacturers currently, as a shop we can only do plastic bottles of soft drinks, whilst we in the shop have gone back to the old school glass of milk bottles for the points we cannot get the two pint and 4.1 and two litre engine glass, u nfortu nately. and two litre engine glass, unfortunately. but it is a start —— we cannot get the one litre and two litre in glass. the straws have gone from plastic to paper and it is education of people on things like tea bags, we are trying to sort loose—leaf tea as an alternative to tea bags because lots of people do not realise plastic in your tea bag you would get mush at the bottom of yourcup.. you would get mush at the bottom of your cup.. but if everybody does two 01’ your cup.. but if everybody does two or three items in their business, it isa or three items in their business, it is a start but at the moment it is unrealistic to go 100% plastic free. box sexual abuse and harassment in the music industry are "endemic" — with people at the very top abusing their power. that's what a group of women, working across the industry, has told the victoria derbyshire programme. it's spent the last month hearing from artists and musicians, as well as women working for music companies — who have recounted incidents of serious abuse and assault. some are now collecting evidence in order to uncover how widespread this behaviour is within the industry. jean mackenzie has some of their stories. and a warning, there are graphic sexual descriptions in her report. when amy was 15 she was contacted by a managerfrom one of the uk's largest music companies. they started working together and she quickly became a successful artist. soon after, she says, everything went wrong. he told me he was in love with me and if i did not agree to be his girlfriend that he would ruin my career. over the next two years he continued to blackmail me and threaten me to be in a relationship. what sort of things did he say to you to make you stay with him? he convinced me he was the only reason i was having any success and if i told anybody, that success would go away. for chloe, success also came at a young age, after being signed atjust 16. she says while she has experienced serious harassment, she knows girls who have had far worse. i know girls who have been raped. and it's always a man in power and a girl on the rise who needs as much support as possible, whose career has not started yet. yasmin is a music manager, and last month, frustrated by the amount of harassment she had seen and experienced in the industry, she put out a call asking women to come forward with their stories. what i found is i am getting less stories of sexual harassment and innuendo, and more stories of serious sexual assault, more rape stories than i could possibly have imagined. this has encouraged michelle to speak out after more than 20 years. while working for a major music company in her 20s she says a more senior colleague repeatedly assaulted her. one day i was with a girl in the office and we were told, could we go see him after work. so we went up to his office and then he turned around to us both, took out his penis and said, "i want to have a threesome with you. come on, girls, let's do it." we went to a lawyer and we were categorically told he had committed a serious crime. but the lawyer said if you report this you will never work in the industry again. why have you decided to finally speak about what happened ? because i never want it to happen to anybody again. young women are being sexually assaulted still today. there are some very dangerous men in this business. looking back, do you think he groomed you? yeah, i do think he groomed me. i was 15 when we met and he was looking online for a girl to manage. i have no doubt there are people working in the music industry today who should be imprisoned. maybe some of the horrific things they did were a long time ago, they probably have forgotten about them, but i can assure you their victims haven't. believe you are building regulations follow the grenfell tower fire says safety should be prioritised over cost. the arabian refugee murdered by his neighbour. the review finds the police and council should institutional racism in the years before his death. lebanese police say a man believed to bea lebanese police say a man believed to be a taxi driver has been arrested on suspicion of killing british embassy worker rebecca dykes. i'm victoria fritz — in the business news: brussels has launched an official investigation into the tax affairs of ikea. the eu is looking at whether the company's tax affairs breach rules on state aid. the likes of apple, starbucks, amazon and fiat have all been forced to pay billions of euros of back taxes for falling foul of eu tax rules. pensions for teens. today's school children will begin paying into a workplace pension scheme by the time they're 18. ministers hope to extend the the automatic enrolment scheme to include all british workers aged 18 by the mid 20205. the change will affect almost a million young people. urgent action is being called for to tackle the state of britain's mobile phone coverage. although there are four big network operators, almost a third of the uk can't get signal from them all. 4g mobile phone coverage is even worse — with the uk falling behind albania, panama, peru and romania in the coverage stakes. lets start with pensions. how many of you did the school drop—off this morning? you've probably never thought of your kids being in their sixties or seventies, but pensions could be creeping into the conversation far sooner than you might think. children of today could be starting a pension as soon as they're 18. that's the plan. it's all part of this push by the government to prepare the public for old age. the change to auto—enrolment is going to affect almost a million people. we're hopelessly bad at getting round to sorting out pensions ourselves. about 38% of us are under—saving. pete glancy, head of policy development, scottish widows. on the surface of this it seems like a really good idea, but seven years until it comes into force. why cant do it now? we have been encouraging the government to make some of these changes for a number of years. the changes are quite complicated, changes to people and pension software and businesses have to manage the implications. the government committed to work with all of the stakeholders to make sure it is implemented properly. more and more people work for themselves, self—employed, and they do not get any of this auto enrolment. so what about for these people of themselves —— people who work for themselves. 4.7 million people are self—employed. the attraction of this auto enrolment is the government provides tax incentives and other people put money into your pension pot but when your self—employed there is nobody else to put money into your pension. they are looking at a programme of education and engagement and using technology to make it more convenient for the self—employed to put money away for retirement. this idea we work for one company from 18 to 65 and beyond is kind of ridiculous and more and more young people coming into the workplace will find when they have savings they will move them from place to place. how easy is it to move your pension pot at the moment? it is not over the easy at the moment, it's a relatively complicated area of the government has announced a new initiative to make it easy for people to see all of their pensions in one place and easier to manage those pots and perhaps in the future this technology will make it easier for people to consolidate them into one place. now, the idea that we get all our money from one place does not really exist in this day and age so what's the people earn some money here and there, what do you do if you are one of those people earning more than £10,000? the key thing is a balance the short—term but the long—term. people should try and have money for emergencies that come along in the short—term and if people want to have a comfortable retirement income we suggest the aim to put away around 12% of the salary as retirement savings. the plan is to get mandatory savings up to 8%, we would encourage people, if they can, save up to around 12% and you should be in the position to enjoy the kind of retirement but most of customers say that they want. thank you. in other business news: ryanair pilots have suspended a one—day strike planned for before christmas. the impact union, which represents irish—based pilots, has agreed to meet ryanair‘s management on tuesday ahead of the planned action on wednesday. the strike could have caused misery for thousands of travellers as the great christmas getaway got underway. let's have a look at the markets, we have had two months of orders at almost 30 year highs and the bank of england hopes exports can soften the head from people spending a little bit less. the oil price is rising again, there is a crack in the north sea pipeline which is causing some disturbance in the supply of oil at the moment. plenty more in the next hour, i'll see you learned. —— i'll see you then. historic england has published a list of the the most unusual structures and sites given protected listed status in 2017. the organisation says the places gaining the status ‘are increasingly quirky. our correspondent, jon donnison, has been looking at the latest additions. from whipsnade tree cathedral in dunstable to a working men's club in eastbourne, from the old milestone markers on the b4073 in gloucestershire, to the grave of blackie the warhorse in merseyside. it is an eclectic list of the historic england selection of the most intriguing sites registered in 2017. we just put up 20 that demonstrate the enormous range. i mean, we're not really talking about big places anymore, because most of those — most of those are on the list already. it's been going for 70 years. we're talking about individual places which perhaps were not very well—known, which we think deserve protection. and this includes this victorian gas tower off the old kent road in london. on a drab december day, it may not be much to look at, but when it was completed, in 1881, gasholder no 13, as it is known, was the biggest ever built, and its design went on to be replicated around the world. it is an imposing structure, and like all those listed in 2017, not one that will be going anywhere any time soon. a baby panda born at a zoo injapan is being shown off to the public for the first time this week. staff at the zoo say the panda, named xiang xiang, is healthy, and is being looked after well by mum shin shin. xiang xiang was born injune and has excited people injapan enormously. the zoo has received nearly 250,000 applications for a lottery to see her up close — but for those who don't get a ticket, the zoo will live stream xiang xiang's life online for a year. the zoo is limiting the number of visitors to 2,000 a day for a one to two minute slot outside the panda enclosure. let's catch up with the weather prospects right now. we love pandas, don't we? but the weather will be quite troublesome, no fun and games because after the sunshine of today there is for forming and that will be extensive across many central, southern and eastern areas in england. dense enough to cause delays on roads and some of our airports, even, but not in the short—term. some fog already forming in parts the midlands earlier in the day which is a sign it will be very dense indeed. this is the forecast. you can see the extent of the fog, some patches elsewhere but in the north west of scotla nd elsewhere but in the north west of scotland and northern ireland more ofa scotland and northern ireland more of a breeze so no majorfor problems here and temperatures dipping down to zero in the fog so it may be freezing. central southern england for sure, southwest, east freezing. central southern england forsure, southwest, east anglia, parts of northern england just about. in some sports that fog will last all morning and into the afternoon. with the lack of sunshine and warm it up it will feel incredibly cold. if the cloud breaks and the fog clears we will see temperatures up to six celsius. much more milder in the north due to a rare meteorological phenomenon. the fog forms again in other areas tomorrow night and the weather front moves into the north—west, bringing rain. that sinks further south into wednesday and lots of us are stuck underneath the cloud but it is mild. a light south—west of the wind heading our way but mostly on the cloudy side. thejet heading our way but mostly on the cloudy side. the jet stream to the north of ours, loss that you have the cold air and slightly more mile south. —— north of the jet stream. if we get more fog towards the end of the week it will feel cold. but there is no cold snap on the way, just settled high—pressure, light winds and fog at times. take care tomorrow morning. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm. a review of building regulations, following the grenfell tower fire, says the current system isn't fit for purpose. what that report says is that the current system is not fit for purpose and that there is a need for a major overhaul of the system. the iranian refugee murdered by his neighbour — an inquiry finds evidence of "institutional racism" by the police and council in the years before his death. two people have died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport, australia regain the ashes. iam afraid i am afraid it is bad news for england fans. and in the attic win

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