campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. labour promises a full year of maternity pay, while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. the world war ii veteran raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches is given a glimpse of what it will look like this morning. how does it make you feel? because the work you are doing, it is now concrete, it is tangible, you can touch it. marvellous. we find out more about an 82—year—old cyclist who has completed his one millionth mile riding on a bike. decisions on asylum applications are taking substantially longer than they were five years ago, a new report suggests. we'll be speaking to the people behind the research. and in sport, a stoppage—time goal saw celtic beat lazio in rome to reach the knockout stages of the europa league. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. more than 100 flood warnings are in place across the north of england, following hours of torrential rain. dozens of people spent the night in a shopping mall in sheffield after torrential downpours flooded the streets. firefighters in rotherham rescued people by boat after they were stranded in the parkgate centre. among those affected isjon from totley near sheffield, who sent us this footage. you can see just how high the river is. and this is the scene from outside the meadowhall shopping centre last night. a major incident has been declared in sheffield after the river don burst its banks. residents in doncaster and rotherham have been told to leave their homes only if it's essential. 35 homes have been evacuated in mansfield and nottinghamshire following a mudslide, and there are now more than 100 flood warnings across the region. lots of updates for you this morning on all of this, the first reporters from tom ingle. a violent flood. the river don breaks its banks and surges through the heart of rotherham in the small hours. elsewhere in the town, abandoned cars litter empty roads. the council here advised people to stay at home. upstream, next to the meadowhall shopping centre, the new flood defences were tested and bettered by the same river. a christmas event had to be cancelled at the centre as transport was seriously disrupted, staff and shoppers finding themselves boxed in by gridlocked traffic. my friend said she'd give me a lift home, so we've walked to the staff car park, and it was so flooded, she just couldn't get her car out. so we've walked back again and my husband has come in to fetch us. i went to leave at 4:40. i went 100 yards out of the staff car park, back into the staff car park, it took me an hour and a half hour to do so, and i came back into meadowhall. my biggest concern is all the children that are stuck in there, walking around in pyjamas, because they've come to the concert and they've not been able to get home. well, this is just one of the roads that people might‘ve used to get away from meadowhall shopping centre, but you can see what the effect of hours of rain have been. and it isn'tjust here in sheffield. villages and towns across yorkshire and the north of england have also borne the brunt of this tremendous rainstorm. homeowners suffered too. for some in the village of whiston, it was a heartbreaking repeat of the catastrophic south yorkshire floods of 2007. but there were no compulsory evacuations. however, when day breaks, it will be time to really assess the damage and keep a close eye on the river levels, should worse be to come. tom ingall, bbc news, sheffield. luxmy gopal is in rotherham for us now. luxmy, a really dramatic scene behind you with those partially submerged vehicles. absolutely, some abandoned cars there behind me, as you can say, the road is submerged in flood water, and just over the bridge back there, that is parkgate shopping complex, where last night people had to be rescued from there because they were trapped because of the flood waters, stranded, and so fire and rescue had to send out boats to rescue them. emma, you are the deputy manager of a pet shop there, so earlier we saw you being ferried over by one of the fire and rescue service bouts, what was it that you had to go back to the shopping complex for. we just wanted to make sure all the animals were safe, or got food and water for the minute, make sure that there was no breach of water. and has it reached the shop? it has got to the store, so the shop? it has got to the store, so it is in there, but not high enough to affect anything. it is just paddling, really, not too bad at the minute. so damage to the shop at the minute. so damage to the shop at the minute. so damage to the shop at the animals are ok? they are perfectly fine and safe, nice and warm, completely safe. and the water will never reach them where they are. you have had a bit of a glimpse inside the complex, you were taken there by boat, how bad is the flooding overall in the shopping complex? a bloody left hand side, asda, morrisons, is not too bad. the other side, that is where the water is, that side. you say you personally, your home hasn't been flooded. what about the people that you now? how has it been in your local community? last night, we had to rescue my parents' caravan that was flooded in mexborough, so it has been quite an upset, really. how bad has it been compared to what you have seen before? in 2007, i was on holiday, i messed it all, so quite an eye—openerto see holiday, i messed it all, so quite an eye—opener to see the destruction it has caused. will you be coming back to check on the animals later today? yes, we are going to get some waders, try to get in and make sure they are all fed and watered for the night, hopefully get in tomorrow to sort them all out. emma, thank you, we will let you get on. so emma is just one of the people who had to be ferried in and out because, as you can see, there is no access for vehicles, it has taken fire crews from across the area to come and support south yorkshire fire and rescue, west midlands, greater manchester services involved in just this area here in terms of helping ferried people back and forth. and south yorkshire fire and rescue say they have also deployed other resources from elsewhere as well, including high—volume pumps to help pump water away, because the flooding in this area is really severe, but it is also other parts of south yorkshire. you heard about sheffield in a report earlier, and doncaster is an area of concern at the moment, because the environment agency has issued five severe flood warnings in the past hour or so for that area around a part of doncaster just slightly north of doncaster. and even though the rain has held off so far today, it is nothing like what we saw all throughout yesterday and last night, the torrential downpours, but there is still concern about the rising river levels. the river don is at a level comparable to where it was in 2007, which caused such tremendous flooding into trouble for people back then, is a really people are going to be keeping an eye on that river level, and even though it may well have peaked, we are still not ina clearand well have peaked, we are still not in a clear and there is still concern, particularly for those areas in doncaster where there is severe flood warnings issued by the environment agency, meaning there is a risk to people, homes and lives there. obviously really busy night for everyone there and a busy day ahead, luxmy, thank you very much for that update from rotherham, luxmy gopal. we can talk to martin sapcote, manager at carphone warehouse in the meadowhall centre near sheffield, who spent most of the night at meadowhall. we do appreciate you talking to us this morning, i know you haven't had very many hours of sleep, at what point did you realise you wouldn't be getting home to your own bed? probably about 5:30pm, when it was cancelled. did you attempt to get out at that point? yeah, like many staff, we assessed the situation in the car park, advised by police to stay in meadowhall until the traffic situation calmed down a bit. and it became apparent, i guess, over the next couple of hours that actually it wasn't going to be possible to make your journeys home? it wasn't going to be possible to make yourjourneys home? yeah, exactly, so we got to about 5:30pm, and the council, we had lots of children running around through meadowhall, panicking, iguess, because they couldn't get in touch with theirfamilies because they couldn't get in touch with their families and didn't know how to get home, so we opened up the store and made it into a mobile phone charging hotspot, ended up with a shop full of customers quite quickly, getting in touch with their loved ones. i bet they were very glad you did that. described in more detail what it was light in the shopping centre as the evening wore on, and you know, people were realising that they had to sleep there. yes, i guess it wasjust confusion at some point, people walking around, not being able to get out, not being able to get in touch with people, so not knowing what to do, so all we could do was stay open, others are charge some pounds just do what we could to help. did you manage to get some sleep yourself? yes, i got home just before midnight, me and my collea g u es before midnight, me and my colleagues stayed behind, but we all managed to get home, is a back injury, meadowhall is open as usual, hopefully a normal day to day. what was the journey like, coming hopefully a normal day to day. what was thejourney like, coming back m, m was thejourney like, coming back in, in terms of traffic? yes, still lots of roads are flooded this morning, lots of queues of traffic, running around rat runs, trying to avoid the main roads this morning. martin, we do appreciate you taking the time to talk to us, thank you very much. martin spent most of the night in his store at meadowhall. matt taylor is with us now nice to see you, but talking about a very concerning situation for everybody in rotherham, sheffield, that part of england. what has happened? why has there been so much rain leading to this flooding? yes, shades of 2007, i will show you the radar picture, 2a hours of rainfall data, notice that band of blue where the rain was sat across the same areas, so rain was sat across the same areas, so the persistence and the intensity of that rain across the same areas. to the south of it, wins going in one direction, to the north another direction, nothing to push it on, so we saw the rain continuing for 2h hours. it has eased but dropped a huge amount of rain during that period. if you bear in mind that sheffield normally has 79 millimetres of rain during the entire month of november, during the last 2a hours they have had over that, and in the pennines, the south pennines. .. more in that, and in the pennines, the south pennines... more in 24 that, and in the pennines, the south pennines. .. more in 24 hours than the entire month? and even more than that in the pennines, reports of over 100 millimetres of rain in one 01’ over 100 millimetres of rain in one or two spots. and this is all on the back of what was a particularly wet 0ctober, these areas had well over the normal 0ctober rainfall, so the ground is saturated, no evaporation, with more rainfall we are seeing the flooding situation. bring us up to date with the weather warnings, because we have heard that there have been more warnings in doncaster. the warnings have lapsed because the rain has eased, things have turned drier, but there are severe flood warnings on the rivers. i beg your pardon, i said weather warnings, i meant flood warnings. even though the rain has eased, bear in mind it takes a long time for the water to go to the river catchments from the hills, down towards the sea, so from the hills, down towards the sea, so some river from the hills, down towards the sea, so some river levels will rise for a good few hours yet, so worth heeding all the data from the environment agency. five severe flood warnings at present, but you can see on the map that there are hundreds elsewhere. severe flood warnings because danger to life and property, and hopefully we want see too many more of them. yes, a very busy picture on that map, as we can see. just looking ahead slightly, will conditions improve, or more rain on the way? we have got a bit of respite, more rain across some areas through tomorrow, it looks like the areas hit by flooding will avoid the worst, but heavy rain in the midlands could cause issues tomorrow, and we could be talking about disruptive snow in wales and the midlands, but overall things are improving. thank you very much, matt taylor. the scottish national party will launch its election campaign later with a pledge to protect the nhs from trade deals with foreign nations. speaking in edinburgh, party leader nicola sturgeon is expected to say the snp will ensure the health service is not used as a "bargaining chip" in future negotiations. meanwhile, labour is promising to increase the length of statutory maternity pay from nine to 12 months if it wins power. and the conservatives have said they would introduce an nhs visa as point ofa would introduce an nhs visa as point of a points based immigration system to encourage foreign doctors and nurses to come to work in the nhs. we can talk to assistant political editor norman smith, who is in edinburgh for us. let's begin with the snp, what is the focus going to be for them in this launch? well, a lot of it will be familiar, of course, next sturgeon again setting out the party's opposition to brexit, talking about her demands for independence. i guess what a lot of people will be listening for are any of people will be listening for are a ny clu es of people will be listening for are any clues about the sort of conditions the snp might set before they are prepared to back, say, jeremy corbyn, if he were in a position to form a minority government, and what is interesting is that the snp appear to be raising the bar. they have already said that they would demand another referendum next year, when labour have signalled they are not in favour of another referendum and they wouldn't consider one in the formative years ofa consider one in the formative years of a labour government, but perhaps in years fourand of a labour government, but perhaps in years four and five, is saying, no, we want one next year. on top of that, today she is expected to put down few other demands, notably that she would want the scottish government to have control of its own immigration policy, because obviously the immigration demands in scotla nd obviously the immigration demands in scotland are very different from other parts of the uk, she would wa nt other parts of the uk, she would want a complete end to austerity with the restoration of various benefit cuts, she would want additionalfunding for benefit cuts, she would want additional funding for nhs hospitals, and on the nhs we will hear this idea of so—called nhs protection bill, a piece of legislation that the snp want to introduce to ensure that the nhs is not part of any future trade talks. now, we know the government have repeatedly said that is right, it won't be on the table, donald trump has said it won't be on the table, but still labour and now the snp are pressing on the issue. why? because they know it has salience with voters, because it wraps together donald trump, the nhs, brexit and raises questions about the american president and boris johnson, raises questions about the american president and borisjohnson, so no surprise this morning that the snp‘s westminster leader, ian blackford, thatis westminster leader, ian blackford, that is what he was focusing on. we know that the current prime minister, borisjohnson, we know that the current prime minister, boris johnson, wants we know that the current prime minister, borisjohnson, wants to do a trade deal with donald trump, and we need to be very clear with people that there is a real threat to the national health service, so we need to make sure that we can fully protect the national health service, something that is so vital to all of us, so what we are proposing is bringing forward a bill that will give parliament the opportunity to ensure that our national health service is not a bargaining chip. relatively quiet today for team corbyn today, probablyjust as well, becausejohn corbyn today, probablyjust as well, because john mcdonnell seems corbyn today, probablyjust as well, becausejohn mcdonnell seems to be struggling with his voice after his big economy speech, a day off the campaign trail might help. that said, they are outlining policies to help with workers' rights, a new initiative extending the amount of maternity leave that people can have from nine months to one year, so an extra three months of maternity leave. this was the shadow cabinet member shami chakrabarti. lam iamso i am so excited to be able to say that we are going to have the greatest workplace revolution for women in 50 years on maternity pay, as you've said, we are going to extend the period of statutory maternity pay to a full year. that has maternity pay to a full year. that ha 5 gotta maternity pay to a full year. that has gotta be for both parents and for children. we have been getting a few clues too about our future immigration system if borisjohnson about our future immigration system if boris johnson is about our future immigration system if borisjohnson is successful, this idea of an australian points based immigration system. this morning, the tories unveiling a policy to encourage, incentivise foreign health workers to come and work in the nhs, suggesting that they would get more points if they were taking up get more points if they were taking upjobs in the nhs, but also i promise to cut by half the visa fee which you have to pay if you want to come and work here to around £400. this was the home secretary, priti patel. well, this would be a new fast—track visa for nhs workers from around the world that can come to the united kingdom and, effectively, this will guarantee them, through this fast—track process, the chance to work in the nhs, be sponsored by the nhs, doctors and nurses and allied health care professionals, and they will be able to work on any aspect of the nhs across the united kingdom. it is a policy which has already been criticised by opposition parties, the liberal democrats in that at the moment eu health workers can come for free, and in future they too will have to pay this temporary charge, so their argument is better to stick with the eu, because then health workers from the rest of the eu don't have to pay anything in future they will have to pgy- anything in future they will have to pay. perhaps some tricky questions for the conservatives on that policy, norman. also perhaps tricky questions about one of their prospective election candidates, a man called nick conrad has stepped down because of comments he made in an interview when he was a radio presenter were not picked up in the vetting process. it is interesting, because he worked on bbc radio norfolk and was involved in a phone in some time ago where the issue was about rape, and he suggested that in certain circumstances women could be, quote, partially responsible, and he suggested that they should, quote, keep their knickers on if they wanted to avoid rape. now, of course, those remarks, when i came to light, pretty much made his position untenable, and although borisjohnson did position untenable, and although boris johnson did not position untenable, and although borisjohnson did not say that he should stand down, he has now stood down from a relatively safe constituency in norfolk. i think the thing it tells us, annita, is that in this area of the internet, where old blogs and tweets are accessible and readable, skeletons no longer remain in the cupboard, they are out there sitting in the living room armchair. you cannot conceal anything any more. added to which the level of scrutiny now is much more intense, and we have actually seen a more intense, and we have actually seen a series of candidates from different parties being hauled up for comments they have made in the past, and the party is responding by saying, well, you will have to stand down. ok, norman, thank you very much for that, norman smith in edinburgh. we'll be answering your questions later this morning withjoe 0wen, brexit programme director at the institute for government. so let us know what you want answered by sending your election question via email to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet us using #bbcyourquestions. the timing of this election surprised many, so here's the key information on how to register to vote, and when the deadline is. everyone on the electoral register aged 18 or above can vote on election day. you can register to vote on the government website. you will need your national insurance number, date of birth and your address. the deadline for registering to vote in this election is the 26th of novermber. students can be registered to vote in two areas, their home and university address, but they can only vote in one location. people working, on holiday, or away from home on election day can vote by post, or proxy, which means nominating someone else to vote for you. the headlines on bbc news: around 100 flood warnings are in place across northern england and the midlands after torrential rain causes flooding, mudslides and serious disruption to roads and rail services. the snp launches its election campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. labour promises a full year of maternity pay while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. in sport this morning, england's fastest ever t20 international hundred as england levelled the series a 2—2 against new zealand, setting up a decider on sunday. 0le gunnar solskjaer says his team have set a template for how should be played after beating belgrade 3—0. and rangers are on the brink of making the knockout stage after a win against porto, and celtic through after winning at lazio, while wolves also won last night. back with more on those stories later in the hour. in hong kong, pro—democracy activists have called for marches and vigils after a student died of injuries sustained during recent protests. let's cross live to hong kong and speak to the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell. stephen cameron hello to you, what impact do you think the news of these death is going to have on those protests? well, the death has already had quite an impact here, where i am standing, the streets were clogged up standing, the streets were clogged upfora standing, the streets were clogged up for a couple of hours when, at lunchtime, protesters came out of these buildings, occupied the roads, stopped buses and cars from moving through the streets and have only started flowing again after the police arrived and cleared them away. now, we don't know how this person fell from a car park, but it was ina person fell from a car park, but it was in a car park at a time when riot police were moving in, firing tear gas into the car park to move protesters out of that zone. he fell, had a very serious brain injury, went into a coma, and all this week doctors have been trying to save him. sadly, they were not able to control knee swelling of his brain, and he had a heart attack earlier this morning. now, the fact that, well, the police were involved at the time, firing tear gas in, and also the fact that paramedics say it took them 90 minutes to get to where there's university student was, and they are blaming this on traffic congestion which activists say was caused by police roadblocks. so you can imagine the police are coming in for quite some criticism here today, and in the coming hours we are going to see protests, and who knows what is going to happen? because feelings, well, it is quite tense here, people are very upset by this. protesters are going to return to the scene where he fell from that car park in the coming hours, and i think they will have some sort of a vigil there, but afterwards i would expect that will become a protest which could turn violent, and we could see more of this over the rest of the weekend. remember, this comes after a quite violent few days in kong, we have had people stabbed, a pro—democracy councillor had ha rvey‘s pro—democracy councillor had harvey's air —— half his ear bitten off. april beijing councillor had somebody lunge at him with a knife, so somebody lunge at him with a knife, soa somebody lunge at him with a knife, so a lot of violence and tension, and a death of the student is only making it worse. stephen, thank you for that update. a new report suggests that the home office is taking "substa ntially" longer to make decisions about asylum applications than it did five years ago, with three quarters of cases still unresolved after six months. the analysis by the migration 0bservatory, which is based at the university of oxford, also highlights the uneven distribution of claimants around the uk, with 150 local authorities failing to support any asylum seekers. dr peter walsh is from the migration 0bservatory. thank you very much forjoining us today, fewer people getting that initial decision on the application within six months, why is that? well, the data down to .28 single explanation here, but there are some factors that are likely to play a role. —— the data down to point to a single explanation here. there has been an important policy change as well, a fast track policy that was struck down by the courts in 2015 for not giving due regard to fair process , for not giving due regard to fair process, and then there have also been reports about difficulties with staff retention in the case working centres, and a lack of training as well. your analysis also looks at the asylum appeals process, it looks at the regional distribution of asylu m at the regional distribution of asylum seekers as well. tell us what you found there in your analysis. so we found that around 40% of asylum claims are initially granted but that four in five of those who are rejected appeal, and 40% of those appeals are successful. with regard to the distribution of asylum seekers while they await a decision on theirclaim, we seekers while they await a decision on their claim, we found that the distribution is highly uneven, just 20 local authorities hosting as many asylu m 20 local authorities hosting as many asylum seekers as the other 362 combined. now, local authorities have raised questions about the fairness of this policy, but it is a very complex issue, because if the home office were to mandate that local authorities take a certain quota of asylum seekers, well, you could imagine that would be quite controversial, is a difficult issue. people waiting on their decision, their application to work, they may have skills that could potentially fill gaps in the workforce, the conservatives today talking about an nhs visa to fast—track people who might want to work in the medical world. does this give us an idea for the shape of a future immigration system for the uk? it's important to recognise with regard to asylum it's important that decisions are accurate. there is no optimal time for a decision to be made. but as you suggested, one has to be aware of the costs involved, these are both financial and human. it costs more money to house and support asylu m more money to house and support asylum seekers the longer their claim goes on. and also, there is with regard to the human cost, a degree of emotional distress associated with the uncertainty of an asylum claim. with regard to the new policy proposed by the conservative party this morning. in respect of the nhs visa, it doesn't seem respect of the nhs visa, it doesn't seem to represent a radical departure from what we have at present, nhs staff are already given priority, doctors and nurses are excluded from the camp and nurses are exempt as well from the £30,000 salary threshold. but what it might lead to in the future is slightly more convenient visa application process for workers who wish to work in the nhs. doctor peter walsh, thank you. thank you. it's time for a look at the weather forecast, here's simon. yesterday, a huge amount of rainfall falling over northern areas of england, the north midlands, rightfully, it's clearthe way to the south, in much drier picture for many of us and there will be some sunny spells. the rain from yesterday weakens and it's moving its way into the south—east of england, after a frosty start here, some sunshine, we will see the cloud increasing, some showers around eastern areas but elsewhere, it's dry, bright, still on the chilly side, bridge is getting to around 7—10d. through this evening, the cloud and rain clearing away, we are looking at clear skies for many of us, the rain starts to move on from the west, with clear skies, really quite a cold night, widespread frost expected into saturday morning. with that, some patchy fog around. the fog clearing, some sunshine, this rain pushes and from the west, pivots, there will be some snow over higher ground of north wales, the southern pennines and it's a cold day. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... around 100 flood warnings are in place across northern england and the midlands after torrential rain causes flooding, mudslides and serious disruption to roads and rail services. residents in rotherham have been urged not to leave their homes. in sheffield, a major incident has been declared, dozens of people spent the night stranded in a shopping centre. the snp launches its election campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals labour promises a full year of maternity pay while the conservatives unveil a ‘nhs visa' to attract top medical talent to the uk. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. in a moment we will be speaking tojoe tidy our reporter joe tidy, who's looking at how digital and social media platforms are being used during the campaign but firstly to a story that's got lots of you talking this morning, 94 year old d—day veteran harry billinge who spoke to bbc about his experiences during the landings earlier this year. he's raised thousands of pounds for a memorial to remember his fallen comrades and this is the moment on bbc breakfast when he was shown what it looked like for the very first time. what you've been contributing to is a bigger memorial, all the names of those who died. and the extra money, the education for youngsters. those who died. and the extra money, the education for youngsterslj those who died. and the extra money, the education for youngsters. i want to show you something. because i know, it's difficult, when you are raising something for money, you can see it, if you look at this big screen over here. we can show you what's been done. so far. in northern ireland, i believe. in normandy. this is what you've been raising money towards, you've never seen raising money towards, you've never seen this. never. how does it make you feel, the work you're doing, it's now concrete, it's tangible, it's now concrete, it's tangible, it's there, you can touch it. marvellous. how does it feel, harry? you 0k? yes. you ok? yes. it means so much. i'm all right. terrible. take a moment, harry, people will be watching this, watching you. full of respect for what you've done. yes, well, i did it, i had a job to do, all these fellas did a good job. all these men, these wonderful men. marvellous man, what a moment. as promised, our reporter joe tidyjoins me now. during the run up to the election, he'll be looking in detail at how digital and social media platforms are being used as part of political campaigns. really massive feature of this election. 0ne really massive feature of this election. one feature of the election, google ads,. we don't often talk about it, but in 2017, they spent £1 million across google. i want to concentrate on google search. when you do it often you get adverts at the top or the side under something cold the google transparency report which is a little bit like what we've been talking about the last week or so, the facebook ad library, shows us who is buying what ads and any political messages are on there. it's not very good, i'm going to call it out, nowhere near as detailed as the facebook ad library, doesn't give you details of how much is spent, or how many people have seen is spent, or how many people have seen the adverts but we can get some details on this and i'm talking to google about it at the moment, they promised me more information, and still waiting, if you are watching, e—mail me back. 0ver still waiting, if you are watching, e—mail me back. over at the last week since the election was unofficially cold, the the brexit party have opened —— have both been very, very busy on google ads. we can show you an ad they've been running, this is the sort of thing you would have seen if you search for key terms, we don't know what key terms, we can guess. you click on add, you go through to a sign up page to help the labour party campaign and have lived through, they give you some details on the geography, i believe there is a certain split of where the advert is going under different one is going which sends people to the labour party website in general. i note there has been some targeting in kent and the south coast and north wales for example. but you know how sometimes the campaigns move in different ways and discussion develops? it's interesting to see how that happens in the google space, boris is brexit deal is being discussed by the conservative party is the only answer, the brexit party says it's not good enough, not a good enough deal and we are seeing that in the ad spread, the real estate, when you search. for example, this brexit party advert that would have been on top of the charts when you search for things like boris brexiting undertakes you toa like boris brexiting undertakes you to a website stop and that explains why according to the brexit party it's not good enough, that's been running, they've had 11 of those running, they've had 11 of those running since the campaign started. 0ver running since the campaign started. over the last couple of days, something different happens when you search for things around that topic, this is what you get. this is the conservative now, but conservative sta rcom. conservative now, but conservative starcom. the advertising stopped when the brexit party. the conservatives appear to have snapped up conservatives appear to have snapped up the real estate for when people are searching and we don't know when this began because the ad library hasn't told us, we don't know how much they are spending but what it tells us the shift in what is happening in the campaign is also happening in the campaign is also happening online. a real sense of the social media tussle between the parties to try and get their message to whoever is looking for that message. has the election been encouraging people to actually search for more terms around the whole politics discussion as opposed to those ads just appearing on the social media feeds? a little bit. if you work in this building and if you are you work in this building and if you a re interested you work in this building and if you are interested in the election politics, as far as we are concerned every twist and turn is huge but the google trends resource shows us actually takes a lot for people to actually takes a lot for people to actually search for this in great numbers, so the trend tells us, the trends ranking or library gives you 20 every day, over the last couple of days, i'll give you an idea of what sort of things have been getting people interested. nick conrad, this announcement from the potential candidate for the tories. that came last night that is the 18th trending, yesterday the 18th top trending topic on the day before, we saw tom watson, that was actually quite a big one, the fifth largest spike of that day. and on that day, the 14th biggest was alun cairns as well. tom watson has announced he's not going to re—stand. alun cairns, the conservative minister who stepped down. so these are the things that we think are massive and in some respects they can be seen to be cutting through. but mainly, things that are filling up the ranking on google trends are anything to do with football excavation work as soon as with football excavation work as soon as there is a pupil announcement, people are like, right. life beyond politics. life goes on but the reason this is important, this is how people start their internet activity, a lot of them, depending on where you live, them, depending on where you live, the statue look at, 90% of all searches on the internet start with google. fascinating as ever, i think we are one weekend, we started last friday with this. and we five weeks to go of digital election analysis, thank you so much. here's a video that has got lots of you talking on twitter this morning — a video of the moment a group of south african rugby fans played fetch with a beluga whale near the artic pole. near the arctic pole. as you can see they were using an official 2019 rugby world cup ball, throwing it out into the ocean. the whale then chases the ball, before returning it to the men on the boat that is just that isjust phenomenal. that is just phenomenal. that interaction. absolutely stunning! this video has caused a huge stir online. lots of reaction. i think we can show you one tweet in just a second, let's see another shot of this ball being thrown. there goes the well again, a bit like playing fetch with your dog. and we can see this. got to agree with that! let's look at what you are reading and watching. number one, dozens of people having to sleep at a shopping centre because of those lads. in the north of england and the midlands. —— because of those floods. lots of flood warnings still in place. and second, interesting story from japan, backlash over some employers injapan japan, backlash over some employers in japan telling japan, backlash over some employers injapan telling female employees who wear glasses at work to remove them. the story says a number of news outlets had said some companies had banned eyewear female employees for various reasons, among them some retail chains reportedly said glasses wearing shop assistants gave a cold impression but this has sparked a huge debate on social media over dress practices women in the workplace and why this particular message is being directed at women. and moving on down to the most watched, this is more on the donald trump impeachment with our north america reporter who is breaking it down. the week so far ahead of the first public hearings in the impeachment process. that is next week. that's number one on the most watched, that's it for your morning briefing. in a moment the sport but first joanna gosling's here to tell us what's coming up in the victoria derbyshire programme at ten: this week we saw the resignation of alun cairns. how big an effect has the controversy had on the ground? ina the controversy had on the ground? in a special report we have gone to mr cameron's constituency, the vale of glamorgan in south wales to speak to people. if you are putting yourself forward as a candidate for our parliament you are essentially saying to the public i am a fine upstanding member of society and i will represent you as a constituent in an honest manner and i don't think that he has been honest. we will also look back at some of the other standout moments of the first week of the general election campaign. join us at10am week of the general election campaign. join us at 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's john watson good morning. what a performance from batsmen dawid malan who scored the quickest century by an england player in twenty20 internationals in what was a must win game in the fourth match of their series with new zealand this morning. they had to win to take it to a decider. and were put into bat, before malan and eoin morgan took the new zealand attack apart. morgan made 91 and malan went on to reach his century off just 48 balls. new zealand needed a huge 242 to win and fell 76 runs short. mat parkinson taking four wickets in just his second match chris jordan got the final wicket and sets it up beautifully for the decider in auckland on sunday. there was a huge win for celtic against lazio last night in the europa league. and three goals for manchester united means both sides have qualified for the knockout stage. there were wins for the two other british sides in action as austin halewood can tell us. in rome, there's history wherever you look. but for these fans, a first win on italian soil was priceless. because celtic, and rod, are sailing into the last 32. when you've never beaten an italian side on home soil before, the last thing you need is to give them the lead. lazio with the head start and celtic off their game, until a moment of magic from james forrest brought them back in it. the italians knew that rome couldn't be conquered in 90 minutes. they just didn't think about the 95th. 0livier ntcham with the cutest of touches and the coolest of finishes. it's historic. job done us for us qualifying for, you know, the new year is concerned. we have a lot of work to do domestically. but it's an amazing night for the team. back home in glasgow, rangers were ready for all that porto could throw at them. the home side's backs against the wall, but with alfredo morelos is your team, you always have a chance. rangers on the brink of the last 32. south of the border in manchester, the smile was almost back. 0le gunnar solskjaer slipped into a gear they've really found so far this season — pace, precision and clinical punishing in front of goal. mason greenwood got the first but anthony martial got the pick of them, before marcus rushford slammed in their third. united through with two games to spare. and wolves aren't far behind them. the wanderers almost into the knockout stage after rauljimenez‘s header sealed their win over slovan bratislava, and a memorable night for british football. austin halewood, bbc news. so a great night for the british teamsand you know it's been good when rod stewart's spotted singing with fans on the streets of rome. he said he'd had one of the best days ever as a hoops fan. think rod's got a soft spot for manchester united as well. so a good night all round meanwhile in the premier league the bottom two sides battle it out at carrow road this evening. watford are still looking for their first premier league win of the season. if they manage it they'll move off the bottom and ahead of norwich. there's full commentary on radio 5 live. kick off is at 8 with the build up from 7 let's look at the back pages today. the success of the british teams in europe last night features heavily on th back pages of todays papers. the mirror says ‘pace, excitement and goals .. at last united give the fans a great show. the paper also claims that manchester city fear their team bus will be attacked again by liverpool fans ahead of the top of the table match at anfield on sunday. the champions are concerned about a post on social media promising a hostile greeting. the mail reports that england manager gareth southgate has urged for tougher sanctions against teams who's fans are found guilty of racist abuse. the paper also covers the dr richard freeman tribunal. dr freeman's legal team will attempt to question the "integrity and credibility" of former british cycling performance director shane sutton in manchester today // and in the times harlequins danny care is reported as saying that saracens should be relegated for three seasons after being found guilty of breaking the permiership salary cap lewis hamilton has barely had time to breathe, let alone celebrate, after winning his sixth formula one world title last weekend. last night he was at the g0 awards, one of the most glamourous events on the calendar, with a red carpet overflowing with impecably—dressed stars. and for hamilton, the season's not over yet. i'm definitely still on cloud nine. it's just still kind of taking time to sink in, i think it's probably because i'm still in race mode, we have two macro races to go, i want to win these races, i can't get carried away, i've not done any celebrations yet, i will wait until the end of the year, probably the last race we will celebrate. jenson button retired from formula one at the end of 2016, but the former world champion didn't retire from racing cars.(gfx)he's retire from racing cars. he's spent the last couple of years racing gt cars injapan, but this morning said on social media he's interested in driving in nascar which is the biggest racing series in the united states where he now lives. that's just about it. don't forget you can get a round up of all of today's news and stories on sportsday with jane dougall. that's at 6.30 on the news channel this evening that's all the sport for now. john, thank you. now, to politics again. the conservatives say they will make it easierfor doctors and nurses from around the world to work in the uk after brexit, if they win the election. the party would introduce an "nhs visa" as part of a promised "points—based immigration system". the prime minister is in the east midlands where he's visiting a hospital. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, is there too. day three of the general election campaign, the prime minister visiting the east midlands and north wales today. the focus this morning on the conservatives announcement of the nhs pays up which they say will have the cost of workers coming from other countries into the uk to work in the nhs. and will also allow them to repay a charge for health care services that they use themselves more slowly. and this is clearly an attempt to open up the nhs and help alleviate what is a significant staff shortage, around 100,000 vacancies across the nhs, as a whole. but while this has been broadly welcomed for what it is by medical groups, some such as the royal college of nursing pointing out it doesn't go far enough and is barely really any change to the status quo as it is. they are also criticising the conservatives for making nurses coming from outside the uk to work in the nhs repay that charge more slowly, describing that as immoral. for charging people to use the service that they themselves helped to run. but this is part of the conservative party attempt to change the immigration system as a whole, introduce an australian style points system under which those coming into work in the nhs would get more of those points to put towards access to the uk labour market. but the whole thing is going to have to be put in place by 2021. and there are very few details, really, about how the system as a whole is going to works of the prime minister will face questions on that and he will also face questions today i think about comments he made in northern ireland last night on a visit there. he was talking to local industry leaders and conservative party members about exactly how his brexit deal is going to work and whether or not there will be checks on goods going from great britain into northern ireland. and vice ve rsa . into northern ireland. and vice versa. the prime minister was very clear that there will be no checks and he also described northern ireland as getting a deal that allowed them to keep free movement and keep access to the single market, suggesting it's actually better for northern ireland than other parts of the uk so a little bit of clarification there needed to die from the prime minister and we will hear from die from the prime minister and we will hearfrom him later as he continues this second full day of campaigning in the general election. jonathan blake. more now on the flooding — thomas wiltshire,was stranded on a train because of flooding and is currently in manchester instead of sheffield tell us what happened. i was on the 1918 northern train from manchester piccadilly to cleethorpes. and we got stuck in the peak district because of flooding on the line at brindle ford. we were on the train for about three hours. and are you still with us? i think we have got a frozen line commerce, hello, line froze for a moment, you were on the train you set for three hours, but what happened next? we were stuck for three hours, and we were going back to manchester. we went underan going back to manchester. we went under an underpass which was flooded. a lot of people, eventually the train went back. i'm not sure how many people got further than sheffield, what they did. i think they possibly were stranded in manchester. thomas, we are going to leave our chat there because u nfortu nately, leave our chat there because unfortunately, the line is pretty bad and we cannot really hear what saying terribly clearly but i do hope you eventually get to where you wa nt to hope you eventually get to where you want to beat, thomas, thanks so much for your time. an 82—year—old man has become the first briton to officially ride a million miles on his bicycle. russ mantle has been pedalling away for more than 65 years — averaging around 15—thousand miles a year. his feat is the equivalent of travelling to the moon and back twice or circumnavigating the earth 40 times. fabulous, it's not often you come across military hardware rolling up the high street. but one poppy seller from derbyshire has gone all—out for this year's appeal by converting his mobility scooter into a tank. (tx 85—year—old eddie wadsworth, whose fatherjohn was killed during the second world war, has always been keen to support the royal british legion's poppy appeal. he says he's "thrilled to bits" with the reaction, especially from young people. he says the impressive re—fit only cost him about seven pounds. it's time for a look at the weather. here's simon king. good morning. we've seen in the news that we've had some flooding through yesterday and overnight come across northern areas of england. currently still over 100 flood warnings in force across northern england, you can get all the details on the website for those. i'm fully today in terms of the weather, it's looking much better today, much drier and there will be some sunny spells for many of us as well. a chilly start with frost in the south—east of england, cloud increasing here, this band of rain continuing to push into the south—east, patchy rain into the afternoon, some showers coming into parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, elsewhere it's dry, bright, some sunshine. still quite chilly for the time of year, temperatures about 6-11d. time of year, temperatures about 6—11d. through the rest of the night we continue with cloud moving its way into the near continent and with clear skies it's going to turn really quite cold, widespread frost expected into saturday morning. temperatures down to —3, —4 but quite widely temperatures below freezing. during saturday in this area of rain moving its way in through northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—west, you notice we have snow falling over higher ground of north wales and southern pennines. that could be sticking on some of the higher roots in the rain will edge its way into the south—east of england during saturday, chilly day, maximum temperatures for— seven, 8 degrees. into sunday, the weather system going to gradually move away into the south, things improving for many of us on sunday, there will be some sunshine, stilljust the odd shower across southern areas. but sunny spells, dry weather expected on sunday. still a little bit on the chilly side, the temperature getting up chilly side, the temperature getting up to around 6 degrees in the central part of scotland. nine or 10 degrees further south but at least it's going to be a dry day. goodbye. hello it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling. warnings of a danger to life in the north of england after torrential rail causes flooding, mudslides and serious disruption to roads and trains. in sheffield, dozens of people slept overnight in a shopping centre as flooded roads left them stranded. local roads are flooded, we can't get home. we're now going to bed down for the night there. the amount of children walking around in pyjamas tonight on their own is frightening. this week saw the resignation of welsh secretary alun cairns over his links to a man who sabotaged a rape tria. in a special report, we've gone back to his constituency to talk to people there. if you're putting yourself forward asa if you're putting yourself forward as a candidate for

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