more than four million people promised on brexit. are preparing to vote in this weekend's local elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become as prince andrew is increasingly violent in recent weeks. pictured horse—riding with the queen, another major there have been more than 5,000 arrests since the protests company pulls its support started in june. from his mentoring scheme. a group of orphaned british the premier league's back children, caught up in the war after the international break — as is jose mourinho, in syria, are said to be in good who takes charge of tottenham spirits, after they were brought for the first time against west ham this lunchtime. back to the uk. and robbie williams lets us they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state into the secret of a happy life. group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce i'm 45. visits to patients' homes, i'm a5. they have three beautiful, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. healthy children. a wi—fi absolutely doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local adore. and a job that'sjustin medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical credible. association will lobby nhs england good morning. we have a bit of a to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. grey weekend in store, lots of cloud an nhs spokeswoman said gps would still visit patients at home around. today that's producing some heavy rain which may cause a few where there was a clinical flooding issues. today looks trial for most of us. i'll bring you a need to do so. full forecast throughout the morning. —— dry up. a victorian hotel on the seafront at eastbourne has been severely good morning. it's saturday the 23rd of november. damaged by fire. the owners of the grade—two listed claremont hotel are said our top story: jeremy corbyn has said he would take a "neutral to be "devastated". six people were treated for minor stance" in the eu referendum injuries and one person was taken labour has promised, to hospital with if it wins the general election. he was speaking during a bbc question time special, breathing difficulties. during which the four main party leaders faced questions from the studio audience. now for the tale of an unlikely our political correspondent, friendship between a dog and a giraffe. rescued in south africa by a farmer helen catt was watching. who found him abandoned at two days old, jazz the giraffe was taken to a nearby rhino orphanage. four litres, two hours, and a loss that's when he met his new best friend hunter, who works of seriously tough questions. for there as a guard dog. hunter was so taken byjazz, jeremy corbyn there were concerns that he refused to eat about business, about his personal or leave his side until he was handling of anti—jewish racism, and in a stable condition. what made the headlines, a clear the two have been a nswer what made the headlines, a clear answer on a question that has dogged him throughout the campaign. will you campaign to remain or leave in the air if elected? why would anyone inseparable ever since. vote labour without knowing the a nswer to vote labour without knowing the answer to that question? blue male strategy has been to bring people together. we will negotiate a very cute pictures. my right in greater believe deal with european union... laughter. let me finish please. secondly we thinking that hunter and jazz, were they not the names of two gladiators will put that along side remain in a from the tv series. yes, that he referendum and i will adopt, as prime minister, if i am at the time, a neutral stance so that i can just was the woman. she had long straight dark hair. do you think credibly carry out the results of however was looking after those that to bring our communities and animals was a fan? hunter had curly country together. jeremy corbyn was blonde hair. it seems unlikely. my also grilled or scottish independence and said labour would not back a referendum in the first two years not back a referendum in the first two yea rs it not back a referendum in the first two years it was in government. not love those unlikely friendship struck up in the animal world. are what the next lead up want to do here. but nicola sturgeon says she you going to make a link to the thinks he would change his mind of sports? i am waiting for it. you see her party ends up having the power pigs and dogs. what is your sporting to make him prime minister. riley analogy? i have just send apec and day minority government in scotland, so day minority government in scotland, so why know the compromises that you have to make to govern in that i'm about link into jose analogy? i have just send apec and i'm about link intojose mourinho. they don't want to do that. —— i situation —— iv. of course he's have just said putting manifesto forward. but if he they don't want to do that. —— i havejust said a pig. is in the position of needing the support of the snp then i think he they don't want to do that. —— i have just said a pig. cheeky little smile. they haven't seen that in will choose to do some of the things quite a while. people are in different camps. at the end of that are in his manifesto when i don't think he will turn his back on manchester united he looked quite grumpy. oryou are that in order to block the right of manchester united he looked quite grumpy. or you are in the camp that the people of scotland to choose you think he is good for the game. he isa their outcomes. nectarjo swinson, you think he is good for the game. he is a talking point, he gives us something to discuss. as an outsider her policy is clear, stop exit. is a looking in i think it is character. characters in sport we embrace. democratic, she was asked. does it absolutely. it was lovingly belittled between you two yesterday. menu think we're stupid and don't know we were voting for? you want to —— the pillow talk. belittled between you two yesterday. -- the pillow talk. he has been the company won this week. they have a leave. why don't think that makes you a bad person. and i want to lovely juve and wonderful company won this week. they have a lovelyjuve and wonderful pillows. a remain in the eu and i don't think big day. what has happened? he is in that makes me a bad person. but you lost. i haven't changed my mind on the dugout for the first time at totte n ha m the dugout for the first time at tottenham against west ham. we will thinking we're better off in the look at that in a moment. turning european the liberal democrats standing ona european the liberal democrats standing on a manifesto to unilaterally cancel brexit and the tottenham's fortunes around is a challenge he is embracing. electoral pact has absolutely cost you may vote. this is the essence of democracy. i'm standing here and iam telling you honestly what i would do i am relaxed, they are motivated, i am ready. ithink fi was elected as prime minister. i i am relaxed, they are motivated, i am ready. i think the players felt that today. i think they felt that i would revoked article 50 w was also am ready to support them. this is challenged on her party's five years not about me. of coalition government with the tories. when boris johnson of coalition government with the tories. when borisjohnson took of coalition government with the tories. when boris johnson took the floor it was trust that came up. how in his firstjob with chelsea he won his opening match, important is it for someone in your that was 19 years ago as a fresh position of power to always tell the faced iii—year—old, beating manchester united at stamford bridge. on his second stint with the blues truth? laughter. applause he got off to a flier beating hull city 2—0. and then he pitched up . i think is absolutely vital. i at manchester united and beat think it's absolutely vital and i bournemouth 3—1 in his first match. think it's absolutely vital and i think that the issue of trust in politics is central to this election so a good omen for spurs. in the championship, and fundamental to the corrosion of fulham fought back from a goal down trust in politics the moment... so against qpr to move up to fourth. abu—bakar kamara, scored twice in a 2—1win on only his second why do you think you are being asked start for the club — that question? it is the failure they're four points off the top. caretaker coaches lee miller and david mccracken have made politicians to deliver brexit. mr the perfect start at falkirk beating linlithgow rose 4—1 in the scottish cup. paul dixon finished off the amateur johnson was also asked to say sorry for his language a newspaper side to book falkirk‘s place articles he had written which one in tomorrow's fourth round draw. audience member had said contributed manager ray mckinnon to racist rhetoric. he didn't but was sacked last saturday. said he never intended to cause hurt scotland have been drawn oi’ said he never intended to cause hurt against israel in their euro or pain. 2020 play—off semi—final. the game will be at helen catt, bbc news. hampden on march 26th. our political correspondent the winners face a trip tom bartonjoins us from our to norway or serbia, london newsroom. for a place in the finals. good morning. there were quite a few if northern ireland beat bosnia they'll be at home for their final tetchy moments there. yes. it was against the republic certainly a fiery event. and there of ireland or slovakia. was, i think, certainly a fiery event. and there was, ithink, a certainly a fiery event. and there was, i think, a winner, overwhelmingly, it wasn't there any former england striker eni aluko will leavejuventus next month, to return to england and consider the next step in her career. of the four politicians who took to she helped juve retain their league title last term but she's heading the state, it was without a doubt home six months earlier the state, it was without a doubt than planned, and says she's the audience. well—informed, forensic, and often challenging "excited to be moving back questions forjo swinson, nicola sturgeon, boris ohnson, and jeremy to london, and back into women's football in england". corbyn. i thinkjo swinson was probably given the hardest time by the audience last night, repeatedly the lta are offering free tickets to great britain's davis cup semi—final with spain this evening — asked by both leave and remain you have to get to madrid. voters over whether that policy to but they want to try and even out the crowd a bit. they made it through after victory over germany, kyle edmund put them simply cancel the brexit process is 1—0 up, dan evans produced the finest performance the right way to go. nicola sturgeon of his davis cup career to win the third set tie—break — also challenged over whether an and after two defeats in a row. independent scotland would be viable. boris johnson, independent scotland would be viable. borisjohnson, the prime minister, repeatedly questioned by the audience on a big issue that he has faced, both last night and at the debate earlier in the week over you can see how pleased he was to whether he can be trusted and get a win. and if anyone was in any doubt challenged about whether he would about the emotion this tournament can generate — have a look at that look after the nhs. but the big news of the night came from jeremy corbyn hug with captain leon smith — and there was another bear hug from andy murray as well. in response to a question over it was relief, more than anything. the guy in the chairs, not so much whether, which way he would campaign in another referendum. his declaration that he would simply be neutral. he wouldn't take a side. me, to have him on the chair, have now that makes many of the front everybody on the bench, good friends, you know, some good friends page of this morning. and jeremy corbyn will be hoping that it draws in the crowdyjust took over. and i will remember that for long time. a line under this question which he we were saying how most things has been asked time and time again. ben stokes touches at the moment turns to gold — well he dropped the risk, though, is that, new zealand batsmen bj watling on 31 potentially, voters might see him — he went on to make 119 giving the hosts the advantage failing to pick a side on the in the first test. they were 209 runs ahead overnight — but only took two wickets on day biggest question of the day. and, three — henry nicholls one of those so, it wasn't the politicians of the off the bowling ofjoe root. but only one more wicket fell pundits that mattered last night, it was the public. and, i think, and that unbeaten century from bj watling took them to 394—6 at the close — a lead of 41. without question they did theirjob and held these politicians to account on the promises they have been making throughout this election campaign. thanks very much. barclays has become the latest big there's a busy weekend company to withdraw support of european club rugby ahead. from prince andrew's one game to tell you business mentoring scheme. the duke has faced a growing about from last night. backlash since his interview ulster moved top of their champions with the bbc‘s newsnight last weekend. cup pool with an 18—13 win over our correspondent, simonjones is outside buckingham palace clermont auvergne — thanks to john cooney, for us now. who scored a try and kicked eight more points. britain's sam bird won the opening race of the formula e simon, the fallout continues. yes, season. despite starting from fifth, he took victory for envision virgin racing, ahead of the new porsche and mercedes teams. you can watch race two on the bbc think it's fair to say it's been a pretty disastrous week for prince andrew. he is on the front pages of sport website from midday. many of the newspapers once again this morning. one of heather labels golf's race to dubai him simply as the duke of debbie is getting really interesting. tommy fleetwood is still in contention to finish the year nothing —— one of them labels him. as europe's number one, he gave an interview a week ago after he moved to within three shots of the lead at the season—ending world tour championship in dubai — about his relationship with the he sank seven birdies disgraced finance herejeffrey in a second round of 68 to move epstein. the past week it has very to 9—under par. much been damage limitation for buckingham palace. he was pictured yesterday out riding with the queen. and fancy trying a bit of this. this thought to be very much the rhiannan iffland is a well diver — queen and prince charles who stepped and this is india's famous in and said he needed to withdraw toorji step well. it's a 20—metre drop from public life for the foreseeable into the pool below. and not much room for error. future. so it is hardly surprising, given that, the number of companies who are now no longer associated with him that has continued to grow. we had the royal philharmonic when i was learning to dive at orchestra yesterday saying he was no longer going to be their patron. we school and was told if you went in feet first you could split your also had barclay saying there were no longer going to work with him on toes. really?! yes. it is safer that his picture palace scheme. important to point out that within all of this way, surely, than breaking your wrists. what they can tell you is a prince andrew denies he has done anything wrong in his behaviour. learning to swim and eye cannot dive simon, thank you very much. simon jones therefore asked. more than four million people at all —— what they can tell you. are preparing to vote in this weekend's local was that way, the story are breaking elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become your toes? apparently you would increasingly violent in recent weeks. let's get the latest from our correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's split between your toes. that is in hong kong for us now. what i was told. i'm petrified of diving. they can't dive. if you put a very good morning to you. after me ona diving. they can't dive. if you put me on a diving board i would either such a tumultuous time, all the cry or flop. did you say don't try problems and violence we have seen, that at home? it could be a good way talk us through what will be happening across the weekend. well, to break —— wake you up in the it's pretty quiet here at the moment morning, a free breakfast routine. a day before these crucial district for you. give you an awakening in council elections are to be held. the morning. cold water. for you. give you an awakening in the morning. cold waterlj for you. give you an awakening in the morning. cold water. i am officially issuing a christmas out in the street you can see candidates and their supporters canvassing for vote. there are the decoration morning. you're about to see christmas decorations. people posters of political parties like you can see behind me. posters, feel strongly about when you should see them. they are up in the streets already. but a lot of people feel flyers, wherever people are strongly about it. i saying that, gathering. and that's because this election, although it's a district council series of elections is being straightaway. we are talking to seen as council series of elections is being seen as something of a referendum on robbie williams who has a christmas the government of carrie lam and her album out. it is duets and all sorts handling of this political crisis, of things. in order to promoted they decked out a room as to a christmas. did he now in its sixth month. the pro—democracy camp is hoping to do like it? he seemed very happy. he well in these elections given what seems to be broad dissatisfaction seems very happy all—round, co mforta ble, seems very happy all—round, comfortable, quite literally. with the government. people are happy with the way in which this and begin. # santa baby... is called crisis has been handled. and, you know, it comes at the same time as we still have those students holding out inside polytechnic university. the christmas present and disc one maybe it is just a few dozen of them is the christmas pass, you see, with with police urging them to leave and 50s and 60s movie. and disc two is face arrest for rioting. so while it more up—to—date stuff. and they have is quite at the moment i think been saying more up—to—date and then people want alexis to go ahead, they i realise that my up—to—date isn't very up—to—date. it's like it's are not trying to disrupt them, but at any stage that change. stephen up—to—date if you peaked in 1995. mcdonnell in hong kong for us this morning. a group of orphaned british there you go. # are you hanging up children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits after they were brought back to the uk. your stockings on the wall... so now they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north—east you've mentioned the album, you've of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state done some duets. tell us a bit about group. charities say there could be another the duets. there are some wonderful 60 british children still stranded people. you wetted with the rod in the region. stewart. come on, paint the picture —— you wetted. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, stewart. come on, paint the picture -- you wetted. rod and penny came saying they "no longer round for dinner at my house. have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local -- you wetted. rod and penny came round for dinner at my housem that normal? no, it's not, but it medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england was incredible. i have bumped into to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokeswoman said gps rod loads over the years and he is would still visit patients at home normally into, like, foot pole vibe, where there was a clinical so you just like football boots, but need to do so. now for the tale of an unlikely when he comes around your house he friendship between a dog and a giraffe. has his dinnerjacket on and there rescued in south africa by a farmer isa who found him abandoned at two days has his dinnerjacket on and there is a reason why these people have old, jazz the giraffe was taken decades worth of success, because he to a nearby rhino orphanage. that's when he met his new best friend, hunter, who works is just like decades worth of success, because he isjust like a there as a guard dog. decades worth of success, because he is just like a powerhouse hunter was so taken byjazz, charismatic dude. and you are like, that he refused to eat totally get this. i'm in the presence of greatness. then there is or leave his side until he was in a stable condition. jamie cullum. tyson fury is on the the two have been album. one of the things that is unusual about interviewing you, inseparable ever since. robbie, if you have a reputation for being extremely candid. yes. some people we talk to, it's all about a nice bit of nuzzling. a tall what they won't say. yes. and they are very story. that's suite. lovely what they won't say. yes. and they are very smart people will who keep themselves out of trouble and duck pictures. 11 minutes past six. and dive and deflect. and i'm more we've already heard big pledges from all of the major parties, like, have this, i can't cope with and this weekend the conservatives are due to publish their official it! i'm more i've got to get this ma nifesto. so, what policies would persuade out of my mind! # do you remember people, in one of the south—west‘s most deprived constituencies, to vote for borisjohnson? jon kay has been finding out. the good old days when all the children were... the experiences you have been through over the years, i think that means a lot to people that you have been so candid, i avonmouth, an old port on the think, about some of the problems you have had. at the minute i'm 45, bristol channel, in a seat the conservatives hope to win back. on a i have three beautiful, healthy corner we find danny, battery flat children, a wi—fi absolutely adore, and ajob children, a wi—fi absolutely adore, and a job that's just incredible —— as well as his mood. ordinary working people like mejust wife. and i am enjoying myself. and as well as his mood. ordinary working people like me just don't wa nt to working people like me just don't want to know. don't want to know the if you had asked me the same thing a conservatives. danny's made of 20 50 would have thought, a, you are traditional labour voted that boris johnson needs to win over. the tories' anna firth joe mad, that any of that would happen, and be, that it was possible —— johnson needs to win over. the tories' anna firthjoe promises on services and the nhs will be aimed 20-5. on the christmas album thing, at him. i have completely lost faith when you think back, while was the in them. that he will take some christmas song for you? is there one persuading. since a new hospital is you automatically think of? it's built, and it's lovely we've got them, but they haven't got enough beds stop the a&e isn't big enough, merry christmas, everybody‘s having they haven't got enough stuff. my daughter is a staff nurse at fun, although one for christmas is you, is the little drummer boy, it hospital, she keeps getting tickets on her car because there is nowhere is being and david walliams. that is for the staff to park. it's just a the video in my head. did you ask never—ending round of hollow anyone to do a duet with you and politics —— promises, as it seems to me. facing west, towards america, they said no? you see, identicalto borisjohnson me. facing west, towards america, boris johnson says me. facing west, towards america, aim too sensitive for that. so why borisjohnson says this could become a free port after brexit, creating just ask friends that inu do it —— a jobs in one of the more deprived jenot. i too sensitive. thank you. areas of south—west england. jobs in one of the more deprived areas of south-west england. little baby roles. ajob is something emma pleasure. it is what you call a little would welcome. we find her at the fireside chat. he is in very good foodbank. a single mum she wants spirits and he is up the documents. as he says himself, he feels he is policies on schools and welfare, but the most important thing she wants ina good as he says himself, he feels he is in a good place at the moment, but assorted... to be honest, right, he is one of those people, given how successful he has been with the exit. it is worse than a child highs and lows of his career, to be screaming in your ell about five yea rs. fair, he says i don't know if it screaming in your ell about five years. she tells me she might vote will last, will it stay as good as it is now? there is always an green, but will consider the conservative manifesto because of affection for him, because he has been so open about his highs and borisjohnson stop the conservatives have been impower for nearly a lows. decade now and you are here today robbie's album is called using a foodbank. some people might the christmas present. be surprised to hear somebody in so it's all christmas songs. how are your position saying you quite like you with christmas songs, sarah? i do not think they should be played borisjohnson. you your position saying you quite like boris johnson. you like your position saying you quite like borisjohnson. you like what he stands for. it's not even what he until septemberand my stands for. it's not even what he do not think they should be played until september and my favourite is stands for. it's him. he will fight the fairytale of new york.|j for what he believes in. we've got until september and my favourite is the fairytale of new york. i love a bit of christmas music in the lots of food... kitchen. the first of december it will be on in my house. do we have for what he believes in. we've got lots of food. .. as emma heads home with enough for her family, we lots of food. .. as emma heads home with enough for herfamily, we hit the road. there are wealthy parts of christmassy weather? i think it is warming upa christmassy weather? i think it is warming up a bit. you know what, it is good good weather for sitting by the fireside and having a chat. out bristol north west, and as well as needing labour voters, the there it is pretty cloudy, damp conservatives also need to keep their traditional base. the friendly around. today we will see some pretty heavy rainfall. tomorrow will bea pretty heavy rainfall. tomorrow will be a drier day but we will be keeping a lot of cloud. pretty great club, most of the members here are tory supporters. i'm quite happy, picture through the course of the weekend. some of the rain falling very saturated ground. we have had really. i'm very fortunate that i am happy where we are.|j about an inch of rainfall across parts of the south—west of england really. i'm very fortunate that i am happy where we are. i think they should be more funds provided for through the course of last night into this morning. there could be the elderly, especially those who some flooding problems or parts of are in need living alone full top south—west england, south wales, but loads of things that have been let also later on for north—west to go down under this austerity. but england, is in scotland as well. there will be a lot of lying surface water around today so travel iam winning. to go down under this austerity. but i am winning. look at this lot. christine comedyjen rummy queen, disruption and potentially a bit more flooding as well. you can see a whatever the manifesto deals out on lot of blue on the map across much of england and wales this morning, tripping at times into northern social care and tax breaks, she is ireland in southern scotland. northern scotland getting away with a drier story. further south link voting with for just should start to dry up later on social care and tax breaks, she is voting with forjust one reason. couldn't care less about the tories and their policies. i'm voting to today. this is three o'clock this afternoon. perhaps the odd glimpse get out of europe. and then there's of sunny sunshine across england hilda. i'm a conservative by heart. they have been for years. but now i'm living like this. she is wary of into the midlands. still some rain lingering for parts of devon and cornwall, through wales and the north—east of england. 14—15 tory manifesto pledges. where's the money coming from? it's just a load millimetres possible, enough to cause lying water on the roads and of fibs as far as i can see. or bypassing the truth, shall we say. pavements and some flooding as well. across northern scotland you should yeah. i'd like to punch him. punched get away with a mostly dry day, some sunny spells up towards northern him! well, he has been boxing, isles, for instance. but into this hasn't he? you could have a match. evening and tonight most of the rain will be falling across eastern scotland. elsewhere look slightly jon kay, bbc news. dry but, again, the potentialfor these are all of the candidates standing in bristol north west. more flooding. overnight and you can find out which candidates are standing temperatures staying up around 6—7d in all of the other constituencies on the bbc news website. for most of us. it will be a frost free night but there will be a lot here's sarah with a look of low cloud, mist, and fog to start at this morning's weather. sunday morning. later on sunday we will see the arrival of this area of low pressure, but before it gets there, moving it from the good morning to you charlie and south—west, we are between weather systems. a bit of a respite through the day. rain for northern scotland naga. a bit of an uninspiring weekend weatherwise, a lot of clout first thing, then much of the about and today, it is producing country sees a largely dry, cloudy, some pretty heavy rain of —— around. great sort of day, not as breezy as today, still quite mild. tomorrow may be the dryer day of the temperatures 9— 12 degrees on sunday. later in the day, into the weekend. first thing, heavy rain across the south—west of england and evening, you will see the rain south wales. the yellow warning in working its way in from the force. 40—50 millimetres. quite a south—west, courtesy of this area of low pressure. that pushes northwards bit of rain in the forecast today, particularly for the south—west of and eastwards across the uk as we england, south wales, northern had on three monday. we are not expecting the rain to be too heavy england, south wales, northern england and the north midlands and they could well be travel disruption through the day on monday, but any and the potential for more flooding as the rain is falling on saturated more rain is not good news for areas who have seen flooding problems. ground. it moves its way north some showers around, pushing across england and wales through northwards through the day, northern today, at times pushing across scotla nd northwards through the day, northern scotland getting away with a mostly northern ireland and southern dry day. doctor temperatures on scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland and i think northern half monday reasonably mild, 10— 13 of scotla nd scotland and i think northern half of scotland is getting away with it, mostly dry, and dry weather working degrees. —— top temperatures was not in from the south later on this afternoon. three o'clock and still that theme continues into the first half of the week. things will turn a some rain lingering across parts of little drier and colder towards the cornwall and devon, through wales, end of the week. to you both. then sunshine for parts of the midlands and down towards the south—east but with limited spells we are back with the headlines at of sunshine. heavy rain this seven o'clock. afternoon lingering across the now it's time for click. north—east, south—east scotland, and i think north of the moray firth you should see dry and a little bit of brightness. northern ireland, cloudy with a few spots of rain. the heaviest rain this evening and tonight will be across eastern parts of scotland, and most other places streaming services have changed the entertainment landscape. look dry, but still quite cloudy, murky, mist and fog around. it they're taking bigger and bigger should be a mild, frost free picture chunks from the dvd market, is head—on into sunday morning and they've completely revolutionised to watch out for those dense fog patches though. sunday's weather the music industry, and they've got sees approaching weather of low pressure but before it moves in from terrestrial tv execs quaking the south—west, we are between in their expensive boots. weather systems i think on but what about streaming video games? wednesday, so i drier story than well, that's a lot harder, today and still a lot of cloud because you need to make the game around through the day so a bit of a responsive and playable. grey picture and any sunshine will so could streaming ever be quite limited on into the afternoon. this area of rain approaches the south—west but not kill the games console? until the evening. temperatures on this week, tech giant the mild side, between 9— i2 google launched stadia, until the evening. temperatures on the mild side, between 9— 12 degrees a brand—new games on sunday. through sunday night into streaming platform. monday, this area of low pressure marc cieslak has been putting stadia moves in from the south—west, pushing northwards and eastwards. through its paces to see if it lives up to his expectations. tending to pick out a little bit so ido tending to pick out a little bit so i do not think anything too heavy in google stadia does away with one terms of rainfall on monday but it of these, a games console, and replaces it with one of these, is rainfall again falling on the a chromecast ultra. saturated ground. some showers for england and wales, northern ireland, if you want to play drier further england and wales, northern ireland, drierfurther north england and wales, northern ireland, drier further north across scotland a game on a tv, that is. on monday. temperatures again in stadia also allows you to play double figures, about 10— i2 on a tablet, computer or phone. degrees, but looking unsettled as we head through the first half of this in theory, it's capable of producing 4k visuals. week. plenty of showers about, still it plugs into the back of a tv quite mild, a hence that things and then connects to a router. turned colder but also a little bit more dry later on this then makes the connection more dry later turned colder but also a little bit more dry later on in the week. with a data centre. this controller communicates with the router via wi—fi sarah, thank you very much and at and allows me to least it is getting milder. it has actually play a game. been so cold lately. it will be nice streaming a game is more difficult to not have so many layers on. yes, than streaming video, because with video you have data just your waterproofs! travelling in one direction, we'll be back with a summary of the main news at 6:30. from the server to the viewer. now it's time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. with a game, data travels both ways. the inputs i'm making to control the game travel to the server and the graphics displaying the effect of my input have to come back to me. this is where a potential problem could occur due to a thing called lag. if the inputs don't match up to the graphics, then the game becomes impossible to play. hello and welcome to google claims its data centres use special tech which helps avoid this, the film review on bbc news. as well as recommending that users to amke us through is mark kermode. are capable of receiving particular internet speeds. something for everyone this week, so so the minimum spec required we have harriet which is a true for stadia to actually work story of bravery. we have frozen is an internet connection of 10mbps two, let it go, again. and 2! download and imbps upload speeds. bridges. a crime thriller. let it go so i have everything connected via wi—fi. and are we ready now has of course been an ear worm all to consign our consoles to the bin? day but let's start with harriet um, initially, no. which i'm really hoping you are going to tell me is really good. because, as you can see, which i'm really hoping you are going to tell me is really goodm is really good. good! this is the performance is, well... it's a little bitjuddery, former slave turned abolitionists a little bit laggy, and nowhere near as smooth as you would harriet tubman, she escaped slavery, expect from a console. makes her own way to philadelphia where she meets up with the and there we have "your game may stop because your underground railroad who cannot believe she has made the journey connection isn't stable". pretty much under her own steam. here is a clip. so where are the i'm inside a bbc building using a router which should be more others? there are no others. you can than capable, as far as this is concerned. so what is stadia like trust me. i'm a friend. who did you out in the real world? so we take a quick trip make the journey with?” across town to check. trust me. i'm a friend. who did you make the journey with? i left my husband and family. it isjust me it's quite impressive. and the lord. while i don't know if because it's smooth, it works, you know how extraordinary this is we're playing the game, everything's working properly. but after a little bit of time but... by some miraculous means, you playing, i've encountered quite have made it 100 miles to freedom. a few issues with performance. all by yourself. would you like to we get graphics sticking. this is actually working quite well now, it's actually settled down pick a new name? to mark your quite a bit. freedom. most ex— slaves do. any i should point out i couldn't get name you want. they called my mama stadia to work on any public wi—fi, though — the kind of stuff you find in cafes and bars. there are a number of videogame read. but her name was harriet. i streaming services already available, but stadia is perhaps the most ambitious. so far, it has a list wa nt read. but her name was harriet. i want my mum name and my husband. of 22 titles at launch, and only one exclusive. harriet tubman. wow. you really have and while games like tomb raider and destiny 2 are solid titles, they're not exactly brand—new games. to remember that cynthia is british we have work to do. as well. it is a really brilliant performance, the tagline is be free but perhaps the biggest challenge to google comes from microsoft, oi’ performance, the tagline is be free ordie and performance, the tagline is be free or die and there is talk about it doing a bio pic for quite a long with its games streaming offering, time, ithink which was on show at a recent doing a bio pic for quite a long time, i think 20 years is when they xbox event. microsoft's response to videogame streaming is project xcloud. i'm playing halo: the master chief started talking about it, and it is collection on a mobile phone over a really inspirational story, she is a wi—fi connection. terrific in the title role, it is the crucial difference, i suppose, very well done and it has you have not seen, the cowriter does a really between this service good job of taking a really quite complex historical story and compressing it into something which works as a really sort of and google stadia is that this adventurous, engrossing narrative on is currently in its testing phase. screen. on the one hand you have the microsoft taking a very grit of the story, the horror of the cautious approach. my view is we're all in the testing phase. we're early in this technology. story in the way the film shot, you and we view it will take many years before this get, i don't know if you remember technology becomes mainstream. this but the 12 years a slave that there's been a lot of confusion was the thing about the beauty of about stadia's pricing, with lots of people thinking it's the landscape again horror of what was happening and you get some of a "netflix for games". that here but you also get this kind it's not. of slightly mystical element. she basically, the user pays a subscription to access has had an injury to her head which the service. causes fainting that she almost has all the games must then be purchased a hotline to the almighty and a place without really, really well the most impressive about it is that in order to play them. it manages to tell, it is a but on this evidence, videogame historical story in a way that is streaming is surely the future. really dramatic, really engrossing that assumes you would not know the problem is, today's technology anything about this story beforehand and it does so in a way that i think isn't quite up to the task. and it does so in a way that i think a mainstream audience could com pletely a mainstream audience could completely embrace and i think it is a really, really well—made film and i really —— i really engrossing newsreel: chapman built story and great does it hold on the his first car for fun. big screen. fantastic, really it was an austin 7 special. no—one knows why, but looking forward to that. frozen two, he called it a lotus. i cannot stop singing it all the since the ‘50s, lotus has been producing lightweight cars designed to thrill, from the classic ‘60s elan to formula 1. commentator: 23 speed aces are on the grid at brands hatch to start the european grand prix. time, but, yes... ok, so this picks up time, but, yes... ok, so this picks upafew time, but, yes... ok, so this picks up a few years after the first film, lotus has been specialising elsa he is a straight sound calling in affordable sports cars, out of the north, calling her to the offering 200, 300 or forest and now there is a new question and a new problem to be solved and josh gad is olaf that he even 400 horsepower. was growing up and dealing with some of the problems of maturity. all of but now, with new investors, the things you would expect, its first foray into electric particular visuals, water, ice, you know, action and drama. we have some is as eye—wateringly absolutely belting songs, we had either manziel belting out into the expensive as it is powerful. unknown which is up there to some extent with let it go. we have a and no—one has seen lovely song when i am older everything will make sense but it doesn't make sense now. i have no anything like it. doubt that this is going to be a runaway smash and i have no doubt that it runaway smash and i have no doubt thatitis runaway smash and i have no doubt that it is going to find a very, this car is the first very sympathetic audience because we know these characters and we love these characters and we have so much all—british electric hypercar. invested in it and you can hear a bit -- big invested in it and you can hear a bit —— big but coming but remember it will be the most powerful when toy story two came out and it production car in existence when it goes into production next year. was well, it is better than toy story? and when godfather to came it's a huge statement of intent, out and it was like wow, it is actually better than godfather. while frozen two is... it's fine. announcing that lotus is back. it's fine. it's fine, yeah. but when i foresaw the first one, i thought it was so magical and i had no so we have four 500ps motors expectation, it was so magical and thrilling and wonderful and i have to deliver 2000ps in total. no doubt that this is going to score that's german for 1,973 horsepower. a homerun with its audiences but what it does not do — and i know it is asking a lot — mike is taken to the next level. what it does is it feels like it is really successful these are the first pictures and you would like to spend time of the evija in action with his characters again and we on a test track. while it's still being tinkered would like to repeat the box office bonanza and so, here is frozen. with, it's in camouflage paint. would like to repeat the box office bonanza and so, here is frozenm fine. you are not going to put that but the new poster child for lotus on the poster. it's fine. but then is notjust a pretty picture. again, what do they think what a the evija will have some truly astonishing abilities under the hood. 57—year—old bloke thinks? i'm sure with its target audience, it will... so, there's no gears. i wanted it to be the godfather to. there is a single—speed box we so do not have time for that which means we have completely linear acceleration, thought. sorry. 21 bridges. the cop from 0 to over 225 miles an hour. what that does do, is it gives us with a reputation for shooting bad unbelievable acceleration. guys, so we can go, you know, with a reputation for shooting bad guys, sienna miller is a narcotics from 0—300km/h in significantly less than nine seconds. cop and they meet up in the wake of the lower seating position a crime that has gone wrong and a is afforded by placing the 600kg number of police have been shot and they have decided they were shot of batteries in a pyramid formation down manhattan by closing the 21 behind the driver's seat, bridges and then they will pursue, like a mid—mounted engine. what they think are two suspects, including a quite breathtaking chase sequence. here is a clip. please working with partners stop. to develop ultrafast chargers, which means we could charge don't shoot! don't shoot! this same car, you know, in less than nine minutes, up to 100%, and in about six minutes up to about 80%. that would be truly world—class. "that's all very well, dann," i hear you say, "but where do i put my luggage?" well, how about a carbon suitcase that you fit just here inside the driver's door? there's also one on the passenger side, so you're not fighting for space. at £2.2 million each, just 130 evijas will be made, starting next year. but the tech behind them will be around for a long time to come. it is tense. so when you immediately think of french connection. chasing on and off the train and the film is cambridge union is the world's obviously referring back to those oldest debating society. 70s thrillers but it doesn't have the grit or the depth of serpico in the past, it has hosted french connection. what it does have winston churchill, the dalai lama and theodore roosevelt, but tonight's star guests are not human, but artificial intelligence. isa french connection. what it does have is a very cliched hard—boiled dialogue, it has an absolute project debater: the next issue is bias... ibm's project debater is the first month—end bolts plot, at the of its kind in the world. a machine that can debate humans on complex objects. beginning we have something to do and a limited amount of time to do and in another world —first, it and the bridges can only be it is here tonight to help to humans closed until five o'clock in the debate the motion a! will do morning and we have to catch these two people and it is kind of set up more harm than good. like the warriors, you know, the project debater, simple, we have to do this and in a these take the floor. limited amount of time but what i applause. liked about it was for me, it was in project debater: ai will not be able to make a decision a b—movie, remember black and blue that is the morally correct one. before and i said it was the same the two project debaters are present thing, not in default idea but it is in this single avatar elevated because of the dialogue and using a female voice. this is so ripe you can smell it but each team's debater presents it is fine because you think ok, it the opening arguments isa it is fine because you think ok, it is a b—movie but itjust happens to for the debate, which have been be played by very fine performers determined from over 1,000 contributions, something ibm and it is directed with an efficiency and an enthusiasm for the genre and i like a 70s inflected calls speech by crowd. crime thriller, i am not making any claim for it been great, but i really enjoyed it as a good, nuts project debater: but first, we'll demonstrate how ai and bolts, popcorn thriller. there will automate repetitive tasks. isa and bolts, popcorn thriller. there is a twist in it that you see coming the next issue will show how ai will create new jobs. a mile away. that is absolutely fine the system solves the responses into meaningful groups because it knows what it is and it and identifies central themes. the a! then generates a narrative does what it does efficiently and it from what it deems the most relevant does what it does efficiently and it does not have any great depth but information. frankly, it doesn't need it. but it and then, the human team members take over to continue the debate. is honest. exactly, and honest they peer deeply into our soul thriller. and best of this release because of the amount of data we trail on an everyday basis. isa thriller. and best of this release is a rerelease? it is, ken russell's whereas with al, it's absolutely crucial. tommy is back in cinemas and i love why? because without data, ken russell and i think he is the there is no ai. great reduce post—war filmmaking talent, press burger and then ken the fact you have an ability to collect information or to perhaps get evidence and be confronted russell, that is the lineage, and tommy is extraordinary. based on the who's rock opera but reinvented by with the other side is taking things russell because russell was that humans already do interested in films about false as part of debating, but it's just enhancing messiahs, in twisted religions. it you abilities to do is cop william songs, as we know, much better. some abilities are just going be and a range of... completely crazy able to be pushed much further with the technology of our system. project debater: greetings, harish... performances, including famously project debater first faced debate eltonjohn as the pinball lizard up champion harish natarajan back in february in san francisco. on those massive boots and i — you haven't seen it, have you? you need project debater: but i suspect you've never debated a machine. to see it, it is brilliant. it is an and while losing the debate, the audience felt they had learned more about the subject from the ai embarrassing admission!m than from the human champion. to see it, it is brilliant. it is an embarrassing admission! it isn't, because the only way that you could i think when you have access to far more information, see it in a proper sandwich was it changes the way in in... well, i was five! which you think about the topic. see it in a proper sandwich was in... well, iwas five! now it is and humans augment that backin in... well, iwas five! now it is back in the cinema so you can enjoy by being able to talk about some it the way that ken russell wanted of the emotional and moral issues, and i think at least at this stage, you to experience it. this is a thrilling treat and i think you artificial intelligence is behind. should embrace that moment. thrilling treat and i think you should embrace that momentlj thrilling treat and i think you should embrace that moment. i will, i will! that is the joy of a the future is in a synergistic collaboration between the system rerelease. dvd? i did this with you and humans, and not in replacing humans. in mind, annabel comes home. rerelease. dvd? i did this with you so you never think it will be in mind, annabel comes homelj rerelease. dvd? i did this with you in mind, annabel comes home. i see sophisticated as a human this! firstly, of all of the annabel in developing arguments? i believe when you're actually movies i like this one the best and trying to use this technology, you should do that in i chose it for you because it is a collaboration with humans. horror movie but not very scary. ok. in the end, tonight's ai—assisted debate was a tight—run contest — it is not nice characters that we 51% voted against the motion that al can empathise with and enjoy, it is would do more harm than good, like roller—coaster funfair with 48% voting for can empathise with and enjoy, it is like roller—coaster fu nfair ride. can empathise with and enjoy, it is like roller—coasterfunfair ride. so thrilling but not, not disturbing. it has got... ok. it is like a way and 1% abstaining. so an ever—so—slightly upbeat view in. you haven't heard how much i on the future of ai and human swear on a roller—coaster. it is not interaction in cambridge. pretty! i am going to get you to and that's it for this week. watch horror movies. this is a good way, it is fine, a little bit but the full version is available nothing deeply disturbing. ok. scary right now on iplayer and we are on social media, wherever you need us. enough to counter the horror genre, we're on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. however... yes. but not scary enough thanks for watching and we will see you soon. to disturb you give you a sleepless night. ok. well it is certainly a week with something for everyone, exactly as you say, i'm afraid harriet is top of my list. it is great, you will really like it, it is really worth seeing. thank you very much for being with us and 00:29:12,696 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 enjoy your cinema going. bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: the four main party leaders are grilled by voters we do live in a world where strange things happen. i will be mordt somatic. this is complete bermuda triangle star. —— i will be more diplomatic. there are uncomfortable moments for all when they appear in a question time election special. as prince andrew is pictured horse—riding with the queen — another major company pulls its support from his mentoring scheme. the premier league's back after the international break — as isjose mourinho who takes charge of tottenham for the first time against west ham this lunchtime. and showman robbie williams on finding happiness and over sharing. i'm more like, have this! i can't cope with it. eye and more like, i have got to get this out of my mind! good morning. we've got a bit of a grey weekend in store, lots of cloud around. today that's producing some heavy rain which may cause a few flooding issues. tomorrow looks drier for most of us. i'll bring you a full forecast throughout the morning. good morning to you. it's saturday the 23rd of november. our top story: there were difficult moments for the leaders of the four main westminster parties, as they faced questions from the public, in a special episode of the bbc's question time. boris johnson, labour's jeremy corbyn, liberal democratjo swinson, and the snp's nicola sturgeon were challenged on a range of topics including the economy, brexit and the nhs. our political correspondent, helen catt was watching. four leaders, two hours, and a lot of seriously tough questions. forjeremy corbyn there were concerns about business, about his personal handling of anti—jewish racism, and, what's made the headlines, a clear answer on a question that has dogged him throughout the campaign. will you campaign to remain or leave in the eu if elected? why would anyone vote labour without knowing the answer to that question? my whole strategy has been to bring people together. we will negotiate a credible leave deal with european union... laughter. let me finish, please! i'm trying to answer the gentleman's question. secondly, we will put that alongside remain in a referendum and i will adopt, as prime minister, if i am at the time, a neutral stance so that i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together. mr corbyn was also grilled or scottish independence and said labour would not back a referendum in the first two years it was in government. not what the next leader up want to hear. but nicola sturgeon says she thinks he would change his mind of her party ends up having the power to make him prime minister. i lead a minority government in scotland, so i know the compromises that you have to make to govern in that situation. of course he's putting a manifesto forward. but if he's in the position of needing the support of the snp then i think he will choose to do some of the things that are in his manifesto and i don't think he'll turn his back on that in order to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. and i ask you to make your own minds up on that. next up, lib dem jo swinson, her party's policy is clear — stop brexit. but is it democratic, she was asked. is revoking article 50 confirming to 17.4 million people that you think we're stupid and didn't know what we were voting for? you want to leave. and i don't think that that makes you a bad person. and i want to remain in the eu and i hope you think that doesn't make me a bad person. you can disagree with me, but you lost. i haven't changed my view on whether i think we're better off in the european union. the liberal democrats standing on a manifesto to unilaterally cancel brexit — and the electoral pact — has absolutely cost you may vote. this is the essence of democracy. i am standing here and telling you honestly what i would do if i was elected as prime minister. i would revoke article 50. she was also challenged on her party's five years of coalition government with the tories. when boris johnson took the floor it was trust that came up. how important is it for someone in your position of power to always tell the truth? i think it's... i think it's absolutely vital. laughter. applause. i think it's absolutely vital and i think that the issue of trust in politics is central to this election and fundamental to the corrosion of trust in politics the moment... so why do you think you were being asked that question? ..let's be clear, is the failure politicians to deliver brexit. mrjohnson was also asked to say sorry for his language in newspaper articles he'd written which one audience member had said contributed to racist rhetoric. he didn't — but said he'd never intended to cause hurt or pain. helen catt, bbc news. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us from our london newsroom. good morning. isuppose good morning. i suppose with these debates and with these presentations we are hoping for revelations, aren't we? one thing jeremy corbyn and lots of labour politicians have been missing about is how he would campaign if there were to be another referendum —— questioned about. campaign if there were to be another referendum -- questioned about. yes, and as jeremy corbyn referendum -- questioned about. yes, and asjeremy corbyn said last night, you heard it here first, he gave, for the first time in this campaign, you know, a clear statement of what his position will be during another referendum campaign. as you correctly observed, this is something he has come under a lot of pressure from during this campaign. he was asked about it at the head to with borisjohnson earlier in the week. he was asked about it again last night. which way would he campaigned if there was another referendum. and i think the statement certainly is not something we have heard before, that he would be neutral. it is certainly the big news of the night. it is on many of the front page of this morning. i think he labour party, jeremy corbyn, will be hoping that this not only draws a line under this issue, but actually it reassures people on both sides of this argument that if there was another referendum he would go into that campaign as what they see as an honest broker, somebody who is able to see the campaign, see the referendum through, but cut out the other side and, as jeremy corbyn through, but cut out the other side and, asjeremy corbyn put it last night, deliver on the outcome regardless of whatever was, not find himself in the position that david cameron found himself in after the referendum in 2016. the challenge for him, though, is that his critics will say, yes, you have taken a position, but that position put your family in one place and that is on the fence. thank you very much. barclays has become the latest big company to withdraw support from prince andrew's business mentoring scheme. the duke has faced a growing backlash since his interview with the bbc‘s newsnight last weekend. our correspondent, simonjones is outside buckingham palace for us now. just take us through these latest developments, simon. well, prince andrew is on the front page of many of the papers once again this morning. one of them calls him the duke of nothing, following his decision to step back from public life. it is after that interview last week with the bbc where he attempted to defend his friendship with the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein, a convicted sex offender. now yesterday the prince was pictured out riding with the queen, but a number of people and organisations wanting to be associated with him is continuing to fall. we have had the royal solomonic orchestra saying he is no longer their patron. we have also had mark lees saying it is no longer going to support a scheme being run by the prince called picture palace, in which firms could receive advice about starting up and making progress in the business world. but despite his decision to step back from the public eye, that may not be the end of his concerns, because the bbc say they are going to broadcast a special edition of abu panorama at the start of next month. that will have the first reduced tv interview with a woman called virginia roberts. she has alleged that she was forced to have sex with the prince. that is something he has a lwa ys prince. that is something he has always denied stop is always denied any wrongdoing, saying he cannot recall meeting her. but i think that is likely to cause further consternation here at the palace. simon, for the moment, thank you. more than four million people are preparing to vote in this weekend's local elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become increasingly violent in recent weeks. let's get the latest from our correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in hong kong for us now. it looks pretty calm behind you at the moment. good morning. yes, it is quiet on the streets of hong kong today, where a day before these crucial district council elections candidates and their supporters are out canvassing for votes. ice age crucial district council elections because, apart from being like local elections, they are seen as something of a referendum on the administration of carrie lam and her handling and her government's handling and her government's handling of this political crisis now in its sixth month. —— ice age crucial. the pro—democracy camp is hoping to do well in these elections because of a perceived feeling in the community that the government has bungled the handling of this crisis and the probation camp, angry at the violence that there has been on the streets, is hoping people will express their upset at the chaos in the city at the ballot box. we will know, probably by monday morning, britain time, what the results are. however, between now and then the government has said it will stop voting if violence continues to spiral out of control or polling places are disrupt did for too long. they say more than 1.5 hours voting will be stopped and this is all happening when we have this is all happening when we have this group of students still holding out at the polytechnic university, saying they won't give into these from police to leave the campus and be arrested for rioting a week after those violent clashes at the polytechnic university. stephen, thanks very much. a group of orphaned british children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. (tx doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokesperson said gps would still visit patients at home where there was a clinical need to do so. the owners of an historic seafront hotel that was severly damaged by fire yesterday, say they're "devastated". flames spread from the basement of the grade—two listed claremont hotel in eastbourne, and engulfed much of the building. six people were treated for minor injuries and one person was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. it is 7:11am. a group of british children orphaned after getting caught up in the conflict in syria are back with their families in the uk this morning. they've been repatriated from an area once held by the so—called islamic state group. let's talk with nikita malik from the foreign policy think tank the henry jackson society. very good morning to you. thank you for your time. give us your reaction to the news that these children are backin to the news that these children are back in the uk. well, it's very good children who went to islamic state, in the majority of cases, went entirely without the control, often without their knowledge. we had, from 2014 onwards, british families, large amounts of families taking the children with them. and we know their estimates of 65 and 80 british children still in these territories. and it is an enormous problem. it's very sad. it's a form of child abuse that they were taken in this way to a war zone where they would be affected by violence. and it is a very good thing that they have been brought back into the safety of theirfamilies here. brought back into the safety of their families here. and brought back into the safety of theirfamilies here. and also in a way that they can be better safeguarded and protected. in this case they understand that these are orphans, but there will be many more children whose parents are still alive and, of course, that will be a more complicated problem because we are going to have to think of a way to protect these children from their pa rents to protect these children from their parents who are still probably quite dangerous. just look through what the court heard, they said they have arrived, are in good spirits, having met with members of their family, and the children have now gone to a family home. one of the questions that immediately crops up and i know you mention it a member go, are concerns for them and what kind of particular help they may need. yes, at the very least they will be very traumatised because of the time they would have spent in a conflict zone. and at the most dangerous and of the spectrum they would have possibly been exposed to radicalise i'd dears. we have to remember that islamic state had a very strong education curriculum for these children and particularly in the case of boys were training them. nonetheless, it is very important that we do protect them, that we bring them back to the uk where we are able to safeguard them. and there are many more. so this isjust there are many more. so this isjust the tip of the iceberg, because there would also have been children born to british parents in these areas for which there is no documentation. so it's a very good step in the right direction but there is still a lot more work that needs to be done to protect these british children. you mentioned the estimates as to numbers of other children who might be in similar circumstances. i'm assuming that is difficult to know. but what indications are there? well, numbers put it to about 60 british children. when i did this research two or three years ago we were looking at around 80 british children, but as you indicated, there would be many more that would have been born. u nfortu nately more that would have been born. unfortunately there would have been some that have died. so it's actually very difficult to situate exactly how many children there are. they are incredibly vulnerable and they deserve our protection. and, really, over the past few years we have protected a lot of children from going to syria and to war zones. from going to syria and to war zones. our estimates put it at around 50 plus children from 2015 who have been stopped from british courts to travelling to war zones like syria and like islamic state control territories. so in this case prevention is better than cure. but where we do have children who are coming back we do have systems in place to safeguard andy radicalised them and protect them and, you know, they will be offered reintegration with theirfamilies they will be offered reintegration with their families as well and often grandparents who will be able to ensure that they are given safe and happy lives. so it's a great thing that this has happened. and we have to ensure that any children who are remaining, who deserve protection, we are able to reach out to an repatriate. ok, nikita malik, thank you for your time this morning. it is quarter past seven. sarah, good morning. it is getting warmer, isn't it? it is. things are looking pretty mild out there through the course of the weekend but we have got more rain in the forecast, i'm afraid, particularly for today. tomorrow looks the drier of the weekend but it has been a wet autumn so far, the last week of autumn, but last week of november, and things are looking unsettled. the radar shows where we have already had the rain over the past few days, it has been as much as one inch falling overnight across parts of dartmoor and more to come to the south—west of england and south wales, a yellow warning here that could well see some flooding problems. travel disruption as well. much as the south—west of england and south wales but north—east england and later on for eastern scotland so quite a lot of wet weather on the cards, a lot of blue on the map. the rain will start to push northwards across england and wales, brightening up towards the south—east, and also for parts of northern scotland, you could see some dryer and a little bit brighter weather. still some rain to come through this afternoon across the likes of cornwall, devon, south wales. something a little bit more drierfor parts of wales. something a little bit more drier for parts of the midlands and the south—east. still pretty cloudy, grey and damp. for northern england, some rain, quite persistent, 40—50 millimetres could cause flooding. south—east scotland also seeing fairly heavy rain later this afternoon. northern and western scotla nd afternoon. northern and western scotland getting away with something drier and brighter but into this evening it is when rain becomes heavier and persistent around the east coast. there could be again a lot of lying surface water here. the rain eases tonight and it will be mild but there is lots of low cloud, bringing mist, fog and murky starts to sunday. we have got another area of low pressure approaching from the atla ntic of low pressure approaching from the atlantic on sunday, but before it arrives across our shores for the south—west, we are in between weather systems so sunday starts with low cloud and murkiness, rain clearing quickly from northern scotla nd clearing quickly from northern scotland and then lots of dry weather on the cards tomorrow. and sunshine is limited. still mild, the temperatures in double figures around ten or 11 for most of us and later on sunday into the evening is when we see the next batch of rain arriving from the south—west. moves north and east across the uk as we head on into monday. not expecting this rainfall to be particularly heavy but of course any more rainfall is not good news where it is falling on the very saturated ground. further showers move northwards on monday, and something brighter perhaps moving in behind it and we could see the temperatures at wild i3 and we could see the temperatures at wild13 degrees or so by the time hit monday. into the new week then, still mild and unsettled on the first half of the week and further showers. later in the week, drier and also a little colder as we head towards the start of december. back towards the start of december. back towards the start of december. back to you both. sarah, thank you. it is 18 minutes past seven. let's have a look at the papers. the telegraph says jeremy corbyn look at the papers. the telegraph sasteremy corbyn is accused of an abject failure of leadership after he confirmed he would remain neutral ifa he confirmed he would remain neutral if a second eu referendum were to ta ke if a second eu referendum were to take place. the guardian says the labour leader was under mounting pressure to pick a side. boris johnson was challenged over his trustworthiness during last night's question time special. the duke of york has stepped away from his flagship business mentoring scheme, he says —— the eye says prince andrew has faced growing pressure since his length withjeffrey epstein were released. the lingerie brand victoria's secret has cancelled its annual fashion show due to falling tv ratings and claims it is outdated. we've already heard big pledges from all of the major parties and this weekend, the conservatives are due to publish their official ma nifesto. so, what policies would persuade people in one of the south—west‘s most deprived constituencies to vote for borisjohnson? jon kay has been finding out. avonmouth, an old port on the bristol channel, in a seat the conservatives hope to win back. on a corner, we find danny. battery flat, as well as his mood. ordinary working people like me just don't want to know. don't want to know the conservatives. danny's the kind of traditional labour voted that borisjohnson needs to win over. -- danny's the kind of traditional labour voter that boris johnson needs to win over. the tories' manifesto promises on services and the nhs will be aimed at him. completely lost faith in them. but he will take some persuading. seen some new hospitals built, and it's lovely that we've got them but they haven't got enough beds. the a&es aren't big enough. they haven't got enough staff. my daughter's a staff nurse at hospital. she keeps getting tickets on her car because there is nowhere for the staff to park. it's just a never—ending round of hollow promises, as it seems to me. facing west, towards america, borisjohnson says this could become a free port after brexit, creating jobs in one of the more deprived areas of south—west england. oh, look! little baby rolls. would you like them? ajob is something emma would welcome. we find her at the food bank. a single mum, she wants policies on schools and welfare, but the most important thing she wants sorted... oh, to be honest, right, brexit. oh, it's doing my head in. it's worse than a child screaming in your ear for about five years. she tells me she might vote green, but will consider the conservative manifesto because of borisjohnson. the conservatives have been in power for nearly a decade now and you're here today using a foodbank. some people might be surprised to hear somebody in your position saying you quite like borisjohnson. you like what he stands for? it's not even what he stands for. it's him. he will fight for what he believes in. we've got lots of food. as emma heads home with enough for herfamily, we hit the road. there are wealthy parts of bristol north west, and as well as needing labour voters, the conservatives also need to keep their traditional base. the friendly club. most of the members here are tory supporters. i'm quite happy, really. i'm very fortunate that i am happy where we are. i think there should be more funds provided for the elderly, especially those who are in need living alone. loads of things that have been let to go down under this austerity. but for once, i'm winning! look at this lot! christine, the gin rummy queen. whatever the manifesto deals out on social care and tax breaks, she's voting blue forjust one reason. couldn't care less about the tories and their policies. i'm voting to get out of europe. and then, there's hilda. i'm a conservative by heart. i have been for years. but now, i'm living like this. she's wary of tory manifesto pledges. where's the money coming from? it's just a load of fibs, as far as i can see. or bypassing the truth, shall we say. yeah. i'd like to punch him. punch him! well, he's been boxing, hasn't he? so maybe you could have a match. let's have some boxing lessons! jon kay, bbc news. beware, mrjohnson! these are all of the candidates standing in bristol north west. and you can find out which candidates are standing in your constituency on the bbc news website. the high street bank tsb has apologised to customers after a computer glitch left some without wages and other expected payments yesterday. it comes just days after the bank was criticised in a report into another major computer failure that left two million customers unable to access their accounts last year. joining us now is the personal finance expert, jasmine birtles. very good morning to you. what is your understanding of what happened? well, as you say, it was an error. they had a problem with their systems yet again, and this is a bit ofa systems yet again, and this is a bit of a problem that tsb particularly has, although all of the banks really have some problems quite regularly. with their it systems. so the systems went down, people could not get a hold of their money and they could not see anything online and of course, for a while, payments we re and of course, for a while, payments were not going out and people were worried. how many were affected? it was certainly about 80,000, i think. but they said it was thousands, you know, who knows exactly. but it was far too many for each one. and all of this of course after a pretty damning report on its it systems? absolutely, tsb is being to be seen as the one with bad it systems and which? magazine this week that it was the leaky is, the one most likely to be had, so your details, they said, whether we kissed there. so tsb is not getting very good publicity at the moment. so you sort of represent consumers in a way, don't you, consumers in this case other customers of the bank and they may want some kind of explanation and tsb statement says it was due to and tsb statement says it was due to a processing error. what information does that give us? honestly, not a lot. of course, it is notjust tsb. all of the banks are having problems. the ones that are not other new digital banks because they are able to start from the ground up. they are able start with the foundations of good digital, you know, the good digital banks. but with the older banks, they have got these legacy systems with data in all sorts of formats which they are trying to bring into the new formats, so we have seen problems with royal bank of scotland for example, ulster bank which is part of that had problems for a whole month when people could not get hold of any sort of details about their banking. so they say it is a processing error. honestly, it could be anything. it could be, literally, a processing error. it could be some sort of glitch, yet another glitch they have had when trying to bring they have had when trying to bring the data into the new system. or it could be something a bit more sinister. well, we don't know that at the moment. but what we do know is customers are going to be quite unnerved, and not just is customers are going to be quite unnerved, and notjust tsb customers, anyone who banks online would be concerned that if big banks can't get this right, how protected are they? this is something that which? magazine have said as we go more and more into capitalist societies, we are more and more at the mercy, if you like, of the systems, the digital systems. so we need to know that the banks have got, you know, they know they have theirfingeron got, you know, they know they have their finger on the pulse. and some of the banks certainly, lloyds and ba rclays have had of the banks certainly, lloyds and barclays have had problems over the la st barclays have had problems over the last year or so... so what should customers do if they are concerned? what extra precautions should they take? one thing they may like to do is look at the lists and see which of the banks seem to be the safest, which ones seem to have the fewest it glitches, and it does seem that the newer banks like revolution, monzo, they do not have the problem is so much because as i say, they have started from the ground up. but also, i think it is important to keep an eye on your account. one thing that is a good idea, if you are with tsb, and you had a problem, get in touch with the credit reporting agencies, just make sure that you have not missed a payment and therefore, you know, had a problem on your credit report. and it is really, really easy to switch banks now. if you are with the bank that you are not happy with and you think it is a bit of a worry for whatever reason, it now takes no more than seven working days to switch your bank. they look after it all. they cover it for 13 months, make sure that there is nothing that you have lost. you can even make money switching banks at the moment, you know, various banks like hsbc, first direct, mns offer cash incentives to move that you can actually make money by moving your bank. all good information, jasmine, thank you. in response, tsb said it apologised for any inconvenience this has caused. they went on to say a processing error had now been resolved, with payments now completed and said customers would not be left out of pocket. you're watching breakfast. what else is to come this morning? so here it is, merry christmas. everybody‘s having fun. so here it is, merry christmas. everybody's having fun. it does seem a little early for christmas songs, we all know that. robbie williams, though, has put a new album out with —— which is that you christmas album, tyson fury, the boxer, in amongst the people he has been doing duets with. we talk to him about life, happiness, and where he is at more generally. you interviewed him. we will run it later. what did he say about tyson fury‘s voice? anyone who knows, has watched tyson fury closely will know he actually sings quite well because he actually sings, does performances, impromptu singalong songs. he has an interesting voice, not one you would imagine, but he has now done a joint with robbie williams. when you say interesting... ? with robbie williams. when you say interesting...? his character. character. far be it from me to cast judgement. headlines coming up. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. jeremy corbyn has said he would take a "neutral stance" in the eu referendum labour has promised if it wins the general election. the labour leader said not taking a side was the only way he could bring communities together. he was speaking during a bbc question time special, during which he, borisjohnson, nicola sturgeon, and jo swinson, faced questions from the studio audience. topics included the nhs, brexit and the economy. barclays has become the latest big company to withdraw support from prince andrew's business mentoring scheme. the duke, who was pictured horse riding with the queen yesterday, has faced a growing backlash since his interview with the bbc‘s newsnight. during the programme he spoke about his friendship with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. more than four million people are preparing to vote in this weekend's local elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become increasingly violent in recent weeks. there have been more than 5000 arrests since the protests started in june. a group of orphaned british children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokesperson said gps would still visit patients at home where there was a clinical need to do so. won another story for you on a saturday morning. now for the tale of an unlikely friendship between a dog and a giraffe. go on. rescued in south africa by a farmer who found him abandoned at two days old, jazz the giraffe was taken to a nearby rhino orphanage. that's when he met his new best friend hunter, who works there as a guard dog. hunter was so taken byjazz, that he refused to eat or leave his side until he was in a stable condition. the two have been inseparable ever since. i suppose the only way those images could be better, given it is a rhyno century, if there was also a baby rhinoceros involved in the sequence —— rhinoceros century. rhinoceros involved in the sequence -- rhinoceros century. good morning, john. like you two. what a very odd thing to say. very peculiar. i thought friendly and cosy and warm. how long have you worked on this programme? it is what we get from you on this programme. do you think that has gone down well, john? well, you know, cute and cuddly and all that... you are so going down the wrong road, aren't you? why? have you got any sport to talk about? have you got anything sensible to say? i thought it was immensely sensible. just read the thing. read the thing! laughter. jose mourinho is back. it's a big day for moruinho — he's made winning starts with the pl club's he's managed in the past — we'll look at that in a moment — but turning tottenham's fortunes around is a challenge he's embracing. i am relaxed, i am motivated, iam ready. i think the players felt that today. i think they felt that i am ready to support them. this is not about me. let's take a look at that record. he won his opening match, that was 19 years ago as a fresh faced 41—year—old, beating manchester united at stamford bridge. on his second stint with the blues he got off to a flier beating hull city 2—0. and then he pitched up at manchester united and beat bournemouth 3—0 in his first match. so a good omen for spurs. they will be watching closely today. west ham in the lunchtime kick—off, 12:30pm. what is interesting is that he has matured since that freshfaced 41—year—old. .. he has matured since that freshfaced 41-year-old. .. all weathered, perhaps. ouch! he has had a year and a half. hence why he is looking freshfaced. him saying it is not about me is a change. he says that, but of course it is. that is why he was talking about pillows and duvets this week. classicjose mourinho deflection, to take the pressure off his team and their performances. we will see. won't we? we will be watching. fulham had their stand—in striker abu—bakar kamara to thank for their win over qpr last night. he scored twice as they fought back from a goal down to win 2—1 and move up to fourth. it was only abu—bakar kamara's second start for the club — he was brought in to replace suspended top—scorer aleksandar mitrovic. caretaker coaches lee miller and david mccracken have made the perfect start at falkirk beating linlithgow rose 4—1 in the scottish cup. paul dixon finished off the amateur side to book falkirk‘s place in tomorrow's fourth round draw. manager ray mckinnon was sacked last saturday. scotland have been drawn against israel in their euro 2020 play—off semi—final. the game will be at hampden on march 26th. the winners face a trip to norway or serbia, for a place in the finals. if northern ireland beat bosnia they'll be at home for their final against the republic of ireland or slovakia. former england striker eni aluko will leavejuventus next month, to return to england and consider the next step in her career. she helped juve retain their league title last term but she's heading home six months earlier than planned, and says she's "excited to be moving back to london, and back into women's football in england". we were saying how most things ben stokes touches at the moment turns to gold — well, he dropped new zealand batsmen bj watling on 31 — he went on to make an unbeaten century, giving the hosts the advantage in the first test. they were 209 runs ahead overnight — but they only took two wickets on day three — henry nicholls one of those off the bowling ofjoe root. and that innings from bj watling took new zealand to 394—6 at the close — a lead of 41. the lta are offering free tickets to great britain's davis cup semi—final with spain this evening — you have to get to madrid. but they want to try and even out the crowd a bit. they made it through after victory over germany, kyle edmund put them 1—0 up, dan evans produced the finest performance of his davis cup career to win his match on a third set tie—break — after two defeats in a row. if anyone was in any doubt about the emotion this tournament can generate — have a look at that hug with captain leon smith — and there was another bear hug from andy murray as well. it was relief, more than anything. the guy in the chairs, not so much me, to have him on the chair, have everybody on the bench, good friends, you know, some good friends in the crowd just took over. and i will remember that for long time. lam iamjust i am just thinking, in my head, i have this picture of lots of spaniards turning up pretending to be british in order to get the free tickets, because they are saying you have to turn up and be a fan. tickets, because they are saying you have to turn up and be a fanlj think it might be vetted. just check. check that you are a bona fides british firm. andy murray put out on social media saying please come down, there are free tickets. when is it? in madrid tonight, this evening. it is in spain. again spain. there will be huge spanish support. you can do it apparently it is at 4:30pm. if you make the decision right now, tell us if you do, we would love to hearfrom decision right now, tell us if you do, we would love to hear from you. there will be people who will be close enough, perhaps you could get there. word gets out. they could get down there. 2- three hour flight. post— show. down there. 2- three hour flight. post- show. not today. i have plans. there's a busy weekend of european club rugby ahead. one game to tell you about from last night. ulster moved top of their champions cup pool with an 18—13 win over clermont auvergne — thanks to john cooney, who scored a try and kicked eight more points. and fancy trying a bit of this? rhiannan iffland is a cliff diving world champion — and this is india's famous toorji step well. it's a 20—metre drop into the pool below. and not much room for error. i guess if you are into well diving or high diving, there are certain places you would want to talk off and this landmark would be one of them. it looks amazing. amazing pictures. thank you very much. we will see you later on. it is 7:40. since prince andrew's interview was broadcast a week ago, a number of high profile organisations have withdrawn their support for the duke's business and charity ventures. so what kind of discussions will these organisations have been having? let's speak now with mark borkowski, a public relations specialist, who joins us from stroud. thank you forjoining us this morning. what you make of the fallout? there are direct comparisons for the royal family. this is their chernobyl. if you think of chernobyl it was a flawed react to and badly trained staff that resulted in huge fallout. and this is a crisis that they are not dealing with and it is increasing in severity. yesterday's grabbed paparazzi shot of her majesty with her son wasjust paparazzi shot of her majesty with her son was just totally ill—advised. it is just going. because it frames other stories, the news, the news that barclays pulled out yesterday, but picture the palace is in problems. the first good move was clearly the statement that was made on thursday, withdrawing from all public duty. that was a statement that should have been made in 2008, when the allegations and the conviction of jeffrey epstein went live. he should have just killed it then. this jeffrey epstein went live. he should havejust killed it then. this is jeffrey epstein went live. he should have just killed it then. this is an ongoing flawed pr response to a very, very ongoing flawed pr response to a very, very severe ongoing flawed pr response to a very, very severe crisis. just to look at the kind of things he is pulling back from, this whole pitch at the palace initiative, he is pulling back from that, there will be people who will be benefiting from this scheme who will be really concerned as we hear more names are withdrawing. this is true. let's look at it cleanly. they know many organisations who have benefited from it. it was doing very well. if you looked at his cv, he would be easily a non—executive, a leader of any charity, a lot of businesses are wringing their hands because it is inevitable that they have to distance themselves from this because they do not want to be attracted to the negative publicity. there is a lot of shuffling going on to see how this can be saved. and, u nfortu nately, to see how this can be saved. and, unfortunately, it can't be saved, it has to be rebranded, called something else. like a disasterfrom an airline who change their name and disappear of the face of the earth, try to get some more clean air. they say that advisedly. cleaner royal images to be involved. it absolutely this is a line that really has to be drawn under it, and authentic line, not just a drawn under it, and authentic line, notjust a pr statement drawn under it, and authentic line, not just a pr statement saying drawn under it, and authentic line, notjust a pr statement saying it's over, because this is a tractor beam. this is dragging the royal brand into a lot of negativity. i saw some stats earlier this week to say that, you know, 50% of the people have a totally different attitude towards the monarchy at the moment towards the monarchy. if you think of people like maga and harry, they are benefiting from this noise because it is moving the lens away from them —— meghan. it is a remarkable institution doing phenomenal work and under very difficult conditions. this action and prince andrew and his brand and his notoriety and his followers really need to think about truly just getting away, maybe take a leaf out of maxwell ‘s book and disappear. we understand now that there is doubt over whether he will be keeping an office at buckingham palace as well. well, there shouldn't be any doubt. he shouldn't have an office at buckingham palace. simple as. line drawn. over. not all this fudging. because you just feel asa this fudging. because you just feel as a commons person, they are trying to ease statements out to see the reaction to it and then wonder what it is. it is surrounded by unfair communications, it is surrounded by rumour, surrounded by innuendo, and of course coming this week, supposedly, that he panorama has an interview with one of the vic is, what narrative is that going to bring up? is some of his words going to come and hunt him? this isn't going away. as i've said originally, this nuclear explosion, a reticle is melting down. and someone will need to get a grip. prince charles supposedly was asked questions on a royal tour in new zealand. but, fundamentally, the queen should not be happy because the royal family have a golden rule that during an election there is no distractions to all the parties petitioning for our votes. and this is actually overwhelming the election and that isn't a good sign, constitutionally, and it certainly is not in the traditions of the royal household. mark borkowski, thank you for talking to us this morning. it is good to have your time. they should say, the duke has denied claims that he slept with the woman on three separate occasions while she was underage. he has denied all claims of any related here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. it is looking a little bit drizzly and a little bit great out there, not just today but through tomorrow as well and today that we have some heavy rain in the forecast. tomorrow we will be seeing drier weather. this is where we have seen the rain falling already over the past few hours, particularly heavy down towards the south—west of england and south wales and in fact on top of dartmoor some places have seen about one inch of rain through the course of the night so we could well have some problems with flooding, especially across the south—west of england have south wales, but also later on today through north—east england, and is in scotland as well, so the rainfall pushes its way north and we are likely to see a bit of disruption to travel and a lot of lying surface water out there on the roads but most of the rain will shift its way northwards across england and wales through today, northern ireland and southern scotland seeing some of the rain into the afternoon, but it should be clearing away to the south and south—east so perhaps the odd wimps of sunshine the puzzle south east england towards the midlands. still quite a of cloud and drizzly rainfor still quite a of cloud and drizzly rain for parts of cornwall and devon into wales and right across northern england, particularly heavy this optimal metaphor this afternoon in the north—east and the ground is saturated so it will not take much to make it for some microphone cause flooding issues and travel disruption. temperatures are still in double figures for most of us so it is mild, cloudy and dampened into this evening and night, the rain becomes focused on eastern scotland so quite a bit of wet weather here. lying surface water start sunday morning. away from eastern scotland, drier, quite a bit of mist and low cloud and murkiness first thing. another approaching area of low pressure late on sunday but a bit of a respite through the day, original higher pressure, so a drier day to come on sunday and rain clearing from northern scotland fairly quickly. still cloud so a great story out there. lighter winds than we had today. temperatures still mild, about 9—12 on sunday. later in the day into the evening is when rain arrives from the south—west. courtesy of this area of low pressure. it will push northwards and eastwards across the uk as we move on into monday. we're not expecting it to be too heavy on this low pressure system, quite a showery band of rain, but of course any more rainfall on the very saturated ground is not going to be good news. they should be more sunshine working in from the south late on monday so brightening up and temperatures up to 13 degrees for the warmest spots. it remains mild and i settled for the first half of the coming week and then turn a little bit drier and also colder towards the end of the coming week. sarah, thank you. at least it is getting warmer! we'll be back with the headlines at 8 o'clock. now, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. newsnight‘s interview with prince andrew was a journalistic coup, but did bbc news keep the story in its headlines for too long this week? and watched by generations of children when they get home from school, why does newsround plan to drop its teatime television broadcast? since it emerged that prince andrew knew the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, questions have mounted over the extent of his involvement with him and the nature of their relationship. so when it was announced that newsnight had secured an interview with the duke of york, there was a significant degree of anticipation. and when the programme was broadcast on saturday, jaws dropped even more. you were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. sighs. it was a convenient place to stay. i mean, i've gone through this in my mind so many times. at the end of the day, um, with the benefit of all of the hindsight that one could have, um, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. um, but at the time, i felt it was the honourable and right thing to do. the general verdict was that the prince had done himself no favours in what many considered to be a pr disaster. but newsnight was widely praised for its coup, with someone tweeting as cabal of corruption posting this: neil robertson agreed: but others raised objections, with mike owens declaring: margaret eales echoed that. and richard spooner pleaded: if one of newsnight‘s aims was to set the news agenda, that was certainly achieved, with the duke of york remaining in the headlines through the week. here is royal correspondent nicholas witchell on monday's news at ten. there's no absolute commitment so far that prince andrew will agree to be questioned by the us authorities. the palace line at the moment is that if a request is received, it'll be considered. two nights ago, prince andrew did his best to answer the central allegations with categorical denials of impropriety. but the continued attention paid by bbc news to the subject again irritated some members of the audience. tanya young was unimpressed with the contrast between that coverage and the focus given to one other particular story. she recorded this video for us. i'm angry that the bbc has bombarded us with the prince andrew interview day and night over the weekend, seemingly at the expense of other important news. i understand that newsnight and bbc have seen this as a newsworthy coup. however, other important things are happening at the same time. my daughter is at university and i watched with horror the fire at the bolton university students' accommodation. why, when grenfell was only two years ago, did the bbc not deem it important to bring anybody to answer the questions as to why this has happened again and why nothing has been done? we promised you last week that we'd be talking today to the head of bbc westminster, katy searle. unfortunately, we were told on tuesday that that was no longer possible. our apologies for that, and we hope that katy or another senior bbc manager will be coming on to discuss coverage of the general election campaign over the next fortnight. in the meantime, your comments on that coverage have continued to come in, with some prompted by the appearance of nigel farage on a question time special on tuesday. you boasted that you had received £2 million in taxpayers' money to support you in your role as mep, and then in 2014, you wrongly didn't declare over £200,000 worth of gifts that you'd received in your role. now with a background like that... i'm sorry, this is ludicrous. sorry, but with a background like that, how on earth can you understand what it is like for the 14 million people in this country who are currently living in poverty? and that poverty is... applause. this is — this is... no sorry, that poverty is... i'm really sorry, i'm really sorry. this is a completely... the poverty is caused by austerity. it's not about immigration or the eu. fallacious, ludicrous argument. jim sokol thought the leader of the brexit party was unfairly treated on the programme, e—mailing: but richard tucker had a rather different response, one we've have heard many times before from viewers. now, since 1972, newsround has been informing children about what's going on in the world. it's undergone many changes since then, but the principle of providing a mix of serious and entertaining stories to young audiences in a way that does not patronise them has remained since the days of its first presenter. now, the latest news on the apollo 17 astronauts and it's that they're speeding towards the moon at 24,000 miles an hour, 2.5 hours behind schedule. a law comes into force today to protect the world's rarest animals. it's the endangered species act and it brings in very strict controls on the trade in rare animals. the famine in the african country of ethiopia is now by far the worst that anyone can remember. 7 million people are hungry and thousands of men, women and children have died. memories there for many of us, but in 2012 concerns were raised about the bbc‘s commitment to the programme when, after falling ratings, it was moved off bbc one to be shown only on cbbc. since then, there's been a greater emphasis put on its online offering, but it's retained two daily broadcasts on television. this week, though, the bbc announced plans it submitted to the regulator ofcom to drop the teatime bulletin, leaving only one in the morning. former editors and presenters voiced their concern about the proposal, as did mark on twitter. tom phillips agreed. and scott bryan had this to say. we asked bbc news for someone to discuss those points on the programme this week, but were told that as the move was still up for consultation, that would not be possible. but newsround's editor has written a blog on the subject in which he says: finally, a return to the subject of prince andrew, and to a complaint well known by all regular newswatch viewers. here is nicholas witchell again on wednesday's news at ten, reporting on that decision by the duke of york step back from his public duties. what does it mean in practical terms? andrew is not, i'm told, resigning any of his patronages but if charities want to find a new patron, i am told that that will be fully understood. he will not be carrying out any public engagements but he will still attend what are called royal family events such as trooping the colour or remembrance sunday. he is, of course, honorary colonel of the grenadier guards. as many have done in similar circumstances before him, tim toft wondered what the point was of nicholas witchell standing outside buckingham palace at that time of night. there's no reason to assume that there would be an update overnight, so why was he there? surely in this age of climate change, we should be avoiding reporters being sent on location to report on subjects which can easily be addressed from the studio and save the expense of lighting, sound and camera personnel standing around for hours on end, often in the dark, being ferried around in a four—wheel drive, just to provide a background run shot to the story being reported on. that point about the environmental cost of sending reporters and camera crews on location was made more starkly the next day when the bbc reported on how coldplay would not be going onto for a year or two because of concerns over the carbon footprint made by their concerts. the point was made by the band's lead singer chris martin to bbc entertainment correspondent colin paterson in jordan, where they were playing two gigs broadcast live on youtube. # roman cavalry choirs are singing. # be my mirror, my sword... how difficult is it for bands who believe in environmental issues to go on world tours at the moment? well, that is a great question. we're not touring this album. we're taking time over the next year or two to work out how can not only our tour be sustainable, but how can it be actively beneficial. angie austin was one of a number of viewers who thought they detected a certain irony there, writing: thank you for all of your comments this week. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online, or bbc social media. you may even get to appear on the programme. you can e—mail us, you can find us on twitter, you can call us, and do have a look at our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning — welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today... the four main party leaders are grilled by voters. we live in a world where sometimes strange things have happened in politics. i will be diplomatic. this is bermuda triangle stuff! first heard here on question time! there are uncomfortable moments for all when they appear in a question time election special. as prince andrew is pictured horse—riding with the queen — another major company pulls its support from his mentoring scheme. the premier league's back after the international break... as isjose mourinho who takes charge of tottenham for the first time against west ham this lunchtime. and showman robbie williams on finding happiness and oversharing... i'm more like, have this, i can't cope with this! i've got to get this out of my mind! good morning. we've got a bit of a grey weekend in store, lots of cloud around. today that's producing some heavy rain which may cause a few flooding issues. tomorrow looks drier for most of us. i'll bring you a full forecast throughout the morning. it's saturday the 23rd of november. our top story. there were difficult moments for the leaders of the four main westminster parties, as they faced questions fom the public, in a special episode of the bbc‘s question time. borisjohnson, jeremy corbyn, jo swinson and nicola sturgeon were challenged on a range of topics including the economy, brexit and the nhs. our political correspondent, helen catt was watching... four leaders, two hours, and a lot of seriously tough questions. for jeremy corbyn there were concerns about business and his personal handling of anti—jewish racism, and what has made the headlines a clear a nswer what has made the headlines a clear answer on a question that has dogged him through the campaign. will you campaign to remain or leave the eu. if elected, why would anyone vote for labour without knowing the a nswer to for labour without knowing the answer to that question? my strategy is bringing people together. we will negotiate a credible leave deal. let me finish! i'm trying to answer the question. secondly, we will put that alongside remain in a referendum and i will adopt, as prime minister, if lam i will adopt, as prime minister, if iamat i will adopt, as prime minister, if i am at the time, a neutral stance soi i am at the time, a neutral stance so i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together. mr corbin was also grilled on scottish independence and said labour would not back a referendum in the first two years not back a referendum in the first two yea rs it not back a referendum in the first two years it was in government. not what the next leader appointed to hear. nicola sturgeon said she thinks he would change his mind if her party ended up having the power to make him prime minister. her party ended up having the power to make him prime ministerlj her party ended up having the power to make him prime minister. i leigh day minority government in scotland, i know compromises you have to make in that situation. of course he's putting a manifesto forward. but if he's in the position of needing the support of the snp then i think he will choose to do some of the things that are in his manifesto and i don't think he'll turn his back on that in order to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. and i ask you to make your own minds up on that. next up, lib dem jo swinson, her party's policy is clear — stop brexit. but is it democratic, she was asked. policy is clear — stop brexit. but is it democratic, she was askedm revoking article 50 confirming to 17.4 million people that you think we're stupid and didn't know what we we re we're stupid and didn't know what we were voting for? you want to leave. and i don't think that that makes you a bad person. and i want to remain in the eu and i hope you think that doesn't make me a bad person. you can disagree with me, but you lost. i haven't changed my view on whether i think we're better off in the european union. the liberal democrats standing on a manifesto to unilaterally cancel brexit — and the electoral pact — has absolutely cost you may vote. this is the essence of democracy. i am standing here and telling you honestly what i would do if i was elected as prime minister. i would revoke article 50. she was also challenged on her party's five years of coalition government with the tories. when boris johnson of coalition government with the tories. when borisjohnson took the floor it was trust that came up. how important is it for someone in your position of power to always tell the truth? i think it's... i think it's absolutely vital. laughter. applause. i think it's absolutely vital and i think that the issue of trust in politics is central to this election and fundamental to the corrosion of trust in politics, at the moment... so why do you think you were being asked that question? ..let‘s be clear, is the failure politicians to deliver brexit. mr johnson was also asked to say sorry for his language in newspaper articles he'd written which one audience member had said contributed to racist rhetoric. he didn't — but said he'd never intended to cause hurt or pain. helen catt, bbc news. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us from our london newsroom. good morning. one of the things that came out of this debate was one of the things plaguing jeremy corbyn to an the things plaguing jeremy corbyn to a n exte nt the things plaguing jeremy corbyn to an extent and his shadow cabinet. what stance he will take if he is campaigning fora what stance he will take if he is campaigning for a second eu referendum? that's right. the question time audience got something ofa question time audience got something of a scoop last night. certainly, it is on all of the front pages this morning. jeremy corbyn telling the audience, you heard it here first. that was that he would adopt a neutral stance, as you say, during another referendum campaign. he has been under a lot of pressure during his election campaign. he has faced repeated questions. he did last night and repeated questions. he did last nightand did repeated questions. he did last night and did at the leaders debate earlier in the week, as well as from journalists on the campaign trail about which way he would campaign. and i think he hopes that, by saying that he would remain neutral, he might neutralise that question. he also says that it would allow him to be an honest vote. if labour win the election and renegotiate the exit deal and put it to remain in a public referendum, if he did not make a deal and at the end of that campaign, regardless of the outcome, he could stay in office and implement the decision because he had not campaigned for one side or another. he said last night that it would allow him to bring the country together. he is hoping to avoid the position david cameron found himself in after the 2016 referendum where he had to resign because he had taken sides. so, there is no doubt that he hopes it will draw a line under questions. his critics saying last night that the only position jeremy corbyn has adopted is one which puts him family and squarely on the fence. tom, thank you. -- firmly and squarely on the fence. barclays has become the latest big company to withdraw support from prince andrew's business mentoring scheme. the duke has faced a growing backlash since his interview with the bbc‘s newsnight last weekend. our correspondent, simon jones is outside buckingham palace for us now. good morning. of course, it was exactly a week since that interview but the fallout continues. take us through the latest of elements? absolutely. prince andrew is still on the front pages of many of the newspapers. one labelled him the duke of nothing given his decision to pull away from public life. that was after the bbc interview one week ago where he attempted to defend his friendship with jeffrey ago where he attempted to defend his friendship withjeffrey epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. yesterday the prince was seen out riding with the queen. but a number of organisations who wa nted but a number of organisations who wanted to be associated with him is now diminishing. the royal philharmonic orchestra say that they —— that he is no longer their patron and berkeley say they will no longer support the picture palace scheme. if he thought he could lie low? that may not be the case. the bbc say at the start of next month they will broadcast a special edition of panorama examining the relationship. and for the first time on british television they will hear from virginia roberts, the woman who says she was forced to have sex with prince andrew. he has always denied it. in the interview last week, he said he could not recall ever meeting her but it is likely to cause further consternation here at the palace. thank you. a group of orphaned british children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokesperson said gps would still visit patients at home where there was a clinical need to do so. the leaders of the four biggest parties at westminster came face to face with voters last night, in a special edition of the bbc‘s question time. there were some difficult moments, as the audience asked the questions on a range of issues including the economy, brexit and the nhs. let's take a look. the question is, will you campaign to remain or leave the eu if elected? can i answer it? i would love you too! right, one, we would negotiate a credible leave deal with the european union. let me finish! i'm trying to answer the gentleman's question. secondly, we will put that alongside remain in a referendum. my role and the role of the government will be to ensure that referendum is held ina will be to ensure that referendum is held in a fair atmosphere and we will abide by the result of it. and i will adopt, as prime minister, if lam i will adopt, as prime minister, if iamat i will adopt, as prime minister, if i am at the time, a neutral stance soi i am at the time, a neutral stance so i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together rather than continuing and endless debate about the eu and brexit. would you want a referendum on your independence deal by the same token? that's connected to the answer i just gave. would you want that on your independence referendum?“ just gave. would you want that on your independence referendum? if i can answer on my own terms. i was drawing the contrast between the mess of brexit and the different approach taken for independence. i do not think it was inevitable that brexit was a mess... so would you wa nt brexit was a mess... so would you want another referendum ? brexit was a mess... so would you want another referendum? no! so you wa nt want another referendum? no! so you want another referendum? no! so you want a second referendum for brexit? the point i'm making is i do not think the position we in with brexit should be like this. it was down to a lack of planning, bad planning. you may agree with us, you might disagree. i do not think you can accuse us of not being upfront about wanting to stop brexit. we've been crystal clear about that from the very beginning. not for one second away think that means that you or anybody like you is stupid. i think it means we disagree. and i really one terse to be in a situation in this country where we can disagree with each other, catherine, and that means you want to leave, and i don't think that makes you a bad person andl think that makes you a bad person and i want to remain in the eu and i hope you think that doesn't make me a bad person. you disagree with me that you lost. you don't get to change it because you lost! i've not changed my view on whether i think we are better off in the european union. i genuinely don't have confidence that there is a majority in this country for any specific type of brexit. on your point about the reasons for having the election, let's be in no doubt. i didn't want to have an election now. no prime minister wants to have an election on december the 12th. we had to do it because parliament is blocking brexit. i'm afraid... hang on, that's not quite right. parliament voted to accept a reading of your bill, they did not want to do it in just three days. they were given every opportunity to pass it on... and, they passed a law that insisted we extend beyond october the 31st. joining us now are labour's lucy powell, conservative nigel evans and liberal democrat lisa smart. good morning! we werejust establishing a moment ago, people might be curious, where did everyone watch last night's debate?” might be curious, where did everyone watch last night's debate? i was at home cooking spaghetti bolognese!” watched it at home at 4am on catch | watched it at home at 4am on catch up! it wasn't that i was out until 4am!| up! it wasn't that i was out until 4am! iwas up! it wasn't that i was out until 4am! i was at home. i watched it at home, to my children's annoyance. they wanted to watch something else! what did you make of it? lucy, what you always look for is that moment to pick out from these debates. the thing that many people are picking up thing that many people are picking up on is thatjeremy corbyn has finally said what his stance will be if there is a second eu referendum. and he is going to be neutral. he resisted saying that and where we have had you on the sofa or spoken to your colleagues, none of you have been able to say, up until now...? forjeremy, that been able to say, up until now...? for jeremy, that is been able to say, up until now...? forjeremy, that is something he has been hinting at for a while. it is a sensible and credible position for him to adopt, somebody who wants to carry out that outcome of the referendum. i think that is ok. the question is, in that debate last night, from the audience member, which was spot on in a way in many peoples minds, will you campaign to leave or remain, jeremy corbyn? why would anyone vote for labour without knowing the answer to that question? i think most labour mps and members of the shadow cabinet, they have already staked out their positions. i think most people in the labour party would campaign to remain that sum would not. some would campaign to adopt the deal, if it is a good deal, which i'm sure we would be able to negotiate. i think as prime minister, jeremy wants to sit above that. and say that he would carry out whatever the outcome was. in a funny way, that was part of the problem with the referendum. the prime minister of the day campaigned very strongly to remain, david cameron. and when that result went against him the next day, he had to resign and left us in three years of chaos! i'm hearing some sighing and noises to the right of me! this is not leadership, working out how to lead people is not leadership. the liberal democrats have been clear for 3.5 years that we want to stop brexit. we are crystal—clear on that. jo swinson was repeatedly clear and honest with people last night on where we stand. we will come back in a moment to some of that criticism ofjo swinson in the debate. i thought that the young lad smoked jeremy corbyn out on something else, which was on the ballot paper, on the second referendum, would be jeremy corbyn's form of brexit, which would be in a customs union in a single market. for me, is a brexiteer mat, that is not brexit, versus remain. with a rigged franchise of 16 and 17—year—olds, plus eu citizens voting. to be honest? given that, i would either spoil my own ballot paperor would either spoil my own ballot paper or vote to remain. i am speaking as brexiteer. let's be careful about the use of the word raked. may if you are putting 16 and 17—year—olds. .. raked. may if you are putting 16 and 17-year-olds. .. that is not rigging a vote. we will draw a line under this but it would be a different vote a nyway. this but it would be a different vote anyway. let's talk about boris johnson. one of the issues that came up johnson. one of the issues that came up there was trust. and whether or not he is trustworthy. there has been a lot of talk around the messages, the clarity, that he has put forward. did he give a good account of himself? he did, he went back to when he was the mayor of london and said he promised things on crime, he got those down. and on unemployment and the living wage and he showed he was able to do that. i thought it was nice that he said george osborne nicked my policy on that and i'm happy that he did so! you are shaking his head. nigel and i have been on television before and he has talked over me before when i have been talking but two years ago in the general election you talked about 20,000 extra mental health staff. where are they? that is the kind of thing where people are asking, is george osborne fit to be prime minister. nigel is giving a good go at saying he is being the tea m good go at saying he is being the team player. let's concentrate our minds in all directions. jo swinson has also been given some tough questioning. specifically, and firstly, about why she initially said she was intending and pitching to be prime minister. and then, very directly, she was asked the question, does she regard the 17.4 million people who voted to leave as stupid. she did have some tough questions, i think they all had some tough questions last night. it's a good thing in a healthy democracy. she was completely honest and crystal—clear repeatedly last night. she was strong in all her answers and addressed head—on the issues about brexit. in a democracy sometimes you disagree with people but that does not mean you change your mind because you disagree. we are standing on a platform of stopping brexit and using the £50 billion remain bonus. a lot of this will end up on the doorstep. you knock on the door of someone who voted to leave, and they know why they voted. and they still believe that. what do you tell them? people voted to leave for good reasons. why don't you listen to them? we are standing ona don't you listen to them? we are standing on a platform and being crystal—clear where we stand. it is up crystal—clear where we stand. it is up to people to decide where they vote and what they vote on. for some people it is all about brexit. for others it is about the health service, and who help them sort their mums been collection and was a good local mp. it is up to people to decide how they vote was to that's interesting, it's interesting to hear your view. we are all experienced in talking to politicians and mps on the sofa and seeing it on the television. one of the things that was quite telling, lucy, was that the public really got it right in terms appointed questions and holding these leaders to account? absolutely. those of us on the doorstep every day, which is probably most candidates. i've been around a lot of marginal seats as well. they were in the audience last night, and what we hear on the doorstep. there is a lot of frustration in politics at the moment, and frustration that people do not get answers. there is frustration and anguish and undecided voters here. credit to the bbc, i thought they did it really well. let's see what happened. i was pleased that in that tough context i thoughtjeremy pleased that in that tough context i thought jeremy corbyn came across in the way he always comes across, which is quite naturally. he was trying to answer the questions honestly and directly to the audience. the choices are there for people to see. it is either more of the same with borisjohnson or real change with the labour party. no slogan icing there, lucy(!)lj thought the challenge was really exposed for the liberal democrats. and thank you for not talking over one another, always good in these situations. well done, nigel(!) that the ballot papers go out next week, we have to remember that. the postal votes will appear on thursday or friday. thank you for all of you coming in. thank you. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. it is warming up, sarah? good morning. things are looking mild out there over the course of the weekend but we do have more of the weekend but we do have more of the same. more rain in the forecast. today looks drier. this is the scene in east sussex. a lot of cloud. similar skies across the country. a lot of cloud around. heavy rain, but tomorrow is looking that bit dryer. ra i nfa lls tomorrow is looking that bit dryer. rainfalls on saturated ground. more flooding problems could be seen. the recent rainfall radar. we have had about an inch worth of rain overnight. we continue to see heavy rain through the course of this morning. flooding could be a problem. some travel disruption with a lot of flying surface water on the roads. also, north—east england and eastern scotland later in the day. a lot of blue on the map, especially across england and wales. that pushes into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. the northern half of scotland getting away with a mostly drier day. drier and brighter weather moving in towards the south—east. at three p m, temperatures in double figures. cooler underneath the rain and into northern england. we could see 40—50 millimetres of rain pushing into north—east. falling on saturated ground. great news. in northern scotland, dry through the daytime. tonight, that clears away from england, wales and northern ireland. it is focused on the north—east of scotland. looking frost free, some mist, fog and low cloud. a murky start to your sunday morning. this area of low pressure approaches from the south—west. before it arrives, some respite tomorrow. a drier day than we have today. still cloudy and pretty grey. a few brighter spells breaking through the cloud at times during the afternoon. temperature wise, a mild day. up to nine or 12 degrees on sunday. during the evening, that is where we have the next area of rain. this low pressure moves in from the south—west. pushing northwards and eastwards across the uk as we head into monday. we are not expecting monday's rainfall to be too heavy but any more rain falling on that wet ground is not great. showers move northwards through the day on monday. some sunshine, later on from the south. temperatures between ten and 13 degrees. mild for monday. mild and unsettled through the week. as we head towards the start of winter, the 1st of december, those temperatures come down a notch. but it could turn a bit dryer too. back to you both. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. the lawyer and business leader funke abimbola is here to tell us what's caught her eye. one of the points brought up in those discussions about the debates was thatjeremy corbyn would be neutral on the debate if he campaigns fora neutral on the debate if he campaigns for a second referendum. why are you interested in this? campaigns for a second referendum. why are you interested in this7m isa why are you interested in this7m is a very difficult thing to do in practice. brexit is a difficult issue for everybody. it has been building up over the years as we try to resolve the mess that we are in. it was an interesting and strong sta nce it was an interesting and strong stance for him to say that on the record, that he wants to be neutral on brexit. you are a lawyer. in business and in law, that is achievable. you have to work with that, don't you? we do. with brexit in particular, it is scaring people. the audience yesterday on question time said, we are all scared about where we could end up on this. it is so emotive. for a lot of people it is hard to stay neutral on the topic. boris johnson described jeremy corbyn's position as indifferent. indifferent on such a vital issue. i think it is playing a bit of a game. there is an election coming up. trying to see what stance you take at this point is quite tactical, really, in the wider context of the election. that could be what is going on here. you will ta ke be what is going on here. you will take us on a different direction now. a lot of people saying this is theissue now. a lot of people saying this is the issue we should be talking about a lot more. and it is related to comments from prince charles in relation to the environment? he is currently in new zealand. a very strong campaigner for the environment, as we know. he is basically saying that we have ten yea rs basically saying that we have ten years to sort this out. the islands are literally disappearing now. because the sea levels are rising so quickly. there are a lot of pictures of violence disappearing over the yea rs. of violence disappearing over the years. and he has given us a call to action. we have ten years to sort this out. and this picture, it shows an oaktree, this out. and this picture, it shows an oak tree, and all that is left of this island. and you pick up on another story in the daily mail today. this story really will impact on people, if it comes to pass. questions over when you can get, or might you get, a gp to visit your home? and there for me, this goes on to ongoing resourcing challenges. by a very to ongoing resourcing challenges. by a very narrow margin, a group to ongoing resourcing challenges. by a very narrow margin, a group of gps voted recently that they actually wa nted voted recently that they actually wanted to curtail home care visits. they do not have the resources to do so. and it is worth pointing out thatis so. and it is worth pointing out that is not a final decision. no, but it is the radical motion going forwards at the moment. there are some very forwards at the moment. there are some very vulnerable members of the community who could do with a home visit. we do not know where we will end up on it. we should say, we've looked into this. it is a startling headline. this has come about from a local committee of doctors. in kent, they have brought through the motion. even some gps say it is a renegotiation of contracts as well. to offer something so extreme, in order to negotiate. that is how they are doing that. we don't want to put too much fear into people. and the clinical need is that gps would visit homes. it isn't formalised in terms of their contractual agreement. it is a better use of resource , agreement. it is a better use of resource, i think. agreement. it is a better use of resource, ithink. they agreement. it is a better use of resource, i think. they strained nhs. it is the weekend, time to relax with a rum and coke? we have had the general revival recently, now the renaissance of rum. as we come close to christmas, we can look forward to spiced and flavoured rams. this is quite heart—warming. we do need some of these stories. we have rum on the way back. 35 million bottles of rum sold in the uk? sales have gone through the roof. it is the next big thing when it comes to mixing spirits. thank you very much, we will see you in an hour. the headlines coming up... good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty, here's a summary of this morning's main news. jeremy corbyn has said he would take a "neutral stance" in the eu referendum labour has promised if it wins the general election. the labour leader said not taking a side was the only way he could bring communities together. he was speaking during a bbc question time special, during which he and the leaders of the other three main westminster parties, borisjohnson, nicola sturgeon and jo swinson, faced questions from the studio audience. topics included the nhs, brexit and the economy. barclays has become the latest big company to withdraw support from prince andrew's business mentoring scheme. the duke, who was pictured horse riding with the queen yesterday, has faced a growing backlash since his interview with the bbc‘s newsnight. during the programme he spoke about his friendship with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. more than four—million people are preparing to vote in this weekend's local elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become increasingly violent in recent weeks. let's get the latest from our correspondent, stephen mcdonell, who's in hong kong for us now. it looks relatively peaceful, well, very peaceful behind you at the moment but that hasn't been the case. yes, definitely peaceful day so far in hong kong in the run—up to tomorrow ‘s crucial district council elections. i say crucial because these elections, although they are for local councils, sends something ofa for local councils, sends something of a referendum into administrations, especially the way in which they have had of this crisis now in this six month so the pro—democracy camp will be hoping to do well because there seems to be a lot of disaffection here in terms of the way the government has handled this crisis. on the other hand, those in the probation camp will be hoping people come out and vote for them because of unhappiness, that there have been chaotic scenes, disruption to transport and the like, so both sides, although there are obviously many sites, are out trying to canvass for last—minute votes as we speak. the government has said if there is an increase in violence, if there are disruptions at any polling booth for longer than an hourand a at any polling booth for longer than an hour and a half, voting will be stopped and this is happening at the same time as we have a group of student activists still holding out at the polytechnic university, even though the police have said you should come out, give yourself up and be arrested, charged with writing, following those clashes that started a week ago. they are still holding out. thank you very much. a group of orphaned british children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokesperson said gps would still visit patients at home where there was a clinical need to do so. an investigation is due to start, after a fire severly damaged a victorian seafront hotel in eastbourne yesterday. flames spread from the basement of the grade—two listed claremont hotel in eastbourne, and engulfed much of the building. six people were treated for minor injuries and one person was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. a delightful story to bring you now this morning. now for the tale of an unlikely friendship between a dog and a giraffe. d like this one? you can't argue with those pictures. rescued in south africa by a farmer who found him abandoned at two days old, jazz the giraffe was taken to a nearby rhino orphanage. no rhinos in this picture though. that's when he met his new best friend hunter, who works there as a guard dog. hunter was so taken byjazz, that he refused to eat or leave his side until he was in a stable condition. the two have been inseparable ever since. as we established earlier on, they we re as we established earlier on, they were names of two gladiators. jazz was an american gladiator and hunter was in the uk. it is an international gladiator at line—up. still gladiators. you are a big fan of the show, weren't you? a big fan, every saturday night with the foam finger. have you ever been on the travelator? no, tough. full of the characters and we like characters in sport. we do. he was a comfortable one, will be a happy one? well, he form, doesn't he? —— he has form. it's a big day for mourinho — worth pointing out he's made winning starts with every pl club he's managed and turning tottenham's fortunes around is a challenge he's embracing. iam relaxed, i'm motivated, iam ready. i think the players felt that today. i think they felt that i am ready to support them. this is not about me. he is ready, isn't he? dan walker is here with football focus on at midday today. inevitably mourinho has dominated all the talk heading into the premier league matches. it has been a fascinating move. you how quickly football moves on, today will be reflecting on the managers of five yea rs reflecting on the managers of five years at spurs. they have had a weird old week, there has not been trophies but they love their relationship with their manager. this week we saw him leave, sacked on tuesday night within 12 hours. we sat on this sofa on wednesday morning when mourinho was appointed to spurs manager. lots to talk about. we will get an insight. we have got harry maguire on the programme, the world's most expensive defender, based at manchester united, he cut his teeth at sheffield united, and they play each other today. as part of the interview he spoke about his love of sheffield united. what is sheffield united mean to you? it means so much, the club, the club that gave me the chance to have my dream and play in professional football. i owe them a lot. it is the first result i look for when i get off the pitch. i hope them to win every game in foot ball hope them to win every game in football apart from when i play against them. fantastic club, great owner. they are back in the premier league where they belong. a lot of love for sheffield united. also the southampton boss... great name. they call him the alpine clock. he is not german, he is austrian so they call him the alpine clock. there you go, i'll explain. he has had a strange season at southampton, they would 9—0 by leicester. we also have a player on who has retired from football. he has become a goal—tenderfor from football. he has become a goal—tender for guildford phoenix. so we have them on the programme today and the stoke boss michael o'neill who is managing twojobs, he is the northern ireland manager and the stoke manager so we will see how he will try and spin all those plates. we had seth rollins on a couple of weeks ago, he is doing premier predictions. we tried to get charlie to wrestle him. premier predictions. we tried to get charlie to wrestle himlj premier predictions. we tried to get charlie to wrestle him. ijust wa nted charlie to wrestle him. ijust wanted seth to slam dunk charlie, i didn't want them to wrestle. you are making a lot of assumptions, who is to say the rules were not reversed? that would have been my favourite attempt ever. i would have thought you might give itago i would have thought you might give it a go had you felt confident enough. the offer was made to go out to his wrestling academy in ohio and bring it on. it could be the start of the bright future in wwe. bring it on. it could be the start of the bright future in wwei bring it on. it could be the start of the bright future in wwe. i would pay money to see you and spandex. people's breakfasts have just been ruined. it isa ruined. it is a site you can't unseen. fulham had their stand—in striker abu—bakar kamara to thank for their win over qpr last night. he scored twice as they fought back from a goal down to win 2—1 and move up to fourth. it was only abu—bakar kamara's second start for the club — he was brought in to replace suspended top—scorer aleksandar mitrovic. caretaker coaches lee miller and david mccracken have made the perfect start at falkirk beating linlithgow rose 4—1 in the scottish cup. paul dixon finished off the amateur side to book falkirk‘s place in tomorrow's fourth round draw. manager ray mckinnon was sacked last saturday. scotland have been drawn against israel in their euro 2020 play—off semifinal. the game will be at hampden on march 26th. the winners face a trip to norway or serbia, for a place in the finals. if northern ireland beat bosnia they'll be at home for their final against the republic of ireland or slovakia. former england striker eni aluko will leavejuventus next month, to return to england and consider the next step in her career. she helped juve retain their league title last term but she's heading home six months earlier than planned, and says she's "excited to be moving back to london, and back into women's football in england". ben stokes is human after all — he dropped new zealand batsmen bj watling on 31 before he went on to make an unbeaten century, giving the hosts the advantage in the first test. england were 209 runs ahead overnight — but they only took two wickets on day three — henry nicholls one of those off the bowling ofjoe root, and that innings from watling took new zealand to 394—6 at the close — a lead of 41. it seems andy murray and the lawn tennis association have succeeded in their bid to even up the crowd a bit, for great britain's davis cup semifinal against spain in madrid this evening. there were free tickets on offer to fans who could make it and murray posted on social media: they will need it up against spain. they made it through to the semis after victory over germany. kyle edmund put them 1—0 up, and then dan evans won his match on a third set tie—break — and after two defeats in a row was delighted to get a win in the bag — hugging captain leon smith — and there was another bear hug from murray as well. it was relief, more than anything. the guy in the chairs, done so much me, to have him on the chair, have everybody on the bench, good friends, you know, some good friends in the crowd just took over. and i will remember that for long time. we wait to see how it will all play out later on whether the crowd will even things up. you get some great moments when sports play in teams when they normally play on their own. the davis cup as the world cup of tennis, isn't it? the high street bank tsb has apologised to customers after a computer glitch left some without wages and other expected payments yesterday. it comes just days after the bank was criticised in a report into another major computer failure, that left two million customers unable to access their accounts last year. paul lewis has been looking into this for bbc radio 4's money box programme — hejoins us now. good morning, do you want to take us through some of the basics. what do we know about the numbers of people and what the problems were. tsb won't say how many people, they now have 3.8 million current account customers and we know on thursday night, the overnight processing that banks always do, they pay money in like wages or pensions, they take money out for direct debits and standing orders, that came to a halt because of an unidentified problem, the computer just stopped. because of an unidentified problem, the computerjust stopped. that because of an unidentified problem, the computer just stopped. that was only for one batch so it is a batch of the 3.8 million customers, they wa nt to of the 3.8 million customers, they want to say how many but certainly all those affected took to social media to complain about it, i must say. as we mentioned, it is not the first time tsb has been caught up in these kinds of problems? no, it is an unfortunate week for this to happen because earlier in the week a report they commissioned into a major outage in april 2018, which left millions of customers without access to their bank accounts for weeks, in some cases months, it only finally came to an end injanuary this year. there was a report into that which was very unflattering, it said management lacked common sense and it blamed everyone really from the board down to the it department, perhaps it should be the other way around, from the board up to the it department. it was a blistering report and we're still to find out how much it is going to be fined for that. it has already spent nearly £400 million putting it right now the regulators, three of them, will be finding it in the not so distant future. it could be costing tens of millions more. looking at the statement in relation to this most recent problem, they are saying it was due to a processing error. we are talking about tsb but other organisations have had problems. are we any clearer as to what is happening? i think that the old banks, the legacy banks, the high street banks, they have computer softwa re street banks, they have computer software and programming that goes back decades and they add on things so when you get faster payments and procedures, the ad things on. it is a conglomeration of software as i understand it and it is very difficult to ensure everything works absolutely right every time. in contrast, to some of the new banks, the challenger banks, the only banks, they seem to have got it right and worked it out in the last couple of years when they have worked out what is going on and what speed they have to do payments, what quantity and what systems they are and then everything to be affected by these problems. it is a problem for the old legacy banks and the moment there doesn't seem to be a solution, i don't know what the regulators are doing behind the scenes but they should make sure bank procedures are fit for the purpose they have which is to move our money around accurately and on time. thank you very much. it is quarter to nine. thank you for joining us. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. that doesn't look too wintry, it is definitely feeling as if we are one layer at leicester today. it is pretty mild out there this morning. we have a lot of cloud around and it is producing heavy downpours, it has been a really wet autumn so far in the last week is continuing in that rain. this is the picture in east sussex this morning, heavy grey skies, lots of cloud around in is producing heavy rain. tomorrow should a drier day. this is the recent rainfall radar, showing where we have had the rain. it has been heavy for parts of wales and the south—west of england, there has been a inch of rain across dartmoor, there could be flooding impacts, a lot of light surface water, that is falling on a saturated ground. also later on for north—eastern parts of england and eastern scotland to still be prepared for a lot of water on the roads today. that rain is moving northwards across england and wales through the day so we will see something drier and brighter working in from the south for a time but still a couple of showers for this afternoon pushing into the south—east of england. temperature still on the mild side, drizzly rain for north wales and parts of northern england. we could see there rainfall totals mounting up across the north—east of england towards eastern scotland, flooding possible. parts of northern scotland and for northern ireland, which is seen quite a bit of dry weather but any sunshine will be limited. into this evening and tonight, the rain clears england, wales and northern ireland but becomes focused on the east of scotland, quite a lot of surface water. and temperatures are remaining mild. if mist free night to come back to start sunday morning, there will be mist fog and low pressure is approaching on sunday before it gets there a bit of a respite, 24 hours of largely dry weather whilst that rain clears away from northern scotland. lots of cloud, perhaps sunny intervals trying to break through from the south. another mile today, later into sunday evening though we cast our ice to the south west as the next area of low pressure moves in. we are not expecting monday's rainfall to be too heavy but any more rainfall following on that saturated ground is not good news. further showers push through, followed by something drier and brighter later on. it is pretty mild with temperatures widely in double figures so we start the new working week on that mild note with some showery rain, perhaps a little bit drier and showery rain, perhaps a little bit drierand a showery rain, perhaps a little bit drier and a touch colder as we head towards the end of the week. it was once the highlight of the fashion world's calendar, attracting millions of viewers — but now organisers have pulled the plug on the victoria's secret annual parade. it comes after the event was criticised for being sexist and outdated. let's talk now to the model, laura goodwin who's with us in the studio — and joining us from new york is robyn lawley, a model who launched a petition to cancel the show. i'm going to start with you, i'm going to start with you, tell i'm going to start with you, tell us i'm going to start with you, tell us about this petition. it is almost in reaction to the victoria secrets shows. we started a year ago because we we re shows. we started a year ago because we were trying to get them to some diversity in their runway, i wanted some curves, some different ages and u nfortu nately some curves, some different ages and unfortunately the petition did not bring about change and now a show is now cancelled. the show is now cancelled but tell me more about why you feel it failed to cast plus size models. i have no idea, actually. i think we showed how we want to see ourselves represented in this day and age. they stock my size i make money but they never show it on any ru nway money but they never show it on any runway or campaign image. i looked up runway or campaign image. i looked up and glorified that brand as a teenager, that is what you do. it is a teenage girl brand. as an older woman now i don't look to the brand to buy anything because they do not represent me in any shape, way or form. you are a plus sized underwear and swimwear model, laura. what is your reaction to the cancelling of the show? my first impression was why couldn't they just update the show? my first impression was why couldn't theyjust update it? there has been a lot of people pushing them to be more inclusive and they have made small, small movement to do so. they cast the first plus size model earlier this year but she was a size eight us which is about a 12 uk so she was still on the lower end of the spectrum for plus size. that is a bit triggering because if you are telling people you are inclusive but then only use... a size 12 plus size? it is and that is part of the issue because people want to see a wider array. they also brought in a red head and said we are being more diverse. people don't receive that well, there is a much wider spectrum of models that they could be including and we are not. do you think they are avoiding the issue rather than doing something positive? that is my impression. the thing that remains to be seen as if they are going to try and reformat and launch something different. i think it would be too late for people, i don't think it would be well received because it would feel disingenuous. they have made small, small attempts but ultimately, they we re small attempts but ultimately, they were saying we don't want to use plus size, it is not part of our fa ntasy, plus size, it is not part of our fantasy, which seems it is maybe indicative of a larger peeling of the brand. there was a backlash when carly klos, former supermodel, just that she doesn't feel this is an image that reflects who she is. when you have big names like this making an impact, it is interesting to point that has been brought up by laura that they would rather withdraw than change. is that the feeling? yes, model alliance is trying to get them to sign a signature for them to help models in general because we are freelancers. we don't have a say and it is hard for us to complain because if you can plane you cannot work for a lot of brands. their parent company represents many, they could have done an epic, amazing show in conjunction with their parent company but they didn't do that. it isa company but they didn't do that. it is a bizarre situation, i don't know why they are being so like, this is one type of beauty, this is what you can aspire to be and that is it. we know at this day and age, it is not true. i know you have friends who are models as well as you. give us some insight because they used to be a time where you thought models had to starve themselves and there is so much pressure, is that still going on? not at all, you don't have to starve yourself. i am a big pressure on treating your body as best as you can. i have been through so many health problems, i want my body to be optimal. i eat incredibly well andi be optimal. i eat incredibly well and i think that notion that curvy models are lazy and don't look after their bodies is completely inaccurate. i don't want to starve, i love food and i am not going to starve, iam proud i love food and i am not going to starve, i am proud of my size. i am six foot two, i am a uk 14 and starve, i am proud of my size. i am six foot two, iam a uk 14 and i starve, i am proud of my size. i am six foot two, i am a uk 14 and i am proud of that. have things changed, laura, notwithstanding this particular decision? in victoria's secret or the larger market? outside of that. things have changed dramatically. that is one of the thing that struck me about them, they said we have tried a plus size show in 2000. that was 20 years ago and things have moved so much in inclusivity. there are other brands that are getting it so right. it feels so genuine and i think they tap into this thing where i feel like now women are not aspiring to be victoria, they want to be the best version of themselves so a lot of the other brands are empowering women to do so. maybe wearing styles they feel comfortable and sexy in. thank you very much. iam thank you very much. i am still surprised that 12 is a plus size, i never knew that. he's one of the uk's best—selling artists of all time, but until now, robbie williams has never recorded a christmas album. but he is getting into the festive spirit. we need to put out a warning because there is christmas decorations, they are going to be on your screen. don't switch off but i am telling you. you are good, you have done the com pletely you are good, you have done the completely heterosexual move away, let's not touch body language stuff andi let's not touch body language stuff and i get it, it is fine but if you wa nt to and i get it, it is fine but if you want to do that. there is aim name for that. manspreading and it sends out the wrong message. there is nobody next to us so who are we putting out? i don't like it, let's do that. shall we do it simultaneously. # santa baby... —— 54 convertible two, light blue. it's called the christmas present and disc one is the christmas past, you see, with 50s and 60s movies. and disc two is more up—to—date stuff. and i have been saying more up—to—date and then i realise that my up—to—date isn't very up—to—date. it's like it's up—to—date if you peaked in 1995. there you go. # are you hangin' up your stockings on the wall... so now you've mentioned the album, you've done some duets. tell us a bit about the duets. because there are some wonderful people. i've duetted with sir rod stewart. come on, paint the picture. tell me about that. rod and penny came round for dinner at my house. is that normal? no. no, it's not, but it was incredible. i have bumped into rod loads over the years and he's normally in, like, football vibe, so you just like football boots, but when he comes around your house he has his dinnerjacket on and there is a reason why these people have decades worth of success, because he'sjust like a powerhouse charismatic dude. and you're like, i totally get this. i'm in the presence of greatness. then there is jamie cullum. my dad's on the album. tyson fury‘s on the album. some of these guys, instinctively you link with music, who have generations of music in their background. tyson fury is a slightly different thing altogether, how did that come about? he has been the basis of my whole career, it has been like, what are you doing? it made complete sense to me when i was in his dressing room, just before he was about to fight he invited me in his dressing room which i thought was like, really, can i be in here doing this? i just was like, really, can i be in here doing this? ijust thought, now or never. i asked if he would sing on my album and he said yes. the song is really set in an office party somewhere in solihull. made sense to me. one of the things that's unusual about interviewing you, robbie, is you have a reputation for being extremely candid. yes. some people we talk to, it's all about what they won't say. yes. and they are very smart people that keep themselves out of trouble and duck and dive and deflect. and i'm more like, "have this, i can't cope with it!" i'm more "i've got to get this out of my mind!" # do you remember the good old days when all the children were... the experiences you've been through, over the years, i think that means a lot to people that you've been so candid, i think, about some of the problems you have had. yes. there is a happy ending to the story or maybe the story isn't over and it is just the end of the first bit. i think maybe i am in the middle of film to where everything is going really well, there is a trilogy. maybe i can expect good times but that is not life, is it? i suppose. it goes like this. at the minute i'm 45, i have three beautiful, healthy children, a wife i absolutely adore, and a job that's just incredible. and i am enjoying myself. and if you'd have asked me the same thing at 25, i would have thought, a, you're mad, that any of that would happen, and, b, that's impossible. it sounds like you have got a little devil on the shoulder who is saying, you're ok at the moment. is that how it is? yeah, i think that isjust life. life just throws these things at you and you throw things at it, and then you deal with the circumstances in the best way you can. on the christmas album thing, when you think back, what was the christmas song for you? was there one you automatically think of? it's merry christmas, everybody's having fun, all i want for christmas is you, it's the little drummer boy, it's bing and david walliams. that's the video in my head. did you ask anyone to do a duet with you and they said no? did i ask anybody to do a duet with me and they said no? no, you see, i daren't. i daren't really. i'm too sensitive for that. so i just ask friends that i know will do it. thank you. pleasure. a fireside chat, there you go. you got on well, didn't you? he is any good place. robbie's album is called ‘the christmas present‘. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today — the four main party leaders are grilled by voters... we live in a world where sometimes strange things have happened in politics. i will be more diplomatic. this is bermuda triangle stuff! first heard here on question time! there are uncomfortable moments for all when they appear in a question time election special. as prince andrew is pictured horse—riding with the queen — another major company pulls its support from his mentoring scheme. the premier league's back after the international break... as isjose mourinho who takes charge of tottenham for the first time against west ham this lunchtime. good morning. we've got a bit of a grey weekend in store, lots of cloud around. today that's producing some heavy rain which may cause a few flooding issues. tomorrow looks drier for most of us. i'll bring you a full forecast throughout the morning. it's saturday the 23rd of november. our top story. there were difficult moments for the leaders of the four main westminster parties, as they faced questions fom the public, in a special episode of the bbc‘s question time. borisjohnson, jeremy corbyn, jo swinson and nicola sturgeon were challenged on a range of topics including the economy, brexit and the nhs. our political correspondent, helen catt was watching... four leaders, two hours, and a lot of seriously tough questions. forjeremy corbyn there were concerns about business, about his personal handling of anti—jewish racism, and, what's made the headlines, a clear answer on a question that has dogged him throughout the campaign. will you campaign to remain or leave in the eu if elected? why would anyone vote labour without knowing the answer to that question? my whole strategy has been to try to bring people together. we will negotiate a credible leave deal with european union... laughter. let me finish, please! i'm trying to answer the gentleman's question. secondly, we will put that alongside remain in a referendum and i will adopt, as prime minister, if i am at the time, a neutral stance so that i can credibly carry out the results of that to bring our communities and country together. mr corbyn was also grilled or scottish independence and said labour would not back a referendum in the first two years it was in government. not what the next leader up wanted to hear. but nicola sturgeon says she thinks he would change his mind of her party ends up having the power to make him prime minister. i lead a minority government in scotland, so i know the compromises that you have to make to govern in that situation. of course he's putting a manifesto forward. but if he's in the position of needing the support of the snp then i think he will choose to do some of the things that are in his manifesto and i don't think he'll turn his back on that in order to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. and i ask you to make your own minds up on that. next up, lib dem leaderjo swinson, her party's policy is clear — stop brexit. but is it democratic, she was asked. is revoking article 50 confirming to 17.4 million people that you think we're stupid and didn't know what we were voting for? you want to leave. and i don't think that that makes you a bad person. and i want to remain in the eu and i hope you think that doesn't make me a bad person. you can disagree with me, but you lost. i haven't changed my view on whether i think we're better off in the european union. the liberal democrats standing on a manifesto to unilaterally cancel brexit — and the electoral pact — has absolutely cost you may vote. this is the essence of democracy. i am standing here and telling you honestly what i would do if i was elected as prime minister. i would revoke article 50. she was also challenged on her party's five years of coalition government with the tories. when boris johnson took the floor it was trust that came up. how important is it for someone in your position of power to always tell the truth? i think it's... i think it's absolutely vital. laughter. applause. i think it's absolutely vital and i think that the issue of trust in politics is central to this election and fundamental to the corrosion of trust in politics, at the moment... so why do you think you were being asked that question? ..let's be clear, is the failure politicians to deliver brexit. mrjohnson was also asked to say sorry for his language in newspaper articles he'd written which one audience member had said contributed to racist rhetoric. he didn't — but said he'd never intended to cause hurt or pain. helen catt, bbc news. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us from our london newsroom. a lot of people watched and were keen to see the public getting a nswe rs. keen to see the public getting answers. one of the answers that came out was from jeremy corbyn, and we have full been trying to figure it out in the last few weeks? something of a scoop for the question time audience last night. it certainly ended up on many front pages. jeremy corbyn saying it, you heard it here first! that in another referendum campaign, if he became prime minister, after negotiating a new deal with europe and putting that to the public up against remain, he would not pick a side but remain, he would not pick a side but remain neutral. he hopes that will allow him to be what he calls an honest broker. so particularly in the aftermath of a referendum campaign, he would, he says, be in a position to implement the outcome regardless of which way a verdict went because he would not have picked a side. he would not find himself in the position that david cameron found himself in in 2016. he hopes, by doing that and remaining prime minister in the aftermath of that election, he would be able to bring the country together. there's no doubt though, of course, that after facing no doubt though, of course, that afterfacing question no doubt though, of course, that after facing question after question on this issue, which way would he campaign in another referendum, he hopes that by saying this last night, that he would draw a line under the issue and stop the question from coming up time and again. his critics though, they say there is a positionjeremy corbyn has adopted last night, the position for sitting quite firmly and squarely on the fence! tom, thank you. barclays has become the latest big company to withdraw support from prince andrew's business mentoring scheme. the duke has faced a growing backlash since his interview with the bbc‘s newsnight last weekend. our correspondent, simon jones is outside buckingham palace for us now. it has been one week since that interview, the fallout continuing. can you bring us up—to—date? interview, the fallout continuing. can you bring us up-to-date? yes, prince andrew is on the front of many of the newspapers once again this morning. one calls him the duke of nothing following his decision to step back from public life. the interview, broadcast a week ago, was examining his friendship with the disgraced financial yearjeffrey epstein, a convicted sex offender. yesterday the duke was seen riding with the queen but a number of organisations wishing to disassociate themselves with the princess continuing to grow. the royal philharmonic orchestra has said he is no longer a patron —— with the prince is continuing to grow. and barclays have broken their association with him. the bbc say that they are about to broadcast at the start of next month a documentary by panorama, examining the friendship. that is also going to hear, for the first time in a british interview, from thejunior roberts, the woman who alleges she was forced to have sex with prince andrew. —— virginia roberts. he has a lwa ys andrew. —— virginia roberts. he has always denied that, in the interview one week ago he says he cannot recall having met her properly. this programme will cause further consternation at the palace, particularly among the queen and prince charles, it is believed they we re prince charles, it is believed they were instrumental in getting prince andrew to step back from public duties. thank you. more than four—million people are preparing to vote in this weekend's local elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become increasingly violent in recent weeks. there have been more than 5000 arrests since the protests started injune. a group of orphaned british children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokesperson said gps would still visit patients at home where there was a clinical need to do so. an investigation is due to start, after a fire severly damaged a victorian seafront hotel in eastbourne yesterday. flames spread from the basement of the grade—two listed claremont hotel in eastbourne, and engulfed much of the building. six people were treated for minor injuries and one person was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. thejury in the grace millane murder trial heard horrific details about the way in which the british backpacker died in new zealand. because of the nature of her killer's defence, grace's parents had to listen to claims about their daughter's sex life, with the case reported around the world. now there are calls for a review into the way evidence about a victim is used in court and in the media. to explain more, we're joined by louise perry, from the campaign group ‘we can't consent to this'. good morning, and thank you for joining us. give me your reflections on the way grace millane has been portrayed throughout this trial? one of the really tragic things about the coverage of her trial is that, of course, the perpetrator, who has now been found guilty of her murder, was given anonymity by the new zealand courts. he has had absolute privacy throughout this whereas her name, details about her personal life, allegations about her sexual preferences, have been all over the international media. we see this happening a lot with the cases we have documented where the girls and women who have been killed have been humiliated, disrespected in death by perpetrators who try and make these kinds of claims about them and it makes it so much worse for their loved ones. what evidence is there, that this kind of defence is being used more and more in cases such as this? so, we have been documenting cases where a rough sex defence is used in the death of a woman within the uk. we started a campaign at the end of last year and we have documented 59 cases of this defence being used with grace millane's death being the 59th. some of these cases go back to the 19705 but we've seen a sharp rise in the number of perpetrators making this claim and the success of this claim being used. in the last five years we've had 18 cases we have documented and injust under had 18 cases we have documented and in just under half of them, the defendant had some success in using this. they were found guilty of some sort of manslaughter or had a reduced sentence or in some cases they weren't found guilty of any crime in law. perpetrator5 have a 5trong incentive to make this kind of claim because they had nothing to lo5e. whereas it is absolute agony for the families of people who have died in these circumstances and we are died in these circumstances and we a re really died in these circumstances and we are really worried about this becoming a more common tactic. in the case of grace millane, the killer was convicted of murder. yes, thankfully. the question has to be asked, when is a woman's sexual history, her behaviour, relevant? so, ithink history, her behaviour, relevant? so, i think that one of the things thatis so, i think that one of the things that is so awful about the way grace millane's murder has been reported on has been really 5alaciou5 and unnecessary details we have seen in the press. we are working with some of her loved ones to put together media guidelines going forward. some of the reporting has been fantastic but unfortunately there has been reporting which has been really disappointing. we have seen headlines about boyfriends, hangovers, and what she liked to do m, hangovers, and what she liked to do in, stuff that had no relevance to the reason she was murdered by a sadistic killer. she did not do anything wrong but she was effectively put on trial. how could this have been easierfor grace millane's family? in this instance, we are talking about a new zealand case. it is a separate jurisdiction but thinking about the uk, we are supporting an amendment to the domestic abuse bill being put forward by harriet harman and matt garnier, which would stop killers making this defence in court and make it more difficult to do so. it is already the case, according to case law in england and wales, that you cannot con5ent case law in england and wales, that you cannot consent to violence, let alone to being murdered. this is an established fact in law. what the domestic abuse bill makes it crystal—clear in statute that it is not possible to consent to serious violence and not possible to consent to being murdered. we support that amendment in making it clear to the jury amendment in making it clear to the jury the use of this defence should not be accepted. louise perry, thank you very much for your insight this morning. it is saturday morning, many people have their events planned for the weekend. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. it is looking mixed through the course of the weekend. u nsettled through the course of the weekend. unsettled and mild, no sign of any frost this morning but there is some rain in the forecast. this is the picture in devon. it stopped raining there but a lot of rain in the south—west of england through the night. through the weekend, many places 5ee night. through the weekend, many places see quite a lot of rain. tomorrow will be a dry day this weekend. any 5un5hine in limited supply through today and tomorrow as well. this is the recent rainfall radar, a lot of blue on the map. drizzly rain and heavy bursts across south wales, and the south—west of england. continuing over the next few hours. we could see some disruption to travel. a lot of water on the roads, potentialfor flooding. through the day, in eastern scotland, we do see some heavy rain. for some time in the north—east of england. falling on saturated ground. we see something drier and brighter working in from the south for some time. more heavy showers pushing in across the south—east of england through the afternoon. in kent and essex, outbreaks of rain. dry in the south—west of england and wales, with early heavy rain. drizzly rain across northern england. we do have across northern england. we do have a lot of surface water. rain pushed northwards through the afternoon. in northwards through the afternoon. in north and north—west scotland, staying dry through the day. through tonight, that rain pushes northwards. becoming focused across eastern parts of scotland. largely dry elsewhere. low cloud, mist and murk to start your sunday morning. frost free and mild. through the day on sunday. in the atlantic, low pressure approaching but before it gets there. some respite. sunday is a largely dry day. rain in north and scotland. clearing away quickly. a lot of cloud through the day. sunny intervals breaking through during the afternoon. mild on sunday with temperatures between nine and 12 degrees for most. more rain in the south—west through the day. that is courtesy of this low pressure. through the day on monday, pushing northwards and eastwards across the uk. we do not expect heavy rainfall on monday but there will be more wet weather. and falling on that saturated ground. ongoing flooding problems through the next few days. still pretty mild with temperatures in double figures. up to 13 degrees or so. some sunshine around as well. through the week, we start on a mild and unsettled note. it looks as though things turn colder but thankfully, a little drier in many areas as we head towards next weekend. studio: sarah, thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages... the telegraph sasteremy corbyn is accused of an "abject failure of leadership" after he confirmed he'd remain neutral in a second eu referendum. the guardian says the labour leader was under mounting pressure to "pick a side", and reports that borisjohnson was challenged over his trustworthiness during last night's ‘question time' special. the duke of york has stepped away from his flagship business mentoring scheme, says the i newspaper. it says prince andrew has faced growing pressure since his newsnight interview, where he spoke about his links to convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. and on the huffington post website, news that the lingerie brand, victoria's secret has cancelled its annual fashion show due to falling tv ratings and claims it is outdated. the lawyer and business leader funke abimbola is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good morning. something interesting, digital assets. what happens to them when you die? that is picked up in the financial times today. when you die? that is picked up in the financialtimes today. it when you die? that is picked up in the financial times today. it has been, and as a lawyer who advises broadly on privacy, it is quite a technical aspect all of this. consent becomes a real issue when somebody has passed away. ridiculous situations where you don't have the password of someone who has passed away. how do you unlock the account on social media and get pictures from facebook? there is a really distressing story from a widow, she was being asked really upsetting questions when her husband passed away. she was not prepared for this. the big message here from me is to think about this ahead of time. her husband passed away and he had not made a welcome she had to obtain a court order to force apple to allow her access to his online accounts? he owns all of the information, that's the irony. you are a lawyer, how does this work? if somebody writes in their will, you should have access after my death, here are the details. you present the well, thatis the details. you present the well, that is the consent and permission you are giving. i haven't done that in my willand you are giving. i haven't done that in my will and i'm a lawyer, should be thinking about doing that. a lot of people do not think about these things and it causes no end of distress when they pass on and family members are having to deal with repercussions. that you are told to turn you —— might change your password frequently? yes, and if you have your password that is the same for a lot of things. it raises security issues. it is proper managing and forward planning, that is key here. to make sure that when you pass away, it can be passed on to your relatives on in an orderly way. it seems like a hassle? let's go to a wholly different area. who influences who as to what we wear? a wonderful story here. in the daily telegraph, about how, focusing on the duchess of sussex, the decision what to wear is not as straightforward as we would like to think! it isn'tjust about, doi would like to think! it isn'tjust about, do i look good in this outfit? but is this ethically right? is it culturally appropriate? who made this dress? was it made with child labour somewhere? she will be judged heavily as a visible role model on what she has chosen to wear and why. so, despite the army of advisers that she has when she is making these decisions, it is not an easy decision to make. and kate has been championing british brands, in particular. and ambassador for british brands. chips, i love chips! there is the perfect chip? yes, but we all like different kinds of chips. research by the food advisory board has been done, they come up with what they believe definitively is the perfect chip. a certain length, thickness, no pepper, sprinkled with a little bit of salt... i'm sure a lot of people would disagree. but i love chips!m should be 2.8 inches long, quarter ofan inch should be 2.8 inches long, quarter of an inch thick, cut from a marys piper potato. crispy on the outside and piper potato. crispy on the outside a nd fluffy piper potato. crispy on the outside and fluffy within. that is the perfect chip! the best condiment, catch up. i cannot believe that tabasco sauce is not on the list! and i love mustard! may amaze coming in at 32%? if you went back ten yea rs in at 32%? if you went back ten years ago, it wouldn't have been on the chart —— mayonnaise. lowe i like mixing it with ketchup! my friends have real issue with that. i dip my chips in that way. everybody is different. and brown sauce. that has fallen out of fashion a bit. and now we know! thank you. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen. matt — what's on the menu for today? perfect chips! 2.8 inches long, a quarter of an inch thick from a marys piper potato. salt and ketchup, how do we get them crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. i like my chips from a chip shot, with vinegar and mayonnaise. one of our special chefs today, the fabulous rick stein. cooking perfect chips, you need the perfect potato. if you do not have a good potato, generally the marys piper is what i go for, but they need to be in season and looked after well. sometimes they are waterlogged and it gets technical! it's a simple question but no simple answer! why wouldn't i ask a bunch of chefs! why wouldn't i ask a bunch of chefs! why wouldn't i ask a bunch of chefs! why wouldn't i expect you to have the answer? i'm very disappointed!” wouldn't i expect you to have the answer? i'm very disappointed! i do not like chips in towers, no! that is not on. our special guest today is not on. our special guest today is the fabulous ben miller. good morning. you've bought out a new children's book. we will talk about that later. my food heaven today is roast game. a bit of greenery in there. hell is ravioli. there's a story behind that! a childhood story. we will find out more on that later. and two brilliant chefs, alison roman, all the way from new york. that is very funny! thank you. we will make one pot chicken with canalised onion, dates and show lots, and a gem salad with tonnes of fresh herbs. and we also have the great rick stein. it has to be caramelised great rick stein. it has to be ca ramelised apples. great rick stein. it has to be caramelised apples.” great rick stein. it has to be caramelised apples. i have my trolley, i will be pushing caramelised apples. i have my trolley, iwill be pushing in caramelised apples. i have my trolley, i will be pushing in their drinks trolley. one classic one, one with an interesting technique behind it. i with an interesting technique behind it. lam with an interesting technique behind it. i am so pleased with them! we will talk more about chips later.” do love a chip. salt and sauce in scotland. sauce is like a vinegary brown sauce. it is great!” scotland. sauce is like a vinegary brown sauce. it is great! i get someone else to make them, that's my top tip! go to the website with voting details, we will see you at ten o'clock. ben made the perfect point. other peoples chips are a lwa ys point. other peoples chips are always the best! as long as they are hot! we've already heard big pledges from all of the major parties, and this weekend the conservatives are due to pubish their official manifesto. so, what policies would persuade people, in one of the south—west‘s most deprived constituencies, to vote for borisjohnson? jon kay has been finding out... avonmouth, an old port on the bristol channel, in a seat the conservatives hope to win back. on a corner, we find danny. battery flat, as well as his mood. ordinary working people like me just don't want to know. don't want to know the conservatives. danny's the kind of traditional labour voter that boris johnson needs to win over. the tories' manifesto promises on services and the nhs will be aimed at him. completely lost faith in them. but he will take some persuading. seen some new hospitals built, and it's lovely that we've got them but they haven't got enough beds. the a&es aren't big enough. they haven't got enough staff. my daughter's a staff nurse at hospital. she keeps getting tickets on her car because there is nowhere for the staff to park. it's just a never—ending round of hollow promises, as it seems to me. facing west, towards america, borisjohnson says this could become a free port after brexit, creating jobs in one of the more deprived areas of south—west england. oh, look! little baby rolls. would you like them? ajob is something emma would welcome. we find her at the food bank. a single mum, she wants policies on schools and welfare, but the most important thing she wants sorted... oh, to be honest, right, brexit. oh, it's doing my head in. it's worse than a child screaming in your ear for about five years. she tells me she might vote green, but will consider the conservative manifesto because of borisjohnson. the conservatives have been in power for nearly a decade now and you're here today using a food bank. some people might be surprised to hear somebody in your position saying you quite like borisjohnson. you like what he stands for? it's not even what he stands for. it's him. he will fight for what he believes in. we've got lots of food. as emma heads home with enough for herfamily, we hit the road. there are wealthy parts of bristol north west, and as well as needing labour voters, the conservatives also need to keep their traditional base. the friendly club. most of the members here are tory supporters. i'm quite happy, really. i'm very fortunate that i am happy where we are. i think there should be more funds provided for the elderly, especially those who are in need, living alone. loads of things that have been let to go down under this austerity. but for once, i'm winning! look at this lot! christine, the gin rummy queen. whatever the manifesto deals out on social care and tax breaks, she's voting blue forjust one reason. couldn't care less about the tories and their policies. i'm voting to get out of europe. and then, there's hilda. i'm a conservative by heart. i have been for years. but now, i'm living like this. she's wary of tory manifesto pledges. where's the money coming from? it's just a load of fibs, as far as i can see. or bypassing the truth, shall we say. yeah. i'd like to punch him. punch him! well, he's been boxing, hasn't he? so maybe you could have a match. let's have some boxing lessons! jon kay, bbc news. and you can find out which candidates are standing in your constituency on the bbc news website. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main news. jeremy corbyn has said he would take a "neutral stance" in the eu referendum labour has promised if it wins the general election. the labour leader said not taking a side was the only way he could bring communities together. he was speaking during a bbc question time special, during which he and the leaders of the other three main westminster parties, borisjohnson, nicola sturgeon and jo swinson, faced questions from the studio audience. topics included the nhs, brexit and the economy. barclays has become the latest big company to withdraw support from prince andrew's business mentoring scheme. the duke, who was pictured horse riding with the queen yesterday, has faced a growing backlash since his interview with the bbc‘s newsnight. during the programme he spoke about his friendship with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. more than four million people are preparing to vote in this weekend's local elections in hong kong. it follows months of pro—democracy protests, which have become increasingly violent in recent weeks. there have been more than 5000 arrests since the protests started injune. a group of orphaned british children, caught up in the war in syria, are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the islamic state group. charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the region. gps have voted to reduce visits to patients' homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees in london yesterday. it means the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop home visits being a contractual obligation. an nhs spokesperson said gps would still visit patients at home where there was a clinical need to do so. an investigation is due to start, after a fire severely damaged a victorian seafront hotel in eastbourne yesterday. flames spread from the basement of the grade—two listed claremont hotel in eastbourne, and engulfed much of the building. six people were treated for minor injuries and one person was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. now for the tale of an unlikely friendship between a dog and a giraffe. rescued in south africa by a farmer who found him abandoned at two days old, jazz the giraffe was taken to a nearby rhino orphanage. that's when he met his new best friend hunter, who works there as a guard dog. hunter was so taken byjazz, that he refused to eat or leave his side until he was in a stable condition. the two have been inseparable ever since. sweet. it is almost like a disney story, what do you think? it is like a fox and the hound remake. you could make a great film out of jose mourinho's career. it is not going to be dealt now he is back in the premier league. he has got that smile, that is the feeling we are getting so far. will he be smiling later after they play west ham ? first match under his leadership and management. he will be desperate to get the win. set the scene. it will be a spicy atmosphere. it is going to be a fascinating day. worth pointing out he has made a winning start with every premier league club he has managed. it is a is bracing. —— it is a challenge he is bracing. —— it is a challenge he is embracing. iam relaxed, i'm motivated, iam ready. i think the players felt that today. i think they felt that i am ready to support them. this is not about me. let's take a look at that record. he won his opening match with chelsea, that was 15 years ago as a fresh faced 41—year—old, beating manchester united at stamford bridge. on his second stint with the blues he got off to a flier, beating hull 2—0. and then at manchester united he beat bournemouth 3—1 in his first match. so, a good omen for spurs. scotland have been drawn against israel in their euro 2020 play—off semifinal. the game will be at hampden on march 26th. the winners face a trip to norway or serbia, for a place in the finals. if northern ireland beat bosnia they'll be at home for their final against the republic of ireland or slovakia. former england striker eni aluko will leavejuventus next month, to return to england and consider the next step in her career. she helped juve retain their league title last term but she's heading home six months earlier than planned, and says she's "excited to be moving back to london, and back into women's football in england". ben stokes is human after all — he dropped new zealand batsmen bj watling on 31 before he went on to make an unbeaten century in the first test england were 209 runs ahead overnight — but only took two wickets on day three — henry nicholls one of those three — henry nicholls, one of those off the bowling ofjoe root. that innings from watling, the difference as new zealand finished on 394—6 at the close — a lead of 41. given the nature of the pitch which has played a very placid lake, it is really benign, not much life in it today, you would say if new zealand can add another 50 in gwent are the ones who have to watch out. if they lose a couple early they will come under pressure. traditionally, they don't like batting any style that is backs to the wall. they want to play ina more backs to the wall. they want to play in a more aggressive style. there is still plenty of cricket to come. hundreds of fans have responded to andy murray and the lta's offer of free tickets to watch great britain's davis cup semifinal against spain in madrid this evening. murray posted on social media: the lta hoping to even out the crowd later. there has been around 800 responses so far. we wonder how many will show up. they qualified for the semis with victory over germany. kyle edmund put them 1—up, before dan evans won his match on a third set tie—break — great emotion, that's what the davis cup is all about, hugging captain leon smith — and there was another bear hug from murray as well. it was relief, more than anything. the guy in the chairs, done so much me, to have him on the chair, have everybody on the bench, good friends, you know, some good friends in the crowd just took over. and i will remember that for long time. best of luck to dan and the team later. there's a busy weekend of european club rugby ahead. one game to tell you about from last night. ulster moved top of their champions cup pool with an 18—13 win over clermont auvergne — thanks to john cooney, who scored a try and kicked eight more points. britain's sam bird won the opening race of the formula e season. despite starting from fifth, he took victory for envision virgin racing, ahead of the new porsche and mercedes teams. you can watch race two on the bbc sport website from midday. and fancy trying a bit of this? rhiannan iffland is a cliff diving world champion — and this is india's famous toorji step well. it's a 20—metre drop into the pool below. and not much room for error. amazing pictures. unbelievable. that shot from above as she is diving down, amazing. not a bad job, travelling the world, admittedly taking risks as well. amazing. look at the smile. since prince andrew's interview was broadcast a week ago, a number of high profile organisations have withdrawn their support for the duke's business and charity ventures. so what kind of discussions will these organisations have been having? earlier, we spoke to public relations specialist mark borkowski. he started by telling us what he made of the fallout so far. there are direct comparisons i think for the royal family. this there are direct comparisons i think for the royalfamily. this is their chernobyl, anything of it, it was a flawed reactor and badly trained staff that resulted in huge fallout. this is a crisis that they are not dealing with and it is increasing in severity. yesterday's grand paparazzi shot of her majesty with her son wasjust paparazzi shot of her majesty with her son was just totally ill advised, it kept it going because it frames other stories. the news that ba rclays pulled frames other stories. the news that barclays pulled out yesterday, i just seems they don't put him away. the first a good move was clearly the statement that was made on thursday withdrawing from all public duty, and retiring the prince. that was a statement that should have been made in 2008 when the allegations and conviction of jeffrey epstein went live. he should have killed them and this is an ongoing flawed pr response to a very severe crisis. to look at the things he is pulling back from, this whole pitch at the palace initiative, he is pulling back from that, and there will be people who are benefiting from this scheme were going to be concerned as we hear more names withdrawing. this is true. let's look at it cleanly. i know many organisations who have benefited from it, it was doing good work. if you were to look at the duke of‘s cv, you take his name out and roll connections, he would sit easily as a nonexecutive or leader of any charity. he has fantastic experience and a lot of businesses are wringing their hands because it is inevitable they have to distance themselves from this because they do not want to be attracted to the negative publicity. there is a lot of shuttling going around to see how this can be saved unfortunately it can be saved, it has to be rebranded. like a disaster airline who disappeared their name and changed off the face of the earth, trying to get some cleaner royal images to be involved. absolutely this is a line that has to be drawn under it, and authentic line, not just a pr statement saying it is dragging the royal brand into a lot of negativity. i saw some statistics this week to say that 50% of the people had a totally different attitude to the monarchy at the moment globally. eddie think of people like meghan and harry, they are benefiting because it is moving the lens away from them. —— and if you think. it is how the royal family come back, because it is a remarkable institution, phenomenal work under difficult conditions but they really need to truly think about getting away and maybe disappear. we understand now there is doubt over whether he will be keeping an office at buckingham palace as well? they shouldn't be any doubt, he shouldn't have an office, simple as, line drawn, over. not all this fudging because you feel as a comms person they are trying to ease statements out to see what the reaction is. it is surrounded by an clear communication, surrounded by rumour, and of course, coming this week supposedly panorama has an interview with one of the victims. what narrative is that going to bring up? some of his work is going to come and haunt him? this isn't going away, as i said, originally, this nuclear explosion, the reactive core is melting down and someone has to get a is melting down and someone has to geta grip. is melting down and someone has to get a grip. prince charles supposedly was asked questions on the royal tour in new zealand. fundamentally, the queen should not be happy because the royal family have a golden rule that during the election, there is no distractions to all the parties petitioning for her votes. —— petitioning for our votes. this is overwhelming the election and it is not a good sign constitutionally. public relations specialist mark borkowski speaking to us earlier. prince andrew has denied all calims of impropriety relating to the epstein allegations. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. i know exactly where you are. i am looking this way. you are just looking this way. you arejust here. how many times have we done it this morning? is this the eighth time, we will get there. we have been up very early, we will let charlie offjust this once. we have got some wet weather in the forecast for the course of today. this is the picture taken near exeter, pretty nice weather for ducks. tomorrow will be the better day of the weekend in terms of drier weather but any sunshine this weekend is limited, there is a lot of cloud around and let's look at the radar picture. this is where we see the rain following, it has been heavy across parts of south wales and the south—west of england. there is an inch of rain over dartmoor. a bit more rain to come over the next couple of hours and that could bring problems with travel disruption, lots of lying surface water on the roads and the potential for flooding. not just roads and the potential for flooding. notjust for south—west england and south wales but for east of scotland. that rain is moving its way north across and wales, heavy at times for the east of england, pushing into south—east scotland. some drier weather to the south of that but further showers pushing out in the channel to assist artist of england as well. just the outbreaks of rain elsewhere, perhaps a couple of rain elsewhere, perhaps a couple of glimpses of blue sky between the cloud. we have got that rain continuing at times into northern england into eastern scotland, one or two showers for northern ireland but some drier weather for northern and western parts of scotland and temperatures are still going to be mild. this evening and overnight, we have got heavy rain focused on eastern parts of scotland but elsewhere it is largely dry, a frost—free night the holding up. quite a murky start to your sunday morning but if you look at the atlantic, this is what is waiting for us. another area of low pressure. sunday is going to be a respite. some drier weather on the cards, still lots of cloud, perhaps a couple of brighter spells breaking through. lighter winds than today and still miles. temperatures about 9- and still miles. temperatures about 9— to and still miles. temperatures about 9- to 12 and still miles. temperatures about 9— to 12 degrees on sunday. it is in the evening the next area of low pressure m oves the evening the next area of low pressure moves into the south—west. that will track northwards and eastwards on monday. we not expecting heavy rain but more rain is falling on saturated ground is so flooding could be an ongoing issue as we look towards the start of the new week, plenty of heavy showers. it is staying mild to severe looking at 10-13d. that it is staying mild to severe looking at 10—13d. that is going to be the theme, starting next week, still quite mild and unsettled. because get some slightly drier and colder weather as we look towards the end of autumn and next weekend, into the start of winter. back to you both. thank you very much, enjoy the rest of your weekend. tens of thousands of children in the uk sustain burn injuries each year. now researchers are hoping that by mapping the dna of those who've been scarred, they'll help develop better treatments in the future. five—year—old elizabeth was severely burned in a house fire when she was six—months—old. shejoins us now with her mum, sinead and dad liam — along with brendan eley from the charity, the scar free foundation. lovely to see you. elizabeth, can i ask you a question first? who is this. lavender. what is so special about lavender? because she is my favourite teddy. and someone tells me, elizabeth, today is a special day for you, what is happening?m is my party. is it a birthday party? just a special party? fill in the gaps, mum. birthday party, her birthday is on the 2nd of december and today it's a big party. six years of age. you are going to take us through the story, you are happy talking about elizabeth on the sofa, tell us about what happened. when elizabeth was six months old we lived in the middle east and one day they made put elizabeth in her cot for a they made put elizabeth in her cot fora nap and they made put elizabeth in her cot for a nap and left her, 30 seconds later heard her crying so she went back upstairs. it wasn't normal for her to cry, really. when she got there there smoke coming out from there there smoke coming out from the door, she went in and the room was on fire, her cot was on fire, elizabeth was on fire and be well mounted air conditioning unit that been wired incorrectly had heated up and sparked and set fire to the whole room so sinead got her out and quickly to the hospital. it became apparent within an hour she cannot be treated, she wouldn't survive there, so we spent five days trying to find somewhere for her to be treated and thankfully, eventually we got to the children's hospital in birmingham which had what we needed, a specialist burns unit for children. elizabeth was very severely injured. she was very close to not surviving. she lost nearly all herfingers, one of her ears, she was 60% full bonus of her body, lost her here, some of her nose and spent the next couple of months in a comma. “— spent the next couple of months in a comma. —— coma. spent the next couple of months in a comma. -- coma. since that happened there has been use of reconstructive surgery, what has the process been? because she was so small when she got burned, skin grafts don't grow with you so as she grows, and from six months until adulthood she has a lot of growing to do, she gets restricted of her limbs. her wrist will start to bend back and then they will place a skin graft in that position to which the gap. how often does that have to be done? we have been really lucky, in the last year and a half she hasn't had any surgery. she does a lot of physical activity to avoid surgery but in the previous years, she probably had 100 surgeries. i can't help but notice elizabeth has written all over her hand. what have you been doing? making a mess? don't pick up this story because you are doing a lot of work, trying to find out more about the dna? what the foundation wants to do is establish a cohort study, a fa ncy to do is establish a cohort study, a fancy name for what we are aiming to do is to collect the dna from children who are burnt in the uk, a simple mouth swab, very noninvasive and that will allow us to profile the genetics of children with burns and follow those children over the course of 10—20 years to see the outcome. every can find genetic clues as to what makes a good scar, we can to get treatments to be better. has not been any research? it isa better. has not been any research? it is a cinderella subject, there has not been a dose of work in this area, unfortunately despite the treatment, despite the amazing work nhs doctors do, elizabeth was a fantastic hands in birmingham, the using old methods. it has not had the revolution in science it needs. something tells me elizabeth is probably quite inspiring for other people who have been damaged, she is a fantastic character and getting on with life. that is our hope that other people will see her and see they can get out there and get on with life as well and elizabeth has been very lucky to meet other people who have been scarred any bad way so it helps her to see those people out there. no you talk about people's reactions and that can be difficult sometimes? that is a side that the restriction of movement and the physiotherapy and the other problems that go with scarring, it is the psychological and spiked —— impact. we can tell her 20 times a day how beautiful and funny and clever she is but it takes one nasty comment to ruin that. we have had lovely comments but on the flip side, we have had negative experiences as well. what is it like see yourself on the telly, elizabeth? it is funny, isn't it? you look great. lavender looks well as well. he said a yearand a lavender looks well as well. he said a year and a half operation free? she is due to have some in the new year, there is talk of removing one of her toes to put on a hand to make a thumb so she has more movement, you can't do anything without a thumb, you can't pick up a cup or write things so to have a thumb would be amazing. amazing, nothing embarrassing for a grown man to be holding a cuddly toy in front of millions of people on television. lavender suits you very well, thank you very much. have a great party. thank you. all morning we had to put out a warning because we are taking you into it christmas zone. there is a reason. we have been talking to robbie williams. how do you approach that when you are told he will be interviewing him? he isa him? he is a great character. i think eve ryo ne he is a great character. i think everyone feels they have been following his lives, he has been very open about his problems. now he has a christmas album. elizabeth is chatting away over here. now he has a christmas album out. you are going to see a christmas tree, log fire and presence. there will be music as well. he is co mforta ble. there will be music as well. he is comfortable. you will see. and begin. # santa baby... it's called the christmas present and disc one is the christmas past, you see, with 505 and 605 movies. and disc two is more up—to—date stuff. and i have been saying more up—to—date and then i realise that my up—to—date isn't very up—to—date. it's like it's up—to—date if you peaked in 1995. there you go. # are you hangin' up your stockings on the wall... so, now you've mentioned the album, you've done some duets. tell us a bit about the duets. because there are some wonderful people. i've duetted with sir rod stewart. come on, paint the picture. tell me about that. rod and penny came round for dinner at my house. is that normal? no. no, it's not, but it was incredible. i have bumped into rod loads over the years and he's normally in, like, football vibe, so you just like football boots, but when he comes around your house he has his dinnerjacket on and there is a reason why these people have decades worth of success, because he'sjust like a powerhouse charismatic dude. and you're like, i totally get this. i'm in the presence of greatness. then there is jamie cullum. my dad's on the album. tyson fury‘s on the album. one of the things that's unusual about interviewing you, robbie, if you have a reputation for being extremely candid. yes. some people we talk to, it's all about what they won't say. yes. and they are very smart people that keep themselves out of trouble and duck and dive and deflect. and i'm more like, "have this, i can't cope with it!" i'm more "i've got to get this out of my mind!" # do you remember the good old days when all the children were... the experiences you've been through, over the years, i think that means a lot to people that you've been so candid, i think, about some of the problems you have had. at the minute i'm 45, i have three beautiful, healthy children, a wife i absolutely adore, and a job that's just incredible. and i am enjoying myself. and if you'd have asked me the same thing at 25, i would have thought, a, you're mad, that any of that would happen, and, b, that's impossible. on the christmas album thing, when you think back, what was the christmas song for you? was there one you automatically think of? it's merry christmas, everybody's having fun, all i want for christmas is you, it's the little drummer boy, it's bing and david walliams. that's the video in my head. did you ask anyone to do a duet with you and they said no? did i ask anybody to do a duet with me and they said no? no, you see, i daren't. i daren't, really. i'm too sensitive for that. so i just ask friends that i know will do it. thank you. pleasure. a little fireside chat. did you find out how he spends christmas? by out how he spends christmas? by all accounts he says by his own admission, he does nothing around the house. no cooking, no cleaning, no prepping. he says his wife does everything in the run—up to christmas. he is one lucky person. robbie's album is called ‘the christmas present‘. that's all from us for this morning. breakfast is back tomorrow from six. have a good day. bye bye. this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at ten. jeremy corbyn says he would remain ‘neutral‘ in the event of another brexit referendum — which he promised a labour government would deliver. the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop gp home visits being a contractual obligation, as doctors say they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. as hong kong prepares to go to the polls, pro—democracy campaigners have their chance to vote. and at 10:30, the travel show visits an eco—friendly ski—slope in copenhagen — a city aiming to become 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