the facebook founder mark zuckerberg hits back at criticism from a former employee—turned whistleblower — saying the firm �*cares deeply�* about users' safety. the condition known as �*covid toe' — why do some people who catch covid, develop blisters on their toes and even fingers? and scientists have discovered a 200 million year old dinosaurfossil — in a filing cabinet in the natural history museum. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson has told the conservative party conference that he is committed to his levelling up agenda — saying tackling inequality around the country is about boosting potential, as well as fairness. in his first in—person conference speech since winning the 2019 general election, he also said the country is moving "towards a high—wage, high—skill, high productivity and low tax economy" — but he warned the transition would bring �*difficulties.’ and he defended the forthcoming rise in national insurance to fund health and social care, as the country recovers from the pandemic. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. dawn had barely contemplated cracking and the prime minister was huffing, puffing and smiling around the streets of manchester. inside the conference centre, the queue to watch his speech sna ked hither and thither. those at the front had got up early too. six o'clock. we all love boris. superfans, superfans. at 11.30, the conference's big moment. good morning, good money, everybody. it's been awhile since conservatives have gathered like this, and so the first remark was at former labour leader jeremy corbyn�*s expense. it's the first time since the general election of 2019, when we finally sent that corduroyed communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs. laughter next, a reflection on his time in intensive care with covid. when i was lying in st thomas' hospital last year, i looked blearily out of my window at a hole in the ground between the icu and another much older, victorian section, and amid the rubble of brick, they seemed to be digging a hole for something or indeed someone. possibly me! i went back on a visit the other day, and i saw that the hole had been filled in with three or four gleaming stories of a new paediatrics unit. and then he talked about social care to illustrate the central thrust of his argument. when i stood on the steps of downing street, i promised to fix this crisis, and after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. what he calls "levelling up" is needed he said, because... you will find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm, everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed — evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. and it is our mission as conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. we're announcing today a levelling up premium of up to £3000, to send the best maths and science teachers to the places that need them most. the government wouldn't rest, he added, until there are more prosecutions for rape. vaccines — "jabs, jabs, jabs" as he put it, now meantjobs, jobs jobs and there was this on labour's sir keir starmer. the human weather vane, the starmer chameleon, and in his final absurd act of opportunism he decided to oppose step four — he opposed step four of the roadmap in july, remember? that's right, folks. if we'd listened to captain hindsight today we'd still be in lockdown. we wouldn't have had the fastest growth in the g7. if columbus had listened to captain hindsight, he'd be famous for having discovered tenerife! laughter how utterly... this was an upbeat speech, full of the flourishes we've come to expect from boris johnson. the big question is whether it's in step or not with the national mood. chris mason, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in manchester. what sort of responses are you picking up on there in manchester? what kind of reaction to that performance from boris johnson? what kind of reaction to that performance from borisjohnson? you performance from boris johnson? you called it a performance from borisjohnson? 7m. called it a performance and i guess it was. 0ne mp said to me he is a great showman, someone with an optimistic message, quite a few jokes set to put people in good spirits and they left the conference. you have to go away from the conference floor to find out sometimes what people really think. a bit more worry and concern about what might be happening down the line, in the next six months, the cost of living, the national insurance increase but certainly borisjohnson set out an optimistic vision in one design to try to keep that big coalition of voters that gave him his thumping 80 seat majority together. a big emphasis on levelling up. in any speech they tried to leave you with a memorable phrase and of course it's education, education, education with tony blair, nhs by david cameron and skills, skills, skills for boris johnson. we arejoined by katie skills, skills, skills for boris johnson. we are joined by katie from the spectator who has been on the conference fringe and a member of the liberal democrat think tank. borisjohnson said it needed to be levelled up and it was a disgrace transport links were so bad. 0ne levelled up and it was a disgrace transport links were so bad. one of the most in balanced any rich country. who on earth has beenin any rich country. who on earth has been in powerfor the last 11 any rich country. who on earth has been in power for the last 11 years? it was classic boris johnson been in power for the last 11 years? it was classic borisjohnson in many ways— it was classic borisjohnson in many ways and _ it was classic borisjohnson in many ways and in— it was classic borisjohnson in many ways and in one—way particular was how he _ ways and in one—way particular was how he to _ ways and in one—way particular was how he to shake off and disown previous — how he to shake off and disown previous years of tory rule, which is what _ previous years of tory rule, which is what we — previous years of tory rule, which is what we saw at the 2019 election to stop _ is what we saw at the 2019 election to stop the — is what we saw at the 2019 election to stop the pitch was to say it's a new government, it's different to anything — new government, it's different to anything that came before. i think boris _ anything that came before. i think borisjohnson gave a anything that came before. i think boris johnson gave a feel good speech, — boris johnson gave a feel good speech, rallied his base. fairly light— speech, rallied his base. fairly light in— speech, rallied his base. fairly light in terms of policy, begun rhetoric — light in terms of policy, begun rhetoric. we have to remember this is the _ rhetoric. we have to remember this is the first— rhetoric. we have to remember this is the first time there has been an iii-person — is the first time there has been an in—person conference since that majority — in—person conference since that majority of _ in—person conference since that majority of 80 that boris johnson won majority of 80 that boris johnson woh grow — majority of 80 that boris johnson won grow. i think it was partly reminded _ won grow. i think it was partly reminded them why he is an election winher— reminded them why he is an election winner and _ reminded them why he is an election winner and to reminded them why he is an election winnerand to remind reminded them why he is an election winner and to remind them he is a conservative. there has been some worry— conservative. there has been some worry about — conservative. there has been some worry about a move to the left, taxes _ worry about a move to the left, taxes going up and there were some efforts— taxes going up and there were some efforts to _ taxes going up and there were some efforts to say i am doing this and you can _ efforts to say i am doing this and you can play on that. a efforts to say i am doing this and you can play on that.— efforts to say i am doing this and you can play on that. a mention of maruaret you can play on that. a mention of margaret thatcher _ you can play on that. a mention of margaret thatcher but _ you can play on that. a mention of margaret thatcher but we - you can play on that. a mention of margaret thatcher but we have - you can play on that. a mention of| margaret thatcher but we have the highest tax burden since 1949 and he had tojustify highest tax burden since 1949 and he had to justify that but it wasn't a bit that got the biggest cheer? it bit that got the biggest cheer? it is a tricky place for boris johnson to be _ is a tricky place for boris johnson to be we — is a tricky place for boris johnson to be. we are at a conference where he has _ to be. we are at a conference where he has asserted his power. the fact boris _ he has asserted his power. the fact borisjohnson gave a he has asserted his power. the fact boris johnson gave a speech he has asserted his power. the fact borisjohnson gave a speech in a bigger— borisjohnson gave a speech in a bigger room than any of his ministers, one he was not allowed in, ministers, one he was not allowed in. showing — ministers, one he was not allowed in, showing he is dominant in terms of his— in, showing he is dominant in terms of his position but that doesn't mean — of his position but that doesn't mean it's— of his position but that doesn't mean it's not disquiet. what is interesting about the speech, he dhint— interesting about the speech, he didn't touch too much on cost of living _ didn't touch too much on cost of living and — didn't touch too much on cost of living and some of the big problems we could _ living and some of the big problems we could see more and more of in the coming _ we could see more and more of in the coming months. ithink loads we could see more and more of in the coming months. i think loads of problems— coming months. i think loads of problems need new answers and this is more _ problems need new answers and this is more about playing the same lines with a _ is more about playing the same lines with a few— is more about playing the same lines with a few more colourful phrases. | with a few more colourful phrases. suppose with a few more colourful phrases. i suppose they would say in this budget and spending review you would get the proper decisions and that's why it's policy light. but some disquiet among some activists, not so much about this conference, they had done lighted to meet each other face—to—face at the moment but worried about what happened six months down the line? yes. worried about what happened six months down the line?— worried about what happened six months down the line? yes, and you can see it- — months down the line? yes, and you can see it. boris _ months down the line? yes, and you can see it. boris johnson _ months down the line? yes, and you can see it. boris johnson this - months down the line? yes, and you can see it. boris johnson this week l can see it. borisjohnson this week talking _ can see it. borisjohnson this week talking about labour shortages and how it _ talking about labour shortages and how it will drive up wages. fears about— how it will drive up wages. fears about inflation. lots of people in his cabihet— about inflation. lots of people in his cabinet are very worried about ihftatioh — his cabinet are very worried about inflation. the chancellor rishi suhak— inflation. the chancellor rishi suhak is— inflation. the chancellor rishi sunak is one of them. so can boris johnson _ sunak is one of them. so can boris johnson continued to defy the laws of political gravity? keep doing things— of political gravity? keep doing things as he wants or will events catch— things as he wants or will events catch up— things as he wants or will events catch up with him and we will see quite _ catch up with him and we will see quite a _ catch up with him and we will see quite a difficult for boris johnson in terms — quite a difficult for boris johnson in terms of how he approaches political— in terms of how he approaches political problems. i don't think the speech answered that even if it made _ the speech answered that even if it made those feel good.— the speech answered that even if it made those feel good. phoebe from bri . ht made those feel good. phoebe from bright blue. — made those feel good. phoebe from bright blue, one _ made those feel good. phoebe from bright blue, one colleague - made those feel good. phoebe from bright blue, one colleague in - made those feel good. phoebe from bright blue, one colleague in your . bright blue, one colleague in your think tank said this is not the right time to take away the universal credit uplift. that is disappearing this weekend he did not mention that in his speech at all. yes and we have been clear that is the wrong — yes and we have been clear that is the wrong move _ yes and we have been clear that is the wrong move. we _ yes and we have been clear that is the wrong move. we saw- yes and we have been clear that is the wrong move. we saw boris - yes and we have been clear that isi the wrong move. we saw boris talk emotivety— the wrong move. we saw boris talk emotivety and _ the wrong move. we saw boris talk emotively and passionately - the wrong move. we saw boris talk emotively and passionately about l emotively and passionately about regional— emotively and passionately about regional inequalities, _ emotively and passionately about regional inequalities, wanting - emotively and passionately about regional inequalities, wanting toi regional inequalities, wanting to level— regional inequalities, wanting to level up. — regional inequalities, wanting to level up. the _ regional inequalities, wanting to level up, the cost— regional inequalities, wanting to level up, the cost of— regional inequalities, wanting to level up, the cost of human - level up, the cost of human potentiat _ level up, the cost of human potential. that _ level up, the cost of human potential. that is— level up, the cost of human potential. that is great - level up, the cost of human potential. that is great butl level up, the cost of human. potential. that is great but it doesn't — potential. that is great but it doesn't chime _ potential. that is great but it doesn't chime with _ potential. that is great but it doesn't chime with the - potential. that is great but it. doesn't chime with the decision potential. that is great but it - doesn't chime with the decision to stop the _ doesn't chime with the decision to stop the uplift _ doesn't chime with the decision to stop the uplift. find _ doesn't chime with the decision to step the uplift-— doesn't chime with the decision to stop the uplift. and the tone of the seech, stop the uplift. and the tone of the speech. did — stop the uplift. and the tone of the speech, did well _ stop the uplift. and the tone of the speech, did well in _ stop the uplift. and the tone of the speech, did well in the _ stop the uplift. and the tone of the speech, did well in the specially . speech, did well in the specially built auditorium but some people saying it doesn't quite resonate with how people feel outside the conference bubble?— with how people feel outside the conference bubble? definitely, boris wanted to use _ conference bubble? definitely, boris wanted to use it... _ conference bubble? definitely, boris wanted to use it... he's _ conference bubble? definitely, boris wanted to use it... he's been - conference bubble? definitely, boris wanted to use it... he's been the - wanted to use it... he's been the levelling — wanted to use it... he's been the levelling up — wanted to use it... he's been the levelling up pm _ wanted to use it... he's been the levelling up pm and _ wanted to use it... he's been the levelling up pm and he _ wanted to use it... he's been the levelling up pm and he wants - wanted to use it... he's been the levelling up pm and he wants the speech— levelling up pm and he wants the speech to — levelling up pm and he wants the speech to be _ levelling up pm and he wants the speech to be cheerful— levelling up pm and he wants the speech to be cheerful and - levelling up pm and he wants the i speech to be cheerful and optimistic but as— speech to be cheerful and optimistic but as you _ speech to be cheerful and optimistic but as you say— speech to be cheerful and optimistic but as you say outside _ speech to be cheerful and optimistic but as you say outside the _ but as you say outside the conference _ but as you say outside the conference centre - but as you say outside the conference centre there i but as you say outside the i conference centre there are but as you say outside the - conference centre there are food shortages, — conference centre there are food shortages, labour— conference centre there are food shortages, labour shortages, - conference centre there are food | shortages, labour shortages, fuel shortages — shortages, labour shortages, fuel shorta . es. , shortages, labour shortages, fuel shortaaes. , , shortages. these carry huge olitical shortages. these carry huge political cost. _ shortages. these carry huge political cost. and _ shortages. these carry huge political cost. and has - shortages. these carry huge political cost. and has to - shortages. these carry huge political cost. and has to be| shortages. these carry huge - political cost. and has to be able to address that as well let's touch on some of the things katie mentioned as well. i put to the chancellor last night at a fringe meeting, whether there are fears also about inflation because if wages go up but not as a result of higher productivity or new skills, thatis higher productivity or new skills, that is a big risk, isn't it? it is and it will— that is a big risk, isn't it? it is and it will be _ that is a big risk, isn't it? it is and it will be interesting to see how boris— and it will be interesting to see how boris handles _ and it will be interesting to see how boris handles it. _ and it will be interesting to see how boris handles it. details i and it will be interesting to see - how boris handles it. details light, ihfamousty— how boris handles it. details light, ihfamousty a — how boris handles it. details light, infamously a details _ how boris handles it. details light, infamously a details light - infamously a details light potiticiah _ infamously a details light politician and _ infamously a details light politician and we - infamously a details light politician and we saw - infamously a details light| politician and we saw that infamously a details light i politician and we saw that in infamously a details light - politician and we saw that in the speech— politician and we saw that in the speech as — politician and we saw that in the speech as well. _ politician and we saw that in the speech as well. very _ politician and we saw that in the speech as well. very light - politician and we saw that in the speech as well. very light on . speech as well. very light on policy — speech as well. very light on policy. the _ speech as well. very light on policy. the only— speech as well. very light on policy. the only policy - speech as well. very light on - policy. the only policy announcement we saw _ policy. the only policy announcement we saw is _ policy. the only policy announcement we saw is the — policy. the only policy announcement we saw is the levelling _ policy. the only policy announcement we saw is the levelling up _ policy. the only policy announcement we saw is the levelling up premium . we saw is the levelling up premium for teachers — we saw is the levelling up premium for teachers rh— we saw is the levelling up premium for teachers— for teachers. a one-off payment of £3000. it for teachers. a one-off payment of £3000- it was _ for teachers. a one-off payment of £3000. it was announced - for teachers. a one-off payment of £3000. it was announced before, l for teachers. a one-off payment of| £3000. it was announced before, is nothin: £3000. it was announced before, is nothing new — £3000. it was announced before, is nothing new to _ £3000. it was announced before, is nothing new to announce? - £3000. it was announced before, is nothing new to announce? fairly - nothing new to announce? fairly disappointing _ nothing new to announce? fairly disappointing trite _ nothing new to announce? fairly disappointing-— nothing new to announce? fairly disappointing. we will finish there but i will disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask— disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask both _ disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask both of _ disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask both of you, - disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask both of you, he - disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask both of you, he is i disappointing. we will finish there but i will ask both of you, he is a l but i will ask both of you, he is a great showman so there are some very memorable turns of phrase, what is your favourite borisjohnson memorable turns of phrase, what is yourfavourite borisjohnson phrase this week? your favourite boris johnson phrase this week? �* ,., . ~ your favourite boris johnson phrase this week? �* . ,, , , this week? build back either because i like the this week? build back either because i like the image _ this week? build back either because i like the image of— this week? build back either because i like the image of them _ this week? build back either because i like the image of them all— i like the image of them all gathering _ i like the image of them all gathering around _ i like the image of them all gathering around britain's. i like the image of them all- gathering around britain's rivers. katie? _ gathering around britain's rivers. katie? l— gathering around britain's rivers. katie? ~ ., gathering around britain's rivers. katie? ,, ., , ., ., katie? i think that is one of the most striking. _ katie? i think that is one of the most striking. and _ katie? i think that is one of the most striking. and the - katie? i think that is one of the most striking. and the attacks | katie? i think that is one of the l most striking. and the attacks on keir starmer, saying he was a bus conductor. — keir starmer, saying he was a bus conductor, didn't know what he was doing _ conductor, didn't know what he was doing and _ conductor, didn't know what he was doing and comparing him to a pirate. it doing and comparing him to a pirate. it ups— doing and comparing him to a pirate. it ups the _ doing and comparing him to a pirate. it ups the ante after keir starmer suggested borisjohnson it ups the ante after keir starmer suggested boris johnson was a trivial— suggested boris johnson was a trivial man last week.- trivial man last week. yes, he talked about _ trivial man last week. yes, he talked about the _ trivial man last week. yes, he talked about the powder - trivial man last week. yes, he i talked about the powder london. trivial man last week. yes, he - talked about the powder london. you could see borisjohnson moving towards — could see borisjohnson moving towards cultural war issues in a way in the _ towards cultural war issues in a way in the past — towards cultural war issues in a way in the past he has been cautious of. ithink— in the past he has been cautious of. i think that — in the past he has been cautious of. i think that is — in the past he has been cautious of. i think that is something to watch for, particularworking i think that is something to watch for, particular working from home, the government getting much bolder about— the government getting much bolder about taking a stance against it now _ about taking a stance against it now a — about taking a stance against it now. a more confident borisjohnson means— now. a more confident borisjohnson means we _ now. a more confident borisjohnson means we will get some forays into these _ means we will get some forays into these areas. means we will get some forays into these areas-— these areas. thank you both very much. these areas. thank you both very much- its — these areas. thank you both very much- as i _ these areas. thank you both very much- as i say. _ these areas. thank you both very much. as i say, the _ these areas. thank you both very much. as i say, the speech - these areas. thank you both very much. as i say, the speech went| these areas. thank you both very - much. as i say, the speech went down well here but the true test will be what happens out there with the wider electorate. absolutely, thank you very much. ian watson at the conference in manchester. before that speech, a little earlier this morning, there was considerable criticism of the government. it came from the head of next, who is a conservative supporter and backed brexit. 0ur supporter and backed brexit. our business editor simonjack has been explaining more about this. lord wolfson, brexit supporter, came out... throughout the week has been saying that the government is on the wrong track with its approach to immigration. the prime minister said we can't go back to the same old broken model of uncontrolled immigration. he said, listen, it's a fact of life that businesses will need this. he said earlier in the week these labour shortages are real, they're damaging, they will push up prices and thatjust putting everyone's wages up on its own without making people better at doing things or investing in new kit and skills will only give you inflation. the prime minister earlier in the week saying i'm not that bothered about inflation, i expect supply to come to meet demand. but it only does that when prices go up, where those two things meet. we didn't hear anything from rishi sunak this week on saying public sector workers were going to get much higher wages so you're going to have millions of people for whom prices are rising faster than their wages. that means their living standards are getting worse just a bit every day, and politically that's a pretty horrible place to be in. so a lot of people saying he's being quite potentially complacent about the fact that he's not that bothered about inflation. businesses saying we are being criticised we didn't invest, there was a lot of uncertainty during the brexit period, we've had to fight off a pandemic, what we need now is a little bit of help rather than having fingers wagged in our face. simonjack, our simon jack, our business simonjack, our business editor. almost six million people in the uk will see their income fall today, as the £20 per week increase to universal credit is withdrawn. the benefit uplift was brought in last year to support those on low incomes during the pandemic. borisjohnson has defended the cut, saying that �*high wage, high skilled' jobs are better than putting more money into benefits. but opposition parties and charities have warned that hundreds of thousands of people will be plunged into poverty. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. nicola flower used to work three jobs — as a seamstress, cleaner and shop assistant — until she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. the side effects of different treatments have weakened her body. the cut to universal credit is consuming her mind. i might have to wear more clothes, not have the heating on so much. i'm really worried about the joints situation, because when it's colder you can feel it. i've noticed it the past couple of days, the difference. i'm going to need the heating on to keep myjoints warm. cornwall has some of the poorest—insulated homes in england, so the recent rise in energy prices will hit hard. a largely low—wage seasonaljobs market adds to the difficulties tens of thousands of people will face coping with the £20—a—week cut. unfortunately, i lost myjob because i was cycling and hit by a car, fractured my leg. so i was on crutches. harriet duffy used to work for a charity as a fundraiser. her accident changed everything. she's now living in temporary accommodation with her four—month—old son, noah. i have no access to laundry facilities and things like this so at the moment i am using launderettes and living basically off microwave meals and things like that. so obviously that comes at an expense. and losing that extra sort of bit of income will be devastating. completely aware that this hasn't always been part of universal credit, and it was only supposed to be temporary during covid, but a lot of people have become reliant on it during this time. it's notjust the people on universal credit who are going to feel the impact of the cut. the money they get, they typically spend in their own local economy — in shops, in cafes, on their own high streets — all of these places are going to feel the impact of the £20 being cut. at the food bank in camborne, volunteers expect an increase in demand. historically, cuts to benefits levels have often led to more requests for help. i think the problem is, when you're on a very low income, if you get another £20 a week, it's really helpful. but you're never in a situation where you don't need that extra money. the uplift costs about £6 billion a year, and the government say that, with the economy reopening, manyjobs are available, so it's right to remove the temporary uplift. we ultimately want to avoid the benefits and the welfare trap, and encourage people to be able to get back into work. and of course the uc system was designed to help incentivise people into work. so the temporary uplift we saw during the pandemic was always going to come to an end. they've also made £500 million available to help the most vulnerable, and they want employers to pay higher wages — as some have — to ease the impact of the cut. michael buchanan, bbc news, cornwall. tesco says its sales and profits grew by more than expected in the six months to august — because its supply chains held up against issues facing retailers. its half year profits more than doubled to £1.11; billion. the supermarket is forecasting full year profits of at least £2.5 billion. covid passports will be introduced in wales after the government won a tight vote in the senedd — the welsh parliament. they will come in on 11th october and will require all over 18s to show evidence of being fully vaccinated — or a recent negative covid test — in order to get into nightclubs, concerts and conventions. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister has been warning there will be difficulties as the uk transitions to what he is calling a high wage, high skill economy. he has told the conservative party conference is part of his plan to level up the country. the £20 a week increase to universal credit which is claimed by nearly 6 million people comes to an end today. and the head of facebook mark zuckerberg has rejected claims from a whistle—blower that the company puts profits before the interests of its users. a man has died and another has suffered serious injuries after a series of stabbings in a village in gloucestershire. a woman is also being treated in hospital after the attack yesterday afternoon in walton cardiff, near tewkesbury. a man in his 50s has been arrested. let's hear a bit more about one of those headline stories. the boss of facebook has rejected claims from a whistleblower that the company puts profits before the interests of its users. the compa ny�*s sites the company's sites and apps have harmed children and field division according to some. mark zuckerberg says that is illogical. in a blog he said the testimonyjust does not reflect the company we know... 0ur north america technology reporterjames clayton has been explaining more. eleanor and freya are both 1a and, like many teenagers, they're both on instagram. as a teenager you're looking at these people, like, all these models, and, you know, influencers — they are all very, very skinny and they have, like, a perfect body. and when you're looking at that and then kind of comparing yourself to it, it's, like, very... i think it could be really damaging. when you're, like, feeling at your worst, and then you go on instagram and see things that are, like, targeted at you because you've looked at these kind of things before... you see them, like — yeah, models, influencers, celebrities, things like that and you're just like, "oh, well, i'll never be like that." eleanor and freya's concerns are in fact shared by one rather important company — facebook, which owns instagram. in fact, leaked internal research found that teens who struggle with mental health say that instagram makes it worse. the woman who leaked that internal report is called frances haugen — yesterday giving evidence in washington. the documents i have provided to congress prove that facebook has repeatedly misled the public about what its own research reveals about the safety of children. she also said that facebook�*s motives were driven by money, rather than the mental health of its users. i saw facebook repeatedly encounter conflicts between its own profits and our safety. facebook consistently resolved these conflicts in favour of its own profits. here in silicon valley, facebook has pushed back, saying that some of the research presented is misleading, and despite the fact that instagram concluded that it could be damaging for children's mental health, it also says that it can have a positive impact. reacting to haugen's evidence was facebook�*s vice president of content policy, monica bickert. again, any time a single teen is having a bad experience, that's too much. one thing that shows that we are prioritising safety above profit is the very fact that we're asking these hard questions. facebook has said it's postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but it's likely that the social network will face even more scrutiny and greater regulation in the us and further abroad. republicans and democrats don't agree on much, but taking action on facebook is one thing that has broad support. james clayton, bbc news. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones says mr zuckerberg had stayed silent on this criticism, until now. it's important to remember how much power he has over the company. he is virtually an suckable. but in this long note to his staff he basically rejects this whole idea that facebook is more focused on profits down on the well—being of its users. he says it is illogical, we make money from ads and advertisers consistently tell us they don't want their ads next to harmful or angry content. so he says why would we do that? he also defends the fact they have done all this research. he says if we can keep being attacked for doing research into the impact of our products, why would we go on doing that? his critics would say, you have done all this research and kept it secret, you should be publishing it. finally, you kind of pushes back and says, well, it's up to regulators to do something more generally about social media. he is inviting the regulators in. they might not like what he gets, there is continuing pressure to talk about a break—up of facebook, that may not happen but it seems politicians are united across the aisle in the united states and around the rest of the world in wanting to do more to regulate facebook. let's talk a bit now about covid. scientists believe they can explain why some people who catch covid develop chilblain—like lesions on their toes and even fingers. �*covid toe' appears to be a side effect of the body switching into attack mode to fight off the virus. they hope the finding will help patients and doctors better understand the condition. i will be talking to one specialist about this shortly. but first, let's hear more about it from a correspondent catherine burns. maria loved dancing, but she developed covid toe. now the 13—year—old struggles to stand up for long, and needs a wheelchair if she is going far. she spoke to the bbc in the summer. my feet swell up and i get blisters all over them. the doctors never really said how long they think it's going to last for. so i'm not really sure and i am quite scared, to be honest, because i don't know if i'll be able to do the things that i like to do. painful blisters, red or purple skin, raised bumps and swelling, covid toe can happen at any age, but is more common in children and teenagers. it tends to last for weeks, often in people who do not have any other covid symptoms. researchers in paris did blood and skin tests on 50 patients with suspected covid toe, and now they think they know why some people get this. the theory is it's a side—effect of the body going into attack mode to fight the virus, but mistakenly targeting other cells as well. children and young adults are able to produce a chemical called interferon, and it is this being released in large quantities which has the effect of dampening the viral infection, and one of the side—effects of this massive release of it into the system is that within a few days the sufferer then ends up with chilblains. chilblains are small, itchy swellings on the skin, often toes and heels. they're usually linked to cold weather, and often go away on their own. you can do a few things that can help them along. wearing woollen and cotton socks, keeping the feet warm. in some cases, you can use blood pressure tablets to improve the circulation. covid toe seems to be less common now than in the first wave, and it's thought people are less likely to get it if they have been vaccinated. catherine burns, bbc news. you might have been a bit squeamish during some of that. let's speak now to dr veronique bataille, a consultant dermatologist and spokeswoman for the british skin foundation. good afternoon. we heard a little bit about why particularly young people perhaps get this. does this now count as an official symptom of covid? , , ,, ., covid? during the first lockdown, we re orted to covid? during the first lockdown, we reported to the _ covid? during the first lockdown, we reported to the government - covid? during the first lockdown, we reported to the government that - covid? during the first lockdown, we reported to the government that we | reported to the government that we were concerned that covid could manifest itself with skin manifestation only and covid fingers or toe with a common manifestation to stop however for the government at the time it was difficult because they were worried if we included rashes because covid does not only give you toes and fingers but all sorts of rash, they were worried we would flood gps and people with any type of rash would request a pcr test. we did request it to be added on the nhs less but at the time it was thought it was probably not possible. but was thought it was probably not ossible. �* , , ., , ., possible. but there seems to be no doubt but i — possible. but there seems to be no doubt but i guess _ possible. but there seems to be no doubt but i guess for _ possible. but there seems to be no doubt but i guess for an _ possible. but there seems to be no doubt but i guess for an individual. doubt but i guess for an individual looking at it perhaps seeing that they have something like that for they have something like that for the first time, good it also be mistaken for other conditions? could it look like eczema, for example? no, this is quite interesting about this condition. it has such specific clinical appearance and symptoms that for as dermatologists, we diagnose it instantly. apart from the chilblains which was mentioned earlier, there is nothing comparable. a in people who have no vascular problem and occurs in cold weather and in the first phase it was extremely nice weather and it occurred when it was very warm. so we know it is very different from the traditional chilblains and there is nothing else in dermatology which resembles this.— resembles this. goodness, so clinical it's — resembles this. goodness, so clinical it's fascinating. - resembles this. goodness, so clinical it's fascinating. but. resembles this. goodness, so | clinical it's fascinating. but not at all nice for the people who have it. if you are in so much pain that you need to use a wheelchair for a period of time, that could be life limiting, could stop you going to work. is there any way of treating this or are they developing ways of treating this? i this or are they developing ways of treating this?— treating this? i think for most --eole, treating this? i think for most people. it _ treating this? i think for most people. it is _ treating this? i think for most people, it is something - treating this? i think for most people, it is something you . treating this? i think for most i people, it is something you can treating this? i think for most - people, it is something you can live with. it can be severe. it has been, as you mentioned, there have been some cases which are quite difficult but most are in young people, fit and well, often the parents ask for advice and they are worried about the clinical sign. there might be a little sore in their shoes or if people are typing, they report they find it difficult to hit the keyboard. but most of the time, people can manage to function. we can help with some creams, with some tablets, as mentioned before, to help in the more severe cases, for sure. , , ., ., ~ ., sure. very interesting to talk to ou, sure. very interesting to talk to you. thank— sure. very interesting to talk to you. thank you _ sure. very interesting to talk to you, thank you so _ sure. very interesting to talk to you, thank you so much - sure. very interesting to talk to you, thank you so much for - sure. very interesting to talk to | you, thank you so much for your time, appreciate that. dr veronique bataille, thank you. much more coming up in the next half an hour but let's take a look at the weather prospects. hello. through the rest of today, most of us keep the rest of today, most of us keep the lengthy spells of sunshine, for most of england, wales and scotland as well. the northern ireland, though, cloud is thickening and we are seeing outbreaks of rain turning increasingly heavy and persistent here. temperatures barely close to average for the time of year, but warm in the sunshine in the south. 0vernight tonight, we will see some very mild air push in of the atlantic thus that we have rain for scotland and northern ireland and it will stay quite damp around the western coast and hills of england and wales, with drizzle and some mist and fog patches around as well. but it will be very mild. for most, temperatures between 12—15. tomorrow, probably quite a murky start across the west in the rain continues to come down across scotland and northern ireland through much of the day. east wales, central eastern england at that time the scotland c some breaks in the cloud. very high temperatures for the time of year, into low 20s. hello. you are watching bbc news. i am jane hello. you are watching bbc news. i amjane hill. the hello. you are watching bbc news. i am jane hill. the latest headlines. the prime minister has one there will be difficulties, as the uk transitions towards what he is calling a high wage, high skill economy. he told the conservative party conference it is part of his plan to level up the country. a £20 a week increase to universal credit, which is claimed by nearly 6 million people, which was brought in during the pandemic, comes to an end today. the boss of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has rejected claims from a whistle—blower that the company puts profits before the interests of its users. from next week, anyone who wants to get into a nightclub or large gathering in wales will need a covid pass to show they've been fully vaccinated, or have recently tested negative. let's catch up with all the latest sports news. right now, john watson has that. england's ashes tour of australia has moved a step closer after positive talks with players. a final decision will be made on friday, following discussions between players' representatives, the ecb, cricket australia and the australian government. the tour has been in some doubt due to concerns over whether families can travel, quarantine arrangements and any potential �*bubble' players may have to live in. australia's t20 captain aaron finch sympathises with the position of the england players. they have been dragged from pillar to post with their schedule over the last couple of months. and they have played a lot of test cricket. so yes, i can understand where they have come from. having families around, especially in a pandemic, the guys are on the road for a lot younger than what causes to go when younger than what causes to go when you are adding on quarantine at the start and potentially at the end, depending where you are coming and going from, so yes, i sympathise fully with them. us open champion emma raducanu has been speaking ahead of her first tournament since winning the grand slam title. she's playing the prestigious indian wells tournament the biggest women's event outside the four majors. it starts in the united states later but as 17th seed raducanu gets a bye into the second round. former british men's number one jeremy bates will be helping her this week, with raducanu still looking for a permanent coach with tour experience, after splitting from andrew richardson, who helped her to us open glory. lam i am ready for the next challenge. i had such— i am ready for the next challenge. i had such a — i am ready for the next challenge. i had such a great time in new york and an— had such a great time in new york and an amazing experience. it's starting — and an amazing experience. it's starting to— and an amazing experience. it's starting to sink in gradually but i still will— starting to sink in gradually but i still will need time for it to fully sink in — still will need time for it to fully sink in it — still will need time for it to fully sink in. it is a great place and i can't _ sink in. it is a great place and i can't wait — sink in. it is a great place and i can't wait to _ sink in. it is a great place and i can't wait to get started. i love being _ can't wait to get started. i love being on— can't wait to get started. i love being on tour, i have always wanted to play— being on tour, i have always wanted to play the — being on tour, i have always wanted to play the best in the world, week in, to play the best in the world, week in. week— to play the best in the world, week in, week out, and so i'm here doing thatand— in, week out, and so i'm here doing thatand i_ in, week out, and so i'm here doing that and ijust — in, week out, and so i'm here doing that and ijust feel grateful to play such amazing places like here. it is completely different to the lower _ it is completely different to the lower level tournaments i have played — lower level tournaments i have played before, so yes, everything is 'ust played before, so yes, everything is just such _ played before, so yes, everything is just such a — played before, so yes, everything is just such a new experience, and great _ chelsea will be hoping for a better result than arsenal, who lost 4—1 to barcelona last night, when they get their women's champions league campaign under way later against german side wolfsburg. the blues reached the final of last season's competition before also losing heavily to barcelona in gothenburg, but chelsea boss emma hayes thinks her side are better for the experience and are ready to go again. it is the same for any loss you have ever had _ it is the same for any loss you have ever had you — it is the same for any loss you have ever had. you take _ it is the same for any loss you have ever had. you take from _ it is the same for any loss you have ever had. you take from it - it is the same for any loss you have ever had. you take from it what - it is the same for any loss you have| ever had. you take from it what you need, _ ever had. you take from it what you need. and _ ever had. you take from it what you need. and then— ever had. you take from it what you need, and then you _ ever had. you take from it what you need, and then you discard - ever had. you take from it what you need, and then you discard the - ever had. you take from it what youl need, and then you discard the rest. you don't _ need, and then you discard the rest. you don't get — need, and then you discard the rest. you don't get preoccupied _ need, and then you discard the rest. you don't get preoccupied on - need, and then you discard the rest. you don't get preoccupied on the - you don't get preoccupied on the losses— you don't get preoccupied on the losses for— you don't get preoccupied on the losses for too _ you don't get preoccupied on the losses for too long. _ you don't get preoccupied on the losses for too long. i— you don't get preoccupied on the losses for too long. i think - you don't get preoccupied on the losses for too long. i think the i losses for too long. i think the players. — losses for too long. i think the players. i_ losses for too long. i think the players, i think— losses for too long. i think the players, i think you _ losses for too long. i think the players, i think you have - losses for too long. i think the players, i think you have to i losses for too long. i think the i players, i think you have to ask them _ players, i think you have to ask them what _ players, i think you have to ask them what they— players, i think you have to ask them what they have _ players, i think you have to ask them what they have learnt - players, i think you have to ask. them what they have learnt from players, i think you have to ask- them what they have learnt from it. from _ them what they have learnt from it. from my— them what they have learnt from it. from my perspective, _ them what they have learnt from it. from my perspective, i— them what they have learnt from it. from my perspective, i think- them what they have learnt from it. from my perspective, i think we - them what they have learnt from it. i from my perspective, i think we have gained _ from my perspective, i think we have gained another— from my perspective, i think we have gained another year's— from my perspective, i think we have gained another year's experience. - british world heavyweight champion tyson fury is a better boxer than deontay wilder but that doesn't mean he will win their third bout. that's according to former champion lennox lewis. fury has arrvied in las vegas to defend his wbc title against the american wilder on saturday night. it's their third fight after a draw in 2018, before fury won the rematch last year. tyson fury is the better boxer, because he can box orthodox, he can box southpaw. you can also move well around the ring for a big guy. and he boxes well. i believe tyson fury will win if the fight goes the distance. the fight doesn't go the distance, deontay wilder will win. a big night ahead for both boxes come saturday. that is all for me. back to you. thanks, john. an employment tribunal has found that the culture in an armed response unit within police scotland was horrific and "an absolute boys' club". former firearms officer rhona malone brought the case against the force after an inspector sent an email saying two female firearms officers should not be deployed together, when there were sufficient male staff on duty. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been talking to ms malone. in an interview with the bbc this morning, a former firearms officer said she loved herjob in the police, she had wanted to leave it in that bringing the tribunal, she was looking for acknowledgement and accountability for what had happened to her, that as a police officer she had stayed up the people's writes and upheld the law and she wanted the same in return for stubbly macro i want them to acknowledge what they have done. i still haven't had contact, nobody has been in touch. thejudge has put a judgment contact, nobody has been in touch. the judge has put a judgment out, and i_ the judge has put a judgment out, and i am _ the judge has put a judgment out, and i am eternally grateful that i have _ and i am eternally grateful that i have been heard, that my case has been _ have been heard, that my case has been heard — have been heard, that my case has been heard and listened to, and my le-al been heard and listened to, and my legal team — been heard and listened to, and my legal team did a phenomenaljob. i think— legal team did a phenomenaljob. i think why— legal team did a phenomenaljob. i think why don't theyjust admit, you know, _ think why don't theyjust admit, you know. say, — think why don't theyjust admit, you know, say, yes, we did wrong and we are going _ know, say, yes, we did wrong and we are going to— know, say, yes, we did wrong and we are going to try and do something about— are going to try and do something about it? — are going to try and do something about it? i— are going to try and do something about it? i would like them to do something — about it? i would like them to do something about it, you know? nobody should _ something about it, you know? nobody should go— something about it, you know? nobody should go through what i went through — should go through what i went throu~h. , ., should go through what i went throu~h. , . ., ~ ,, through. the tribunal said that miss malone was — through. the tribunal said that miss malone was an _ through. the tribunal said that miss malone was an entirely _ through. the tribunal said that miss malone was an entirely credible - through. the tribunal said that miss malone was an entirely credible and reliable witness who found evidence of a sexist culture in the armed response unit of which she was part. at one point, the chief firearms officer there said that women should not become firearms officers because they menstruate it, and this would affect their temperament. there was affect their temperament. there was a whatsapp group within the team in which one senior officer posted images of topless women. that senior officer also at another point sent an e—mail saying he didn't want to see female officers deployed together when there were sufficient women on duty. police scotland has previously denied it has a culture of sexism. they have yet to respond to the tribunal findings, but miss malone says she feels vindicated and is delighted at the ruling. a court's heard that a group including at least four teenagers launched a "short and brutal" attack, during which 15—year—old keon lincoln was killed outside his home in birmingham injanuary. the prosecution say a fatal shot was fired by a 11l—year—old, who's one of five defendants who deny murder. phil mackie is at birmingham crown court and told us what was heard in court today. just before the break for lunch, the jury just before the break for lunch, the jury was shown cctv footage which is quite graphically what happened. the attack lasted a0 seconds. a group of young men got out of a stolen car and chased key on the link and it was just outside his and chased key on the link and it wasjust outside his home in handsworth and birmingham before launching a horrible attack. they stabbed him repeatedly and one of them shot him fatally while he was lying on the floor. there was a commotion. people ran into the street including young's mother charmaine who shout if he is just 15. a nurse who was a neighbour try to save him, as did the police and paramedics who arrived soon after. but sadly he died in hospital. now the prosecution has opened its case and says it does know what the motive was, but says that using cctv, forensics and dna evidence they can identify a number of the people who are those who are on trial today. the 1a—year—old who they claim is a gunman, a 16—year—old and 318—year—olds, who all say they had nothing to do with the attack. the case is due to last around six weeks. the governor of california has once again called for an end to offshore drilling, following last week's massive oil spill off the southern coast of the state. gavin newsom said the spill underlined the need to end america's dependence on fossil fuels. from southern california david willis reports. it is known as cev city, a 13 mile stretch of coastline that has come to define the california dream dash—macro cev city. now the sands have been disfigured by large black paddles of oil after a ruptured offshore pipeline sent thousands of gallons of crude spilling into the sea. normally a mecca for sun—worshippers, the huntington beach shoreline is now close to tall tourists and is likely to stay that way until cleaning crews have finished removing thick globs of oil from the sand and rescuing imperilled birds and wildlife. that imperilled birds and wildlife. git this time we have recovered eight live birds that appear to be oiled, including three western grebes, one brown pelican that succumbed to chronic injuries.— chronic in'uries. questions are bein: chronic injuries. questions are being asked — chronic injuries. questions are being asked about _ chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why - chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why it - chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why it took| chronic injuries. questions are . being asked about why it took the texas—based company amplify energy which owns the pipeline 12 hours to report the spillage, following complaints from local residents of a foul smell in the area. amplify says the pipeline could have been severed by the anchor of a passing ship. logjams resulting from the covid pandemic have led to an unusually high number of container vessels stationed offshore, as they wait to berth at local ports. california's governor has declared a state of emergency in the area and after meeting local emergency workers, he reiterated a call for an end to offshore drilling.— reiterated a call for an end to offshore drilling. this is part of our ast offshore drilling. this is part of our past and — offshore drilling. this is part of our past and we _ offshore drilling. this is part of our past and we can _ offshore drilling. this is part of our past and we can moralise l offshore drilling. this is part of. our past and we can moralise and talk about— our past and we can moralise and talk about the good old days, we can talk about the good old days, we can talk about _ talk about the good old days, we can talk about how important these rigs have been— talk about how important these rigs have been to the prosperity of this country— have been to the prosperity of this country and the middle class but at the end _ country and the middle class but at the end of— country and the middle class but at the end of the day, this is about the end of the day, this is about the stale — the end of the day, this is about the stale air of normalcy versus the fresh _ the stale air of normalcy versus the fresh air— the stale air of normalcy versus the fresh air of— the stale air of normalcy versus the fresh air of progress.— fresh air of progress. officials are usin: fresh air of progress. officials are using containment _ fresh air of progress. officials are using containment booms, - fresh air of progress. officials are l using containment booms, floating barriers that help contain the spread of oil in a bid to prevent more of it from washing up on the beach but the spill has already brought boating and fishing in the area to a halt and closed one of the country's most popular stretches of coastline to visitors. david willis, bbc news, southern california. one of the victims of the manchester arena bombing may have survived if he'd been given medical treatment more quickly, the public inquiry into the attack has heard. john atkinson, who was 28, asked repeatedly if he was going to die as he lay injured in the foyer where the bomb exploded. he was helped by members of the public and police officers, but wasn't assessed by any paramedics for nearly 50 minutes. 0ur north of england correspondentjudith moritz has been at the hearing. we heard there is cctv footage which shows that within five seconds of the bombing as the smoke was clearing more on his hands and knees and a member of the public, ronald blake, rushed to his side. he phoned 999 on on their advice he used his belt as a tourniquet to stopjohn atkinson from bleeding. that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughter was and he had no first aid training. we discovered there was nobody from the ambulance service who helped at any time that john atkinson was in the foyer and it was about an hour before ronald blake left him, thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which is now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. the scottish government has lost a supreme court challenge over two bills passed in the holyrood parliament. the court ruled parts of the bills were beyond the scottish parliaments powers. today's ruling will be seen as an indication that the supreme court could rule that holyrood does not have the power to authorise another referendum on its own. taiwan has warned that relations with china, who claims the islands, are at there worst for a0 years. scores of chinese aircraft have crossed into taiwanese airspace in recent days. the defence minister told parliament that beijing would be capable of mounting a full invasion by 2025. the time is coming up to a quarter to three. these are these afternoon's headlines. the prime minister has warned there will be difficulties, as the uk transitions towards what he calls a high wage, high skilled economy. he told the conservative party conference it is part of his plan to level up the country. the £20 a week increase to universal credit, claimed by nearly 6 million people, comes to an end today. and the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg has rejected claims from a whistle—blower that the company puts profits before the interests of users. the riba stirling prize, for britain's best new building, will be announced next week in a live programme here on the bbc news channel. the shortlist includes an eco friendly mosque in cambridge, a boat museum in the lake district and a univeristy building in south west london. over the coming few days we'll be looking at each of the six buildings on the shortlist. today is the turn of 15 clerkenwell close, a mixed use office and residential building in central london. 0n construction, its limestone facade proved controversial with the local council initially calling for the building's demolition a decision later overturned on appeal. people might look at this building and think it is completely modern and think it is completely modern and contemporary, i have never seen anything like it, but actually the building methodology is as old as the megalithic architects and builders. i am chairman of group work, a firm of architects. we are in 15 clerkenwell close. it is a mixed use building that has office space and residential. this building is in many ways differentiated from others by the stone exoskeleton. the whole building is held up by stone alone. at the same time it will be the externalfinish. alone. at the same time it will be the external finish. what is it going to look like, what is the actual appearance of it? as we were visiting the quarries to decide what tone of limescale we might choose, the quarry master had erected a column for us as a sample of what this might look like. next to that was what is called the master block thatis was what is called the master block that is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite cells, dash—macro shells, all over the surface. that is the expression not only of the material itself but also the process, the skill of the quarry master and the stonemason expressed in the material and therefore the architecture. the advantages of an exoskeleton our internal structure. that flexibility at the moment is a series of moving walls and doors. those doors can slide across, and subdivide a large room into smaller ones, which essentially means that whatever you layout, internally, for today, can be removed tomorrow. i think one of the beauties of the apartments as a whole is the scale of the _ apartments as a whole is the scale of the reception space, the way the sound _ of the reception space, the way the sound works, the relationship to the outside. _ sound works, the relationship to the outside, you can stand on the balcony— outside, you can stand on the balcony and have a drink of a summer's— balcony and have a drink of a summer's evening. every modern building _ summer's evening. every modern building in— summer's evening. every modern building in the uk that has a flat roof needs what is called a bio deserves— roof needs what is called a bio deserves dash—macro biodiverse roof today~ _ deserves dash—macro biodiverse roof today. plants and flowers, wild flowers. — today. plants and flowers, wild flowers, play some logs in the hope of attracting some insects. there are two— of attracting some insects. there are two beehives up there as well as bird boxes — are two beehives up there as well as bird boxes. we didn't expect it to flourish _ bird boxes. we didn't expect it to flourish so — bird boxes. we didn't expect it to flourish so vigorously. it meant a lot to _ flourish so vigorously. it meant a lot to us — flourish so vigorously. it meant a lot to us to— flourish so vigorously. it meant a lot to us to be able to investigate these _ lot to us to be able to investigate these ideas and see them through, to prove _ these ideas and see them through, to prove these _ these ideas and see them through, to prove these things do work. i wouldn't _ prove these things do work. i wouldn't call them innovations, rediscovery of how to build simpler, cheaper. _ rediscovery of how to build simpler, cheaper, quicker, greener. you can put a _ cheaper, quicker, greener. you can put a 30 _ cheaper, quicker, greener. you can put a 30 story equivalent of this building — put a 30 story equivalent of this building up and be carbon negative. the construction industry, if we could _ the construction industry, if we could do— the construction industry, if we could do it _ the construction industry, if we could do it overnight, could go from carbon— could do it overnight, could go from carbon emitter to carbon absorber. fascinating — one of the contenders for the riba stirling prize. and there will be live coverage of the award ceremony here on the bbc news channel on the 1ath of october. it's more than three decades since the yacht 'maiden' made history, when its all female crew became the first to sail the whitbread round the world race. now after years of neglect she's been restored and is back in the water. jon maguire has been to the solent to meet the crew. maiden has been breaking records for more than three decades. when tracy edwards skippered the first all—female crew to complete the whitbread round—the—world race in 1990. four years ago, she was rescued from the seychelles and brought home for a major refurbishment. she set sail once again, this time to promote girls' education, but her voyage was cut short by the pandemic. it was horrendous, because we were just getting into our stride. we were finding out that not only could maiden raise money for girls' education and programmes, but also the inspiration, you know, that she takes with her around the world. she sails in somewhere, and she is iconic, and young women, girls, they see maiden, they see the all—female crew and i can see them thinking, "i can do that." we are in the galley at the moment and this is our kitchen where we eat all our family meals. it is tiny. alysa is the project's first apprentice. at 20 years old, she has left home in antigua tojoin maiden and see the world. this is a really good opportunity for young ladies because it is so hard, especially in the sailing industry for us. so i am really proud that i get to be a part of this. once again, the all—female crew will hope to inspire young women to follow in their wake. i did have a really tough - childhood as a girl and i saw tracy edwards on tv and thought, "oh, my god, i could do that." . tracy edwards and her all—female crew first set out on maiden all those years ago it was to race around the world. this time, the objective is very different. it is still global, but the aim now is education. and tracey and her crew will continue to do what they have always done, to make a real difference to young women's lives. john maguire, bbc news, hamble. t rex is one of the world's best known dinosaurs. now scientists have found one of the fearsome predator's ancestors and it's about the size of a chicken. the new species lived more than 200 millions years ago, in the south wales and the bristol channel area. but the discovery nearly didn't happen, as laura foster reports. it isa it is a killer roughly the size of a chicken and existed tens of millions of years before more well known dinosaur such as the t rex and velociraptor came along.- dinosaur such as the t rex and velociraptor came along. every story has a beginning. _ velociraptor came along. every story has a beginning, middle _ velociraptor came along. every story has a beginning, middle and - velociraptor came along. every story has a beginning, middle and end, i velociraptor came along. every story | has a beginning, middle and end, and this is the beginning of this story for the dinosaurs. if you are thinking of predatory dinosaurs, any beastie that will chow down on meat, thatis beastie that will chow down on meat, that is something, the ultimate predator t rex has a family history, and this is going right the way back to the beginning of predatory dinosaurs. it is a really important find. �* . , ., dinosaurs. it is a really important find. . , ., , dinosaurs. it is a really important find. . ,. find. but the clues to its existence have been hidden _ find. but the clues to its existence have been hidden in _ find. but the clues to its existence have been hidden in the _ find. but the clues to its existence have been hidden in the depths i find. but the clues to its existence have been hidden in the depths of| have been hidden in the depths of the national history dash—macro natural history museum since the 19505. natural history museum since the 1950s. strikingly filed among crocodile remains.— 1950s. strikingly filed among crocodile remains. , s, . crocodile remains. there is not much ofthe crocodile remains. there is not much of the animal- _ crocodile remains. there is not much of the animal. what _ crocodile remains. there is not much of the animal. what we _ crocodile remains. there is not much of the animal. what we have - crocodile remains. there is not much of the animal. what we have is - of the animal. what we have is fantastically preserved. it is only now the uk's _ fantastically preserved. it is only now the uk's earliest _ fantastically preserved. it is only i now the uk's earliest meat-eating now the uk's earliest meat—eating dinosaur has been identified. it just goes to show how vast the collections of the natural history museum — collections of the natural history museum tsar, we have so many specimens— museum tsar, we have so many specimens and it is not always as straightforward.— straightforward. discoveries like this are rare _ straightforward. discoveries like this are rare but _ straightforward. discoveries like this are rare but they _ straightforward. discoveries like this are rare but they give - straightforward. discoveries like this are rare but they give us - straightforward. discoveries like this are rare but they give us a l this are rare but they give us a very important insight into the very early stages of dinosaur evolution. laura foster, bbc news at the national dash—macro natural history museum in london. winnie the pooh has been a children's favourite story for close to a hundred years, and now the biggest fans of the honey—loving bear will get the chance to own a piece of history. the bridge which inspired the setting where pooh, piglet and their friends played the game 'pooh sticks', goes up for auction today. zoe conway has been to find out more. in the heart of ashdown forest, hugo, evie and freddie are ready. ready for the fight, ready for pooh sticks. they've chosen their sticks carefully. i like how it's almost got a handle here and it's quite thick but not really weak. mine's got, like, a fork here. it's got, like hugo said, a handle, and it's probably going to give it a bit more support, since they're kind of not all straight, they've got two, like, bits to kind of even it out. it's unique, and you can hold it, i and then it looks a bit like a bone. they're playing pooh sticks at the very same stretch of river that aa milne imagined winnie the pooh dropping his sticks. but it isn't the same bridge that the stories were set on, it's a replica. so what are the rules? when you drop your stick — no throwing — and you... you've all got to do it at the same height, the other rule is all do it at the same time. it is quite hard to really tell ever who the proper winner is, because you're not even sure if it's got stuck or it might have just sank. also there's always loads of different sticks falling into the water. freddie, have you got anything to add to the rules? not really. 1, 2, 3, go! before we find out who's won, it's time to go back to the beginning of the story. they dropped their sticks in when rabbit said, "go." and then they had all hurried across to the other side of the bridge, and now they're all leaning over the edge, waiting to see whose stick would come out first. but it was a long time coming, because the river was very lazy that day. it was in the house at pooh corner, published in 1928, that winnie the pooh first played the game of pooh sticks. and this is the original bridge, built in 1907, that inspired aa milne to dream up pooh sticks, which he would play on the bridge with his son — the real—life christopher robin. the bridge had become so worn out, that in the late—1990s it was dismantled. for years, the wood was left in a pile before being rescued and reassembled in this field in kent. it had been taken down by the health and safety whoevers and just dumped in a pile in the forest. i mean, covered with a sheet of material, but obviously it would rot away, and someone's got to do something with it. and, unfortunately, it fell to me. but it is such an iconic item. you know, it's so many people's childhood — pictures of pooh and christopher robin peering over the rails. it's great stuff. mike repaired it and replaced some of the bridge with old oak from the weald of kent. there's one of the original planks that we got and this is one of the replacements, which we milled here on site. and that's from a tree that's been growing here a couple of hundred years. so it certainly predates the original bridge and it certainly predates christopher robin. later today, the bridge will be sold at auction. it's expected to fetch at least £a0,000. it could be bought by an overseas buyer and be taken out of the country. one, two, three, go! back in the forest, evie, hugo and freddie now have a result — of sorts. i think hugo won, or it might have been freddie's won, and mine might have drowned again. i'm not sure. and so perhaps it's fitting to give winnie the pooh the final word. he said, "we didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun." zoe conway, bbc news. isa is a good weather for pooh sticks? let's ask chris fawkes. through the rest of today, most of us will keep the lengthy spells of sunshine, certainly for most of england, wales and scotland as well. for northern ireland, though, claudia is thickening and we are seeing outbreaks of rain turning increasingly heavy and persistent here. temperatures, fairly close to average relief at the time of year. warm, though, in the sunshine in the south. 0vernight tonight, we again see some very mild air pushing off the atlantic. we've got rain for scotland and northern ireland too, and it will stay quite damp across our western coasts and hills of england and wales, with drizzle and is a mist and fog patches around the coast as well. but it will be very mild for most, temperatures between 12 and 15 celsius. tomorrow, well, probably quite a murky start across the west and that rain continues to come down across scotland and northern ireland through much of the day. east wales, central, eastern england and perhaps at times a scotland six and breaks in the cloud, and very high temperatures for the time of year come into the low 20s. this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines at 3.00: the prime minister warns there will be 'difficulties' as the uk transitions towards what he calls 'a high wage, high skill economy'. he told the conservative party conference it was part of his plan to 'level up' the country. this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. millions of families will be £1000 a year worse off from today, due to the end of the £20—a—week increase to universal credit. facebook founder mark zuckerberg hits back at criticism from an ex employee—turned whistleblower — saying the firm 'cares deeply�* about users' safety and mental well—being. the condition known as 'covid toe' — why do some people who catch covid, develop blisters on their toes and even fingers? and scientists have discovered a 200 million year old dinosaurfossil — in a filing cabinet of the natural history museum. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson has told the conservative party conference he is committed to his levelling up agenda — saying tackling inequality around the country is about boosting potential, as well as fairness. in his first in—person conference speech since winning the 2019 general election, he also said the country is moving "towards a high—wage, high—skill, high productivity and low tax economy" — though he warned the transition would bring 'difficulties.�* and he defended the forthcoming rise in national insurance to fund health and social care, as the country recovers from the pandemic. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. dawn had barely contemplated cracking and the prime minister was huffing, puffing and smiling around the streets of manchester. inside the conference centre, the queue to watch his speech sna ked hither and thither. those at the front had got up early too. six o'clock. we all love boris. superfans, superfans. at 11.30, the conference's big moment. good morning, good morning, everybody. it's been a while since conservatives have gathered like this, and so the first remark was at former labour leader jeremy corbyn's expense. it's the first time since the general election of 2019, when we finally sent that corduroyed communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs. laughter then he talked about social care to illustrate the central thrust of his argument. when i stood on the steps of downing street, i promised to fix this crisis, and after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. what he calls "levelling up" is needed he said, because... you will find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm, everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed — evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. and it is our mission as conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. we're announcing today a levelling up premium of up to £3000, to send the best maths and science teachers to the places that need them most. he lent on history to justify hiking up he lent on history to justify hiking up taxes during a pandemic. margaret thatcher would _ up taxes during a pandemic. margaret thatcher would not _ up taxes during a pandemic. margaret thatcher would not have _ up taxes during a pandemic. margaret thatcher would not have ignored - up taxes during a pandemic. margaret thatcher would not have ignored the l thatcher would not have ignored the meteorite that has just crashed through the public finances. she would have wagged herfinger and said, more borrowing now isjust higher interest rates and even higher interest rates and even higher taxes later. stand higher interest rates and even higher taxes later.— higher interest rates and even higher taxes later. and he defended keein: u- higher taxes later. and he defended keeping up statues, _ higher taxes later. and he defended keeping up statues, that _ higher taxes later. and he defended keeping up statues, that some - higher taxes later. and he defended l keeping up statues, that some would like to pull down. mat keeping up statues, that some would like to pull down.— like to pull down. not because we are roud like to pull down. not because we are proud of— like to pull down. not because we are proud of everything _ like to pull down. not because we are proud of everything but - like to pull down. not because we are proud of everything but trying| are proud of everything but trying to edit it now is as dishonest as a celebrity trying furtively to changes entry on wikipedia and a betrayal of our children's education. the government wouldn't rest, he added, until there are more prosecutions for rape. vaccines — "jabs, jabs, jabs" as he put it, now meantjobs, jobs jobs and there was this on labour's sir keir starmer. the human weather vane, the starmer chameleon, and in his final absurd act of opportunism he decided to oppose step four — he opposed step four of the roadmap in july, remember? that's right, folks. if we'd listened to captain hindsight today we'd still be in lockdown. we wouldn't have had the fastest growth in the g7. if columbus had listened to captain hindsight, he'd be famous for having discovered tenerife! laughter how utterly... this was an upbeat speech, full of the flourishes we've come to expect from boris johnson. the big question is whether it's in step or not with the national mood. chris mason, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson was at the conference in manchester for the prime minister's speech. borisjohnson's audience were treated to a tour of the horizon, mentioning everything from wind farms to wildlife and much in between. but in so far as his speech had a theme, it was all about levelling up, trying to get rid of some of the disparities in the country and he attacked the state of britain in some ways. he suggested that transport links in some parts of england were a disgrace. he said that we were one of the most imbalanced societies amongst richer nations and usually when you hear that kind of language from a politician, they're attacking their political opponents. but, oh, no, borisjohnson was effectively trashing the record of his own party, to some extent. he was also saying, look, i'll get social care done. a reminder that david cameron and theresa may didn't. i think what was interesting about the speech was he was effectively reinventing the conservative party. he said that people voted for change in 2019. so this was a blatant attempt to try to keep that big coalition of voters that gave him a thumping 80 seat majority together. people who had previously voted labour, especially in the north of england, but also holding onto traditional tories in the south too. and again, what was interesting was that this was not policy—led and it was about direction of travel, it was about an optimistic future. a future where there was greater skills in the economy and higher wages, away from low skills and high immigration, as he would have it. but people are also worried about the here and now and what the prime minister didn't really focus on was what he was going to do to lessen those queues at the petrol pumps, get the supermarket shelves filled again i'll or answer some of the quieter concerns that people have been grumbling about at the margins here, not on the conference floor that at some of the fringes. they are worried about the cost of living, they are worried about inflation potentially going up, they are worried about next year's rise in national insurance and they are simply not sure yet what the political consequences are going to be. so there's a sense, there's a little bit of calm before a potential storm. what borisjohnson would say and the chancellor rishi sunak, too, is that these are simply temporary difficulties and that we are in transition away from a broken economic model to a new one. ian watson who was listening to the speech in manchester. before the prime minister's conference speech, there was critisicsm of the government from the head of the retailer next, lord wolfson. he is a conservative supporter, and in favour of brexit, but this morning said there is panic and despondency in the business world about the current labour shortages. our business editor simonjack has more details. lord wolfson, brexit supporter, came out... throughout the week has been saying that the government is on the wrong track with its approach to immigration. the prime minister said we can't go back to the same old broken model of uncontrolled immigration. he said, listen, it's a fact of life that businesses will need this. he said earlier in the week these labour shortages are real, they're damaging, they will push up prices and thatjust putting everyone's wages up on its own without making people better at doing things or investing in new kit and skills will only give you inflation. the prime minister earlier in the week saying i'm not that bothered about inflation, i expect supply to come to meet demand. but it only does that when prices go up, where those two things meet. we didn't hear anything from rishi sunak this week on saying public sector workers were going to get much higher wages so you're going to have millions of people for whom prices are rising faster than their wages. that means their living standards are getting worse just a bit every day, and politically that's a pretty horrible place to be in. so a lot of people saying he's being quite potentially complacent about the fact that he's not that bothered about inflation. businesses saying we are being criticised we didn't invest, there was a lot of uncertainty during the brexit period, we've had to fight off a pandemic, what we need now is a little bit of help rather than having fingers wagged in our face. 0ur our business editor, simonjack. almost six million people in the uk will see their income fall today, as the £20 per—week increase to universal credit is withdrawn. the benefit uplift was brought in last year to support those on low incomes during the pandemic. borisjohnson has defended the cut, saying that 'high wage, high skilled' jobs are better than putting more money into benefits. but opposition parties and charities have warned that hundreds of thousands of people will be plunged into poverty. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. nicola flower used to work three jobs — as a seamstress, cleaner and shop assistant — until she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. the side effects of different treatments have weakened her body. the cut to universal credit is consuming her mind. i might have to wear more clothes, not have the heating on so much. i'm really worried about the joints situation, because when it's colder you can feel it. i've noticed it the past couple of days, the difference. i'm going to need the heating on to keep myjoints warm. cornwall has some of the poorest—insulated homes in england, so the recent rise in energy prices will hit hard. a largely low—wage seasonaljobs market adds to the difficulties tens of thousands of people will face coping with the £20—a—week cut. unfortunately, i lost myjob because i was cycling and hit by a car, fractured my leg. so i was on crutches. harriet duffy used to work for a charity as a fundraiser. her accident changed everything. she's now living in temporary accommodation with her four—month—old son, noah. i have no access to laundry facilities and things like this so at the moment i am using launderettes and living basically off microwave meals and things like that. so obviously that comes at an expense. and losing that extra sort of bit of income will be devastating. completely aware that this hasn't always been part of universal credit, and it was only supposed to be temporary during covid, but a lot of people have become reliant on it during this time. it's notjust the people on universal credit who are going to feel the impact of the cut. the money they get, they typically spend in their own local economy — in shops, in cafes, on their own high streets — all of these places are going to feel the impact of the £20 being cut. at the food bank in camborne, volunteers expect an increase in demand. historically, cuts to benefits levels have often led to more requests for help. i think the problem is, when you're on a very low income, if you get another £20 a week, it's really helpful. but you're never in a situation where you don't need that extra money. the uplift costs about £6 billion a year, and the government say that, with the economy reopening, manyjobs are available, so it's right to remove the temporary uplift. we ultimately want to avoid the benefits and the welfare trap, and encourage people to be able to get back into work. and of course the uc system was designed to help incentivise people into work. so the temporary uplift we saw during the pandemic was always going to come to an end. they've also made £500 million available to help the most vulnerable, and they want employers to pay higher wages — as some have — to ease the impact of the cut. michael buchanan, bbc news, cornwall. a worker at devon and cornwall police has been warned they face investigation for possible gross misconduct in connection with the case of jake davison, misconduct in connection with the case ofjake davison, who misconduct in connection with the case of jake davison, who shot and killed five people in plymouth in july. the police watchdog says it's considering why the staff member return jake davison's shot done to him shortly before the attacks. a serving police officer is also facing a possible misconduct enquiry. the boss of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has hit back at criticism from a former employee turned whistleblower who has testified in the us senate. frances haugen said the company's sites and apps have harmed children and fuelled division. mark zuckerberg said the argument that facebook deliberately pushed content that made people angry for profit was illogical. in a blog, mr zuckerberg wrote... 0ur north america technology reporterjames clayton has more. eleanor and freya are both 1a and, like many teenagers, they're both on instagram. as a teenager you're looking at these people, like, all these models, and, you know, influencers — they are all very, very skinny and they have, like, a perfect body. and when you're looking at that and then kind of comparing yourself to it, it's, like, very... i think it could be really damaging. when you're, like, feeling at your worst, and then you go on instagram and see things that are, like, targeted at you because you've looked at these kind of things before... you see them, like — yeah, models, influencers, celebrities, things like that and you're just like, "oh, well, i'll never be like that." eleanor and freya's concerns are in fact shared by one rather important company — facebook, which owns instagram. in fact, leaked internal research found that teens who struggle with mental health say that instagram makes it worse. the woman who leaked that internal report is called frances haugen — yesterday giving evidence in washington. the documents i have provided to congress prove that facebook has repeatedly misled the public about what its own research reveals about the safety of children. she also said that facebook�*s motives were driven by money, rather than the mental health of its users. i saw facebook repeatedly encounter conflicts between its own profits and our safety. facebook consistently resolved these conflicts in favour of its own profits. here in silicon valley, facebook has pushed back, saying that some of the research presented is misleading, and despite the fact that instagram concluded that it could be damaging for children's mental health, it also says that it can have a positive impact. reacting to haugen's evidence was facebook�*s vice president of content policy, monica bickert. again, any time a single teen is having a bad experience, that's too much. one thing that shows that we are prioritising safety above profit is the very fact that we're asking these hard questions. facebook has said it's postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but it's likely that the social network will face even more scrutiny and greater regulation in the us and further abroad. republicans and democrats don't agree on much, but taking action on facebook is one thing that has broad support. james clayton, bbc news. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones says mr zuckerberg had stayed silent on this criticism, until now. it's important to remember how much power he has over the company. he is virtually unsackable, he has so much control. but in this long note to his staff he basically rejects this whole idea that facebook is more focused on profits than on the well—being of its users. he says it is illogical, we make money from ads and advertisers consistently tell us they don't want their ads next to harmful or angry content. so he says, why would we do that? he also defends the fact they have done all this research. he says if keep being attacked for doing research into the impact of our products, why would we go on doing that? his critics would say, you have done all this research and kept it secret, you should be publishing it. finally, he kind of pushes back and says, well, it's up to regulators to do something more generally about social media. he's inviting the regulators in. he might not like what he gets, there is continuing pressure to talk about a break—up of facebook, that may not happen but it seems politicians are united across the aisle in the united states and around the rest of the world in wanting to do more to regulate facebook. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister warned there will be difficulties as the uk transitions towards what he calls a high wage, high skill economy. he's told the conservative party conference is part of his plan to level up the country. their £20 a week increase to universal credit claimed by nearly 6 million people comes to an today. and as we have been hearing, the head of facebook mark zuckerberg has rejected claims from a whistle—blower that the company puts profits before the interests of its users. the price of wholesale gas in the uk for delivery in november has reached a record high, soaring by 37% on yesterday's closing price. at the start of the year, the uk gas benchmark price was just below 60p per unit. this morning, units were trading at as much as a00 p. we can get more from our business correspondence. it is an eye watering jump. correspondence. it is an eye wateringjump. first correspondence. it is an eye watering jump. first of all, explain why it is happening, why such a big increase? the why it is happening, why such a big increase? , ., ., , , ., increase? the short answer is we are all chasina increase? the short answer is we are all chasing less _ increase? the short answer is we are all chasing less supply. _ increase? the short answer is we are all chasing less supply. there - increase? the short answer is we are all chasing less supply. there has - all chasing less supply. there has been this shortage of supply especially from russia, and huge issues with the global supply chain that hasn'tjust hit energy stocks but all sorts of things that we have been talking about over the past week. the knock—on effect has been shortage at the shelves at supermarkets but it has reached a critical point whereby industry leaders have been lobbying the government, saying they need to have government intervention to step in to stop more industries being affected. the energy intensive users group saying that surging costs have already resulted in steel production halting at times of peak demand. you reference those numbers, the huge jump. at the beginning of the year, wholesale gas prices at 67p per firm, that is a unit of energy, a british thermal unit. itjumped from 60p to 400 british thermal unit. itjumped from 60p to a00 p, as you are saying. that has eased back slightly in the last hour, eased back by about 6% to around 200 p. that is largely on the words of the russian president vladimir putin, who has come to the energy market by saying he intends to boost gas supplies to europe, that he is ready to stabilise the global energy market, that the russian state energy provider will increase supplies to europe to reach new records and that they plan to increase gas transit via ukraine and will exceed contractual obligations for gas via ukraine. but all of this raises concerns about how vulnerable the global supply chain is on the likes of russia.— the global supply chain is on the likes of russia. absolutely and in the coming _ likes of russia. absolutely and in the coming months, _ likes of russia. absolutely and in the coming months, we - likes of russia. absolutely and in the coming months, we are - likes of russia. absolutely and in - the coming months, we are october, the coming months, we are 0ctober, thinking about getting colder, winter months, what does it mean for people at home who just think can i afford to put the heating on? absolutely right, especially as predictions are we are heading for a particularly cold winter. we have already seen price rises go up because we saw the energy cap increase come into play on the 1st of october. expectations are that when it is next reviewed in april of next year, we will see another slight increase in the energy cap. the knock—on effect for domestic users has been huge. we have already seen nine small energy companies go bust. predictions from moody's ratings agency is more will continue to fold. that means there will be less competition in the market. 0ver recent years, we have seen a proliferation of small to medium—sized energy firms hit the market questions are now are we going to go back to the days of the big six? we are being warned that we arejust to expect big six? we are being warned that we are just to expect higher prices and less competition. questions going forward, was this a failure of regulation? 0fgem, the energy regulator in the uk, says absolutely not, they could not predict this hugejump in the not, they could not predict this huge jump in the wholesale cost of gas. but critics out there say they had increasingly been warning that these smaller energy firms were not resilient enough to weather these sorts of storms. that the bigger energy events like british gas have been forced to hedge against the spikes in the wholesale market. should smaller players be made to do so as i customer bigger questions about regulation within the energy market here. about regulation within the energy market here-— tesco says its sales and profits grew by more than expected in the six months to august — because its supply chains held up against issues facing retailers. its half year profits more than doubled to £1.1a billion. the supermarket is forecasting full year profits of at least £2.5 billion. covid passports will be introduced in wales after the government won a tight vote in the senedd — the welsh parliament. it will come in on 11th october and will require all over 18s to show evidence of being fully vaccinated or a recent negative covid test in order to get into nightclubs, concerts and conventions. scientists believe they can explain now why some people who catch covid develop chilblains like lesions on their toes and sometimes their fingers. 'covid toe' appears to be a side effect of the body switching into attack mode to fight off the virus. scientists hope the finding will help patients and doctors better understand the condition. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports on what can be a painful and unpleasant condition. a year ago sophia loved dancing, but she developed covid toe. now the 13—year—old struggles to stand up for long, and needs a wheelchair if she is going far. she spoke to the bbc in the summer. my feet swell up and i get blisters all over them. the doctors never really said how long they think it's going to last for. so i'm not really sure and i am quite scared, to be honest, because i don't know if i'll be able to do the things that i like to do. painful blisters, red or purple skin, raised bumps and swelling, covid toe can happen at any age, but is more common in children and teenagers. it tends to last for weeks, often in people who do not have any other covid symptoms. researchers in paris did blood and skin tests on 50 patients with suspected covid toe, and now they think they know why some people get this. the theory is it's a side—effect of the body going into attack mode to fight the virus, but mistakenly targeting other cells as well. children and young adults are able to produce a chemical called interferon, and it is this being released in large quantities which has the effect of dampening the viral infection, and one of the side—effects of this massive release of interferon into the system is that within a few days the sufferer then ends up with chilblains. chilblains are small, itchy swellings on the skin, often toes and heels. they're usually linked to cold weather, and often go away on their own. you can do a few things that can help them along. wearing woollen and cotton socks, keeping the feet warm. in some cases, you can use blood pressure tablets which can improve the circulation. covid toe seems to be less common now than in the first wave, it's thought people are less likely to get it if they have been vaccinated. catherine burns, bbc news. a consultant dermatologist and spokeswoman for the british skin foundation says there have been conversations about whether covid toe should count as an official symptom of covid. so toe should count as an official symptom of covid.— toe should count as an official symptom of covid. so during the first lockdown _ symptom of covid. so during the first lockdown we _ symptom of covid. so during the first lockdown we reported - symptom of covid. so during the first lockdown we reported to - symptom of covid. so during the | first lockdown we reported to the government that we were concerned that covid could manifest itself with skin manifestation only and indeed covid fingers covid toe was a common manifestation. howeverfor common manifestation. however for the common manifestation. howeverfor the government at the time it was difficult because they were worried if we included rashes because covid does not only give you covid toes and fingers but all sorts of rash, they were worried we would flood gps and people with any type of rash would suddenly request a pcr test. so we did request to be added on the nhs less but at the time it was felt it was probably not possible. but there seems to be no doubt but i guess for an individual looking at it, perhaps seeing they have something like that for the first time, could it also be mistaken for other conditions? could it look like eczema, for example? tie. other conditions? could it look like eczema, for example?— eczema, for example? no, this is cuite eczema, for example? no, this is quite interesting _ eczema, for example? no, this is quite interesting about _ eczema, for example? no, this is quite interesting about this - quite interesting about this condition, it has such specific clinical appearance, such specific symptoms that for us dermatologist to diagnose it instantly, apart from the chilblains that was mentioned earlier, there is nothing comparable. a chill blame when you think about it occur in people with no vascular problem, occur in cold weather and in the first phase, as weather and in the first phase, as we remember it was extremely nice weather and occurred when it was very warm. so we know it is very different from the traditional chilblains. there is nothing else in dermatology which resembles this. goodness, so clinically it is fascinating, but not at all nice for the people who have it. if you are in so much pain that you need to use a wheelchair for a period in so much pain that you need to use a wheelchairfor a period of time, that could be life limiting, could stop you going to work. is there any way of treating this or are they developing ways of treating this? i think for most people, it is something you can live with. it can be severe. there has been, as you mentioned, some cases which have been quite difficult however most of them are in young people, fit and well, often the parents ask for advice when they are worried about the clinical sign. it might be a little sore in their shoes or if people are typing, they suddenly report they find it difficult to hit the keyboard. but most of the time, people can manage to function. we can help with some creams, with some tablets, as mentioned before, to help in the more severe cases, for sure. a. help in the more severe cases, for sure. �* , . help in the more severe cases, for sure. ~ , ., ., ., ., , sure. a consultant dermatologist s - eakin . sure. a consultant dermatologist speaking to _ sure. a consultant dermatologist speaking to us — sure. a consultant dermatologist speaking to us there. _ let's pause and catch up with the weather prospects now. hello. through the rest of today most of us can let keep lengthy spells of sunshine, the most of england, scotland and wales. for northern ireland, cloud is thickening and we are seeing outbreaks of rain turning increasingly heavy and persistent here. fairly close to average for the time of year, but warm in the sunshine in the south. 0vernight tonight, we see some very mild air push in from the atlantic thus that we have rain for scotland and northern ireland and it will stay quite damp around our western coasts and hills of england and wales with drizzle and some mist and fog patches around. but it will be very mild. for most, temperatures between 12-15 mild. for most, temperatures between 12—15 degrees celsius. tomorrow, quite a murky start across the west and the rain continues to come down across scotland and northern ireland through much of the day. east wales, central eastern england and perhaps that times he scotland seeing some breaks in the cloud and very high temperatures for the time of year, into the low 20s. hello this is bbc news, with jane hill. the headlines... the prime minister warns there will be 'difficulties' as the uk transitions towards what he calls 'a high wage, high skill economy'. he told the conservative party conference it was part of his plan to 'level up' the country. the £20 a week increase to universal credit claimed by almost six million people comes to an end today. the boss of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has rejected claims from a whistle—blower that the company puts profits before the interests of its users. from next week, anyone who wants to get into a nightclub or large event in wales will need a covid pass to show they've been fully vaccinated or recently tested negative. and how a 200 million—year—old dinosaur fossil was discovered in the drawers of the natural history museum. before that, though, all the very latest up—to—date sports news with john watson. hello, again. yes, many thanks. england look set to tour australia this winter, following positive talks with the players over competing in the upcoming ashes. there were reservations over the strict 1a day quarantine rules awaiting the players and their familes on arrival. but discussions between their representaives, cricket australia and the ecb has brought the staging of the series a step closer. a final decision will be made on friday. they have been dragged from pillar to post with their schedule over the last couple of months, and they have played a lot of test cricket. so, yes, i can understand where they have come from. having families around, especially in a pandemic, the guys are on the road for a lot longer than what tours used to go when you are adding on quarantine at the start and potentially at the end, depending where you are coming and going from, so yes, i sympathise fully with them. emma raducanu says she's in no hurry to appoint a new coach as she prepares for her first tournament since winning the us open. she's in indian wells ahead of the biggest women's event outside of the four grand slams. it begins later, although the 17th seed won't play until friday, having received a bye into the second round. after the departure of her former coach, former british men's number onejeremy bates will assist her this week before raducanu makes a permanent appointment. i am ready for the next challenge. yes, i don't want to rush into anything. _ yes, i don't want to rush into anything, making a decision, because it is a _ anything, making a decision, because it is a pretty— anything, making a decision, because it is a pretty big decision to make. i it is a pretty big decision to make. i am _ it is a pretty big decision to make. i am looking for someone hopefully with a _ i am looking for someone hopefully with a bit— i am looking for someone hopefully with a bit more tortoise experience at a high _ with a bit more tortoise experience at a high level because i am now on 22 in _ at a high level because i am now on 22 in the _ at a high level because i am now on 22 in the world, and it is new to me. _ 22 in the world, and it is new to me. so— 22 in the world, and it is new to me. so i— 22 in the world, and it is new to me, so i wish that i would have someone — me, so i wish that i would have someone who had been there and experienced it, but yes, my coach andrew— experienced it, but yes, my coach andrew from the us open was great, and we _ andrew from the us open was great, and we had _ andrew from the us open was great, and we had a lot of good times together. — and we had a lot of good times together, but i think for this next chapter— together, but i think for this next chapter i— together, but i think for this next chapter ijust want someone with more _ chapter ijust want someone with more experience. chelsea will be hoping for a better result than arsenal, who lost a—1 to barcelona last night, when they get their women's champions league campaign under way later against german side, wolfsburg. the blues reached the final of last season's competition before also losing heavily to barcelona in gothenburg, but chelsea boss emma hayes thinks her side are better for the experience and are ready to go again. it is the same for any. loss you have ever had. you take from it what you need, and then you discard the rest. . you don't get preoccupied| on the losses for too long. i think the players, - i think you have to ask them what they have learnt from it. from my perspective, | i think we have gained another year's experience. british world heavyweight champion tyson fury is a better boxer than deontay wilder but that doesn't mean he will win their third bout. that's according to former champion lennox lewis. fury has arrvied in las vegas to defend his wbc title against the american wilder on saturday night. it's their third fight, after a draw in 2018, before fury won the rematch last year. tyson fury is the better boxer, because he can box orthodox, he can box southpaw, he can also move well around the ring for a big guy. and he boxes well. i believe tyson fury will win, if the fight goes the distance. if the fight doesn't go the distance, deontay wilder will win. a big night for both to come on saturday. that is all from me. back to you. now we will talk more about the premise to closing the conservative party conference in manchester with a promise to build on his commitment to level up the country and tackle inequalities across the uk. 0ur political correspondent iain watson was listening to the prime minister's speech. earlier, iasked him how it was received. you have to go away from the conference floor to find out sometimes what people really think and i think there is a bit more worry, a bit more concerned about what might be happening down the line, the next six months, on the cost of living, the national insurance increase, but searchingly dash—macro certainly borisjohnson set out an optimistic vision and one designed to keep that big coalition of voters that gave him this thumping 80 seat majority in 2019 together. big emphasis on levelling up, and in every lead a's speech they try to leave you with a memorable phrase. for tony blair it was education, education, education, for david cameron it was nhs, three letters, for borisjohnson, skills, skills, skills. iam joined by katie from the spectator who has been on the conference fringe. phoebe from the conference fringe. phoebe from the liberal conservative think tank bright blue. borisjohnson set out a vision of a country that needs to be levelled up and said it was a disgrace transport links were so bad. he said we were one of the most imbalanced economies of any rich country. who on earth has been in power for the past 11 years? country. who on earth has been in powerfor the past 11 years? yes. country. who on earth has been in power for the past 11 years? yes, it was classic— power for the past 11 years? yes, it was classic boris _ power for the past 11 years? yes, it was classic boris johnson _ power for the past 11 years? yes, it was classic boris johnson in - power for the past 11 years? yes, it was classic boris johnson in many l was classic borisjohnson in many ways— was classic borisjohnson in many ways in— was classic borisjohnson in many ways in one — was classic borisjohnson in many ways in one way in particular was always— ways in one way in particular was always how— ways in one way in particular was always how he managed to shake off and do _ always how he managed to shake off and do so _ always how he managed to shake off and do so in — always how he managed to shake off and do so in previous years of tory rule. _ and do so in previous years of tory rule. which — and do so in previous years of tory rule. which is _ and do so in previous years of tory rule, which is what we saw at the 2019— rule, which is what we saw at the 2019 election. that pitch was very much _ 2019 election. that pitch was very much this— 2019 election. that pitch was very much this is a new government, different— much this is a new government, different to anything that came before — different to anything that came before. when you are looking at the speech. _ before. when you are looking at the speech, borisjohnson gave a feel—good speech, and rallied his base _ feel—good speech, and rallied his base i_ feel—good speech, and rallied his base. i think it was fairly light, in terms — base. i think it was fairly light, in terms of— base. i think it was fairly light, in terms of policy, it was big on rhetoric. — in terms of policy, it was big on rhetoric, and we've got to remember this is— rhetoric, and we've got to remember this is the _ rhetoric, and we've got to remember this is the first time there has been — this is the first time there has been an— this is the first time there has been an in—person conference since that majority of 80 boris johnson won. _ that majority of 80 boris johnson won. so— that majority of 80 boris johnson won. so i— that majority of 80 boris johnson won, so i think it was partly about reminding — won, so i think it was partly about reminding his supporters why he is an election — reminding his supporters why he is an election winner, and also trying to remind — an election winner, and also trying to remind them that he is the conservative. there has been some worry— conservative. there has been some worry about — conservative. there has been some worry about this move to the left, taxes _ worry about this move to the left, taxes going up and you could see a few efforts — taxes going up and you could see a few efforts to say look, i am doing this. _ few efforts to say look, i am doing this. you _ few efforts to say look, i am doing this, you can see how thatcher might have done _ this, you can see how thatcher might have done similar, and to try and play it— have done similar, and to try and play it in— have done similar, and to try and play it in that sense. he have done similar, and to try and play it in that sense.— play it in that sense. he did mention — play it in that sense. he did mention mrs _ play it in that sense. he did mention mrs thatcher - play it in that sense. he did mention mrs thatcher of i play it in that sense. he did i mention mrs thatcher of course play it in that sense. he did - mention mrs thatcher of course and his ambition to be a low tax conservative, but we do have the highest tax burden since 19a9. he had tojustify that highest tax burden since 19a9. he had to justify that and that wasn't the bit of his speech that got the biggest cheer, was it? it the bit of his speech that got the biggest cheer, was it?— biggest cheer, was it? it wasn't, and it is a _ biggest cheer, was it? it wasn't, and it is a tricky _ biggest cheer, was it? it wasn't, and it is a tricky place _ biggest cheer, was it? it wasn't, and it is a tricky place for- biggest cheer, was it? it wasn't, and it is a tricky place for boris l and it is a tricky place for boris johnson — and it is a tricky place for boris johnson to— and it is a tricky place for boris johnson to be. the fact that boris johnson _ johnson to be. the fact that boris johnson gave his speech in a bigger room _ johnson gave his speech in a bigger room than — johnson gave his speech in a bigger room than any of his ministers and the one _ room than any of his ministers and the one that — room than any of his ministers and the one that they weren't allowed in, the one that they weren't allowed in. it— the one that they weren't allowed in. it is— the one that they weren't allowed in. it isjust— the one that they weren't allowed in, it isjust showing that he is dominant. _ in, it isjust showing that he is dominant, in terms of his position. but that— dominant, in terms of his position. but that doesn't mean there is not disquiet— but that doesn't mean there is not disguiet on— but that doesn't mean there is not disquiet on what was interesting about— disquiet on what was interesting about the speech was it didn't touch too much _ about the speech was it didn't touch too much on cost of living. in some of the _ too much on cost of living. in some of the really — too much on cost of living. in some of the really big problems we could start to _ of the really big problems we could start to see more and more of in the coming _ start to see more and more of in the coming months. and i think those problems— coming months. and i think those problems need new answers and this was more _ problems need new answers and this was more about, you know, playing the same _ was more about, you know, playing the same lines with a few more colourful— the same lines with a few more colourful phrases. | the same lines with a few more colourful phrases.— colourful phrases. i suppose he would say _ colourful phrases. i suppose he would say we — colourful phrases. i suppose he would say we are _ colourful phrases. i suppose he would say we are in _ colourful phrases. i suppose he would say we are in budget, i colourful phrases. i suppose he would say we are in budget, in | colourful phrases. i suppose he i would say we are in budget, in the spending review we'll get the proper decisions on matters where it can be a bit policy light at the moment but there is that against some of the activists, not so much about this conference, delighted to meet each other face—to—face again, conference, delighted to meet each otherface—to—face again, but worried perhaps about what happened six months down the line. find worried perhaps about what happened six months down the line.— six months down the line. and we can see boris johnson _ six months down the line. and we can see boris johnson talking _ six months down the line. and we can see boris johnson talking about i see boris johnson talking about labour— see boris johnson talking about labour shortages and how it will drive _ labour shortages and how it will drive up — labour shortages and how it will drive up wages, and there are lots of people — drive up wages, and there are lots of people in— drive up wages, and there are lots of people in his cabinet who are very— of people in his cabinet who are very worried about inflation, the chancellor— very worried about inflation, the chancellor rishi sunak being one of them _ chancellor rishi sunak being one of them so— chancellor rishi sunak being one of them. so can borisjohnson continue to defy— them. so can borisjohnson continue to defy the _ them. so can borisjohnson continue to defy the laws of political gravity. _ to defy the laws of political gravity, keep doing things that he wants? _ gravity, keep doing things that he wants? 0r— gravity, keep doing things that he wants? 0rwill gravity, keep doing things that he wants? or will events catch up with him and _ wants? or will events catch up with him and we — wants? or will events catch up with him and we will see quite a difficult _ him and we will see quite a difficult cost of living crisis which _ difficult cost of living crisis which i _ difficult cost of living crisis which i think will be quite hard for boris _ which i think will be quite hard for borisjohnson, in terms of which i think will be quite hard for boris johnson, in terms of how he approaches — boris johnson, in terms of how he approaches political problems to deal with, and i don't think a conference b chance of that, even if nick did _ conference b chance of that, even if nick did make the supporters feel good. _ nick did make the supporters feel aood. . g nick did make the supporters feel aood. ., ~' ,, nick did make the supporters feel aood. . ,, i. ., nick did make the supporters feel aood. . g ,, . ., , nick did make the supporters feel ood. ., ~' y., ., ., , ., good. thank you katie. phoebe from briuht good. thank you katie. phoebe from bright blue- — good. thank you katie. phoebe from bright blue. one _ good. thank you katie. phoebe from bright blue. one of— good. thank you katie. phoebe from bright blue. one of your _ good. thank you katie. phoebe from bright blue. one of your colleagues. bright blue. one of your colleagues at the think — bright blue. one of your colleagues at the think tank _ bright blue. one of your colleagues at the think tank bright _ bright blue. one of your colleagues at the think tank bright blue - bright blue. one of your colleagues at the think tank bright blue said i at the think tank bright blue said this isn't the right time to be taking away the universal credit uplift. that is disappearing this week. didn't mention it at all in his speech. he week. didn't mention it at all in his speech-— week. didn't mention it at all in his seech. �* ., , , his speech. he didn't, and brightly have been very — his speech. he didn't, and brightly have been very clear— his speech. he didn't, and brightly have been very clear it _ his speech. he didn't, and brightly have been very clear it is - his speech. he didn't, and brightly have been very clear it is up i have been very clear it is up slightly— have been very clear it is up slightly the _ have been very clear it is up slightly the wrong _ have been very clear it is up slightly the wrong move. i have been very clear it is up| slightly the wrong move. we have been very clear it is up i slightly the wrong move. we saw boris _ slightly the wrong move. we saw borisjohnson _ slightly the wrong move. we saw borisjohnson speak— slightly the wrong move. we saw boris johnson speak very - boris johnson speak very passionately— borisjohnson speak very passionately about- boris johnson speak very i passionately about regionally inequalities, _ passionately about regionally inequalities, about _ passionately about regionally inequalities, about levelling. passionately about regionally. inequalities, about levelling up, and that— inequalities, about levelling up, and that is— inequalities, about levelling up, and that is bullying _ inequalities, about levelling up, and that is bullying but- inequalities, about levelling up, and that is bullying but it - inequalities, about levelling up, and that is bullying but it reallyl and that is bullying but it really isn't _ and that is bullying but it really isn't trying _ and that is bullying but it really isn't trying with _ and that is bullying but it really isn't trying with the _ and that is bullying but it really isn't trying with the decision i and that is bullying but it really isn't trying with the decision to| isn't trying with the decision to remove — isn't trying with the decision to remove the _ isn't trying with the decision to remove the benefit _ isn't trying with the decision to remove the benefit uplift - isn't trying with the decision to| remove the benefit uplift which isn't trying with the decision to i remove the benefit uplift which is of huge _ remove the benefit uplift which is of huge importance _ remove the benefit uplift which is of huge importance to _ remove the benefit uplift which is of huge importance to thousandsl remove the benefit uplift which is l of huge importance to thousands of families— of huge importance to thousands of families in— of huge importance to thousands of families in britain. _ of huge importance to thousands of families in britain.— families in britain. what about the tone of the — families in britain. what about the tone of the speech? _ families in britain. what about the tone of the speech? especially i families in britain. what about the . tone of the speech? especially built on the boris auditorium, but some people say it doesn't resonate with how people feel outside the conference bubble.- how people feel outside the conference bubble. �* ., , ., ., conference bubble. boris wanted to use it as a research _ conference bubble. boris wanted to use it as a research dash-macro i use it as a research dash—macro reset— use it as a research dash—macro reset opportunity. _ use it as a research dash—macro reset opportunity. he _ use it as a research dash—macro reset opportunity. he wants i use it as a research dash—macro reset opportunity. he wants to i use it as a research dash—macro i reset opportunity. he wants to be the levelling _ reset opportunity. he wants to be the levelling up _ reset opportunity. he wants to be the levelling up pm. _ reset opportunity. he wants to be the levelling up pm. he _ reset opportunity. he wants to be the levelling up pm. he wants i reset opportunity. he wants to be| the levelling up pm. he wants the speech— the levelling up pm. he wants the speech to — the levelling up pm. he wants the speech to be _ the levelling up pm. he wants the speech to be cheerful— the levelling up pm. he wants the speech to be cheerful and - the levelling up pm. he wants the . speech to be cheerful and optimistic but outside — speech to be cheerful and optimistic but outside the _ speech to be cheerful and optimistic but outside the conference - speech to be cheerful and optimistic but outside the conference centre i but outside the conference centre there _ but outside the conference centre there are — but outside the conference centre there are food _ but outside the conference centre there are food shortages, - but outside the conference centre there are food shortages, labour| there are food shortages, labour shortages. — there are food shortages, labour shortages, there _ there are food shortages, labour shortages, there are _ there are food shortages, labour shortages, there are fuel- there are food shortages, labour. shortages, there are fuel shortages, these _ shortages, there are fuel shortages, these things — shortages, there are fuel shortages, these things carry _ shortages, there are fuel shortages, these things carry serious _ shortages, there are fuel shortages, these things carry serious political . these things carry serious political cost. _ these things carry serious political cost. . , ., , ., , these things carry serious political cost. . , ., cost. clearly he has to be able to address that _ cost. clearly he has to be able to address that as _ cost. clearly he has to be able to address that as well. _ cost. clearly he has to be able to address that as well. let's i cost. clearly he has to be able to address that as well. let's just . address that as well. let's just touch 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speech at - electorate. iain watson who was listening to the speech at the i electorate. iain watson who was l listening to the speech at the end of the conservative party conference in manchester. a court's heard that a group including at least four teenagers launched a "short and brutal" attack during which is—year—old keon lincoln was killed outside his home in birmingham injanuary. the prosecution say a fatal shot was fired by a ia—year—old, who's one of five defendants who deny murder. phil mackie is at birmingham crown court and told us what was heard in court today. just before the break for lunch, the jury was shown cctv footage, which shows quite graphically what happened. the attack lasted a0 seconds. a group of young men got out of a stolen car and chased key on the link and it was just outside his home in handsworth in birmingham before launching a horrible attack. they stabbed him repeatedly and one of them shot him fatally while he was lying on the floor. there was a commotion. people ran into the street including keon's mother charmaine, who shouted "he isjust isi". a nurse who was a neighbour try to save him, as did the police and paramedics who arrived soon after. but sadly he died in hospital. now the prosecution has opened its case and says it does know what the motive was, but says that using cctv, forensics and dna evidence they can identify a number of the people who are those who are on trial today. the 14—year—old who they claim was the gunman, a 16—year—old and three is—year—olds, who all say they had nothing to do with the attack. the case is due to last around six weeks. one of the victims of the manchester arena bombing may have survived, if he'd been given medical treatment more quickly, the public inquiry into the attack has heard. john atkinson, who was 28, asked repeatedly if he was going to die as he lay injured in the foyer where the bomb exploded. he was helped by members of the public and police officers, but wasn't assessed by any paramedics for nearly 50 minutes. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz has been at the hearing. we heard there is cctv footage, which shows that within five seconds of the bombing as the smoke was clearing, john atkinson was crawling on his hands and knees and a member of the public, ronald blake, rushed to his side. he phoned 999, and on their advice he used his belt as a tourniquet to stopjohn atkinson from bleeding. that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughter was and he had no first aid training. we discovered there was nobody from the ambulance service who helped at any time that john atkinson was in the foyer and it was about an hour before ronald blake left him, thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off, and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. the scottish government has lost a supreme court challenge over two bills passed in the holyrood parliament. the court ruled parts of the bills were beyond the scottish parliaments powers. if the scottish parliament was to pass legislation authorising another referendum on scottish independence that would also be subject to legal challenge. the governor of california has once again called for an end to offshore drilling, following last week's massive oil spill off the southern coast of the state. gavin newsom said the spill underlined the need to end america's dependence on fossil fuels. from southern california, david willis reports. it's known as surf city, a 13—mile stretch of coastline that's come to define the california dream. now, though, the soft, sandy beaches have been disfigured by large, black puddles of oil, after a ruptured offshore pipeline sent thousands of gallons of crude spewing into the sea. normally a mecca for sun worshippers, the huntington beach shoreline is now closed to tourists, and is likely to stay that way until cleaning crews have finished removing thick globs of oil from the sand, and rescuing imperilled birds and wildlife. at this time, we have recovered eight live birds that appear to be oiled, including three western grebes, an american coot, and, as you know, one brown pelican that succumbed to chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why it took the texas—based company amplify energy, which owns the pipeline, 12 hours to report the spillage, following complaints from local residents of a foul smell in the area. amplify says the pipeline could have been severed by the anchor of a passing ship. logjams resulting from the covid pandemic have led to an unusually high number of container vessels stationed offshore, as they wait to berth at local ports. california's governor has declared a state of emergency in the area, and after meeting local emergency workers, he reiterated a call for an end to offshore drilling. this is part of our past, and we can moralise and talk about the good old days, we can talk about how important these rigs have been to the prosperity of this country and the middle class, but, at the end of the day, this is about the stale air of normalcy versus the fresh air of progress. officials are now using containment booms, floating barriers that help contain the spread of oil, in a bid to prevent more of it from washing up on the beach. but the spill has already brought boating and fishing in the area to a halt, and closed one of the country's most popular stretches of coastline to visitors. david willis, bbc news, southern california. these are the latest headlines. the prime minister has warned there will be difficulties is the uk transitions towards what he calls a high wage, high skill economy. he has told the conservative party conference it is part of his plan to level up the country. the £20 a week increase to universal credit, which is claimed by nearly 6 million people, comes to an end today. and the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg has rejected claims from a whistle—blower that the company puts profits before the interests of its users. the riba stirling prize, for britain's best new building, will be announced next week in a live programme here on the bbc news channel. the shortlist includes an eco friendly mosque in cambridge, a boat museum in the lake district and a univeristy building in south west london. over the coming few days, we'll be looking at each of the six buildings on the shortlist. today is the turn of 15 clerkenwell close, a mixed use office and residential building in central london. on construction, its limestone facade proved controversial with the local council initially calling for the building's demolition a decision later overturned on appeal. people might look at this building and think it is completely modern and contemporary, i have never seen anything like it, but actually the building methodology is as old as the megalithic architects and builders. i am chairman of groupwork, a firm of architects. we are in 15, clerkenwell close. it is a mixed use building that has office space and residential. this building is in many ways differentiated from others by the stone exoskeleton. the whole building is held up by stone alone. at the same time it will be the externalfinish. what is it going to look like, what is the actual appearance of it? as we were visiting the quarries to decide what tone of limescale we might choose, the quarry master had erected a column for us as a sample of what this might look like. next to that was what is called the master block that is extracted from the quarry. it had fossils, ammonite shells, fossilised coral all over the surface. that is the expression not only of the material itself but also the process, the skill of the quarry master and the stonemason expressed in the material and therefore the architecture. the advantages of an exoskeleton are no internal structure. that flexibility at the moment is a series of moving walls and doors. those doors can slide across, and subdivide a large room into smaller ones, which essentially means that whatever you lay out internally, for today, can be removed tomorrow. i think one of the beauties of the apartments as a whole is the scale of the reception space, the way the sound works, the relationship to the outside, you can stand on the balcony and have a drink of a summer's evening. every modern building in the uk that has a flat roof needs what is called a biodiverse roof today. plant some flowers, wild flowers, place some logs in the hope of attracting some insects. there are two beehives up there as well as bird boxes. we didn't expect it to flourish so vigorously. it meant a lot to us to be able to investigate these ideas and see them through, to prove these things do work. i wouldn't call them innovations, rediscovery of how to build simpler, cheaper, quicker, greener. you can put a 30 story equivalent of this building up and be carbon negative. the construction industry, if we could do it overnight, could go from carbon emitter to carbon absorber. and is one of the six buildings on the shortlist. let's speak now to victoria hills, chief executive of the royal town planning institute. hello. good afternoon. hello. good afternoon- — hello. good afternoon. hello. good afternoon. that _ hello. good afternoon. hello. good afternoon. that building _ hello. good afternoon. hello. good afternoon. that building i— hello. good afternoon. hello. good afternoon. that building i find - afternoon. that building i find fascinating. — afternoon. that building i find fascinating, the _ afternoon. that building i find fascinating, the fact - afternoon. that building i find fascinating, the fact it - afternoon. that building i find fascinating, the fact it is - afternoon. that building i find fascinating, the fact it is a - fascinating, the fact it is a mixed—use office, residential, is that something we are seeing more and more of, and i'm wondering whether that is really the way forward, particularly given the pandemic. forward, particularly given the pandemic— forward, particularly given the andemic. , ~ . pandemic. yes, i think the pandemic has accelerated _ pandemic. yes, i think the pandemic has accelerated some _ pandemic. yes, i think the pandemic has accelerated some of— pandemic. yes, i think the pandemic has accelerated some of the - pandemic. yes, i think the pandemicj has accelerated some of the changes in how we live, how we work in particular and how we choose to live our lifestyles as many of us are now looking for real healthy worklife balance. so mixed communities, and mixed buildings will be a really important part of that, as are well designed buildings, and as wejust heard, buildings that help deliver on net zero. sol heard, buildings that help deliver on net zero. so i think there is a real duty here dash—macro opportunity as we emerge from the pandemic to think how we can plan from the community, for the community, a great mixed—use developments, well—designed, that the community can have their say on and be involved in some of the design aspect. whilst delivering on broader ambitions for net zero and providing affordable housing. but also contributing to levelling up as well. we have heard a lot about that this week. and that is indeed going to be really important as we look to ways to support communities as we emerge from the pandemic. yes. ways to support communities as we emerge from the pandemic.- emerge from the pandemic. yes, i mean, emerge from the pandemic. yes, i mean. so — emerge from the pandemic. yes, i mean. so much — emerge from the pandemic. yes, i mean, so much talk _ emerge from the pandemic. yes, i mean, so much talk about - emerge from the pandemic. yes, i | mean, so much talk about levelling up mean, so much talk about levelling up today in particular but that is interesting that you talk about affordable housing, because we know about the chronic shortage of housing still in this country. we know so much about people who can't get on the property ladder. there will be people listening to you thinking that's great, and wouldn't we all love to live in some extraordinary building like the one we have just seen, extraordinary building like the one we havejust seen, but extraordinary building like the one we have just seen, but surely they are more expensive to build? you can't produce that sort of environment en masse in an affordable way? isi environment en masse in an affordable way?— environment en masse in an affordable way? is i think as we move into _ affordable way? is i think as we move into modern _ affordable way? is i think as we move into modern ways - affordable way? is i think as we move into modern ways of - move into modern ways of construction, finding ways to deliver more at pace, smarter ways of building, that is going to be really important. being able to design and build things off—site, in factories, doing more of that in this country, rather than importing bits of building from around the world will provide a major opportunity. so yes, everybody wants to live in a well designed house, an affordable house, a home. may not be affordable house, a home. may not be a house, a home comes in many different shapes and sizes. i think if we combine the ambition to level “p if we combine the ambition to level up with great quality design and a real boost for the economy, you can sorta bring the whole lot together, these stars can align and we can actually deliver more quicker, and in a more affordable way but in a sustainable way, and it supports that levelling up agenda whilst meeting the need for delivering affordable housing and housing that looks great, and perform as well from a sustainability point of view. so i think the opportunity is there. what we have been doing is working with government support as they look for planning reform, levelling up and also the environment bill, there is an awful lot going on in the parliamentary calendar at the moment. if we can bring it all together into a really, heads of attempt to help people live in these great mixed communities, i think there is an opportunity here with cop26 just days away now to really showcase what we can do if we all work together collectively. yes. showcase what we can do if we all work together collectively.- work together collectively. yes, it is interesting _ work together collectively. yes, it is interesting you _ work together collectively. yes, it is interesting you reference - work together collectively. yes, it | is interesting you reference several times the great opportunities that are there, and people get that, absolutely, but is there the political will? absolutely, but is there the politicalwill? because absolutely, but is there the political will? because that has to be there too, hasn't it?— be there too, hasn't it? yes, leadership — be there too, hasn't it? yes, leadership is _ be there too, hasn't it? yes, leadership is key. _ be there too, hasn't it? yes, leadership is key. i - be there too, hasn't it? yes, leadership is key. i have - be there too, hasn't it? yes, leadership is key. i have justj be there too, hasn't it? yes, - leadership is key. i have just come leadership is key. i havejust come back from the conservative party conference where i met with lots of leaders, lots of political leaders. i think the will is there to deliver on this but it has to be done with the community, it can'tjust be about appearances. the community, it can'tjust be aboutappearances. community the community, it can'tjust be about appearances. community need to be involved from the get go with a strong local plan, and they need to know the infrastructure is coming and it has to be well designed and deliver on net zero and help with employment. you know, not very much! but all perfectly possible. so i think the leadership is capable of delivering on this. because the communities, many people are looking for homes, and they want homes, and they are thinking about where they are going to live and how they are going to live. perhaps their work patterns have changed after the pandemic. so there is a real opportunity here. people have spoken to in the last year are absolutely up to in the last year are absolutely up for it but it has to be in partnership with government. really interestin: , partnership with government. really interesting. a _ partnership with government. really interesting, a long _ partnership with government. really interesting, a long list— partnership with government. really interesting, a long list but _ partnership with government. really interesting, a long list but it - partnership with government. really interesting, a long list but it is - interesting, a long list but it is interesting, a long list but it is interesting, perhaps we will talk around the time of the spending review. thank you very much, victoria hills. now the weather with chris. todayis today is a much better day weather—wise after yesterday's deluge. across northern england, one of the wettest wet days yesterday, plenty of sunshine has come out in cumbria and temperatures through the afternoon quite close to average relief of the time of year, however it will get unseasonably warm towards the end of the week, temperatures for some running around six or seven degrees above average, into the low 205 quite widely. today on the satellite picture, you can see the extent of the day's sunshine but thick cloud working into northern ireland, bringing rain here. that is the first sign of this wodge of warmer air starting to work in and that will push its way eastwards over tonight. so sunshine for most of scotland, england and wales through the rest of the day, still a brisk north—westerly winds blowing around our north sea coast, but the cloud will continue to thicken for northern ireland, with rain getting in here, turning damp perhaps across parts of western england and wales late in the day. overnight, we will see that band of rain become more extensive northern ireland and for scotland as the milder air works in. across western areas of england and wales, quite a bit of low cloud, some mist and fog patches around the coasts and hills, some damp drizzly weather as well. these are the temperatures we will have towards the end of the night. for some it will be warmer than it should be during the daytime at this time of the year. thursday, a mild start to the day for a time across northern ireland and scotland as well. probably staying quite damp and murky across some of the western coasts and hills of england and wales. further eastwards across east wales, central and eastern england and perhaps east scotland for a time the cloud will break to give some sunny spells and temperatures. very mild relief at this stage of october come into the low 205. friday may well start off with mist and fog patches across england and wales, slow clear as well but eventually some sunshine breaks through, again becoming very warm for october, 21 degrees in hull. across scotland and northern ireland, it never gets that warm really, temperatures round about 16 or so but then into the weekend, start to get a cold front pushed southwards, that will bring cooler and fresher air back across the uk. what it will actually mean to many of us is that the weather turns a bit cloudier and the temperatures get closer to average for the time of year. this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines at ir.00: the prime minister warns there will be 'difficulties' as the uk transitions towards what he calls 'a high wage, high skill economy'. he told the conservative party conference it was part of his plan to 'level up' the country. this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. the had the guts to tackle before. high court finds the dubai the high court finds the ruler of dubai secretly hacked the phones of his ex—wife. millions of families will be £1000 a year worse off from today, due to the end of the £20—a—week increase to universal credit. the facebook founder mark zuckerberg hits back at criticism from an ex employee—turned whistleblower — saying the firm 'cares deeply�* about users' safety and mental well—being. the condition known as covid toe — why do some people who catch covid develop blisters on their toes and even fingers? and also this hour, scientists have discovered a 200 million year old dinosaurfossil — in a filing cabinet of the natural history museum. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson has told the conservative party conference he is committed to his levelling up agenda — saying tackling inequality around the country is about boosting potential, as well as fairness. in his first in—person conference speech since winning the 2019 general election he also said the country is moving "towards a high—wage, high—skill, high productivity and low tax economy" — though he warned the transition would bring 'difficulties.�* and he defended the forthcoming rise in national insurance to fund health and social care, as the country recovers from the pandemic. our political correspondent chris mason reports. dawn had barely contemplated cracking and the prime minister was huffing, puffing and smiling around the streets of manchester. inside the conference centre, the queue to watch his speech sna ked hither and thither. those at the front had got up early too. six o'clock. we all love boris. superfans, superfans. at 11.30, the conference's big moment. good morning, good morning, everybody. it's been a while since conservatives have gathered like this, and so the first remark was at former labour leader jeremy corbyn's expense. it's the first time since the general election of 2019, when we finally sent that corduroyed communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs. laughter then he talked about social care to illustrate the central thrust of his argument. when i stood on the steps of downing street, i promised to fix this crisis, and after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. what he calls "levelling up" is needed he said, because... you will find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm, everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed — evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. and it is our mission as conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. we're announcing today a levelling up premium of up to £3000, to send the best maths and science teachers to the places that need them most. he lent on history to justify hiking up taxes during a pandemic. margaret thatcher would not have ignored the meteorite that has just crashed through the public finances. she would have wagged her finger and said, more borrowing now isjust higher interest rates and even higher taxes later. and he defended keeping up statues some would like to pull down. not because we are proud of everything but trying to edit it now is as dishonest as a celebrity trying furtively to change his entry in wikipedia and it's a betrayal of our children's education. the government wouldn't rest, he added, until there are more prosecutions for rape. vaccines — "jabs, jabs, jabs" as he put it, now meantjobs, jobs, jobs and there was this on labour's sir keir starmer. the human weather vane, the starmer chameleon, and in his final absurd act of opportunism he decided to oppose step four — he opposed step four of the roadmap in july, remember? that's right, folks. if we'd listened to captain hindsight today we'd still be in lockdown. we wouldn't have had the fastest growth in the g7. if columbus had listened to captain hindsight, he'd be famous for having discovered tenerife! laughter how utterly... this was an upbeat speech, full of the flourishes we've come to expect from boris johnson. the big question is whether it's in step or not with the national mood. chris mason, bbc news. our political correspondent iain watson was at the conference in manchester for the prime minister's speech. he gave us this assessment. borisjohnson's audience were treated to a tour of the horizon, mentioning everything from wind farms to wildlife and much in between. but in so far as his speech had a theme, it was all about levelling up, trying to get rid of some of the disparities in the country and he attacked the state of britain in some ways. he suggested that transport links in some parts of england were a disgrace. he said that we were one of the most imbalanced societies amongst richer nations and usually when you hear that kind of language from a politician, they're attacking their political opponents. but, oh, no, borisjohnson was effectively trashing the record of his own party, to some extent. he was also saying, look, i'll get social care done. a reminder that david cameron and theresa may didn't. i think what was interesting about the speech was he was effectively reinventing the conservative party. he said that people voted for change in 2019. so this was a blatant attempt to try to keep that big coalition of voters that gave him a thumping 80 seat majority together — people who had previously voted labour, especially in the north of england, but also holding onto traditional tories in the south too. and again, what was interesting was that this was not policy—led and it was about direction of travel, it was about an optimistic future. a future where there was greater skills in the economy and higher wages, away from low skills and high immigration, as he would have it. but people are also worried about the here and now and what the prime minister didn't really focus on was what he was going to do to lessen those queues at the petrol pumps, get the supermarket shelves filled again i'll or answer some of the quieter concerns that people have been grumbling about at the margins here, not on the conference floor that at some of the fringes. they are worried about the cost of living, they are worried about inflation potentially going up, they are worried about next year's rise in national insurance and they are simply not sure yet what the political consequences are going to be. so there's a sense, there's a little bit of calm before a potential storm. what borisjohnson would say and the chancellor rishi sunak, too, is that these are simply temporary difficulties and that we are in transition away from a broken economic model to a new one. iain watson in manchester. before the prime minister's conference speech, there was critisicsm of the government from the head of the retailer next, lord wolfson. he is a conservative supporter, and in favour of brexit, but this morning said there is panic and despondency in the business world about the current labour shortages. our business editor simonjack has more details. lord wolfson, brexit supporter, came out... throughout the week he has been saying that the government is on the wrong track with its approach to immigration. the prime minister said we can't go back to the same old broken model of uncontrolled immigration. he said, listen, it's a fact of life that businesses will need this. he said earlier in the week these labour shortages are real, they're damaging, they will push up prices and thatjust putting everyone's wages up on its own without making people better at doing things or investing in new kit and skills will only give you inflation. the prime minister earlier in the week saying i'm not that bothered about inflation, i expect supply to come to meet demand. but it only does that when prices go up, where those two things meet. we didn't hear anything from rishi sunak this week on saying public sector workers were going to get much higher wages so you're going to have millions of people for whom prices are rising faster than their wages. that means their living standards are getting worse just a bit every day, and politically that's a pretty horrible place to be in. so a lot of people saying he's being quite potentially complacent about the fact that he's not that bothered about inflation. businesses saying we are being criticised we didn't invest, there was a lot of uncertainty during the brexit period, we've had to fight off a pandemic, what we need now is a little bit of help rather than having fingers wagged in our face. our business editor simon jack. almost six million people in the uk will see their income fall today, as the £20 per—week increase to universal credit is withdrawn. the benefit uplift was brought in last year to support those on low incomes during the pandemic. borisjohnson has defended the cut, saying that 'high wage, high skilled' jobs are better than putting more money into benefits. but opposition parties and charities have warned that hundreds of thousands of people will be plunged into poverty. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. nicola flower used to work three jobs — as a seamstress, cleaner and shop assistant — until she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. the side effects of different treatments have weakened her body. the cut to universal credit is consuming her mind. i might have to wear more clothes, not have the heating on so much. i'm really worried about the joints situation, because when it's colder you can feel it. i've noticed it the past couple of days, the difference. i'm going to need the heating on to keep myjoints warm. cornwall has some of the poorest—insulated homes in england, so the recent rise in energy prices will hit hard. a largely low—wage seasonaljobs market adds to the difficulties tens of thousands of people will face coping with the £20—a—week cut. unfortunately, i lost myjob because i was cycling and hit by a car, fractured my leg. so i was on crutches. harriet duffy used to work for a charity as a fundraiser. her accident changed everything. she's now living in temporary accommodation with her four—month—old son, noah. i have no access to laundry facilities and things like this so at the moment i am using launderettes and living basically off microwave meals and things like that. so obviously that comes at an expense. and losing that extra sort of bit of income will be devastating. completely aware that this hasn't always been part of universal credit, and it was only supposed to be temporary during covid, but a lot of people have become reliant on it during this time. it's notjust the people on universal credit who are going to feel the impact of the cut. the money they get, they typically spend in their own local economy — in shops, in cafes, on their own high streets — all of these places are going to feel the impact of the £20 being cut. at the food bank in camborne, volunteers expect an increase in demand. historically, cuts to benefits levels have often led to more requests for help. i think the problem is when you're on a very low income, if you get another £20 a week, it's really helpful. but you're never in a situation where you don't need that extra money. the uplift costs about £6 billion a year, and the government say that, with the economy reopening, manyjobs are available, so it's right to remove the temporary uplift. we ultimately want to avoid the benefits and the welfare trap, and encourage people to be able to get back into work. and of course the uc system was designed to help incentivise people into work. so the temporary uplift we saw during the pandemic was always going to come to an end. they've also made £500 million available to help the most vulnerable, and they want employers to pay higher wages — as some have — to ease the impact of the cut. michael buchanan, bbc news, cornwall. the ruler of dubai has been found by the high court to have illegally hacked the mobile phones of people opposing him in the british courts. that includes the phones of his ex—wife, princess haya ofjordan and members of the legal and security teams. this report from our security correspondent frank gardner. together no longer. dubai's ruler and his ex—wife, jordan's princess haya, now fighting a custody battle in the high court. it has been revealed today that he ordered illegal phone hacking during a crucial phase of the hearings. princess haya's phone was hacked and so were those of her personal assistant, hersecurity so were those of her personal assistant, her security and legal team and even that of baroness shackleton, her barrister and a member of the house of lords. princess haya in white fled dubai two years ago after learning of her husband plasma abduction and mistreatment of two of his daughters. she applied for court orders to prevent her children being returned to dubai. thejudgments published here today show the extraordinary lengths he has gone to to exercise total control over the women in his family. the measures have been described as an abuse of power and a serial breach of criminal law here in britain. the court heard how agents of the dubai ruler used intrusive spyware called pegasus, sold by israel to the united arab emirates to affect the mobile phones of his opposing legal team. ~ . �* . mobile phones of his opposing legal team. ~ ., �*, ., ., , team. what's remarkable about this case as it shows _ team. what's remarkable about this case as it shows starkly _ team. what's remarkable about this case as it shows starkly that - case as it shows starkly that autocrats will take this technology, which is allegedly for fighting crime and terror, and use it to do exactly what you'd expect. they target people who they find to be problematic and of course it's not a surprise that yet again a partner is targeted with this kind of spyware. mobile phone hacking, the court heard, was also used to track and abduct one of sheikh mohammed's daughters when she tried unsuccessfully to flee dubai by boat in 2018. i unsuccessfully to flee dubai by boat in 2018. ., ~ , ., , , in 2018. i making this video because it could be the _ in 2018. i making this video because it could be the last _ in 2018. i making this video because it could be the last video _ in 2018. i making this video because it could be the last video i _ in 2018. i making this video because it could be the last video i make. . it could be the last video i make. in it could be the last video i make. in the _ it could be the last video i make. in the smuggled video, she said she was imprisoned in a villa. recent photographs posted online appear to show her at liberty but human rights campaign still question whether she is free. and sheikh mohammed's current custody battle with princess haya, the court heard he tried to buy a uk property so close to her house that she felt intimidated. sheikh mohammed denies all the allegations. a billionaire racehorse owner, he remains a giant figure in the equestrian world but uk law has been broken here and this case pose is extremely awkward questions about one of britten's current custody battle with princess haya, the court heard he tried to buy a uk property so close to her house that she felt intimidated. sheikh mohammed denies all the allegations. a billionaire racehorse owner, he remains a giant figure in the equestrian world but uk law has been broken here and this case pose is extremely awkward questions about one of britain because my closest friends in the middle east. frank is with me. i want to talk to you about the spyware itself in a moment. at first, if you could explain why all of this is playing out in an english court? ,, . , , of this is playing out in an english court? ,, . ,, ., , ., ., court? sure. princess haya fled from dubai to britain _ court? sure. princess haya fled from dubai to britain in _ court? sure. princess haya fled from dubai to britain in 2019 _ court? sure. princess haya fled from dubai to britain in 2019 with - court? sure. princess haya fled from dubai to britain in 2019 with her- dubai to britain in 2019 with her two children saying she was in fear of her life. she felt intimidated having basically been ostracised by her husband, sheikh mohammed of dubai. she then got a number of threatening messages. she was extremely worried an attempt was going to be made to snatch the children and take them back to dubai so she went to the british court to fight this custody battle to get a non—molestation order and various other things from the court. this custody battle is still ongoing. there are still welfare hearings to come. it is not over yet. what has transpired during these hearings, which have all been heard in closed, so we can only report this today once the embargo has been lifted and the court has ruled it is going to be made public, is that this really serious serial hacking took place here in the uk, in the middle of a court battle. this is, there is no other word for it, interfering with british justice and being other word for it, interfering with britishjustice and being described as a serial breach of the uk criminal law. it has left the whole experience has left the princess feeling hunted and haunted. there are other aspects of it, that sheikh mohammed was alleged to have tried to buy a property next to hers and when she found out she was being hacked and 256 mb of data had secretly been extracted from her phone without her even knowing using this pegasus spy ware, she realised that all these sensitive negotiations she was having with her lawyers were all being listened to by the opposing side for the view could not make this up. this is like straight out of a novel and yet it is real. ., ., ., ,, , is real. you mentioned the pegasys s- are. is real. you mentioned the pegasys spyware- exolain — is real. you mentioned the pegasys spyware- exolain a _ is real. you mentioned the pegasys spyware. explain a bit _ is real. you mentioned the pegasys spyware. explain a bit more - is real. you mentioned the pegasys spyware. explain a bit more about i spyware. explain a bit more about that. . . spyware. explain a bit more about that. ,, ., spyware. explain a bit more about that. , ., . that. this is spyware which has been develo ed that. this is spyware which has been developed by _ that. this is spyware which has been developed by an _ that. this is spyware which has been developed by an israeli _ that. this is spyware which has been developed by an israeli company - developed by an israeli company called nso group and they insist they only sell this to responsible governments to fight criminals and terrorists. what actually happened was really interesting. on the 5th of august 2020, last year, a senior member, this is in the court hearings, a senior member of the board phoned cherie blair, wife of former prime minister tony blair, because she is a human rights adviser to nso group. so part of their company, essentially, phoned her to say we are really worried, we think baroness shackleton's phone has been hacked, can you warn her? so she then did exactly that and thatis so she then did exactly that and that is where the warning came from. then the court has heard expert testimony from an it tech specialist who has used very sophisticated software to establish who's phone had been hacked and found traces of this pegasys software. this is really high tech stuff. you are in my phone, we wouldn't know if it was infected with this, it leaves almost no trace. if it is infected by it, it cannot only look at all your calendar, all your notes, all your whatsapp messages, text messages, photographs, appointments, it can turnit photographs, appointments, it can turn it on and listen and actually record things that you are saying without you knowing it. it record things that you are saying without you knowing it. it sounds terri inc. without you knowing it. it sounds terrifying. which _ without you knowing it. it sounds terrifying. which you _ without you knowing it. it sounds terrifying. which you could - without you knowing it. it sounds i terrifying. which you could imagine, in hands of responsible _ terrifying. which you could imagine, in hands of responsible law - in hands of responsible law enforcement if you are trying to stop terrorist plots, fantastic. israelis are the world market leader at this stuff, they are really good at this stuff, they are really good at it but they have sold it to the saudis and emma rathi is and it's not the first time it's been used, allegedly fist of it also been allegedly fist of it also been allegedly used to hack saudi dissidents acting on agents allegedly of the crown print is. —— crown prince. as you heard it from the testimony from the cyber expert, this is something that is supposed to be used to combat criminals and terrorists and has been used in an abuse of power, that's what the court heard today, to essentially combat the women or to counteract the legal case that the women in this case were bringing. so the legal case that the women in this case were bringing.- this case were bringing. so very briefl , this case were bringing. so very briefly. what — this case were bringing. so very briefly, what happens _ this case were bringing. so very briefly, what happens now, - this case were bringing. so very i briefly, what happens now, where does it go now? i briefly, what happens now, where does it go now?— does it go now? i think there may well be calls _ does it go now? i think there may well be calls for _ does it go now? i think there may well be calls for a _ does it go now? i think there may well be calls for a further- well be calls for a further investigation into this because uk law, the court has been told, has been broken. but you are not going to see somebody putting handcuffs on sheikh mohammed. he is a sovereign ruler and can claim immunity the study denies everything, he says nothing to do with me and i am not prepared to discuss their security and intelligence apparatus of the uae. i think... and intelligence apparatus of the uae. ithink... it and intelligence apparatus of the uae. i think... it will almost certainly won't be covered in the uae at all or it will be very slightly covered, certainly not in the way it's covered here in the uk media. i think the foreign office will probably be quite concerned about this because the uae and dubai particularly as an ally, they are very good relations. in the era of global britain, we have come out of europe and britain needs all the friends it has got. i don't think, i wouldn't expect to see the british government making a huge amount of fuss about this but it's a further insight as to what goes on inside that court and it is not pretty. we have just had a completely unrelated the sarah everard case, as you know. when i look at this end i think, this is an abuse of women. there is no other way to describe it.- no other way to describe it. frank, thank ou no other way to describe it. frank, thank you very _ no other way to describe it. frank, thank you very much. _ no other way to describe it. frank, thank you very much. our- no other way to describe it. frank, thank you very much. our security | thank you very much. our security correspondent frank gardner with the latest there. the boss of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has hit back at criticism from a former employee turned whistleblower who testified in the us senate. frances haugen said the company's sites and apps have harmed children and fuelled division. mr zuckerberg said the argument that facebook deliberately pushed content that made people angry for profit was illogical. in a blog, mr zuckerberg wrote... our north america technology reporterjames clayton has more. eleanor and freya are both ia and, like many teenagers, they're both on instagram. as a teenager you're looking at these people, like, all these models, and, you know, influencers — they are all very, very skinny and they have, like, a perfect body. and when you're looking at that and then kind of comparing yourself to it, it's, like, very... i think it could be really damaging. when you're, like, feeling at your worst, and then you go on instagram and see things that are, like, targeted at you because you've looked at these kind of things before... you see them, like — yeah, models, influencers, celebrities, things like that and you're just like, "oh, well, i'll never be like that." eleanor and freya's concerns are in fact shared by one rather important company — facebook, which owns instagram. in fact, leaked internal research found that teens who struggle with mental health say that instagram makes it worse. the woman who leaked that internal report is called frances haugen — yesterday giving evidence in washington. the documents i have provided to congress prove that facebook has repeatedly misled the public about what its own research reveals about the safety of children. she also said that facebook�*s motives were driven by money, rather than the mental health of its users. i saw facebook repeatedly encounter conflicts between its own profits and our safety. facebook consistently resolved these conflicts in favour of its own profits. here in silicon valley, facebook has pushed back, saying that some of the research presented is misleading, and despite the fact that instagram concluded that it could be damaging for children's mental health, it also says that it can have a positive impact. reacting to haugen's evidence was facebook�*s vice president of content policy, monica bickert. again, any time a single teen is having a bad experience, that's too much. one thing that shows that we are prioritising safety above profit is the very fact that we're asking these hard questions. facebook has said it's postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but it's likely that the social network will face even more scrutiny and greater regulation in the us and further abroad. republicans and democrats don't agree on much, but taking action on facebook is one thing that has broad support. james clayton, bbc news. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones says mr zuckerberg had stayed silent on this criticism, until now. it's important to remember how much power he has over the company. he is virtually unsackable, he has so much control. and it is a public company. but in this long note to his staff he basically rejects this whole idea that facebook is more focused on profits than on the well—being of its users. he says that's illogical, we make money from ads and advertisers consistently tell us they don't want their ads next to harmful or angry content. so he says, why would we do that? he also defends the fact that they have done all this research. he says if keep being attacked for doing research into the impact of our products, why would we go on doing that? his critics would say, you've done all this research and kept it secret, you should be publishing it. finally, he kind of pushes back and says, well, it's up to regulators to do something more generally about social media. he's inviting the regulators in. he might not like what he gets, there's continuing pressure to talk about a break—up of facebook, that may not happen but it seems politicians are united across the aisle in the united states and around the rest of the world in wanting to do more to regulate facebook. and that was our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, talking about the facebook controversy. back here... covid passports will be introduced in wales after the government won a tight vote in the senedd — the welsh parliament. it will come in on 11th october and will require all over 185 to show evidence of being fully vaccinated or a recent negative covid test in order to get into nightclubs, concerts and conventions. scientists believe they can explain why some people who catch covid develop chilblain—like lesions on their toes and even fingers. covid toe appears to be a side effect of the body switching into attack mode to fight off the virus. scientists hope the finding will help patients and doctors better understand the condition. our health correspondent catherine burns reports a year ago sofia loved dancing, but she developed covid toe. now the 13—year—old struggles to stand up for long, and needs a wheelchair if she is going far. she spoke to the bbc in the summer. my feet swell up and i get blisters all over them. the doctors never really said how long they think it's going to last for. so i'm not really sure and i'm quite scared, to be honest, because i don't know if i'll be able to do the things that i like to do. painful blisters, red or purple skin, raised bumps and swelling, covid toe can happen at any age, but is more common in children and teenagers. it tends to last for weeks, often in people who do not have any other covid symptoms. researchers in paris did blood and skin tests on 50 patients with suspected covid toe, and now they think they know why some people get this. the theory is it's a side—effect of the body going into attack mode to fight the virus, but mistakenly targeting other cells as well. children and young adults are able to produce a chemical called interferon, and it is this being released in large quantities which has the effect of dampening the viral infection, and one of the side—effects of this massive release of interferon into the system is that within a few days the sufferer then ends up with chilblains. chilblains are small, itchy swellings on the skin, often toes and heels. they're usually linked to cold weather, and often go away on their own. you can do a few things that can help them along. wearing woollen and cotton socks, keeping the feet warm. in some cases, you can use blood pressure tablets which can improve the circulation. covid toe seems to be less common now than in the first wave, it's thought people are less likely to get it if they have been vaccinated. catherine burns, bbc news. a member of police staff has been issued with a gross misconduct charge. jake davison shot and killed five people in the plymouth in august. let's find out more from our correspondence sarah ransom. explain more about what this notice means today? more about what this notice means toda ? . . more about what this notice means toda ? , ., ., . , more about what this notice means toda? , ., ., ., ., more about what this notice means toda? ,., .,, today? these are notices that can be issued by the — today? these are notices that can be issued by the independent _ today? these are notices that can be issued by the independent office - today? these are notices that can be issued by the independent office of. issued by the independent office of police conduct. the police watchdog. what we had today in their latest update into this investigation as to why jake davison had update into this investigation as to whyjake davison had a update into this investigation as to why jake davison had a shot update into this investigation as to whyjake davison had a shot gun in the first place. we've heard from them, as you say, that this notice of gross misconduct has been issued to a member of police staff. devon and cornwall police issue a shot go on licence to jake davison in 2017 and the iop office for police conduct, have been investigating into that and they say that they are looking further at that and because of their wide—ranging investigation, they've decided to issue this particular notice to that member of staff. they've also issued a second disciplinary notice to a police officer who was involved in another investigation but that was related to an assault on two youths in 2020. jake davison admitted he'd been involved in that assault and it was at that time that his shot gun licence was revoked, it was removed from him. of course, as we tragically know, just weeks after his shotgun licence was returned to him, jake davison, this trainee crane operator, went on a shooting spree, if you like, and he killed five people in plymouth. five people, one was his mother, maxine davison. lee martyn and his daughter, his three—year—old daughter, his three—year—old daughter out for a walk. he also killed stephen washington, who is just around the corner from him and another woman, just around the corner from him and anotherwoman, kate, iwasjust coming out from the hairdressers when she was on his way and he shot at her randomly the stop she later died in hospital. the eye opc are saying today that they've been continuing with that investigation and as a result of the investigations that they have carried out so far, this is where those disciplinary notices have been issued. they say they are —— their investigation is continuing and they are looking at whether and how the process is were involved, in terms of how that shotgun licence was issued and then returned to jake davison. they are also looking at this assault that the police officer who is investigating that particular incident, as to whether he shared the relevant information that he gleaned from that investigation, whether he shared widely enough and whether he shared widely enough and whether it was taken into account during the analysis as to whether jake davison should have his shot gun licence returned. the regional director for the eye opc has said in a statement today that it is based on the evidence that they have gathered so far that they have issued those disciplinary notices and they intend to complete their full investigation by the end of the year and he reiterated his condolences to all those involved within the area of keyham and those who had family that died. sarah ransom, thank— who had family that died. sarah ransom, thank you. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. as far as this afternoon goes, big improvement in the weather compared with the deluge yesterday. the skies have been bright and sunny to many of us, confirmed by the satellite picture. as that goes through, the wind start to come from a south—westerly direction and those south—westerly winds will be dragging some very warm air in for the time of year. overnight, rain for scotland and northern ireland, drizzly for western parts of england and wales with mist and fog patches developing around the coast and hills. but tonight temperatures will be rising through the night, 15 degrees by dawn in belfast. tomorrow, this weather front will be wriggling and writhing its way through scotland and northern ireland, bringing pulses of rain at times whether southwards. probably murky with a bit of drizzle first thing in the morning but some bright or sunny spells coming through the cloud further east. temperatures up to 20 celsius, around six or seven celsius warmer than it should be at this stage of october. that is your latest weather. hello this is bbc news, with jane hill. the headlines... the prime minister warns there will be 'difficulties' as the uk transitions towards what he calls 'a high wage, high skill economy'. he told the conservative party conference it was part of his plan to 'level up' the country. this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. the high court finds that the ruler of dubai, sheikh mohammed al maktoum, secretly hacked the phones of his ex wife princess haya ofjordan. millions of families will be a thousand pounds a year worse off from today, due to the end of the £20 a week increase to universal credit. facebook founder mark zuckerberg hits back at criticism from an ex—employee turned whistle—blower saying the firm 'cares deeply�* about users' safety and mental well—being. the condition known as 'covid toe' — why do some people who catch covid, develop blisters on their toes and even fingers? and scientists have discovered a 200 million—year—old dinosaur fossil in a filing cabinet of the natural history museum. time for all the latest sport right now withjohn time for all the latest sport right now with john watson. with time for all the latest sport right now withjohn watson. with the spotlight falling on the take—up of the covid vaccine among professional footballers... england defender fikayo tomori says getting vaccinated against covid is a personal issue, and it's up to each player if they do so. tomori didn't reveal whether he's been jabbed. as of september, fewer than half of players at most premier league and english football league clubs had been vaccinated. tomori, who plays for ac milan, was speaking ahead of england's forthcoming two world cup qualifiers. republic of ireland international callum robinson has revealed he has chosen not to be vaccinated, despite twice contracting covid—i9. robinson, who also plays for west bromwich albion, said: "it's my choice at this moment in time. it's obviously annoying that i've caught it twice. further down the line i could change my mind." at the weekend, liverpool boss jurgen klopp said he was exasperated at players not getting the vaccine. the glazerfamily the glazer family who own man utd are selling more than £100 million worth of shares in the club. united have notified the new york stock exchange that kevin and edward glaser are selling 8% of the family stake in the club. that could net the pair more than £130 million. manchester united won't receive any proceeds from the sale. england look set to tour australia this winter following positive talks with the players over competing in the up coming ashes. there were reservations over the strict quarantine rules awaiting the players and their familes on arrival. but discussions between their representaives, cricket australia and the ecb has brought the staging of the series a step closer. a final decision will be made on friday. emma raducanu says she's in no hurry to appoint a new coach as she prepares for her first tournamnet since winning the us open. she's in indian wells, ahead of the biggest women's event outside of the four grand slams. it begins later, although the 17th seed wont play until friday, having received a bye into the second round. after the departure of her former coach, the former british men's number onejeremy bates will assist her this week before raducanu makes a permanent appointment. yes, i don't want to rush into anything, making a decision, because it is a pretty big decision to make. i am looking for someone hopefully with a bit more tour experience at a high level, because i am now 22 in the world, and it is new to me, so i wish that i would have someone who had been there and experienced it, but yes, my coach andrew from the us open was great, and we had a lot of good times together, but i think for this next chapter ijust want someone with more experience. chelsea will be hoping for a better result than arsenal, who lost 4—1 to barcelona last night, when they get their women's champions league campaign under way later against german side, wolfsburg. the chelsea manager emma hayes thinks her side are better placed for the experience and ready to go again. it is the same for any loss you ever have. i you take from it what you need, and then you discard the rest. . you don't get preoccupied| on the losses for too long. i think the players, - i think you have to ask them what they have learnt from it. from my perspective, | i think we have gained another year's experience. just to bring you an extra line or two on the extraordinary story of that frank gardner our security correspondent has been explaining in the last half an hour or so. this high court finding that dubai's ruler hacked phones, including that of his ex—wife, pictured here. all part of a court process, but also members of her legal and security teams as well. frank was explaining to us that dubai's ruler has always denied doing anything wrong in this regard, butjust an update on that statement. saying i have always denied the allegations made against me and i continue to do so. denied the allegations made against me and i continue to do 50. these matters concerned suppose that operations of state security. neither dubai nor the uae are party to these proceedings, and they did not participate in the hearing. the findings are therefore based on an incomplete picture. that statement through from the ruler of dubai, following that extraordinary finding in the high court about the hacking of phones. a man has died and another suffered serious injuries after a series of stabbings in the village in gloucestershire. a woman is also being treated in hospital after the attack yesterday afternoon near tewkesbury. a man in his 505 has been arrested. tesco says its sales and profits grew by more than expected in the six months to august because its supply chain is held up against issues facing retailers. its half year profits more than doubled to £1.1a billion. the supermarket is forecasting full year profits of at least £2.5 billion. an employment tribunal has found that the culture in an armed response unit within police scotland was horrific and "an absolute boys' club". former firearms officer rhona malone brought the case against the force after an inspector sent an email saying two female firearms officers should not be deployed together, when there were sufficient male staff on duty. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been talking to ms malone. in an interview with the bbc this morning, a former firearms officer rhona malone said she loved herjob in the police, she had wanted to leave it in that bringing the tribunal, she was looking for acknowledgement and accountability for what had happened to her, that as a police officer she had stayed up happened to her, that as a police officer she had stood up the people's writes and upheld the law and she wanted the same in return. i want them to acknowledge what they have done. i still haven't had contact, nobody has been in touch. the judge has put a judgment out, and i am eternally grateful that i have been heard, that my case has been heard and listened to, and my legal team did a phenomenal job. i think, why don't theyjust admit, you know, say, yes, we did wrong and we are going to try and do something about it? i would like them to do something about it, you know? nobody should go through what i went through. the tribunal said that miss malone was an entirely credible and reliable witness, who found evidence of a sexist culture in the armed response unit of which she was part. at one point, the chief firearms officer there said that women should not become firearms officers because they menstruated, and this would affect their temperament. there was a whatsapp group within the team, in which one senior officer posted images of topless women. that senior officer also at another point sent an e—mail saying he didn't want to see female officers deployed together when there were sufficient women on duty. police scotland has previously denied it has a culture of sexism. they have yet to respond to the tribunal findings, but miss malone says she feels vindicated and is delighted at the ruling. some news through from northern ireland in the last few moments. the police they are telling us that an investigation is beginning, into allegations of physical and sexual abuse at institutions for unmarried mothers. this follows on from everything you might have heard yesterday, that the panel, commissioned by the devolved government, which said there should be a public enquiry into those homes, the magdalen laundry is, as they are known, thousands of women spent time in those institutions, which were run by religious orders, and in fact the last home did not close until 1990. truly horrific situation uncovered there, and the police service of a new northern ireland announcing it is beginning its own investigation into allegations of abuse there those institutions. that is through from the psni in the last few moments. a court's heard that a group including at least four teenagers launched a "short and brutal" attack, during which is—year—old keon lincoln was killed outside his home in birmingham injanuary. the prosecution say a fatal shot was fired by a iii—year—old, who's one of five defendants who deny murder. phil mackie is at birmingham crown court and told us what was heard in court today. just before the break for lunch, the jury was shown cctv footage, which shows quite graphically what happens. the attack lasted 1t0 seconds. a group of young men got out of a stolen car and chased key on the link and it was just outside his home in handsworth in birmingham before launching a horrible attack. they stabbed him repeatedly and one of them shot him fatally while he was lying on the floor. there was a commotion. people ran into the street including keon's mother charmaine, who shouted "he isjust isi". a nurse who was a neighbour tried to save him, as did the police and paramedics who arrived soon after. but sadly he died in hospital. now the prosecution has opened its case and says it does know what the motive was, but says that using cctv, forensics and dna evidence they can identify a number of the people who are those who are on trial today. the 14—year—old who they claim was the gunman, a 16—year—old and three is—year—olds, who all say they had nothing to do with the attack. the case is due to last around six weeks. we are going to take you to geneva because the world health organization has just started because the world health organization hasjust started giving a briefing on the last few moments and we are expecting to hear about a vaccine for malaria, in young people in particular. let's head out but to geneva and see what is being announced.— geneva and see what is being announced. , , announced. unacceptably high level, with more than _ announced. unacceptably high level, with more than 200 _ announced. unacceptably high level, with more than 200 million - announced. unacceptably high level, with more than 200 million cases, i with more than 200 million cases, and 400,000 deaths every year. two thirds of those deaths are children under five in africa. thirds of those deaths are children underfive in africa. the thirds of those deaths are children under five in africa. the who thirds of those deaths are children underfive in africa. the who has said consistently that we need new tools to get malaria control back on track. two years ago, the who and our partners began a pilot programme to roll out this vaccine in ghana, kenya and malawi. here is what we have learned. this vaccine can be delivered through child health clinics, by ministries of health, and readily reach children at high coverage levels. community demand for the vaccine is strong. it has broad reach to children, including the most vulnerable, who may not use, thereby expanding access to preventative measures to children at risk. it is safe. it significantly reduces by threatening malaria, and we estimate it to be highly cost—effective. this is a powerful new tool. ido i do apologise, we have lost the line clearly to geneva. i'm not sure what has happened there, we will try to bring that back because that breakthrough was being described as really quite momentous, as it would be. so we're hoping to get rather more detail on that. we will try to head back to the world health organization if we possibly can the next few minutes. until we re—establish that line let's bring in a few other new stories tonight. taiwan has warned that relations with china, who claims the islands, are at there worst for 40 years. scores of chinese aircraft have crossed into taiwanese airspace in recent days. the defence minister told parliament that beijing would be capable of mounting a full invasion by 2025. one of the victims of the manchester arena bombing may have survived, if he'd been given medical treatment more quickly, the public inquiry into the attack has heard. john atkinson, who was 28, asked repeatedly if he was going to die as he lay injured in the foyer where the bomb exploded. he was helped by members of the public and police officers, but wasn't assessed by any paramedics for nearly 50 minutes. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz has been at the hearing. we heard there is cctv footage, which shows that within five seconds of the bombing as the smoke was clearing, john atkinson was crawling on his hands and knees and a member of the public, ronald blake, rushed to his side. he phoned 999, and on their advice he used his belt as a tourniquet to stopjohn atkinson from bleeding. that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughter was and he had no first aid training. we discovered there was nobody from the ambulance service who helped at any time that john atkinson was in the foyer and it was about an hour before ronald blake left him, thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off, and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will discuss over the next few days. now i think we can return indeed to geneva. let's hear more from that news briefing from the world health organization about a vaccine for malaria. �* ., ,., organization about a vaccine for malaria. �* ., ., ., ., malaria. and also to say hello to our colleagues _ malaria. and also to say hello to our colleagues in _ malaria. and also to say hello to our colleagues in the _ malaria. and also to say hello to our colleagues in the media. - malaria. and also to say hello to | our colleagues in the media. and malaria. and also to say hello to i our colleagues in the media. and at wh0~ _ our colleagues in the media. and at wh0~ i_ our colleagues in the media. and at wh0~ i and — our colleagues in the media. and at who. iand my our colleagues in the media. and at who. i and my colleagues in who in africa _ who. i and my colleagues in who in africa are _ who. i and my colleagues in who in africa are beyond delighted. that after decades of action on malaria, there _ after decades of action on malaria, there is— after decades of action on malaria, there is finally a vaccine that can reduce _ there is finally a vaccine that can reduce cases, particularly over life—threatening severe malaria among — life—threatening severe malaria among young children. for centuries, malaria _ among young children. for centuries, malaria has— among young children. for centuries, malaria has talked to sub—saharan africa, _ malaria has talked to sub—saharan africa, causing immense personal suffering — africa, causing immense personal suffering. as it stands today, the african _ suffering. as it stands today, the african region, as the director—general has already said, accounts — director—general has already said, accounts for 94% of the global malaria — accounts for 94% of the global malaria burden. every year, hundreds of millions— malaria burden. every year, hundreds of millions of— malaria burden. every year, hundreds of millions of people fall ill, and hundreds— of millions of people fall ill, and hundreds of thousands die sadly, due to this _ hundreds of thousands die sadly, due to this preventable and treatable disease — to this preventable and treatable disease. every two minutes, a child under— disease. every two minutes, a child under five _ disease. every two minutes, a child under five dies of malaria. this indirectly— under five dies of malaria. this indirectly impacts on african families, _ indirectly impacts on african families, societies and economies. the indirect— families, societies and economies. the indirect impacts are enormous. we have _ the indirect impacts are enormous. we have long hoped for an effective malaria _ we have long hoped for an effective malaria vaccine and now, for the first time — malaria vaccine and now, for the first time ever, we have such a vaccine — first time ever, we have such a vaccine recommended for widespread use. today's recommendation therefore _ use. today's recommendation therefore offers a glimmer of hope for the _ therefore offers a glimmer of hope for the continent. we expect many more _ for the continent. we expect many more african children will be protected from malaria and grow into healthy _ protected from malaria and grow into healthy and productive adults. i would _ healthy and productive adults. i would like in my turn to commend ghana, _ would like in my turn to commend ghana, kenya and malawi for leading the pilot— ghana, kenya and malawi for leading the pilot programme for the vaccine. i the pilot programme for the vaccine. i would _ the pilot programme for the vaccine. i would like — the pilot programme for the vaccine. i would like to give a shout out too to the _ i would like to give a shout out too to the caregivers who brought children— to the caregivers who brought children to be vaccinated, recognising the ever present threat of malaria. — recognising the ever present threat of malaria, even as societies battled — of malaria, even as societies battled the covid—19 payment demic. to take _ battled the covid—19 payment demic. to take forward this recommendation, no pandemic. the forum convened by the who _ no pandemic. the forum convened by the who will support national authorities to fast track the regulatory approvals to introduce this vaccine in the countries where it is needed — this vaccine in the countries where it is needed. this is an excellent opportunity too to explore production on the continent of a vaccine — production on the continent of a vaccine that will benefit generations of africans. the vaccine is a game _ generations of africans. the vaccine is a game changer, and it is arriving _ is a game changer, and it is arriving at— is a game changer, and it is arriving at the right time. progress in reducing — arriving at the right time. progress in reducing the malaria burden in africa _ in reducing the malaria burden in africa has— in reducing the malaria burden in africa has stalled in recent years. innovative — africa has stalled in recent years. innovative tools and approaches are urgently— innovative tools and approaches are urgently needed to get the global malaria _ urgently needed to get the global malaria control effort back on track — malaria control effort back on track in _ malaria control effort back on track. in the african region we have already— track. in the african region we have already started a consultative process — already started a consultative process of rethinking malaria, to look— process of rethinking malaria, to look at _ process of rethinking malaria, to look at the — process of rethinking malaria, to look at the barriers to progress and how to _ look at the barriers to progress and how to overcome them. with the rts's vaccine _ how to overcome them. with the rts's vaccine and _ how to overcome them. with the rts's vaccine and other anticipated changes— vaccine and other anticipated changes in the malaria business model. — changes in the malaria business model. we _ changes in the malaria business model, we expect to see greater impact _ model, we expect to see greater impact on — model, we expect to see greater impact on the malaria burden in africa _ impact on the malaria burden in africa in— impact on the malaria burden in africa in the very near future. it is clear— africa in the very near future. it is clear that _ africa in the very near future. it is clear that more investment is needed — is clear that more investment is needed in — is clear that more investment is needed in the strengthening service delivery— needed in the strengthening service delivery platforms, to make sure that malaria tools reach at risk groups — that malaria tools reach at risk groups. children are among the vulnerable groups being missed by key interventions, and so equity focused — key interventions, and so equity focused investments are crucial. the same _ focused investments are crucial. the same kind _ focused investments are crucial. the same kind of— focused investments are crucial. the same kind of political leadership, multi—central action and community engagement that we have seen in response — engagement that we have seen in response to covid—19 will be vital to drive _ response to covid—19 will be vital to drive action to save lives and prevent — to drive action to save lives and prevent ill— to drive action to save lives and prevent ill from malaria. together, we should — prevent ill from malaria. together, we should accelerate action towards a future _ we should accelerate action towards a future free from malaria, and the rts's _ a future free from malaria, and the rts's vaccine as part of a comprehensive set of actions can help us— comprehensive set of actions can help us to — comprehensive set of actions can help us to get there. apologies to be bringing you that in a rather piecemealfashion butjust to give you a sense of what we were hearing there, that is a video conference, lots of different locations from the world health organization, but they are saying very exciting development, the who says they are talking about the only approved vaccine against malaria, malaria which kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, and the who saying this vaccine should be widely used on children, particularly in africa. that is the few details available at the moment. very much still going on, so we will keep an eye on that, doubtless more to emerge on that extraordinary news about a vaccine for malaria. much more coming up at 5pm. let's pause and take a look at the weather prospects with chris. today is a much better day, weather—wise, after yesterday's deluge. across northern england, one of the wettest wet days yesterday, plenty of sunshine has come out in cumbria and temperatures through the afternoon quite close to average really for the time of year, however it will get unseasonably warm towards the end of the week, temperatures for some running around six or seven degrees above average, into the low 205 quite widely. today on the satellite picture, you can see the extent of the day's sunshine, but thicker cloud working into northern ireland, bringing rain here. that is the first sign of this wodge of warmer air starting to work in and that will push its way eastwards over tonight. so sunshine for most of scotland, england and wales through the rest of the day, still a brisk north—westerly winds blowing around our north sea coast, but the cloud will continue to thicken for northern ireland, with rain getting in here, turning damp perhaps across parts of western england and wales late in the day. overnight, we will see that band of rain become more extensive northern ireland and for scotland as the milder air works in. across western areas of england and wales, quite a bit of low cloud, some mist and fog patches around the coasts and hills, some damp drizzly weather as well. these are the temperatures we will have towards the end of the night. for some it will be warmer than it should be during the daytime at this time of the year. thursday, a mild start to the day for a time across northern ireland and scotland as well. probably staying quite damp and murky across some of the western coasts and hills of england and wales. further eastwards across east wales, central and eastern england and perhaps east scotland for a time, the cloud will break to give some sunny spells and temperatures. very mild really at this stage of october, into the low 205. friday may well start off with mist and fog patches across england and wales, slow to clear as well but eventually some sunshine breaks through, again becoming very warm for october, 21 degrees in hull. across scotland and northern ireland, it never gets that warm really, temperatures round about 16 or so but then into the weekend, we start to get a cold front pushed southwards, that will bring cooler and fresher air back across the uk. what it will actually mean to many of us is that the weather turns a bit cloudier and the temperatures get closer to average for the time of year. this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister warns there will be 'difficulties' as the uk transitions towards what he calls 'a high wage, high skill economy'. he told the conservative party conference it was part of his plan to 'level up' the country. this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. the high court finds the ruler of dubai secretly hacked the phones of his ex—wife. princess haya ofjordan. he denies any knowledge of the actions. millions of children in