time for a look at the weather. nick miller. diwali celebrations and firework displays will be lighting up the next few days but the northern lights, i've seen pictures as far south as norfolk and to find out more about the northern lights, what they are and how to come about and see more of these amazing pictures head to our website. of course we are very interested to know if the same will happen again tonight. the chanceis same will happen again tonight. the chance is there but there is a big difference. instead of clear skies to see them there will be clouds spilling on across the northern half of the uk as we go through tonight. a lot of clear weather until then. it's nice to see some sunshine today in cumbria after all the rain last week. there are a few showers dotted about here and there today, particularly along the north sea coast and one or two micro running on land across east anglia into south—east england. we are seeing a few showers in pembrokeshire, the chance in northern ireland and rain heading into north—west scotland but these are the exceptions to an otherwise fine afternoon with plenty of sunshine. it's chilly, the coldest day of the week, and there is a brisk wind adding to that chill especially on the north sea coast. integer night, many others start clear allowing temperatures to drop. there will be a frost setting in parts of england and wales but here comes the advertise cloud across scotland and northern ireland and northern england with patchy rain. with the cloud arriving temperatures will creep up as the night goes on but still into tomorrow morning frost across parts of the midlands, eastern and south east england. any early sunshine here isn't going to last too long because overall tomorrow is a cloudy day. from the cloud you may encounter a little light rain and drizzle especially across western parts of the uk with no way westerly breeze. the most persistent rain in north—west scotland. there will be a few brighter breaks in eastern scotland, north—east england, parts of the midlands, generally anywhere to the east of high ground temperatures are edging upwards, it's turning a touch milder and for bonfire night tomorrow night a lot of dry weather around but again across western part you may encounter a little light rain or drizzle. there is a more vigorous weather system heading in for the weekend and that will bring rain, weakening as it moves south. sunday is the drier day but it's turning very windy across northern scotland this weekend. there is a weather warning. scotland this weekend. there is a weatherwarning. look scotland this weekend. there is a weather warning. look at that online along with the northern lights pictures. clive. nick miller there. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, time for the new where you are. have a very good afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... at the t20 mens world cup, australia are up to second in group i after a comfortable victory over bangladesh this morning. looking to bounce back after their defeat to england at the weekend, aaron finch's side gave bangladesh no chance at all, bowling them out for just 73. adam zampa getting five wickets. finch then starred with the bat, top scoring with a0 offjust 20 balls to help them reach the target in just over six overs. they now go above south africa in the table to matters off the pitch, and a board meeting has been called at yorkshire county cricket club for tomorrow to discuss the fallout from former player azeem rafiq's racism allegations. yorkshire previously said it would take no disciplinary action against its employees, players or executives. it was reported that a racist term about rafiq's pakistani heritage was regularly used towards him, but an investigation concluded it was "friendly and good—natured banter". rafiq's former team—mate gary ballance says he was responsible for some of the racist language towards him. a series of sponsors and partners have cut their ties with yorkshire county cricket club over their handling of the racism allegations. an investigation found former spinner rafiq had been a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" at the club and yorkshire has been called to give evidence to government ministers. in a lengthy and emotional statement, gary ballance said he was responsible for some of the offensive terms rafiq was subjected to. ballance said... manu tuilagi will make his first england appearance since march 2020 against tonga at twickenham on saturday, for england's autumn series opener. centre tuilagi was called into the england camp over the summer, but had to withdraw because of a hamstring issue. he's spent long periods on the sidelines with injuries, including eight months out with a torn achilles, repeated groin injuries and knee ligament damage. captain 0wen farrell will start at fly—half. the team announcement was delayed because a member of support staff had tested positive for covid—i9. wales have also named their team for the match against south africa. ellisjenkins will make his first appearance in three years on saturday at the principality stadium. the cardiff flanker is one of six changes from last weekend's 54—16 defeat against new zealand. details of both squads are on the bbc sport website. tottenham begin a new era tonight with newly appointed manager antonio conte in the dugout to lead them in their europa conference league match against vitesse. the former chelsea manager joined spurs on tuesday, just a day after the sacking of nuno espirito santo, who had been in thejob forjust four months. captain hugo lloris says conte has risen expectations at the club. 0bviously, obviously, there is a lot of excitement, not only from the players but from all the club, from all the fans. figs players but from all the club, from all the fem-— players but from all the club, from all the fan— all the fans. as i said before, you know, all the fans. as i said before, you know. his — all the fans. as i said before, you know. his cv _ all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks _ all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks by _ all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks by itself. - all the fans. as i said before, you know, his cv talks by itself. he i all the fans. as i said before, you l know, his cv talks by itself. he has a great personality. he has great ideas of football. and, you know, he is going to bring his passion, his energy, and his knowledge of football. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. let's get more now on the decision earlier today by the bank of england to keep interest rates at their historic low level of 0.1%. many analysts had expected a rate rise to curb inflation. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey gave details of the bank's forecast for inflation: 12 month inflation was 3.1% in september which was broadly as expected in the august report. inflation is expected device to just under 4% in october, predominantly due to the impact on utility bills and past in wholesale gas prices. inflation is then expected to rise to 4.5% in november and remain out around that level through the winter. accounted for by further increases in coal goods and food price inflation. developments in energy prices, especially the wholesale price of gas in the uk and expected to account for significant proportion of the projected pick—up in inflation in the nation and its subsequent decline. in the run—up to the november report, wholesale oil and gas prices are around 80% of 400% respectively. then they were in the fourth course of last year. wholesale electricity prices run 300% of the same time. wholesale gas prices were rising 30% of the august report. these devices in energy prices reflects the recovering energy demand is the pandemic is faded as was disruptions to supply. taking account of this, it is expected to peak at around 5% in april next year, materially expected in the august report. monetary policy can do little to affect inflation in the near term, so the implications of short—term movements in cpi inflation for monetary policy depend on their impact further ahead. that, in turn, depends on how the effect household and business expectations of future inflation. 0ver expectations of future inflation. over the past few months, indicators of short—term expectations of inflation of vision as inflation outcomes of picked up and given recent development in energy and other prices are likely to affect the near—term outlook. sales of new cars across the uk last month dropped by around a quarter, compared to last year — with a shortage of parts thought to be one of the reasons for the downturn. the motor industry also blames the pandemic for a drop in demand. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies sent this update from luton. well, this is the end of the line where the vehicles are rolling off after having gone through a two—day production process and this factory is a key part of having experienced exactly what we were just talking about, the semiconductor shortage. all vehicles require between 1,500 and 3,000 of these semiconductors in order to be able to function. that will be to operate everything from the radio, the braking system, the gps signal, as well. these vehicles, normally there can be about 300 produced at this factory. however, they say that they could go up to a50 and they've had to cut one of the shifts overnight because they simply don't have of these chips to be able to keep the production line going. and all of this process is set up in a just—in—time way, which means, of course, if one of those elements is not there when it needs to be, the entire process starts getting bunged up. so this is a major issue that's not just affecting this particular factory, but multiple different factories both across the uk and around the world. sainsbury s has announced profits of more than half a billion pounds for the six months to the end of september. that compares to a statutory loss of £137 million for the prevous six months. profits have been boosted by higher grocery sales, lower covid costs, and exceptional income after settling legal disputes. sainsbury s ceo says the business is in a good position for christmas despite continued supply chain problems. 42 countries, including poland, vietnam and chile, have signed up to a plan to stop using coal—fired power stations. the pledges were made at the cop26 climate summit in glasgow. it's regarded as significant because burning coal is a major contributor to climate change. but big coal users china and the us are not on the list. today's talks at cop26 are all about clean energy. bbc wales economics correspondent sarah dickins, has been at one of the uk's biggest onshore wind farms welsh valleys for us. this is the control room at the heart of the largest in dominant wind farm in england and wales and is wherefore hast south wales valleys come together halfway between roughly the south wales coast in the brecon beacons and it is run by a company which is actually a state—owned swedish company. the site manager is pat delaney and, perhaps, this control room is the heart of it all, is it not? tells what you doing here. yes, sure. this is where we sort of take a good look at the site. we have clearly got such a vast area to keep an eye on, as well as the 76 turbines that we have comic mentioned earlier on today and because of the scale of the site it can take an hour to travel from the east of the far side in the west so alongside all of the public activity that goes on the site that we need to be aware of with our operations, we have forestry operations that are ongoing well which camino, obviously as part of the ni ongoing well which camino, obviously as part of the n! w state is still a commercial area for them as well. that n r w state is government land and, as you mention, open access. basically, other you are running a big business here anyone can walk the dog, go cycling on anything like that so that's quite important for you to keep an eye on, then? absolutely. because it is a public area we are effectively a tenant with n r w as the landlords are working closely with them is really important for us and clearly we have got a lease that is the light of the wind farm. what might we hear them, and we, cover that people are turning away from fossil fuels? we have heard the pledges today at cop26 in glasgow. some people will be saying look, i can see that site, there is steel, which is got lots of fossil fuel involved in the making of that, concrete, the same. so how come a kind of, carbon friendly, if you like it is this operation? we did not take a look at that, clearly. during the construction stage when we are building the turbines can right, we need materials to affect the turbines. we used 84 tonnes of recycled steel is from south wales with every turbine base a really good step towards camino, reducing our carbon footprint but... just a few weeks ago made the first fossil free steel in sweden which is a massive step forward to camino, making the steel industry... do you think the energy sources are changes, energy sources are moving more to renewables, but even the renewable sector is becoming more carbon friendly, if you like? becoming more carbon friendly, if ou like? , . , , ,, ,, ,, you like? yes, absolutely. you know, big businesses _ you like? yes, absolutely. you know, big businesses clearly _ you like? yes, absolutely. you know, big businesses clearly were _ you like? yes, absolutely. you know, big businesses clearly were pledging | big businesses clearly were pledging now to reduce over carbon emissions and try to get in that they were so businesses that are energy hungry need to take a look at projects like this and incorporate some of these technologies so that they can produce their products in a much greener way with less c02 emission. and it is ironic, is it not, that this is a state—owned foreign company that is doing this? yes. company that is doing this? yes, realistically _ company that is doing this? yes, realistically we _ company that is doing this? yes, realistically we need _ company that is doing this? leis, realistically we need billions to get in that they are and we have always been open to inward investment in the uk and i think there needs to continue. the taxpayer in wales or in the uk, we can't foot the bill, necessarily, for everything, so we need to have some investment from elsewhere as well to make the subjects happen. pat delaney and that is exactly what world leaders and companies and sony people are talking about now, how do you all there elements in one place, the political the finances and then developing technology as well. back to you. sarah dickens reporting for is there. on a similar theme, the uk also leads the world in the offshore wind sector. so, what do the numbers look like? here's our reality check correspondent, chris morris: renewable energy sources generated more electricity for the uk in 2020 than fossil fuels did, the first year that's happened, and most of the increase in renewable power came from offshore wind farms. in fact, with thousands of miles of coastline and loads of windy seas, the uk already produces about 40% of europe's offshore wind power. a lot of it is out here off the east coast of england. hornsea i is currently the largest offshore wind farm in the world, and hornsea 2, due for completion next year, will be even bigger. these areas cover hundreds of square miles. further north, about 80 miles of the yorkshire coast, an even larger wind farm is under construction in the shallow waters of dogger bank. now, all the electricity generated offshore gets sentback the uk offshore gets sent back to the uk through a series of underwater cables. now, these turbines are considerably bigger than anything you might see down the road. some of the largest ones are about 260 metres high, nearly nearly as tall as the shard in london, and they have motor blades longer than a football pitch. so, how much offshore wind power is the uk currently producing? just over ten gigawatts of electricity a year, roughly ten times more than a decade ago. other countries produce a lot more onshore wind, but offshore, the uk leads the world, and the government wants to quadruple production to 40 gigawatts by 2030. that should be more than enough to power every home in the country — quite an achievement. but houses only account for about a third of total for about a third of total electricity demand. there's also offices and factories to consider and electricity isn't the only source of power in our homes, so offshore wind alone can't get the uk to its target of net zero carbon emissions by mid—century. but it is a big step forward in the government says it is getting cheaper. last year it estimated that in offshore wind farm opening in 2025 would be able to generate one megawatt hour of electricity for £57. that is far cheaper then a few years ago, and less expensive than gas or nuclear. but one big problem with wind is that sometimes it doesn't blow enough, like this year. that lack of predictability something that has contributed to the recent spike in the price of gas. that is why floating wind turbines, which don't need to be attached that is why floating wind turbines, which don't need to be attached to the sea bed, are being deployed, with scotland taking the lead. this technology improved, there will be much further in the deep ocean where wind is much stronger. the aim is that floating turbines will deliver one gigawatt of uk electricity bill in 2030. there is another challenge. whether turbines and other components actually manufactured? promises of a boom ofjobs associated with offshore wind have been made before and not been fulfilled. when you look at supply chains are wind power at the uk lags well behind denmark and germany and, further afield, china and the uae. now, last year, the government did announce a £160 million package to improve ports and infrastructure for offshore wind promising investment in places like teesside and humberside. plenty of challenges ahead in offshore wind, if you are in the well but it is becoming a major player in uk energy for the foreseeable future. as the summit continues in glasgow, some coastal communities in scotland are already counting the cost of climate change. the country faces both water shortages linked to rising temperatures and flooding caused by intense rainfall. with more details, here's james cook. it's the element of life and legend, but water doesn'tjust revive and inspire, as they know all too well here in the aberdeenshire town of stonehaven. lorraine watson's chip shop has been badly flooded five times in ten years. this whole basement was completely and utterly flooded. these freezers were floating, all this packaging was all floating. you just stand there and you just want to cry. what does climate change mean to you here in stonehaven? you can watch all these wildlife programmes and you see, you know, icebergs breaking away. and do people take that seriously? probably not. but when you live in a community like this, where it really major affects you, then, yeah, you've got to look at that and say, "this is what's happening, "and we must take action, and everybody must take action." they're taking action here by building flood defences through the middle of the town. the project is expensive and late, but the chief engineer insists it's vital. there's been1979, 1986... we've had a couple of big events in the 2000s, so they are growing in intensity and frequency. will this protect stonehaven in the climate change era? we're protecting almost 400 homes. we're protecting a school, some residential homes. so these all have a cost if they get flooded, they have a cost to society, but it won't solve every problem, and i think people need to be aware of that. this is not the silver bullet that will solve every problem. containing this river is only part of the solution for stonehaven. it's also been hit by torrential downpours which have simply swamped the streets, plus it's on the coast in an era of rising sea levels. and, of course, it's not the only place in scotland facing those challenges. further north, in the old herring port of wick, they know all about the peril of the sea. but this summer the local distillery faced a different threat — drought. and you can't make whisky without water. and as you can see, we need a lot of cold water. _ the problem we were experiencing. at the time was the whole ecosystem dried up, so we really had to manage that and we had to shut down. - it wasn't a difficult decision to do. - i mean, we want to- protect the environment. we want to protect our source — if we don't have that, _ we can't make whisky here, so the decision was an easy one — to stop, let it recover, _ let it sustain itself. it's still a worry. even after recent rain, reservoirs in scotland are far from full. a glimpse, perhaps, of the country's future — facing drought and flooding. james cook, bbc news, perthshire. there have been talks between british and french to source out that debates about post—budget fishing rights. the uk and french governments are meeting in paris. they discuss discussing agreements between the uk in the year where both sides set out their concerns and frost will meet the ec commission vice president in brussels tomorrow to continue those stocks. hundreds of millions of sikhs, jains and hindus across the world are celebrating diwali today. whilst each religion marks different historical events, there will be a shared tradition of lighting candles, fireworks and sharing foods and sweets. but the coronavirus pandemic has brought up about challenges for businesses in the lead up to the festival as rahila bano reports from bolton. asian sweets similar to these are imported from india by bolton—based house of raja's for the festival of diwali, but this year, due to a shortage of supplies due to the pandemic there, staff here are working flat—out to keep up with demand, and some foods have been rationed. we have something that comes from india every year, what we call halwa, and it's a traditional indian sweet that you'd find in every household. so, where we normally get 6,000, 7,000 packs a year, we were lucky to get 900, so we have been very tight and we've had to tell our customers just one packet per family, or two packets per family. it's been stressful for the owner of this store, as most of the goods which are used in diwali celebrations, like candleholders and stencils are also from india. deliveries have been affected, too, by a shortage of lorry drivers in the uk. sital raja—arjan says before the pandemic they were getting four deliveries a week — and now they're lucky to get one. a lot of these goods you can't get locally, or you can't get the prices locally. when you've done the same process for 30 years and suddenly that process is taken away, and no—one has a plan b — we never had a plan b because we never knew we'd get covid. and not being able to visit india has meant that shoppers who usually travel there to buy food and clothes for the festival have had to make other plans, and they say it's made a big difference. i guess there's certain specific flowers that you would need for certain specific ingredients, for example, or evenjust the cost of things going up, as well, which has had a very big impact on how we would celebrate and the delicacies that we'd usually make. for many hindus, and for sikhs and jains, who also mark the festival, this year's diwali will be different to the ones they celebrated before the pandemic. last year diwali was just, like, totally cancelled — l no—one could come to your house — but this year i feel like it'll - be extra special because you'll get to see them. i and have you personally been affected by deaths due to covid? yeah, i've lost family members, friends, colleagues, _ so it has been very hard — even uni—wise. _ but, yeah, it's been hard, - but there are brighter days ahead. rahila bano, bbc news, bolton. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. diwali celebrations and fireworks night are going to be lighting up our skies over the next few evenings. doing it the natural way and getting in there early, the northern lights put on a spectacular display in the skies in scotland last night, and many of our weather watchers were able to capture some, well, stunning views. to find out more about the northern lights, what they are and how they happen, and also to see more pictures from last night, head to our website, bbc.co.uk/weather. now, the chance is there to see them again tonight. however, look at all the cloud that's moving into those parts of the uk most likely to see them, so only very limited opportunities tonight with all that cloud cover arriving. until then, some sunshine to be had this afternoon — nice to see some blue sky in cumbria after the rain last week. there are some showers to be had running down north sea coastal counties, a few inland to east anglia, south—east england. some to pembrokeshire, to cornwall, one or two for northern ireland, and outbreaks of rain gathering with thicker cloud into the far north—west of scotland. is advertised tonight, is clyde moving in across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, mostly like naming chisel, heavier person because north—west scotland, change in wind direction, likely to be heading upwards as the night goes on and still are. as part of wales and southern half of england and southern half of england and southern have to start the day in east anglia and south—eastern with a faulty start tomorrow before its cloud over and over night goes on and still are. as part of wales and southern half of england and southern half of england and southern have to start the day in east anglia and south—eastern with a faulty start tomorrow before its cloud over an overnight faced in scotland, north—east england, the northern parts of the midlands and there will also be some brighter baits. temperatures of a little bit higher but then again it is cloudy and it is a bit more of the breeze developing as well similar are filthy different. chance of some rain and drizzle both of any places it will be dry before vigorous weather systems moving into the weekend with this area of low pressure friday night into saturday going to bring some rain in scotland and northern ireland, little week as they move across england and wales late on saturday on saturday to saturday night. sunday a dry day, late saturday night and into sunday turning bay when you can what is known as colin. this is bbc news, i'm tim willcox. the headlines at 2pm: a government u—turn as it backtracks on plans to overhaul the disciplinary process for mp5. while there is a very strong feeling on both sides of the house that there is a need for an appeals process, there is equally a strong feeling that this should not be based on a single case or applied retrospectively. what you've got with this prime minister is a prime minister who is leading his troops through the sewer, and so it's a complete mess of their own making. the uk becomes the first country in the world to approve the use of an anti—viral pill to treat covid—19. a 63—year—old man is found responsible for killing a fellow resident — 93—year—old eileen dean — at a care home in south—east london. rates of cervical cancer are estimated to have been reduced by up to 90% in some age groups because of the success