indian farmers celebrate after a surprise u—turn by india's prime minister. narendra modi says he will scrap the agricultural reform laws which sparked a year of protests. belarus clears a migrant camp on its border with poland, moving thousands, hoping to get into the eu, to a logistics centre. plans for tougher laws to prosecute drivers in the uk using their phone behind the wheel — with a ban on playing games and scrolling through playlists. # mew, mew, mew #. and the duchess of sussex as you've never seen her before, as she plays a prank on unsuspecting members of the public, during a us television interview about family life. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. english cricket is facing fresh accusations of racism, after it emerged that a player wore black make—up at a fancy dress party in 2009. a photograph of alex hales, who plays for nottinghamshire, has been published by the sun newspaper. he responded by saying he was dressed as his musical hero, the rapper tupac shakur, and he deplored discrimination in all its forms. the england and wales cricket board is to investigate the matter. it will also hold a cricket wide meeting today to discuss allegations of racism made by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who has apologised for making anti—semitic comments online. let's speak now with bbc sport's laura scott. let's start with the alex hales picture in the sun. what has been his response? this picture in the sun. what has been his re5ponse?_ his response? this emerged last niuht his response? this emerged last nicht in his response? this emerged last night in the _ his response? this emerged last night in the sun, _ his response? this emerged last night in the sun, a _ his response? this emerged last night in the sun, a picture - his response? this emerged last night in the sun, a picture of. his response? this emerged last. night in the sun, a picture of alex hales at a fancy dress party in 2009 where he is shown dressed in a racially offensive manner. we've seen a video message on his instagram today to explain and try to apologise for the picture. he said it was incredibly reckless and foolish, he said he wants to apologise for the offence this has no doubt caused. he talked about the embarrassment that several of his actions in his 20s have cause to his friends and his family is and he says he is let down a lot of people. he says some of his actions he will regret that the rest of his life but he reiterated a statement when he said he deplored racism and discrimination in all forms. earlier in the week, azeem rafiq, who is at the centre of this, the whistle—blower on cricket's racism crisis, accused alex hales of naming his dog kevin in relation to the derogatory nicknames supposedly used to describe all non—white players in the england dressing room, something alex hales strongly denies. but the emergence of this picture, of course costs further cloud over cricket at the moment. costs further cloud over cricket at the moment-— costs further cloud over cricket at the moment. ., �* , ., ., , the moment. you're standing outside the moment. you're standing outside the oval, the moment. you're standing outside the oval. where _ the moment. you're standing outside the oval, where they _ the moment. you're standing outside the oval, where they will— the moment. you're standing outside the oval, where they will be - the moment. you're standing outside the oval, where they will be this - the oval, where they will be this emergency meeting of the england and wales cricket board. what is the aim of the meeting?— of the meeting? what it's doing, it's a game _ of the meeting? what it's doing, it's a game wide _ of the meeting? what it's doing, it's a game wide meeting, - of the meeting? what it's doing, it's a game wide meeting, not i of the meeting? what it's doing, i it's a game wide meeting, notjust england and wales cricket board but the first—class counties, national counties, players union and the ecb board and executives. they are trying to get together to try and work out a plan to repair the sport's reputation and try to address the issue of discrimination and improved inclusivity. in a week that has been said turbulent, a time that has been said turbulent, a time thatis that has been said turbulent, a time that is so turbulent full english cricket. we've been speaking to some of the members of that meeting. andries strauss, former england cricket captain and former director of cricket at the ecb said there are issues that the game needs to sort out. gareth williams, the chair of glamorgan, told me they need to resolve it today. it can't be resolved overnight and he was also asked about the pressure on tom harrison following his appearance in front of the select committee earlier in the week, something that has been criticised by first—class counties. gareth williams said he thought tom harrison has done an exceptionally good job, he doubts there will be a vote of no confidence today but many people we spoke to had said that harrison's position is likely to be raised and serious questions asked. earlier i spoke with human rights campaigner and chancellor of heriot—watt university, sir geoff palmer. i think that it is up to the system to put things right and for the previous speaker to say this has been going on for a long time, i think that is totally unacceptable, especially for young people and the parents of young people listening to that. the fact he set up an investigation, the point is that they're investigating racism, what he did not say, what was the outcome of the board? what are they planning to do to change this attitude about cricket and race? and i find that institutions must set outcomes, because you cannot in fact control what you can't measure. and therefore, they must set up outcomes in terms of what they expect, in terms of how people should behave. and that is what will encourage young people to come into the game. former england batter alex hales made a statement on instagram, saying his actions were "incredibly disrespectful". 0bviously, obviously, i realise this is incredibly disrespectful and i want to apologise for the offence this has no doubt caused. it was incredibly reckless and foolish on my behalf. i want to apologise for that, apologise to the club for the embarrassment it would have caused them and i guess my 20s was full of mistakes like that, reckless mistakes like that, reckless mistakes of the field that cost me, you know, let down family, team—mates, friends, close relationships i had during my 20s. and i guess some of those decisions are regret to the rest of my life. earlier i spoke with andy nash who was a non executive director of the ecb between 2004 and 2018, and i asked him if his view english cricket is "institutionally racist." the independent commission has been set up specifically to address that question. they will answer the question. it does need answering. and when it comes back, whatever the answer is, the ecb or whatever is running english cricket by then will clearly have to come up with some serious plans to address whatever failings and conclusions are highlighted. there is a growing feeling that the ecb is no longer fit for purpose. that's my view too and has been for a while. from what has been trailed in national media already, there is clearly a growing body of opinion that is of that point of view. we are going to see meaningful change and i think it will be one of the elephants in the room at the meeting today and what i think will happen quite quickly is that the ecb will probably be dismantled and we'll see three boards replace it, which will become part of the national governing body. one will look after the professional game, one the international game and the england teams, and the other will look after the grassroots and amateur game. i think we should expect to see a strategic board which will do the governing of the game, which will leave the three independent boards to get on with the promoting of the game and making sure that it's sufficiently well—financed. and here's a statement from the ecb — the national governing body of cricket in england and wales. the indian prime minister narendra modi has announced the scrapping of agricultural reform laws that have seen a year of protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers. the measures allowed growers to sell produce beyond government—regulated markets. but they hurt small farmers who took to the streets in large numbers. hundreds of people are thought to have died as a result of the law. in an address to the nation, mr modi said the government had been unable to convince some farmers of the benefits. today, while apologising - to the countrymen, i want to say with a sincere and pure heart that - perhaps they may have been something lacking in our past efforts. due to which we were not able - to explain to some farmers the truth that was as evidence as the light of the lamp _ let's get more from our correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan. before we come to the u—turn i wonder if you might tell us a bit more about the background and about these laws and why farmers were so opposed to them. i think the government suggested the laws would help small farmers make more money. government said the economic arguments in favour of these three laws which were passed last year without consultation, the founder say, would actually be good for the agriculture industry. in effect, it would liberalise india's farming sector and open it up to the private sector, which would mean small farmers could sell directly to supermarkets and big businesses. the government said this would be a good thing but many farmers, particularly small farmers with small holdings, felt they lose their livelihoods and one real concern once they were worried they would lose these minimum guarantees of prices for certain crops. they sell through government wholesale markets and they were very worried that once market forces come in, effectively, those prices would be done away with and they would lose money and effectively would lose theirjobs. there was a very powerful economic argument from the government that farmers didn't buy and in the end it is quite astonishing that you've got the government saying, we are planning to repeal them. with; the government saying, we are planning to repeal them. why have they decided _ planning to repeal them. why have they decided to _ planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal— planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal them - planning to repeal them. why have they decided to repeal them now? | they decided to repeal them now? that's a good question. i was surprised, i've covered narendra modi for the last few years. he is not a politician that makes policy reversals, he's not somebody who backs down with his opponents. but i think we talked about the economics, a lot of politics comes into this decision. we've got key elections coming up in neighbouring states to delhi of uttar pradesh and punjab. these are states where thousands of farmers live and it is a key vote for the ruling party and i think the political calculation in the end was that the public side and sympathy was overwhelmingly with the farmers. fourin was overwhelmingly with the farmers. four in ten people in india are employed in farming. four in ten people in india are employed infarming. a four in ten people in india are employed in farming. a huge amount of the country relies on the agriculture sector and so in the end thatis agriculture sector and so in the end that is why prime minister modi made the announcement. he made it on a very significant day for the seek religion, the birth of guru nanak is today. —— the sikh religion. many farmers we've been speaking to say that even though the prime minister says you can go home now, many people i've talked to say we are not going anywhere. the trust has broken down between the government and the fund so until the law is actually repealed, there are many farmers who have braved the cold, covid and intense heat to stick it out at the protest site and say they aren't going anywhere until they see the law repealed and others who say unless it's actually written into law they aren't going anywhere either. this isn't necessarily be happy ending the government wanted but it's certainly an indication that in this tussle it was the government that blinked first. many thanks. joining me now is palaniappan chidambaram, the former finance and home minister of india. we are very pleased to have you with us. thank you. our reporter saying she was surprised at the timing of the u—turn. were you? x�*t�*aur she was surprised at the timing of the u-turn. were you?— the u-turn. were you? your link seems to — the u-turn. were you? your link seems to have _ the u-turn. were you? your link seems to have snapped. - the 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the - not by the timing but by the fact that the prime minister announced the withdrawal. the prime minister, as you know, is a very determined, stubborn, inflexible man. he doesn't usually admit mistakes, even today he didn't admit his mistake. he didn't apologise to the farmers. be that as it may, the timing didn't come as a surprise to me because i think the bjp has got feedback from ep, punjab, but they will fare very, very poorly in the next round of elections in early february in the states. i think the fear of elections impelled the prime minister to make the announcement today. minister to make the announcement toda . minister to make the announcement toda _ m’ �* minister to make the announcement toda. �* minister to make the announcement toda. v today. so, you're saying as much as an hint today. so, you're saying as much as anything it's — today. so, you're saying as much as anything it's been _ today. so, you're saying as much as anything it's been a _ today. so, you're 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the farm laws were antinational, anti—agricultural development. why this change? the only reason, and i underline the word only, is the feedback he has got that his party will do very, very badly in the next round of elections. very badly in the next round of elections-— elections. so, i suppose the question _ elections. so, i suppose the question is. _ elections. so, i suppose the question is, therefore, - elections. so, i suppose the question is, therefore, will. elections. so, i suppose the i question is, therefore, will this elections. so, i suppose the - question is, therefore, will this as a political move work?— a political move work? well, he exects a political move work? well, he exoects it _ a political move work? well, he exoects it to — a political move work? well, he expects it to work _ a political move work? well, he expects it to work but _ a political move work? well, he expects it to work but i - a political move work? well, he expects it to work but i think i a political move work? well, he| expects it to work but i think the people will learn the opposite lesson. the lesson that people have learned and must learn is that the only way to make this government mend its ways, change its wrong policies and bring it back to the part of parliamentary democracy, consultation, discussion and debate, is to defeat it at every opportunity at the election. i think the lesson will be learned by the people when they go to the polls in early february. they go to the polls in early february-— they go to the polls in early februa . , v, , february. there were some people who su orted february. there were some people who suoported these — february. there were some people who supported these reforms _ february. there were some people who supported these reforms and _ supported these reforms and certainly the government had suggested that the laws would help small farmers make more money. so, is there an element that the government didn't explain the reforms well enough? the government didn't explain the reforms well enou~h? v, reforms well enough? the government tried its best — reforms well enough? the government tried its best to _ reforms well enough? the government tried its best to explain _ reforms well enough? the government tried its best to explain the _ reforms well enough? the government tried its best to explain the laws, - tried its best to explain the laws, but it refused to look at the core of the laws. what are we talking about small farmers? small farmers in this country do not have any surpluses to sell in the market. so, the small farmers are anyway not going to make too much money by selling their produce in the market. marketable surpluses are available only to middle farmers and what we call large funds. those farmers would have suffered greatly by these laws —— large farmers. in the case of small farmers, one of the three laws allowed for contract farming. all the small farmers would have become contract farmers and over a period of time they would have become tenants. the big companies would have taken over the farms and the small farmer would have virtually become a tenant. the title may be in his name but he would actually be working for a large company, which would tell him what to say, when to sow and what price it should be sold. the small farmer was not benefiting by any of these laws. , , v, ~ , v, ,v, laws. very interesting. thank you so much. laws. very interesting. thank you so much- thank— laws. very interesting. thank you so much. thank you _ laws. very interesting. thank you so much. thank you for _ laws. very interesting. thank you so much. thank you for sharing - laws. very interesting. thank you so much. thank you for sharing your i much. thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights with us on bbc news. austria has become the first country in western europe to reimpose a full covid—i9 lockdown of its population. speaking at a news conference in the past hour, the chancellor — alexander schallenberg — announced that the measure will run forjust 10 days initially. but this could be extended for another 10 days, in order to tackle a new wave of infections. austria is also ordering its whole population to get vaccinated, with the obligation on its citizens to be introduced from february 1st next year. germany has also announced tough measures to try and bring covid cases under control — unvaccinated people will be excluded from certain public events. healthcare workers and care home employees will be obliged to get the vaccine. speaking to me from berlin, the bbc�*s damien mcguinness described the new measures as "sweeping." it's a complete shake—up of the emergency legislation which was set up at the beginning of the pandemic by angela merkel�*s outgoing government. that legislation expires in a few days so yesterday the lower house pushed through new legislation which meant that instead of looking at the infection rates, you are looking at the hospitalisation rates and that's because very much like in other european countries, we have a record high infection rates but actually hospitalisations, the number of those is lower than a year ago when infection rates were lower. that's because of the vaccine so more people are getting infected but fewer people are going to hospital. hospitals are still filling up though so it's an emergency situation. so, the new legislation means that above a certain level of hospitalisations in the region, most services are then only accessible to people who have had the vaccine. so that would mean if you want to go to a cafe or restaurant or any sports facility or any cultural activities, hairdressers, gyms, pretty much anything you do in your leisure time would only be accessible to people who have had the vaccine. now that rule is already in place in many regions but what this new legislation means is that would automatically kick in if hospitals are suffering. also what we have seen is a separate source of legislation which would mean that for public transport or to access the workplace, you would either have to have the vaccine or get a test. so a wide set of new laws really, all inspired to fight the pandemic and get the infection rates down. but also with the aim of encouraging even more people to get the vaccine. at the momentjust under 70% of the population have the vaccine, have been double jabbed, that's quite a high level, but it's not quite enough. and also this is a new push to get third jabbed out. so there is lots going on and that's really in the face of what is being described by the government here as a very dramatic emergency situation. migrants camping in belarus near the border with poland have been moved to a nearby reception centre. about 1,000 people, mostly from the middle east, had been living at a makeshift camp with the aim of entering the european union. belarus has been accused of pushing migrants to the border as revenge for eu sanctions, a charge it denies. suzanne kianpour reports. for weeks, a migrant crisis has unfolded on the belarus and poland border. thousands freezing in the woods as a humanitarian situation spiralled into a political stand—off. european union countries have accused belarus and its president alexander lukashenko of engineering the chaos, saying they've been flying in the migrants, pushing them to cross the border into the eu. on a trip to nigeria, the us secretary of state antony blinken backed his nato allies. profoundly unconscionable that lukashenko and belarus have sought to weaponise migration. now, belarusian authorities have cleared the camps close to the polish border, giving migrants the chance to charge phones, wash up and heat food, a move which could help to de—escalate tensions with minsk and its backer moscow. tensions may have cooled down for now, but nato forces are wary of the country that calls the shots in this region, russia. the uk defence secretary says he'll soon be sending more army engineers to the polish frontier. we are going to be deploying some engineers to already augment the 150 soldiers that have been here already for a good few months, because again, our defensive strength is that solidarity. and standing side by side by the poles, saying, look, we know what's going on, this is hybrid warfare, this is the use of people being trafficked across the border by a sponsoring government, effectively, and were not going to allow that to happen. and here, the people caught in the middle, returning to iraq after their failed attempt to find a new life abroad. translation: | don't regret| returning, but i do regret that i believed the promises of the smugglers and that i dealt with immoral people that took advantage of us. i would have stayed till death, but my family were in danger if the situation doesn't improve in iraq. in a year or two, i would leave again, if there is no solution i'll be forced to leave. for now, hundreds of migrants resettle into the home they left. some with an eye to leave again and others with hope of a fresh start. suzanne kianpour, bbc news. talks continue in brussels today to try to ease the row between the uk and the european union, about customs arrangements in northern ireland. the uk is warning that it could unilaterally suspend parts of the northern ireland deal, unless major changes are made. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley has more details. the uk government has been talking for the last few weeks about triggering article 16, basically suspending parts of the brexit deal because ministers in london and some politicians in northern ireland are really worried about the number of checks between great britain and northern ireland on some goods going across the irish sea. those talks have been going on for a while and at the same time we've had negotiations between brussels and london about ways to potentially solve those problems, to tweak the brexit deal to try and find a solution. those talks are continuing today. lord frost is meeting with his eu counterparts in brussels. we've also been hearing from ireland's taoiseach who has been talking about whether there's room for compromise, about whether there is a way the sides could agree on something that would stop the uk taking that unilateral action which could really ratchet up tension between the uk and eu. have a listen to what michael martin said. there's not an abundance of checks. and it can get resolved, with goodwill on all sides. and what's very clear to me as well is that the vast majority from all persuasions in northern ireland, and all political leaders, want this resolved through negotiated agreement. we obviously had that big announcement on trains yesterday. would it be fair to say that a number of conservative mps are perhaps unhappy with the government approach? i think there is nervousness in certain parts of the conservative party about how this looks, because there are big parts of the initial rail plan for outside london that aren't going ahead. so, the hs2 link between east midlands and leeds isn't going ahead as promised. the northern powerhouse rail new line high speed between leeds and manchester that would have gone through bradford, that's not happening in the way that was envisaged either. the government would say we're spending a lot of money, almost £100 billion, and that is going to lead to vastly improved journey times for many people in the north of england and the midlands as well. but there are tory mps who are really worried that this undermines levelling up, it looks like the government has gone back on some really big promises, and there are northern leaders as well who are saying that this is a betrayal, this isn't what was promised, and it's going to mean that the region is left behind by some of the economic improvements that are happening elsewhere in the country. the transport secretary grant shapps has been on the airwaves this morning coming out quite strongly to try and back to this plan, to say it's a lot of money and it's going to do a lot to improve rail infrastructure in england. what we are delivering is massively fasterjourney times, much quicker, with much bigger capacity for the north and for the midlands. to sit here in manchester, the city that probably benefits most, or maybe that's birmingham, we should hold a competition, and talk about this not delivering for you is bizarre. we are delivering an hour and a quarterjourneys from london to where we are sat right now in manchester. that is the government's pitch. it is interesting because it kind of feeds into one of the things i've heard a lot in parliament recently which is that borisjohnson promises quite a lot, you hear this term boosterism around borisjohnson, he's an optimist. he tries to make people feel good by telling them they will he tries to make people feel good by telling them they will get he tries to make people feel good by telling them they will get a he tries to make people feel good by telling them they will get a lot from this government. but when it comes to the finer detail of some of those things it can often be quite hard to deliver and with the integrated rail plan, if you're in bradford, leeds, or other parts of the north, or yorkshire, there are many who don't think they've got everything they were promised by the prime minister, and that makes many conservatives very nervous indeed. political correspondent nick eardley. the headlines on bbc news... new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a party after a photo emerges from 2009. it comes as the english cricketing authorities meet to discuss allegations of racism made by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. meanwhile, australia's mens cricket captain resigns — after admiting he sent sexually explicit text messages to a female co—worker. some breaking news, austria will become the first european country to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory by law and will impose a full lockdown for all from monday. indian farmers celebrate, after a surprise u—turn by india's prime minister. narendra modi says he will scrap the agricultural reform laws which sparked a year of protests. belarus clears a migrant camp on its border with poland, moving thousands, hoping to get into the eu, to a logistics centre. plans for tougher laws to prosecute drivers in the uk using their phone behind the wheel with a ban on playing games and scrolling through playlists. the australian cricket captain, tim paine, has stepped down because of lewd text messages he exchanged with a woman four years ago. his decision not to lead the side comes only weeks before the ashes series against england begins. shaimaa khalil gave us the latest from sydney. the timing of this couldn't have been worse or more crucial for the australian squad. as you say, this is weeks before the ashes series against england is due to begin and tim paine came out and said he was stepping down as captain. these allegations of the lewd text messages to a former female employee in cricket tasmania came to light originally in 2018. at the time, as they were investigated, tim paine said he participated fully. at the time he was exonerated. cricket australia found he didn't violate the code of conduct of cricket australia. but then he said he was recently made aware that these texts were going to become public, and this is when he decided that he was going to step down as captain of the australian men's squad. this was a brief but tearful statement. he said that he deeply regretted his behaviour at the time and he still regrets it now. again, apologised to his family. he also said that stepping down was a very difficult decision but it was the right decision for his family and for cricket. he said that being the captain of australia's cricket team was the biggest privilege of his life. he addressed cricket fans and apologised. he said, i'm deeply sorry that my past behaviour has impacted our game on the eve of the ashes and the disappointment i've caused for them and the whole cricket community, my heart breaks. this is really at the heart of it, the fact that he came out, made that announcement, apologised for the behaviour. but also, to step down at a time when the cricket squad is to get into the ashes series in a few weeks to face england. the impact of that, of course, is what everybody is now concerned about. australian cricket fans, but of course ultimately cricket australia, who is going to lead, what impact this is going to have on the team. laws to prosecute drivers who use their mobile phone are to be strengthened across the uk. at the moment motorists are banned only from texting or making calls. but from next year it will also be illegal to take photos, play games or scroll through playlists while driving. # happy birthday to you...#. joe cairns was 1a years old when he was killed. at the point of, you know, the last few months of his life, he was spectacular. i couldn't be more proud of him. i couldn't. you know, he was always going to deal with different things. but he was shining. he was. two years ago, joe cairns was sitting on the back of a minibus was sitting in the back of a minibus on the way to his special school, when a lorry ploughed straight into the back of them. it was a 45 minute journey until the collision. and for 45 minutes that man was on his phone, on various applications, text messages, phone calls, but also, he was on sky sports, he was on his facebook. and he was playing a game. the driver was convicted. he got eight years for dangerous driving. but changing the law will close a loophole, making it easier for police to stop and fine anyone holding their phone and using it for any reason when they're behind the wheel. but you will still be able to use your phone in hands—free mode. if you get caught now, you are going to get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. so that is, you know, quite significant. the police will be able to enforce the laws much more strongly, and actually, there's some quite interesting technology coming out as to other ways we can spot people using their phone. for example, putting cameras in fake hgvs. so, be careful on the roads. steph, how do you feel when you see people in their cars, using their phones, looking down at their phones? he had a life, a whole beautiful life to lead. and he hasn't got it any more. you miss him, a part of you, your heart. i gave birth to that boy. and i gave him life. and through somebody�*s choice that day, they took his life away. and he is no more. and it has to be out there, it has to be how dangerous it is to use your phone while you are driving. colletta smith, bbc news in radcliffe. some breaking news now. an update into the ongoing investigation into the incident at liverpool women's hospital. liverpool police have now said in a statement, they have been telling us more about the progress of their investigation. "we continue to make significant progress in relation to the ct incident at the liverpool women's hospital. although there is much scientific work to be done on the device to determine what made it up, we have learned much in the last eight days. it was made using homemade explosive and had ball bearings attached to it which would have acted as shrapnel. had it detonated in different circumstances we believe it would have caused significant injury or death. the statement from the police in the bill goes on to state... we still do not know how or why the device exploded when it did, but we are not discounting it being completely unintentional, and it is a possibility that the movement of the vehicle or its stopping caused the ignition. the gentleman involved was in the back of a taxi. we are spending considerable time seeking to understand the way the purchases for the ingredients to make the device were made. this is complicated because purchases have spanned many months... we are confident however that in time we will get a full picture of what purchases were made. some detail about the nature of the device that went off outside liverpool women's hospital and the fact that it actually could have been much worse. two women and two children have been killed in a fire at a house in bexleyheath in south—east london. a man managed to get out of the building and has been taken to hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 0ur reporter tim muffett was at the scene. desperately sad news from bexleyheath here in south london this morning. london fire brigade say they first received calls at around 8:30pm last night. they sent six fire engines and around a0 firefighters to the scene and they managed to take four people out of the building, two women and two children, but sadly they all died on the scene. one man who had managed to get out of the building before the fire brigade arrived has been taken to hospital. around this area there is a sense of enormous shock and grief, as you can imagine. i have been speaking to some local residents this morning. just saw blue lights flashing, looked out of the window and saw police, ambulance, fire brigade. that's it, went to the bedroom window and saw the commotion around there and see them resuscitating somebody and that's about it. i was shocked, so shocked. it's the first time for me to see the fire just happen, _ ten metres away from my house. i don't know... but ijust want to knowl if the police can find out what caused the fire, - that's the important thing. in the last few minutes the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he has been heartbroken by what has happened and sends his deepest condolences, as does the head of the london fire brigade. as to the cause of the fire, we simply don't know. the investigation is under way, but desperately sad news, four people, two women and two children, have died in a fire here in bexleyheath in south—east london. correspondent tim muffett. the former women's world number one, serena williams, has joined several other tennis stars in expressing concern over the whereabouts of chinese professional player, peng shuai. the two—time grand slam doubles champion hasn't been seen for two weeks, since she accused a former chinese vice premier of sexual assault. doubts have been cast on an email supposedly written by the tennis star saying that she's safe and well. pam shriver, multiple wimbledon and us open champion, has been giving her reaction to this story. i think when you look at other circumstances, whether it was what the nba went through a couple of years ago, it's a really difficult situation when you have a business partner in a country like china that has different core values from, say, what the wta is all about, when you think about women's tennis association, founded on the back of billiejean king, on equality, and treating women fairly, equally and always giving them a voice. this is a really tough one for a women's organisation that does business in china up until now, and it puts the wta at a crossroads with this important in the past business partner. but obviously, unless there is absolute certainty that all of the players that play the tour are safe, especially ones in a country like china, who are about to host a winter olympic games, athletes want to feel like they are safe and we need to hear 100% certainty that peng is ok. the headlines on bbc news... new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a party after a photo emerges from 2009. meanwhile, australia's mens cricket captain resigns — after admiting he sent sexually explicit text messages to a female co—worker. austria will become the first european country to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory by law and will impose a full lockdown for all from monday. the minimum age for marriage in england and wales is likely to be raised from 16 to 18, as the government is expected to support a change in the law which will be heard in parliament today. currently anyone aged 16 or 17 can marry, with permission from their parents. campaigners say that puts them at risk of being coerced into marriage, as rajdeep sandhu reports. and i knew that one day i would escape, one day i would come out of it. at 16, farhana says she was taken out of the uk and forced to marry. i was ushered into a room and asked to say a couple of words, repeating after some male older relatives i had not met, which i duly did, not thinking anything of it. then realised that i had just agreed to marital vows. the intention was to essentially play along, allow myself to be married, knowing that i had a return ticket booked back to the uk and it was very much grin and bear it and do what you need to do when you get home. it is difficult to know how many teenage girls in the uk are forced or coerced into marriage. payzee mahmod was one of them, and so was her sister, banaz. while payzee escaped, her sister was murdered in a so—called honour killing. it all happened very quickly without any of my say in it. it was something that was all decided for me. the marriage happened in two ceremonies. i had an islamic marriage first, then it was followed by a registered ceremony. i think it's important when we are talking about parental consent right here, this is amounting to parental coercion, which is what i experienced. i certainly didn't realise that is what i was going through at the time, because it shouldn't have been my responsibility as a child to pick that up. it should have been on all the adults around me to safeguard me and protect me from that. there is no law actually criminalising child marriage in the uk. some mps want that changed. as well as raising the minimum age to marry in england and wales from 16 to 18. britain has signed two international treaties and agreed to abide by the united nations sustainable development goals, which says nobody should be getting married under the age of 18 anywhere in the world. we've signed up to that but we allowed to happen. so it's an anomaly that has been happening for far too long and we need to change it. according to the latest figures from the office of national statistics, only around 0.5% of women get legally married under the age of 20. so while it looks like attitudes towards marrying young are shifting, this bill will take away that choice for 16 and 17—year—olds. and there are also concerns from the roma and traveller community that the bill could criminalise parts of their culture. farhana says if this law existed when she was younger, she would have had a different experience. all things being equal, my mum was otherwise a law—abiding citizen, she never would have contemplated getting me married off if she thought it was illegal. and despite me coming across uk border force, the high commission in bangladesh, the british high commission, doctors when i came back heavily pregnant telling them i was married, none of that raised an eyebrow because it was perfectly legal for me to be married. the bill is widely supported, but stamping out child marriage will need cultural change, notjust a change in the law. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. we've seen a lot of reports recently about migrants trying to enter the european union via the poland—ukraine border — but that's not the only way in. many people are also trying to cross from bosnia into croatia — only to be repeatedly turned back. the bbc�*s fergal keane spent time with one family as they prepared to try again. near the croatian border a refugee family is waiting to cross. akram was a television engineer in kabul. zahra was a policewoman in herat, but fled in 2016. baby sara was born in greece, where the family had a previous asylum request denied. we are country—less, we are illegally all the world. what should we have to do? they say they've been pushed back from croatia 39 times — once, they allege, with force. they came and hit my husband. and i said, "why you are hitting my husband?" and they hit me also in my face and said, "shut up." who will help us? the life become like hell for us, for all of us. some migrants wait in abandoned factories, from which they can easily reach the border at night. others in temporary reception centres, like this run by the united nations. how concerned are you by the numerous reports of pushbacks that are happening in this region? we see many of the migrants themselves being returned back. we see that they have been deprived of their shoes, they've been deprived of their basic goods and sometimes, really, of their dignity. the croatian government didn't respond to a request for comment, but has already denied a policy of pushbacks, and says it upholds its legal obligations to asylum seekers. three policemen were suspended after being accused of violence against migrants. but only the snows, due here soon, are likely to slow the desperate attempts to reach the eu. it's just after five o'clock in the morning, and the family is preparing for another attempt at crossing the border. we'll go with them as far as we are allowed to on the bosnian side. let's just see what happens, if they're able to cross. there's fear that baby sara will cry and alert border guards. she's really fast asleep. she must sleep in this way. if she wake up, especially in the border, if she wakes up she will cry and the people that they are close to the border, their house, so they will call the police. so we'rejust coming up to the border. they've seen a car on the other side, which they suspect is croatian police. so what do you plan to do? we have to cross. it's a journey that's already taken nearly 4000 miles. several hours later, akram sent us a video of the families inside croatia. so, we are here, we are in croatia now. the police came and put them in this van. because greece refused asylum, croatia can reject them, but it must first check their background and status. instead, they say, they were pushed back again. are you going to keep trying? try again? yeah. we have to do. we don't want to be hopeless. every time when the police are deporting us, we are saying to ourselves, "ok, no problem, we will try to go again." croatia — europe — want to stem the flow of migrants. but there's no way home now, no way forward. fergal keane, bbc news, bosnia. we're going to show you something truly extraordinary now. it's a testament to what can be achieved when someone has a dream and really puts their mind to it. in this case, that someone is felix klieser, who plays the french horn with bournemouth symphony orchestra, despite being born without arms. andrew plant went to meet him. ready? yeah. to be a world famous french horn player, you need good lungs. what you don't need, though, are fingers. felix klieser warming up with an instrument he fell in love with when he was just three years old. the thing i can remember, really, is that i wanted to play exactly this instrument and nothing else. where i've seen it and how i get the first time in contact with this instrument, yeah, i can't remember. 27 years later, he's now artist in residence with bournemouth symphony orchestra. a growing reputation worldwide and a technique almost unique among top musicians. everyone thinks, oh, it should be so difficult to do with your feet, and the funny thing about this is i'm thinking the same as you. so because i'm seeing yourfingers and the fingers are quite long and i can't really understand how you can hold a pencil with these long fingers because, you know, the coordination is so difficult. so people are asking you, is it difficult to play the french horn with the feet? and i'm always answering i don't know, i never played with hands, so i can't compare maybe. this, felix's debut on the stage in poole this week. fantastic. the expectation was great when he came on the stage with his horn on the stands. and then you could just see the audience just loving the music. theyjust loved the music. and the reaction from the audience but also from kirill karabits, our chief conductor, from every member of the orchestra wasjust, oh, wow. there were, he says, many times he was told to find an easier hobby. his answer was always to practise even harder. even if people around you are saying this is not possible, it is difficult, but sometimes it could be a wonderful result to go your own way and to live your dreams and to do what you think, which makes you happy. he'll be with the bournemouth symphony orchestra for two years, playing, touring and teaching the next generation to never give up. andrew plant, bbc news, the lighthouse in poole. deforestation in brazil's amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years. a report by the country's space research agency found that deforestation increased by 22% in a year. brazil was among a number of nations who promised to end deforestation by 2030 during the cop26 climate summit. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. we're going to see some big weather changes over the next seven days. at the moment, of course, incredibly mild for this stage in the year. yesterday, we saw temperatures in aberdeenshire 16 degrees. similar sort of values today. this weekend the temperature drops, and by this time next friday we could have even colder air. there is potential the same places that see 16, only four celsius, maybe even with a little bit of snow. that's a fair few days away. at the moment, though, we've got high pressure to the south of us, dragging in the winds for the mid—atlantic, all that mild air. and on the northern edge, we've got a weather front which will straddle the far north of scotland throughout today. the exception being shetland, started here today very windy, but the winds will slowly ease down a little bit, and should stay dry and sunny. away from the north of scotland, only the odd spot of light rain and drizzle from extensive amounts of cloud being dragged in by those south westerly winds. winds lightest in the south. and with those winds coming in from the southwest it's where you've got the mild air. we've got temperatures to the east of high ground maybe up to 16 or 17 celsius this afternoon. into tonight, we've still got that run of winds off the atlantic, but we're going to see the rain turn heavier in northern scotland and edgejust a little bit further southwards through the night into the morning. most places, though, even though not quite as mild as last night, will still be seeing temperatures well above the norm as we go into tomorrow morning. and another fairly cloudy day to come for much of england and wales. the odd spot of light rain and drizzle, for most dry. 0ccasional glimpses of sunshine for some. scotland and northern ireland, though, expect a spell of morning rain for most, clearing through into the afternoon to sunshine, and then a scattering of showers. but notice the temperatures. we're going to start to see the wind change into a more northerly direction. instead of 16, aberdeen just eight degrees. and the colder air becomes behind this weather front, which through saturday night will bring some occasional rain across england and wales, clearing away through the first part of sunday morning from the south coast. and then we start to see those northerly winds dominate for all of us. so after yesterday, today, and to a certain degree, tomorrow, sunday morning is going to feel much, much different. we're going to see temperatures low enough for frost from, say, wales, the midlands northwards, but plenty of sunshine around for most on sunday. a lovely, crisp, fresh day. cold in the wind, though, and that wind will bring a few showers around northern, eastern areas in particular, and maybe down these western fringes of wales and cornwall. wintry on the hills, even to lower levels in the north of scotland. but most dry, sunny. temperatures just seven to nine degrees. and as i said, next week after a brief lift midweek with some rain, the end of the week much colder with a few snow showers too. take care. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11. new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a fancy dress party after a photo emerges from 2009 my my 20s was full of mistakes like that, reckless mistakes of the field that, reckless mistakes of the field that cost me and let down family and let down team—mates and let down friends. it comes as the cricketing authorities meet to discuss the sport's racism crisis following allegations made by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. police believe his injuries are life—changing. two children and two women are killed in a house fire in south east london. the fire brigade describes the incident as �*truly terrible'. austria will become the first european country to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory by law and will impose a full lockdown for all from monday. plans for tougher laws to prosecute drivers in the uk using their phone behind the wheel — with a ban on playing games and scrolling through playlists. we'll be talking to the rac later this hour. new, muh, muh, muh the kitten. and the duchess of sussex as you've never seen her before, as she plays a prank on unsuspecting members of the public, during a us television interview about family life. english cricket is facing fresh accusations of racism, after it emerged that a player wore black make—up at a fancy dress party in 2009. a photograph of alex hales, who plays for nottinghamshire, has been published by the sun newspaper. he responded by saying he was dressed as his musical hero, the rapper tupac shakur, and he deplored discrimination in all its forms. both the ecb and nottinghamshire county cricket have said that they'll investigate the matter, with the latter saying that they have now extended the scope of their investigation. the ecb will also hold a cricket wide meeting today to discuss allegations of racism made by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who has apologised for making anti—semitic comments online. the former england batsman alex hales made a statement on instagram, admitting his actions were "incredibly disrespectful". hi, everyone, with the allegations that have come to light in the last few days, ifeel that have come to light in the last few days, i feel it is important i address these myself. i will start with the picture that has appeared in the sun newspaper of me, at a fancy dress party in 2009 and the theme was musicians, and tupac is, was, always will be my favourite musician. obviously, i realise this is incredibly disrespectful and i want to apologise for the offence this has no doubt caused. it was incredibly reckless and foolish on my behalf. i want to apologise for that, apologise to the club for the embarrassment it would have caused them and i guess my 20s was full of mistakes like that, reckless mistakes off the field that cost me, you know, let down family, team—mates, friends, close relationships i had during my 20s. and i guess some of those decisions i'll regret to the rest of my life. our sports correspondent, laura scott, has been giving us the latest from the oval, where the ecb are holding a cricket wide meeting today. this emerged last night in the sun newspaper, a picture of alex hales at a fancy dress party in 2009 where he was shown dressed in a racially offensive manner. we've seen a video message on his instagram today to explain and try to apologise for that picture. he said it was incredibly reckless and foolish and he said that he wanted to apologise for the offence that this is no doubt caused. he talked about the embarrassment that several of his actions in his 20s have caused his friends and family and says he has let down a lot of people. he said some of his actions he will regret for the rest of his life that he reiterated a statement issued early in the week when he said he deplored racism and discrimination in all its forms. early in the week, the man at the centre of all of this, the whistle—blower and the racism crisis had accused alex hales of naming his dog kevin in relation to the derogatory nicknames are supposedly used to describe non—white players at yorkshire and in the england dressing room, something alex hales strongly denies, but the emergence of this picture and those further clouds cast a further cloud over cricket at the moment. andy nash was a non executive director of the ecb between 2004 and 2018, and he's been telling us the cricket authorities will have to react to any findings into whether english cricket is �*institutionally racist.” when this comes back, the ecb will have to come out with some serious plans to address whatever feelings and conclusions are highlighted. there is a growing feeling that the ecb is no longerfit for there is a growing feeling that the ecb is no longer fit for purpose. that is my view as well and has been for a while and i think from what has been trailed in national media already, there is clearly a growing body of opinion that is of that point of view, so we are going to see meaningful change and i think it will be one of the elephants in the room at the meeting today and what i think will happen, quite quickly is that the ecb will probably be dismantled and we will see three boards replace it, which will be partly the national governing body and one will look after the game and one will look after the international game and then one will look after the grass roots and the amateur game, and above that i'm think what we are being told is that we should expect to see a strategic board which will do the governing of the game, which will leave the three independent boards, if you like, to get on with the promoting of the game and making sure that it is sufficiently well—financed. the human rights campaigner and chancellor of heriot—watt university, sir geoff palmer has been giving us his reaction to the latest developments. i think that it is up to the system to put things right and for the previous speaker to say this has been going on for a long time, i think that is totally unacceptable, especially for young people and the parents of young people listening to that. the fact he set up an investigation, the point is that they're investigating racism, what he did not say, what was the outcome of the board? what are they planning to do to change this attitude about cricket and race? and i find that institutions must set outcomes, because you cannot in fact control what you can't measure. and therefore, they must set up outcomes in terms of what they expect, in terms of how people should behave. and that is what will encourage young people to come into the game. a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. the attack happened just before 7:00pm in the hockley circus area. the teenager is believed to have suffered life changing injuries. west midlands police is appealing for witnesses. released a statement appealing for information after a teenager was shot in hockley circus, birmingham, shortly before 7pm last night. two women and two children have been killed in a fire at a house in bexleyheath in south—east london. a man managed to get out of the building and has been taken to hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 0ur reporter tim muffett was at the scene. desperately sad news from bexleyheath here in south london this morning. london fire brigade say they first received calls at around 8:30pm last night. they sent six fire engines and around 40 firefighters to the scene and they managed to take four people out of the building, two women and two children, but sadly they all died on the scene. one man who had managed to get out of the building before the fire brigade arrived has been taken to hospital. around this area there is a sense of enormous shock and grief, as you can imagine. i have been speaking to some local residents this morning. just saw blue lights flashing, looked out of the window and saw police, ambulance, fire brigade. that's it, went to the bedroom window and saw the commotion around there and see them resuscitating somebody and that's about it. i was shocked, so shocked. it's the first time for me to see the fire just happen, _ ten metres away from my house. i don't know... but ijust want to knowl if the police can find out what caused the fire, - that's the important thing. in the last few minutes the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he has been heartbroken by what has happened and sends his deepest condolences, as does the head of the london fire brigade. as to the cause of the fire, we simply don't know. the investigation is under way, but desperately sad news, four people, two women and two children, have died in a fire here in bexleyheath in south—east london. talks continue in brussels today to try to ease the row between the uk and the european union, about customs arrangements in northern ireland. the uk is warning that it could unilaterally suspend parts of the northern ireland deal, unless major changes are made. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley has more details. the uk government has been talking for the last few weeks about triggering article 16, basically suspending parts of the brexit deal because ministers in london and some politicians in northern ireland are really worried about the number of checks between great britain and northern ireland on some goods going across the irish sea. those talks have been going on for a while and at the same time we've had negotiations between brussels and london about ways to potentially solve those problems, to tweak the brexit deal to try and find a solution. those talks are continuing today. lord frost is meeting with his eu counterparts in brussels. we've also been hearing from ireland's taoiseach, who has been talking about whether there's room for compromise, about whether there is a way the sides could agree on something that would stop the uk taking that unilateral action which could really ratchet up tension between the uk and eu. have a listen to what michael martin said. there's not an abundance of checks. and it can get resolved, with goodwill on all sides. and what's very clear to me as well is that the vast majority from all persuasions in northern ireland, and all political leaders, want this resolved through negotiated agreement. we obviously had that big announcement on trains yesterday. would it be fair to say that a number of conservative mps are perhaps unhappy with the government approach? i think there is nervousness in certain parts of the conservative party about how this looks, because there are big parts of the initial rail plan for outside london that aren't going ahead. so, the hs2 link between the east midlands and leeds isn't going ahead as promised. the northern powerhouse rail new line high speed between leeds and manchester that would have gone through bradford, that's not happening in the way that was envisaged either. the government would say we're spending a lot of money, almost £100 billion, and that is going to lead to vastly improved journey times for many people in the north of england and the midlands as well. but there are tory mps who are really worried that this undermines levelling up, it looks like the government has gone back on some really big promises, and there are northern leaders as well who are saying that this is a betrayal, this isn't what was promised, and it's going to mean that the region is left behind by some of the economic improvements that are happening elsewhere in the country. the transport secretary grant shapps has been on the airwaves this morning coming out quite strongly to try and bat for this plan, to say it's a lot of money and it's going to do a lot to improve rail infrastructure in england. what we are delivering is massively fasterjourney times, much quicker, with much bigger capacity for the north and for the midlands. to sit here in manchester, the city that probably benefits most, or maybe that's birmingham, we should hold a competition, and talk about this not delivering for you is bizarre. we are delivering an hour and a quarterjourneys from london to where we are sat right now in manchester. that is the government's pitch. it is interesting because it kind of feeds into one of the things i've heard a lot in parliament recently which is that borisjohnson promises quite a lot, you hear this term boosterism around borisjohnson, he's an optimist. he tries to make people feel good by telling them they will get a lot from this government. but when it comes to the finer detail of some of those things it can often be quite hard to deliver and with the integrated rail plan, if you're in bradford, leeds, or other parts of the north, or yorkshire, there are many who don't think they've got everything they were promised by the prime minister, and that makes many conservatives very nervous indeed. austria is to become the first european union country to reimpose a nationwide lockdown, as it tries to slow a record surge in coronavirus cases. the austrian chancellor, alexander schallenberg, told a press conference a short while ago that the measure would begin on monday, and last a maximum of twenty days. he also announced austria would make it a legal requirement to get vaccinated from february next year. he said it hurt enormously to have to re—impose restrictions, but that it was necessary because too many people had chosen not to get vaccinated. 0ur our goal was to vaccinate the unvaccinated rather than lockdown the vaccinated. despite campaigns and discussions in the media, we haven't managed to persuade enough people to get vaccinated. the measures we have introduced over the past few weeks have helped to increase the numbers of the vaccinated, but not by enough. for a long time, it was the political consensus that we did not want a vaccine mandate, but now we have to look at the reality. the national audit office has accused the government of being under—prepared for a pandemic like covid—19. in a new report, the spending watchdog says ministers and officials had anticipated a flu pandemic, or a highly infectious disease such as ebola, but not for a virus like covid, where some of those infected don't show symptoms. the department of health said there would be a full public inquiry next year. let's speak to mike granatt, former head of the civil contingencies secretariat in the cabinet office. thank you very much forjoining us. how surprised do you think the government ought to be about a report like this when there were several simulations of a pandemic situation which should have tipped them off that they were heading for trouble? ~' v, , trouble? i think the government is already action _ trouble? i think the government is already action on _ trouble? i think the government is already action on what _ trouble? i think the government is already action on what we - trouble? i think the government is already action on what we found i already action on what we found because some of the findings are actually quite scathing. for example, a review in fabry and march last year by the government itself found that 82% of plans, emergency plans were unfit for a pandemic and unable to meet the demands of any incident. sorry, i'm reading this and i'm not looking at the screen. they also said for example that the review of pandemic plans in place at the start of the pandemic found only nine out of 76 fully considered mitigating actions for the loss of suppliers, so the whole system planning, the plan that should look at the effect on the whole of society is something like a pandemic was not adequate. but society is something like a pandemic was not adequate.— society is something like a pandemic was not adequate. but why? why would ou run the was not adequate. but why? why would you run the simulation _ was not adequate. but why? why would you run the simulation exercises, - was not adequate. but why? why would you run the simulation exercises, as - you run the simulation exercises, as the government did in 2007. this government would say they were not in power at that point, but they did in power at that point, but they did in 2016 when exercise sickness took place, so why ignore what you find? people tend to dismiss things they think are unlikely and the problem with risk assessments on the scale and this is a top—level report looking at top level planning by government departments, they tend to think that you are not ever going to reach these points, so sometimes there is an air of unbelievable nice about it, although that was denied by the recommendations of some of the governments own advisors who said that the plans were inadequate. the second thing is cost. the treasury will always question the legitimacy, quite rightly, of plans, planning and exercises if they do not believe they will actually have a disproportionate impact on the economy. that pressure needs to be resisted with evidence. and if you look at the report itself, and again, from what i read from it, the recommendations are the cabinet office should establish you leads and manages whole system risks. that's very polite bureaucratic language for saying the job has that's very polite bureaucratic language for saying thejob has been done properly and at the centre of government they ought to look at how a big emergency like a pandemic affects the whole of society and the whole of the economy and something ought to be done about it and it also says again, in polite language that the cabinet office needs more authority to pull departments into line with coordinated planning, so this will set part of the agenda for the public enquiry.— the public enquiry. contingencies are there in _ the public enquiry. contingencies are there in the _ the public enquiry. contingencies are there in the hope _ the public enquiry. contingencies are there in the hope you - the public enquiry. contingencies are there in the hope you never. the public enquiry. contingencies - are there in the hope you never need them, but they are there when you do and it is often too late to respond at speed. of course, we have soberly people asking questions about the number of people who have died in this country, a very high death toll from a developed country. how might this lack of preparedness have contributed to some of those deaths? somebody once said, i think it was eisenhower, who said that all plans fail at first contact with the enemy but planning is central. it doesn't matter planning will fail and you need to examine the system and evidence about the system and you understand the system. if you don't plan, you can't do that properly. the second thing is, if you have proper plans in place you can push decision—makers into making the right decisions at the right time and i suspect that the public enquiry will have to look very hard at how these decisions were made and how ministers were stimulated to look at the right things at the right time. look at the right things at the right time-— look at the right things at the riuhttime. ~~' v, iv, ,, v v, right time. mike, really appreciate ou talkin: right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to _ right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us _ right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us and _ right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us and much - right time. mike, really appreciate you talking to us and much more l right time. mike, really appreciate l you talking to us and much more on that when the public enquiry starts. thank you. laws to prosecute drivers who use their mobile phone are to be strengthened across the uk. at the moment motorists are banned only from texting or making calls. but from next year it will also be illegal to take photos, play games or scroll through playlists while driving. # happy birthday to you...# joe cairns was 14 years old when he was killed. at the point of, you know, the last few months of his life, he was spectacular. i couldn't be more proud of him. i couldn't. you know, he was always going to deal with different things. but he was shining. he was. two years ago, joe cairns was sitting on the back of a minibus on the way to his special school, when a lorry ploughed straight into the back of them. it was a 45 minute journey until the collision. and for 45 minutes that man was on his phone, on various applications, text messages, phone calls, but also, he was on sky sports, he was on his facebook. and he was playing a game. the driver was convicted. he got eight years for dangerous driving. but changing the law will close a loophole, making it easier for police to stop and fine anyone holding their phone and using it for any reason when they're behind the wheel. but you will still be able to use your phone in hands—free mode. if you get caught now, you are going to get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. so that is, you know, quite significant. the police will be able to enforce the laws much more strongly, and actually, there's some quite interesting technology coming out as to other ways we can spot people using their phone. for example, putting cameras in fake hgvs. so, be careful on the roads. steph, how do you feel when you see people in their cars, using their phones, looking down at their phones? he had a life, a whole beautiful life to lead. and he hasn't got it any more. you miss him, a part of you, your heart. i gave birth to that boy. and i gave him life. and through somebody�*s choice that day, they took his life away. and he is no more. and it has to be out there, it has to be how dangerous it is to use your phone while you are driving. colletta smith, bbc news in radcliffe. joining me now is nick lyes from the rac. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. just how widespread a problem is this? it’s news. just how widespread a problem is this? �* , v, news. just how widespread a problem is this? �*, v, v, , ,, v, is this? it's a really widespread roblem. is this? it's a really widespread problem- the _ is this? it's a really widespread problem. the research - is this? it's a really widespread problem. the research we - is this? it's a really widespread | problem. the research we have conducted at the rac shows about a quarter of drivers are still using a hand—held mobile phone at will to make or receive calls, but they are also using their phones for other activities such as taking photos, videos and even playing games, and this is whilst they are physically driving the vehicle, so there is a real issue here but i think, sadly, we haven't quite got to grips with in this country.— we haven't quite got to grips with in this country. how clear is it who the main culprits _ in this country. how clear is it who the main culprits are? _ in this country. how clear is it who the main culprits are? from - in this country. how clear is it who the main culprits are? from our i the main culprits are? from our research it _ the main culprits are? from our research it appears _ the main culprits are? from our research it appears that - the main culprits are? from our research it appears that the - the main culprits are? from our i research it appears that the larger problem is amongst the younger driving population, between 17 and 24 where they are admitting that they are using their phones more frequently than older drivers but when we look at the road traffic statistics for example, in 2020, 17 drivers were killed as a result of somebody using a mobile phone at the wheel and there were more than three hundred road traffic collisions and those statistics tend to underestimate the problem because sometimes it can be very difficult for the police to establish whether a mobile phone has been used at all after a collision. haifa a mobile phone has been used at all after a collision.— after a collision. how will people be able to _ after a collision. how will people be able to use _ after a collision. how will people be able to use their— after a collision. how will people be able to use their phones - after a collision. how will people | be able to use their phones then, because a lot of people rely on smartphones as a satnav gadget. absolutely. the proposal are gone and have announced today do not affect hands—free devices so it will still be legal to use a hands—free device within a vehicle, so you have to have a phone in a cradle, but it's remember to import ? remember that it it's remember to import ? remember thatitis it's remember to import ? remember that it is important that that could be added to distraction and if you're not in proper control, the police at the powers to pull you over and you can be issued with a £100 fine and three points on your licence. 50 £100 fine and three points on your licence. �* , £100 fine and three points on your licence. �*, v, £100 fine and three points on your licence. �* , v, v, licence. so it's important that drivers remember _ licence. so it's important that drivers remember that - licence. so it's important that drivers remember that there l licence. so it's important that i drivers remember that there are distractions in the vehicle at all times and you have to try and manage those and focus on the road ahead. how do you advise people to try and drop these bad habits? from how do you advise people to try and drop these bad habits?— drop these bad habits? from our oint of drop these bad habits? from our point of view. — drop these bad habits? from our point of view, the _ drop these bad habits? from our point of view, the best _ drop these bad habits? from our point of view, the best advice i drop these bad habits? from our point of view, the best advice we can give to people is when you get in your vehicle, the best thing to do is to put your phone either on a safe mode or in the glove compartment and remove that distraction altogether. now if you need to use your phone for satnav, put it in a hands—free device and set satnav up before you start the journey and then you don't need to interact with it along the way but we understand for younger people, and for many people, a mobile phone or a smartphone are an integral part of their lives, so you've got to try and detach yourself from your phone when you get into your vehicle and perhaps the best thing to do is to switch the phone off or put it inside the glove compartment where it is out of sight and out of mind. thank you very much talking to us. more now on the breaking news from birmingham, where a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back last night. it isa it is a flyover area in hockley and the boy was shot in the underpass and the boy was shot there at around seven o'clock last night, they say he was shot in the back and he is in critical condition in hospital and he has suffered life changing injuries. we've also heard from west midlands ambulance service who explained what they did and they responded to the 999 call and sent a team, a trauma doctor, an experienced medic who was scenting in scenarios when people are in very very sick and in life—threatening situations and we haven't had an update on the boy since this morning but we expect something later on and very sadly this is an educate ? area where there have been incidents like this and in a city where we've seen teenagers injured three stabbings and shootings, and we do not know what is behind this at this stage but we would expect to hear something more from west midlands police as the day goes on and they are still carrying out investigations at the scene in birmingham and when we get more, we will bring it to you. phil. birmingham and when we get more, we will bring it to you.— will bring it to you. phil, for the moment. _ will bring it to you. phil, for the moment, thank— will bring it to you. phil, for the moment, thank you. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. another incredibly mild day out there today with winds coming in from the south—west off the atlantic. bringing with it lots of cloud, we'll see a few cloud breaks to the east of higher ground, best of which parts of eastern scotland, down through eastern england. bit of sunshine too in shetland, but here has been incredibly windy so far, those winds slowly starting to ease down. the south of that, 0rkney, down in towards the north of mainland and across the western isles, this is where we'll see outbreaks of rain throughout the day. temperatures at the highest aberdeenshire, potentially 16, 17 degrees. this evening and overnight, the rain continues in northern scotland, inching a little bit further southwards. elsewhere, plenty of cloud with the odd spot of drizzle. most places will be dry. not quite as mild as last night but still a pretty mild start to the weekend. into the weekend we go then, saturday — rain at times in scotland, northern ireland threw the morning but turning to sunshine and a few showers later. england and wales, there'll be a few spots of rain around more specially later on in north—west england and north—west wales, but many will be dry. plenty of cloud, the odd brighter break. still in the mild air here, but cold air makes an arrival across the north. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a fancy dress party after a photo emerges from 2009. my my 20s was full of mistakes like that. you know, reckless mistakes of the field that cost me, let down family, let down team—mates, let down friends. it comes as the cricketing authorities meet to discuss the sport's racism crisis , following testimony from the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. police believe his injuries are life—changing. two children and two women are killed in a house fire in south east london — the fire brigade describes the incident as �*truly terrible�*. austria will become the first european country to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory by law and will impose a full lockdown for all from monday. plans for tougher laws to prosecute drivers using their phone behind the wheel — with a ban on playing games and scrolling through playlists. still to come this hour... don�*t mess with the three musketeers, because we are a team, aren�*t we? the musketeers, because we are a team, aren't we? . musketeers, because we are a team, aren't we? v, v, v aren't we? the head of children in need. aren't we? the head of children in need- john _ aren't we? the head of children in need. john maguire _ aren't we? the head of children in need. john maguire meets - aren't we? the head of children in need. john maguire meets a - aren't we? the head of children in | need. john maguire meets a family being supported by the morning raised. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s jane dougall. good morning. away from the crisis in english cricket, australia are having a scandal of their own. just weeks away from the start of the ashes, their captain, tim paine has had to stand down after it emerged he had sent sexually explicit text messages to a female colleague four years ago. paine decided to resign as captain when he became aware that details of the incident in 2017 were about to be made public. he said the cricket australia investigation in 2018 had exonerated him, but he "deeply" regretted his actions at the time and to this day. he said standing down was the right thing to do for him, his family and for cricket. the first test starts on december the 8th in brisbane. to australian cricket fans i�*m deeply sorry that my past behaviour has impacted our game on the eve of the ashes. for the disappointment i have caused to fans and the entire cricket community. i apologise. i�*ve been blessed with a wonderful, loving and supportive family and it breaks my heart to know how much i have let them down. the new newcastle head coach, eddie howe says he�*s under no illusions about the severity of the club�*s situation ahead of his first game in charge. howe has been speaking to the media in preperation for their match against brentford on saturday. he aknowledged the job will be a tough one with newcastle without a win in the league this season and in the relegation zone. iam i am looking forward to it. i am looking forward to the challenge. it is a huge challenge we face. i am under no illusions, as i said earlier about our current situation and what we need to do. tomorrow is and what we need to do. tomorrow is a massive day for everybody connected with the football club. the supporters have shown with it being a sell—out, i am sure the atmosphere will be a brilliant thing for me to experience and the players. some of the biggest names in tennis, are demanding to know, where peng shuai, is, as concerns for the chinese player grow. serena williams says the case should be investigated, and that it has left her "devastated and shocked". peng hasn�*t been seen since alleging she was forced into a sexual relationship with former china vice—premier, zhang gaoli. the authenticity, of an e—mail, said to be from peng to the women�*s tennis associaiton, has been called into question, and the international tennis federation is among those calling for authorities to investigate. golf now, and overnight leader rory mcilroy�*s had a good start to the second day of the dp world tour championship in dubai. after a great first day which put him on seven under, mcilroy had a decent front nine with three birdies to hold his lead, including this one at the third. he�*s won this event twice before, in 2012 and 2015. let�*s take a look at the leaderboard on day two in dubai. rory on ten under overall. irishman shane lowry with five birdies and an eagle at the 14th to put him in contention. sam horsfield with five birdies on his front nine, to bring him level with the leaders. it�*s the season—ending tour championship in the lpga tour too with georgia hall in contention heading into today�*s second round in florida. she made five birdies and an eagle to sit on five under par. three shots behind south korea�*sjeon—geun lee. hall�*s solheim cup team—mate leona maguire is also on five under. to formula one and first practice has just finished in qatar ahead of this weekends grand prix. max verstappen was quickest, lewis hamilton fourth... significantly, hamilton wearing a special helmet with the rainbow flag on it. human rights remain a contentious issue in qatar, especially lgbt rights, so hamilton sending a strong message there. still waiting to find out if max verstappen will be docked points for last weekends incident at the brazillian grand prix where it�*s alleged he pushed lewis hamilton off the track. that could be crucial with just 14 points between the two drivers in the standings. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. the indian prime minister, narendra modi has announced the scrapping of agricultural reform laws that have seen a year of protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers. the measures allowed growers to sell produce beyond government—regulated markets. but they hurt small farmers who took to the streets in large numbers. hundreds of people are thought to have died as a result of the law. in an address to the nation, mr modi said the government had been today, while apologising - to the countrymen, i want to say with a sincere and pure heart that - perhaps they may have been something lacking in our past efforts. due to which we were not able - to explain to some farmers the truth that was as evidence as the light of the lamb _ joining me now is vaibhav yadav, formally a research fellow at the indian farmers�* union. thank you forjoining us. what difference will the repealing of these laws make to india�*s informer, particularly with those with small areas of land that they from? this is a very important _ areas of land that they from? try 3 is a very important step for farmers, but still it is a long battle. you can take those laws back, but it has to be done by the parliament. it does not make sense in the media, it isjust parliament. it does not make sense in the media, it is just something that you do for publicity, not an action. another thing, small—time farmers with very small areas of land are definitely the ones who are benefited by these laws. but they don�*t understand the legalities of this. we are looking to the parliament to repeal those forming laws for the past year and now we are just waiting for it. haifa are just waiting for it. how surprised _ are just waiting for it. how surprised where _ are just waiting for it. how surprised where you - are just waiting for it. how surprised where you that l are just waiting for it. how surprised where you that this announcement came at all? there haven�*t been talks with the farmers and the government have been saying there was no way they were going to backtrack? brute there was no way they were going to backtrack? ~ . there was no way they were going to backtrack? ~ v, v, , , , backtrack? we are not surprised because obviously _ backtrack? we are not surprised because obviously we _ backtrack? we are not surprised because obviously we knew - backtrack? we are not surprisedj because obviously we knew such autocratic ways will not work in india. we always knew that the prime minister would have to take these laws back. farmers are the ones who have been affected by it but back i guess it is a political stance because we have had elections in two very large states of india. yes. very large states of india. yes, which have _ very large states of india. yes, which have a _ very large states of india. yes, which have a lot _ very large states of india. yes, which have a lot of _ very large states of india. yes, which have a lot of farmers - very large states of india. yes, which have a lot of farmers in i very large states of india. yes, which have a lot of farmers in them. but this isjust which have a lot of farmers in them. but this is just an announcement from the prime minister, how difficult is it going to be to get it through parliament? it difficult is it going to be to get it through parliament? it would be very difficult. _ it through parliament? it would be very difficult, they _ it through parliament? it would be very difficult, they are _ it through parliament? it would be very difficult, they are in _ it through parliament? it would be very difficult, they are in a - very difficult, they are in a majority. i hope it is notjust another publicity stunt. 0bviously another publicity stunt. obviously this can be a ploy to lure former�*s votes before the elections. this can be a ploy to lure former's votes before the elections.- votes before the elections. some farmers lost _ votes before the elections. some farmers lost their _ votes before the elections. some farmers lost their lives _ votes before the elections. some farmers lost their lives because l votes before the elections. some| farmers lost their lives because of these laws and also in those protests we have seen across the country. what sort of compensation do you believe the government owes to those families?— to those families? those farmers that died, they — to those families? those farmers that died, they were _ to those families? those farmers that died, they were not - to those families? those farmers that died, they were not just - that died, they were notjust fighting for these laws, they were representing the farmers of india. 0bviously everyone is affected because they cannot produce their food for free. they owe a debt to society. i hope the government takes into account and pays good compensation. when a person dies, theirfamilies are the compensation. when a person dies, their families are the ones that suffer. ~ their families are the ones that suffer. 3 v, ,, v v, v, ~ their families are the ones that suffer. ~ v, ,, v v, v, «r v, suffer. we appreciate you talking to us, thank suffer. we appreciate you talking to us. thank you- _ 0fficers investigating the explosion outside liverpool women�*s hospital on saturday have discovered that if it had detonated differently the bomb involved could have caused significant injury or death. they say it had ball bearings attached to it that could have acted as shrapnel. counter—terrorism detectives still don�*t know why the device went off when it did — killing the bomber, emad al swealmeen. but say it could have been triggered by the taxi he was in stopping. the new culture secretary has told the bbc that left—wing campaigners have "highjacked" social media and made people "afraid" to say what they think — but insists she doesn�*t want to start a culture war. nadine dorries has today announced another £107 million to help venues in england recover from the pandemic has been speaking exclusively to the bbc�*s culture editor, katie razzall. earlier my colleague rebecca jones asked her why ms dorries decided to conduct an interview now. there is a sense i would say that she wants to show us a different face to the public want we know her. she has this reputation as being someone who picks fights online, shoots from the hip and it�*s outspoken. instead she wanted to talk about her upbringing in a deprived part of liverpool and why that drives her on this mission, she was to widen access to the arts, cultural arena, sporting places so people from the kind of background she came from feel they can get involved in those sorts of places. she also wants to talk about how much he cares about culture. the reason she did the interview really, they are handing out more money today, the cultural recovery fund, more than 900 cultural places, leeds grand theatre, an art hub in wigan, exeter cathedral, it is the third instalment of the culture recovery fund and that has been a lifeline to the sector with £2 billion of support given so far. he mentioned her reputation _ support given so far. he mentioned her reputation and _ support given so far. he mentioned her reputation and as _ support given so far. he mentioned her reputation and as you _ support given so far. he mentioned her reputation and as you say, - support given so far. he mentioned her reputation and as you say, she| her reputation and as you say, she is outspoken. her appointment to this post, it was a bit surprising, wasn�*t it? this post, it was a bit surprising, wasn't it? , , , wasn't it? yes, even she said she wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised _ wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to _ wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to get _ wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to get the - wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to get the call. - wasn't it? yes, even she said she i was surprised to get the call. many said it was a reward for her loyalty to borisjohnson. she said her reaction in the creative industries was snobbish and sexist because some people were critical of her appointment, seeing her as an attack dog for the prime minister, not least the tweets she put up about criticising what she called left—wing snowflakes who were killing comedy. and she told me she doesn�*t want to engage in culture wars, she did have use and does have views on freedom of speech. yes. wars, she did have use and does have views on freedom of speech.- views on freedom of speech. yes, i hear this all— views on freedom of speech. yes, i hear this all the _ views on freedom of speech. yes, i hear this all the time. _ views on freedom of speech. yes, i hear this all the time. so _ views on freedom of speech. yes, i hear this all the time. so yes, - hear this all the time. so yes, people — hear this all the time. so yes, people are. but freedom of expression is a really important principle — expression is a really important principle of our democracy. sometimes i think we just need to kind of— sometimes i think we just need to kind of like — sometimes i think we just need to kind of like turn down the condemnation and the judgment. and that is— condemnation and the judgment. and that is what is important to protecting freedom of speech, that people _ protecting freedom of speech, that people do listen and they do understand. and actually people are kind and _ understand. and actually people are kind and listening to other people's views _ kind and listening to other people's views. there is this image that has been _ views. there is this image that has been painted of me that i am going to charge _ been painted of me that i am going to charge out some kind of cultural battle _ to charge out some kind of cultural battle |t— to charge out some kind of cultural battle. , , �* v, battle. it 'ust isn't true. you did call battle. itjust isn't true. you did call them _ battle. itjust isn't true. you did call them left-wing _ battle. itjust isn't true. you did call them left-wing snowflakes, battle. itjust isn't true. you did i call them left-wing snowflakes, so call them left—wing snowflakes, so it is aggressive? call them left-wing snowflakes, so it is aggressive?— it is aggressive? people will oliticise it is aggressive? people will politicise that. _ it is aggressive? people will politicise that. and - it is aggressive? people will politicise that. and that - it is aggressive? people will politicise that. and that is i it is aggressive? people will. politicise that. and that is what i'm talking about. people hijack the space _ i'm talking about. people hijack the space young people occupy, who want to talk— space young people occupy, who want to talk about serious issues. that will raise some _ to talk about serious issues. that will raise some eyebrows because she is not famous as someone who is kind on social media or listens to opposing views and she got into hot water yesterday over a tweet over laura kuenssberg, a political reporter in which she criticised her reporting. nadine dorries said it had been misinterpreted, she said laura kuenssberg was the best in the business. which we all agree with. but this smacks of hypocrisy. she is doling out money today and that is one of the reason she is talking to you so i wonder how the art world is reacting to her appointment? it is fair to say. _ reacting to her appointment? it is fair to say, with _ reacting to herappointment? ut 3 fair to say, with some trepidation in some places. there are some things they can�*t agree on, they will accept and agree with her stated mission, museums, theatres, galleries, whatever it might be, they need to be widen, access needs to be widen. that is something they can agree on. handing out the money and they rehang that the money. yes how seems, galleries and theatres have reopened, but the football isn�*t there before the pandemic. there are culture —— culture recovery fund has saved people from going close but still theirfinances are precarious. she needs to champion them. so in the budget recently, she got money for 100 regional museums and libraries. she also got £2 million for the new beatles museum, which will be built on the liverpool waterfront. 0n on the liverpool waterfront. on balance, she has only been in the post a few weeks and there is a sense they want to give her the benefit of the doubt and see where she takes them. around 150 british army engineers will be sent to help re—inforce poland�*s border with belarus. defence secretary ben wallace made the announcement during a trip to poland, saying he wants to show solidarity with a nato ally — and warn the belorusian government against using migrants to destabilise its neighbours. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale sent this report from poland. the minimum age for marriage in england and wales is likely to be raised from 16 to 18, as the government is expected to support a change in the law which will be heard in parliament today. currently anyone aged 16 or 17 can marry, with permission from their parents. campaigners say that puts them at risk of being coerced into marriage, as rajdeep sandhu reports. and i knew that one day i would escape, one day i would come out of it. at 16, farhana says she was taken out of the uk and forced to marry. i was ushered into a room and asked to say a couple of words, repeating after some male older relatives i had not met, which i duly did, not thinking anything of it. then realised that i had just agreed to marital vows. the intention was to essentially play along, allow myself to be married, knowing that i had a return ticket booked back to the uk and it was very much grin and bear it and do what you need to do when you get home. it is difficult to know how many teenage girls in the uk are forced or coerced into marriage. payzee mahmod was one of them, and so was her sister, banaz. while she escaped, her sister was murdered in a so—called honour killing. it all happened very quickly without any of my say in it. it was something that was all decided for me. the marriage happened in two ceremonies. i had an islamic marriage first, then it was followed by a registered ceremony. i think it�*s important when we are talking about parental consent right here, this is amounting to parental coercion, which is what i experienced. i certainly didn�*t realise that is what i was going through at the time, because it shouldn�*t have been my responsibility as a child to pick that up. it should have been on all the adults around me to safeguard me and protect me from that. there is no law actually criminalising child marriage in the uk. some mps want that changed. as well as raising the minimum age to marry in england and wales from 16 to 18. britain has signed two international treaties and agreed to abide by the united nations sustainable development goals, which says nobody should be getting married under the age of 18 anywhere in the world. we�*ve signed up to that but we allowed to happen. so it�*s an anomaly that has been happening for far too long and we need to change it. according to the latest figures from the office of national statistics, only around 0.5% of women get legally married under the age of 20. so while it looks like attitudes towards marrying young are shifting, this bill will take away that choice for 16 and 17—year—olds. and there are also concerns from the roma and traveller community that the bill could criminalise parts of their culture. farhana says if this law existed when she was younger, she would have had a different experience. all things being equal, my mum was otherwise a law—abiding citizen, she never would have contemplated getting me married off if she thought it was illegal. and despite me coming across uk border force, the high commission in bangladesh, the british high commission, doctors when i came back heavily pregnant telling them i was married, none of that raised an eyebrow because it was perfectly legal for me to be married. the bill is widely supported, but stamping out child marriage will need cultural change, notjust a change in the law. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. let�*s have another go at the belarus story. around 150 british army engineers will be sent to help re—inforce poland�*s border with belarus. defence secretary ben wallace made the announcement during a trip to poland, saying he wants to show solidarity with a nato ally — and warn the belorusian government against using migrants to destabilise its neighbours. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale sent this report from poland. tensions on the border between poland and belarus might seem to be easing for now but britain wants to help make sure this doesn�*t happen again. these are the first images of british army engineers visiting the border. the new front line of a new kind of war. and they are just the advance party. on a visit to poland, the defence secretary said he would soon be sending more than 100 army engineers to bolster poland�*s frontier. we are going to be deploying some engineers to already augment the 150 soldiers that have been here already for a good few months, because again, our defensive strength is that solidarity, and standing side by side with the poles saying, look, we know what�*s going on. this is a hybrid warfare, this is the use of people being trafficked across the border by a sponsoring government, effectively, and we are not going to allow that to happen. this latest deployment of british troops will not be for combat. but nato forces are already in poland in case that happens. 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moved here during lockdown, i mean, exactly when things shut down, so we�*ve just been able to spend a lot of time at home and creating our home, but i think it�*s just the lifestyle, you know, and the weather�*s pretty great. erm, but we are just happy. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. we�*re going to see some big weather changes over the next seven days. at the moment, of course, incredibly mild for this stage in the year. yesterday, we saw temperatures in aberdeenshire 16 degrees. similar sort of values today. this weekend the temperature drops, and by this time next friday we could have even colder air. there is potential the same places that see 16, only four celsius, maybe even with a little bit of snow. that�*s a fair few days away. at the moment, though, we�*ve got high pressure to the south of us, dragging in the winds for the mid—atlantic, all that mild air. and on the northern edge, we�*ve got a weather front which will straddle the far north of scotland throughout today. the exception being shetland, started here today very windy, but the winds will slowly ease down a little bit, and should stay dry and sunny. away from the north of scotland, only the odd spot of light rain and drizzle from extensive amounts of cloud being dragged in by those south westerly winds. winds lightest in the south. and with those winds coming in from the southwest is where you�*ve got the mild air. we�*ve got temperatures to the east of high ground maybe up to 16 or 17 celsius this afternoon. into tonight, we�*ve still got that run of winds off the atlantic, but we�*re going to see the rain turn heavier in northern scotland and edgejust a little bit further southwards through the night into the morning. most places, though, even though not quite as mild as last night, will still be seeing temperatures well above the norm as we go into tomorrow morning. and another fairly cloudy day to come for much of england and wales. the odd spot of light rain and drizzle, for most dry. 0ccasional glimpses of sunshine for some. scotland and northern ireland, though, expect a spell of morning rain for most, clearing through into the afternoon to sunshine, and then a scattering of showers. but notice the temperatures. we�*re going to start to see the wind change into a more northerly direction. instead of 16, aberdeen just eight degrees. and the colder air becomes behind this weather front, which through saturday night will bring some occasional rain across england and wales, clearing away through the first part of sunday morning from the south coast. and then we start to see those northerly winds dominate for all of us. so after yesterday, today, and to a certain degree, tomorrow, sunday morning is going to feel much, much different. we�*re going to see temperatures low enough for frost from, say, wales, the midlands northwards, but plenty of sunshine around for most on sunday. a lovely, crisp, fresh day. cold in the wind, though, and that wind will bring a few showers around northern, eastern areas in particular, and maybe down these western fringes of wales and cornwall. wintry on the hills, even to lower levels in the north of scotland. but most dry, sunny. temperatures just seven to nine degrees. and as i said, next week after a brief lift midweek with some rain, the end of the week much colder with a few snow showers too. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines. new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a fancy dress party after a photo emerges from 2009 my 20s was full of mistakes like that, reckless mistakes off the field that cost me and let down family and let down team—mates and let down friends. it comes as the cricketing authorities meet to discuss the sport�*s racism crisis following testimony from the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. police believe his injuries are life—changing. two children and two women are killed in a house fire in south east london. the fire brigade describes the incident as �*truly terrible�*. austria will become the first european country to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory by law and will impose a full lockdown for all from monday. plans for tougher laws to prosecute drivers using their phone behind the wheel. with a ban on playing games and scrolling through playlists. still to come this hour. don�*t mess with the three musketeers, because we are a team, aren�*t we? ahead of �*children in need�* on bbc one tonight, john maguire meets one family seeking help from a project funded by the charity. english cricket is facing fresh accusations of racism, after it emerged that a player wore black make—up at a fancy dress party in 2009. a photograph of alex hales, who plays for nottinghamshire, has been published by the sun newspaper. he responded by saying he was dressed as his musical hero, the rapper tupac shakur and he deplored discrimination in all its forms. both the ecb and nottinghamshire county cricket club have said that they�*ll investigate the matter, with the latter saying that they have now extended the scope of their investigation. the ecb will also hold a cricket wide meeting today to discuss allegations of racism made by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who has apologised for making anti—semitic comments online. the former england batsman alex hales made a statement on instagram, admitting his actions were "incredibly disrespectful". hi, everyone, with the allegations that have come to light in the last few days, i feel it is important i address these myself. i will start with the picture that has appeared in the sun newspaper of me, at a fancy dress party in 2009 and the theme was musicians, and tupac is, was, and always will be my favourite musician. soi so i went as him. obviously, i realise this is incredibly disrespectful and i want to apologise for the offence this has no doubt caused. it was incredibly reckless and foolish on my behalf. i want to apologise for that, apologise to the club for the embarrassment it would have caused them and i guess my 20s was full of mistakes like that, reckless mistakes off the field that cost me, you know, let down family, team—mates, friends, close relationships i had during my 20s. and i guess some of those decisions i�*ll regret to the rest of my life. our sports correspondent, laura scott, has been giving us the latest from the oval, where the ecb are holding a cricket wide meeting today. this emerged last night in the sun newspaper, a picture of alex hales at a fancy dress party in 2009 where he was shown dressed in a racially offensive manner. we�*ve seen a video message on his instagram today to explain and try to apologise for that picture. he said it was incredibly reckless and foolish and he said that he wanted to apologise for the offence that this has no doubt caused. he talked about the embarrassment that several of his actions in his 20s have caused his friends and family and says he has let down a lot of people. he said some of his actions he will regret for the rest of his life but he reiterated a statement issued early in the week when he said he deplored racism and discrimination in all its forms. this early in the week, azeem rafiq, the man at the centre of all of this, the whistle—blower and the racism crisis had accused alex hales of naming his dog kevin in relation to the derogatory nicknames are supposedly used to describe non—white players at yorkshire and in the england dressing room, something alex hales strongly denies, but the emergence of this picture and those further clouds cast a further cloud over cricket at the moment. in the last hour, the england cricket board�*s former director of cricket andrew strauss has said cricket has �*a lot to work to do�* as he arrived for the meeting to discuss the yorkshire racism scandal. are you 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cricket have a racism issue? we have a lot of. togetherness. does cricket have a i racism issue? we have a lot of work to do, no racism issue? we have a lot of work to do. no doubt _ racism issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt about _ racism issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt about it. _ andy nash was a non executive director of the ecb between 2004 and 2018. he�*s been telling us the cricket authorities will have to react to any findings into whether english cricket is �*institutionally racist.“ the independent commission has been set up specifically to address that question, so they will answer the question, so they will answer the question and it does need answering and when that comes back, whatever the answer is, the ecb or whoever is running english cricket by then will clearly have to come out with some serious plans to address whatever failings and conclusions are highlighted. there is a growing feeling that the ecb is no longer fit for purpose. that is my view as well and has been for a while and i think from what has been trailed in national media already, there is clearly a growing body of opinion that is of that point of view, so we are going to see meaningful change and i think it will be one of the elephants in the room at the meeting today and what i think will happen, quite quickly, is that the ecb will probably be dismantled and we will see three boards replace it, which will be part of the national governing body and one will look after the professional game the international game and then one will look after the grass roots and the amateur game, and above that i think what we are being told is that we should expect to see a strategic board which will do the governing of the game, which will leave the three independent boards, if you like, to get on with the promoting of the game and making sure that it is sufficiently well—financed. the human rights campaigner and chancellor of heriot—watt university, sir geoff palmer has been giving us his reaction to the latest developments. i think that it is up to the system to put things right and for the previous speaker to say this has been going on for a long time, i think that is totally unacceptable, especially for young people and the parents of young people listening to that. the fact he set up an investigation, the point is that they�*re investigating racism, what he did not say, what was the outcome of the board? what are they planning to do to change this attitude about cricket and race? and i find that institutions must set outcomes, because you cannot in fact control what you can�*t measure. and therefore, they must set up outcomes in terms of what they expect, in terms of how people should behave. and that is what will encourage young people to come into the game. some breaking news regarding the infection rate of coronavirus in england. according to the office for national statistics, using the latest estimates, around one in 65 people in private households in england have covid—19 in the week to november the 13th, down from one in 16 people the previous week. the proportion of people estimated to have coronavirus at the peak of the second wave of the pandemic, which was in early january this year was one in 50, so the rate has come down a bit to around one in 65. but that amounts to a significant number of people and one in 65 is the equivalent of 824,900 people being infected. counter terrorism police say the homemade device used in an attempted attack in liverpool last sunday contained shrapnel that could have caused substantial injury or death if detonated in different circumstances. the bomb it had ball bearings attached to it that could have acted as shrapnel. counter—terrorism detectives still don�*t know why the device went off when it did — killing the bomber, emad al swealmeen — but say it could have been triggered by the taxi he was in stopping. (a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. the attack happened just before 7 o clock in the hockley circus area. the teenager is believed to have suffered life changing injuries. west midlands police released a statement appealing for information after the shooting. 0ur west midlands correspondent phil mackie has the latest. this is the hockley circus area in birmingham, a flyover, and the boy was shot in the underpass underneath that and there is a walkway through the at around seven o�*clock last night according to west midlands police, and they say he was shot in the back and he is in a critical condition in hospital and he has suffered life changing injuries. we also heard from west midlands ambulance service who explained what they did. they responded to the 999 call and send what they call a merit team, and the acronym effectively stands for a team that has a trauma doctor, and an experienced paramedic who are scenting in scenarios where people are in very sick and in life—threatening situations. we haven�*t had an update on the boy since this morning, but we are expecting something later on. very sadly, this is an area where there has been a lot of incidents like this over the last couple of years and in a city where we have seen a lot of teenagers injured either through stabbings or shootings as well. we don�*t know what is behind this at this stage we would expect to hear something more from west midlands police as the day goes on and they are carrying out investigations at the scene in birmingham, and when we get more, we will bring it to you. two women and two children have been killed in a fire at a house in bexleyheath in south—east london. a man managed to get out of the building and has been taken to hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. 0ur reporter tim muffett was at the scene. some desperately sad news from bexleyheath here in south london this morning. london fire brigade say they first received calls at around 8:30pm last night. they sent six fire engines and around 40 firefighters to the scene and they managed to take four people out of the building, two women and two children, but sadly they all died on the scene. one man who had managed to get out of the building before the fire brigade arrived has been taken to hospital. around this area there is a sense of enormous shock and grief, as you can imagine. i have been speaking to some local residents this morning. just saw blue lights flashing, looked out of the window and saw police, ambulance, fire brigade. that's it, went to the bedroom window and saw the commotion around there and see them resuscitating somebody and that's about it. i was shocked, so shocked. it's the first time for me to see the fire just happen, _ ten metres away from my house. i don't know... but ijust want to knowl if the police can find out what caused the fire, - that's the important thing. in the last few minutes the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he has been heartbroken by what has happened and sends his deepest condolences, as does the head of the london fire brigade. as to the cause of the fire, we simply don�*t know. the investigation is under way, but desperately sad news, four people, two women and two children, have died in a fire here in bexleyheath in south—east london. and this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. the metropolitan police has apologised to the families of four young men murdered by the serial killer stephen port. giving evidence at the inquests into the deaths of anthony walgate, gabriel kovari, daniel whitworth and jack taylor, deputy assistant commissioner stuart cundy said: i am deeply sorry, personally and on behalf of the mps, that we didn t conduct the initial investigations to the standards that you rightly expected. the inquests have heard about a long series of failures in the four investigations. austria is to become the first european union country to reimpose a nationwide lockdown, as it tries to slow a record surge in coronavirus cases. the austrian chancellor, alexander schallenberg, told a press conference a short while ago that the measure would begin on monday, and last a maximum of 20 days. he also announced austria would make it a legal requirement to get vaccinated from february next year. he said it hurt enormously to have to re—impose restrictions, but that it was necessary because too many people had chosen not to get vaccinated. for a long time, and perhaps for too long, either, along with others, thought it would be possible to convince people they should be voluntarily vaccinated. we tried to convince them that they should do this to protect themselves and their loved ones, theirfriends, their colleagues, but we have to face reality. there are too many political forces in this country which fight hard against vaccination. that is completely irresponsible. it is an attack on our health system, and because of this misinformation, too many of us have not let ourselves be vaccinated. the result has been overflowing intensive care wards and enormous human suffering. that is why we have to make the very difficult decision to make vaccination mandatory from the 1st of february 2022. the headlines on bbc news. new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a fancy dress party after a photo emerges from 2009 a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. police believe his injuries are life—changing. two children and two women are killed in a house fire in south east london. the fire brigade describes the incident as �*truly terrible�*. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s jane dougall away from the crisis in english cricket, australia are having a scandal of their own. just weeks away from the start of the ashes, their captain, tim paine has had to stand down after it emerged he had sent sexually explicit text messages to a female colleague four years ago. paine decided to resign as captain when he became aware that details of the incident in 2017 were about to be made public. he said the cricket australia investigation in 2018 had exonerated him, but he "deeply" regretted his actions at the time and to this day. he said standing down was the right thing to do for him, his family and for cricket. the first test starts on december the 8th in brisbane. to australian cricket fans i�*m deeply sorry that my past behaviour has impacted our game on the eve of the ashes. for the disappointment i have caused to fans and the entire cricket community. i apologise. i�*ve been blessed with a wonderful, loving and supportive family and it breaks my heart to know how much i have let them down. rory mcilroy remains in a strong position at the season ending tour championship in dubai. he was on ten under par approaching the halfway mark and has picked up one at the 16th and is on 11 under par. aaong with england�*s sam horsfield — who made seven birdies through his first 14 holes. ireland�*s 2019 open champion shane lowry is the clubhouse leader alongsidejohn catlin. also in the mix is collin morikawa, who�*s aiming to become the first american to win the european tour�*s overall race to dubai. it�*s the season ending tour championship in the lpga tour too with georgia hall in contention heading into today�*s second round in florida. she made five birdies and an eagle to sit on 5 under par. three shots behind south korea�*sjeon—geun lee. hall�*s solheim cup teammate leona maguire is also on five under. to formula 1 and first practice has finished in qatar ahead of this weekends grand prix. max verstappen was quickest, lewis hamilton fourth. significantly hamilton is wearing a special helmet with the rainbow flag on it. human rights remain a contentious issue in qatar, especially lgbt rights, so hamilton sending a strong message there. still waiting to find out if max verstappen will be docked points for last weekend�*s incident at the brazillian grand prix where it�*s alleged he pushed lewis hamilton off the track. that could be crucial with just 14 points between the two drivers in the standings. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. laws to prosecute drivers who use their mobile phone are to be strengthened across the uk. at the moment motorists are banned only from texting or making calls. but from next year it will also be illegal to take photos, play games or scroll through playlists while driving. # happy birthday to you...# joe cairns was 14 years old when he was killed. at the point of, you know, the last few months of his life, he was spectacular. i couldn�*t be more proud of him. i couldn�*t. you know, he was always going to deal with different things. but he was shining. he was. two years ago, joe cairns was sitting on the back of a minibus on the way to his special school, when a lorry ploughed straight into the back of them. it was a 45 minute journey until the collision. and for 45 minutes that man was on his phone, on various applications, text messages, phone calls, but also, he was on sky sports, he was on his facebook. and he was playing a game. the driver was convicted. he got eight years for dangerous driving. but changing the law will close a loophole, making it easier for police to stop and fine anyone holding their phone and using it for any reason when they�*re behind the wheel. but you will still be able to use your phone in hands—free mode. if you get caught now, you are going to get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. so that is, you know, quite significant. the police will be able to enforce the laws much more strongly, and actually, there's some quite interesting technology coming out as to other ways we can spot people using their phone. for example, putting cameras in fake hgvs. so, be careful on the roads. steph, how do you feel when you see people in their cars, using their phones, looking down at their phones? he had a life, a whole beautiful life to lead. and he hasn�*t got it any more. you miss him, a part of you, your heart. i gave birth to that boy. and i gave him life. and through somebody�*s choice that day, they took his life away. and he is no more. and it has to be out there, it has to be how dangerous it is to use your phone while you are driving. colletta smith, bbc news in radcliffe. nick lyes from the rac explained me a little earlier how widespread this problem is. it�*s a really widespread problem. the research we have conducted at the rac shows about a quarter of drivers are still using a hand—held mobile phone at will to make or receive calls, but they are also using their phones for other activities such as taking photos, videos and even playing games, and this is whilst they are physically driving the vehicle, so there is a real issue here that i think, sadly, we haven�*t quite got to grips with in this country. how clear is it who the main culprits are? from our research it appears that the larger problem is amongst the younger driving population, between 17 and 24 where they are admitting that they are using their phones more frequently than older drivers but when we look at the road traffic statistics for example, in 2020, 17 drivers were killed as a result of somebody using a mobile phone at the wheel and there were more than 300 road traffic collisions and those statistics tend to underestimate the problem because sometimes it can be very difficult for the police to establish whether a mobile phone has been used at all after a collision. how will people be able to use their phones then, because a lot of people rely on smartphones as a satnav gadget. absolutely. the proposals the government have announced today do not affect hands—free devices so it will still be legal to use a hands—free device within a vehicle, so you have to have a phone in a cradle, but it�*s remember that it is important that that could be added to distraction and if you�*re not in proper control, the police have the powers to pull you over and you can be issued with a £100 fine and three points on your licence. so it�*s important that drivers remember that there are distractions in the vehicle at all times and you have to try and manage those and focus on the road ahead. how do you advise people to try and drop these bad habits? from our point of view, the best advice we can give to people is when you get in your vehicle, the best thing to do is to put your phone either on a safe mode or in the glove compartment and remove that distraction altogether. now if you need to use your phone for satnav, put it in a hands—free device and set satnav up before you start the journey and then you don�*t need to interact with it along the way but we understand for younger people, and for many people, a mobile phone or a smartphone are an integral part of their lives, so you�*ve got to try and detach yourself from your phone when you get into your vehicle and perhaps the best thing to do is to switch the phone off or put it inside the glove compartment where it is out of sight and out of mind. the indian prime minister, narendra modi has announced the scrapping of agricultural reform laws that have seen a year of protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers. the measures allowed growers to sell produce beyond government—regulated markets. but they hurt small farmers who took to the streets in large numbers. hundreds of people are thought to have died as a result of the law.. in an address to the nation, mr modi said the government had been unable to convince some farmers of the benefits. today, while apologising - to the countrymen, ! want to say with a sincere and pure heart that - perhaps they may have been something lacking in our past efforts. due to which we were not able - to explain to some farmers the truth that was as evident - as the light of the lamp. earlier rebecca jones spoke to the former finance and home minister of india. today, after one year of agitation by farmers, they have suddenly announced the withdrawal of the farm laws. even three weeks ago, the prime minister in a speech said those who oppose the farm laws are antinational, anti—farmer, anti—agricultural development. now why this change? the only reason for the change and i underline the word only, is the feedback he has got that his party will do very, very badly in the next round of elections. deforestation in brazil�*s amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years. a report by the country�*s space research agency found that deforestation increased by 22% ina year. brazil was among a number of nations who promised to end deforestation by 2030 during the cop26 climate summit. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hi. good afternoon to you. there isn�*t a great deal of sunshine on offer today but i found some. this is across anglesey, just an hour or so ago. a lovely looking cloud picture and we do have some outbreaks in the cloud, east of the grampian mountains in scotland and once again around the humber, down towards the wash and some slivers of sunshine elsewhere but it�*s quite leaden skies for many of us and actually quite wet in the north for the rest of the afternoon. windy as well across the northern isles but it is mild, and that is one thing we are seeing at the moment and actually that is about to change as well. and it will start to happen behind this band of rain, cold weather front which starts to make more progress into mainland scotland during the night and head of it, misty, murky, grey and damp again, little bits of fog around first thing and then it clears and is largely dry but the rain, petering out as a come southwards, will come across northern ireland, scotland and behind it the skies will brighten but that is when the cold air arrives, just six or seven across the far north of scotland tomorrow and eight celsius compared with 16 in aberdeen yesterday. yes, it�*s going to get a lot colder as we head through the weekend and even colder next week. i will keep you posted. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... new accusations of racism in english cricket as batsman alex hales apologises for painting his face black at a fancy dress party after a photo emerges from 2009 my 20s was full of mistakes like that. you know, reckless mistakes off the field that cost me... ..let down family, let down team—mates, let down friends. it comes as the cricketing authorities meet to discuss the sport�*s racism crisis, following testimony from the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being shot in the back in birmingham last night. police believe his injuries are life—changing. two children and two women are killed in a house fire in south east london, the fire brigade describes the incident as �*truly terrible�*. austria will become the first european country to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory by law and will impose a full lockdown for all from monday. around 150 british army engineers will be sent to help re—inforce poland�*s border with belarus. defence secretary ben wallace made the announcement during a trip to poland, saying he wants to show solidarity with a nato ally — and warn the belorusian government against using migrants to destabilise its neighbours. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale sent this report from poland. tensions on the border between poland and belarus might seem to be easing for now but britain wants to help make sure this doesn�*t happen again. these are the first images of british army engineers visiting the border. the new front line of a new kind of war. and they are just the advance party. on a visit to poland, the defence secretary said he would soon be sending more than 100 army engineers to bolster poland�*s frontier. we are going to be deploying some engineers to already augment the 150 soldiers that have been here already for a good few months, because again, our defensive strength is that solidarity, and standing side by side with the poles saying, look, we know what�*s going on. this is a hybrid warfare, this is the use of people being trafficked across the border by a sponsoring government, effectively, and we are not going to allow that to happen. this latest deployment of british troops will not be for combat. but nato forces are already in poland in case that happens. part of the alliance�*s response to russia, the key player in this region. concerns that russia might be preparing another assault on ukrainian territory have intensified, with moscow once again massing forces on its border. another reason why the uk wants to display solidarity with its eastern european allies. britain already has 150 troops based here in poland, part of a larger nato force to reassure an ally. now the uk has signed an agreement with poland to provide it with air defence missiles. all designed to send a clear message to russia against any aggression. but russia too accuses the west of sabre rattling close to its borders. and the question is not whether, but where will these tensions flare up again? jonathan beale, bbc news, north—east poland. the minimum age for marriage in england and wales is likely to be raised from 16 to 18 — as the government is expected to support a change in the law which will be heard in parliament today. currently anyone aged 16 or 17 can marry, with permission from their parents. campaigners say that puts them at risk of being coerced into marriage, as rajdeep sandhu reports. and i knew that one day i would escape, one day i would come out of it. at 16, farhana says she was taken out of the uk and forced to marry. i was ushered into a room and asked to say a couple of words, repeating after some male older relatives i had not met, which i duly did, not thinking anything of it. then realised that i had just agreed to marital vows. the intention was to essentially play along, allow myself to be married, knowing that i had a return ticket booked back to the uk and it was very much grin and bear it and do what you need to do when you get home. it is difficult to know how many teenage girls in the uk are forced or coerced into marriage. payzee mahmod was one of them, and so was her sister, banaz. while she escaped, her sister was murdered in a so—called honour killing. it all happened very quickly without any of my say in it. it was something that was all decided for me. the marriage happened in two ceremonies. i had an islamic marriage first, then it was followed by a registered ceremony. i think it�*s important when we are talking about parental consent right here, this is amounting to parental coercion, which is what i experienced. i certainly didn�*t realise that is what i was going through at the time, because it shouldn�*t have been my responsibility as a child to pick that up. it should have been on all the adults around me to safeguard me and protect me from that. there is no law actually criminalising child marriage in the uk. some mps want that changed. as well as raising the minimum age to marry in england and wales from 16 to 18. britain has signed two international treaties and agreed to abide by the united nations sustainable development goals, which says nobody should be getting married under the age of 18 anywhere in the world. we�*ve signed up to that but we allowed to happen. so it�*s an anomaly that has been happening for far too long and we need to change it. according to the latest figures from the office of national statistics, only around 0.5% of women get legally married under the age of 20. so while it looks like attitudes towards marrying young are shifting, this bill will take away that choice for 16 and 17—year—olds. and there are also concerns from the roma and traveller community that the bill could criminalise parts of their culture. farhana says if this law existed when she was younger, she would have had a different experience. all things being equal, my mum was otherwise a law—abiding citizen, she never would have contemplated getting me married off if she thought it was illegal. and despite me coming across uk border force, the high commission in bangladesh, the british high commission, doctors when i came back heavily pregnant telling them i was married, none of that raised an eyebrow because it was perfectly legal for me to be married. the bill is widely supported, but stamping out child marriage will need cultural change, notjust a change in the law. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. the new culture secretary has told the bbc that left—wing campaigners have "highjacked" social media and made people "afraid" to say what they think — but insists she doesn�*t want to start a culture war. nadine dorries has today announced another £107—million to help venues in england recover from the pandemic — and has been speaking exclusively to our culture editor, katie razzall. we express our solidarity! rehearsing a new play for a london�*s young vic theatre about political divisions in the 1960�*s america. watching, the new culture secretary, nadine dorries. viewed as divisive herself by many in the artistic world, her appointment drew a gasp from some in the industry. was it satire, or something else? 0ne comedian said, "it�*s great to have someone who has written more books than they have read." and a crime writer said, "the closest you get to culture is if you are eating a pot of yoghurt." what think of that? isn�*t that lovely? you could hear the latte cups hitting the floor across the bbc when my job was announced. but i take that as a form of snobbery, a form of left snobbery. i was disappointed, but, as many people have said to me, all the right people are angry. who are the right people? those who want to engage in culture wars, which i don�*t, actually. that comment that i have written more books than i have read, i found those comments quite misogynistic. liverpool, the great atlantic port of the north. nadine dorries is a novelist as well as an mp, whose books are based on her upbringing in a deprived part of liverpool. that makes her a perfect culture secretary, say her supporters. the first not to have gone to university, training as a nurse instead, she comes from a very different background to many of her fellow mps. i was born in breck road in anfield in liverpool, within the sound of the kop. it shaped me throughout my life. payday was on a thursday, tuesdays and wednesdays were pretty difficult, having to borrow shoes to go to school. it was very, very tough. it shaped what i am doing at this department as a secretary of state. i can't deny that. my colleagues call me balls of steel. she has battled assumptions made about her based on her background, or a self—interested maverick in the jungle tha tsaw her suspended from the conservative party for a time. she hasn�*t been shy of going on the attack in the past, including claims that left—wing snowflakes, as she put it, were killing comedy and suppressing free speech. do you think there is an issue that people are frightened to say what they think? so... yes, i hear this all the time. so, yes, people are. but i think freedom of expression is a really important principle of our democracy. and sometimes i think wejust need to kind of like turn down the condemnation and the judgment, and that�*s what�*s important to protecting freedom of speech, that people do listen and people do understand. and actually, that people are just kind in listening to other people�*s views. that will raise eyebrows among those who say that is not how the culture secretary herself behaves online. there�*s this kind of image that has been painted of me that i am going to go out, come out with some kind of culture war battle. calling people left—wing snowflakes and thier woke agenda is quite aggressive? well, there are some people who will politicise that and that is what i am talking about when i do that. campaigners who kind of hijack the space that young people would like to occupy, to talk about some serious issues, some on the left have hijacked that space. that is who my comments are targeted at. the bank of england�*s reputation isn�*t as a hotbed of left—wingers, but the new culture secretary also criticised its recent decision to take down artworks of long dead governors with legs to slavery. governors with links to slavery. so, do i think it is wrong? i do. i will tell you why. this whole cancel culture, we can just wipe it out like it didn�*t happen and pretend it didn�*t exist, it was abhorrent and it was appalling, and i think for those very reasons we need to retain it. i know the honourable lady is extremely frustrated about... nadine dorries languished on the backbenches under david cameron�*s premiership, attacking the then prime minister and his chancellor for their backgrounds. not only are they two posh boys who don�*t know the price of milk, but they are two arrogant posh boys. she doesn�*t talk like that about borisjohnson, and is now in his cabinet, with a role she says is close to her heart. well, i was taken for my very first theatre experience by a charity to the everyman theatre in liverpool when i was about ten years old to see the canterbury tales. i love the theatre as a result. i know that many of the kids from the same street i grew up in now think theatres are not places where people like them go, let alone places where people like them can work or can contribute to. and so i made my ethos in the department within 24 hours of arriving, that everything we do in that department, every policy, every decision we take, has a filter laid over that decision, and that is, does this policy help those from socially deprived areas to access both arts and culture and sport? the conservatives have been in power for 11 years and over that time 0fqual figures show a dramatic drop in, for example, kids doing arts subjects in gcse and a—level. in the last ten years, performing arts down by nearly two thirds, dance down by half. lots of teachers say that is as a direct result of funding cuts and the fact that schools are having to make difficult decisions? well, i don�*t recognise your question about cuts to school. as far as i am concerned we are doing better, much better now than we have ever been. nadine dorries is now in charge of what has been a lifeline for the creative industries in the pandemic, the culture recovery fund in england. to date she has announced £107 million to more than 900 organisations, including the young vic. most are outside london. so, just let�*s acknowledge what the government did — £2 billion. the reason that money was allocated, many theatres would not be standing today if the government had not supported them over the last 20 months. so, yes, it was a recognition that some of these theatres actually would collapse. the funding we are doing now is to help people through the recovery period. they can�*tjust go from, you know, from zero to hero overnight. the industry need someone to fight their corner in what are still testing times. nadine dorries is the tenth culture secretary in ten years. we�*ll see last long enough to make a difference? katie razzall, bbc news. the new school year started well over two months ago but many families will still be feeling the cost of kitting out children in uniforms. but from next autumn, schools in england will be legally required to keep prices down. let�*s hear how that idea�*s gone down with parents. the uniform shops, i�*ve never actually bought from, because they are just too overpriced. on one occasion i was quoted £17 for a pair of sports socks. to me that was just a phenomenal waste of money, which, you know, i set up a recycling service for parents with uniforms and we just swap uniforms amongst ourselves now. i think by the time you factor in things like the school socks, shoes, obviously trousers, vest, polo shirt and jumper, then you are definitely looking £50, £60, i would say. and that's if you're savvy, i suppose, with where you're getting the uniform from. i i'm really fortunate in the factl that the polo shirts and jumpers that my girls can wear, i i can actually buy them off the website of a local supermarket and they do the embroidery, - which saves a little bit of money. not having prescribed pe kit definitely would - save a lot of money. i think i�*m quite lucky, our school are quite flexible. but i think having logos emblazoned on t—shirts that they are wearing underneath jumpers, which are never seen, is completely unnecessary. you know, you can get a pack of three white polo shirts from a supermarket for £5, £6. there�*s no need to then make that into £15 a pop just for having a logo on. deforestation in brazil�*s amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years. a report by the country�*s space research agency found that deforestation increased by 22% in a year. brazil was among a number of nations who promised to end deforestation by 2030 during the cop26 climate summit. wild animals are at greater risk from poachers because of the pandemic. that�*s according to wildlife protection agencies, which say there are now fewer rangers patrolling key areas. it�*s a problem the duke of cambridge was keen to highlight when he went to find out how hi—tech firms are helping in the fight against poachers and smugglers. our technology correspondent marc cieslak has more. the duke of cambridge�*s conservation work has combined with technology and artificial intelligence in an effort to disrupt the trade in illegal wildlife. this has not being taken seriously enough for many years. it is more now. as founder of united for wildlife, prince william visited microsoft�*s uk headquarters in reading yesterday, where he had video—conferenced with anti—poaching rangers in south africa�*s kruger park. anton, what has been the effect of the pandemic on poaching? yeah, we were very affected by covid—19, to such an extent that some of the staff were laid off. and he met the team behind an artificial intelligence project designed to help detect illegal wildlife smuggled inside luggage through airports. it is a huge problem estimated at $20 billion per year. prince william founded united for wildlife with the idea of bringing public sector, private sector and not—for—profit entities together, to combine to fight the problem of the illegal wildlife trade. the system, called seeker, has been tested in controlled conditions with the uk border force during the summer at heathrow airport. astonishingly, criminal gangs have attempted to smuggle live animals inside luggage through airports like this one. it is, however, more common for authorities to detect things like ivory or materials derived from endangered species. it is an ongoing task that requires constant vigilance. and with 18 million passengers, and all of their luggage travelling through heathrow every year, it�*s a big job. seeker�*s the product of microsoft�*s ai research labs and combines with existing airport scanning tech. it is on the hunt for a wide range of illegal wildlife, from ivory pangolin scales and rhino horn. the tech can scale down to the atomic density of a bag�*s contents, comparing items it has scanned to those of illegal materials. up in the top corner here? there it is. its developers have used real items confiscated by border force to teach the ai what to look for. so we have been taking items that the uk border force have seized, running through the airport screening systems. we have been taking that data and training an ai model on the characteristics of a range of wildlife species. this has enabled us to build a model with a high degree of accuracy in detecting illegal wildlife in prts and borders. now the initial testing phase is complete, it is hoped this technology will roll out for more testing at airports around the world. another tool in the fight to prevent a trade which could lead to the extinction of some of the world�*s most endangered animals. marc cieslak, bbc news. we�*re going to show you something truly extraordinary now. it�*s a testament to what can be achieved when someone has a dream and really puts their mind to it. in this case, that someone is felix klieser — who plays the french horn with bournemouth symphony orchestra, despite being born without arms. andrew plant went to meet him. ready? yeah. to be a world famous french horn player, you need good lungs. what you don�*t need, though, are fingers. felix klieser warming up with an instrument he fell in love with when he was just three years old. the thing i can remember, really, is that i wanted to play exactly this instrument and nothing else. where i�*ve seen it and how i get the first time in contact with this instrument, yeah, i can�*t remember. 27 years later, he�*s now artist in residence with bournemouth symphony orchestra. a growing reputation worldwide and a technique almost unique among top musicians. everyone thinks, oh, it should be so difficult to do with your feet, and the funny thing about this is i�*m thinking the same as you. so because i�*m seeing yourfingers and the fingers are quite long and i can�*t really understand how you can hold a pencil with these long fingers because, you know, the coordination is so difficult. so people are asking you, is it difficult to play the french horn with the feet? and i�*m always answering i don�*t know, i never played with hands, so i can�*t compare maybe. this, felix�*s debut on the stage in poole this week. fantastic. the expectation was great when he came on the stage with his horn on the stands. and then you could just see the audience just loving the music. theyjust loved the music. and the reaction from the audience but also from kirill karabits, our chief conductor, from every member of the orchestra wasjust, oh, wow. there were, he says, many times he was told to find an easier hobby. his answer was always to practise even harder. even if people around you are saying this is not possible, it is difficult, but sometimes it could be a wonderful result to go your own way and to live your dreams and to do what you think, which makes you happy. he�*ll be with the bournemouth symphony orchestra for two years, playing, touring and teaching the next generation to never give up. andrew plant, bbc news, the lighthouse in poole. children in need is on bbc one tonight — with the money raised going to help disadvantaged children. one of the projects funded by the charity is the kemp hospice, in kidderminster. it offers specialist counselling to children when a loved one takes their own life. john maguire went to meet one family which has, very sadly, needed that help. in march last year, just before lockdown, mark, a husband and father of two young girls, took his own life. my dad, he was really kind. he was very smiley, so when everything sort of happened, i was very shocked about everything because he was like my best friend. he used to play loads of games with me. he used to give me sky. he used to do loads of tiktok videos with me. because he died through suicide, it's difficult, obviously, because we were a really happy family — it came so suddenly that... we didn't experience sadness. so for you he was here one day and then gone the next day. and i think that's the hardest thing. because it was so out of character to who mark was. mark�*s death was sudden and shocking, but laura and her daughters made a pledge. we were a really happy family and we're still a happy family and really that's our main goal because actually we're exactly the same as we always have been. we're just a man down, aren't we? shall we sit on the pink bench? yeah. children in need helps fund bereavement counselling services provided by kemp the hospice for the wyre forest area in worcestershire. and the green means like old memories. memories of dad? yeah _ gareth supports the girls and says there�*s a different approach required for children. so they're not just satl talking to a counsellor. they're able to, you know, - be doing something and also go ito those really difficult placesl and talk about the grief they're holding or the emotions they might be feeling like anger or low- mood or anxiety. for sienna, that one—to—one relationship based primarily on trust and emotional support is essential. i get really scared leaving my mum because of what happened with my dad. that�*s another thing that gareth sort of helps me with because i�*m so scared because of what happened with dad. i can�*t leave my mum. when i�*m having a really bad day missing my dad, like, i�*ll get very, very sad. and like, i�*ll remember, he�*s said to do this or he said to do that. basically because i was very angry, he said, "you need to do some boxing." and every week he asked me, "have you done your boxing this week?" i�*m like, no. but like, it�*s like i can have a laugh, but also be very serious at the same time. i don�*t have to keep it to myself. my dad had to put on a face. i don�*t have to put on a face because i�*ve got gareth to help me not put on a face. and what also helps sienna is recording these video diaries. i don�*t know how i feel. ifeel a bit numb if i�*m honest. ijust feel a bit sad in general. funding enables special camps for children, and amelia is a fan. they all make me laugh because i'm having a really bad day and then - they'lljust brighten up my day and then i'lljust_ get on with the day. and the second best thing| is at the end when you get games, they're amazing. we call each other the three musketeers because we�*re very close together. we are, we are the three musketeers, that's what we call ourselves, isn't it? and i think our bond just together isjust growing stronger in some ways, hasn't it? yeah, very. don�*t mess with the three musketeers? don't mess with the three musketeers because we are a team, aren't we? and the musketeers�* famous motto, apposite not just for the family, but also for the support they receive — all for one and one for all. john maguire, bbc news, kidderminster. if you�*ve been affected by any of the issues raised injohn�*s report you can find help and information on the bbc action line. you can watch children in need on bbc one from 7:00 tonight. victoria derbyhire will be here shortly with the one o�*clock news, now it�*s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. that afternoon. there�*s not much sunshine and offer, but this was anglesey earlier on the and in the eastern side of scotland,. taking some were typically in the central part of the uk for the coming week, look how the warmth, the mild weather ebbs away. it is because we change the wind direction. at the moment the wind is drawn around this area of high pressure from the south—west across the atlantic. we will look towards the north for the origin of ourair will look towards the north for the origin of our air by the end of the weekend. but for the grampians, east of the pennines, humberside, lincolnshire and the eastern side of the welsh mountains, it is a breezy day in the north, windy in shetland. the winds are a notch down from yesterday and it feels quite pleasant, particularly with the sunshine. a lot of low cloud around the hills of the coast and the west, so leaden skies and damp at times. the skies will fill in with mist and fog but the weather front starts to get a movement across scotland so bring in more persistent rain across mainland scotland overnight and it remains mild. it is behind this weather front remains mild. it is behind this weatherfront we remains mild. it is behind this weather front we introduce the colder air. weather front we introduce the colderair. misty, greatand weather front we introduce the colder air. misty, great and fog around in southern areas but are brighter skies and larger dry. rain doesn�*t arrive for northern england, clears away later in the day but the colder air, sixes and sevens. those showers will turn wintry as we get into sunday across the high ground. behind the weather front, the cold weather front, behind the weather front, the cold weatherfront, true behind the weather front, the cold weather front, true to behind the weather front, the cold weatherfront, true to its name, the air will come right the way down from the arctic. we will see a drop in temperatures, four or five celsius, accentuated by the strength of the win. that will mean particularly brisk around northern coast and later on sunday, further south and east. the frost is developing, notjust cold by day, but cold finite. a few wintry showers over the hills in the north, could be winteryness in the hills across snowdonia. we may well keep a few showers across kent and essex during the day on sunday. a chilly wind here but the notice is how chilly it will feel. temperatures are significantly lower and they get lower still later next week. the risk of something wintry in the forecast. stay tuned, goodbye. cricket chiefs are holding an urgent meeting about racism in the game in england. it comes after another cricketer apologises, for wearing black make—up at a fancy dress party in 2009. my 20s was full of mistakes like that, reckless mistakes off the field that cost me... you know, let down family, let down team—mates, let down friends. we�*ll bring you the latest from our correspondent at the 0val where the meeting is taking place. also this lunchtime... austria is to go into a full nationwide lockdown because of record covid cases and everyone will have to get vaccinated. here, two children and two women have died in a fire at a house in south—east london. drivers will be banned from scrolling, filming or searching playlists on their mobile phone from next year.

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