in the uk. a bbc investigation discovers that the deaths of two women, who both died of herpes days after giving birth in kent, are linked. and hundreds line the streets in southend to pay tribute to the conservative mp sir david amess who was stabbed to death last month. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has defended his plans for reforming social care in england as mps prepare to vote on his proposals tonight. borisjohnson called his plan "incredibly generous" and said it would help tackle what he calls a "long—standing social injustice" over cost. the government unveiled its proposals in september, which include an £86,000 cap on personal care costs. but an amendment to the plan said support payments from councils will not count towards the cap. charities have warned it will mean some of the less well—off being unfairly hit. it's thought some backbench tory mps could rebel when they vote later. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. a mother's care for her daughter. decades on, romo�*s daughter helps care for her. the 83—year—old, who has dementia, had to sell the family home to pay for the full—time care she now needs. she worked night and day to have her own home. i mean, my mum would have been the tory poster girl. she never took a penny in benefits, she worked, she must have paid income tax for 50 years and everything she worked for has gone, because she has been ill. and that is just wrong. the prime minister claims the new system will protect families just like lorraine�*s from enormous bills those who need intensive care can face if they can afford to contribute, but there is a fear the wealthiest will benefit the most. if somebody has a house worth £120,000, they will still have to pay £86,000 himself, even though they qualify that some council help and they will be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. but look at this, if an individual has a house worth £500,000, they will have to pay the £86,000 but will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. some of borisjohnson�*s own mps fear his big platform plan for social care is unfair. and... at a time when some wonder if downing street is really concentrating. yesterday, i went, as we all must, to peppa pig world~ _ an appearance today won't have calmed those nerves, or fears about the proposals that mps will vote on tonight. they are much better— than the existing system because, under the existing system, - nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 or more. now you get support - if you have £100,000 or less. but after losing his place, he was later asked? frankly, is everything 0k? i think that people got the vast | majority of the points i wantedj to make and i thought it went over well. - the social care plan follows years of governments to make changes and overall it should mean billions of extra care in england, with more people receiving help towards the cost. the former health secretary will back the reform, even with a heavy heart. it is very disappointing that the way the cap is going to be calculated is going to be changed, which means that it is going to be a less progressive measure than was hoped for. the opposition is trying to persuade more tories to join with them to reject the plan in the commons later. we now learn that people will have to sell their homes so it is another broken promise. worse than that, it is the people who aren't so well off who will have to sell their homes because, of course, many families won't have £86,000 to hand. the plan seemed likely to pass the first hurdle in parliament tonight, but borisjohnson�*s claimed that his plan will fix social care could well cause some political damage that needs fixing itself. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. mps have been debating the health and social care bill in the commons. the health and social care minister, edward argar, insisted the overall plan was much better than the current system as he outlined the reforms. the reforms will also make the existing means test far more generous. we are increasing the upper capital limit per £100,000. this will make people with moderate assets eligible for some estates are put towards the cost of care earlier and the lower capital limit will also increase from £14,250 to £20,000 and below this level of course people only contribute from their income, fully protecting their savings and assets below £20,000. 0ver recent days, people have compared our policy proposals to previous abandoned, never enacted, proposals for reform. clear that our proposals for reform. clear that our proposals will deliver the changes needed where others have failed and see a significant improvement on the system we have in place today. we have considered what help people want and when they wanted. but labour's shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth questioned the government's decision to move away from its existing policy. many across the house are puzzled because we recall this document that the government placed before the house when it asked me house to endorse the national insurance increase and indeed many did endorse the increase even though they were breaking their manifesto commitment. this document actually says it will introduce a care cap and it will deliver a court recommendation of the independent commission will be implemented using legislation already in place under the 2014 act which introduces the independent commission cut social care charging reform and it goes on to describe this as the new cap. so why has the government moved away from the position it published and move take policy now which disproportionately benefits those with greater assets, which surely cannot be far. —— cannot be fair. well, we can speak now to baroness sal brinton, who is the liberal democrats lead on health and social care in the house of lords. very good evening to you and thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i would like to get your reaction actually to what has taken place this evening and what we have seen over the last few days. it is this evening and what we have seen over the last few days.— over the last few days. it is deeply shockina. over the last few days. it is deeply shocking- two _ over the last few days. it is deeply shocking. two years _ over the last few days. it is deeply shocking. two years ago, - over the last few days. it is deeply shocking. two years ago, on - over the last few days. it is deeply shocking. two years ago, on the i shocking. two years ago, on the steps of number ten, the prime minister promised he had a plan to fix the crisis in social care for once and for all. he has not only not got a plan, but his financial proposal has changed in less than a month and to describe it as moving to andrew dilnot�*s plan of 2014 is just outrageous, it is not at all. the real problem is people with a fairly low value houses, not in the south—east of england, all over the country, are suddenly going to find that they are paying for everything and that does not match with what the prime minister said, nor indeed with what ministers are saying in the commons this evening. henge with what ministers are saying in the commons this evening. have the lib dems got — the commons this evening. have the lib dems got a _ the commons this evening. have the lib dems got a plan? _ the commons this evening. have the lib dems got a plan? we _ the commons this evening. have the lib dems got a plan? we say - the commons this evening. have the lib dems got a plan? we say that. lib dems got a plan? we say that first we have _ lib dems got a plan? we say that first we have to _ lib dems got a plan? we say that first we have to actually - lib dems got a plan? we say that first we have to actually invest. lib dems got a plan? we say that first we have to actually invest in | first we have to actually invest in social care itself, because one of the problems is that this is only a funding issue. we have got to have a workforce plan, we would much prefer to do this increase through income tax than three national insurance, which also affects people on low pay much more than people on higher pay, but i think what everyone is bemused about is the government keeps changing its mind. they may not lose the amendment tonight, but i know there are many redwall mps who are deeply unhappy and i suspect it is notjust going to be there, it will be rural areas all around the country. people will be really shocked by these proposals. your colleaaue shocked by these proposals. your colleague has _ shocked by these proposals. your colleague has said _ shocked by these proposals. your colleague has said she _ shocked by these proposals. your colleague has said she expects the planet to be kicked out of the lords and back to the commons. is that we can expect from the lords? that would not _ can expect from the lords? that would not surprise _ can expect from the lords? that would not surprise me, - can expect from the lords? twat would not surprise me, because the discussions we had about the previous plan, the one that was discussed over the last three to four weeks, a cross—party in the lords there has been a lot of criticism of it. i know that several people will be deeply unhappy and we will take it back and asked that the thing is to be looked at. clearly when you are working across party you have to do this discussion is behind the scenes but the lord's will go into this in its usual detail. that is ourjob to look at this thing in real detail and believe me, we will.- this thing in real detail and believe me, we will. social care is a difficult one _ believe me, we will. social care is a difficult one to _ believe me, we will. social care is a difficult one to solve, _ believe me, we will. social care is a difficult one to solve, isn't - believe me, we will. social care is a difficult one to solve, isn't it? i a difficult one to solve, isn't it? is that anything in the bill or the amendment that does work? most of the bill is not — amendment that does work? most of the bill is not about _ amendment that does work? most of the bill is not about social _ amendment that does work? most of the bill is not about social care, - the bill is not about social care, it is about the technical arrangements of how commissioning health and care will work. that is the problem, it is extraordinary. we are spending time at changing the structures, when the fundamental problems about how social care is paid for and delivered is not being looked at. and people are being asked to vote on the new financial structures long before we understand exactly what the government wants to do in at the way of commissioning things. for example, one of the things. for example, one of the things we have argued for as this has to be linked up with better housing, certainly better public health to make sure people keep healthy and do not need to go into care homes, and certainly absolutely vitally to reform the way that staffing works in care homes. we have a real crisis at the moment, that most of the staff in care homes are paid minimum wage because that is all they get certainly from local authorities first state paying candidates. it is terribly complicated and there was a major shortage of staff in social care that means that in some places there are empty beds, in others care homes are empty beds, in others care homes are handing patients back to councils. that is the crisis in social care that needs resolving and it is an emergency right now. it is it is an emergency right now. it is ve eas it is an emergency right now. it is very easy to _ it is an emergency right now. it is very easy to say _ it is an emergency right now. it is very easy to say what needs to be done. it is about how much it will cost. . , , done. it is about how much it will cost. ., , , , ., ., cost. that is why you need a government _ cost. that is why you need a government that _ cost. that is why you need a government that will - cost. that is why you need a government that will not - cost. that is why you need a - government that will not quickly change things. that is why we have talked about doing things via income tax. 0ne talked about doing things via income tax. one of the other problems is the government have said the national insurance money they have talked about, initially it will all go into the nhs and there may be some left for social care. we are saying they had to be a priority in funding social care property. {lilia funding social care property. 0k, thank ou funding social care property. 0k, thank you very — funding social care property. 0k, thank you very much and a very good evening to you, thank you. police in the us state of wisconsin are holding the driver of a vehicle which ploughed into a christmas parade killing five people and injuring 48 other people, including two children. the suspect has been named as 39—year—old darrell edward brooksjunior. the vehicle drove through the back of a marching band — the local hospital says it's treated 18 children amongst the injured. in the past hour, waukesha police have been holding a news conference, giving more details about the investigation. ijust received information that two of the 48 are children and are in critical condition. we have information that the suspect prior to the incident was involved in a domestic disturbance, which was just minutes prior and the suspect left that scene just prior to our arrival to that domestic disturbance. when the suspect was driving through into the crowd, one officer did discharge his firearm and fired shots at the suspect to stop the threat, but due to the amount of people had to stop and not fire any other additional shots. the officer is on leave as part of department protocol. no one was injured as a result of the officer discharging his firearm. the subject was taken into custody a short distance from the scene and we're confident he acted alone. there is no evidence that this is a terrorist incident. due to the wind yesterday, there was a power outage in downtown waukesha that further complicated our emergency response. i want to identify the victims that we know of at this time. and i say this with great sorrow. virginia sorenson, a 79—year—old female. leanna 0wens, a 71—year—old female. tamara durand, a 52—year—old female. jane coolidge, 52—year—old female. wilhelm hospel, an 81—year—old male. the suspect involved in this tragic incident is identified as darrell e brooks, a male, 39 years of age who was a resident of the city of milwaukee. at this time, the watchdog police department is referring five counts of first—degree intentional homicide with additional charges based on the investigation, but those will come in time. let's talk to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue. what else have the authorities been saying? what else have the authorities been sa in: ? ., ., ., saying? you heard that them detailin: saying? you heard that them detailing the _ saying? you heard that them detailing the names - saying? you heard that them detailing the names of- saying? you heard that them detailing the names of those | saying? you heard that them - detailing the names of those who had lost their lives. we also note there are a number of children who are in serious condition in hospital. something like 20 children were injured altogether. we think six of those still it may be pretty critical, three serious and certainly two were being operated on earlier today with a range of different injuries, fractured skulls and facial injuries and other broken bones. a lot of concern for them as well. some indication i think that they suspect they have got in custody now, darrell brooks, he seemed to have been involved in a domestic incident before driving his car, according to the police, through the parade. the police say they did not pursue him, as some suggested, but he had been involved in some incident beforehand, before crashing through those barriers. they have also said they will charge him with five counts of intentional homicide and so there are clearly not going down the route of charging him as a terrorist. {lilia not going down the route of charging him as a terrorist.— him as a terrorist. 0k, thank you very much _ him as a terrorist. 0k, thank you very much indeed _ him as a terrorist. 0k, thank you very much indeed that. _ time to look at the sport. the former tottenham hotspur manager mauricio pochettino is tonight the leading contender to take over as manager of manchester united, following the departure of 0le gunnar solskjaer. it's not thought the club has made an approach, but pochettino says he'd be open to taking the job as he's not completely happy with the setup at his current club, paris saint—germain. he's essentially first—team coach there, undersporting director leonardo. pochettino has been at psg for ten months and they sit 11 points clear at the top of the league after 14 games. it's the manchester united players who are the ones taking responsibilty for solskjaer�*s exit at the club — that's according to united captain harry maguire. he was speaking earlier alongside michael carrick, who's been put in charge of the team for now as a temporary head coach. saturday's 4—1 loss to watford, their fifth defeat in 7 league matches, proved to be the final straw for the united hierarchy, coming as it did on the back of a poor run. the result left united eighth in the premier league, 12 points off leaders chelsea, and prompted the club to part company with solskjaer. but maguire says the players are to blame. we have not been good enough, we know that individually, collectively, as a team, as players. we know that, we spoke about that and now we have got to look forward and now we have got to look forward and make sure we get this club back to where it was in the last two years and honestly the last few months have been nowhere near good enough and like i said the players have a huge responsibility for that as well. england manager gareth southgate says he has big plans for the long—term development of the squad after signing a two—year extension to his contract, keeping him in charge until december 2024. southgate guided england to the final of the euros this summer, after a semifinal run at the 2018 world cup and they've already qualified for next year's edition in qatar. southgate took over in 2016 and the new deal means he'll oversee qualification for euro 2024. the last five years have been an incredible experience and we are really pleased with the progress of the team. we feel there is still room for that team to develop, improve. i think everybody has seen what is possible with the existing squad and some of the younger players that are coming through our age—group teams as well. mark cavendish says he is overwhelmed by the messages of support he has received following a bad crash at the weekend. the isle of man rider suffered two broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung in a crash at the ghent six day race on sunday. he spent the night in hospital and this evening took to twitter to thank people for their well wishes. he added he was in "a bit of pain", but that "a couple of nights" in the hospital "should sort me out". his team expect him to be discharged by tomorrow morning. the five—time grand slam singles champion alfie hewett says he's thrilled after being told he will be able to continue his wheelchair tennis career. hewett had previously been told new classification rules would make him ineligible. the 23—year—old who has a hip disorder, was re—assessed and — eventually — told he did meet the criteria to play on. just clarity i think is the big word to sum up the last two and a half years, not knowing what is around the corner and that has been sleeping out of my hands, but to be told the news, it is excitement and relief and really, i am more motivated than i probably have been in a long while to go and pressure on and do well in australia and do well for the years coming up. yorkshire county cricket club have announced 36 people have contacted a whistle—blowing hotline in its first week. the hotline opened last monday to encourage victims of discrimination at the club to come forward. it followed the claims of racism levelled at yorkshire by former player azeem rafiq. an independent panel has also been set up by the county to review the complaints. that's all the sport for now. thank you. the energy company bulb has become the largest casualty of the increase in wholesale gas prices, announcing to its 1.7 million customers that it's calling in administrators. bill payers are advised not to take any action — they'll be contacted about any next steps required. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. bulb is the biggest - green energy company... bulb has been in trouble for a while. they admitted a few months ago that they were on the hunt for extra finance, but things have got worse and now they have finally announced that the company will be put in administration. bulb has more than 1.5 million customers, which is way more than any of the other energy companies we have seen go bust over the last couple of months, so the regulator had decided that is simply too many customers to just pass on to another provider, and, this time, they're going to do something different. an administrator is going to be appointed by the courts to run the company behind the scenes, but customers shouldn't see any change. they should keep paying their bills to bulb, bulb staff will still be able to answer calls and any credit is protected. but that doesn't mean customers aren't disappointed. i anticipate that, at some point, that we will be bounced over to one of the big six, because that's what's left now, pretty much, and i'm not comfortable with that. i've had experience of dealing with some of the bigger players before and i don't feel that their customer service is good at all. it's an administrator's job to root through the finances and decide what to do next — try to find a buyer or pass customers to other suppliers. none of the options will be easy in the current climate. we produce over 50% of our gas from our own sources but we have to import almost 50% from europe, and they are suffering the same sort of supply and demand pressures that we are. when you break it down to the amount of profit that an energy company makes, it's a few percent at most, and, so, if you have a temporary situation where you need some cash flow to cover some extreme fluctuating costs, of course, the smaller providers can't pick that up necessarily. nearly 4 million customers have now seen their supplier topple this autumn, so there is even more pressure from the industry to get the price cap raised significantly next april. that would protect more providers but hit customers hard again. colletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. joining me now is rosalind tatton, who's been a bulb customer for over three years. yes, since june 2018, yes, sincejune 2018, i changed over to bulb after that. have been with british gas, sse, quite a few. before we talk about bills, why did you go to bulb in the first place? they were 100% renewable green energy, only have electricity in my house on my development and their rates were very good. i have economy seven heating so the unit price is really important to me and at the time it was 6p for the overnight rate which storage heaters operate on and then 12p per day rate. hagar on and then 12p per day rate. how are our on and then 12p per day rate. how are your bills _ on and then 12p per day rate. how are your bills looking now? how have they changed? last are your bills looking now? how have they changed?— they changed? last christmas i look back and my — they changed? last christmas i look back and my direct _ they changed? last christmas i look back and my direct debit _ they changed? last christmas i look back and my direct debit was - they changed? last christmas i look back and my direct debit was £55. . they changed? last christmas i look back and my direct debit was £55. i | back and my direct debit was £55. i also had credited my account. my direct debit now is £102. so the 6p night rate has now changed to 13. the 12p day rate now has a 23.5 p cost. so the cost has really accelerated. d0 cost. so the cost has really accelerated.— cost. so the cost has really accelerated. , ., , ., , accelerated. do you understand why the rice accelerated. do you understand why the price has — accelerated. do you understand why the price has gone _ accelerated. do you understand why the price has gone up? _ accelerated. do you understand why the price has gone up? yes, - accelerated. do you understand why the price has gone up? yes, it - accelerated. do you understand why the price has gone up? yes, it is - the price has gone up? yes, it is sourcin: the price has gone up? yes, it is sourcing the _ the price has gone up? yes, it is sourcing the electricity. - the price has gone up? yes, it is sourcing the electricity. there i the price has gone up? yes, it is sourcing the electricity. there is| the price has gone up? yes, it is. sourcing the electricity. there is a lot on the web... of where they source it from, but i'm still not sure why it has complete redoubled, because the cap is 21p, so i am already on that cap.— because the cap is 21p, so i am already on that cap. how are you feelin: already on that cap. how are you feeling about _ already on that cap. how are you feeling about today's _ already on that cap. how are you feeling about today's news? - already on that cap. how are you feeling about today's news? i - already on that cap. how are you | feeling about today's news? i was really shocked _ feeling about today's news? i was really shocked and _ feeling about today's news? i —" really shocked and disappointed, because they were a really good company, you could bring them up, they were always on the phone, their billing was very good. ijust had a smart metre fitted, which is really useful, because it hasjust smart metre fitted, which is really useful, because it has just shown smart metre fitted, which is really useful, because it hasjust shown me exactly what my appliances are costing to run and just one heater alone in my front room... and i have alone in my front room... and i have a two bedroom terraced house. sorry, we keep losing _ a two bedroom terraced house. sorry, we keep losing your— a two bedroom terraced house. sorry, we keep losing your line. _ a two bedroom terraced house. sorry, we keep losing your line. we - a two bedroom terraced house. sorry, we keep losing your line. we will- we keep losing your line. we will try one more question. he described very good customer service when you first joined very good customer service when you firstjoined bulb, have they been in touch to let you know what is happening, why and what you should expect? happening, why and what you should exect? , . happening, why and what you should ex ect? , ., ., happening, why and what you should exect? , ., ., ., ., expect? yes, i have had an e-mail. it is all written _ expect? yes, i have had an e-mail. it is all written down _ expect? yes, i have had an e-mail. it is all written down in _ expect? yes, i have had an e-mail. it is all written down in an - expect? yes, i have had an e-mail. it is all written down in an e-mail, | it is all written down in an e—mail, so the usual communication that you get nowadays, send one to everybody and it has you do not do anything, do not worry about it, you can still get... your energy, so... i’m do not worry about it, you can still get... your energy, so...— get... your energy, so... i'm so sor , get... your energy, so... i'm so sorry. not— get... your energy, so... i'm so sorry. not the — get... your energy, so... i'm so sorry, not the best _ get... your energy, so... i'm so sorry, not the best connection l sorry, not the best connection there, but we got your message at there. just sit tight, basically. the government will be in touch. thank you very much for sharing your story, thank you. the latest government coronavirus figures now. in the last 24 hours, there have been nearly 45,000 new infections recorded. that's just over 5,000 more than this time last week. on average, there were nearly 42,000 new cases reported per day in the past week. 45 deaths were recorded — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average, in the past week, 147 related deaths were recorded every day. and on vaccinations, 15.3 million people have now had their booster injection. the home secretary, priti patel, has announced that a former lord advocate will lead the home office's review into the death of sarah everard. dame elish angiolini criticised police scotland in a separate report about complaints against the force earlier this year, which the chief constable said raised a legitimate concern. ms patel told mps the inquiry would be on a non—statutory footing at first, but that might convert into a statutory one as the review progresses. hundreds of people have lined the streets of southend in essex to pay their respects to the local mp sir david amess who was stabbed to death last month. a memorial service was held earlier today, ahead of his funeral at westminster cathedral tomorrow. from southend, here's daniela relph. he died working for the people he served. today, they came to say goodbye. sir david amess's coffin was borne by southend firefighters. the streets were filled with his constituents. and local sea scouts lined the path into church. as the place he'd deserved for almost 40 years said farewell. —— he'd served. my son's actually in the 3rd chalkwell bay sea scouts. he's one of the sea scouts outside? that have come to represent. so, yeah, it'sjust a really sad day. it's touched a lot of people, whether they're into the same politics or not. took my grandson out of school today, this afternoon, - so that he could also come and pay respects as well. _ everything felt local. the sound of the church service was broadcast on bbc radio essex. and friend and former conservative mp ann widdecombe spoke on behalf of sir david's wife and children. as a family, we are trying to understand why this awful thing has occurred. nobody should die in that way. please let some good come from this tragedy. his final journey through southend took him past his constituency office and the civic centre. the funeral mass will be in the grandeur of westminster cathedral tomorrow. but as it so often did for sir david amess, essex came first. daniela relph, bbc news, southend. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. it has been a chilly day for all of us and a bright day for most with some good spells of sunshine. however, the satellite and radar picture shows we have showers grazing the south—east of england affecting the channel islands and more of this cloud is spilling down across scotland and northern ireland and that will become increasingly widespread at three tonight getting into parts of northern england, north wales, the odd spot of rain. underneath these cloudy skies, it is not going to be as cold as it was last night. 6 degrees in glasgow, seven in belfast. temperatures will drop below freezing western isles their skies remain clear. could see dense fog tomorrow morning as well. best of the centring tomorrow will be across the south of the uk with more cloud further north, the odd spot of rain or drizzle but arguably a slightly less cold feel with highs of nine or 10 degrees. that will not last, it is going to turn colder from mid week onwards and for friday, very unsettled with some strong winds, showers of rain, sleet and snow. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: mps prepare to vote on the prime minister's plans to overhaul social care in england. borisjohnson insists his proposals will end a long standing social injustice. labour calls it daylight robbery. police name the suspect in the wisconsin attack as as 39—year—old, darrell edward brooksjunior. five people were killed and 48 others injured — when a car ploughed into a christmas parade. we are confident he acted alone. there is no evidence that this is a terrorist incident. bulb — the gas and electricity provider — goes into administration affecting almost 2 million customers in the uk. a bbc investigation discovers that the deaths of two women — who both died of herpes — days after giving birth in kent — are linked. business leaders have been told that economic growth, must be evenly spread around the uk, rather than concentrated in south—east england. the boss of the cbi business group, tony danker, said that "levelling up" could not be left to the free market. speaking at the cbi annual conference in south shields, the prime minister said, levelling up was still his "moral mission" and an "economic imperative". from south shields, here's our business editor, simonjack. economic prosperity has not been shared equally over the last 40 yea rs. the government has promised new tory voters in the north that will change. and it came to the point of time to ask business leaders to help do it. in the end, it is you, it is business people who will fix this problem. unusually for a conservative leader, borisjohnson has never been that comfortable with a business audience. and at times today he lost his thread and his usual swagger. remember, this relationship has faced recent strains. this government has imposed tens of billions in new business taxes over the last year. how is that business friendly? if you ask me does the chancellor want to go further and reduce burdens on taxpayers and businesses, of course he does. but don't forget, we have just been through a pandemic, we will get to relieving more of the burdens of taxation but you've got to do it in a prudent and reasonable way. the conference was held over eight venues, in birmingham, keir starmer ? tried to reset labour�*s highs with business after the nationalisation plans of the corbyn era. sometimes our party has come across as thinking busines is to be tolerated in some way but not be celebrated as a good in itself and i think that mindset has changed under my leadership. the government is asking a lot of the private sector and it wants it to do the lion's share of leveling up and de—carbonizing which is a tall order forfirms emerging into a post covid—19 post—brexit world and facing higher taxes on profits and wages. little wonder that that the crucial investment is their way down limitless before the pandemic. chris ford was there to hear that prime minister's pitch, his family engineering business has been based near the port for over a hundred years but right now he remains cautious. i think smaller businesses would like to invest but it still uncertain when prices are rising across the board so we are seeing material prices, increase, labour cost and energy pricing going up across the board so we are really a bit uncertain about where we are going so we are possibly not quite ready to make those investments just yet. leveling up will take a generation of investment in equipment and skills but the younger generation is confident it can work here. funding from the government into local companies would be advantageous but i definitely don't think it's seen its day, the future is there, the northeast is going places. if kelce is to be right, business and government to meet each other to make leveling up an economic reality rather than a political slogan. herpes is a common, usually mild virus — it is very rarely fatal. so the discovery that two women in kent, who'd just given birth — both died of herpes — just weeks apart — prompted our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, to investigate further. he discovered that 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following a controversial decision by the parole board. concerns were raised after he repeatedly approached young women in the street — and it's understood that he tried to cheat, on lie detector tests, he had to take, as part of his parole conditions. his recall is understood to have been as a preventative measure. the home secretary has blamed a �*global migration crisis', for the record number of migrants travelling across the english channel. earlier in the commons, priti patel promised to crack down, on what she described as, �*the unacceptable levels' of people making the journey. but of course, we would be in a much worse position if it was not for the work already undertaken by the government. we have ensured that the national crime agency has the resourcing it needs to tackle and go after the people smuggling gangs, resulting in 94 ongoing investigations, 46 arrests and eight convictions this year. we have reached two new deals with france, putting more police officers on french beaches, introducing new ground—breaking technology to better detect migrants, set up a joint intelligence cell with france to target migrant interceptions on french beaches, introduced new and tougher criminal offences for those attempting to enter the uk illegally, laid statutory instruments to stop asylum claims being made at sea, agreed returns agreements with india and albania and there were discussions just last week with pakistan to take back more foreign national offenders and failed asylum seekers, with more returns deals imminent. all of these measures form part of the new plan for immigration, which i launched in this house in february of this year. the remaining components of that plan are currently making their way through parliament in the nationalising borders bill and i look forward to working with all colleagues to receive royal assent on this as soon as possible. the bill will introduce a range of measures, including, but not limited to a one—stop appeals process, the ability for asylum claims to be heard offshore in a third country, the ability to declare those who arrive in the uk having passed through safe countries where they could have claimed asylum inadmissible to our asylum system, meaning no recourse to public funds and limited family reunion rights. these are penalties for countries refusing to take back their nationals. quicker returns of foreign national offenders and a new age verification to prevent adult asylum seekers posing as children. the shadow home secretary, nick thomas symonds, gave this response. 5,700 people have risked their lives in these most dangerous shipping lanes this year alone and, as the home secretary knows, the government has already spent over £200 million of taxpayers money on deals with the french authorities that are not working. the situation is getting worse. so will the government commit to transparency as to how the money is spent? 0n the 9th of august i asked the home office to facilitate a visit for me to calais, so i could look at what the money was being spent on, and i eventually had a response last month from the honourable gentleman for corby, referring me to the foreign office. i still have no substantive response. what do ministers have to hide? and i am conscious, mr speaker, i am being challenged about the position on the nationality and borders. let me make it absolutely clear. a bill that breaches the refugee convention... jeering. ..reduces protections for victims of modern slavery and will not help the situation in the channel is not worthy of the support of the opposition! jeering. mr speaker, the home secretary has repeatedly made pledges that the route across the channel will be made unviable, but, as usual with this government, it is all empty rhetoric and broken promises! jeering. the home secretary has blamed everyone but herself and now we know the cabinet office minister has been brought in to look at this, so can we have some clarity from the government, who actually is in charge of immigration policy? is it the home secretary or is it the cabinet office? scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, and the leader of the scottish conservatives, have been on a joint visit to a drugs recovery group, in a "united effort" to tackle scotland's substance abuse death toll. the most recent figures show a record number of drug related deaths in scotland, for the seventh year in a row. more than 1300 people died. scotland has by far the highest drug death rate, recorded by any country in europe. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. drug abuse is killing more than 25 people per week in scotland and ruining the lives of many, many more. the figures are the worst in europe. were you worried ryan would end up in a long prison spell? yes,. his son struggled with life—threatening drug addiction for years, in trouble with the law but the family could not access rehab treatment until a charity volunteered to pay for it. begging for help, it was frustrating. i was trying to break it down and it cost less to put somebody in treatment than it does in prison, and treatment you give them a chance. ryan is now in recovery and has a full—time job. the dire drug problem has united the first minister and the scottish conservative leader at a drug recovery facility. the cross party cooperation is not easy. meeting with former addicts, douglas ross and nicola sturgeon agree urgent action is required. in a policy u—turn the tory leader said he may not support an official consumption facility which would allow people to use illegal class a drugs under supervision. there is a united effort to deal with this national scandal. the fact that so many lives had been lost means no one got enough solutions that is. we can come together from different political sides to come up with a solution that can make a difference. drug charities have advocated that there should be a right to recovery. the scottish tories are proposing a new law that would give a legal right to treatment to addicts who need it. nicola sturgeon said she is open to other ideas including those from the conservatives, the problem is drastic. the death toll is unacceptable, it's shameful and we have got to turn it around so i am choosing not to be defensive about this and am choosing to be candid and say we have got to do much better. i have got to do much better, my government has to do much better and is a serious determination to do that. boxing lessons are a part of the recovery programme at this community centre. it is what all parties say they want to see more of. and may be prepared to set aside the usual political punch ups to try and make it happen. a private investigator has been describing the lengths, he says he went to, around 15 years ago, to get information about prince harry and his then girlfriend, chelsy davy. speaking for the first time, gavin burrows has told the bbc, that he targeted her voicemails for a newspaper. prince harry is part of a group involved in on—going legal action, against the news of the world and the sun, that could culminate in a trial. the private investigator is a witness in the legal case. his claims have yet to be heard in court and are strongly disputed by the publisher of both papers. news group newspapers has though, previously accepted, that some unlawful activity did occur at the news of the world — but denies wrongdoing at the sun. here's our media editor, amol rajan — and a warning that his report contains some flashing images. what is referred to is the invisible contract behind closed doors. between the institution and the tabloids. the duke of sussex regularly speaks out about what he sees as the ills of modern media. his difficult relationship with the press goes back to the youth in the culture of tabloids in the mid two thousands. when subjects of interest to them and included his then girlfriend chelsea. how he basically became the new diana. this private investigator is a witness in and the sun brought by prince harry and others which claim how he became a victim of media intrusion from his teams. the duke is also taking legal action against mirror group newspapers. gavin burroughs says he targeted daily for news of the world. there was a lot of voice mail hacking going on and surveillance going on on chelsea bailey, on her phones, chelsea would bring to herfriends when she was going to see them. and so her life became an object of obsession for you guys as well. yes, medical records, had she had an abortion, sexual diseases, ex boyfriends, basically was part of a group of people that robbed him of his normal teenage years. good to meet you. the lawyer representing the group which includes prince harry says that while most victims of hiking have settled, some have not. certain claimants want to have their day in court and want to see there be a trial that newspapers are held to account for what they did. meghan markle's privacy case against the mail on sunday generated plenty of headlines but her husbands legal battle could be an even bigger moment. how big a moment in british public life do you think it could be if prince harry gets his day in court? i think it would be massive because it's very striking that he keeps going and all the other people up until now have settled a financial settlement with no admission of guilt. over a thousand people have settled. over a thousand people have settled and this app you have not and prince harry is one of those. he does not want to be a thousand and one. prince harry he says what he wants a reform of the media. this ongoing case which could culminate in a trial shows he intends to use the law is one tool to achieve his ends. �*the princes and the press' will be on bbc two at 9pm tonight and available on the bbc iplayer. welsh labour and plaid cymru reached a co—operation agreement this weekend. their deal in the senedd has been finalised — and is set to last for "the coming three years". it includes plans to create a national care service — as well as looking at ways to bring the net zero carbon emissions, target date, forward and increase the size of the senedd. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has more details about the agreement. it is when you look at the arithmetic of the space behind me, the senate, six months ago they delivered 30 of the seats for labour. that's exactly half so they have known since then that they needed some kind of deal. this is cooperation, not a coalition. it does not deliver any ministers, not even deputy ministers but it does give a plan for the next three years i had hundred and six months potential or a year and six months of the next election depending on what's decided in the term of the parliament. what will it benefit for the people of wales, how much difference will they see? what are some of the headlines you heard earlier on, free school meals for all, and then setting up of a national care service, something that's also been worked on in scotland. but also there are two things that they don't agree on and certainly what they don't agree on is what this should mean next. is it a stepping stone towards an independent wales? no is the answer from the first minister. the biggest awards ceremony in british music — the brits — has decided to scrap categories for different genders. it will no longer give out prizes for best male or best female — but instead choose 0ne, �*artist of the year'. the brit award winning singer, sam smith — who identifies as non—binary — has campaigned for the change. they said they felt unable to enter last year, because of the gender—based nature of categories. gennaro castaldo is a spokesperson for the brit awards. this is about promoting inclusivity and removing any barriers is that anybody could actually put their music forward and how the identified but ultimately it's about seeing the artist exactly as fact and defining them and judging them by their work. by them and judging them by their work. by how the identify and i think that's the most sensible way of doing it. if you are starting to print awards from scratch you'll probably think about it in those terms. so i think first and foremost that's the key reason but obviously if it helps remove barriers it makes it open and accessible and i think that has to be a positive thing as well. let's speak now with bbc radio 6 musicjournalist, georgie rogers. what impression do you get and how this has been received?— this has been received? acting fairly positively. _ this has been received? acting fairly positively. i _ this has been received? acting fairly positively. i think- this has been received? acting fairly positively. i think it's - fairly positively. i think it's something that has been a long time coming. that grammys if they did away with gender awards back in 2012 and i remember being on the red carpet at the brakes and award ceremonies here in the uk and that six years is starting to ask artist and people on the red carpet do we need gender awards. so i think it's showing the brakes are thinking seriously about moving things on and freshening things up and also doing something that is more inclusive and for non—binary artists. {line something that is more inclusive and for non-binary artists.— for non-binary artists. one of the main questions _ for non-binary artists. one of the main questions at _ for non-binary artists. one of the main questions at the _ for non-binary artists. one of the main questions at the moment i for non-binary artists. one of the . main questions at the moment many people are asking is whether it will work against women. that people are asking is whether it will work against women.— people are asking is whether it will work against women. that has been a concern and — work against women. that has been a concern and aping _ work against women. that has been a concern and aping it's _ work against women. that has been a concern and aping it's been _ concern and aping it's been something that they have been considering in this process since 2019 that they started the process of deciding whether they were going to do it anti—baby on ? announced that they are. for other ceremonies has modernised female acts. it has not really if you look at the grammys in anti—bb mas and back in 2018 the grammys were called out in a major way for failing female representation. there was a trending #, grammys insomnia but since it merged best pop vocal and country vocal and r&b vocal performances they have been split 50—50 between male and female artists so i think it will be all right. do you think there's more to be done? i think as long as there brakes and the brakes and devoting academy and the people putting on the awards are aware of making it representative i think it'd be fun and initially i thought there'd be less opportunity for to win if they were merging these prizes into two prizes but actually for the coming year they are going to be doing genre based prizes sell p0p, to be doing genre based prizes sell pop, rock, and wrap and they will be new awards fidelis so there will be lots of awards to go around and i think it will be interesting to see who takes the prize home. we heard that sam smith — who takes the prize home. we heard that sam smith is _ who takes the prize home. we heard that sam smith is happy _ who takes the prize home. we heard that sam smith is happy about - who takes the prize home. we heard that sam smith is happy about this. | that sam smith is happy about this. they feel they are now included in the night. what are other artists saying? i the night. what are other artists sa in: ? ~ �* , , saying? i think it's 'ust getting read the saying? i think it's 'ust getting ready the music _ saying? i think it'sjust getting ready the music industry - saying? i think it'sjust getting ready the music industry and l saying? i think it'sjust getting ready the music industry and i | saying? i think it'sjust getting - ready the music industry and i think it's positive and will smith, willie young and simon smith where two of the artists that were calling for change and i know the manager put out a statement saying that very much behind it so i think it will be it's good to see that the brits are evolving and doing this.— it's good to see that the brits are evolving and doing this. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. it has been a cold day for all of us and a bright day from most of us with sunshine. the satellite and radar picture it shows we have showers grazing the southeast of england and affecting the channel islands as well and more of the cloud spitting down across scotland and northern ireland and that will become increasingly widespread tonight. getting into parts of northern england and wales and the rain but underneath these cloudy skies it will not be as cold as it was last night, 6 degrees in glasgow, seven in belfast but temperatures will drop below freezing last mean clear and parts east wales could see some dense fog tomorrow morning as well. the best of the sunshine tomorrow will be found across the south of the uk with cloud further north and the odd spot of rain or drizzle arguably a less cold feel with highs of 9 or 10 degrees. it will not last and it will turn cold there again through mid week on weds and friday very unsettled with strong winds and showers and rain and sleet and snow. this is bbc news with me, samantha simmonds. austria becomes the first european country to reimposes austria becomes the first european country to reimpose a nationwide lockdown. the government is also making vaccinations mandatory — we hear from austria's chancellor. prosecutors make their closing arguments in the trial over the killing of ahmaud arbery, the black man who was shot dead last year while outjogging in georgia. in chile, december�*s presidential election will be a run—off between candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum. 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