who s daughter molly took her own life when her world turned dark online. he is with us this morning. morning, morning. with me at the desk, journalistjane moore, author and storyteller irvine welsh, and nimco ali, activist and former conservative adviser. good morning to all of you. let s have a look at some of the front pages. almost all the papers today lead with the allegations of rape and sexual abuse made against russell brand. it s been painstaking work by the sunday times and channel for over a long period of time. their headline is russell brand, the sex predator who hid in plain sight. the observer has labour wants new eu links in a reset of policy . the sunday express says almost a million ditch crisis hit nhs and go private . let s start with the biggest story of the day, these allegations against russell brand, which he has denied butjane, you have worked with him. what kind of person is he? it depends, i worked with him years ago in what i think he would freel
escaped after attacking a military base. if you want to get in touch, as always, the hashtag is bbc and west. bbc 0s. hello, welcome to putter outside source. we start the programme in south africa because, well, there s been some surprising news there. there will be another vote of no confidence in president jacob zuma, but earlier, the speaker of parliament pointed to a really crucial difference this time. she said this is good to be a secret ballot. and she said that this is to ensure a credible outcome. here s oui’ ensure a credible outcome. here s ourjohannesburg responded. the move took many by surprise and inject a new element into the proceedings in parliament against president jacob zuma, where the anc has always enjoyed a healthy majority. this decision is therefore in the best interests of the country. the speaker is required to guard the procedures of this house and to ensure that the outcome of this very important vote is credible. the secret ballot was seen
soon after setting sail for dover. and bt sport are to pay £1.2 billion to carry on showing the champions league and europa league until 2021. the new deal ends the highlights shows on terrestrial tv. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the uk factories at ellesmere port and luton employee. the new owners met government and unions last week and provided insurance that existing production commitments would be honoured at ellesmere port until 2020 and luton for some years beyond that but the combined company will have 2a factories in europe and some say that is too many. it s one of the biggest deals in the car making sector. british and german brands vauxhall and opel are to merge with the french brands peugeot and citroen. together they will make a company which is the second largest automotive player in europe. today, the bosses of general motors and psa welcomed the £1.9 billion deal and stressed their commitments to vauxhall and opel at least until 2020. after th
we ll have full details of this and the rest of today s action in sportsday. good evening. a british father of two was among the victims of friday s terror attack in the swedish capital, stockholm. chris bevington, who was a1, was among four people killed when a hijacked lorry crashed into a department store. today, as thousands attended a vigil for those who died, more details have been emerging of the man behind the attack. our correspondent, danjohnson, is in stockholm. chris bevington chose to marry and call sweden home. he had young children here and work for the music company, spotify. he was here in stockholm s crowded streets on friday when a highlight hijacked truck was turned into a weapon. a belgian and two swedish citizens we re belgian and two swedish citizens were attacked. today, investigators revealed more about the man they think was at the wheel. translation: we know the suspect showed sympathies for extremist organisations, says the police chief, among t
supply. what else is stop is a recently resurfaced concert venue a grateful kestrel sound isn t just down to skilled musicians acoustic technicians also play a major role. you d think they d check the acoustics by getting a musician to play an instrument think again. shots fired in dresden score two apologist a woman has loaded a gun going on stage and is firing at into the air. while a man stands by listening attentively. common and maglite lautenbacher are acoustic technicians in the last few years the call to a palace has undergone major renovations and the two were part of the project from
the outset no they re testing to see if the acoustics are as good as they had hoped obviously they need an audience in its place they use specially made lengths of fabric a full concert hall sounds very different than an empty one. firing the gun allows them to measure reverberation. but why don t they just use an instrument. there are several ways of measuring reverberations what s important