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solidarity with my sisters tonight in black. a sea of black at the baftas, as stars line up to show solidarity against sexism and harassment in the film industry. employers are in the dark ages when it comes to attitudes to pregnant workers and those planning to have children. that s according to research published this morning by the uk s human rights commission. it isa it is a busy day that the brits at the winter olympics. and matt has the weather. the ice to be found here today. it isa the ice to be found here today. it is a cost free start to your working week. it s cloudy and expect some damp weather. a full forecast coming up damp weather. a full forecast coming up inis minutes. first our main story. the prime minister will admit today that students and their families have serious concerns about the cost of university. theresa may will launch an independent review into higher education finance in england, saying many courses are notjudged to give value for mo ....
something for fans of the 805. bruce springsteen and bryan adams bring the invictus games to a close as prince harry says the sky s the limit for the event. right here, right now, shoulder to shoulder, you are invictus. i ll see you in australia. he is more of a rock star than the other two. and sarah has the weather. good morning, we have got an autumnal feeling day to day, with outbreaks of rain pushing west to east across the country and the strengthening breeze too. i will bring you all the details in about 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may has announced a freeze on university tuition fees in england and an extension of the help to buy scheme in a bid to win over younger voters. it comes as the conservative party gathers in manchester for its annual conference. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the security sweeps are complete. this hall will soon be packed. but you don t need to look hard outside the conferen ....
us. come on kick the tyres, challenge us. we re ready to have this discussion with you, but let s behave like grown ups. now for a fishy tale the one that didn t get away; we hear from the angler who nearly choked on a dover sole that jumped down his throat. who is missing? sylvia. find out at 5.45 in the film review. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at five. our main story tonight is the mounting accusations against the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein. police in america and here are beginning investigations into his behaviour. mr weinstein has denied the most serious allegations. meanwhile, hillary clinton has told the bbc that she s disgusted by the allegations. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has the latest. actress rose mcgowan has now said that she too was raped by the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein in a scandal that is now affecting one of the world s biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets, mcgowan has said public ....
and they were nothing out of ordinary. i was looking forward to it. initially, it was really good. we got on very well. he had a really good sense of humour. he liked music. so we went out quite a bit. so later in the evening, i found myself alone with him. it hadn t been my intention at all to be alone with him. but with the high turnaround of people at a party, it happened and it was then he put his hand on my back and forced me into the bathroom and that s where he continued. that is where he raped me. he stood as close as he could physically be to me. his entire body was almost pressed up against my back and i noticed something that i think is the back of a hand perhaps, pushed up against my bum. i think as we were, the longer we were together, the more comfortable he got with putting me down. he would call me an idiot. he would swear. he would tell me i was stupid. tell me i was thick. and i stopped eating at the dinner table eventually, because he used to tell me ....
be out and about having conversations with all of you. this is my 1228th town meeting as a member of congress and it s great to be back. we tried to be do one in every county on an ongoing basis. i have a couple things i want to say and then will go to questions. this is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob. she was my longtime friend. bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. we spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the republican national convention in 1984. they are great friends of my wife. we now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the h birthday party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said what happened, am i in the wrong place and they said don t you know, bob died yesterday. he missed his birthday party by one day. secondly, on a topic of interes interest. i m not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and solve what happened to many who served in our military a ....