:00:07. > :00:12.the last stronghold of self-styled Islamic State in the country.
:00:13. > :00:14.The elite troops faced fierce resistance as they drove
:00:15. > :00:22.In the distance, an IS militant in plain sight,
:00:23. > :00:24.our correspondent was with Iraqi special forces as they
:00:25. > :00:30.We've seen a number of Isis fighters moving around,
:00:31. > :00:34.There have been incoming attacks...
:00:35. > :00:48.We'll bring you the latest from inside Mosul
:00:49. > :00:51.and also hear from residents who've been living in the city under IS
:00:52. > :00:56.The families fearing eviction because of a new cap on benefits -
:00:57. > :01:01.brought in to encourage people to work.
:01:02. > :01:04.The US Presidential candidates on their final exhausting sprint around
:01:05. > :01:10.Manchester City mount a comeback against Barcelona
:01:11. > :01:17.And the female pioneers of a new frontier -
:01:18. > :01:27.Kevin De Bruyne gave Manchester City a 2-1 lead against Barcelona,
:01:28. > :01:32.find out if they could be on for three points
:01:33. > :01:58.Iraqi government forces today fought their way into Mosul,
:01:59. > :02:01.gaining a foothold in the city for the first time since
:02:02. > :02:04.it was taken by so-called Islamic State two years ago.
:02:05. > :02:07.The assault on the eastern outskirts of Iraq's second largest city
:02:08. > :02:13.They entered the eastern suburbs and encountered strong
:02:14. > :02:20.But they succeeded in taking control of the state television building.
:02:21. > :02:23.Our international correspondent, Ian Pannell, and cameraman
:02:24. > :02:28.Darren Conway, were the first broadcast journalists to enter
:02:29. > :02:30.the district of Gogjali with frontline troops -
:02:31. > :02:36.and they sent this report from inside Mosul.
:02:37. > :02:44.To the east, the warm glow of an autumn warning in Iraq. The dawn of
:02:45. > :02:51.a new day built on the hope of a brighter future. But to the west, a
:02:52. > :02:58.reminder of the bloodshed and madness that's cursed this country
:02:59. > :03:05.for years. The sky over Mosul. Well the troops as you can see - close to
:03:06. > :03:09.the city of Mosul, we've heard a sound overhead. The sound of sniper
:03:10. > :03:13.fire or certainly gunfire coming in from Islamic State. The troops have
:03:14. > :03:18.come down. They're now trying to respond and stop the shooting coming
:03:19. > :03:23.in. GUNFIRE
:03:24. > :03:28.Few expected they'd advance this far this fast. But the closer they get
:03:29. > :03:40.to Mosul, so the resistance only grows. Even so, the war machine
:03:41. > :03:44.roars on relentlessly. Thousands of soldiers and their guns, slowly
:03:45. > :03:49.taking back the land of the so-called caliphate. And in the face
:03:50. > :03:53.of an advancing army, with only a simple piece of white cloth to
:03:54. > :03:59.defend themselves, more than a million people, trapped between two
:04:00. > :04:03.warring sides. And this is the moment Iraqi troops finally entered
:04:04. > :04:07.Mosul. It's taken almost two-and-a-half years to get here and
:04:08. > :04:12.the so-called Islamic State was waiting for them. On the skyline we
:04:13. > :04:18.saw two suspected fighters. Barely aware that the troops are advancing.
:04:19. > :04:27.GUNFIRE And then this... . Four militants
:04:28. > :04:34.run across the alley. Armed and dangerous, ready to defend the city,
:04:35. > :04:44.and to fight to the death. And that's what happened. Nothing short
:04:45. > :04:56.of all-out war. It's hard to overstate how dangerous today was. A
:04:57. > :05:01.brutal, terrifying battle. It will shape the future of Iraq, and the
:05:02. > :05:10.threat of Islamic State to the world. The counter-terrorism forces
:05:11. > :05:15.have been moving through Mosul, the outskirts only, for the last few
:05:16. > :05:22.hours, and have met incredibly stiff resistance. We have seen a number of
:05:23. > :05:27.Isis fighters moving around, carrying rocket-propelled grenades.
:05:28. > :05:31.There have been incoming attacks... Skap
:05:32. > :05:39.gunfire - GUNFIRE... And a lot of gunfire. The
:05:40. > :05:43.ground is treacherous. It's laced with IEDs and it just illustrates
:05:44. > :05:47.how hard and difficult this final stage of the battle is going to be.
:05:48. > :05:57.This is just day 1 inside Mosul. This is the road the troops must now
:05:58. > :06:01.take. Straight to the city centre. A dark and dangerous journey into the
:06:02. > :06:04.heart of the caliphate of Islamic State.
:06:05. > :06:11.Ian Pannell, BBC News, Mosul. Mosul is home to more
:06:12. > :06:14.than a million people, who've been living under IS control
:06:15. > :06:16.for the last two years. IS has banned satellite
:06:17. > :06:18.dishes and mobile phones, making communication
:06:19. > :06:20.with the outside world difficult. But some residents have
:06:21. > :06:22.risked their lives to make contact with a radio station in Northern
:06:23. > :06:24.Iraq. Our correspondent, Orla Guerin,
:06:25. > :06:29.has been listening to their calls. A snapshot of Mosul - silent,
:06:30. > :06:34.besieged, braced for the assault. See how IS have hidden
:06:35. > :06:39.an anti-aircraft gun under a bridge. A resistance group, called
:06:40. > :06:42.the Mosul Brigades, secretly Others are resisting
:06:43. > :06:53.by daring to speak. The airwaves of Alghad radio
:06:54. > :06:56.station, meaning tomorrow, are open The jihadis have
:06:57. > :07:06.been killing people, We can't say where the station
:07:07. > :07:12.is located or identify the staff, they've received death
:07:13. > :07:19.threats from IS or Daesh. We join the presenter
:07:20. > :07:22.in studio as listeners phone Callers say they are in danger,
:07:23. > :08:12.not just from IS, but also from air Off-air, another caller told us many
:08:13. > :08:31.in the city were waiting for a chance to take revenge
:08:32. > :08:35.on the jihadis. He said life was unbearable
:08:36. > :08:38.and he had to speak out, And, God forbid, if they discovered
:08:39. > :08:42.you making this call, The station says these days it's
:08:43. > :08:58.getting more calls from Mosul, a sign that the captive city
:08:59. > :09:02.is recovering its voice. Orla Guerin, BBC
:09:03. > :09:09.News, Northern Iraq. Orla is back in Irbil
:09:10. > :09:20.in northern Iraq now. We were hearing Iraqi troops got
:09:21. > :09:24.into Mosul faster than expected. But what can they inspect from here on
:09:25. > :09:28.in? Well, I think the key question is the level of resistance they are
:09:29. > :09:33.going to face and probably what was experienced by our team inside the
:09:34. > :09:38.city today is just a taste of what's to come. There was resistance on the
:09:39. > :09:41.way in from small weapons, from snipers, from heavy weapons and
:09:42. > :09:45.indeed from anti-tank missiles but the deeper the Iraqi forces go
:09:46. > :09:49.inside Mosul, the more resistance they are likely to face and the more
:09:50. > :09:55.the advantage will pass to the jihadis. They have been in residence
:09:56. > :09:58.in Mosul for more than two years. They have had ample opportunity to
:09:59. > :10:02.construct an elaborate system of defences. We know that they have
:10:03. > :10:05.constructed tunnels stretching far under the city, under the ground. We
:10:06. > :10:11.know they have trenches with oil, ready to set alight. We know they
:10:12. > :10:14.have crude chemical weapons. We saw one of those ourselves about two
:10:15. > :10:20.weeks ago. All of these are likely to be deployed in some form, as the
:10:21. > :10:24.troops move forward. Now, the key test will be when they cross the
:10:25. > :10:28.Tigris River, which divides Mosul, when they pass from the east bank,
:10:29. > :10:33.which is where they now are, into the west side. That is the ancient
:10:34. > :10:37.part of the city, the streets are incredibly narrow, far too narrow to
:10:38. > :10:42.allow any kind of mechanised vehicles, tanks or heavy vehicles to
:10:43. > :10:46.be brought through. At that stage, the army will be facing
:10:47. > :10:50.street-by-street, urban warfare, house-by-house, that is when I think
:10:51. > :10:54.the real test is going to come. We have had Iraqi generals saying today
:10:55. > :10:58.that this is the beginning of the liberation of Mosul. I think the key
:10:59. > :11:07.phrase there is "the beginning." That enManx, Orla. -- - many thanks.
:11:08. > :11:10.Housing charities are warning that more than a 100,000 families will be
:11:11. > :11:13.affected by a new cap on benefits, with some at risk of being
:11:14. > :11:17.The maximum amount of benefits a household can receive is being cut
:11:18. > :11:19.from an annual ?26,000 to ?23,000 in London and ?20,000
:11:20. > :11:23.Ministers say it'll encourage people to get back into work,
:11:24. > :11:25.but charities are warning it'll make life harder for the
:11:26. > :11:29.Our home editor, Mark Easton, reports.
:11:30. > :11:32.Could single mum Emma and her family face eviction
:11:33. > :11:40.Unless she works at least 16-hours a week, her benefits
:11:41. > :11:42.will soon be capped, leaving her ?76 a week short
:11:43. > :11:44.on the rent, but Emma says with four kids,
:11:45. > :11:47.including a young baby to care for, getting a job is not an option
:11:48. > :11:56.I lose my kids because I haven't been able to pay my rent.
:11:57. > :11:58.Yeah, I am really worried because if they've got no
:11:59. > :12:00.roof over their heads, then they really...
:12:01. > :12:05.It's not like I can sleep with them on
:12:06. > :12:11.Sleep on the streets, is this something that really
:12:12. > :12:14.Yeah. Yeah, it does.
:12:15. > :12:21.The Government is desperate to reduce the housing benefit bill
:12:22. > :12:30.which has ballooned to ?27 billion a year as housing costs have risen,
:12:31. > :12:33.but ministers are being warned that when they reduce the overall
:12:34. > :12:35.household benefit cap next week, more than 100,000 families,
:12:36. > :12:41.including 300,000 children, could then struggle to pay their rent.
:12:42. > :12:44.You can't run up arrears indefinitely without your landlord,
:12:45. > :12:47.in the end, having to take measures to evict you and to take possession
:12:48. > :12:51.At that point you're a homeless household and homelessness is rising
:12:52. > :12:58.Getting a job is what the Government insists the cap encourages people
:12:59. > :13:01.to do, pointing out that 23,000 people, who lost money
:13:02. > :13:03.under the existing cap, are now exempt having found at least
:13:04. > :13:10.What's important to make sure is that we spend the money
:13:11. > :13:15.on welfare in the right way, in ways that incentivise people
:13:16. > :13:17.to move into work and cares for the most vulnerable,
:13:18. > :13:22.and this benefit cap absolutely does that.
:13:23. > :13:24.Outside London, the welfare cap equates to ?385 a week.
:13:25. > :13:27.Imagine the case of a widow, her widowed parents allowance
:13:28. > :13:33.So do the benefits she receives for the three children she's now
:13:34. > :13:36.bringing up on her own, which means there's only ?53.48
:13:37. > :13:40.a week left within the cap for housing benefit to cover her rent.
:13:41. > :13:44.The family's modest three bed private flat in Coventry costs ?128,
:13:45. > :13:53.Coventry based Housing Association, Orbit, has found hundreds of people
:13:54. > :13:58.They're already making hard choices about eating, heating,
:13:59. > :14:11.Capping benefits is justified because it encourages people
:14:12. > :14:14.The question is whether the lower cap is asking too much.
:14:15. > :14:20.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
:14:21. > :14:23.Campaigners for a public inquiry into the clashes between police
:14:24. > :14:26.and striking miners at Orgreave in 1984 say the "gloves are off"
:14:27. > :14:29.They're now considering a legal challenge following yesterday's
:14:30. > :14:37.decision by the Home Secretary to rule out an inquiry.
:14:38. > :14:39.A man accused of strangling a police officer has admitted
:14:40. > :14:42.being "inspired" by the US TV series Breaking Bad when he tried to
:14:43. > :14:47.Stefano Brizzi denies murdering PC Gordon Semple at his flat in London,
:14:48. > :14:54.claiming he died during a sex game that went wrong.
:14:55. > :14:56.A consultation will be held into whether to go ahead
:14:57. > :14:58.with the second phase of the Leveson Inquiry
:14:59. > :15:01.The Government says it's considering whether it's
:15:02. > :15:03.Campaigners called today's announcement a "betrayal
:15:04. > :15:14.In a week's time, America will be electing a new President
:15:15. > :15:16.after what most people agree has been the most unconventional
:15:17. > :15:19.Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been
:15:20. > :15:22.shuttling across the country, visiting key battleground states.
:15:23. > :15:25.As our North America editor Jon Sopel reports,
:15:26. > :15:31.the polls look much tighter than they have been for many weeks.
:15:32. > :15:37.Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both launched their campaigns
:15:38. > :15:48.They've been going at it non-stop ever since.
:15:49. > :15:54.This is where the marathon turns into a sprint as the candidates
:15:55. > :15:58.hurtle round the key swing states that will determine this election.
:15:59. > :16:01.They are Florida, North Carolina in the south and Ohio and Pennsylvania
:16:02. > :16:08.For Donald Trump to have a path to victory, he needs to win all four.
:16:09. > :16:12.But successive polls suggest Hillary Clinton has
:16:13. > :16:25.comfortable leads in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
:16:26. > :16:33.That is why, in the race to get the keys for this place,
:16:34. > :16:35.may have given Donald Trump momentum, it
:16:36. > :16:54.Someone like this becoming president, who insults more than
:16:55. > :17:00.half the population of the United States of America, and what about
:17:01. > :17:06.our boys? Is this is not someone we want them looking up to. No. Will
:17:07. > :17:12.the latest email scandal hurt her in those key swing states? Allardyce
:17:13. > :17:16.politicians have mixups and foul-ups. She's doing her best to be
:17:17. > :17:20.honest. I still trust her. I really think this is hurting her. So close
:17:21. > :17:24.to the election. I think there has been a lot of doubt. Really this
:17:25. > :17:29.whole season. This whole campaign season. This isn't helping anything.
:17:30. > :17:33.That's what Donald Trump is hoping for. He was in Pennsylvania today
:17:34. > :17:38.talking policy, in particular his plan to repeal and replace the
:17:39. > :17:44.health reforms introduced by Barack Obama. It will be such an honour for
:17:45. > :17:48.me, for you, and for everybody in this country because Obamacare has
:17:49. > :17:56.to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. It
:17:57. > :17:59.is a catastrophe. But for some of the electorate these pledges may not
:18:00. > :18:02.make a difference. In many states early voting has already started.
:18:03. > :18:07.It's estimated that around 24 million Americans have already
:18:08. > :18:10.voted, that's about 20% of the likely turnout. The figures of
:18:11. > :18:16.registered Republicans and Democrats going to vote shows a slight edge
:18:17. > :18:19.for Hillary Clinton. In trying to explain this race, American
:18:20. > :18:25.political pundits have started using the phrase of a British Prime
:18:26. > :18:31.Minister from the 1960s. Harold Wilsonson's comment, "that a week is
:18:32. > :18:34.a long time in politics." In this helter-skelter, white knuckle ride,
:18:35. > :18:37.indeed it is and who knows what's going to happen next. Jon Sopel, BBC
:18:38. > :18:43.News, Washington. When Britain leaves
:18:44. > :18:45.the European Union its only land border with an EU state will be
:18:46. > :18:48.between Northern Ireland What sort of controls might there be
:18:49. > :18:52.and how could it affect trade? Tomorrow, the Irish Prime Minister,
:18:53. > :18:54.Enda Kenny, will host talks on the implications of Brexit
:18:55. > :18:59.for Ireland, north and south. Our special correspondent,
:19:00. > :19:00.Allan Little, has sent To understand Ireland's Brexit
:19:01. > :19:07.anxiety, go to the farms of its rich They sell more than half
:19:08. > :19:13.of what they produce to the United Kingdom,
:19:14. > :19:16.a trade worth 5 billion euros a year A falling pound has already
:19:17. > :19:22.made their milk and Now, there's the prospect
:19:23. > :19:27.of a new border separating them Like, we have a huge market, 50
:19:28. > :19:38.miles from where we stand here now, and if we can't supply that market
:19:39. > :19:43.without tariffs, it's not good, like, it's very
:19:44. > :19:45.worrying talk or prospect. Once there were Customs controls
:19:46. > :19:48.between the UK and Ireland, but those border posts disappeared
:19:49. > :19:51.when both countries joined the This is what that border crossing
:19:52. > :19:59.looks like now, you can drive down this road without even noticing that
:20:00. > :20:02.you've left one country and entered another, but soon this will be
:20:03. > :20:07.the edge of the European Union. Down there, migrants from 26 other
:20:08. > :20:11.countries will still be able to come and live
:20:12. > :20:14.and work and claim benefits, but not if they walk up there,
:20:15. > :20:20.into the United Kingdom. If you have no border controls here,
:20:21. > :20:23.how do you police that? Northern Ireland's biggest party,
:20:24. > :20:36.the Democratic Unionists, Their emphatic British unionism
:20:37. > :20:40.seems reinvigorated by their sense of having seized back
:20:41. > :20:44.a lost UK sovereignty. They believe that immigration
:20:45. > :20:48.can be controlled, even with an open border,
:20:49. > :20:51.but don't yet say how. With the political willingness
:20:52. > :20:54.from both the British and Irish governments privately
:20:55. > :20:57.that they would never see a return to borders of the past,
:20:58. > :20:59.we're actually quite But we're not ignoring the fact
:21:00. > :21:03.that there are issues that need to be worked through,
:21:04. > :21:06.but they are entirely surmountable, In the Republic they're not
:21:07. > :21:12.reassured by this sunny optimism. For one option is for Ireland to bow
:21:13. > :21:15.to the realities of geography and to allow the UK to place
:21:16. > :21:18.its Border and Customs controls You're asking for an independent
:21:19. > :21:26.state, the Republic of Ireland, to impose and work British migration
:21:27. > :21:31.law at its ports and airports. I mean, that's really
:21:32. > :21:34.what you're saying. Which you're kind of saying -
:21:35. > :21:37.well, we don't really think you're an independent country,
:21:38. > :21:39.you know, it's just a kind of figment of history
:21:40. > :21:41.that's been invented. I think, as an Irish person,
:21:42. > :21:45.you feel pretty angry about the fact that something really profound has
:21:46. > :21:49.been done to Ireland without Ireland having featured
:21:50. > :21:53.at all in the discussion. Ireland has forged its modern
:21:54. > :21:57.identity as an independent nation in Europe, but the powerful
:21:58. > :22:00.gravitational pull of its larger Allan Little, BBC News,
:22:01. > :22:07.Dublin. Britain faces a growing
:22:08. > :22:10.threat of cyber attack organised by hostile states,
:22:11. > :22:14.criminal gangs or hackers, according to the Chancellor,
:22:15. > :22:16.who has announced plans Philip Hammond said Britain needed
:22:17. > :22:20.the capacity to "strike back" Our technology correspondent,
:22:21. > :22:28.Rory Cellan-Jones, has the details. We know our computers are under
:22:29. > :22:31.threat, we're getting used to the idea that our phones
:22:32. > :22:34.might not be secure, now we may have to worry
:22:35. > :22:38.about the kettle being hacked. It might sound trivial,
:22:39. > :22:41.but internet connected devices, from domestic appliances to web
:22:42. > :22:44.cams, are giving new openings to global hackers bent
:22:45. > :22:47.on causing serious damage. It punches a hole
:22:48. > :22:52.through your fire wall. This very brand of home CCTV setup
:22:53. > :22:56.was hijacked in last month's major attack which took down sites
:22:57. > :22:58.like Twitter and Netflix, These things are so insecure,
:22:59. > :23:02.they're starting to be They're starting to be used
:23:03. > :23:06.to attack parts of the internet, to take down critical
:23:07. > :23:10.infrastructures. And today saw warnings that hostile
:23:11. > :23:12.governments could mount The boss of MI5 warned that that
:23:13. > :23:19.Russia was using cyber weapons to pursue its foreign policy aims
:23:20. > :23:23.and the Government said Britain needed to be able
:23:24. > :23:28.to retaliate against attackers. The Chancellor warned that rogue
:23:29. > :23:30.states, or criminal hackers, posed the threat of damaging
:23:31. > :23:34.industrial espionage and could bring down power networks
:23:35. > :23:38.or Air Traffic Control By having the ability to strike back
:23:39. > :23:47.in kind in cyberspace, to let the hackers and the attackers
:23:48. > :23:50.know that if they take down our networks, they risk
:23:51. > :23:53.having their networks taken down, we will make Britain safer and we'll
:23:54. > :23:56.make it an even more attractive place for people
:23:57. > :24:03.to do digital business. However much we spend on shoring
:24:04. > :24:05.up Britain's defences against the hackers,
:24:06. > :24:07.we're going to need a lot more people with cyber
:24:08. > :24:09.security skills and, right now, there's a shortage
:24:10. > :24:12.of that kind of know how. What we're basically looking
:24:13. > :24:14.at is we're looking for suspicion At BT Headquarters, cyber security
:24:15. > :24:21.apprentices are hearing about The Government wants more young
:24:22. > :24:24.people to see this There's a different attack every
:24:25. > :24:28.day, a different threat every day and it's always keeping
:24:29. > :24:31.you on your toes and you're Cyber security's an upcoming field,
:24:32. > :24:35.it's going to be very important pretty much forever as long
:24:36. > :24:40.as we use computers. More money will now be spent
:24:41. > :24:44.on cybercrime investigators, but keeping up with the threat
:24:45. > :24:47.from hackers, ranging from teenagers to nation states,
:24:48. > :24:49.will be a major challenge. The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan,
:24:50. > :24:58.has ordered an investigation into the spiralling cost
:24:59. > :25:02.of converting the London Olympic Stadium for use as a football
:25:03. > :25:05.ground by West Ham United. It was previously thought the cost
:25:06. > :25:08.of transforming it was ?272 million. The Mayor now says the real cost
:25:09. > :25:14.is ?50 million more. West Ham has contributed
:25:15. > :25:17.?15 million, the rest is being met Football and Manchester City fought
:25:18. > :25:29.back after going a goal down to Barcelona's Lionel Messi
:25:30. > :25:31.in their Champions League City suffered a 4-0 defeat
:25:32. > :25:38.to the Spanish side a fortnight ago. But tonight, at home in Manchester,
:25:39. > :25:41.it was a very different story - as our Sports Correspondent
:25:42. > :25:46.Katy Gornall reports. Bars lone are ya, they say, is a
:25:47. > :25:50.team with a perfect 10. The players around him aren't too bad either.
:25:51. > :25:54.Football fans know they may never see such attacking talent again. The
:25:55. > :25:57.problem for Pep Guardiola was how to stop them? The first of November is
:25:58. > :26:01.early for a Cup final in the Champions League, but that was how
:26:02. > :26:05.Manchester City's manager saw this match. Defeat would leave them in
:26:06. > :26:09.danger. For 20 minutes they were on top. There was always a feeling that
:26:10. > :26:14.at some point they could crack. Against Barcelona, they always do.
:26:15. > :26:16.The first goal was a display of brilliant efficiency, precision
:26:17. > :26:21.engineered by the master craftsman, Messi. It was all looking bleak for
:26:22. > :26:26.City until they were offered a way back. One mistake and it was
:26:27. > :26:30.punished. Gundogan showing that Barcelona are human after all. It
:26:31. > :26:35.was a goal that lifted City and after half time they turned the
:26:36. > :26:39.match in their favour, thanks to one swing of Kevin De Bruyne's boot.
:26:40. > :26:43.Barcelona was under pressure as their defence was overwhelmed by a
:26:44. > :26:46.swirl of blue and Gundogan confirmed the inevitable. For City fans this
:26:47. > :26:51.goal couldn't have felt more special. This was their European
:26:52. > :26:54.revival. Five times City had lost to Barcelona before tonight, this time
:26:55. > :27:05.they beat them and beat them at their own game. It was an
:27:06. > :27:08.exhilarating match. It means they need three points from their next
:27:09. > :27:12.two games to reach the knock-out stages. Let me tell you what
:27:13. > :27:16.happened elsewhere in City's Group tonight. Celtic came from a goal
:27:17. > :27:20.down against Borussia Monchengladbach to keep their slim
:27:21. > :27:26.hopes of staying in Europe alive. Moussa Dembele, who has been in
:27:27. > :27:31.fantastic form scoring the penalty. His 16th goal of the season. There
:27:32. > :27:37.was drama as well in Bulgaria. Arsenal came from 2-0 down to beat
:27:38. > :27:42.Ludogorets 3-2. They have Mesut Ozil to thank for that. A solo goal late
:27:43. > :27:46.on in that match to snatch all three points. That win means Arsenal are
:27:47. > :27:51.through to the knock-out stages. 14th season in a row they made it to
:27:52. > :27:55.that stage. So, all in all, a very positive night for British teams in
:27:56. > :28:03.the Champions League. Thank you very much, Katie.
:28:04. > :28:05.80 years ago tomorrow, the world's first television programmes
:28:06. > :28:17.were broadcast from Alexandra Palace in North London.
:28:18. > :28:19.The pictures looked a little bit like this,
:28:20. > :28:21.so don't adjust your set, and you might have
:28:22. > :28:25.But even in those pioneering days, women were a vital part
:28:26. > :28:28.of running the Service - on screen and behind the scenes.
:28:29. > :28:31.Jane Hill has been to meet some of the women involved in the early
:28:32. > :28:35.ARCHIVE: The controllers are ready on vision, and sound.
:28:36. > :28:37.Women played a key role in these early broadcasts
:28:38. > :28:46.And not only in front of the camera, nearly half the payroll was female,
:28:47. > :28:47.working in a new experimental medium.
:28:48. > :28:49.There were executive women, far more than one might
:28:50. > :28:52.think in those days, but then the Corporation was far
:28:53. > :28:57.Many women were employed as secretaries, but were asked
:28:58. > :29:01.ARCHIVE: I'm going to hand you over to the...
:29:02. > :29:07...working as producers and technicians in entertainment
:29:08. > :29:10.and in news, which came from here, in Studio A.
:29:11. > :29:13.This is now being refurbished as part of a huge project
:29:14. > :29:16.to showcase the birthplace of television to the public.
:29:17. > :29:19.Lois Singer and Olive Trevett worked at Ally Pally,
:29:20. > :29:22.as it's affectionally known, in the late 1940s and 1950s.
:29:23. > :29:29.I had experience of that by being given a camera,
:29:30. > :29:39.The day before the programme went out, and to be told by the person
:29:40. > :29:42.who had handed it to me, "you can do the programme tomorrow."
:29:43. > :29:44.Olive operated the teleprompter for news bulletins and needed
:29:45. > :29:46.special permission to wear trousers at work.
:29:47. > :29:49.We weren't allowed to wear what we liked.
:29:50. > :29:51.We had to, you know, always wear skirts to work.
:29:52. > :29:54.You couldn't wear, you know, slacks, that was unheard of.
:29:55. > :30:01.But it's ridiculous now, when you think about it.
:30:02. > :30:09.The first female camera operator, Bimby Harris, spoke of being frozen
:30:10. > :30:11.out by male colleagues and, as TV became established,
:30:12. > :30:16.I think as television became more professionalised as well,
:30:17. > :30:21.perhaps there was a sense it was a more attractive
:30:22. > :30:25.career for men to take up and so those very early days,
:30:26. > :30:30.the almost gender parity of the early days here
:30:31. > :30:33.at Alexandra Palace, started to kind of slip
:30:34. > :30:39.away really I think in relation to that.
:30:40. > :30:42.But, 80 years ago, women played as important a role as men
:30:43. > :30:52.Jane Hill, BBC News, at Alexandra Palace.
:30:53. > :31:03.Gymnast Louis Smith has been punished for mocking Islam
:31:04. > :31:06.in a private video, so we're asking what is harmless fun and what's
:31:07. > :31:09.socially unacceptable and we'll test the rules by looking at some
:31:10. > :31:13.Join me now on BBC Two, 11.00pm in Scotland.
:31:14. > :31:17.Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.