:00:00. > :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. > :00:47.We'll bring you the latest from inside Mosul
:00:48. > :00:50.and also hear from residents who've been living in the city under IS
:00:51. > :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. > :01:03.The US Presidential candidates on their final exhausting sprint around
:01:04. > :01:09.Manchester City mount a comeback against Barcelona
:01:10. > :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. > :01:57.Iraqi government forces today fought their way into Mosul,
:01:58. > :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. > :02:19.But they succeeded in taking control of the state television building.
:02:20. > :02:23.Our international correspondent, Ian Pannell, and cameraman
:02:24. > :02:28.Darren Conway, were the first broadcast journalists to enter
:02:29. > :02:29.the district of Gogjali with frontline troops -
:02:30. > :02:35.and they sent this report from inside Mosul.
:02:36. > :02:44.To the east, the warm glow of an autumn warning in Iraq. The dawn of
:02:45. > :02:50.a new day built on the hope of a brighter future. But to the west, a
:02:51. > :02:58.reminder of the bloodshed and madness that's cursed this country
:02:59. > :03:04.for years. The sky over Mosul. Well the troops as you can see - close to
:03:05. > :03:08.the city of Mosul, we've heard a sound overhead. The sound of sniper
:03:09. > :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. > :03:22.in. GUNFIRE
:03:23. > :03:28.Few expected they'd advance this far this fast. But the closer they get
:03:29. > :03:39.to Mosul, so the resistance only grows. Even so, the war machine
:03:40. > :03:43.roars on relentlessly. Thousands of soldiers and their guns, slowly
:03:44. > :03:48.taking back the land of the so-called caliphate. And in the face
:03:49. > :03:53.of an advancing army, with only a simple piece of white cloth to
:03:54. > :03:58.defend themselves, more than a million people, trapped between two
:03:59. > :04:02.warring sides. And this is the moment Iraqi troops finally entered
:04:03. > :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. > :04:17.saw two suspected fighters. Barely aware that the troops are advancing.
:04:18. > :04:26.GUNFIRE And then this... . Four militants
:04:27. > :04:34.run across the alley. Armed and dangerous, ready to defend the city,
:04:35. > :04:43.and to fight to the death. And that's what happened. Nothing short
:04:44. > :04:56.of all-out war. It's hard to overstate how dangerous today was. A
:04:57. > :05:00.brutal, terrifying battle. It will shape the future of Iraq, and the
:05:01. > :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. > :05:21.hours, and have met incredibly stiff resistance. We have seen a number of
:05:22. > :05:26.Isis fighters moving around, carrying rocket-propelled grenades.
:05:27. > :05:30.There have been incoming attacks... Skap
:05:31. > :05:39.gunfire - GUNFIRE... And a lot of gunfire. The
:05:40. > :05:42.ground is treacherous. It's laced with IEDs and it just illustrates
:05:43. > :05:46.how hard and difficult this final stage of the battle is going to be.
:05:47. > :05:56.This is just day 1 inside Mosul. This is the road the troops must now
:05:57. > :06:01.take. Straight to the city centre. A dark and dangerous journey into the
:06:02. > :06:03.heart of the caliphate of Islamic State.
:06:04. > :06:11.Ian Pannell, BBC News, Mosul. Mosul is home to more
:06:12. > :06:13.than a million people, who've been living under IS control
:06:14. > :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. > :06:33.besieged, braced for the assault. See how IS have hidden
:06:34. > :06:39.an anti-aircraft gun under a bridge. A resistance group, called
:06:40. > :06:41.the Mosul Brigades, secretly Others are resisting
:06:42. > :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. > :07:05.been killing people, We can't say where the station
:07:06. > :07:11.is located or identify the staff, they've received death
:07:12. > :07:18.threats from IS or Daesh. We join the presenter
:07:19. > :07:21.in studio as listeners phone Callers say they are in danger,
:07:22. > :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. > :08:37.and he had to speak out, And, God forbid, if they discovered
:08:38. > :08:42.you making this call, The station says these days it's
:08:43. > :08:57.getting more calls from Mosul, a sign that the captive city
:08:58. > :09:02.is recovering its voice. Orla Guerin, BBC
:09:03. > :09:08.News, Northern Iraq. Orla is back in Irbil
:09:09. > :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. > :09:32.going to face and probably what was experienced by our team inside the
:09:33. > :09:37.city today is just a taste of what's to come. There was resistance on the
:09:38. > :09:41.way in from small weapons, from snipers, from heavy weapons and
:09:42. > :09:44.indeed from anti-tank missiles but the deeper the Iraqi forces go
:09:45. > :09:48.inside Mosul, the more resistance they are likely to face and the more
:09:49. > :09:54.the advantage will pass to the jihadis. They have been in residence
:09:55. > :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. > :10:10.know they have trenches with oil, ready to set alight. We know they
:10:11. > :10:14.have crude chemical weapons. We saw one of those ourselves about two
:10:15. > :10:19.weeks ago. All of these are likely to be deployed in some form, as the
:10:20. > :10:23.troops move forward. Now, the key test will be when they cross the
:10:24. > :10:27.Tigris River, which divides Mosul, when they pass from the east bank,
:10:28. > :10:32.which is where they now are, into the west side. That is the ancient
:10:33. > :10:37.part of the city, the streets are incredibly narrow, far too narrow to
:10:38. > :10:41.allow any kind of mechanised vehicles, tanks or heavy vehicles to
:10:42. > :10:45.be brought through. At that stage, the army will be facing
:10:46. > :10:50.street-by-street, urban warfare, house-by-house, that is when I think
:10:51. > :10:53.the real test is going to come. We have had Iraqi generals saying today
:10:54. > :10:58.that this is the beginning of the liberation of Mosul. I think the key
:10:59. > :11:06.phrase there is "the beginning." That enManx, Orla. -- - many thanks.
:11:07. > :11:09.Housing charities are warning that more than a 100,000 families will be
:11:10. > :11:12.affected by a new cap on benefits, with some at risk of being
:11:13. > :11:16.The maximum amount of benefits a household can receive is being cut
:11:17. > :11:19.from an annual ?26,000 to ?23,000 in London and ?20,000
:11:20. > :11:22.Ministers say it'll encourage people to get back into work,
:11:23. > :11:24.but charities are warning it'll make life harder for the
:11:25. > :11:29.Our home editor, Mark Easton, reports.
:11:30. > :11:31.Could single mum Emma and her family face eviction
:11:32. > :11:39.Unless she works at least 16-hours a week, her benefits
:11:40. > :11:41.will soon be capped, leaving her ?76 a week short
:11:42. > :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. > :12:04.It's not like I can sleep with them on
:12:05. > :12:11.Sleep on the streets, is this something that really
:12:12. > :12:13.Yeah. Yeah, it does.
:12:14. > :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. > :12:32.but ministers are being warned that when they reduce the overall
:12:33. > :12:34.household benefit cap next week, more than 100,000 families,
:12:35. > :12:41.including 300,000 children, could then struggle to pay their rent.
:12:42. > :12:43.You can't run up arrears indefinitely without your landlord,
:12:44. > :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. > :12:57.Getting a job is what the Government insists the cap encourages people
:12:58. > :13:00.to do, pointing out that 23,000 people, who lost money
:13:01. > :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. > :13:14.on welfare in the right way, in ways that incentivise people
:13:15. > :13:17.to move into work and cares for the most vulnerable,
:13:18. > :13:21.and this benefit cap absolutely does that.
:13:22. > :13:24.Outside London, the welfare cap equates to ?385 a week.
:13:25. > :13:26.Imagine the case of a widow, her widowed parents allowance
:13:27. > :13:32.So do the benefits she receives for the three children she's now
:13:33. > :13:36.bringing up on her own, which means there's only ?53.48
:13:37. > :13:39.a week left within the cap for housing benefit to cover her rent.
:13:40. > :13:44.The family's modest three bed private flat in Coventry costs ?128,
:13:45. > :13:52.Coventry based Housing Association, Orbit, has found hundreds of people
:13:53. > :13:57.They're already making hard choices about eating, heating,
:13:58. > :14:10.Capping benefits is justified because it encourages people
:14:11. > :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. > :14:36.decision by the Home Secretary to rule out an inquiry.
:14:37. > :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. > :14:53.claiming he died during a sex game that went wrong.
:14:54. > :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. > :15:00.The Government says it's considering whether it's
:15:01. > :15:03.Campaigners called today's announcement a "betrayal
:15:04. > :15:13.In a week's time, America will be electing a new President
:15:14. > :15:15.after what most people agree has been the most unconventional
:15:16. > :15:18.Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been
:15:19. > :15:22.shuttling across the country, visiting key battleground states.
:15:23. > :15:24.As our North America editor Jon Sopel reports,
:15:25. > :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. > :15:53.This is where the marathon turns into a sprint as the candidates
:15:54. > :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. > :16:11.But successive polls suggest Hillary Clinton has
:16:12. > :16:24.comfortable leads in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
:16:25. > :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. > :16:53.Someone like this becoming president, who insults more than
:16:54. > :16:59.half the population of the United States of America, and what about
:17:00. > :17:06.our boys? Is this is not someone we want them looking up to. No. Will
:17:07. > :17:11.the latest email scandal hurt her in those key swing states? Allardyce
:17:12. > :17:16.politicians have mixups and foul-ups. She's doing her best to be
:17:17. > :17:19.honest. I still trust her. I really think this is hurting her. So close
:17:20. > :17:23.to the election. I think there has been a lot of doubt. Really this
:17:24. > :17:28.whole season. This whole campaign season. This isn't helping anything.
:17:29. > :17:33.That's what Donald Trump is hoping for. He was in Pennsylvania today
:17:34. > :17:37.talking policy, in particular his plan to repeal and replace the
:17:38. > :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. > :17:55.to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. It
:17:56. > :17:58.is a catastrophe. But for some of the electorate these pledges may not
:17:59. > :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. > :18:18.for Hillary Clinton. In trying to explain this race, American
:18:19. > :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. > :18:36.indeed it is and who knows what's going to happen next. Jon Sopel, BBC
:18:37. > :18:42.News, Washington. When Britain leaves
:18:43. > :18:45.the European Union its only land border with an EU state will be
:18:46. > :18:47.between Northern Ireland What sort of controls might there be
:18:48. > :18:51.and how could it affect trade? Tomorrow, the Irish Prime Minister,
:18:52. > :18:54.Enda Kenny, will host talks on the implications of Brexit
:18:55. > :18:58.for Ireland, north and south. Our special correspondent,
:18:59. > :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. > :19:12.of what they produce to the United Kingdom,
:19:13. > :19:15.a trade worth 5 billion euros a year A falling pound has already
:19:16. > :19:21.made their milk and Now, there's the prospect
:19:22. > :19:27.of a new border separating them Like, we have a huge market, 50
:19:28. > :19:37.miles from where we stand here now, and if we can't supply that market
:19:38. > :19:42.without tariffs, it's not good, like, it's very
:19:43. > :19:44.worrying talk or prospect. Once there were Customs controls
:19:45. > :19:47.between the UK and Ireland, but those border posts disappeared
:19:48. > :19:50.when both countries joined the This is what that border crossing
:19:51. > :19:58.looks like now, you can drive down this road without even noticing that
:19:59. > :20:01.you've left one country and entered another, but soon this will be
:20:02. > :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. > :20:19.into the United Kingdom. If you have no border controls here,
:20:20. > :20:22.how do you police that? Northern Ireland's biggest party,
:20:23. > :20:35.the Democratic Unionists, Their emphatic British unionism
:20:36. > :20:40.seems reinvigorated by their sense of having seized back
:20:41. > :20:43.a lost UK sovereignty. They believe that immigration
:20:44. > :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. > :20:53.from both the British and Irish governments privately
:20:54. > :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. > :21:05.but they are entirely surmountable, In the Republic they're not
:21:06. > :21:11.reassured by this sunny optimism. For one option is for Ireland to bow
:21:12. > :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. > :21:30.law at its ports and airports. I mean, that's really
:21:31. > :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. > :21:48.been done to Ireland without Ireland having featured
:21:49. > :21:52.at all in the discussion. Ireland has forged its modern
:21:53. > :21:56.identity as an independent nation in Europe, but the powerful
:21:57. > :21:59.gravitational pull of its larger Allan Little, BBC News,
:22:00. > :22:07.Dublin. Britain faces a growing
:22:08. > :22:09.threat of cyber attack organised by hostile states,
:22:10. > :22:14.criminal gangs or hackers, according to the Chancellor,
:22:15. > :22:15.who has announced plans Philip Hammond said Britain needed
:22:16. > :22:20.the capacity to "strike back" Our technology correspondent,
:22:21. > :22:27.Rory Cellan-Jones, has the details. We know our computers are under
:22:28. > :22:30.threat, we're getting used to the idea that our phones
:22:31. > :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. > :22:55.was hijacked in last month's major attack which took down sites
:22:56. > :22:57.like Twitter and Netflix, These things are so insecure,
:22:58. > :23:01.they're starting to be They're starting to be used
:23:02. > :23:06.to attack parts of the internet, to take down critical
:23:07. > :23:09.infrastructures. And today saw warnings that hostile
:23:10. > :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. > :23:27.to retaliate against attackers. The Chancellor warned that rogue
:23:28. > :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. > :23:37.or Air Traffic Control By having the ability to strike back
:23:38. > :23:46.in kind in cyberspace, to let the hackers and the attackers
:23:47. > :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. > :24:02.to do digital business. However much we spend on shoring
:24:03. > :24:04.up Britain's defences against the hackers,
:24:05. > :24:07.we're going to need a lot more people with cyber
:24:08. > :24:08.security skills and, right now, there's a shortage
:24:09. > :24:11.of that kind of know how. What we're basically looking
:24:12. > :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. > :24:30.you on your toes and you're Cyber security's an upcoming field,
:24:31. > :24:34.it's going to be very important pretty much forever as long
:24:35. > :24:39.as we use computers. More money will now be spent
:24:40. > :24:44.on cybercrime investigators, but keeping up with the threat
:24:45. > :24:46.from hackers, ranging from teenagers to nation states,
:24:47. > :24:48.will be a major challenge. The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan,
:24:49. > :24:58.has ordered an investigation into the spiralling cost
:24:59. > :25:01.of converting the London Olympic Stadium for use as a football
:25:02. > :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. > :25:13.is ?50 million more. West Ham has contributed
:25:14. > :25:16.?15 million, the rest is being met Football and Manchester City fought
:25:17. > :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. > :25:53.Football fans know they may never see such attacking talent again. The
:25:54. > :25:57.problem for Pep Guardiola was how to stop them? The first of November is
:25:58. > :26:00.early for a Cup final in the Champions League, but that was how
:26:01. > :26:04.Manchester City's manager saw this match. Defeat would leave them in
:26:05. > :26:08.danger. For 20 minutes they were on top. There was always a feeling that
:26:09. > :26:13.at some point they could crack. Against Barcelona, they always do.
:26:14. > :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. > :26:29.punished. Gundogan showing that Barcelona are human after all. It
:26:30. > :26:34.was a goal that lifted City and after half time they turned the
:26:35. > :26:38.match in their favour, thanks to one swing of Kevin De Bruyne's boot.
:26:39. > :26:42.Barcelona was under pressure as their defence was overwhelmed by a
:26:43. > :26:45.swirl of blue and Gundogan confirmed the inevitable. For City fans this
:26:46. > :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. > :27:11.two games to reach the knock-out stages. Let me tell you what
:27:12. > :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. > :27:36.was drama as well in Bulgaria. Arsenal came from 2-0 down to beat
:27:37. > :27:41.Ludogorets 3-2. They have Mesut Ozil to thank for that. A solo goal late
:27:42. > :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. > :28:34.ARCHIVE: The controllers are ready on vision, and sound.
:28:35. > :28:36.Women played a key role in these early broadcasts
:28:37. > :28:45.And not only in front of the camera, nearly half the payroll was female,
:28:46. > :28:47.working in a new experimental medium.
:28:48. > :28:49.There were executive women, far more than one might
:28:50. > :28:51.think in those days, but then the Corporation was far
:28:52. > :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. > :29:06...working as producers and technicians in entertainment
:29:07. > :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. > :29:18.Lois Singer and Olive Trevett worked at Ally Pally,
:29:19. > :29:21.as it's affectionally known, in the late 1940s and 1950s.
:29:22. > :29:28.I had experience of that by being given a camera,
:29:29. > :29:39.The day before the programme went out, and to be told by the person
:29:40. > :29:41.who had handed it to me, "you can do the programme tomorrow."
:29:42. > :29:44.Olive operated the teleprompter for news bulletins and needed
:29:45. > :29:46.special permission to wear trousers at work.
:29:47. > :29:48.We weren't allowed to wear what we liked.
:29:49. > :29:51.We had to, you know, always wear skirts to work.
:29:52. > :29:53.You couldn't wear, you know, slacks, that was unheard of.
:29:54. > :30:00.But it's ridiculous now, when you think about it.
:30:01. > :30:08.The first female camera operator, Bimby Harris, spoke of being frozen
:30:09. > :30:10.out by male colleagues and, as TV became established,
:30:11. > :30:16.I think as television became more professionalised as well,
:30:17. > :30:20.perhaps there was a sense it was a more attractive
:30:21. > :30:24.career for men to take up and so those very early days,
:30:25. > :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. > :30:51.Jane Hill, BBC News, at Alexandra Palace.
:30:52. > :31:02.Gymnast Louis Smith has been punished for mocking Islam
:31:03. > :31:05.in a private video, so we're asking what is harmless fun and what's
:31:06. > :31:08.socially unacceptable and we'll test the rules by looking at some
:31:09. > :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.