0:00:05 > 0:00:09Tonight at ten, a warning that British workers face a second decade
0:00:09 > 0:00:12without a rise in average earnings.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Experts say the continuing pressure on wages is astonishing,
0:00:16 > 0:00:21and yesterday's Budget forecasts are described as grim.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24It looks like we've got at least another five years to go before
0:00:24 > 0:00:26we get anywhere near to having earnings back where
0:00:26 > 0:00:28they were in 2008.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32That is wholly unprecedented.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35But the government says it's confident it can defy
0:00:35 > 0:00:37the gloomy forecasts, claiming the Budget has set
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Britain on the right path.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42The Chancellor did a very good job yesterday.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45What the Chancellor was doing was setting out how we will
0:00:45 > 0:00:48ensure we have an economy fit for the future.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51We'll be looking at the prospect of a second decade without pay
0:00:51 > 0:00:53growth, and at the persistent problem of low productivity.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Also tonight...
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees might be
0:01:01 > 0:01:05able to return home after a deal is signed by Bangladesh and Myanmar.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08In Argentina, families get reports of an explosion on a submarine
0:01:08 > 0:01:15which went missing over a week ago.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18An exclusive look inside the Saudi hotel where prominent figures
0:01:18 > 0:01:24continue to be held as part of a campaign against corruption.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29As far as detention centres go, this one is beyond compare. Luxury
0:01:29 > 0:01:33swimming pool, restaurant, a gym.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37And we talk to the British actor widely tipped for an Oscar
0:01:37 > 0:01:40for his film portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, we'll have the latest
0:01:44 > 0:01:45from the Europa League.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Arsenal top their group despite losing in Cologne.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Good evening.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15British workers are facing an unprecedented two decades
0:02:15 > 0:02:18without any rise in average earnings, according to the leading
0:02:18 > 0:02:22economic research group, the Institue for Fiscal Studies.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25It says the forecasts published with yesterday's Budget made
0:02:25 > 0:02:27for pretty grim reading, with government borrowing still
0:02:27 > 0:02:30going up and austerity continuing.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32It's predicted that average earnings in 2022 could still be less
0:02:32 > 0:02:35than they were in 2008.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38But the Chancellor has said he's confident he can defy
0:02:38 > 0:02:39the gloomy predictions, as our economics editor
0:02:39 > 0:02:45Kamal Ahmed reports.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48It can all seem a little distant.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52The Treasury, the grand office of state.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55But what it says matters for all of us and that growth downgrade
0:02:55 > 0:02:58yesterday is likely to leave millions of people worse off.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Out shopping in Basildon, Essex, Adele
0:02:59 > 0:03:02and her daughter Emily.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07It's a struggle making ends meet.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I mean I've been working years and I haven't had a pay rise at all.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12And I now have a child.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Everything else has gone up.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Rent's gone up, food's gone up, all the other prices, gas,
0:03:19 > 0:03:20electric.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23We are constantly getting told this is going up, this is going
0:03:23 > 0:03:25up, but nothing else is going up with it,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27so you are literally working to live, that's all you're
0:03:27 > 0:03:29doing, working to survive every single day.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I asked the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies why
0:03:31 > 0:03:36that growth downgrade mattered so much.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Economic forecasts might not sound terribly important, but when
0:03:38 > 0:03:41they mean that your earnings, you're living standards, are going to be
0:03:41 > 0:03:43much lower than you expected, then it's time to listen.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Earnings in the early 2020s will still be below
0:03:46 > 0:03:49where they were in 2008, making this easily the worst decade and a bit
0:03:49 > 0:03:50for living standards.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Not just in living memory, but a long time
0:03:52 > 0:03:54before that, too.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The Prime Minister and Chancellor visiting a college
0:03:56 > 0:03:59for training builders.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Today Tory MPs were patting Philip Hammond on
0:04:01 > 0:04:09the back, saying he had delivered a successful budget.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12But Theresa May knows she has to convince people like Adele
0:04:12 > 0:04:14that the government is on her side.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16What the budget was about was about jobs
0:04:16 > 0:04:17for people up and down the
0:04:17 > 0:04:18country.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21It was about ensuring people are in work with that income
0:04:21 > 0:04:22for their family.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24That effort to seize the opportunities of the
0:04:24 > 0:04:25future has to overcome a major hurdle.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27The living standards squeeze.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30At the time of the financial crisis, average earnings
0:04:30 > 0:04:33were £24,500.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36They fell sharply as the financial crisis bit.
0:04:36 > 0:04:42And look at how slow the recovery has been.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45By 2022 people could still be earning less on average than they
0:04:45 > 0:04:46were ten years ago.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51That is the big question.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Why aren't real incomes rising?
0:04:52 > 0:04:58There are a number of answers to that.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Firstly, the government of whatever party that
0:05:01 > 0:05:03over decades have simply failed to invest enough in the real things
0:05:03 > 0:05:06that matter, like our skills.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07The financial crisis, which sucked so
0:05:07 > 0:05:10much money out of the economy.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12And the businesses themselves.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Some of which seem to prefer to rely on
0:05:14 > 0:05:16cheap labour rather than investing in things
0:05:16 > 0:05:21like machinery that would
0:05:21 > 0:05:24make them more efficient and mean they could afford a pay rise for
0:05:24 > 0:05:28those they employ.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34Tonight, Labour supporters gathered in the West
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Midlands and cheered Jeremy Corbyn as he laid
0:05:36 > 0:05:37out the case against the
0:05:37 > 0:05:39government.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43They racked up more borrowing and more debt, wages are
0:05:43 > 0:05:45falling, growth is falling, investment is falling.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Public services are at risk of closing
0:05:47 > 0:05:55altogether.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57People have been helped, the Tories say, with record
0:05:57 > 0:05:58employment levels a higher living wage.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01And tonight the government was putting the finishing touches to the
0:06:01 > 0:06:02next effort at boosting the economy.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08The industrial strategy.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Stand by for that next week.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Kamal Ahmed, BBC News.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12The Chancellor identified what he called the stubbornly flat
0:06:12 > 0:06:15level of British productivity as one of the biggest factors behind
0:06:15 > 0:06:16the gloomy forecasts for economic growth.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19But Philip Hammond insisted the Government had measures in place
0:06:19 > 0:06:22to deal with the problem.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Our business editor Simon Jack asks why productivity levels
0:06:24 > 0:06:27in the UK are so poor - and what can be done
0:06:27 > 0:06:33to improve them.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's the word of the week.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Maybe the decade.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42It means the value of work done per worker per hour.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46If it goes up, the economy grows and so do pay and living standards.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47When it doesn't, they don't.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Right now, it isn't.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Now, when people hear our productivity is low, some people
0:06:54 > 0:06:56wonder, are workers being accused of being lazy?
0:06:56 > 0:06:57But it's not really that at all.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I could be the best typist in the world,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02the hardest working person, but there will be a limit
0:07:02 > 0:07:04to how many letters, for example, I could write.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06To really get things done, to be more productive,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I need one of these.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Better equipment and better training is a need recognised
0:07:12 > 0:07:16by Britain's biggest companies.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I mean all the data suggest we do have a productivity problem.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22It has flat lined largely for the last few years.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26And I think everybody recognises that.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30And I think both companies and government and, indeed,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33education in general, we all have a stake in making that,
0:07:33 > 0:07:40fixing that, making that better.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43The government's answer has been to get big companies like BT to pay
0:07:43 > 0:07:46half a percent of their wage bill into an apprenticeship kitty that
0:07:46 > 0:07:47smaller companies can also use.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49But the latest figures show it's not working.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51This time last year 117,000 people started an apprenticeship.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54At the same time this year, that number was only 48,000.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55A fall of a whopping 59%.
0:07:55 > 0:08:02So what's going wrong?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06The implementation of this policy has been diabolical.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10The inflexible approach to training, the 10% charge to employers
0:08:10 > 0:08:14when they used to have it for free, and then the procurement
0:08:14 > 0:08:14process for providers.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16All three of them have caused immense problems.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And that is why the numbers have fallen.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20The problem doesn't seem to be demand from
0:08:20 > 0:08:22the apprentices themselves.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26My mum always wanted me to go to university but I always had
0:08:26 > 0:08:29to tell her that going to university doesn't give you the better,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31best thing ever.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35So, like, going university gives you a degree which is really good,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37however, doing an apprenticeship you get paid, you get
0:08:37 > 0:08:40better opportunities, learn skills, meet new people.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Business groups are certain it is an essential part
0:08:42 > 0:08:44of solving our economic problems.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46If we're going to tackle the productivity puzzle,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50we really need to see a massive increase in training,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53and that means getting people doing apprenticeships in the right areas,
0:08:53 > 0:08:59the right industries.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It's one of the top three issues that our members tell us
0:09:02 > 0:09:03they want to see solved.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06The government said today it remains committed to providing 3 million
0:09:06 > 0:09:07apprenticeships by 2020.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09To hit that target, the plan may need a rewrite.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17As people consider the impact of the Budget, the Prime Minister
0:09:17 > 0:09:19will be in Brussels tomorrow for meetings with other European
0:09:19 > 0:09:21leaders, including Donald Tusk, the president of the European
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Council.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29Our deputy political editor John Pienaar is there.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31The Chancellor saying economic confidence will grow when there is
0:09:31 > 0:09:37more clarity around the Brexit process. What is the prospect for
0:09:37 > 0:09:41that?Well, the really big economic challenges, whether it's a slowing
0:09:41 > 0:09:45economy or NHS funding or public sector pay, they still loom as large
0:09:45 > 0:09:49as ever. The Chancellor has learned to at least put on a smile and sound
0:09:49 > 0:09:53optimistic while delivering bad news. He's avoided compounding the
0:09:53 > 0:09:57government's problems with that budget. Now that will be some
0:09:57 > 0:10:00comfort to Theresa May because with a disappointing election behind her
0:10:00 > 0:10:04and Brexit still ahead, she has more than enough problems than she can
0:10:04 > 0:10:08easily cope with. It is a very crucial points now for Brexit.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Because rushing up in the next few weeks in mid-December there will be
0:10:12 > 0:10:16an EU summit where EU leaders will decide whether to break the deadlock
0:10:16 > 0:10:19on the Brexit negotiations. If Britain can show that it's willing
0:10:19 > 0:10:23to write a big enough check by way of a divorce settlement, something
0:10:23 > 0:10:29of 40 billion or so, and that it has an answer to remodelling and
0:10:29 > 0:10:32re-managing the borders of Northern Ireland, then those EU leaders say
0:10:32 > 0:10:36they will be willing to talk trade. If not, if that does not start to
0:10:36 > 0:10:39happen at this coming December summit, the whole Brexit plan could
0:10:39 > 0:10:43be seriously delayed and possibly even derailed. The process of
0:10:43 > 0:10:46building up to that big decision start here in Brussels tomorrow.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50When Theresa May meets the EU Council president Donald Tusk that's
0:10:50 > 0:10:54the sort of board of directors of EU leaders. Then there will be more
0:10:54 > 0:10:58talks and more crucial meetings and much more diplomatic work behind the
0:10:58 > 0:11:02scenes before the decision is finally taken. But we will, I think,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05see the decision starting to become clear over the course of the next
0:11:05 > 0:11:11two crucial weeks or so.Many thanks, John Pienaar in Brussels.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Bangladesh and Myanmar have signed a deal that could help to repatriate
0:11:14 > 0:11:16more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who've fled Myanmar
0:11:16 > 0:11:17in recent months.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19The Bangladeshi authorities say displaced people could begin
0:11:19 > 0:11:23to return within months.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27But aid agencies say their safety must be guaranteed.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti reports from the port
0:11:29 > 0:11:34of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37A mass of humanity has made its home here, a city made up
0:11:37 > 0:11:41entirely of people who fled.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44They arrive with stories of being shot at and raped
0:11:44 > 0:11:48and their children being killed.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54Would they, could they return to Myanmar?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56TRANSLATION:We won't go back.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59We were brutally tortured.
0:11:59 > 0:12:07Young men were put in prison and houses were set on fire.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Rashida Huq and her husband lost a son when they escaped.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16Here, at his grave, Rashida breaks down.
0:12:16 > 0:12:23We saw her with her son two months ago.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24The 15-year-old had trodden on a landmine laid
0:12:24 > 0:12:27in Myanmar at the border where they cross to Bangladesh.
0:12:27 > 0:12:36Two days after these pictures were filmed, he died.
0:12:36 > 0:12:43Then, she told us, she could not bear even to say the word Myanmar.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Here, in the cramped shelter she shares with her husband and six
0:12:46 > 0:12:49other family members, Rashida says she won't return.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54TRANSLATION:Our hearts were broken in Myanmar.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55What does pain mean?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I had two sons injured in Myanmar.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Will we get peace there?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02If everybody goes back, we will.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04But our hearts don't tell us to go back.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09They don't, they don't.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12But according to the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar,
0:13:12 > 0:13:17some of these people could start to return in just two months' time.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23Yet there are no details of how their safety will be guaranteed,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27nor of any international monitoring, making observers cautious.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32One thing is for sure, for refugees to be able
0:13:32 > 0:13:34to exercise their fundamental right to return home, the conditions that
0:13:34 > 0:13:37made them flee in the first place need to be meaningfully addressed.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Refugees need to be able to decide voluntarily to return in a safe
0:13:40 > 0:13:44and dignified manner.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Bangladesh has been under immense strain with this
0:13:46 > 0:13:48huge influx of refugees, so it's understandably keen to find
0:13:48 > 0:13:53a deal for their return.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Myanmar's motives are less clear, but the country will be under
0:13:56 > 0:13:59the spotlight next week with a visit from the Pope.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Without cast-iron guarantees for the Rohingyas' safety,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03many will have serious doubts about today's announcement.
0:14:03 > 0:14:10Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News, Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13A brief look at some of the day's other news stories...
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Jon Venables, who was convicted of murdering the Liverpool toddler
0:14:15 > 0:14:18James Bulger in 1993, is back in prison
0:14:18 > 0:14:22while police investigate child abuse images on a computer.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24He was freed on licence in 2001, after being jailed for
0:14:24 > 0:14:27life at the age of 10.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The former Labour minister Ivan Lewis has been
0:14:29 > 0:14:31suspended by the party while allegations of inappropriate
0:14:31 > 0:14:34behaviour are investigated.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Mr Lewis denies any wrongdoing or non-consensual behaviour,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40but says he's sorry if he has made women who work with
0:14:40 > 0:14:43him feel awkward.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45The jury at the trial of an Army sergeant
0:14:45 > 0:14:48accused of trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute
0:14:48 > 0:14:50has been discharged, after failing to reach verdicts.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Emile Cilliers denied all the charges.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55The court had been sitting for 7 weeks.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00The Crown Prosecution Service says it will seek a retrial.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03The European Commission has cancelled the UK's turn
0:15:03 > 0:15:06to host the European Capital of Culture.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Dundee, Nottingham, Leeds,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Milton Keynes, Belfast and Londonderry had all already
0:15:10 > 0:15:15submitted bids to hold the title in 2023.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17The Government says it's deeply disappointed.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21The Commission said it was a concrete consequence of Brexit.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24The Argentine Navy says it believes there was an explosion close
0:15:24 > 0:15:27to the last known location of a submarine that went missing
0:15:27 > 0:15:30over a week ago with 44 crew members on board.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33The blast - described as abnormal and violent -
0:15:33 > 0:15:37was detected around the time the submarine sent its last signal.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Britain is part of a huge international search effort that's
0:15:40 > 0:15:41under way to locate the vessel.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has the latest.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49It's known as the Silent Service.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52But there's been no communication from the San Juan and her 44 crew
0:15:52 > 0:15:55for more than a week.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57The search had already reached a critical phase,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00with fears this submarine would soon be running out of air.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Now, more worrying news.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Scientists confirm they've detected an abnormal sound underwater
0:16:06 > 0:16:10near her last known location.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14An Argentine navy spokesman said it was a short,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18single, violent event, consistent with explosion.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28It's a bitter blow for relatives.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Just a few days ago they'd been wrongly told there may have been
0:16:31 > 0:16:33attempts by the submarine to make contact.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Now they feel betrayed.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37TRANSLATION:I feel cheated. They are swines.
0:16:37 > 0:16:45They manipulated us.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47TRANSLATION:We have no more saints to pray to,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50no more saints to ask.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Aircraft and ships from more than half a dozen nations have been
0:16:53 > 0:16:55involved in what is still officially a search and rescue mission,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57at times in heavy seas.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59This, the view from the Royal Navy ship HMS
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Protector earlier this week.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05But so far, nothing.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11The San Juan left the southern tip of Argentina almost two weeks ago.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14She was on a 2000-mile journey back to Mar del Plata when she reported
0:17:14 > 0:17:16an electrical failure.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Her last communication, halfway home, was last Wednesday -
0:17:20 > 0:17:23the same day they have now identified that sound
0:17:23 > 0:17:25like an explosion.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28If it was to be an explosion, or an implosion, more correctly,
0:17:28 > 0:17:37it's very likely to have come from submarine.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39There's nothing else in that area which could have
0:17:39 > 0:17:40caused that sort of noise.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It now seems unlikely their prayers will be answered.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46For the families of the 44 crew, hopes of a miraculous rescue have
0:17:46 > 0:17:48all but disappeared.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Jonathan Beale, BBC News.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57The Football Association and the players' union have launched
0:17:57 > 0:18:00a major study into the health of 15,000 former professionals
0:18:00 > 0:18:02as part of an investigation into the long-term risks
0:18:02 > 0:18:04of heading a football.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06The study will ask whether professional footballers are more
0:18:06 > 0:18:08likely to develop brain conditions such as dementia than
0:18:08 > 0:18:14the rest of the population.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But, as our sports editor Dan Roan reports, authorities
0:18:16 > 0:18:21are being criticised for being slow to consider the problem.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22That's a good ball, a little flick on!
0:18:22 > 0:18:23It's in the net!
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Heading the ball has been a part of football
0:18:26 > 0:18:29since the game was invented, but in recent years there's been
0:18:29 > 0:18:30mounting concern over the danger it could pose
0:18:30 > 0:18:32to players' long-term health.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And today the FA announced it'd finally commissioned
0:18:35 > 0:18:38a landmark study into links between football and dementia.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40The expert leading the research telling me just
0:18:40 > 0:18:42how significant it is.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46We're going to be as thorough as we can possibly be.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48We're looking at in excess of 15,000 former footballers,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52and matching them to somewhere around 45,000 population control.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55So we get a good sense of what their numbers look
0:18:55 > 0:19:00like against what we would expect from the population.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Nodding it on.
0:19:02 > 0:19:0415 years ago, a coroner ruled that former England striker Jeff Astle
0:19:04 > 0:19:07died aged 59 as a result of industrial disease -
0:19:07 > 0:19:08dementia caused by repeated heading had contributed
0:19:08 > 0:19:12to the cause of death.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15One of hundreds of players diagnosed with degenerative brain
0:19:15 > 0:19:18conditions after retirement, Astle's family have been
0:19:18 > 0:19:21at the heart of the campaign demanding the sport's authorities
0:19:21 > 0:19:25honour their duty of care to former professionals.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The FA have a responsibility across the game in its entirety.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The PFA are there for player welfare.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34But, yes, they're doing it, but I still believe they've
0:19:34 > 0:19:35been cornered into this.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38They've been cornered into doing the research.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42It's something that's not going to go away.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Former England captain Alan Shearer, still the Premier League's leading
0:19:45 > 0:19:48goal scorer and a player renowned for his heading, highlighted
0:19:48 > 0:19:50the issue in a recent BBC documentary, undergoing a series
0:19:50 > 0:19:55of medical tests on his own brain.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56I'm pleased that eventually the authorities have listened
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and are now going to do the research that should have
0:19:59 > 0:20:02been done years ago.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05We can't look back, unfortunately, we can only look forward now
0:20:05 > 0:20:10and support Willie and his team.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13And, hopefully, they will be able to start and get some answers now.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Today, the FA said it felt compelled to conduct what it vowed would be
0:20:17 > 0:20:21one of the most comprehensive studies ever into this issue.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Further proof that it must now address one of the greatest
0:20:24 > 0:20:26challenges facing its future, both in the professional ranks
0:20:26 > 0:20:27and at the grass-roots.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Despite the obvious health benefits for children who play sport,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34there are now calls for heading to be banned for under 11s
0:20:34 > 0:20:35until the health risks are better understood.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38And football's not alone.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Rugby has had to change its rules over the assessment
0:20:40 > 0:20:42of head injuries.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48American football's concussion crisis, meanwhile, has resulted
0:20:48 > 0:20:50in a $1 billion settlement after former players sued
0:20:50 > 0:20:52the NFL over brain disease.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53In goes the cross, and Rose!
0:20:53 > 0:20:56This has become an issue sport can no longer afford to ignore.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Dan Roan, BBC News, Wembley.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Dozens of prominent Saudi figures continue to be held at a luxury
0:21:02 > 0:21:04hotel in the capital Riyadh following their detention
0:21:04 > 0:21:07earlier this month.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09They're being held after an anti-corruption drive
0:21:09 > 0:21:13by the new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16It's understood they'll be allowed to go if they hand over
0:21:16 > 0:21:1870% of their wealth - an overall figure that would amount
0:21:18 > 0:21:21to hundreds of billions of pounds.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet
0:21:23 > 0:21:25is the first journalist to be allowed inside the hotel
0:21:25 > 0:21:31and she sent this report.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36It contains some flashing images.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38We drive in under police escort, just past midnight.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40No-one enters here now without official permission.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42The world's most talked about hotel.
0:21:42 > 0:21:49Riyadh's most palatial, most prestigious, now a gilded prison.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I'm taken in by Saudi officials and told, don't
0:21:51 > 0:21:54film faces, don't record conversations.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Here in the early hours of the morning, there are
0:21:57 > 0:22:00still people in the lobby drinking coffee as you'd
0:22:00 > 0:22:04find in any of the five star hotels here in the capital.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Most of the people who have now been forced to stay here
0:22:07 > 0:22:08are keeping to themselves.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Trying to limit any further damage to their reputation.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Their mobile phones have been taken away from them.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17But there is a hotline that's available to them.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20They can call their lawyers, family members, even leading
0:22:20 > 0:22:24members of the companies they're still trying to keep running.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Some of the biggest Saudi billionaires are under hotel arrest.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, luxury hotelier himself.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34At least 11 Princes.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Miteb bin Abdullah headed the elite National Guard.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41His young cousin, Mohammad bin Salman, is
0:22:41 > 0:22:46driving this spectacular dragnet.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49For the last two years building files on alleged corruption, abuses
0:22:49 > 0:22:53of power, while consolidating his own power.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55I'm taken to meet one suspect.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00He doesn't give me his name.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02He says he spends his time with his lawyer,
0:23:02 > 0:23:03focusing on his case,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I'm told not to ask about it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10But I get a briefing.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Senior officials conducting this crackdown say it's
0:23:12 > 0:23:13not a formal investigation yet.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15They call it a friendly process.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16But it's clearly fraught.
0:23:16 > 0:23:23We're being told that when people were brought here
0:23:23 > 0:23:26around midnight on November 4th, they were understandably angry.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Some of them thought this would just be a
0:23:28 > 0:23:29show.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30And it wouldn't last.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32And then when they realised they were here to
0:23:32 > 0:23:34stay, they were furious, almost everyone here,
0:23:34 > 0:23:3795% I was told, are willing to make a deal to give back
0:23:37 > 0:23:41what are said to be substantial sums of money in order to get out of
0:23:41 > 0:23:42here.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And, so far, seven people have walked free.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50I was told they proved their innocence.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Many Saudis welcome an end to the rampant
0:23:52 > 0:23:53corruption in the kingdom.
0:23:53 > 0:24:00There are risks, too.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02The ambitious crown prince risks creating enemies and uncertainty,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04which could endanger the very stability and reforms he knows his
0:24:04 > 0:24:08kingdom so badly needs.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09The crown prince hopes everyone will be
0:24:09 > 0:24:11checking out by the end of this year.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14The longer this ordeal drags on, the more questions will be asked
0:24:14 > 0:24:16here and abroad about what's going on inside.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Lyse Doucet, BBC News, at the Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23A major clean-up is under way in parts of northern England
0:24:23 > 0:24:28and north Wales which were affected by flooding last night.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31There were flash floods in Llangefni and more than 70 people had to be
0:24:31 > 0:24:35rescued from their homes near Lancaster after nearly two
0:24:35 > 0:24:37inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43Roads were closed and rail services were affected.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Shares in Centrica, the company which owns British Gas,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47suffered their biggest ever one-day loss today.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50The value of the company was down over a fifth at one point today,
0:24:50 > 0:24:51before ending 15% lower.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55The losses came after it revealed that it had lost more than 800,000
0:24:55 > 0:25:01customer accounts since June.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Centrica said it has also been affected by lower demand for energy,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06because of mild weather in the early part of the autumn.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08New rules are being introduced to stop internet providers
0:25:08 > 0:25:13making misleading claims about their broadband packages.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16From May, companies will only be allowed to advertise a top speed
0:25:16 > 0:25:23if at least half of their customers can access it at peak times.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26The British actor Gary Oldman says that playing Sir Winston Churchill
0:25:26 > 0:25:29in a new film about the wartime leader has been the most daunting
0:25:29 > 0:25:31challenge of his career.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34His portrayal of Churchill has been widely tipped for an Oscar,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37as our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Gary Oldman, at perhaps his most powerful and charismatic.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Would you stop interrupting me while I am interupting you!?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Almost unrecognisable for a performance he hopes
0:25:54 > 0:25:57truly embodies Churchill.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Before we learn!
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Well, I knew I didn't look like him.
0:26:01 > 0:26:10I thought that with some work I could approximate the voice.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14You get to a point where it has to become creation,
0:26:14 > 0:26:19rather than impersonation.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21You try to get the spirit of the essence of the man.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Let me see your true qualities, your courage.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26My poor judgment.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Your lack of vanity.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28My iron will.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Your sense of humour.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Ho, ho ho.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36Like Churchill, out of public view, Oldman did have occasional doubts.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38The work that is most terrifying is often the work
0:26:38 > 0:26:40that turns out the best, because, to begin with,
0:26:40 > 0:26:46it seemed insurmountable.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50It was just such a mountain to climb.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Churchill, of course, has been played so many
0:26:52 > 0:26:54times by so many people.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57You've got this image of Churchill, but is that contaminated
0:26:57 > 0:27:00or in any way influenced by Albert Finney as Churchill?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03The Chancellor of the Exchequer, doing pretty well.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Or Robert Hardy as Churchill?
0:27:05 > 0:27:10They will soon be looking for war!
0:27:10 > 0:27:12So I went to the newsreel.
0:27:12 > 0:27:20I saw a man who was dynamic, youthful, full of energy.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I believe we are to meet regularly...
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Darkest Hour doesn't reach UK cinemas until next January.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30But Gary Oldman is already odds-on favourite to win
0:27:30 > 0:27:35the Academy Award for Best Actor.
0:27:35 > 0:27:44If I was going to get an Oscar, I can't think of a better
0:27:44 > 0:27:47part to get it for, let's put it that way.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48We shall fight on the beaches!
0:27:48 > 0:27:51A portrayal of the past that many expect to make history
0:27:51 > 0:27:52in the film world, too.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53We shall never surrender!
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Lizo Mzimba, BBC News.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59The Ashes Series is under way and in just over an hour's time
0:27:59 > 0:28:01England will resume batting against Australia in
0:28:01 > 0:28:04the first Test in Brisbane.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06England won the toss and chose to bat first,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08ending the day on 196 for 4.
0:28:08 > 0:28:18Live to the Gabba stadium and our correspondent Andy Swiss.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Yes, welcome to Brisbane. How many times have we seen England blown
0:28:23 > 0:28:27away here on day one of an Ashes Series? Well, it didn't happen this
0:28:27 > 0:28:32time. Yes, Australia's bowlers did battle back, but England's batsman
0:28:32 > 0:28:33will resume with a real chance.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37It is almost a national hobby, beating England is what Australia
0:28:37 > 0:28:39have done so often here.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41And their fans flock to the Gabba with a
0:28:41 > 0:28:45confidence to match the visitors' caution.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Without Ben Stokes, England's low-key line-up began as the Ashes
0:28:49 > 0:28:53underdogs, and after opting to bat, it didn't take long to see why.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58Mitchell Starc snaring Alastair Cook for just two.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Australia's paceman pounding in.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01The verbal bouncers flying.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03But instead of a collapse, a comeback.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Not many expected James Vince to be picked for this tour,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09but he set about showing why.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14The hosts' much hyped attack looking toothless, until this.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Stoneman emphatically bowled by Pat Cummins for 53,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18before a moment of brilliance
0:29:18 > 0:29:22in the field from Nathan Lyon.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27After his pre-Ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Vince run out for 83 and suddenly the pendulum had
0:29:30 > 0:29:31veered Australia's way.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Joe Root surviving an LBW decision, but not for long.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38The review showed he was out, the skipper gone for 15.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Before a few morale-boosting blows from Moeen Ali helped guide England
0:29:41 > 0:29:46through to the close.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49For the fans, then, a first day of fluctuating fortunes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52England's impressive start followed by Australia's late resurgence.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57The early signs suggest this could be a competitive series.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00An absorbing start to the Ashes, then, but England know the hard work
0:30:00 > 0:30:09has only just begun.
0:30:09 > 0:30:16Yes, England will resume on 196-4. They are actually starting play half
0:30:16 > 0:30:20hour early because of yesterday's rain delay. With the game so finely
0:30:20 > 0:30:23poised, there is a real sense that today's first session could be
0:30:23 > 0:30:26crucial.
0:30:26 > 0:30:34Thanks very much, and Andy Swiss looking