0:00:04 > 0:00:07A bleak outlook for the economy amid warnings that the UK is facing
0:00:07 > 0:00:13an unprecedented squeeze on living standards.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Feeling the pinch - an independent economic think tank
0:00:15 > 0:00:17says the continuing pressure on wages in Britain
0:00:17 > 0:00:19is truly astonishing.
0:00:19 > 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 > 0:00:29they were in 2008.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31That is wholly unprecedented, certainly the worst since
0:00:31 > 0:00:35the mid-19th century.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37But the Prime Minister has defended yesterday's budget insisting
0:00:37 > 0:00:42the government recognises the pressure on families.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45The housekeeping money now, I'm spending the same for two of us
0:00:45 > 0:00:48as I was when there was a family of five living at home.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49I have to budget.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I mean I have to go into shops when they're doing their mark-down
0:00:52 > 0:00:54prices on their food.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56We'll be looking at what's behind the sharp fall
0:00:56 > 0:00:57in economic forecasts.
0:00:57 > 0:01:05Also on the programme tonight.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Heavy rain brings flooding in the north - more than 70 people
0:01:08 > 0:01:18had to be rescued from their homes.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25A deal means that thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled Bangladesh
0:01:25 > 0:01:27may be able to return home to Myanmar.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Do headers harm your health?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Thousands of former professional footballers are taking part
0:01:30 > 0:01:32in a study to find out the long-term impact.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The 70th Ashes series is under way in Australia with England so far
0:01:35 > 0:01:36doing better than many expected.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38And coming up on Sportsday, all change in England's
0:01:38 > 0:01:39rugby union team.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Captain Dylan Hartley is on the bench for the first time
0:01:42 > 0:01:52under head coach Eddie Jones.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09The UK is in danger of losing almost 20 years of growth in earnings -
0:02:09 > 0:02:12that's the stark warning from the Institute of Fiscal Studies
0:02:12 > 0:02:14after yesterday's budget.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17The independent think-tank says the squeeze on living standards
0:02:17 > 0:02:20in the past ten years is unprecedented and warned
0:02:20 > 0:02:22that the economic outlook is "grim".
0:02:22 > 0:02:25It says there's no imminent end to austerity and government
0:02:25 > 0:02:27borrowing is now expected to rise for another fifty years.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32-- decades.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he hoped to prove the forecasts
0:02:35 > 0:02:37wrong and insisted his Budget yesterday was a package for families
0:02:37 > 0:02:38feeling the pressure.
0:02:38 > 0:02:44Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed reports
0:02:44 > 0:02:49It can all seem distant. The Treasury, the government department
0:02:49 > 0:02:53that publishes the budget but what this grand office of state says
0:02:53 > 0:02:59matters for all of us today it became clear why. The budget's major
0:02:59 > 0:03:04growth downgrade reveals the amount we earn has not increased in a
0:03:04 > 0:03:07decade and however hard we work and however far we travel and stagnant
0:03:07 > 0:03:13wages could be with this into the next decade. Out shopping in Essex,
0:03:13 > 0:03:19Adele and her daughter Emily. It is a struggle making ends meet.I have
0:03:19 > 0:03:28been working years have not had a pay rise and I now have a child.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Everything else is gone up, food has gone up. We are constantly getting
0:03:30 > 0:03:35told this and that is going up but nothing else is going up with it.I
0:03:35 > 0:03:41asked the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies why it mattered.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Economic forecasts may not sound important but when they meet your
0:03:45 > 0:03:48earnings and living standards will be lower than expected it is time to
0:03:48 > 0:03:54listen. Earnings in the early 2020s will be below where they were in
0:03:54 > 0:03:592008, making it the worst decade for living standards in living memory
0:03:59 > 0:04:05and a long time before that.The Prime Minister visiting a college
0:04:05 > 0:04:09for trainee builders. She knows she has to convince people like Adele
0:04:09 > 0:04:16she is on her side.The Chancellor and I agree the budget was about
0:04:16 > 0:04:19jobs for people up and down the country, ensuring people are in work
0:04:19 > 0:04:23with income for their family and building the homes they need and
0:04:23 > 0:04:29ensuring we seize opportunities for the future.The effort to seize
0:04:29 > 0:04:34opportunities of the future has to overcome a major hurdle, the living
0:04:34 > 0:04:39standards squeeze. At the time of the financial crisis average
0:04:39 > 0:04:44earnings were £24,500 and fell sharply as the financial crisis bit.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Look how slow the recovery has been. Even by 2022 people will earn less
0:04:50 > 0:04:58on average than ten years ago. That is the key question, why aren't real
0:04:58 > 0:05:05incomes rising? There are a number of answers. The governments of many
0:05:05 > 0:05:08decades of whichever party have failed to invest in the things that
0:05:08 > 0:05:14matter, like other skills. The financial crisis that sucked so much
0:05:14 > 0:05:19money out of the financial system and the businesses themselves. Some
0:05:19 > 0:05:24of which seem to prefer to rely on cheap labour, rather than investing
0:05:24 > 0:05:27in machinery that would make them more efficient and their employees
0:05:27 > 0:05:34wealthier. For the government opponents, there are those
0:05:34 > 0:05:42deep-seated economic problems.It is those delivering key services,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46nurses, midwives, firefighters, teachers, who are worse off than
0:05:46 > 0:05:52they were a decade ago. There is nothing here that can be considered
0:05:52 > 0:05:59remotely strong.People have been helped the Tories say with record
0:05:59 > 0:06:03employment levels and higher living wage. Tonight the government was
0:06:03 > 0:06:09putting the finishing touches to the next effort at boosting the economy.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The industrial strategy. Stand-by for that week.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14The Chancellor insists his Budget will address Britain's problems
0:06:14 > 0:06:16with productivity despite the gloomy forecasts for economic growth.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19But low productivity is one of the biggest factors behind
0:06:19 > 0:06:20the poor outlook for growth.
0:06:20 > 0:06:30Our Business Editor Simon Jack considers what's been going wrong.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37It is the word of the week, baby the decade. It means the value of work
0:06:37 > 0:06:43done per worker per hour and if it goes up the economy grows and so do
0:06:43 > 0:06:46pay and living standards. When it doesn't, they don't. Right now, it
0:06:46 > 0:06:53isn't. When people hear our productivity is low and some wonder
0:06:53 > 0:06:57if workers are being accused of being lazy but it is not that, I
0:06:57 > 0:07:01could be the best typist and hardest working person but there would be a
0:07:01 > 0:07:05limit to how ministers I could write. To really get things done and
0:07:05 > 0:07:11be more productive, I need one of these. It is a problem Britain's
0:07:11 > 0:07:16biggest companies recognise.The data suggests we have a productivity
0:07:16 > 0:07:21problem and it has flat lined the last few years. Everybody recognises
0:07:21 > 0:07:29that. I think both and indeed education in general, we all have a
0:07:29 > 0:07:34stake in making that and fixing that.The government answer has been
0:07:34 > 0:07:39to get big companies like BT to pay half a per cent of their wage bill
0:07:39 > 0:07:42into an apprenticeship kitty that smaller companies can use. The
0:07:42 > 0:07:49latest figures show it is not working. This time last year 117,000
0:07:49 > 0:07:54people started an apprenticeship and the same time this year the number
0:07:54 > 0:08:01was only 68,000, a fall of 59%.What is going wrong? The implementation
0:08:01 > 0:08:05of the policy has been diabolical with an inflexible approach to
0:08:05 > 0:08:10training, a 10% charge to employers when they had it for free and the
0:08:10 > 0:08:14procurement process, all three have caused problems which is why the
0:08:14 > 0:08:19numbers have fallen.The problem does not seem to be demand from
0:08:19 > 0:08:23apprentices themselves.My mum always wanted me to go to university
0:08:23 > 0:08:28but I tell her it does not give you the best thing ever, so going to
0:08:28 > 0:08:32university gives you a degree which is good, but doing an
0:08:32 > 0:08:36apprenticeship, you are paid, get a better opportunity, learn skills and
0:08:36 > 0:08:41meet new people.If we are to tackle the productivity puzzle we need an
0:08:41 > 0:08:44increase in training which means getting people doing apprenticeships
0:08:44 > 0:08:49in the right areas and industries. It is one of the top three issues
0:08:49 > 0:08:55members tell us they want solved. The government said it remains
0:08:55 > 0:08:59committed to providing 3 million apprenticeships by 2020. To hit the
0:08:59 > 0:09:01target, the plan may need a rewrite.
0:09:01 > 0:09:07Joining me from Westminster, is our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11The forecasts are grim but is the Chancellor hoping more clarity on
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Brexit could change that?Looking at what we have learned there is not
0:09:15 > 0:09:20much for him to be cheery about with the Tories' original economic plans
0:09:20 > 0:09:26years off and the picture in the next few years looking glum. In the
0:09:26 > 0:09:30background there are questions over Brexit, will it have a good or bad
0:09:30 > 0:09:36effect? They hover over everything in Westminster. In the political
0:09:36 > 0:09:40scores, ministers felt there were two big things to get right before
0:09:40 > 0:09:47Christmas after a bad summer and autumn for the Tories and the first
0:09:47 > 0:09:49was to get through a budget unscathed and the second to persuade
0:09:49 > 0:09:54the rest of the EU to talk about business in the future and a really
0:09:54 > 0:09:58critical summit meeting that will take place just before Christmas. In
0:09:58 > 0:10:03the last 24 hours they feel in government they have achieved the
0:10:03 > 0:10:06first task, not that they have sorted out all the economic
0:10:06 > 0:10:11problems, but they have got through a huge day like the budget and
0:10:11 > 0:10:16avoided banana skins. The second part, that is a huge job of work to
0:10:16 > 0:10:22be done. Theresa May goes to Brussels tomorrow to press the flesh
0:10:22 > 0:10:26and dangle a new and improved financial offer, a hypothetical
0:10:26 > 0:10:32check will be put on the table to try to persuade the Brussels
0:10:32 > 0:10:36establishment and the 27 other countries that by Christmas the UK
0:10:36 > 0:10:41and everyone else can agree it is time to talk about the future. That
0:10:41 > 0:10:45is a huge and vital pressure for the Prime Minister, and compared to
0:10:45 > 0:10:49getting through a budget without big mistakes it might feel a lot harder.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Thank you.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Dozens of people had to be rescued from their homes in parts of Cumbria
0:10:54 > 0:10:56and Lancashire last night after heavy rainfall
0:10:56 > 0:10:57caused flooding.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59More than 70 people were helped to safety after the emergency
0:10:59 > 0:11:01services received hundreds of calls.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03A number of flood warnings are still in place.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Our correspondent Danny Savage is in the village of
0:11:05 > 0:11:11Galgate in Lancashire.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17This time last night the rain was falling hard and water levels were
0:11:17 > 0:11:22rising, soon to flood out properties behind me. The water has gone and
0:11:22 > 0:11:27the hope is that the colder, drier weather moving in will hang around
0:11:27 > 0:11:31and allow water levels in rivers and the ground to drop off
0:11:31 > 0:11:37significantly. The worry in the long-term is that this is the start
0:11:37 > 0:11:38another long, wet winter.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42What do you think?
0:11:42 > 0:11:47This isn't the sound a mixing desk is supposed to make.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50This recording studio at the back of a house in Galgate in Lancaster
0:11:50 > 0:11:52has been ruined by the flooding, its owners caught out
0:11:52 > 0:11:55by the rapid rise of the water.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59My husband has a studio at the back of the house
0:11:59 > 0:12:04where he does his music.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06The warning was the people on the street going,
0:12:06 > 0:12:07we need some help.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09The conditions around here last night were dreadful.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11There came a point when we were bucketing it out,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13bailing it out we had pumps going.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16There came a point where it was bucket versus river and the river
0:12:16 > 0:12:18won and it is now like this.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21So I have lifted as much as I can from the ground floor,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24but there are bikes down there, my cooker has gone, my boiler,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26my washing machine, my dishwasher, everything.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Further north in Cumbria, the heavy rain closed roads and sent
0:12:29 > 0:12:32floodwater creeping towards homes.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The worst of it was kept out by the Fire Service.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Travellers on the West Coast Mainline faced long delays
0:12:40 > 0:12:42as the tracks north of Preston disappeared under water.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Passengers were put on buses.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48North Wales was hit, too, with Anglesey the worst affected.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It is just unbelievable.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55I have never seen anything like it in my life.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00And I've been brought up here and it was just, well, shocking.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Back in Galgate, the Fire Brigade were pumping out
0:13:02 > 0:13:03the cellar of the New Inn.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I'm totally distraught.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I don't think that I can actually continue with this now.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10With your business?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Yeah.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17The landlord believes he has lost his livelihood.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19The cellar is flooded, the kitchen is gone.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21All my food stock has gone.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23All the fridges and freezers are turned upside down.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26What can I do?
0:13:26 > 0:13:34What it highlights is there are lots of communities in this part
0:13:34 > 0:13:37of Britain that are vulnerable to flooding when you get those
0:13:37 > 0:13:39periods of heavy rain in a short space of time.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42The water has receded, but people will be staring anxiously
0:13:42 > 0:13:43at the skies for some time yet.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Danny Savage, BBC News, Lancashire.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53The Argentine Navy now says it detected a sound which it suspects
0:13:53 > 0:13:56was an explosion around the time contact was lost with a submarine
0:13:56 > 0:13:57in the south Atlantic.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00The San Juan, which had a crew of 44 on board,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01disappeared last Wednesday.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05More than a dozen nations including the United States,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Britain and Russia have been searching for the vessel.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12One of the killers of the toddler James Bulger is back in prison
0:14:12 > 0:14:13while police investigate the discovery of suspected child
0:14:13 > 0:14:23abuse images on a computer.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Jon Venables, who was ten he killed the little boy
0:14:27 > 0:14:29with Robert Thompson in 1993, was freed on licence in 2001.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32The jury at the trial of an Army sergeant accused of trying
0:14:32 > 0:14:35to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute has been
0:14:35 > 0:14:36discharged, after failing to reach verdicts.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Emile Cilliers - seen here with his wife Victoria -
0:14:39 > 0:14:40had denied all charges.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42The court had been sitting for seven weeks.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44The Crown Prosecution Service says it will seek a retrial.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46The physical and mental health of around 15,000 former
0:14:46 > 0:14:48professional footballers is going to be studied
0:14:48 > 0:14:51by researchers who are trying to determine the long-term impact
0:14:51 > 0:14:53of heading a football.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55The FA and the Professional Footballers' Association have
0:14:55 > 0:14:56commissioned the research amid growing concern
0:14:56 > 0:15:02about the long-term effect that contact sport can have on the brain.
0:15:02 > 0:15:10Our Sports Editor Dan Roan reports.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Heading the ball has been a part of football since the game was
0:15:13 > 0:15:16invented, but in recent years there's been mounting concern over
0:15:16 > 0:15:19the danger it could pose to players' long-term health, and today the FA
0:15:19 > 0:15:21announced it'd finally commissioned a landmark study into links between
0:15:21 > 0:15:25football and dementia.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27The expert leading the research telling me just
0:15:27 > 0:15:32how significant it is.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34We're going to be as thorough as we can possibly be.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37We're looking at in excess of 15,000 former footballers an
0:15:37 > 0:15:40matching them to somewhere around 45,000 population control.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43So we get a good sense of what their numbers
0:15:43 > 0:15:45look like against what we would expect from the population.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47COMMENTATOR:Nodding it on.
0:15:47 > 0:15:4915 years ago, a coroner ruled that former
0:15:49 > 0:15:56England striker, Jeff Astle, died aged 59 as a result of industrial
0:15:56 > 0:15:58disease, dementia caused by repeated heading had contributed
0:15:58 > 0:15:59to the cause of death.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01One of hundreds of players diagnosed with degenerative brain
0:16:01 > 0:16:04conditions after retirement, Astle's family have
0:16:04 > 0:16:07been at the heart of the
0:16:07 > 0:16:09campaign demanding the sports authorities honour their duty of
0:16:09 > 0:16:12care to former professionals.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16The FA have a responsibility across the
0:16:16 > 0:16:17game in its entirety.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The PFA are there for player welfare.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23But, yes, they are doing it, but I still believe they've been
0:16:23 > 0:16:24cornered into this.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26They've been cornered into doing the research.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32It's something that's not going to go away.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Former England captain Alan Shearer, still the Premier
0:16:34 > 0:16:36League's leading goal scorer and a player renowned
0:16:36 > 0:16:38for his heading, highlighted the issue in a recent
0:16:38 > 0:16:44BBC documentary undergoing a series of medical tests on his own brain.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I'm pleased that eventually the authorities have listened and are
0:16:47 > 0:16:50now going to do the research that should have been done years ago.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55We can't look back unfortunately, we can only look forward now and
0:16:55 > 0:16:58support Willie and his team and, hopefully, they will be able to
0:16:58 > 0:17:06start and get some answers now.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Today, the FA said it felt compelled to conduct what it vowed would be
0:17:09 > 0:17:12one of the most comprehensive studies ever into this issue.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Further proof that it must now address one of the greatest
0:17:14 > 0:17:17challenges facing its future, both in the professional ranks and at the
0:17:17 > 0:17:18grass-roots.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Despite the obvious health benefits for children who
0:17:21 > 0:17:24play sport there are calls for heading to be banned for under 11s
0:17:24 > 0:17:25until the health risks are better understood.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Football's not alone.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34Rugby has had to change its rules over the assessment
0:17:34 > 0:17:44of head injuries.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46American football's
0:17:46 > 0:17:47concussion crisis meanwhile has
0:17:47 > 0:17:49resulted in £1 billion settlement
0:17:49 > 0:17:50after former players sewed the NFL
0:17:50 > 0:17:51over brain disease.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Our top story this evening.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55A bleak outlook for the economy amid warnings that the UK is facing
0:17:55 > 0:17:57an unprecedented squeeze on living standards.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58And still to come...
0:17:58 > 0:18:02We'll have some good news for coffee lovers.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05England's Ashes debutants star on day one.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08We will have all the reaction from Brisbane, plus a look
0:18:08 > 0:18:18ahead to the second day's play.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31The plight of the Rohingya Muslims has been called the world's fastest
0:18:31 > 0:18:32growing humanitarian crisis.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Since August more than 600,000 Rohingyas have
0:18:33 > 0:18:35fled their homes in Myanmar after a military crackdown,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37crossing the border into neighbouring Bangladesh.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39They've been living in vast makeshift refugee camps.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41But now thousands may be able to return home
0:18:41 > 0:18:44after a deal was signed between the two countries.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47However, aid agencies say their safety must be guaranteed.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53Reeta Chakrabarti reports from Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59A mass of humanity has made its home here, a city made up
0:18:59 > 0:19:03entirely of people who fled.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06They arrived with stories of being shot at and raped
0:19:06 > 0:19:11and their children being killed.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Would they, could they return to Myanmar?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17TRANSLATION:We won't go back.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20We were brutally tortured.
0:19:20 > 0:19:28Young men were put in prison and houses were set on fire.
0:19:28 > 0:19:36Rashida and her husband lost someone they escaped.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Rashida and her husband lost a son when they escaped.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Here, at his grave, Rashida breaks down.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43We saw her with her son two months ago.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46The 15-year-old had trodden on a landmine laid
0:19:46 > 0:19:50in Myanmar at the border where they cross to Bangladesh.
0:19:50 > 0:19:58Two days after these pictures were filmed, he died.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Then, she told us, she could not bear even to say the word Myanmar.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Here, in the cramped shelter she shares with her husband and six
0:20:05 > 0:20:13other family members, Rashida says she will not return.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16TRANSLATION:Our hearts were broken in Myanmar.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17What does pain mean?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I had two sons injured in Myanmar.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Will we get peace there?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26If everybody goes back, we will.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31But our hearts don't tell us to go back, they don't, they don't.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34But according to the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar,
0:20:34 > 0:20:40some of these people could start to return in just two months' time.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Yet there are no details of how their safety will be guaranteed,
0:20:43 > 0:20:49nor of any international monitoring, making observers cautious.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51One thing is for sure, for refugees to be able
0:20:51 > 0:20:54to exercise their fundamental right to return home, the conditions that
0:20:54 > 0:20:59made them free in the first place need to be meaningfully addressed.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Refugees need to be able to decide voluntarily to return in a safe
0:21:02 > 0:21:06and dignified manner.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Bangladesh has been under immense strain with this
0:21:08 > 0:21:11huge influx of refugees, so it is understandably keen to find
0:21:11 > 0:21:13a deal for their return.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Myanmar's motives are less clear, but the country will be under
0:21:16 > 0:21:20the spotlight next week with a visit from the Pope.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Without cast-iron guarantees for the Rohingyas safety,
0:21:21 > 0:21:27many will have serious doubts about today's announcement.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34The former Labour minister Ivan Lewis has been suspended
0:21:34 > 0:21:36by the party while allegations of inappropriate behaviour
0:21:36 > 0:21:38are investigated.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Mr Lewis denies any wrongdoing or non-consensual behaviour
0:21:40 > 0:21:43but says he's sorry if he has made women who work with
0:21:43 > 0:21:52him feel awkward.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54New rules are being introduced to stop internet providers
0:21:54 > 0:21:56making misleading claims about their broadband packages.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59From May, companies will only be allowed to advertise a top speed
0:21:59 > 0:22:06if at least half of their customers can access it at peak times.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07There's some good news for coffee drinkers.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09A review published in the British Medical Journal suggest
0:22:09 > 0:22:13drinking three or four cups a day may lower the risk of liver disease,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15some cancers and the likelihood of developing heart problems.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17However, public health experts say there is still uncertainty
0:22:17 > 0:22:19about the impact of drinking more than that.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24Sima Kotecha reports from Birmingham.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28An espresso, a cappuccino or just instant.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32More than 50 million cups of coffee are drunk every day here in the UK
0:22:32 > 0:22:34and today there's another debate about whether it's
0:22:34 > 0:22:37good or bad for you.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It's after a review has suggested drinking moderate amounts of coffee
0:22:40 > 0:22:46is more likely to benefit health than cause it harm.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50I think I enjoy the smell of it mostly, which makes me sort of feel
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- especially when you're in a country like
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Italy or something,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55waking up in the morning smelling coffee, it just makes me,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I don't know, I really love it.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59I think it's probably a placebo effect.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03You feel sort of energised by having drunk it.
0:23:03 > 0:23:10It gives me a bit of a kick is the main thing and,
0:23:10 > 0:23:11the different blends, you can slightly taste
0:23:11 > 0:23:12different things.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Sometimes they're chocolatey, sometimes they're fruity.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18The University of Southampton went through 200 studies looking at how
0:23:18 > 0:23:20coffee affects the body, and concluded three or four cups
0:23:20 > 0:23:25of it a day could lead to a lower risk of developing health problems.
0:23:25 > 0:23:32However, it also said too much of it while pregnant can be dangerous.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34In some cases, a small amount of coffee can cause anxiety,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36and there are studies that suggest children, adolescents
0:23:36 > 0:23:38and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to the adverse
0:23:38 > 0:23:45effects of caffeine.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It gives me kind of...
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It brings my anxiety levels up a bit.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53My gears are always grinding and I think sometimes I can
0:23:53 > 0:23:56have a caffeine overload, so I try to stay away from it
0:23:56 > 0:23:59as much as when I was younger when I worked in construction.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I was drinking it, you know, nonstop all the time.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Critics say the finding of this particular review could be skewed
0:24:04 > 0:24:06because those evaluated may have been healthy before
0:24:06 > 0:24:12starting to drink coffee.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16I tend to ignore this kind of advice because from one day to the next it
0:24:16 > 0:24:20tends to differ, so I wouldn't be surprised if in a week or two we got
0:24:20 > 0:24:22some other report saying that coffee is bad for you after all.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24But I guess everything in moderation.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Researchers are now calling for rigorous clinical trials
0:24:26 > 0:24:29to explore the drink's effects.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32And a last bit of advice from them - opt for milk
0:24:32 > 0:24:33with your coffee rather than cream.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Birmingham.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Cricket - the 70th Ashes Test series is under way in Australia
0:24:40 > 0:24:45with England looking to defend the urn they won in 2015.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48But Australia, who beat England 5-0 when they last played down under,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50are the favourites to win this time.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss sent this report from Brisbane.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57It is almost a national hobby.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Beating England is what Australia have done so often here
0:25:01 > 0:25:05and their fans flocked to the stadium with the confidence
0:25:05 > 0:25:09to match the visitors' caution.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Without Ben Stokes, England's low-key line-up began as the Ashes
0:25:12 > 0:25:15underdogs, and after opting to bat, it didn't take long to see why.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21Mitchell Starc snaring Alastair Cook for just two.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Australia's pace man pounding in.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24The verbal bouncers flying.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26But instead of a collapse, a comeback.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Not many expected James Vince to be picked for this tour,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32but he set about showing why.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37The hosts' much hyped attack looking toothless, until this.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Stoneman emphatically bowled by Pat Cummins for 53,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41before a moment of brilliance
0:25:41 > 0:25:44in the field from Nathan Lyon.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48After his pre-Ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Vince ran out for 83 and suddenly the pendulum had
0:25:50 > 0:25:52veered Australia's way.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Joe Root surviving an LBW decision, but not for long.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01The review showed he was out, the skipper gone for 15.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Before a few morale-boosting blows from Moeen Ali helped guide England
0:26:04 > 0:26:07through to the close.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11For the fans, then, a first day of fluctuating fortunes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15England's impressive start followed by Australia's late resurgence.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20The early signs suggest this could be a competitive series.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23An absorbing start to the Ashes, then, but England know the hard work
0:26:23 > 0:26:25has only just begun.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Andy Swiss, BBC News, Brisbane.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:34 > 0:26:40Here is Tomasz Schafernaker and the cold weather coming back again?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44It certainly is and it's going to stay cold until the end of the month
0:26:44 > 0:26:47so chilly for all of us, right down
0:26:47 > 0:26:47stay cold until the end of the month so chilly for all of us, right down
0:26:47 > 0:26:50towards the south coast. It's already been turning colder through
0:26:50 > 0:26:55the day and the temperatures were dropping through the day such is the
0:26:55 > 0:27:00extent of the chilly weather coming in. A dip in the jet stream here and
0:27:00 > 0:27:05this is what it will look like for the next few days, in this cold
0:27:05 > 0:27:10spell of weather right now. We have had some weather front in the last
0:27:10 > 0:27:1424 hours, dreadful weather across the north of the UK with heavy rain
0:27:14 > 0:27:19across Lancashire and Cumbria but the worst of that has cleared away.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22There is some rain across the south-west tonight, clipping the
0:27:22 > 0:27:25south coast but it will be just through the night so by the time we
0:27:25 > 0:27:29get to around six in the morning, that rain should be clearing away.
0:27:29 > 0:27:39Many waking up to dry weather in the morning, and a lot of clear whether
0:27:39 > 0:27:45around with crisp sunshine on the way. In the far north of the
0:27:45 > 0:27:48country, western Scotland and maybe Northern Ireland too, there will be
0:27:48 > 0:27:55showers coming in. For many of us it will be a bright if not sunny crisp
0:27:55 > 0:28:00sort of day, and these temperatures 7-9d only briefly in the afternoon,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04colder than that for the most of the day. On Saturday these
0:28:04 > 0:28:10north-westerly winds will bring showers to Scotland and parts of
0:28:10 > 0:28:14north-west England and Ireland. Again, a frosty start, crisp
0:28:14 > 0:28:14sunshine,