04/11/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay.

New claims about the conduct of MPs

swirl around Westminster.

The Conservatives suspend

Charlie Elphicke and refer

what are described as serious

allegations about him to the police.

The MP says he's done nothing wrong.

And three Labour MPs

all dispute complaints made

about their behaviour

towards women.

We'll have the latest from

Westminster.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 4th of November.

Also this morning:

Police in

New York say they are investigating

a credible rape allegation

against Harvey Weinstein.

New figures reveal that only half

the UK's fixed speed-cameras

are actually switched on.

In sport, it's fantasy football time

for over 50 teams living the dream

in the FA Cup, but there

was no knock-out punch

from Ricky Hatton's

non-league minnows Hyde,

who were given a Football League

education by the Milton Keynes Dons.

And Matt has the weather.

Good morning. Fairly wet start to

the weekend for some but things will

get drier, brighter and colder

through the day with a few showers

in the north and west. Full forecast

coming up in the next 15 minutes.

See you then.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Conservative MP,

Charlie Elphicke, has been suspended

The Conservative MP,

Charlie Elphicke, has been suspended

by the party after it said serious

allegations had been passed

to the police.

The party didn't specify

what the allegations

were or who had made them.

Mr Elphicke, a member

of the Commons Treasury Select

Committee, said the media had been

told of his suspension first

and he wasn't aware

of the nature of the claims.

Here's our political

correspondent, Chris Mason.

New allegations are emerging ever

more frequently. Political parties

accused by some of previous

unwillingness to open about

allegations they themselves were

aware of now want to be seen to be

acting quickly. This is Charlie

Elphicke, a Conservative MP for

Dover since 2010 who this morning

wakes up no longer a Tory MP, at

least for now.

That's because last night the man in

charge of discipline among

Conservative MPs, the new Chief Whip

Julian Smith, issued a statement:

In practice, this means Mr Elphick

remains in the Commons but for now

isn't a Conservative MP. Charlie

Elphicke's anger about how he's been

treated is clear. He said:

He added:

Meanwhile, the Labour MP Clive Lewis

has strongly denied an allegation of

impropriety at the Labour Party

Conference in September.

I don't as

a rule at packed Labour Party

conferences group of people's bottom

is when I greet them. It's just not

how I roll, it's just not what I do.

This is a place gripped by

trepidation about what may come

next. Individuals fearful for their

own reputations, others fearful for

the very reputation of politics

excels. Chris Mason, BBC News, at

Westminster.

Let's speak now to our political

correspondent, Emma Vardy,

who's in Westminster.

Good morning. As we heard from

Chris, there's a clampdown, what

politicians, there did Asians, their

standards, their code of conduct is

coming under scrutiny now -- there

applications.

It feels like there's

a dark cloud over British politics

at the moment -- their reputations.

It's been a fraught week at

Westminster with allegation after

allegation mounting up, you get the

sense some years of sexual

misconduct are now coming to light.

In addition to what you heard in

Chris Mason's report, of course, as

a reminder we've seen the former

defence Minister Michael Fallon

resign. There are two Mac

Conservative candidate ministers,

Damian Green and Mark Garnier under

investigation after misconduct in

the Cabinet office, and the Labour

MP Hopkins suspended, and there are

denials and allegations going back

and fourth. The parties are keen to

be seen to be taking this very

seriously. Theresa May has published

a new code of conduct for

conservatives, there's a new hotline

for complaints and an independent

figure to oversee grievances and

there will be a cross-party meeting

on Monday to establish an

independent grievance procedure. But

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are

both very much under pressure over

this. You get the sense party

officials are struggling to keep up

with the pace of allegations, nobody

is quite sure what will come out

next and some are saying this is

somewhat reminiscent of the expenses

scandal that rocked British politics

in 2009. Others are saying, take a

step back, this is what we're

seeing, a long overdue change in the

culture of British politics. This

morning parties are poised for other

allegations to perhaps come out and

nobody really knows exactly how long

this will take to run its course and

where it's going to go next.

We'll

be following it closely. Emma,

thanks very much.

Police in New York say

they have a viable case

against the Hollywood

producer Harvey Weinstein.

The announcement came

after actress Paz de la Huerta

claimed that Mr Weinstein

raped her twice in 2010.

She is among dozens of women

who have come forward since October

to accuse the 65-year-old

of sexual misconduct.

He has denied all allegations

of non-consensual sex.

David Willis reports.

Recent weeks have seen a torrent of

allegations against Harvey

Weinstein. Now comes the first word

of a possible arrest. New York

detectives following up a call to

the department last week are

investigating an actress's claimed

that the former movie mogul raped

her twice back in 2010. They say the

woman's account is detailed and

credible.

We have an actual case

here. We are happy with where the

investigation is right now. Mr

Weinstein is out of state. We would

need an arrest warrant to arrest

him. So right now we're gathering

our evidence, we continue to do so

every day.

And some of Hollywood's

biggest names, among them Gwyneth

Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, came

forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein

of sexual harassment. He issued a

statement emphatic Lee denying any

allegation of nonconsensual sex.

He's now under investigation here,

in Los Angeles and in the UK as

well. Like ripples in a pond, the

accusations of misconduct against

men of wealth and influence appeared

to be growing rapidly. David Willis,

BBC News, Los Angeles.

Netflix has cut all ties

with Kevin Spacey,

who plays the lead role in one

of its most successful programmes,

House of Cards.

The company said it would no longer

be involved in the series

if the actor continued

to be part of it.

The announcement came

after Mr Spacey faced allegations

of sexual misconduct

from a string of men.

A Spanish judge has issued

European Arrest Warrants

for the sacked Catalan leader

Carles Puigdemont and four

of his allies who went to Belgium.

The five failed to attend

a High Court hearing in Madrid

on Thursday when nine other

ex-members of the regional

government were taken into custody,

facing charges of rebellion,

sedition and misuse of public funds

for pursuing Catalan independence.

Mr Puigdemont has said he will not

return to Spain unless he receives

guarantees of a fair trial.

The White House has attempted

to downplay the findings of a major

climate change report compiled by 13

US federal agencies.

The report said it was

extremely likely, meaning

with 95% to 100% certainty that

global warming is manmade,

mostly from carbon dioxide

through the burning of coal,

oil and natural gas,

contradicting senior

Trump officials.

US President Donald Trump kicks off

an 11-day trip to Asia this weekend,

taking in South Korea,

Japan and China.

It will be the longest tour of Asia

by a US president in 25 years.

Before setting out he visited

Hawaii's Pearl Harbor to see a US

battleship sunk by Japanese bombers

in the Second World War,

and received a security briefing

from the US Pacific Command

on issues including

North Korea's nuclear programme.

Only around a half of fixed speed

cameras in the UK are actually

switched on, according to figures

obtained through a Freedom

of Information request.

The data reveals that at least four

police forces have no

fixed speed cameras at all,

and 13 have fewer than half actively

catching speeding drivers.

Alan Clayton reports.

For motorists caught out by them,

they infuriate and bring a hefty

fine. Safety campaigners argue speed

cameras are lifesavers. New research

suggests only around half of the

luminous boxes throughout the UK are

operational. The Press Association

sent a Freedom of Information

request to all of the 45 forces

asking how many fixed speed cameras

they had and how many were active.

The 36 which responded had a total

of 2838

The 36 which responded had a total

of 2838 cameras, of which only 52%

were working. Forces in Cleveland,

Durham and North Yorkshire said none

of their fixed speed cameras were

active. While Northants said it

turned its cameras off six years ago

but left them in place to deter

speeding.

Those than replied said they used

mobile speed cameras and regularly

reviewed which cameras were turned

on.

I suspect in this case there

thinking that the yellow boxes are

there, they're sending out the

message that motorists ought to be

recognising about risky roads, but

they're also increasingly looking to

more advanced technology such as

average speed cameras, or indeed

better engineering of the road,

which might have a more beneficial

affect.

The national police chiefs council

said the decision to use cameras was

an operational matter and that all

forces have individual

responsibility for their use of the

cameras. Alan Clayton, BBC News.

I don't know if you would be able to

speed in this car but you would be

wanting to take as long as you could

to show off.

It was fit for the king of rock n

roll but how would it look

in your driveway?

It would look good in yours, Naga.

It is pink, just your colour!

Elvis Presley's pink 1957 cadillac

is up for sale at auction

and after 30 years in a museum.

What price would you put on it, not

the piano, on the car?

That is

Whitney Houston's piano, that's

worth a lot.

It's expected to sell

for $2 million.

Whitney Houston's grand piano,

which was given to her as a gift

by her husband Bobby Brown,

is also going under the hammer,

along with a nightgown that once

belonged

to Jackie Kennedy.

That is a haul of Hollywood

delights.

All going under the

hammer. You would dent the car if it

really went under the hammer but it

will be going under auction very

soon.

Let's look at the papers. Lots

going on on the front pages, the

allegations swirling around

Westminster on many of the front

pages. The Times is looking at

Fallon. Apparently Number 10 has

been presented with details of an

alleged sexual assault by Michael

Fallon hours before his resignation.

It must be said he has said the

claim isn't true and it is

libellous. He has said, "I've

already accepted I've behaved

inappropriately in the past but I've

never physically assaulted anybody

those great. That inappropriate

behaviour he acknowledged is the

reason why he resigned. But what

might have happened in the hours

before the resignation to cause it?

Yesterday there were allegations

that Andrea Letson, the Leader of

the House of commons, had gone to

Theresa May and said that Mr Fallon

made comments to her that she didn't

approve of some years ago. The

Telegraph and the Daily Mail are

suggesting there's party politics

and leadership politics and career

politics behind this, claiming that

Fallon was scheming to have Andrea

Letson sacked over Brexit and that's

what made her go to the Prime

Minister. So hard to know exactly

what's going on in this. As we

reiterate, Michael Fallon says he

has done nothing wrong. Andrea

Letson hasn't commented on whether

she made the allegations in the

first place. She has declined to

comment. The Guardian is looking at

the cost of Brexit, remember that,

that's still going on, households

will face increases of £930 in

annual shopping bills if Britain

walks away from Brexit talks without

a trade deal.

We haven't talked much about Brexit

over the last few days, it's all

been about MPs and their personal

and professional lives rather than

policy. We will be covering more on

it from Westminster through the

morning. Time to look at Matt with

the weather. A glorious sunrise.

Grey clouds. To begin with but the

sunshine eventually breaks through.

It turns bright through the day and

a bit colder. The colder air is with

the speckled cloud to the

north-west. You can see the cloud we

have at the moment. It's here a

cross England and Wales that we have

the wettest weather. Not a great

start to the weekend. The rain is

pushing eastwards. Parts of East

Anglia and down to Kent, a lot of

rain over the next few hours. The

worst of the wet weather into the

afternoon. In the Midlands and other

parts of central England, not a

pleasant morning. The rain easing

off in the south-west and north-west

England by about 9am, with a couple

of showers still around. Brighter

conditions for Scotland and Northern

Ireland to stop the weekend, but a

few showers to the north and west

which could become heavy later.

Sleet and snow to higher ground.

Eventually the cold air pushes

across much of England and Wales.

Rain eventually clearing away from

East Anglia by the time we get to

mid-or late afternoon. A few

showers, even with the sunshine in

the west. Temperatures fall away.

Only single figures in northern and

western parts. So chilly evening for

any fireworks displays. Wendy of

showers in western areas. Eastern

areas are clearer. Showers into the

north and west into Sunday morning.

Clearer skies across eastern England

and eastern Scotland. A chilly

night. These are the temperatures in

towns and cities. Some rural parts

below freezing. It will make for a

chilly start tomorrow morning. Many

eastern areas are brighter. Western

areas seeing showers. They continued

in many parts, including the

Midlands. Later in the day down the

eastern coast there could be a

couple of showers. Overall a lot of

dry weather on Sunday and fewer

showers. It feels colder in the

breeze. If you have your fireworks

display tomorrow, only a couple of

showers around, but it will turn

cold quickly. Developing quickly in

Scotland and slowly easing from the

west overnight. But it turns chilly

across England and Wales to take us

into Monday morning. In fact as we

start the new week many across

England and Wales will wake up to a

touch of lost around on the grass

and other cars as well. A lovely

start to Monday. Scotland and

Northern Ireland, brightness giving

way to wind and rain. Overall,

nothing unusual for this time of

year. Just a little bit chilly,

especially

year. Just a little bit chilly,

especially by night.

You are wearing your fireworks tie.

I did!

It's really good!

It's the little details that count.

All of the sport later. First, let's

check in with the first family of

horseracing. They are synonymous

with the jump season at the

Cheltenham Gold Cup.

As the national Hunt calendar

begins, the family is gearing up for

another winning season. We've been

talking about the secret of their

success.

First light and as the jump season

gets under way there is a sense of

anticipation for racing 's first

family. Ted, Ruby and Katie Walsh no

glory could lie ahead and it is here

at their yard that the plans are

forged. There are dreams of the

winners at Cheltenham and entry but

it is here in the yard that hard

work is done to prepare the horses

like this one for the course. With

the morning's work done, it's time

for breakfast.

All of the horses are

back in and you don't really know if

something is any good. It is time to

kind of find out what you have for

the rest of the season.

And the

family knows a thing or two about

what makes a good horse. Happy on,

trained by Ted, groomed by Katie and

ridden by Ruby. It clear the fence

as the winner Grand National 17

years ago. Katie then went on to

finish third in 2012 on Sea Bass. A

race that still captivates them.

Everyone genuinely at that start

said, you said it, you have a chance

of winning this!

I'll tell you what

it was. You were thinking you had no

chance!

Now 38, Ruby Walsh has

ridden over 2000 winners and broken

a lot of bones along the way. Some

think he feels is simply an

occupational hazard.

There are loads

of different things in the world

that people do that are high risk.

When they join the army and navy.

Your spleen, that ruptured, but you

don't need it, so we just took it

out and moved on.

Throughout it all

standing behind his children is a

proud father.

I couldn't have dreams

when they were two kids growing up

that they would have achieved what

they have achieved. I got as much

kick out of them winning as I would

have training them. It is parenting,

you know what I mean.

A new season

awaits with all its twists and

turns, but no matter what the Walsh

family's enduring love for their

sport is a racing certainty.

No room on that breakfast table for

any more trophies, it's absolutely

packed.

Packed with muffins!

Now it's time for the Film Review,

with Mark Kermode and Jane Hill.

Hello and welcome to

The Film Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

Good to have you back.

What have we been watching?

So we have Kenneth Branagh's take

on Murder on the Orient Expression.

Killing A Sacred Deer,

the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos.

And the bad mums are back

in Bad Mom's Christmas.

It's that time of year.

It is.

Let's start with Murder

on the Orient Express.

It had just a bit of publicity,

I think people probably know

it is out.

You would be hard-pressed

to avoid it.

The story has been on the big screen

and small screen before,

most famously as an early 70s

version, so this is the new version

directed by Kenneth Branagh who also

stars as Hercule Poirot,

the Belgian detective with the most

unbelievable twin layered moustache.

The moustache should get

a billing of its own.

He is travelling from Istanbul

to Calais, on the titular train.

He has to get somewhere,

but once he gets on the train,

something is going to happen.

There is a virtual Cluedo board

of famous people.

So we have Derek Jacobi

as the butler, Willem Dafoe,

Dame Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer

as a widow and Johnny Depp

as a gangster.

Something bad is going to happen.

Here is a clip.

Well, hello.

Eyes linger any longer,

I'll have to charge rent.

I'll pay.

Oh.

Have another drink.

Are you insulted?

Hm.

Disappointed.

Some men have a good look.

All they have to do is keep

their mouths shut and they can take

home any prize they want.

Still, the mouth opens.

HE SNIFFS

Mm...

I don't know why I'm laughing.

I don't think I am meant to!

You are.

There is lot of scenery chewing.

I mean, there are scenes

of Hercule Poirot, you know,

eating chocolate, enjoying it

and so are the cast.

They are sinking their

teeth into the scenery.

A murder is committed.

Everyone is a suspect.

Everyone is shocked,

but everyone has secrets

and therefore everyone

has to be interrogated.

What I like about this,

and I did like it, is firstly

it is old fashioned entertainment.

I remember seeing the '74

version and with this

I knew the story, I know

some people won't -

and if you don't you are in for

a treat because it's a real Swiss

watch kind of constructed mechanism.

But the whole thing takes

place on the train,

and it's shot in 65mm.

The camera sashays up and down

the train, outside and inside.

Occasionally you get these

wonderful overhead shots.

There is a sequence

in which we discover

the victim's body.

It is like they have gone to every

possible end to make the most

visually of this confined space.

Occassionally some of the exterior

shots look a little like bit

like The Polar Express.

But what I liked about it was

the cast, they all get what kind

of movie they are in.

They are playing ripe characters,

it is all very thumbnail sketches.

Branagh is clearly enjoying

himself enormously.

He likes the character of Poirot.

There is this central thing

of Poirot is a perfectionist,

he is a bit obsessive,

he keeps trying to straighten

people's ties, and at one point

he says, I see the world as it

should be and I can't relax

if something is out of kilter.

You have to go into this thinking

it is an Agatha Christie,

there is...

Does it need to be remade?

It looks beautiful

but I don't know...

Does that matter?

I thought it was big

screen entertainment,

like a variety show,

the train becomes a stage,

we have all these famous stars

come on, do their bit -

I really enjoyed it.

I went in feeling trepidatious,

smiled all the way through

and despite the fact I know

the plot, I thought its revelations

were handled well.

I know some critics have

been sniffy about it.

I just think it's a good,

solid piece of old fashioned

entertainment.

And it looks good.

It looks really good,

that is not a little thing.

OK.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

I mean, I have seen the trailer

so many times and I am

terrified just by the trailer.

That really looks

good, but terrifying.

Yorgos Lanthimos has

worked in black comedy,

social satire before.

This is something more disturbing.

Colin Farrell is a heart surgeon,

he has a perfect life.

He has a glamorous house

and two lovely children.

He has a strange relationship

with an awkward teenager called

He has a strange relationship

with an awkward teenager called

Martin, who turns up at work

and bothering him at work.

At first he seems to be innocent

but then he starts to look

like a young Norman Bates.

There's a little touch

of We Need To Talk About Kevin.

The story is becoming a weirdly

surreal revenge drama.

So you start laughing,

as you often do with his films,

then it starts moving

into the territory of The Shining.

There are cameras creeping

through corridors,

strange ovwerhead shots.

We look to some extent towards

a film like Haneke's Funny Games,

so painful to watch.

The thing I like about it,

and Yorgos Lanthimos would like too,

I spent the film not

knowing where it was going.

Yes, it's a horror movie on one

level, on one level it's Saw

for the upmarket, art house crowd.

On another level it's a strange

distance black comedy.

You never quite relax into it.

I felt very uneasy and I've

thought a lot about it

since I saw it and

I think that's a recommendation.

OK, is there going to be

a recommendation for Bad Mom's

Christmas?

I haven't thought about it a lot.

Three women decide to rebel

against the tyranny of being a super

mum, largely with the help

of swearing and alcohol.

Along comes Christmas,

this time they rebel

against the tyranny of the most

stressful season of the year.

Here is a clip.

I'm just like a giant stress ball

from November to New Year's.

I just want to enjoy

Christmas again.

Yeah...

Well, then let's do it.

What?

Guys, what is wrong with us?

Have we learnt nothing?

We are mothers, and if things

are not going our way,

then what do we do?

We hide in the bathroom.

No.

We don't, we don't do that.

We stand up and we fight back.

Yes.

So, if we want to do

Christmas our way this year,

then we're going to do

Christmas our way.

I laughed during that clip.

When I saw the first one,

I went in thinking...

I had low expectations

and I enjoyed it.

In the case of this same thing,

I went along thinking I enjoyed

the first one and it was nothing

like as funny, partly it is not

as funny because this time the bad

mums are having to deal

with their own bad mums, so it's

almost like three separate stories.

That said, I counted how many times

I laughed and I laughed seven times.

I have this thing which

is a six laugh rule.

If you laugh six times it's

officially a comedy.

Yes, it is all over the place,

it doesn't make sense,

it doesn't have anything

like the joyous simplicity

of the first one,

but I kind of laughed.

I liked the characters,

it's very very much a retread

of the only thing, once again,

the solution involves alcohol

and swearing, but I would be lying

if I said I didn't laugh.

Well, that's Christmas!

Best out is a rerelease?

So the remake of Wages of Fear -

it did really badly 40 years ago

and nobody got to see it.

Now it's back in a restoration

and it is one of the most brutal,

gruelling, muscular,

visceral American action

movies of the 1970s.

It is an extraordinary piece

of work, you need to see it

on the big screen.

You need to seek it out because it's

coming out on Blu-ray on Monday.

If you get a chance to see

this film projected.

Score by Tangerine Dream,

I know you're a fan,

it's a brilliant cinema experience.

I was about to say I'm

going to borrow your Blu-ray,

but actually you're saying watch

it on the big screen?

Blu-ray is great, but need

to see it on a big screen,

this is a film they worked out,

two-years in the making,

and then it came out and it came out

the same time as Star Wars,

and the audience decided they didn't

want a gruelling visceral thriller.

That, you know,

a story that starts at a point of no

hope and goes downhill from there.

OK.

DVD for anyone who wants to stay in?

It Comes At Night, it's a chiller.

It's not a horror film.

It's a story in a near future in

which a virus has attacked mankind.

A family are hiding

in a cabin the woods.

It's all about it comes at night,

but actually the danger

is from within.

It's about people turning on each

other, distrusting each other,

paranoia, it has a lot to say

about the modern political landscape

and it's not a film that

relies on gory shocks,

it has an atmosphere

of creeping dread.

I have brought a DVD along

that I'm going to give

to you as your homework,

because you are going to like horror

films in the very near future!

You have said woods,

cabins and paranoia.

You do that to me deliberately.

In a subtle way!

That subtle paranoia that I so love.

Thank you.

It is my early Christmas present.

It is a delight.

Thank you very much.

Try harder next week.

A reminder, you can find

all our previous programmes

on the iPlayer as well.

That's it for this week.

I've got a fun week ahead!

Thanks for watching,

enjoy your cinema going.

Goodbye.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay.

Good morning, here's a summary

of this morning's main stories

from BBC News:

He Conservative MP,

Charlie Elphicke, has been suspended

by the party after it said serious

allegations had been passed

to the police.

The party didn't specify

what the accusations were,

or who had made them.

Mr Elphicke, a member

of the Commons Treasury Select

Committee, said the media had been

told of his suspension first,

and he wasn't aware

of the nature of the claims.

Three Labour MPs have

disputed complaints made

about their behaviour towards women.

Clive Lewis, Kelvin

Hopkins and Ivan Lewis

all deny any wrong doing.

Labour has announced a raft

of measures it says will make sure

complaints are dealt

with independently.

Police in New York say

they have a viable case

against the Hollywood

producer Harvey Weinstein.

The announcement came

after the actress Paz de la Huerta

claimed that Mr Weinstein

raped her twice in 2010.

She is among dozens of women

who have come forward since October

to accuse the 65-year-old

of sexual misconduct.

He has denied all allegations

of non-consensual sex.

Netflix has cut all ties

with Kevin Spacey,

who plays the lead role in one

of its most successful programmes,

House of Cards.

The company said it would no longer

be involved in the series

if the actor continued

to be part of it.

The announcement came

after Mr Spacey faced allegations

of sexual misconduct

from a string of men.

A Spanish judge has issued

European Arrest Warrants

for the sacked Catalan leader

Carles Puigdemont and four

of his allies who went to Belgium.

The five failed to attend

a High Court hearing in Madrid

on Thursday, when nine other

ex-members of the regional

government were taken into custody.

Mr Puigdemont has said he will not

return to Spain unless he receives

guarantees of a fair trial.

The White House has attempted

to downplay the findings of a major

climate change report,

compiled by 13 US federal agencies.

The report said it was

extremely likely, with 95%

to 100% certainty, that

global warming is manmade,

mostly from carbon dioxide

through the burning of coal,

oil and natural gas.

That contradicts what senior Trump

officials have claimed.

US President Donald Trump kicks off

an 11-day trip to Asia this weekend,

taking in South Korea,

Japan and China.

It will be the longest tour of Asia

by a US president in 25 years.

Before setting out he visited

Hawaii's Pearl Harbor to see a US

battleship sunk by Japanese bombers

in the Second World War,

and received a security briefing

from the US Pacific Command

on issues including

North Korea's nuclear programme.

Only around a half of fixed speed

cameras in the UK are actually

switched on, according to figures

obtained through a Freedom

of Information request.

And at least four police forces

don't have any fixed speed

cameras at all.

Alan Clayton reports.

The forces said they also use mobile

cameras and regularly review which

of the fixed cameras are switched

on.

Mike is here with the sport. How are

you?

Very good. A special day, the

first round proper of the FA Cup,

some teams have already played in

six rounds to get to this dream

occasion. The nonleague teams, the

teams you might not have heard of

before, even a team ten years ago

that was a pub team. We will talk

more about Shaw Lane Association.

The first round sparked

into life last night,

but not in the way it was

supposed to as a flare

burned into the artificial pitch

at the home of non league Hyde.

There was to be no upset here,

as League One MK Dons

went ahead through Aiden Nesbitt

and ended up easy winners.

There were also surprise wins

for League Two sides,

Port Vale and Notts County.

To one of my favourite stories of

the cup.

So far has been Shaw

Lane Association,

who were playing as a pub team

less than a decade ago.

They're from Barnsley and have been

promoted five times in the past

six years but will still start

as big outsiders against League Two

Mansfield.

There's no pressure on us. The

pressure's on Mansfield. There the

football league side. We're a small

club in Barnsley, nobody knows about

us and it's the FA Cup, it's the

romance of the FA Cup, it's all the

cliches you can think of, giant

killings, David versus Goliath, it's

everything, and it happens, you

know?

The rampant Wolves will take some

stopping in the

Championship it seems.

Their big summer spending is paying

off and they're now four

points clear at the top.

Roman Saiss, and Leo Bonatini

with the goals that beat Fulham,

who haven't won in four games

now.

It's five years since Wolves

were last in the Premier League.

The former Manchester United

defender Patrice Evra has been

suspended by his club Marseille

while Uefa investigate him

after he kicked one of his

supporters in the head

on Thursday night.

It happened during the warm-up for

Marseille's Europa League game

against the Portuguese side

Vitoria Guimaraes.

Evra, who's 36, could

face a lengthy ban.

After the Scotland game,

England are back in action at 9am UK

time, and they'll be hoping

to bounce back from their opening

game defeat against Australia

by beating Lebanon.

Scotland are bottom of their pool

having already lost against Tonga in

their opening match.

After the Scotland game,

England are back in action at 9am UK

time, and they'll be hoping

to bounce back from their opening

game defeat against Australia

by beating Lebanon.

But the Lebanese are

on the crest of a wave,

above England in their group

after a stunning win over France

last weekend, which even

surprised ahead coach.

The problem with our team given

they're not all professional, or not

used to playing 80 minutes and

having to concentrate for 80

minutes, I thought the tough part

was going to be the last ten minutes

but they talk about the Lebanese

spirit and passion and it shone

through.

The Ashes tour is under way, not the

first test but the warmup is out of

the way and you want to get your bad

moments out of the way first.

It's not been the best start

to an Ashes tour for England's

former captain Alistair Cook

because he was out

for a duck second ball

in the warm-up match

against a Western Australia Cricket

Association XI in Perth.

,

We are 18 days away

from the first Ashes test.

in England 198four. Stoneman and

Vince rescuing England. -- 198-4.

England seam on top, four wickets

down. -- are seeming.

England's women are also in action

down under this morning,

they're taking on a Cricket

Australia women's XI.

Glasgow Warriors fans,

eight Pro 14 games, eight wins.

Their latest victory

came over Leinster last

night and it included one

of the tries of the season.

Just look where Nikola

Matawalu receives

the ball.

From there the Fijian sets off,

bypassing the Leinster

defence one by one and just as it

seemed he'd scored a memorable solo

try he let Nick Grigg

finish the job.

The teamwork secured

a bonus point.

Elsewhere Scarlets beat Benetton

and Munster thrashed the Dragons.

Are you impressed, Naga?

Very

impressed, but what I'm worried

about is the Leinster team because

their manager must go, how on earth

could you let that happen?

It was so

quick, wasn't it?

They just fell

around him.

But between you you

would think you could stop him. How

many players, seven or eight?

Falling like flies.

Now before we go here's

Britain's Tour de France champion

Chris Froome as you've

never seen him before.

No, he's not a yellow Lawrence

of Arabia, but he could possibly

have a career in martial arts movies

after he stops racing bikes.

This was the pre-race

entertainment ahead

of the Saitama Criterium in Japan.

Is that a bit of Wushu?

One yellow

jersey to another.

As you can see, Ninja Froome

is clearly not a man to be messed

with after displaying

his considerable skills

with a throwing star.

Apparently that's the official word,

throwing a star.

Don't try that at

home.

How about trying this?

No,

don't!

Imagine a wake board or surf board

and put an engine on it,

you have jet surfing,

a sport that only came to the UK

in the summer.

It's catching on though,

and semi-pro British rider

Anya Colley will race for medals

at the Motosurf World Cup

off Naples in Italy this weekend.

Before she left I revved the engines

alongside her in training.

At the cutting edge of a new way to

walk on water, Britain's number one

jet server Anya Colley who's made

history this season competing in the

Motosurf World Cup.

A bit of a mix

between serving, wait boarding and

then anything with a throttle. If

you done biking, if you've done

cars, if you've done anything and

you like speed you will be good at

it. You've got to lean your whole

body over to get it to turn good

with the speed.

Anya and indeed the

whole of the UK are playing catch up

in this latest motorsport. We only

got involved a couple of months ago

were for the first time a leg of the

World Cup series was posted on these

shores with 48 riders from around

the world competing at why Guston in

Bedfordshire. The sport had

originally started in the Czech

Republic when an inventor

experimented by putting a

lightweight engine into a surfboard.

It has since spread to all corners

of the planet. Until now to get

across this like on a whiteboard I'd

need a boat to Tony Watt if I was at

sea on a surfboard I would need some

waves, but now all the power is

beneath my feet. -- wakeboard --

Tony. At first beneath my belly,

because that throttle is very

sensitive. U-turn by leaning your

body, that seems quite

straightforward. And if you lean you

go a bit faster and eventually you

try and stand.

You can actually go

and have a boat and a driver and a

watcher, I can actually go out and

enjoy it any time I want and the

beauty of the board, you can

actually take it anywhere.

It's like

nothing else you've ever tried

before. It gives you a real thrill

that you're out there Mac and a real

sense of freedom.

Finally we're

standing, I'm on my feet and we're

burning along and my feet... With

the board is only weighing 19 kg,

the top speed is over 40 mph. But it

feels so much faster. The engines

run on biofuels which break up in

the water. A good job really when we

swallowed so much of it, initially

at least, although the younger

beginners were far cooler.

That was

well awesome. The speed, the

balancing, like, you've really got

to balance on it. It's kind of hard

to keep your balance. But it's

awesome when it's going fast.

It's

now hoped more beginners around the

UK will get a chance to try and

carved like Anya as she targets a

medal in the last leg of the World

Cup series this weekend off Italy.

The word on the series is Anya only

started competing this summer but

already she is challenging the best

in the world from Eastern Europe,

and whether she'll get a medal this

time, the last race in the World Cup

series today off Italy, maybe next

season she could win it.

This has

taken off very quickly.

It is great

fun, it is really an adrenaline

rush. When you're learning, as you

get faster the board rears up at the

front and then you have to get your

balance and it kept making me off.

That looked quite fun in its own

weight.

You always underplay how

well you do but you did brilliantly.

Thanks bromance, Naga, I will pay

you later -- its own Do we need a

wetsuit outside when we are walking

around?

That could be an interesting

around?

That could be an interesting look! I

think you could do that anywhere. A

wetsuit will probably come in handy.

Not a great start in some parts of

the UK. It is an improving day,

turning brighter and also colder.

Clearer skies. Speckled cloud here.

A massive swathe across the UK at

the moment is producing the wettest

weather across England. Some heavy

and persistent rain at the moment

pushing eastwards. Not a huge amount

of rain in Suffolk and Kent. It will

be wet in the afternoon here.

Elsewhere, lots of surface water

around. Lots of surface water in the

west and a few showers by nine

o'clock. The cloud showing signs of

breaking up. It will feel cool. The

wind already working on across

Scotland and Northern Ireland. A

better chance of some morning

sunshine. Showers in the north and

west will become heavy. Sleet and

snow on high ground. By the weather

pushing on across Wales and much of

England into the afternoon. It takes

until the end of the afternoon,

maybe sunset, before the cloud and

rain will pull away from parts of

East Anglia. Most finished the day

reasonably well, turning colder.

They're in mind the chill tonight if

you are heading out to any fireworks

displays. Northern and western areas

most are in the showers. Eastern

parts most likely to be dry. With

the clear skies is where the coldest

weather will be. Frost in some parts

of eastern Scotland. Not far off it

in eastern England as well. In the

Sunday, -- into Sunday a cold start.

Brighter in eastern parts of

England. Showers in western England,

Wales, Northern Ireland and northern

Scotland. Again wintry over high

ground. Showers becoming fewer

through the day. Eastern coast of

England would have an afternoon or

evening shower. More sunshine around

tomorrow afternoon. Dry, but feeling

chilly in the wind. That will be a

feature for the firework displays

tomorrow and temperatures will drop

quickly. Definitely dress warm if

you are heading to any firework

displays. Dropping below freezing by

midnight across much of Scotland and

you will have a frost. Monday will

be a chilly start across England and

Wales in particular. Touch of frost

around. The best of the brightest

weather on Monday will be for

England and Wales. Turning cloudier

and went through the day, but not as

windy in Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Topsy-turvy autumn weather

continues.

Ireland. Topsy-turvy autumn weather

continues.

That's autumn though, isn't it?

It is. Nothing unusual.

Don't panic, it will all be fine!

We'll be back with the headlines

at 7am but first it's time for Click

If it feels like the weather

is getting weirder, well,

that's because it is.

In many parts of the world,

meteorological records seem to be

tumbling virtually year after year.

And as gets more erratic

and extreme, the need for accurate

forecasts becomes vital.

This is the BBC's Weather Centre

at New Broadcasting House.

This is where they take their best

guess at what the next few days

are going to look like.

We kind of take it for granted,

these days, but as you would expect,

there's an awful lot

of numbercrunching that goes on,

which is what Ben

is doing right now.

Hi, Ben.

Hi, Spencer.

You might recognise Ben,

he's on the telly!

Ben is taking raw data

from the Met Office on this screen

and turning it into something more

akin to what we see on the TV.

It all goes to make up that familiar

weather map that we know and love.

And for the UK, each 4km square

gets its own individual

forecast from the Met Office.

Other services can provide an even

more granular forecast.

But swing around to Africa and it's

a very different story.

Here we're working at

much lower resolution.

The squares here are only

25 kilometres across.

One of the reasons is because data

is particularly thin

on the ground here.

Now, over the coming month or so,

we're going to be looking at how

technology

is changing this continent.

And to start our journey,

Dan Simmons has travelled

to Tanzania to meet a chap

who used to work here,

but who is now on a mission

to improve the forecast for Africa.

Sub-Saharan East Africa is lush.

The soils are rich.

It's the end of a very

wet rainy season.

Too wet for some farmers,

who saw their crops rot.

Angus and Asha farm in Lushoto.

They tell me climate change has made

it difficult to predict the seasons.

They've gone from drugs

to flood in recent years,

and lost harvests in both.

Next door, Peter's been planting

jeska, type of runner bean which can

take as little as six weeks to grow.

In September to October,

the rainfall are very harsh.

It rush the topsoil to down there.

But last season, he lost his

entire crop to sudden,

heavy, early rains.

The farmers here know

what they are doing,

they just don't quite know any more

what the weather's up to.

Former BBC weather presenter

and keen gardener, Peter Gibbs,

wants to do something about that,

and he's found a pretty neat way

to explain it to me.

I think you're like this, though.

All right.

The big reveal...

Oh, wow!

Oh my word!

Look at this!

Is that grand or what?

That is huge!

That goes on forever, doesn't it?

It just...

yeah.

This gives you some idea

of the scale of Africa.

The drop here is about 1,000

metres from where we are.

No, no, no, that is close enough!

That's not...

From the West Usambara Mountains,

where we're standing,

down to the Masai Plain.

We're looking at an area

here of just hundreds

of square kilometres.

Lots of weather going on.

You can see clouds building

over in the distance.

Most of its farmed as well...

Exactly.

There's lots of people living out

there, but no weather station

you can see.

So how do you do a good forecast

here without that information?

That's incredible.

You know, back in the UK,

you would have, at least,

half a dozen, perhaps 15 weather

stations in that sort of area.

So you can see the problem.

So the satellites can't do it.

Because we have

satellites, don't we?

The satellites can do a bit of it.

The satellites can pick up some

of the clouds we can see,

but can't estimate the rain how much

rain one of these shower

clouds can produce.

You need those measurements

of the ground.

Was the other parameters,

like temperature, humidity,

and pressure...

You know, it's like any

commuter programme,

garbage in, garbage out.

Peter's advising a start-up, Kukua,

that wants to pepper Africa

with these.

Fully automated,

self-reporting low-cost

weather stations.

They can be monitored from anywhere,

looking up to Africa's extensive

mobile cell network.

Kukua placed their first station

last year and will have more

than 100 operating by Christmas.

So what do we get on our fully

automatic weather station?

Well, we've got a bucket up here,

which measures the rainfall.

There's a little seesaw device

in there which goes backwards

and forwards for every

drip that comes through.

That tells us how quickly

the rain is falling,

as well as how much rain is falling.

An anemometer a bit of giving us

the wind speed and direction

by the vane there at

the very, very top.

This is the solar panel,

which powers the whole thing

and is also rather cleverly used

to tell us how much

sunshine we're getting.

Just behind it in this hive kind

of affair is the temperature gauge.

It also measures humidity

and it's stuck in there

so it can't be affected by direct

sunlight or more heat coming

from the ground, which is

dissipated by this housing.

All of that data has to be

collected by a panel

round at the back, which is sent

to this communications unit.

It has a SIM card that works

in every African country.

What some of us would do

for one of those...

And then it uses this transmitter

to send it all back to base.

That goes back to Europe,

and then from the guys in Europe,

they will produce a model,

which will give people back

here a more accurate

weather forecast.

It's already making a difference.

Farmers like Peter get daily text

alerts, giving them a steer

as to what to expect.

And this farmer told us his texts

have helped him decide when best

to add fertilizer and pesticides.

We can actually make

a massive difference

to the farmers themselves.

Up to 80% yield increases.

That would be the difference

between eating to stay alive

and sending your children to school.

And it's not just

the personal impact.

Health agencies can use improved

forecasts to better predict

outbreaks

of malaria or cholera.

And insurers want to know

if they need to pay out on policies.

This information gap

is holding the continent back.

The Coco Belt in West

Africa is shifting.

Multinationals want to know

which way and by how much.

And it'll be selling on the big data

Kokua collect that will help pay

for what's looking

like a pretty big job.

Well, across the whole

of Africa at the moment,

there are around 500,

just 500, reliable

reporting weather stations.

To get good coverage,

you need to get up

to something like 20,000.

From my point of view,

after my years in meteorololgy,

I think it's fantastic

that I feel I can make

use of that experience,

to actually make a difference

to people's lives.

That was Dan Simmons

with Peter Gibbs in Tanzania.

We'll have more reports

from the African continent

later this month on Click.

Microsoft boasts its new XBox One X

is the most powerful games console

in the world!

They've stopped short of calling it

the most powerful console

in the galaxy, I suspect they're

saving that accolade for the machine

comes after this one.

But there's good reason

for all this talk of power,

and that is down to what lurks under

the hood of this console.

It has an eight core processor

running at 2.3 gigahertz,

a six teraflop GPU, 12gb of memory

and a 4k Blu-ray player

thrown in for good measure.

This means that the machine can

throw out 4k 60 frames per second

graphics in HDR.

Stunning...

What those numbers and specs mean

is that this box is capable

of producing much sharper,

crisper and more detailed graphics

than the old XBox One S,

which had a maximum resolution

of 1080p, which is eye-offending

high definition, as it's

now probably now know.

Look at this Porsche that

I'm driving in Forza.

I've managed to crash it and scrape

it of a couple of times,

and you can see every single dent

and ding that I've put in the car,

every single little bit

of chipped paintwork.

It really is very detailed.

The One X can play games

made for the older XBox,

but some titles will be enhanced,

like Rise of the Tomb Raider here,

which boasts upgraded 4k graphics

and a higher frame rate,

which makes everything

look smoother.

These enhancements won't be

standardised, though.

Microsoft says it is up

to developers to choose how

they will use the brunt

the One X provides.

This new digital virtuosity

is great if you own a 4k TV.

But if you are using a HD screen,

the One X can give you a graphics

bus, as well, making games look

better than they would

on the old machine.

But how do they achieve this?

Witchcraft?

Or more precisely, super sampling,

a technique that allows

all the detail and information

in a 4k image to be scaled down

to fit into a 1080p screen, which,

I suppose, is a form

of silicon sorcery.

Apart from prettier visuals,

the new machine should enjoy faster

load times and, unlike its 4k

console rival, the PS4 Pro,

the One X has a 4k Blu-ray

play fitted as well.

So the box does more

stuff than the PS4 Pro,

but it's also

more expensive than

the PS4 Pro as well.

Microsoft is keen to see this

in the world's most powerful

console, but it is also

the most expensive, at £449.

And I think that might be

the biggest hurdle that the XBox

One X has to overcome, its price.

And, as the games the machine plays

are essentially the same as those

on its least powerful

older sibling, the One S,

this console is probably appeal only

going to appeal to those with spare

cash

burning a hole in their pocket,

or those with a 4k TV

on which to watch the prettier

pictures the console produces.

That casts gloom over

everything, doesn't it, lads?

What a drag he is!

Thanks for watching

and we'll see you soon.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay.

New claims about the conduct of MPs

swirl around Westminster.

The Conservatives suspend

Charlie Elphicke and refer

what are described as serious

allegations about him to the police.

The MP says he's done nothing wrong.

And three Labour MPs

all dispute complaints made

about their behaviour towards

women.

We'll have the latest from

Westminster.

Good morning, it's Saturday

the 4th of November.

Also this morning:

Police in

New York say they are investigating

a credible rape allegation

against Harvey Weinstein.

New figures reveal that only half

the UK's fixed speed-cameras

are actually switched on.

In sport, it's fantasy football time

for over 50 teams living

the dream in the FA Cup,

but there was no fairytale

end for non-league

minnows Hyde, who were given

a Football League education

by the Milton Keynes Dons.

And Matt has the weather.

Good morning.

Wet start to the weekend for some

but things will get drier,

brighter and colder

through the day with a few showers

in the north and west.

Full forecast coming up

in the next 15 minutes.

See you then.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Conservative MP,

Charlie Elphicke, has been suspended

by the party after it said serious

allegations had been passed

to the police.

The party didn't specify

what the allegations

were or who had made them.

Mr Elphicke, a member of the Commons

Treasury Select Committee,

said the media had been told

of his suspension first

and he wasn't aware

of the nature of the claims.

Here's our political

correspondent, Chris Mason.

New allegations are emerging

ever more frequently.

Political parties accused by some

of a previous unwillingness

to be

open

about allegations they themselves

were aware of now want to be seen

to be acting quickly.

This is Charlie Elphicke,

the Conservative MP for Dover

since 2010 who this morning wakes up

no longer a Tory MP,

at least for now.

That's because last night the man

in charge of discipline among

Conservative MPs, the new

Chief Whip Julian Smith,

issued a statement:

In practice,

this means Mr Elphicke remains

in the Commons but for now

isn't a Conservative MP.

Charlie Elphicke's anger about how

he's been treated is clear.

He said:

He added:

Meanwhile,

the Labour MP Clive Lewis has

strongly denied an allegation

of impropriety at the Labour Party

Conference in September.

I don't, as a rule, at packed

Labour Party conferences grope

people's bottoms when I greet them.

It's just not how I roll,

it's just not what I do.

This is a place gripped

by trepidation about

about what may come next.

Individuals fearful

for their own reputations,

others fearful for the very

reputation of politics excels.

others fearful for the very

reputation of politics itself.

Chris Mason, BBC News,

at Westminster.

Let's speak now to our political

correspondent, Emma Vardy,

who's in Westminster.

Emma, political correspondent is,

MPs, must be wondering when and

where this is going to end?

--

political correspondence. A fraught

week at Westminster, you get the

sense there are years if not decades

of allegations about sexual

misconduct that's coming to light.

An addition to that report, this

week we saw Michael Fallon, the

Defence Secretary, resigned, Damian

Green and Mark Garnier are under

investigation by the Cabinet office,

Kelvin Hopkins suspended from Labour

and last night we heard the former

Labour Cabinet Minister Ivan Lewis

apologised for making women feel

uncomfortable but didn't make any

nonconsensual sexual advances.

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are

under pressure over this. Theresa

May has published a new code of

conduct for the Conservatives, set

up a new hotline and there will be

an independent figure to oversee

complaints and there will be a

cross-party meeting on Monday to

establish an independent grievance

procedure

establish an independent grievance

procedure. You get the sense parties

are braced for more allegations and

more people coming forward and we

don't know where this will end up.

For now, thank you very much indeed.

Police in New York say

they have a viable case

against the Hollywood

producer Harvey Weinstein.

The announcement came after actress

Paz de la Huerta claimed that

Mr Weinstein raped

her twice in 2010.

She is among dozens of women

who have come forward since October

to accuse the 65-year-old

of sexual misconduct.

He has denied all allegations

of non-consensual sex.

David Willis reports.

Recent weeks have seen a torrent

of allegations against Harvey

Weinstein.

Now comes the first word