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Welcome to bbc news. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced steps to remove the Current Administration in catalonia and to hold fresh elections there as soon as possible. He warned of Economic Disaster if the regions separatists tim willcox is in barcelona. Iam standing i am standing in the centre of barcelona, leading down to. Organisers have predicted up to1 million protesters out on the streets today. I dont think we have quite that number but possibly a couple of hundred thousand. All these people coming out to demonstrate against a decision by Mariano Rajoy, the spanish by minister, after a crisis Cabinet Meeting to impose home rule, direct rule from madrid, on this region. The First Time Ever article 155 has been invoked against an autonomous region. People on the streets today say they believe the referendum held on october the 1st was legal. And that 90 of the people who voted in favour of independence should be heard. Their voices should be heard. But catalonia is a divided region and there are many others who want to stay united with spain. Lets get the latest now on what has happened in the past few hours. This report from tom burridge. Looking relaxed, in a Cabinet Meeting like no other. Because no Spanish Government has done this before. But with the authorities in catalonia pushing to break away, spains Prime Minister is moving, to exert direct control and limit catalan autonomy. Translation we apply article 155 because no government of any democratic country can accept disregard for the law. Last night, spains king, firmly behind the Spanish Government. Translation spain of the 21st century is a country in which catalonia is and always would be a central part. We should root ourselves in loyalty and solidarity. Catalonia is split over the question of independence and there is anxiety over what the future will hold. But those who want independence say madrids tactics could backfire. There will be peaceful protest. Likely work to rule from Civil Servants, for example. The catalans are not going to lie down and take it easily. Theres no solution going this route. But the measures announced by the Spanish Government wont come thick and fast. Expect a careful and slow running strategy to minimise the risk of making a tense situation in catalonia even worse. Lets just stay with some of these live pictures of this demonstration, which has been going for over an hour. We understand the catalan president is here as well. We think we are going to hearfrom him at nine oclock local time. Lets speak to people on opposing sides of this debate. With me is a Civic Society activists, pro independence. And also a pro unity woman. The numbers are significant and this has angered are significant and this has angered a lot of people today, this decision. They have been organising these rallies quite a bit of the past few years. Im not impressed. For me this is normal. We are looking at maybe 200,000 people. What happens now . Nobody knows. It is the first time we are going to have these kinds of measures from the government. So lets see. Our main concern is civil rights. This opens a door which we are worried about. I would completely disagree. There is no violation of human rights here. What the government is doing is trying to restore law. It is completely legal, constitutional. It doesnt affect any civil rights. Isnt the point valid, that there is a number of people here who want independence in spain . a number of people here who want independence in spain . I dont disagree with that. Freedom of expression is allowed. In germany, any legal party would be bands. Its not the case in spain. Easington and independence that you have to do it through legal means. They are not using legal means. Im not sure if we can hear you above the whistles. Every time a Police Helicopter goes over, the crowd gets angry and whistles against them, calling for liberty. Tell me, when the senator madrid passes article 155, which eve ryo ne madrid passes article 155, which everyone expects them to do, because the Prime Minister will have a majority there, how will people who we re majority there, how will people who were working for the regional siovas for the autonomous region here reacts when madrid told them to do something . We dont know. It depends on the administration and the government. But im sure citizenship will answer. People are on the streets every day, neighbourhoods and organising a lot of assemblies. People are getting together, gathering in schools. Everyone is trying to do something. I think they will answer in the streets. This is a nightmare from madrid. Many of us perhaps could see it coming because there was such tragedies on both sides. How on earth do you round 20,000 Civil Servants, 70,000 from local police force from madrid . Or are they going to sense to impose the law . What this tells you is that this is the result of autonomy. Only 9 of Public Workers are under the national administration. This is a result of granting so many powers to catalonia. It is true that these powers. I dont know how they will do it but they have to find a way. You have to political separatist leaders in prison at the moment in madrid. They havent been charged but are facing possible sedition charges. How does a staged event that . I understand that they could be held for four years before that . I understand that they could be held forfour years before being charged. Sedition in many countries isa charged. Sedition in many countries is a perfectly valid arguments. I would not send them to prison but im not the judge. This isnt a political position, this is a judicial decision . The prosecution could not ask from prison. I would not have done it because it is not them promoting independence. Not have done it because it is not them promoting independencem not have done it because it is not them promoting independence. Is a tradition here of peaceful protest, civil disobedience but no violence. Is that going to stay in catalonia . If, for example, as they could do, they might even arrest catalan president. I think so. That is the power of the demonstrations of the movement. There havent been any human rights violations, they said. But what have the 1st of october, police brutality. And now this people in prison. For me it is a violation of human rights. We havent had violence in demonstrations that they were participating in. For me it is not a necessary power. We must leave it there. There is no tradition of violence in any of these street demonstrations, but it does show, from talking to these people, how divided the cata la n these people, how divided the catalan region is. There are significant numbers of people here who dont come out onto the streets because they want to stay united with spain. They dont want independence. Just one other thing, when it comes to spain imposing article 135, when it comes to collecting, for example, parking fines and erecting Civil Servants and directing the local police, it is going to be a difficult thing from a to do. Kim wilcox with those enormous crowds in barcelona. Army bomb squad specialists have been called to the Nuclear Reprocessing Plant at sellafield in cumbria to deal with hazardous chemicals found in a lab. The chemicals, contained within a number of canisters, were discovered during a routine audit at a laboratory at the site in cumbria. They are industrial solvents which are potentially flammable in liquid states and can crystallise and become unstable when exposed to air. Sellafield limited, which runs the plant, said theres no reason for People Living locally to be concerned. Iamjoined by i am joined by a professor of radioactive waste management. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. It will puzzle people that a routine audit turns up Something Like this. How can this be . The chemicals were discovered as part of the clean out operation for an analytical laboratory, which has been decommissioned. That love will have been used for many different tests and experiments over a long period of time, over decades. In chemistry labs, at the end of a process, it is practised now that you should dispose of material that is not needed as quickly as possible. But in some cases, that doesnt happen. It happens in hospitals, in universities and in industrial companies. Somebody will take a decision to keep hold of something because it might come in handy. If you are not so careful, after a period of years, you will find it again and then have to take steps to dispose of it. This is not an uncommon decision situation in industrial operations. And the rest of the chemical industry. In terms of the chemical industry. In terms of what happened today, you talked about taking steps to dispose of Something Like this, is that all we are talking about or was there a greater level of concern . There is a level of concern because of the nature of the operations that go one on the sellafield site, a nuclear site. There is an extra degree of caution and conservatism in dealing with situations like this. As we understand, the team took the right course of action. Emergency services we re course of action. Emergency services were notified by the regular tree authorities and steps were taken to remove that material and dispose of it by controlled explosion, which was the right thing to do. We know of one controlled explosion having happens, the second may have happened as well. That involves putting them in some sort of deep sandpit . Is that right . Thats right. I understand they excavate a trench, the chemicals are placed covered by sandbags and then detonated by remote control. Covered by sandbags and then detonated by remote controllj covered by sandbags and then detonated by remote control. I think the line may have given up the ghost between us and sheffield. We will have to add that conversation. Thank you very much to kneel in sheffield. Storm brian has hit the uk with Gale Force Winds and high seas. Gusts of over 70mph were recorded earlier this morning. Yellow strong Wind Warnings are still in place across much of wales, south england and the midlands. There are seven flood warnings across england, urging immediate action. Clare woodling has been out in storm brian in seaton, cornwall. Storm brian is definitely making its mark. All day we have experienced this very strong south westerly wind forcefully coming onshore and bringing strong waves. We havent seen any boats out all day, the only person i have seen in the sea is a windsurfer. Conditions have felt rather changeable today, sunshine and brightness one moment and then really heavy downpours. The only consistent thing is the very strong wind and we measured it at 50 mph earlier. Here in seaton there are two car parks which are out of action because of the floodwater which has come in and the road is completely submerged. This is it, when the road and the water has begin to subside, and when i have stood in this, it is up to the top of my boots. Its really still quite deep. People are hoping we have come through the worst of the weather but we are expecting more strong winds for the next two hours. If you were worried about that car that went pastoring that conversation, so were we but you will have gathered that she was ok. Speed limits through motorway roadworks in england could be raised from 50 to 60 miles per hour. The proposed changes follow trials which found drivers would feel safer at higher speeds. Jon donnison reports. Roadworks and mile after mile of Little Orange cones are the bane of many drivers lives. The current speed limit when passing through motorway roadworks is 50 mph, but highways england says that could be increased to up to 60. It follows trials where drivers were fitted with heartrate monitors to measure stress levels, driving through roadworks at different speeds. 60 of participants recorded a decrease in average heart rates in the 60 mph trial zone. In the 55 mph zone, the decrease was 56 . Some drivers said they were more relaxed at higher speeds because it allowed them to accelerate away from large lorries. What you find at 50 miles an hour is many trucks have their Speed Limited to 56, and therefore they try and drive faster, they tailgate cars, a foot off their bumper. That becomes incredibly dangerous. A foot off their bumper. So on those stretches, if you can have 55 or 60 miles an hour, you will get less tailgating, fewer drivers just studying their speedometer, and it really can be safer. But ucatt, the Union Representing road workers, has described the plans as a deadly version of wacky races, which would make dangerous work areas twice as dangerous. Highways england says it is carrying out further tests, but the changes could be phased in by the end of the year. Jon donnison, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news a huge demonstration in barcelona after the spainish Prime Minister announced steps to remove the Current Administration in catalonia. Explosives experts were called to the Sellafield Nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. Storm brian brings with it gusts of over 70mph as parts of the uk are hit by power cuts and flooding. The us and south korea are conducting joint military exercises off the korean peninsula, amid heightened tensions with north korea. The us has says the drills are designed to be a show of sea and air power, to Deter North Korea from any military action. Pyongyang has described the exercises as a rehearsal for war. Among the ships taking part is the uss Ronald Reagan, the biggest of the us navys fleet in the asia region. Our correspondent mark lowen was on the ship. We have come down here to busan, south koreas second city, where the uss Ronald Reagan docked earlier today. If ijust step back and we can zoom in, we cant shoot directly at the port, so we have come up to the hill and you can see there the enormous aircraft carrier, the uss Ronald Reagan, leading the uss seventh fleet stationed in japan. It has a crew of 5,500. On board we went up to the deck, had a short time on deck and saw some of the 70 or so fighterjets and bombers that are stationed up there on the deck. This is one of the vessels that has been taking part in ten days ofjoint military exercises between the us and south korea. The commander of the vessel spoke to us. He talked about an ironclad alliance between the us and south korea. Clearly the us very keen to reinforce its military support for the republic of korea at a time when the escalation of nuclear tension, military tension, with north korea, the Nuclear Crisis from pyongyang and also with that escalation of bellicose rhetoric putting a real strain on international relations. And it has caused some fear here in south korea. Police in germany say an attacker with a knife has injured several people in the Southern City of munich. The stabbings occurred near the rosenheimer underground station. There were no life threatening injuries. A man has been detained. Two boys have been injured in a serious collision with a van in cleethorpes in lincolnshire this morning. Humberside police were called to the incident after a white peugeot van mounted the pavement on st peters avenue at about 8 30am. One of the boys suffered life threatening injuries, and both have been taken to hospital. Human Rights Groups and zimbawes political opposition have condemned a decision by the World Health Organisation to appoint president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador for the un agency to help tackle non communicable diseases. Human rights watch said that given mr mugabes record on human rights it was an embarrassment to give him such a role. A spokesperson for the uk government said the appointment was surprising and disappointing. Earlier, i spoke to doug coltart a human rights lawyer and activist who lives in zimbabwe. He told me the decision has left many zimbabweans in the country worried. We have a doctor to patient ratio of one two 250,000, many rural patients have to walk over ten kilometres to get to Health Clinics and theres almost no medicine in many hospitals, and even medical students are treated horrendously and many of them were kicked out of their residences recently. This is the daily experience. If there are levies put on certain things to try and raise funds, whether that will ever get to people, orjust get sucked up in the patronage system like many other taxes, remains to be seen. But the experience on the ground for most people here is one of a completely broken health system, that they also have virtually no access to. One argument is that this is an International Organisation which might agree with some other points you have made, but wants to extend an olive branch to the country. And perhaps the country when Robert Mugabe is no longer here. There are two things i would like to say to that. Well, if they are now extending the olive branch to mugabe himself, the question we have to ask, what has changed that all of a sudden he should be a goodwill ambassador . And be given the honour when really nothing has changed in zimbabwe . If anything, things are deteriorating every day in the last few months. The second thing, the wto and other un agencies need to consider the damage to their own reputation, both globally and in countries like zimbabwe, where people who are suffering under the oppression and the mismanagement of a leader like Robert Mugabe, now see him being honoured on the world stage for something which clearly seems totally ironic for the majority of them. It totally undermines the reputation of these un agencies and they need to consider that, the problematic aspect that that has, the repercussions that can have for the long term. In a moment, viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a roundup of the days news with ben brown. Before that, ben rich has the weather. Storm brian has been making its presence felt across southern and western parts of the british isles, particularly stormy skies overhead for this weather watcher in south wales. The view from space is quite a dramatic one. You can see this swirl of cloud each has been working eastwards so far today. The strongest winds have been to the south of that area of low pressure. We will continue to see strong winds in southern areas through the evening. But also picking up across parts of north wales, north west england, Northern Ireland and south west scotland. Gail is here for a time. Through the evening, the black winged arrows show the strongest wind gusts. Up to a0 or 50 mph across the south coast. Wales, north west england. A lot of showers dialling in from the west. Some of them heavy in parts of wales, north west england. Some localised surface water issues. The wind is picking up for Northern Ireland, south west scotland. Mitre winds in the north east of scotland. Dry here for a good part of the evening. Through the night, we keep the strong winds across Western Areas, particularly some heavy downpours working in. The continued risk of surface water issues, certainly some poor travelling issues. Not a particularly mild night with temperatures of 9011 degrees. Into sunday, things are going to slowly but surely come down. Low pressure drifting off into the north east. The ice of boris just beginning to open out a little bit. That means the winds will turn lighter. Starting with a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, but from the west cloud should break to reveal spells of sunshine, showers still in the west. It will feel very warm with top temperatures around 12 degrees. Looking further ahead, into monday, it looks like we will see some outbreaks of rain from the west. Very light and patchy, drizzly rain. Some ran close to the south coast. In the far east and out west into Northern Ireland, some sunshine at times. Up to 16 degrees. For the week ahead, things looked decidedly mixed. Spells of rain at times breezy but not as windy as it has been. The end of the week, prior to the south looks likely to warm up with some sports getting into the 20s. Good afternoon. Spains political crisis has escalated. Prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced his government is stripping catalonias Regional Administration of its powers. It follows the controverisal independence referendum in catalonia three weeks ago, held in defiance of the spanish constitution. Mr rajoy says he now wants to new elections to be held in catalonia. Tom burridge reports from the catalan capital, barcelona. Now angrier than ever after madrid said they would scrap the devolved government and stabbings. Theyjust wa nt to government and stabbings. Theyjust want to pressure us down. We have dignity. Are we going back to that . Im young and i dont have that much knowledge that i have enough to know that. We are a developed country. This is outrageous. It was earlier that spanish ministers took the never before used nuclear option. All senior catalan politicians will be dismissed. The spanish by ministers that all their powers and responsibilities would be taken over by his team in madrid. Marianne roy said he was forced to act by the long term disobedience of catalonians regional government. We apply article 155 because no government of any democratic country can accept disregard for the law. Catalonia is divided on the issue of independence. And some here mike collis, except that the Spanish Government had no option. But he told as madrid and catalonias government are to blame for the uncertainty and crisis today. In the crowd this evening, the catalan leader, at least for now, was hailed asa leader, at least for now, was hailed as a hero here was a figure of eight brothers and catalonia and millions across spain. Tonight he will make another address, possibly this time another address, possibly this time a more emphatic declaration of independence. Whatever that will mean. As loney is on edge. Catalonia has enjoyed large amounts of autonomy since the 1980s. And when madrid steps in to exert control, many people here will resist. Madrid will not physically take control here for at least several days. When it does, it will not be straightforward. And tom is in barcelona now. Ca rles carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, expected to speak this evening. What do you think you will be saying . I havejust evening. What do you think you will be saying . I have just met a source close to the president as i made my way here, and he assures me they will not be making any kind of unilateral nor unequivocal declaration of independence tonight, but possibly in the coming days. It is only when you hear the spanish Prime Minister talking such uncharacteristically stark language that the reality becomes real. We had expected this for several days. The Spanish Government wants to make a clear statement, that it is ultimately in charge of this spanish region. But as you can see tonight, many people in this crowd firmly disagree. When i spoke to that contact close to the president right now, i asked contact close to the president right now, iasked him if he contact close to the president right now, i asked him if he and contact close to the president right now, iasked him if he and his collea g u es now, iasked him if he and his colleagues would be going to work in the coming days. He assured me they would keep doing so at the Catalan Government until they were physically prevented from doing so. On the critical question of whether the Catalan Police force would follow orders from madrid, he said he didnt think so if there was a declaration of independence from the president. He has an interest in saying that. But every i have a conversation with people in catalonia and in spain about this crisis, the sense of division seems worse and worse. Ben. Thank you. Human Rights Groups have condemned a decision by the World Health Organisation to appoint Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. Human rights watch said that given mr mugabes record, it was an embarrassment to give him such a role. Meanwhile, zimbabwes opposition party, the mdc, described the appointment as laughable. A spokesperson for the uk government said it was surprising and disappointing. Storm brian has hit the uk with Gale Force Winds and high seas. Like here in south wales gusts of over 70mph were recorded in some places. In aberystwyth, waves crashed over the pier. Yellow strong Wind Warnings and flood alerts are in place across much of wales, south england and the midlands. Speed limits through motorway roadworks in england could be raised from 50 to 60 miles per hour. The proposed changes follow trials which found drivers would feel safer at higher speeds. Sophie long reports roadworks. Some of them go on for a mile after mile. The current speed limit is normally 50 mph. Highways england says that could be increased to 60. They conducted trials with heart rate monitors measuring drivers stress heart rate monitors measuring d rivers stress levels heart rate monitors measuring drivers stress levels as they passed through would roadworks at different speeds. 60 of them recorded a decrease in their average heart rate in the 60 mile per zone. In the 55 mph zone it was a decrease in 56 . What you find at 50 mph is many trucks have their Speed Limited to 56. Therefore they try to drive faster, they tailgate cars, fought off the bumper. That becomes incredibly dangerous. On those stretches, if you can have 55 or 60 mph, you get less tailgating, fewer drivers studying their speedometer. It really can be safer. What about people working on the motorways . The unite union which represents them says these proposals ignore their safety. They say in recent years a number of motorway workers have been killed. Increasing speed limits will make their working conditions even more dangerous. Motorists have mixed views. It would make my journey shorter. Immediately i would start the journey and experiencing the 50 mph speed limit straightaway. 60 would be an improvement for a. Mph speed limit straightaway. 60 would be an improvement for al think thats too fast, especially with those people working on the road. Its dangerous. The speed limit should be 50. It is that for a reason. Even that is pretty fast. If a car passes you at 50 you can feel the wind from the car. I think it is too fast. Highways england says it is carrying out more tests to ensure it can be done safely. The changes could be brought in by the end of the year. Sophie long, bbc news. The sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Plant says a bomb Disposal Team has successfully destroyed all potentially hazardous chemicals that were found at the site yesterday. The company which runs the plant says a small number of canisters containing solvents had been stored at the site since 1992. No radiological material was involved, but there were concerns that the chemicals could become hazardous if exposed to oxygen. Two boys have been injured one seriously in an accident in cleethorpes in north east lincolnshire. Police were called this morning to reports of a van mounting a Pavement Outside a corner shop. An air ambulance took one of the boys to hospital in leeds. The condition of the van driver is not known. An investigations under way and motorists have been asked to avoid the scene. In the premier league, Manchester United have lost to newly promoted Huddersfield Town, while Manchester City beat burnley and champions chelsea came from behind to beat watford in todays early kick off, as adam wild reports. Around Stamford Bridge a rather unfamiliar discontent. Chelsea, defending champions, but this season seeming more challenging. They say the best form of attack is defence defences attack. Pedro put them ahead. These are fine margins. Watford looking a fine team. Doucoure spotted a narrow gap to squeeze it through. The game open up. Watford finding some space. Richarlison had to make more of it. For him, redemption was swift. His pass found a way through. The biggest impact on this match was perhaps a surprise, too. Batch why has failed to convince since arriving for a big money at chelsea. This was his moment. That discontent at last lifting around Stamford Bridge. Azpilicueta drowning it out. Chelsea back in front. Their manager back on top. The final work belonged to batshuayi. If they were a team under pressure, he has relieved it. In scotland, holders celtic are through to the Scottish League cup final after beating hibernian. Substitute Moussa Dembele scored twice as they won a 2. Rangers play motherwell in the other semifinal that match is played tomorrow. Theres more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. We are back with the late news at ten past ten. Now on bbc one its time for the news where you are. Goodbye. Now on bbc news, all the days sport with karthi gna nasegaram. Thank you. Plenty to get through. Well bring you the latest from the Scottish League cup and british champions day. But were going to start with the premire league. There was a particularly surprising result this afternoon, with huddesfield beating second placed Manchester United. Despite a late scramble from united, it was david wagner and huddersfield that came away with the three points after a 2 1win over united. Much tojose mourinhos frustraion. The best team won. Simple. And are you giving huddersfield credit as well as maybe disappointment at your teams performance of course i have to give them credit. At least i give them the credit to have a different attitude, a different desire, a different motivation to what we had. They deserve. I think everyone at this stadium could feel in the first couple of minutes that one team wa nts to com pete couple of minutes that one team wants to compete and one team wants to be aggressive and one team was ready to give absolutely everything. Another team was not ready for that. The best team won. We said if this is our moment, we have to be there and grab it with both hands. This is exactly what the players did. This is a very, very special moment for this football club. Small Huddersfield Town have beaten man united. And as i said, this is for sure one of the proudest moments in my management career so moments in my management career so far. Manchester citys lead at the top of the premier league is now five points. Sergio aguero equalled the clubs all time goal scoring record level on 177 goals as he helped city beat burnley 3 0. Its citys 11th straight win in all competitions. In the first half we were slow. It is not easy after the champions league. After the second half, the first five minutes when they made crosses and throw ins and corners, we ta ke crosses and throw ins and corners, we take possession and took the game. The second half was amazing, how good we played. A lot of control, attack of the right moment. A lot of passes to try to disorganised their defensive system. After the second one and the third, the game was over. Chelsea are up to fourth place after a a 2 win over watford, but they had to come from behind to beat them. Michy batshuayi came off the bench to score twice, as chelsea came back from 2 1 down much to manager Antonio Contes enjoyment. Crystal palce may have beaten the champions chelsea last week, but they couldnt do the same to newcastle today, and stay rooted to the bottom of the table. A late goal from substitute mikel merino gave newcastle a 1 0 victory. Theyre in sixth place an enticing prospect for potential buyers, with the club currently up for sale. We have a very clear idea that we have two approach it. One game at a time and see where we are. At the moment we are in a good position. Hopefully we are going to stay there for a while. Were not thinking about this is the target. It is the next game and try to get three points. Of their manager, craig shakespeare, as they outplayed swansea leicester made a winning start to life after the dismissal of their manager, craig shakespeare, as they outplayed swansea to earn a Second Premier League victory of the season. Bournemouth claimed a much needed win, which leaves stoke cityjust one point above them in the bottom three. Southamptons game at home to west brom kicked off a few minutes ago. It is scoreless. Holders celtic have booked their place in the Scottish League cup final. But they had to stiffle hibernians second half fightback to get there. Celtic won a 2 and will meet either rangers or motherwell in next months final. Chris mclaughlin was at hampden park. Celtic were held to a draw by hibs are . Weeks ago, so the easter road side came here with hope. Celtic a lwa ys side came here with hope. Celtic always managed to find a way. Mikael lustig got the first after some questionable depending. Defending. Then the swede middag two. Ross laidlaw was culpable. Into the second half, a lifeline for hibs and a penalty that probably shouldnt have been a penalty. Boyata on boil. Anthony stokes turned a gift into a goal. Moussa dembele came off the bench and put distance between the teams. 3 1. 19 year old ollie shaul provided another lifeline for hibs. With minutes remaining dembele secured his double. 60 games now unbeaten for celtic under brendan rodgers. They will face either rangers or motherwell mahut play here tomorrow. To get four goals was absolutely blind. Itip to get four goals was absolutely blind. I tip my hat to them. It could have been a banana skin for us today. I thought we dealt with it really well. Its really well. Its our third final in a year. And in the scottish premiership, hearts were 1 0 winners over stjohnstone. Partick thistle beat dundee 2 1, with ross county beating hamilton academical by the same scoreline. England under 17s are through to the semi finals of the world cup in india. Two first half goals from liverpools Rhian Brewster helped england to a 3 1win against the usa. England play brazil or germany next. Were just over half an hour in to the third practice at the United States grand prix. Lewis hamilton has been impressive in austin so far, topping the time sheets in both practices yesterday, knowing that he could win a fourth world title this weekend. Third practice going to form as well, with hamilton top so far. Running grosjean is finding going a little rougher, spinning out a final practice. Qualifying gets underway tempi. Its the second set of Group Matches in the rugby unions champions cup this weeekend, but already glasgows hopes of making it to the knockout stages hang by a thread, after a second successive defeat this time, at the hands of leinster. The warriors actually took an early lead, but the dominant leinster pack proved too much in the end. This final try ensuring the irish side left with a bonus point win. Glasgow remain without a point at the bottom of pool 3. Another side at the bottom of their group is northampton saints. They lost 2a 7 against Clermont Auvergne in a messy game in france. England captain Dylan Hartley was controversially sin binned in the first half, allowing the french side to capitalise with their extra player. The richest race day in great britain, british champions day, has certainly provided some excekllent stories today. Aiden obrien has equalled the record for top level wins in a flat racing year. Hydrangea won the fillies and mares stake which means obrien has drawn level with americas Bobby Frankel on 25 wins. While silvestre de sousa has been crowned britains champion jockey for the second time. His first victory was in 2015 and after achieving the feat again he has been reflecting on hisjourney moving from brazil to europe as a boy who couldnt speak a word of english. Joe wilson has been to meet him. 7 30am in newmark newmarket, this is britains champion jockey. 7 30am in newmark newmarket, this is britains championjockey. His story belongs to the world. Silvestre de sousas journey is unique. He shows me pictures of his triumphs in india. He first sat on a horse on the family farm in brazil. At16, horse on the family farm in brazil. At 16, someone in sao paulo told him he looked like a jockey. That is how it all began. When i came to ireland i couldnt speak a word of english. There was a lot of dedication. It is not easy to be a champion. And when you are foreign and from a different country, even harder. The chances is less. You have to make the chances come to you. De sousa has ridden over 800 times this season. Far more than any of his rivals. The hardest working jockey in the world, he admits, is him. Relaxation comes with frankie, the ever present family sausage dog, named after frankie dettori, chiefly for his energy. There is a constant battle to be top dog at the de sousa home. Determination is his biggest asset. I have achieved 90 more than i thought. My dream was to come to europe and have one right and have a feel of the race. Just watch a race. Here i am today. Where he is today is champion jockey for the second time. De sousa is an institution here. Next destination, a couple of weeks rest back in brazil. Reddish winters are an acquired taste. Joe wilson, bbc news, newmarket. Englands women cricketers begin their quest to regain the ashes from australia with a one Day International in brisbane which starts just after midnight tonight. The build up to the competition has been disrupted by bad weather but Heather Knights team are full of confidence after winning the world cup on home soil injuly. For me its been nice to contribute toa for me its been nice to contribute to a winning team, and the world cup was amazing. That is a once in a lifetime thing. We have to back it up with coming out here and taking on australia in australia to win the womens ashes. That is probably the next hardest challenge after a world cup. It will be tough. Australia play good cricket in the wrong country. It will be a tough seven weeks but i hope we can put some performances in and take the ashes home at the end of it. And you can follow the series across the bbc. There will be ball by ball commentary on radio 5 live sports extra, plus live text commentary on the tests t20s on the bbc sport website and app. Thats all the sport for now. We are back with sportsday at 6 30pm. Next it is meet the author. William shakespeare had a younger brother, richard. But we know even less about him than we do about the bard. The historical novelist Bernard Cornwell now brings him to life as the narrator of fools and mortals, his new book set in theatreland in london in the 1590s, where the brothers are leading more less separate lives. It is a tale of rivalry, jealousy, and a little blackmail. Set during rehearsals for the first night of a midsummer nights dream. Welcome. Its a change of scene for you, bernard, because you are best known as someone who writes in battle mode, really. People are found with muskets or waving swords in many of your books. What is it that fascinates you about the 1590s, and theatre in london . Well, its just that its the beginning of a whole new industry which has obviously prospered mightily ever since, but before the 1570s there were no permanent playhouses. No theatres, if you like. The first is built in 157a. 20 years later, they are in full flow. We have a whole new industry in london. It has to be london because london is the only city big enough to support it. And, shakespeares company, the lord chamberlains men worked at a place called the theatre. A name that has stuck. I miss spend my summers on stage, and i have done for the last 11 years. That experience has absolutely fascinated me. I mean, what was it like in shakespeares time, putting on a play . Is it any different to today . And so, in a sense, its an attempt to actually recreate the world of shakespeares theatre. And youve done something rather cunning. Youve brought in as the narrator of the story richard, one of shakespeares brothers, a younger brother who is a real man. We know that he existed, but we know almost nothing about him. So youve got a wonderful blank sheet of paper i love blank sheets of paper, and richard is the most blank of all of the sheets. Shakespeare had three brothers edmund, giles and richard. We know something about the first two. Edmund became an actor and died much too young. He is buried in what is now southwark cathedral. But richard, we have his birth date, or at least the date of his christening. We have his death date. And we have one court mention in between where he is fined for not attending church. That is it. So hes a completely blank slate. I think its most unlikely that he went to london and became an actor, but why not . It gives me a chance to tell the story. A chance to tell the story and explain that the brothers are estranged, more or less. At least, they have a very difficult relationship. Which is partly due to professional rivalry. Then, you weave a story that involves a lost play, a lost manuscript. It is all set around the rehearsals for the first night of a midsummer nights dream, which is a play about putting on a play putting on a play, yes so we can see where you are going here . Yes, it is a play that i love, ive twice played in a midsummer nights dream. And i think that was maybe the reason i chose it, because i know the play quite well. You know the plot. Most people you ask if they can remember if they remember the plot to a midsummer nights dream, they would struggle. Its very convoluted. It has a lot of main characters. Im a great believer that shakespeare knew what he was talking about when he said in romeo and juliet the two hour traffic of our stage. Usually, you cut a play down to about two hours, plus an interval. Theres a lot going on in those two hours, there really is. And i suppose also it gives you the idea of the ferment of the playhouses of the time, you are giving the Audience Entertainment of every kind through the course of the evening. Its almost participatory, isnt it . Yes, its extraordinarily exciting. The playhouse was a whole new idea. Up until then, if you were going to see a play you would go to an inn yard, probably, or maybe to a hall somewhere. And the play moved on, the cart moved on and you didnt see a play again for some weeks or months. But once you have a fixed playhouse in london, orjust outside of london, then the audience is the same, night after night. Instead of needing three or four plays to keep going, you need about 30 plays a year. You need new material all the time. So the playwright is born. If there had not been a permanent theatre, if it wasnt for the bricks and mortar and the timber and the plaster, we wouldnt have shakespeare. He wouldnt have been needed. Nobody would have paid him to write romeo and juliet or a midsummer nights dream. He might never have been. Might never have been. And he was writing for money of course . Writing for money, and making a great deal of money. The way to make money was to be a shareholder, and owner, of the company, and he is. Its quite natural that a story like this would bubble up. Jealousy, professional rivalry. The theft of a text, because of course there was nothing to protect. No, there was no copyright. If you were an actor, you didnt get a copy of the play to learn your lines. You just got your part. So, if you were playing duke theseus, you would have the line, you know, hippolytas line ive never heard such such silly stuff, this is the silliest stuff that ever i heard. And then you would get your lines. And you would have to work out what else was going on yes, it was like a jigsaw puzzle. Youd have to go, whos next . And you would have to do that in rehearsal. If you had too many copies of the play, someones going to steal it, and if they steal it, then their company is going to put it on and you have no redress at all. So if youve got a great play like romeo and juliet, or midsummer, you certainly dont want the admirals men across the river putting that on because you are losing half your audience. And that is the main spring of this plot . Yes. I would like to think that the main spring of the plot is can we possibly make a success of this ridiculous play with fairies in it . But, who knows . And in writing this story, which has elements of a romp about it, what does come through is your affection for the whole business, the fun of it and the stagecraft, and the smell of the greasepaint, as it were . Yes, it is a huge affection. I like to think it is a tribute to everyone who works in the theatre, for all the pleasure they give us. When you had finished constructing the story, in terms of plot, and then given richard the characteristics which you were able to make up because we know nothing about him, did you find at the end that you got to know his brother at all better, or not . Yes. I got to understand what William Shakespeare was doing in the sense of being a sharer in a theatre company. And, the pressures on him to produce plays. There is this huge pressure to have new material all the time. And much of it is dross. But nevertheless, benjohnson was writing for the admirals men, shakespeares writing for his own company. There is pressure producing. Come on, will we need plays. A remarkable writer like you has had such worldwide success with a whole string of novels, pretty much all set in the past but not entirely, but most of them. You must find yourself coming back to the core subjects that engross people and keep them interested, and the rivalry between two brothers is one of the classics, isnt it . Yes, rivalry or conflict. Somebody once said that every good novel begins by asking a question that the reader did not know that they wanted answered. Its got a very good opening line, this one. Can you remember it off the top of your head . I died just after the clock in the passageway struck nine, i think it is well, its not a bad beginning, and beginnings matter, dont they . Beginnings matter, very much so. It was Kurt Vonnegut who said a novel begins by asking a question the reader did not know they wanted answered. And that actually, in a sense, is what you do. I mean, harry falls in love with anne, but harry is already married to catherine. Youre off, because you want to know how it will end. Bernard cornwell, author of fools and mortals, thank you very much. Thank you. Hello there. Storm brian has been making its presence felt in southern and western britain, particularly stormy skies overhead for this weather watch in south wales. The view from space actually quite dramatic. You can see this swirl of cloud working its way eastwards so far today. The strongest winds to the south of the area of low pressure. We will continue to see strong winds through the evening in the south. When speaking up in north wales, north west england. There could be gales. If you are heading out for the evenings, the black winged arrows show were the strongest winds r. A lot of showers from the west as well. Some of these heavy. Part of words and north west england could see some water issues. Those winds picking Northern Ireland and south west scotland. Dry in north east scotland. As we head through the night we keep those strong winds across Western Areas particularly. Some heavy downpours arraign working in. Some surface water issues. Not a particularly mild night. Into sunday, things will slowly but surely calm down. Storm brian drifting off to the north east. The isobars beginning to open out a little bit. Winds will turn later. We start with a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. The cloud should break up from the west. Spells of sunshine. A scattering of showers in the west. It will not be particularly one. Top temperatures between 12 and 1a degrees. Looking further ahead, outbreaks of rain on monday from the west. Very light and patchy drizzly rain. Misty and murky conditions. Rain close to the south coast as well. For the far east and Northern Ireland, sunshine. For the week ahead, things look decidedly mixed. Spells of rain, at times it will be breezy. By the end of the week, part of the south looked likely to one up. Sunspots could get into the 20s. This is bbc news. Im julian worricker. The headlines at 6pm demonstrations break out in barcelona after the spanish Prime Minister outlines plans to remove catalonias leaders and take control. Explosives experts were called to the Sellafield Nuclear plant in cumbria after an audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory. Criticism at the World Health Organisation after Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe is appointed as a goodwill ambassador. Also this hour, storm brian hits the uk but luckily fails to live up to predictions. Gusts of over 70mph were recorded this morning some areas have been hit by power cuts and flood warnings. And a big shock in the premier league as newly promoted huddersfield beat Manchester United for the first time in 65 years. A full round with sportsday in half an hour