Schoolbags in delhi. A 13 year old boy is among three people arrested for involvement in the murder of a woman stabbed to death in northamptonshire. A man is arrested after video emerges of alleged racial abuse of Manchester United players during yesterdays derby. And coming up, bringing to life mimi and her mountain dragon, how Michael Morpurgos beloved childrens books been translated to the silver screen. With just four days to go till the general election, political leaders have been spending the day on the campaign trail, emphasising their key messages. Borisjohnson called thursdays vote a historic chance to move forward, whilejeremy corbyn said his party is offering an ambitious plan to transform the country. Our political correspondent, Jonathan Blake, reports. A warm welcome in wales today forjeremy corbyn, shoring up support in seats he needs to win. His message, that labour would transform the economy through investment in Public Services at levels not seen for decades. You cant cut your way to prosperity, you invest your way to prosperity and there is no more important investment than investing in young people, children and the next generation, and that is what. Cheering and applause. And that is what i want our Labour Government to do. Borisjohnson and the conservatives may be ahead in the polls, but it is still too close to call. Hello, mr walker, borisjohnson here. Hitting the phones today, he talked up his plan for a new immigration system, and the message he has hammered home since the start. We are a party that is going to get brexit done, by when . By january the 315t, and weve got a deal that is ready to go. An absolutely fantastic deal, isnt it . Its already there. How many members of the conservative Party Standing at this election support our deal . Every single one. Both main parties are working to win a majority, here, at westminster, meaning they can form a government and put their plans in place. But in this unpredictable election, there is every chance that might not happen, and if neither labour nor the conservatives win enough support, then the smaller parties and their policies will come into play. The Scottish National party leader has made it clear labour would have her support and suggested todayjeremy corbyn would be relying on the snp to get into power. I will never do anything that puts borisjohnson into downing street. So, he doesnt need to worry. But labour, in order to get a queens speech and a budget through, if in a minority position, need the support of another party, and if scotland votes for the snp, in a Hung Parliament giving scotland enormous leverage, then i will exercise that firstly in line with scotlands interests. Jo swinson, leader of the liberal democrats smiling in sheffield today, despite feeling a squeeze in the polls, jo swinson says neither borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn is fit to be prime minister, so what then if her party holds the balance of power . We have already, in the last couple of years, been working very constructively across party lines, with labour mps, with conservative mps, with nationalist mps, the green mps, independent mps, where we agree to try to secure a peoples vote, and that constructive spirit will be the way in which the lib dems will approach things after the election. The stage is being set for more drama at westminster. In just a few days the election will be over, and the votes cast will give us a new story to tell. Jonathan blake, bbc news. And Jonathan Blake joined me a little earlier and told me what we should expect from the final few days of campaigning. Borisjohnson will have the laser like focus on brexit that he has attempted to keep up throughout this campaign right from the very start saying that a vote for the conservatives will facilitate the uks departure from the eu as quickly as possible. Although a lot of people argue that he can get it done in the time frame that he is promising, but that will be the message we hear from him in the coming days and i can expect him to be travelling to parts of the country to attempt to shore up notjust traditional tory support but seats which could be hanging in the balance and where the conservatives are trying to attract support from maybe people who have voted labour all their lives in those leave voting constituencies that the tories really do need to pick up. And for labour, it will be more about their plan to invest in Public Services in the uk, to levels we havent seen for a very long time, to take the industries into public ownership, to tax the very richest in society more to do that but expect to hear more criticism for that too from those economists that say that that economic formula is perhaps not as simple asjeremy corbyn would like it to sound. And then, as you saw in the report there, the snp, the liberal democrats, focusing their fire on preventing a conservative majority and pushing forward their similar message of wanting to stop brexit. And, i suppose in the closing days, all the Campaign Teams are going to be eyeing those polls very closely . Yes, interesting, a few are out that broadly the trend we have seen of the past few days is that the conservatives have a lead of about io , ten Percentage Points over labour although the gap has narrowed slightly in recent days. They will want to maintain that in the final few days of campaigning but labour will, of course, be wanting to close the gap further and what happens if that is the case is that the smaller parties get squeezed out so they will be looking to keep their messages front and centre as well. If the polls stay as they are, we could be looking at a significant majority for Boris Johnson and the conservative party but it wouldnt need to be too much of a shift at all for that not to be the case and for another Hung Parliament to be the result of this election. Just very quickly, jonathan, we have seen a lot of talk about tactical voting and advising people how to vote tactically and also alliances, possible alliances, depending on who wins, the morning of the 13th. How is that going down with the public . Have you got a feel for that . It depends where you go really and out about on the campaign trail, just speaking to the voters which i and my colleagues have, you get the impression that people are making up their minds on individual issues, all the broadbrush messages that or the broadbrush messages that both main parties are putting forwards but of course, people make their minds up on local issues sometimes as well. Or with brexit in mind and that tactical voting mentality to either stop the conservatives winning a majority or to make sure their preferred outcome to brexit has more of a chance of getting through. So, it will be a factor in this election but i think we havent seen necessarily the nationwide coordinated campaign, particularly that some people hoped would happen around a remain alliance, too, if you like, put forward the resources of parties against the conservatives to stop brexit so it really will be in pockets of seats around the country that we see tactical voting come to the fore and those results will be there for all to see on friday morning. Police in india have arrested the owner of a bag factory in delhi, where a fire killed more than a0 people overnight. The Emergency Services were hampered by the narrow streets around the building but managed to rescue more than 50 people. From delhi, Pratiksha Ghildial reports. The blaze broke out on the ground floor of this multistorey factory, in the early hours of the morning, and then quickly spread to other levels. Rescue services say at least 100 people were sleeping inside the building at the time. They died due to suffocation. At this hospital, relatives of the victims have been waiting desperately all day for any news on their loved ones. Many victims were migrant labourers from neighbouring states of delhi. Among the families, there are several heart wrenching stories. Yasmin says her younger brother who died in the fire had been blessed with a baby boy this morning. Translation his third child was born today. He did not know about it. We cant find his dead body. We dont have any information. Mohammed lost two of his brothers in the blaze. Translation my elder brother called me and said, save me, the fire is really big. There is no hope to survive. There are many of us, and we are all stuck inside. The countrys prime minister, narendra modi, described the fire as extremely horrific and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. This is one of the worst fire incidents in delhi in recent times. But they happen regularly across the country. Many buildings lack proper fire exits and illegal construction is rampant. The cause of the fire is uncertain and the inquiry has now been launched into the incident. Pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, delhi. A 41 year old man has been arrested after video emerged appearing to show players being racially abused during yesterdays manchester football derby. The Manchester United player, fred, also said he was hit by an object thrown from the stands. Katie gornall reports. It was the moment the Manchester Derby turned ugly. Something has just hit fred. Yesterday, as the united midfielder fred went to take a corner in the second half, objects, including cigarette lighters, were thrown at him. Oh, this is really poor. Things are now raining down. Before a man was caught on camera, apparently making monkey noises and gestures towards uniteds players. A video of the incident began circulating on social media. We encourage people to report and we are really heartened that yesterday a lot of people reported to us. So, that message is clearly getting through. Today, Greater Manchester police announced that a 41 year old man has been arrested, saying. What happened here at the etihad is yet another reminder of how racism continues to plague football, and it comes almost a year to the day after the city forward Raheem Sterling was racially abused playing at stamford bridge. That abuse led to a Chelsea Supporter receiving a permanent ban, while sterling was also one of a number of england players who faced racism and nazi salutes during the euro 2020 qualifiers this year. Last night, Manchester Uniteds players left the pitch celebrating an important win, but today, football yet again has to confront an all too familiar problem. Katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. A Murder Investigation is under way after a 25 year old woman was killed, following an attack in rushden in northamptonshire. Two men and a 13 year old boy have been arrested. 0ur correspondent, simon jones, gave us this update a little earlier. This happened yesterday evening at about 8. 30 in wellingborough road. A woman was stabbed to death. We are told she died in the road. Police made three arrests. A 13 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. A 27 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and another 27 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Police have not said if the victim and those arrested were known to one another but officers have described this as a tragic event and they say the community is in a state of shock. A lot of people may have seen the aftermath of the attack or seen the attack themselves. They want to hear from anyone who saw anything important and they are asking if anyone has dashcam footage from the scene at the time of the attack. They say the area remains cordoned off and is likely to remain that way for some time to come, as the investigation continues. They are working round the clock to bring those responsible to justice and they will have increased patrols over the coming days and hours. They are trying to reassure the community that is very much in a state of shock. Firefighters in australia are trying to contain more than 140 fires before very hot and windy conditions return to fan the flames in the next few days. The country is experiencing a devastating start to its fire season due to the effects of Climate Change. 2019 is on track to be one of australia s hottest and driest years on record. Courtney bembridge reports. Authorities are calling it a mega fire. Five fires have merged and it has become too big to tackle. The front is 60 kilometres long and so far more than 300,000 hectares of bush has been burnt. The fire is now the size of australias largest city, sydney. Firefighters say it could burn untiljanuary or even february unless there is some heavy rain soon but with none in the forecast, Emergency Services are being stretched to the limit. To match the scale of this fire, every firefighter in the state would need to be deployed. With nearly 100 fires burning across the state, that is an impossible ask and reinforcements have now been flown in from the us and canada. We have got literally, more than1 million hectares burning across New South Wales at the moment and we have gotjust under 2000 firefighters and personnel walking on these fire grounds and we have got communities up and down the coast, that are all being impacted by these fires. Residents were told to pack up and leave before it is too late. Putting your life on hold is the hardest thing, you know, you go out during the day and you dont know whether you are going to be able to get back in the afternoon. You dont know whether you will be able to be here to defend your property. Life still has to go on. The fire is burning about an hour north of sydney, bringing toxic smoke and ash falling from the sky. The fire season has hit harder and earlier than previous years due to Climate Change since the crisis began in september, six people have been killed. More than 700 homes destroyed and an estimated 2 million hectares scorched. Firefighters are bracing for more high temperatures and strong winds this week, a dangerous combination, likely to make the situation much worse. Courtney bembridge, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news campaigning intensifies, as politicians canvass in key battlegrounds with just days until the country goes to the polls. In india, at least a0 people are killed in a fire at a factory making school bags in delhi. A 13 year old boy is among three people arrested for involvement in the murder of a woman stabbed to death in northamptonshire. Lets return to the general election now, and as the parties place considerable emphasis on their social media campaigning, Community Groups set up to discuss local issues on facebook have become hotbeds of political discussion. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports from hastings on the south coast on the role online forums are playing in the election. You have probably heard a bit about the election today, and chances are, you read about it on Facebook First of all. Research by bbc trending, the bbc social media investigations unit, shows how much of the election conversation around the country is happening in Facebook Groups. Hastings and rye, a marginal, illustrates this story. A closed Facebook Group called hastings 2020 decides aims to be impartial. It was founded by plant biologist, russell hall, who keeps it on a tight leash. A lot of people see facebook as a threat to democracy, would you argue that its actually a benefit . Very much it can, yes. I mean, the ability for citizens right across the town to actually talk directly with each other is great. What i am seeing though is a lot of. Well, non factual information being passed around, lets say. It is fake news. I mean, people are consciously doing it. These Facebook Groups show the growing power of self appointed Group Moderators who curate discussion amongst communities that are sometimes bigger than the readership of the local paper. This is where so much of the discussion about this election is taking place, and often it is the groups that were set up to talk about hedgehogs and wheelie bins that have suddenly become the political wild west. Even when they are not about politics. St leonards is on the west of the borough of hastings. Over a decade ago, an open Facebook Group was set up to celebrate st leonards as a tourist destination. Its founder died in 2010. Today, this group has morphed into a hotbed of political activity some of it is horrible. But you went in thinking it was one thing, and actually, it turned out to be something very different. It wasnt what i looked for. I was looking for a lovely local group. Is it hostile to people that dont. . It is hostile. Ive just found it disgusting. Really disgusting. Do you think some people might be surprised that actually its become so political . Yes, but there are 5000 people, and so what we all do, i think, is we block people that annoy us. Its a really good representation about what is going on. There are a few people that can get deeply offensive. You get what they call trolling, but we deal with that. The closer it has got to the election, it has got livelier. This marginal seat on the south coast shows the new landscape of modern elections online, off message and a long way from the glare of public scrutiny. Amol rajan, bbc news, hastings. Ava nti west coast has ta ken overfrom Virgin Trains as the operator running the west coast main line. Avantis first train left london euston for manchester piccadilly this morning. Virgin trains was britains longest running rail franchise operating for more than 22 years. Our business correspondent, katie prescott, explains what the changes will mean for passengers. Stripped of its colours, one of the last Virgin Trains pulling out of euston station. After a row over pensions liabilities, britains longest running rail franchises being replaced by avanti west coast. Its a joint venture between scotland based firstgroup and the uk arm of italys main train operator. The main change that passengers at euston station will notice will be the change of branding, as virgins red and white livery is stripped away and the staff wear new uniforms. But the people in those uniforms will stay the same, as most of the crew, drivers, and even Senior Management are being kept on. All pre booked tickets will still be valid. Passengers will travel on 20 new british built trains, which willjoin refurbished ones on the avanti service. What were trying to do is we are going to offer greater value for money, were going to increase the number of trains that people are going to see, the number of seats will be far greater in a couple of years. And we want to encourage, its very important, the environmental footprint that we all put on the world, we think rail can make a great impact on that. Avanti is italian for forward. These passengers are hoping that the new franchise lives up to its name as the Christmas Holiday approaches. Katie prescott, bbc news. The fbi says it is treating a deadly attack on a Florida Naval base as a presumed terrorist attack. The gunman a saudi soldier who was training at the pensacola site killed 3 people and wounded 8 on friday. Investigators say they believe he was acting alone. But a review has been ordered of the screening process for Foreign Military in the country. For almost six months, pro democracy campaigners have held demonstrations in hong kong. Tonight, hundreds of thousands of people filled the narrow streets of the territory. It was the First Time Since august, the police have allowed a rally to take place. The peaceful march followed the route of previous large protests to the financial district. Demonstrators sang pro demoncracy anthems and shone lights in the dark. 0ur correpondent, laura bicker, followed protestors on the march and explained what those taking part want to see happen. It is the eve of the six month anniversary of these protests. It began injune as protesters took to the streets to contest the extradition bill and what they believe is encroaching pro beijing on their civil liberties. When it comes to what they want now, they say they have five demands, not one less. That includes a Public Inquiry into what they believe has been Police Brutality within the last six months. They also want an amnesty for the near 6,000 people that have been arrested in that time. I think, if people were looking at hong kong wondering if the streets were going to remain empty after the local council elections, where pro democracy candidates won the election in a landslide, a lot of people looked to hong kong and thought, is it all over . Has it all been and gone now . But i think, when it comes to what we are seeing today with hundreds of thousands at least to the streets, the answer is a resounding no. Michael morpurgo has written some of the best loved childrens books of recent times, from war horse to private peaceful. This christmas, his enchanting story mimi and the mountain dragon is coming to the small screen. 0ur reporter, alex stanger, met sir michael and the bbc Animation Team responsible for bringing his book to life. Meet mimi and her mountain dragon. The latest creations from the pen of sir Michael Morpurgo and two of the stars of bbc 0nes christmas schedule. Its about a little girl having the courage to drive away fear, which is a big subject in our societyjust at the moment. Its a big subject that it always had been. This courage to stand up to fear and drive it away. You know, look it in the eye and say im not backing down. It was up to over 100 people here at factory studios in cheshire to create the boxing day special. Work began last christmas. The starting point, some drawings of mimi by illustrator emily gravatt. We take those illustrations and we develop them on further for animation, lots of character turnarounds, things that we need to be able to create those characters into animatable characters. Many, many artists work on this and we all try to get into heads of the original illustrators. Many people Work Together and we will have to come at the end looking like it was one person that was working on it. So thats probably the most challenging thing, trying to retain the essence of the show. All these animators and they caught this spirit, thats when theyve made this wonderfulfilm. But if ijust sat there and read them the story about a little girl and a dragon it wouldnt have been good enough, theyve had to really immerse themselves in it and find out the whys and the wherefores and what the story is really about. And how did you find the film . I know that youve just come back from a crew screening last night, so its literally hot off the press. How did you find it . I was overwhelmed. And im not overwhelmed by films and plays of mine that i see generally, because very often there are moments in the film and moments in the play when i wish it had been done otherwise. And if im being honest, that does happen. Its very moving. I defy anyone not to have a tear, notjust in one eye, but in two eyes and probably coming out of your nostrils, because thats what happens when you cry a lot. Alex stanger, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Its going to be an awful lot of whether to look out over the week ahead. For the next few days, dominated by wind and rain. Heavy rain or heavy showers accompanied by gales or severe gales. It is probably the strength of the wind that will have more of an impact with disruption possible and the strongest winds are arriving right 110w strongest winds are arriving right now towards the south west of the uk. We have had a lot of showers coming in during today but these two areas of cloud here are where we are seeing the winds strengthening and already that has been hitting western parts of ireland. As far as the uk is concerned, the stronger twins overnight are going to be across the south and west of wales and the south west of england, perhaps 75 mph gusts and some big waves. Some rain for a while, most of that will clear away. It will be quite windy just about of that will clear away. It will be quite windyjust about everywhere. The wind direction changing to a northerly direction which will drag down some colder air as well. During tomorrow, things slowly come down from the west because we have this ridge of High Pressure starting to build in. That will fade away most of the showers and 50 strong list of the winds out into the north sea and it will be pretty windy for most of the day down the north sea coasts and feel cold too, quite a few showers at first, quite a few coming of the rst and north wales but gradually they become fewer. Still a windy day but it will become less windy day but it will become less windy but it probably will feel colder. Of the irish sea into north wales. We may have a touch of frost for eastern areas but then the winds pick up later into the night and we dream these weather fronts and we dream these weather fronts and pick up some milder air and bring some rain in, cloud and rain on tuesday. A couple of bands putting eastwards. It is the second one that looks particularly wet and thatis one that looks particularly wet and that is going to be accompanied by some squalling winds too. Temperatures double figures for most of us but it is the wind and rain thatis of us but it is the wind and rain that is the story. That milder air get swe pt that is the story. That milder air get swept away is that rain band sweeps the area clear of Eastern England and then colder air comes in around that area of low pressure. Gale is still possible in the north west of scotland, otherwise not as windy on wednesday. A day of sunshine and some showers, some of them heavy, perhaps thundery, wintry over the hills in the north and putting into some eastern areas it will be quite a chilly day with typical temperatures only six or seven celsius. The final leg of the election, as campaigning enters its last few days. In the key battlegrounds, politicians have been out canvassing for every possible vote, ahead of the countrys decision on thursday. Well be assessing the last minute blitz of messaging, and looking at one marginal seat in the north of england. Also tonight. At least 43 people have been killed in delhis worst fire for 20 years, in a factory where many workers were sleeping. A man is arrested after video emerges of alleged racial abuse of Manchester United players in yesterdays football derby