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Plunged the eu into crisis. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in the spanish region of catalonia after a day of voting that descended into chaos and violence. The catalan authorities went ahead with an independence referendum declared illegal by the spanish courts only to see the Central Government in madrid send in riot police. They managed to close down some polling stations, with more than 800 people said to have needed medical assistance. Tonight, as the votes are counted, the Catalan Government said the actions of the Spanish Government made it the shame of europe. Tom burridge reports from barcelona. This is how a vote turned ugly. Spanish National Police moving in to disrupt an independence referendum in catalonia which spains government women literally pulled by their hair out of polling stations. Across barcelona Violent Police raids to grab ballot boxes. Hundreds injured when they went to vote. One of the policemen took him by the head, took off his glasses and then he started to kick my dad here. The first one was here. He kicked here. They are mad, they are crazy. I am 79, maria teresa said, ijust wanted to vote in peace. But it wasntjust in barcelona. This was the scene to the north in gerona. Watch the blonde woman in the middle. After clearing people from the entrance to the polling station they smashed their way in. Other officers from Spains National force fought with local catalan firemen. Some of catalonias own Regional Police on the side of voters with emotions running high. With some in barcelona supporting spains government today, spains Prime Minister tonight seemed oblivious to the violence carried out by his police. Translation we have been an example to the world for our ability to believe in ourselves and to improve at every moment. But many did vote am savouring a precious moment. But in a neighbourhood near barcelona football clubs nou camp, we found Spanish Police surrounding a polling station this woman was queueing to vote when they arrived. We dont want to be part of this country that they dont love us. Spain doesnt love us. Their work done, they left to a chorus of anger and disbelief. This is the people facing down the police. These are right police who have been drafted in from other parts of spain. But their heavy handed tactics today appear to be making deep divisions in this region worse. Let alone independence. But spains now Ruling Popular Party helped scrap the deal promising more financial autonomy for catalonia. That was seven years ago and the Pro Independence camp have pushed the idea that this region would be better off outside of spain ever since. A short while ago, tom sent this update from barcelona, where crowds have turned out on the streets as counting gets under way. Neither of catalonias devolved government and the leader of the Pro Independence movement here in the past hour have called on the eu to intervene. The levels of Police Violence weve seen today have eclipsed the referendum itself. Were still waiting to know how many people have been able to vote in this most controversial of polls. The Spanish Government has always maintained its the spanish courts ordering the Spanish Police to act but i think their tactic today of actually violently preventing people from voting seems to have backfired andi from voting seems to have backfired and i also think the idea of catalonias government declaring independence from spain without madrids consent is still very much on the cards. Thats what these people want. Many other people across catalonia do not want that. It would be a volatile moment. At the conservative Party Conference in manchester, the Prime Minister has insisted that her cabinet is united on brexit and unveiled plans designed to appeal to Younger Voters. Therell be changes to the University Tuition fee system in england and more help for first time home buyers. But as our Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg reports, theresa may is having to face more open dissent from within her government. Tory, tory, tory. Scum, scum, scum. The Prime Minister might find it hard to listen to that, let alone agree. The tory conference, a magnet for discontent and fury in some quarters. Most of the protests peaceful, all noisy at least. But theresa may does think she needs to Pay Attention to the national mood. After labour courted votes promising to scrap University Fees in england, they will be frozen there is a confirmation of a rethink too. When we set that policy what we expected was going to happen was there would be in range, diversity and the system, that wed see universities perhaps offering shorter courses, that wed see universities offering courses at fees under the maximum fee. That hasnt happened. Weve got to look at it again. But ambition is to change policy wont matter much. Foreign secretary, do you accept youre causing trouble for the Prime Minister . No, he certainly doesnt. If the man most tory mps see as stirrer in chief and the Prime Minister and the rest of the cabinet cant pull together. Should the foreign secretary be sacked . All of them would deny, of course, theyre trying to cause trouble. But the danger for the tories is they look like theyre attacking each other rather than trying to deal with the publics concerns. And in the next few days they all need to do more than just hope for the best. I think this is a big opportunity for theresa may, perhaps a last opportunity for her to reset the way that people think and feel about her post that disastrous election. So, its a big moment. If she doesnt deliver it then i think of course she will be vulnerable. I dont know why everyone pretends you can just carry on after such a disastrous election result as if nothing has happened. There isnt any unity. Thats the problem. I mean, everybody keeps saying we are all united and we are all going to have a bigger and better future. Thats what politicians have got to say. It is indeed what she feels she has to say, whatever the antics of the foreign secretary. Is he unsackable . Look. Look, lets be very clear about what we have here in this government. We have a government that is determined to build a country that works for everyone. Whether this conference works for her, well, thats a different question. Theresa may knows she needs to win her authority back. But parties arguing among themselves dont inspire devotion and strong leaders. They ought to be able to close down internal fights. Political parties can never completely stage manage these conferences. As the Prime Ministers deputy found out this afternoon. But theresa may has been put on notice by her party. And to keep going, this week the Prime Minister needs to do more than put on a brave face. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, manchester. As laura mentioned, theresa may has promised that the whole system of University Funding in england is to be reviewed with a freeze in tuition fees and a rise in the thresholds at which repayments begin. Our education editor branwenjeffereys has been looking into the changes. Just a mile from the tory conference, a student cafe. Chewing over the changes, liam and grace. I cant imagine it being any more expensive than £9,000. It is expensive enough as it is, really expensive. They dont take into account things like maintenance and stuff like that. Liam says freezing fees doesnt go far enough. They should be encouraging more people to get into university and things like that. So scrapping them is the best idea for me. But im not really sure what thats going to do for the country as a whole. But grace is pleased she wont start repaying until she earns more. Itlljust give me more time to earn that money until i actually have to pay back all the tuition fees. Because £21,000 is not very much at all. So i think its better that theyre raising it. Everything about student finance is up for review. The measures announced today were quite simple. But thats partly because the system is so congregated. So, tuition fees are being frozen at £9,250. The earnings threshold for graduates to repay is going up to £25,000 per year. But, Interest Rates are staying at 6. 1 . And for living costs, the poorest students are still going to have to rely on loans, not grants. University leaders are not being behind the scenes at Party Conferences, freezing fees means rising costs will eat away at their budgets. And they want more changes, too. It is a good start. I would like the government to go further. I would suggest that they consider introducing targeted maintenance grants for those students who most need it, to give students cash in their pockets while they are at university. Getting a degree leads to better paid jobs. But for middle earners, that still means 30 years of paying back a loan. One reason why raising the threshold will make a difference. That means, for a middle earning graduate, they will see less of their monthly pay taken in graduate contributions. Its a very expensive option for the government, though. Students just starting this week at uni. By the time they leave, the system could have changed again. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. The future of monarch, the uks fifth largest airline, is hanging in the balance as it tries to persuade the Civil Aviation authority tonight to renew the licence it needs to sell package holidays. Yesterday it won a 24 hour extension but there is uncertainty about its finances. Joe lynam is outside the caas offices in london now. Well, for the 10,000 or so people that are already on holidays, monarch package holidays, they will be brought home because they have the at all protection that guarantees that. For the 100,000 or so guarantees that. For the 100,000 or so people that have bought holidays but havent travelled, they will get a full refund. Bird known unknown is what happens to the bigger airline, theres a chance customers and suppliers may lose confidence in the airline and that could put a question of its future but theres still an hour and question of its future but theres stillan hourand a question of its future but theres still an hour and a half also for the caa to decide that. The larger problem is all the usual shorthaul sector in the airline industry, there are too many seats and not enough buttons to put on them. A 17 Year Old Girl and a 20 year old woman have been stabbed to death at a Railway Station in the south of france in what is suspected to be a militant islamist attack. Soldiers on patrol in the city of marseille shot dead a man in his twenties who was armed with a knife. President macron has called the attack barbaric. From paris, correspondent Hugh Schofield reports it was early afternoon on the esplanade in front of the main Railway Station in marseille. A man seated on the bench throughout a large knife, rose and attacked two young women. They were aged 17 and 20. Both were knifed to death. Translation we are in the train station, i took out my ticket and heard a woman screaming outside. I particularly remember the women because they were the ones screaming. People were running but no one knew what was going on. A military patrol was in the station and three soldiers rushed to the scene. The man turned against them, at which point they shot him and he died shortly after. President macron said police are treating it as a terrorist attack but there are plenty of questions about the man and his motivation. Translation the individualwas killed by a soldier this afternoon. It seems this individual had several identities. I dont know any more and cant say more than that. French media report the killer was in his 20s with a Police Record for petty offences. If so, that fits with a steady pattern of recent attacks in france carried out by individuals who seem to have a deep hatred of French Authority aggravated by exposure to islamist ideas. Hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. Police in canada have arrested a man on suspicion of terror offences after a series of violent attacks, including the stabbing of a Police Officer in edmonton. The 30 year old is also accused of using a truck to drive into and injure a number of pedestrians during a high speed chase with police. Police say an Islamic State group flag was found in the vehicle. A 17 year old boy has been charged with arson and causing danger to road users, in connection with two incidents on the m3 last month. A flammable substance was thrown from a bridge leading to lengthy delays on the main route between london and southampton. The teenager will appear before magistrates tomorrow. The former american football star and actor oj simpson has been released from prison in the us state of nevada. He served nine years of a 33 year sentence for Armed Robbery he said he had been trying to recover sporting memorabilia stolen from him. Well have the paper review at half past eleven but lets have a quick look at some of tomorrows front pages and theres one picture dominating most of them. The guardian shows a riot Police Officer brandishing a truncheon in barcelona as it reports on the hundreds injured while trying to vote in todays illegal independence poll. The telegraph has the same image it reports that the violence shows the eu is in crisis amid a lack of condemnation from brussels. The same picture again in the times, which says that spain has been torn apart by the violence. The ft has the same lead story but goes for a different image, showing riot police brawling with a voter. But the eyes attention is on the conservative conference backlash against boris is its headline. It reports the party has swung against the foreign secretary over his perceived disloyalty. what a time to be squabbling exclaims the daily mail it says the pms attempts to reach out to Younger Voters have been overshadowed by infighting. The sun claims a public kiss between prince harry and Meghan Markle has sparked a frenzy of engagement speculation. And the mirror reports the captain of one of britains Nuclear Armed submarines has been suspended, over claims of an inappropriate relationship between two officers. The headlines on bbc news counting is underway in a controversial independence referendum in catalonia hundreds of people have been injured after police tried to stop the poll. On the first day of the conservative Party Conference, theresa may insists the cabinet is united and unveils policies designed to appeal to young people. The Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility for a knife attack in the french city of marseille which left a 17 Year Old Girl and a 20 year old woman dead. Sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Liverpool missed the opportunity to move into the top four of the premier league after drawing one all at newcastle. The visitors had led through another stunning strike from philippe coutinho. Butjoselu took advantage of more sloppy defending byjurgen klopps side to equalise before half time. Liverpool squandered a number of good chances to win the game and had to settle for a point. Away at newcastle. Each team will be a difficult game. We scored a wonderful goal and created wonderful chances. Not all of them were shots on target because we shot over the goal even though it was empty. Everton were booed off after their fourth defeat in five premier league games ronald koemans side beaten one nil by burnley. Jeff hendrick scored the only goal of the game. Its burnleys best start to a top flight season in 44 years. I cannot complain today about my players. I think we showed the right attitude. We showed really that commitment, that aggression, what we need to play to win the game. We had big chances in the beginning then the game would have been totally different. If you analyse your opponent of the day, if you go down in the score, thats really tough. Arsenal completed a routine 2 0 victory over brighton to mark manager Arsene Wengers 21 years in charge. Goals from nacho monreal, his first in five years, and alex iwobi secured the points for arsenal and moved them up to fifth in the table. Red bulls Max Verstappen won the malaysian grand prix in a thrilling race in sa pang. In a thrilling race in sapang. Verstappen, who turned 20 yesterday, took control of the race after passing Lewis Hamilton at the start of the 11th lap. Hamilton finished second but extends his lead in the championship standings. His title rival Sebastian Vettel started at the back of the grid but fought his way through to take 4th. Daniel ricciardo was 3rd. One game in rugby unions premiership today. Bath have spoiled wasps 150th anniversary celebrations with a 25 9 victory at the ricoh arena. The sides were level at the end of the first half on 9points a piece, but bath pulled away after the break. Semesa rokodeguni raced onto a jonathanjoseph chip kick late on to grab the games only try and seal victory. Its the first time wasps have lost three in a row in the premiership since january 2016. Irelands paul dunne shot a nine under par 61 on the final day of the British Masters to hold off rory mcilroy and win his first European Tour title. Despite carding his lowest round of the season, mcilroy was unable to surpass the world number 192 and looks on course for only the second winless season of his career. Dunne was in a five way tie for second heading into the final round but made seven birdies and an eagle to win by three strokes on 20 under par at close house. He sealed victory in style with this chip in on the 18th. Britains Johanna Kontas been beaten for the fifth match in a row. Her poor rum of form continued at the china open in beijing, where she lost 6 1, 6 2 to a player ranked more than 50 places below her in the world rankings, romanias monica niculescu. Konta is still on target to reach the end of season wta finals as she currently occupies the eighth and final qualifying spot. And Frankie Dettori has won europes richest horse race for a record 5th time. He rode the favourite enable to victory in the prix de larc de triomphe. Thats all the sport for now. Ten days after puerto rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, the situation in the american territory remains desperate. Most of the island is still without power and theres a shortage of drinking water, food and fuel. Theres also deepening Political Tension over relief efforts as President Trump continues to angrily defend the us response on social media. Aleem maqbool sent this report from the town of loiza. You see . I lost everything, my home. It took a matter of hours for Hurricane Maria to tear apart puerto rico and the homes of so many living here. I went with Lesley Quinones as she surveyed what is left of the place she lived with her five children and granddaughter. What are you going to do . I dont know what ill do because i dont have money. My family dont have money. I dont know where im going. I dont have nothing more. This is all i have right now. This is my only home i have. Since the hurricane struck with such devastation, lesley and her family have been living in a makeshift shelter, a school. They are getting some food now but for the first nine days they didnt even have mattresses to sleep on. There is no power here or across the vast majority of this island. Leslie says help has been slow to arrive and worries where it will come from in the future. I feel depressed, nervous, stressed. You dont see nothing, its not good. Just terrible, just terrible, terrible. Well, there are now thousands of us military and Emergency Personnel here working hard to help in puerto rico. The complaint among many puerto ricans, though, is that there was too much of a delay after the hurricane before this operation began and not enough of a sense of urgency to begin with. When a us official called the countrys response here in what is an american territory a good news story it caused the mayor of sanjuan to bristle with anger. We are dying here and i cannot fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out the logistics for a small island of 100 miles by 35 miles long. President trump reacted to the criticism by attacking the mayor. The truth is, with no power, mobile communications or television news, few here in puerto rico have any idea about the political wrangling. After all the destruction, millions have far more pressing issues to deal with like getting through each day until electricity, water and help arrives. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, puerto rico. For generations of football fans he was the ultimate hero. Now roy race, or roy of the rovers as hes best known, is making a comeback. The melchester rovers striker will feature in a series of books and graphic novels. Hell also be crossing into social media. Jeremy stern reports. Whether you are playing at Wembley Stadium or windmill school, there is nothing quite like the feeling of scoring a goal. Every young footballer has a hero. Kante because he is really strong. Drogba because he has a great attitude on the pitch. Definitely neymar. My favourite player is rashford because he is speedy and he scores a lot of goals. That would also be a perfect description for another legend of the game, the melchester rovers star striker, roy race. He hung up his boots 15 years ago. Now oxford based Production Company rebellion is bringing him out of retirement. He was a hero, local boy done good, he could score with both feet foot, with his head, any fades pristine and his team mates so they loved him. He will return as a 15 year old and a five year storyline is being developed. No doubt he will dominate on the pitch but his biggest challenge may be to flourish in the digital age. Roy is a contemporary character in the modern world. There will be a you tube channel, we will engage in the right social media, there will be a presence in lots of different ways. But comics have almost disappeared from the news hand in the uk, they have started to rise in the book world. None of these children had heard of mel chesters favourite son. Manchester. By the time the First Edition of the new graphic novel is released next september, roy race could be the one they aspire to. Time for the weather forecast. We are going to go back to maria because we are going to get Hurricane Maria over the next day or two but dont worry it is not a hurricane in any more, but a bit of rain. It actually comes from this lump of cloud here but behind this belt of cloud, we are seeing a change. Too cold air coming down because of the change in wind direction to a colder north westerly. The winds will be a feature of the weather. Strengthening across the uk. Around the base of the low pressure area. A host of showers hacking into scotla nd host of showers hacking into scotland and more arriving into Northern Ireland and northern england. Further south it should be drier. Clear spells of developing. Not as cold as last night because of the wind and the rain but not very pleasa nt the wind and the rain but not very pleasant at all for the rush hour in the morning and this is where we will have the peak of the wind. 60 miles through the central belt. Likely to be travel disruptions. This is the worst of the wind with frequent and heavy showers. Southern parts not as windy and sunshine in the morning, more cloud in the afternoon and eventually some rain in the far south west. Fewer lighter showers further north by then. The date will feel colder, especially in the winter. It is at this rain which is all that is left of Hurricane Maria. Out and away very quickly. Sky is clear overnight. We start chilly on tuesday. More cloud through the day from the north westerly winds. The winds will not be as strong but temperatures are degree or two lower than on monday. We were hoping for this area of High Pressure to build but it is a flat one. It is getting squished by all these weather fronts to the north. Rain to northern areas. Wednesday, western scotland the way test area. Further south, a dry day with some sunshine. Hello. This is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines counting is under way in catalonias controversial independence referendum. Hundreds of people were injured as Spanish Police used force to try to block voting. Earlier, the spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insisted the vote was illegal. Translation right now i can tell you all emphatically, what we found today and what we already know, is that there was no independence referendum in catalonia today. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack