Positive. Its good. There are 42 flood warnings still in place in the north of england. Ministers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow as locals underline the scale of the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and queensland as bushfires continue to burn, posing what authorities say, is a catastrophic threat. Families in england will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs but others say they still wont get what they need. And at half past 11 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph and sienna rodgers, the editor of labourlist. Theres been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election caused by the brexit partys decision not to contest those seats won by the conservatives last time. The Brexit Party Leader, nigel farage, who once promised to stand in the vast majority of seats across the uk said hed made the decision because of what he called Boris Johnsons shift of position on brexit. Mr farage said his party would focus its efforts on trying to take seats held by labour, the party he accuses of betraying voters who backed leave. Mrjohnson has welcomed the offer but labour said it amounted to a kind of Trump Alliance between mrjohnson and mr farage. 0ur Political EditorLaura Kuenssberg has more details. There are flashing images in her report. A moment in front of the cameras not something nigel farage ever wants to miss. I think this has been quite a long anticipated speech, from what i can gather. Today, though, he publicly gave up some of his ambition rather than turning up the swagger. The brexit party will not contest the 317 seats the conservatives won at the last election. But, what we will do is concentrate our total effort into all of the seats that are held by the labour party. So, the brexit party will now only stand in about half the seats around the country. Even though last week, this meeting was rammed with hundreds and hundreds of candidates. Mr farage then swore hed take on all comers. We will run 600 candidates who will offer the electorate the choice to vote for a clean break brexit. That bravado though, rather disappeared. And Nigel Farages troops, who had hopes of making it to westminster mainly had no idea. I am, of course, very disappointed to be stood down. I was literally having my nomination papers checked just five minutes before nigel farage held his press conference. So i had no idea, really, what was going on. Borisjohnson repeatedly turned down nigel farage as a companion on the trail. The brexit party ignoring tory seats makes it easier for the Prime Minister to keep the leave vote together. Im glad there is a recognition that there is only one way to get brexit done and that is to vote for us and to vote for the conservatives. In theory, this makes it easier for the tories to send the same mps back here to westminster. 0ne cabinet minister said Nigel Farages decision is a step in the right direction. But for borisjohnson to win a victory, he has to take seats currently held by labour, and the brexit party could well still gobble up those votes elsewhere. The brexit party will stand in seats thatjeremy corbyns defending, and could stop the tories there in their tracks. The issue is, isnt it, if you vote farage, do you get johnson, and if you vote johnson do you get farage . I dont think that the electorate like these backroom deals. We are absolutely clear we want to stop brexit, and its absolutely clear from what even nigel farage is saying, that we are the ones who can take seats from the conservatives at this general election and stop brexit. And in an election, anything is ammunition. I think todays announcement proves beyond any doubt that borisjohnson and nigel farage are joined at the hip. Any form of brexit that is acceptable to nigel farage is going to be deeply damaging to scotland. Tonight, the Brexit Party Leader was still on the trail with less to look cheerful about now. But over the years, nigel farage has packed halls and piled up problems for the conservatives. And hes not done yet. The Prime Minister is to chair an emergency cabinet meeting, known as cobra, tomorrow to discuss the response to widespread flooding in the north of england. Labour has criticised the government for not declaring a national emergency. The Environment Agency says 42 flood warnings are still in place, including 5 severe warnings on the river don near doncaster. The local council says its concerned that some residents in the village of fishlake are refusing to leave their properties despite extensive flooding, with more rain expected over the coming days. 0ur correspondent dan johnson sent this report from fishlake tonight. 0n the low, flat land east of doncaster, fishla ke is a village still under water. Three days on now, and its residents are still coming to terms with what hit them when the river don overflowed. It was just coming up out of the floor, so only a little bit trickled at times. Some have lost their homes, others, their business. But at the spa pam runs and lives above, its both. And today she checked her insurance and the news only got worse. Weve lived here since 2004, it was covered completely. But now theres a clause being put into it, as an exemption to flood and where do you find some solace . If i could go away to a workplace and just throw myself into still being able to run the business, but i cant. Some scenes defy explanation. A man was lucky to escape this car. The water poured through the village late on friday night, chasing people from their homes. Weve never experienced this in our lifetime and weve lived here nearly 55 years. I was born here, so. We just think the system has completely let us down. There is a sense here, they may have felt the force of floodwater diverted by improved defences elsewhere. The construction of hard walls and flood defences often does push the problem downstream. So thats why we need to look at other types of flood mitigation, such as improved Early Warning and changing the way that water is detained upstream, so it doesnt get to our urban areas in the first place. Alans farmed here all his life. Hes one of those who knows this land best and feels environmental priorities arent always right. The Environment Agency have spent £600,000 creating a wildlife and wetland area by building fences to stop cattle approaching on to it. As you can see, all it does is collect rubbish and debris to restrict the flow of water, just to create habitat for wildlife. Which is absolutely ridiculous when the river is supposed to be there to transport water from a to b to get rid of it. Getting rid of it now means pumping and they are working through the night here. With the extreme amounts of rainfall that weve seen and the very high river levels that youll have seen as youve been around the area today, the capacity of some of those defences in some places has been exceeded and that has, as a result of that, caused flooding to peoples homes and properties. My heart does go out to them, it is truly devastating and tragic. Balancing the interests of town and country, those who work the land and those who live on it is always tricky. But where else to channel this water is a huge question and one we may face more often. Dan johnson, bbc news, fishla ke, near doncaster. Peter is the Church Warden near fishlake peter is the Church Warden near fishla ke and he peter is the Church Warden near fishlake and he chose not to evacuate despite the warnings from the local council. I spoke to him earlier. The problem with evacuation are multiple in this village. It is are multiple in this village. It is a rural village with many people with livestock and animals. It is not so easy to jump with livestock and animals. It is not so easy tojump in a with livestock and animals. It is not so easy to jump in a vehicle and go. The otherfactor not so easy to jump in a vehicle and go. The other factor is twofold, firstly, we will not let this village life. We will not let fishlake village life. We will not let fishla ke disappear. Had village life. We will not let fishlake disappear. Had we all evacuated, this village would have been looted within hours and it would have been impossible without a squad of soldiers to stop it. The looting is already taking place. Someone was broken into last night and the police are now out in force in boats and on foot seeking to put protection from looting. The second factor is that we didnt necessarily need to leave the village. The suggestion that the whole village needed to be evacuated is probably an excessive Risk Assessment not based on information on the ground. The situation is that we had a lot of water, a frightening amount of water in the village but it was not wholly out of control. Fortunately the fire brigade and the Environmental Agency have come together and put together a coherent plan to now pump the village dry and in doing that they create a situation that does not require evacuation because it leaves us with sufficient opacity to absorb normal rainfall. You would not expect what happened at the end of last week to happened at the end of last week to happen again so quickly. So what is happening now is that the head of the Environment Agency has instructed that everything we require should be facilitated and to his credit, the top to bottom of that organisation have moved heaven and earth today to get large pumps into position so we are pumping the village dry. The problem referred to earlier of the water coming over the embankment higher up is part of the problem part of the problem is something no one could have foreseen and that is the level of rainfall, so and that is the level of rainfall, so large that it overspill the area it is meant to encompass. Some of these things are natural, we cannot control them. But the spirit of the village is strong. We have an active church open 2a hours a day, a lot of food, a lot of clothing. The local spirit is strong and vibrant and were forward and will soon have the place put to rights. One of the uks biggest steel makers has been rescued by a chinese company, potentially safeguarding thousands of jobs. British steel had been facing collapse after going into liquidation earlier this year but the chinese producerjingye confirmed today it had agreed a buyout. Its promising to invest in British Steels main plant in scunthorpe as well as its other sites on teeside and in north yorkshire. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. This plant has been on government life support since it collapsed in may. Technically in liquidation, it was offered a chinese lifeline today, and workers on their way home welcomed it. Well, its been a big concern, hasnt it . Nobody not knowing what is happening, whether theyve got a job, can pay their mortgages, feed theirfamilies. Yeah, its great news. Obviously, theres been uncertainty around it, but now we know, this close to christmas, that weve got a job. With 4,000 employees and 20,000 in the supply chain, the steelworks is the lifeblood of scunthorpe. Its massive good news for lots of families and obviously for all the housing, for jobs, for younger people and older people alike, its just great news. The thought of scunthorpe not having steel making here really doesnt bear thinking about. Charlotte charles worked there for 12 years and is now a union organiser. Were cautiously optimistic. Our members have been in a state of flux for a number of months now, and so to have some concrete commitment to steel making in scunthorpe is always going to be welcome news, but the devil will be in the detail. The Due Diligence has been done extremely quickly, and so now what we want is a commitment to secure the jobs and terms and conditions for our members moving forward. If the deal goes ahead, current workers jobs are secure, according to company assurances to the government. Well, i have been given reassurances that next to all current staff will be kept, and that in the medium to longer term they are likely to want to expand the workforce, so i have been given quite strong reassurances on that front. This is not a totally done deal yet, theres details to go through, investment plans to be pored over, and weve had false dawns in scu nthorpe before. But folks here are encouraged that the prospective buyer is a steel maker, not a Financial Investor and company that doesnt make some of the products that are made here, so theres commercial logic to it. However, there are still some concerns about the economic and strategic rationale of putting one third of britains Steel Production in chinese hands. From nothing, injust 20 odd years. Despite revenues of £10 billion, jingye is a relative minnow in chinas giant steel industry. In 2017, china produced over 800 Million Tonnes of steel, the uk less than 8 million. So how important will scu nthorpe really be . The main principle of the deal that i would urge the government to concentrate on is long termism. Is this a company that will invest for the long term, that will ensure that British Steel remains one of the linchpins of our industrial strategy . Steel has been made here for 150 years. The prospective chinese owners are promising many years more a message thats getting a very warm welcome tonight. Simonjack, bbc news, scunthorpe. The headlines on bbc news nigel farage gives in to pressure from fellow brexiteers and says his brexit party will not stand in tory held seats a chinese Firm Confirms a rescue deal for British Steel, safeguarding four thousand jobs in scunthorpe and teeside. More rain forecast in areas of england already been hit by flooding. Five severe flood warnings meaning a threat to life are still in place. Britains economy has grown at the slowest annual rate in almost a decade according to official figures but has avoided going into recession. Gdp which measures all goods and services produced increased by 0. 3 per cent between july and september slightly below market expectations. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the details. At this warehouse for a top tyre fitter in peterborough, business remains resilient, even as the impact of a world of Economic Uncertainty can be felt. Like the economy generally, the consumer is holding up, but fears around supply disruption and price rises linked to brexit have held back investment. A lot of the supply into our business comes from europe or further afield, so the strength of the pounds important to us in terms of how we can give a good value price to the customers, and thats certainly something thats putting pressure on us at the moment. The last quarters figures showing the economy shrinking by 0. 2 between april and june brought fears of recession if the latest quarter had again been negative. So todays figure of plus 0. 3 does bring some relief. But 0. 3 is slow by historical standards and when compared with the same period last year. Take that number back a decade or so, and it represents the slowest economy over a year since the aftermath of the financial crisis at the beginning of 2010. Todays Growth Numbers are a very welcome sign, i think, of the strong fundamentals of the uk economy. 0. 3 is not strong, chancellor. Well, it is, actually, in a global context it is a strong number. If you look at whats been happening with some of our biggest competitors around the world, germany, italy and france, were growing faster than most of our g7 competitors, and, of course, we are exposed to what happens across the world. The big pitch here that the uncertainty will end with the Prime Ministers new brexit deal. But the chancellor partly acknowledged the bank of englands assessment that the deal will lead to new customs checks. Its a good deal. It gives us a new Economic Partnership with our friends in europe. Customs checks, says the bank of england. With our european friends, the whole of the uk will leave as its own customs territory, and yes, there will be as the uk, when we trade with the eu, there will be some changes, but it also means theres opportunities. The man who wants mrjavids job after the election took the opposite view and defended labours plans to hold another referendum. No one can be pleased with these figures. Its a worrying trend within our economy, and i worry about what labour will inherit when we go into government. But it does mean that when labour goes into government, we need the investment that we promised. Surely businesses wont invest if that uncertainty is prolonged. I think what businesses want is an exact, clear plan about how we go forward, which is about renegotiation, a referendum and then reunite the country. 0ther opposition parties were similarly critical of the figures. This is a terrible picture of wilful mismanagement. It is affecting people in their homes, and its affecting peoples livelihoods. Its not just that the economy is growing slowly. International investors are losing confidence in the british economy based on borisjohnsons brexit plans. There is a slow puncture in the economy arising from poor investment if not an actual flat tyre, the election offering rather different ways to patch that up. Faisal islam, bbc news. Two people are in Critical Condition after another day of violent demonstrations in hong kong. The first person a protester was injured when he was shot by a Police Officer. Later a pro beijing supporter was soaked in flammable liquid and set alight after arguing with protesters who are demanding greater democracy and police accountability. 0ur correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell reports from hong kong. This is how the day of extraordinary violence starts. A Police Officer, arresting the person in white, is approached by another protester, wearin