sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the time is1:20pm. our top story this lunchtime: a pre—christmas vote looks to be on, as labour say they will back boris johnson's fourth attempt to get a general election. mps are preparing to debate that. coming up — prince harry meets the uk team for next yea r‘s invictus games. he tells everyone taking part to enjoy every moment and look after each other. coming up on bbc news. after injury lay—offs, ellen white and georgia stanway will train with the england squad ahead of their internationals against germany and czech republic next month. firefighters are now tackling more than a dozen wildfires in california. the latest blaze is affecting thousands of people in los angeles, where people have been forced to leave their homes. much of the land in the state is bone dry, and winds of up to 80 mph are predicted in the mountains around la. from southern california, sophie long reports. this is the latest blaze that quickly became a terrifying inferno, sweeping through hundreds of acres in just

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. a climate change activist has been arrested on board a flight which was about to take off from london city airport. several other campaigners have been arrested during protests by extinction rebellion at the airport. our correspondent richard galpin is there. richard, tell us more. there have been a whole series of protests here since the morning. it started off with a sit in protestjust inside the terminal entrance. about 20 or 30 people singing and chanting. police eventually moved on and carried a number of them away. but the most significant so far has been, as you are saying, a climate change protester managed to get on board a flight bound to dublin. we understood none that a number of them had tried to buy tickets to do this. this man got on board the flight this. this man got on board the flight and apparently march up and down the aisle having a talk about climate change to activists —— to passengers, until police moved onto the plane and they took him away. since then,

sophie hutchinson reports. this was ten—year—old lee turton. it was christmas, just four weeks before he died, he was hiv positive and had hepatitis c, infected through the contaminated blood products he was treated with. when we got back to cornwall, they actually told us he had between two and ten days to live. sorry... they said he had an infection on the brain so we insisted that he went home that day because that's what he wa nted home that day because that's what he wanted to do. he kept asking to go home. lee had a severe haemophilia. when it became known he was infected with hiv in the 1980s, his mother said parents didn't want him at school and a teacher wouldn't teach him so they decided to move. the pain of reliving what happened to lee is nothing compared to the pain and suffering he had in his short life. we lost our beautiful son, brother. haemophiliacs were feeling for their lives and the safety. the government knew the factory being used was infected, as did the pharmaceutical companies and did nothing —— fearing for their l

peter hutchinson was banned from contacting students after nearly a dozen made complaints about inappropriate incidents in 201a and 2015. now the university is saying he was removed mistakenly. one ex student said that the decision to allow him to teach again — was a slap in the face. jeremy bamber, who's spent 33 years injailfor killing his family, believes he's uncovered evidence that could prove his innocence. he was jailed in the 1980s for shooting his adopted parents, his sister and her two sons at a farmhouse in essex. bamber‘s legal team believe the recently uncovered information proves he was not at the scene when the murders took place. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. england head coach eddiejones says his side still have room for improvement despite recording their biggest win in a rugby world cup knockout match. their a0—i6 win over australia has taken them into a fascinating semi final with defending champions new zealand next. from oita, here's our sports editor dan roan. their world cup's ta ken time to gather pace, but here in oita a definin

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. ellie soutter was one of britain's most talented young snowboarders, tipped for success at the next winter olympics. but injune last year, on her 18th birthday, ellie took her own life. her mother lorraine denman says despite her success, her daughter worried constantly — about funding and about letting other people down. on world mental health day, lorraine spoke frankly to sally nugent about the pain of losing her daughter. what was ellie like? what was she like as a little girl? ellie was quite an independent little girl. she knew what she wanted, even from an early age. you know, she had her own ambitions and her own drive. ellie died over a year ago now, on her 18th birthday. what happened ? i left her a message the morning of her birthday, but there was no answer. but as a mum, i knew something wasn't right. i was in contact with her dad, and i said to him, "have you spoken to ellie? have you seen ellie?" and he said, no. the day went on and people still hadn't heard anything.