this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at midday: two lorry drivers are charged with dangerous driving offences after the m1 crash in which eight people were killed. a shift in brexit policy — labour says britain should stay in the single market and customs union for a period after leaving the eu. the notting hill carnival is opened with a ceremony to remember the victims of grenfell. a minute's silence will be held this afternoon. american boxer floyd mayweather confirms his victory over irish martial arts star conor mcgregor will be his final fight. the match, said to be the richest in history, was mayweather‘s 50th consecutive win. and in half an hour click hits the road, the rail and the water as the teams heads to india to check how the country keeps connected. good afternoon

and welcome to bbc news. two lorry drivers have been charged over a crash on the m1 yesterday, which left eight people dead and four with serious injuries. six men and two women were killed when the minibus they were in collided with two lorries near milton keynes. tributes have been paid online to the owner of the minibus. a short time ago, our correspondent andy moore gave me this update. a minibus carrying 12 people what was on its way from nottingham down towards london. we understand from the police that some of the people on board were from india. both lorry drivers were arrested at the scene yesterday and we have heard details about charges. both drivers have been charged with eight counts of

causing death by dangerous driving and four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. one of the drivers, ryszard masierak, aged 31, he lives in evesham in worcestershire but we understand he is originally from poland, is also being charged with causing death, eight counts of causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed alcohol limit. so, drink—driving charges. he will appear before high wycombe magistrates tomorrow. the other driver is david wagstaff, who is 53, from stoke on trent. he will be appearing before milton keynes magistrates on monday the 11th of september. we have an update on the four people injured in the crash. they are still seriously ill, still in hospital. we heard yesterday that one of them was a five—year—old girl whose injuries were reported to be life—threatening by the police. also a man and woman, again with

life—threatening injuries. then the fourth victim, the fourth person injured was a woman who had serious injuries. andy moore reporting. labour has announced a significant shift in its policy on brexit — arguing that britain should continue to accept the rules of the single market and the customs union during the transition period after it leaves the eu. writing in the observer, the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, also suggests the uk could negotiate a permanent relationship with the single market, and remain in a form of customs union. joining me from west london is the labour mp and the co—chair of the all—party parliamentary group on eu relations, chuka umunna. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. why the change of heart for your party? i remember an interview with jeremy corbyn saying that we were definitely coming at the market. -- coming out of the single market. the position of the labour party at the

general election was to retain the benefits that we get from being a member of the single market and the customs union going forward. the chief negotiator for the eu, customs union going forward. the chief negotiatorfor the eu, michel barnier, has been quite clear that the only way you can do that is by remaining a member of the single market and the customs union. so this very welcome change in policy is, it makes sense and it brings the liberal party's position in line with that of the tuc, which is the big umbrella body for our trade unions, it brings the party into line with what the cbi has been saying, and many people in civic society. but the key, now we have had this change in policy with regards to what happens in that short period after we leave the eu, the transition period, is to ensure we are arguing for this at the end of the transition period as a permanent solution, and my parliamentary colleagues heidi alexander and alistair mcgovern, they are just launching a

alexander and alistair mcgovern, they arejust launching a campaign for the single market, which is aiming to make this our prominent position after transition. you talked about this position bringing you into alignment with the views of some significant organisations. does it not take you out of line, though, with the will of the british public? surely if you commit to staying in the single market, you commit to the free movement of people, you commit to being governed by laws set in europe, you commit to still paying large sums to the european union, are those three key principles that people who voted for brexit wanted to be rid of? i do not think at all that this thwart the will of the people, as you have kind of put it. not least because we know people voted to leave the eu, but the way in which they wanted to do that was not something that was on the ballot paper. during the general election, theresa may put forward quite an extreme, job destroying form of leaving the european union, and that

was roundly rejected at the general election because people did not vote to become poorer. it is important to note that are members of the single market who are not in the european union, like norway, and lichtenstein. if you look at turkey, they have a customs union arrangement with the eu but they are not in it. people tend to focus, and your right to raise it, on freedom of movement but actually the whole description of freedom of movement is rather misleading because it is not unconditional, it is conditional. at the moment, if we wa nted conditional. at the moment, if we wanted to restrict the way free movement of roads, we could, but we choose not to. if you have been in oui’ choose not to. if you have been in our country for three months and do not have a job, have no prospect of ajob, not have a job, have no prospect of a job, you not have a job, have no prospect of ajob, you can not have a job, have no prospect of a job, you can be removed. but we choose not to do that. so there are things we can do to restrict the way free movement operates. so just to clarify, if come as would be your preference, we ended up staying in the customs union and single market, do you think we would be able to do that with changes to the system as

it stands? will there be a quid pro quo for maintaining that deal? absolutely, we could stay in the single market and restrict the way that free movement operates, we can do so now. but i think you raised theissue do so now. but i think you raised the issue about expectations, i think the government has a real problem here. it is notjust that there is clearly issues with regards to their competence in delivering brexit, let us not forget they have been producing these position papers over the last couple of weeks, over a year after the referendum, that is not a competent way to handle things. but the bigger problem they haveis things. but the bigger problem they have is that brexit in the terms it was sold to your viewers is impossible to deliver. so people expected, for example, that we would get £350 million extra going to the big services, particularly the nhs. that is impossible if in order to continue to access the single market, we have to keep paying some form of money to the eu, and of course the government has accepted the notion that there will be some kind of divorce deal. so the big

promise that they gave that was crucial to winning the vote, they cannot deliver on that. they certainly cannot deliver on the promises they have been making that will have the exact same trading and economic relationship with the eu, because you have set once you have that, you cannot, and if you leave the single market, and let's not forget the prime minister's position is to leave the single market, they have said you can continue to get the economic and trading benefits we enjoy it now. so all i would say is, a lot of promises have been made which are impossible to the liver and that is something to reflect on. chuka umunna, 20 very much. —— impossible to deliver. a second person has been arrested in connection with last friday's terror incident near buckingham palace. detectives say they have detained a 30—year—old man in west london on suspicion of being involved in the incident that left three police officers injured. scotland yard said a man who attacked police officers close to buckingham palace on friday drove directly at a police car before reaching for a 4—foot sword

and shouting, "god is great!" in arabic. officials in texas are continuing to assess the damage caused by hurricane harvey, now classed as a tropical storm. a man was killed in the town of rockport, where falling power cables set fire to homes, and police in houston say a woman has died in floods. many homes been destroyed. it is predicted that more than a0 inches of rain could fall in the coming days, on ground which is already saturated. first came the 130 mile an hour winds. now torrential rains are expected to inundate south texas for days. the national hurricane centre has warned people to prepare for life—threatening flooding. parts of the city of galveston are already underwater and the flooding could get much worse, with 30 inches of rain forecast. all the streets going down that side are completely flooded. we saw somebody‘s car floating earlier. it's bad out here, guys. we moved all of our water and

vehicles inside. we have a generator. hurricane harvey made landfall on friday as a category four hurricane. it's now been downgraded, but left behind a trail of destruction. this is rockport — homes have been flattened and some people are feared to be trapped. tens of thousands have now fled the area. our primary concern remains dramatic flooding. one of the top things we are concerned about is ongoing rescue and recovery. we want to do everything we can to keep pete —— people out of rising water. but those rescue efforts are being hampered by strong winds and severed power lines. more than a quarter of a million people are without electricity. we do not have electricity or water

ora we do not have electricity or water or a sewer. we do not have electricity or water 01’ a sewer. several we do not have electricity or water or a sewer. several of the main thoroughfares that come through here are flooded. mean mother coastguard has rescued people from stricken vessels. this footage shows people being pulled to safety from a sinking tug boat. and while harvey may have lost strength as it moved inland, it is forecast to linger over south texas and more damage is expected from heavy rain still to come. sarah corker, bbc news. we heard earlierfrom cbs correspondent don champion in corpus christi. he said there are hundreds of water rescues taking place around houston. to the north, we see harvey continuing to lash parts of texas. at this hour, there are reports of hundreds of water rescues taking place in and around the houston area at as much as 1a inches of rain fell

there overnight. that was in the span of three hours. that area of that region is still going to be pounded by torrential rains, not only today but over the course of the next two days. at this hour, the flooding that is taking place there is being called a 500 year flood, historic. what support is being given to people who have already been affected or who have had to leave their homes? a number of shelters have been opened across this part of texas but also, the national guard has been deployed here. before the storm, the governor and federal officials did pre—position aircraft and supplies up pre—position aircraft and supplies up and down the coast here in texas, so up and down the coast here in texas, so that crews were ready to move into hard—hit areas. the moment conditions improve. the victims of the grenfell tower tragedy will be remembered with a minute's silence at the notting hill carnival. earlier, doves were released

in memory of the victims of the grenfell tower fire, which is part of the carnival route. sadiq khan spoke at the ceremony, saying those affected will get justice. we pledge to redouble our efforts to support this community. and we make sure we have in our thoughts and our prayers all of those affected by the awful grenfell tower tragedy. and part of this pledge is making sure we getjustice, we find out exactly what happened. we make sure those responsible are held to account, and also ensure this never, ever, ever happens again. sadiq khan, speaking at the notting

hill carnival live. we can join sadiq khan, speaking at the notting hill carnival live. we canjoin our correspondent greg mckenzie who is in westbourne park. the carnival is well under way here in west london. it will finish at about seven o'clock, today is traditionally known as children's day, so it is less rowdy in terms of the day. but people are being asked to wear green for grenfell as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in a tragedy. the grenfell power, what remains of it, is visible along the carnival route. organisers say they were very careful that the tone of this year's carnival is right, given the

circumstances and the proximity of grenfell. so people are being asked to enjoy themselves, drink lots of karabine rings, lots of caribbean food and sinfully dance and get involved. greg mckenzie, 20 very much. a 31—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a young boy in wythenshawe in greater manchester. police were called to a report of a incidentjust after midnight, and discovered the body of the youngster when they entered the property. officers also learned that a man and a woman had left the address in beaford road to go to hospital. the woman is being treated for serious injuries in hospital, while the man is being questioned in custody. police have arrested a man on suspicion of aggravated burglary after an elderly woman was badly beaten in lancashire. the 88—year—old was asleep at her home in chorley in the early hours of saturday morning when she was woken by a man who attacked her and demanded money. the headlines on bbc news.

two lorry drivers are charged with dangerous driving offences after the m1 crash in which eight people were killed. sur keir starmer says britain should remain in the single market for a transitional period after leaving the eu. the notting hill carnival gets under way in west london. it begins with a special ceremony to remember the victims of the nearby g re nfell tower. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's nick. so much reaction to that boxing match this morning in las vegas. floyd mayweather said connor mcgregor was "a lot better than i thought he'd be," after the american stopped the irishman in the tenth round of their fight in las vegas. mayweather said he had deliberately taken his time early on, in order to take advantage of a fatigued mcgregor.

both fighters wanted the bout to go the full 12 rounds, and he thinks he was right in the contest. former world champion david haye paid to watch the fight, he has his opinion. he had won three or four rounds, no one anticipated him get into the second half of the fight, but he showed lateral movement, he showed heart, he showed endurance, and he showed us something he had never shown us before, we have to take our hats off to him because he is not a boxer, he is a mixed martial arts fighter. he went in there with arguably one of the greatest technically gifted boxers ever and lasted ten rounds. he got stopped, he did not get knocked out. you have to give him nothing but respect. i told you guys, blood, sweat and tears and i told

you it was a hell of a fight. kind of shocking that we had a game plan, and our game plan was to take our time, let him shoot all his heavy shots, walking him down. it took as a little longer than we expected, but we did what we said we were going to do. i told you people this fight wouldn't go the distance, i said i was through the knockout. you are going to take contact, i understand that. james anderson has moved within three test wickets of the 500 club after an early morning flurry at headingley. anderson removed hope and dowritch, but missed his hat—trick when captain jason holder played a safe block. so anderson is now on a97 test wickets and will become the first englishman to reach the 500 milestone. blackwood was dropped by moeen ali. i short time ago, west indies were 401-7, i short time ago, west indies were 1101-7, a i short time ago, west indies were 401—7, a lead of 143. manager antonio conte feels chelsea have proved to themselves that they are ready to challenge for the premier league title again. the champions play everton in the 1:30 kick off this afternoon at stamford bridge.

chelsea's season has started with a shock defeat to burnley and a win over tottenham. later on, liverpool play arsenal, who have confirmed alexis sanchez will be available for selection. manager arsene wenger says the chilean has looked sharp in training. he works very hard, very focused, and does absolutely everything, he loves so much to play. it is always difficult to stop him. but he looks ready. he has not played for a long time, soi ready. he has not played for a long time, so i will have to decide what ido time, so i will have to decide what i do with him, but he is ready to play. andy murray will miss the final tennis grand slam of the year, the us open, after withdrawing through injury. he's struggled with his hip and hasn't played since wimbledon last month but said "it's too sore" to win the tournament, which starts tomorrow. hejoins novak he joins novak djokovic, hejoins novak djokovic, stan wawrinka, milla strinic and kei nishikori. this is actually why i didn't want to come out here.

after wimbledon, you know, i spoke to a lot of hip specialists and i tried resting, rehab, to try and get myself ready, but it is too sore for me to win the tournament and ultimately that is why i was here, to try and do that. unfortunately i won't be playing here this year. emily scarrat says the whole england rugby union team are gutted after defeat to new zealand in the world cup final in belfast last night. a penalty try and the first of lydia thompson's double helped england lead 17—10 approaching the break. but the black ferns were too strong in the last 20 minutes. hunter says she's immensely proud of what the red roses have achieved, despite losing out 111—32. new zealand are still an amateur side while england are one of the only professional teams in women's rugby. former england captain maggie alphonsi says the tournament as a whole was a great advert for rugby. the good thing is we are talking

about it. now that the rise of women's sport has grown, people want to make sure there is further investment in women's sport. through this i think there will be further discussions to ensure these women and elderly many others who go after them will get further support to allow them to be full—time athletes and be the best they can, to ensure the game is always growing. michael schumacher‘s family has congratulated lewis hamilton after he equalled the german's all—time record of 68 pole positions ahead of this afternoon's grand prix. hamilton starts 1a points behind champion jadwiga sebastian hamilton starts 1a points behind championjadwiga sebastian vettel. he starts second on the grid. you can hear the whole of that race on the bbc. we have got that from one o'clock. that is bbc radio 5 live.

that's all the sport for now. the american horror film trop that's all the sport for now. the american horrorfilm trop hooper has died. he was 7a. he became interested in film as a child, using his father's cine camera. —— horror film director tobe hooper. the texas chainsaw massacre was banned in the uk when it was released in 1974, for being too violent. his other films included the fun house and pulse device. —— poltergeist. swiss officials have called off a search for eight people missing since a huge landslide struck near the border with italy on wednesday, acknowledging they were likely to be buried under millions of tonnes of rock. police have warned they are expecting more landslides in the remote valley. tim neilson reports. high in the swiss alps, this is what remains of the small village of bondo. two landslides in the space of three days have buried homes,

vehicles and people. this dramatic footage shows an entire mountainside collapsing on wednesday, sending a torrent of mud and rocks for five kilometres down the valley. 100 residents were taken to safety, but eight hikers from germany, austria and switzerland are still missing. the search for them has been abandoned. translation: it became clear that the eight missing people were caught in the back path of the val bondasca, hit by a landslide. to be clear, a landslide like this travels at a speed of around 250 kilometres an hour. bondo is close to the italian border in the graubunden region of switzerland. it is known to be at risk of landslides when water overflows from the high alpine lakes. and on friday, as had been feared, a second smaller landslide, a river of boulders.

diggers brought in for the initial clean—up were swept away. and this was once one of the area's main roads. swiss police say in places the mud and rock is tens of metres deep and geologists warn the mountain still possesses a threat to the communities living below. tim neilson, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the venezuelan government has organised military exercises across the country, teaching thousands of civilians how to use rifles and how to engage in hand—to—hand combat. the drills were called after the united states announced new financial sanctions against the government of nicolas maduro, accusing him of being a dictator. hundreds of indian troops have been deployed around the headquarters of a sect led by a controversial guru whose conviction for rape led to deadly violence on friday.

at least 30 people were killed. gurmeet ram rahim singh was found guilty of raping two of his female followers 15 years ago. he's due to be sentenced on monday. hundreds of migrants evicted last week from a building they'd been living in forfour years have marched through rome, demanding a place to stay. the migrants — mainly from eritrea — walked behind a banner that said they were refugees, not terrorists. police used water cannon last thursday to clear them from the square they'd been camping in since their eviction. new cars will have to pass rigorous road emissions tests before being allowed on uk streets. the tougher rules are being brought in across the european union as concern over the harmful effects of nitrogen oxide has grown since the volkswagen diesel scandal. a government testing programme found that modern diesel cars emit six times more nitrogen oxide in the real world than in the lab. a robot is to act as a stand

in for a teenager with a rare medical condition when she is unable to go to college. in what's believed to be a uk first, the technology means jade gadd from county durham will be able to take part in lessons from home, and not fall behind in her studies, as ruth holliday explains. jade and r2—b2, the robot. together, they are a team that means she can really go places without leaving home. he will be taking her place in the classroom at sixth form as she takes maths, further maths and physics a—levels. he moves side to side and his head moves up and down, i can change the colour of his head to say whether i am feeling well enough to participate in class or not. i can wave or ask a question with it, as well as obviously being able to hear and see and speak through him. r2—b2's high—definition camera means he can take in everything that is happening in the classroom. he can even read the fine print in a maths textbook. jade has ehlers—danlos syndrome,

a rare condition that means she's often bedbound for weeks at a time. i have seizures, i pass out, i have very little energy, very painful dislocations, insomnia, all that kind of thing. so that means a lot of the time it is very hard to get into school and to stay in school. despite that, she got great gcses, although one exam took her 11 hours. a—levels will be tough, but her new helper makes it possible. because i can do this, i can probably also go to university and have jobs and that kind of thing in the future. it is just brilliant that i can. the story behind the construction of the queensferry crossing, which links the lothians and fife, is best told in numbers. it cost £1.35 billion, it's 1.7 miles long and required more than 23,000 miles of cables and 35,000 tonnes to steel to build. our scotland correspondent,

lorna gordon, has visited the bridge as the finishing touches are made before the queen officially opens it next week. rising out of the waters of the forth, the queensferry crossing linking edinburgh and fife. the construction of this bridge took six years to complete and its design means it should stay open to traffic no matter how strong the winds get during the often bad winter weather. it's a very technical bridge and a lot of the technical aspects are invisible, you can't see them. the foundations, for example, are probably the most dramatic and the most difficult to achieve on the whole project and i think people don't see that. they do see the magnificence of quite a beautiful bridge. the narrow crossing has a striking cantilever design, which catches the light while the bridge soars above the landscape below. it is the tallest bridge in the uk,

as well as the longest of its type in the world. 15,000 people have been involved in this huge construction project. last—minute work is continuing to get the motorway crossing ready for traffic which injust a few days' time will start using this, the third bridge on this part of the forth. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the queensferry crossing. impressive stuff. let's get a look at the weather. a dry day for many. best of the afternoon sunshine to the south and east. some sunshine breaking through the cloaked in northern england and western parts of wales. some drizzle on the hills. mostly easing in scotla nd on the hills. mostly easing in scotland and northern ireland, most places dry. warmest towards the south east, highs of around 26.

tonight while the south and east stay dry, the north gets closed and outbreaks of rain. a strengthening breeze particularly in the hebrides, orkney and shetland. turning misty around some of the hills and coasts in the west. the cloud will break up in northern england. but rain and wind gradually spreading south and east through the day. much of england and wales will be staying dry but fairly sunny and warm as well, highs of around 28. the weather front gradually peters out and pushes south and east into tuesday. still warm and the south east but turning a little cooler elsewhere. goodbye for now.