this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8.00pm: it's thought the catalan leader will stop short of making a unilateral independence declaration, as a pro—spain rally attracts hundreds of thousands of supporters. we love catalu nya we love catalunya as one country. we love spain and spain is one. we understand there is a problem, but this is not the way to solve this. "i am not someone who gives up", theresa may insists she'll stay on as prime minister, despite calls from some of her own mps to resign. the former deputy prime minister lord heseltine says a reshuffle is inevitable. there is only one alternative, to go forward and attack. that seems inevitable. high—profile, very dangerous because you create more enemies than you attract. as the snp conference gets under way, nicola sturgeon says she won't think about a timescale on a second independence

referendum until the brexit deal becomes clearer. it doesn't mean i will stop making the case for scotland being independent. as i say, with the chaos that engulfs the uk now and scotla nd chaos that engulfs the uk now and scotland being ta ken chaos that engulfs the uk now and scotland being taken down a path that we didn't want to go down, i think that case becomes ever—stronger. also this hour, a royal mission to find a digital way to improve our mental health. the charitable trust of the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry invests £2 million to help improve how we feel through technology. in sport, disappointment for scotland as their world cup dream is over but northern ireland are now assured a place in the play—offs. and in formula 1, lewis hamilton says he is taking nothing for granted in the title race despite opening a huge lead with victory in the japanese grand prix. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

the regional government in catalonia may delay the unilateral declaration of independence that's been expected since a referendum last weekend. catalan government sources say there'll be symbolic recognition of vote this week, but not yet a decision to break away. earlier, hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in barcelona against separation from spain. our correspondent tom burridge reports. when the unity of spain is at stake, this happens. people vehemently against catalonia breaking away. today in barcelona, there were probably more spanish flags than when this country won the football world cup. we want to say we all love catalonia and we are one country. we love spain and it is just one.

we understand we have a problem, the relationship between spain and catalonia, but this is not the way to solve it. but the problem, like the crowd today is vast. some travelled from other regions but most we met live here. the deep uncertainty here has stirred those who say that catalonia is and will remain part of spain and they are angry. they feel they have been ignored by the devolved government in catalonia. people like this person called for the leader of catalonia to be arrested. born in malaga, barcelona has been her home for 50 years. "i'm here to defend this country for my children and grandchildren." big business has come out on their side. two banks which fuelled the powerful economy say they are moving their head offices elsewhere. richard cotterill has lived and done business in barcelona for several years. i am married to a catalan and my daughters were born here and i have a close link

to the city. the spaniards love the catalans, it is not about this feeling that there is a small group of catalans who feel that this is a state where no one loves them, it is nonsense. for her and the spanish government, the country's constitution is under attack. in a newspaper interview, the spanish prime minister said he would if necessary take control of the catalonia government. translation: they should know that my government will make sure that any declaration of independence has no meaning. spain will continue to be spain and it will remain that way for a long time. his conservative popular party is not popular in this region. but today was a vote of confidence for madrid's uncompromising opposition to independence and last week's disputed referendum. earlier i spoke to paul preston, who is a professor of contemporary spanish studies

at the london school of economics. he told us he won't be surprised if the cat lube leader, carlles puigdemont chooses not to declare independence this week. he's been pulling back as more and more evidence has been coming out about what an economic disaster a unilateral declaration of independence would be. and at the same time, the spanish government has been making very, very tentative moves towards some kind of apology. so it looks like there is the possibility of a dial o but, of course, for that to work, it would need to be a move back to the quite extensive autonomy statute that was pulled down by the present conservative party when they were in opposition, in 2010. but that has to be the goalfor opposition, in 2010. but that has to be the goal for both sides. how isolating, politically, would a self—declared independent catalonia

be? i think totally. self—declared independent catalonia be? ithink totally. obviously it would be isolating from the rest of spain, it would be isolated from the european union. and within catalu nya, european union. and within catalunya, i european union. and within catalu nya, i would european union. and within catalunya, i would have — i mean it is very difficult to say, because the opinion poll figures that we have from before last saturday's violence, obviously things will change because that of silence but i think it would be reasonable to say that at least half of catalans would be deeply alarmed and opposed to a government that actually did declare unilateral independence. the kings rare intervention with that televised address raised a few eyebrows. how does he go back from that? i have no idea. i have to say, not long before that, an hour or so before i was skad on another bbc programme, what did i think he would say, i said programme, what did i think he would say, isaid here programme, what did i think he would say, i said here is man who's role will be head of state, he will be emollient and call for dialogue and calm. so i was absolutely astonished

when he came out in the way he 2 because actually, i think he —— in the way he did, because actually i think he has seriously undermined his position as the neutral head of state. the only thing, if for instance, he had said a bit of his speech in catalan, if he had said he regretted the violence, things that could've mollified a bit what happened. where he goes for here, in any case, constitutional monarchs say what the governing party tells them to say, they read out the speech written for them. i think it depends. if the popular party gets a bit society of, maybe he can do as well. the former prime minister, sirjohn major, has weighed into the debate over theresa may's future, calling conservatives who try to undermine her, ‘self—absorbed and disloyal‘. mrs may has admitted her speech at the party conference last week was ‘uncomfortable' for her but says she's ‘resilient‘, and determined to carry on in the job. the former deputy prime minister,

lord heseltine, called on her to reassert her authority by reshuffling the cabinet. here's our political correspondent chris mason. sirjohn major knows what it is like to be a prime minister in peril. it is time to put up or shut up. he saw off his internal critics two decades ago and now he wants to help theresa may do the same. writing in a sunday newspaper he said that the country has had enough of the self—absorbed and frankly disloyal behaviour and, he added, "all tory mps must focus their minds instead on the needs of the british people, rather than their own personal ambitions." and, from a former prime minister to a future one, at least in the dreams of some tory activists. both with the same message. we have seen some quite unfortunate shenanigans in terms of a couple of people trying to push,

but the pushback has been strong, the prime minister is the best person to lead us forward. reporter: are you fully behind the prime minister? borisjohnson, seen by some to be perpetually in the running for the top job and the chief irritant of theresa may said today that those agitating to topple her were "nutters", but could, should the prime minister sack or move him? the only way that you can avoid leaving him as foreign secretary, with all the difficulties that has created, is to give him a job which is essentially domestic, but you give anyjob to boris and he will still be boris. downing street sources say talk of a ministerial reshuffle is speculation, but some say it is time for theresa may to freshen up her team. in terms of the reshuffle, because she is staying, because we will remain in thatjob, and we want her to remain,

she has to come out fighting next week and one of the things she will have to do is assert their authority and one of the ways to do that is to have a reshuffle and to bring in some of the brilliant talent. for mrs may today, a quiet day at church with her husband but... tomorrow mps returned to parliament, brexit negotiations resume in brussels. the prime minister will give an update on how the talks are going. it follows a few days in which a series of tory heavy hitters have rallied behind her — the home secretary, the foreign secretary and now one of her predecessors, reassuring for her, yes, vindication as well of how precarious her position is perceived to be. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. and we'll find out how this story is covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are sebastian payne from the financial times and the telegraph's brexit editor, asa bennett. the snp leader, nicola sturgeon, says she won't think about the timescale for another

scottish independence referendum until the brexit deal becomes clear. she had previously spoken about a second vote as early as next autumn. and, as the party gathers in glasgow for its annual conference, some believe its focus should shift to a second referendum on brexit. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. scotland's largest city voted for a very different future in 2014 when a majority of voters here backed independence. it seemed today that the snp leader was backing away from another independence referendum any time soon. there are many people in scotland who want to see scotland become independent, others are not convinced and will never be convinced and others perhaps think we need a bit of dust to settle on brexit. compare that with what she said in march. if scotland is to have a real choice, when the terms of brexit are known, but before it is too late to choose our own course, then that choice must be offered between the autumn of next year, 2018, and the spring of 2019.

what has changed? there is the small matter of a general election where the snp lost a third of their seats at westminster and now this conference, an snp conference, independence is not even formally on the agenda and privately, some of the most senior party figures are saying, do not expect to see a second independence referendum before the next scottish parliament elections in 2021. here is perhaps the reason why the snp leadership are reflecting on the timescale for independence. i think she should hold her horses and wait. the quiet man always wins, but why? just because of everything happening with brexit. concentrate on brexit. she is going to have a referendum on brexit, one thing at a time. this former adviser to the previous first minister is suggesting there could be more interest on a referendum on brexit in

the short—term than on independence. by virtue of the fact that brexit is real and is underway, that is bound to be where the focus is and for those, not least the 62% of people in scotland to vote to remain, have an interest in seeing whether brexit can be stopped, democratically. in the meantime, the scottish government say they will do what they can to protect the rights of eu citizens here but the snp are finding that opposition to brexit in scotland is not translating into higher levels of support for independence. the man arrested after a car crash outside london's natural history museum yesterday has been released by police, but remains under investigation. the 47—year—old was one of 11 people hurt when his toyota prius mounted the pavement and hit pedestrians. police said the incident was a traffic accident and not terrorism—related. a woman who tried to scale the gates of buckingham palace has been charged with being drunk and disorderly. 35—year—old jessica davey, from west london,

was detained by police yesterday before she gained access to the grounds. she will appear at westminster magistrates‘ court tomorrow. hurricane nate has hit the united states, bringing torrential rain and powerful winds to communities along the southern coast. since making landfall, it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. but weather officials warn the threat of dangerous storm surges remain. after claiming at least 30 lives in central america, it became the fourth major storm to make landfall in the us this year. anisa kadri reports. as it approached, hurricane nate promised strong winds and torrential rain. it hit the gulf coast of the united states, causing flooding in parts of mississippi, alabama, florida and louisiana, where people have been ordered to evacuate. although it is weakening, the impact is still being felt. we are still seeiing wind gusts between 70 and 80 mph.

we have water coming up on most of our roadways. about two miles inland. so we've got about seven to ten feet of storm surge. so our first responders are kind of overwhelmed right now. the force of nature has already devastated central america, killing at least 25 people. in nicaragua, honduras and costa rica, where hundreds of thousands of people are reported to be without running water. and scenes like these have become all too familiar in the past few months. after back—to—back hurricanes irma and maria, people in the caribbean have been left without homes, power or clean water. visiting the islands to see the damage, the un secretary—general had a stark message. it is clear, warmer climate means more hurricanes and more devastating hurricanes, and we need to do everything to stop this. we need to make sure that the paris agreement on climate change is implemented, and more, as the paris agreement is not enough,

that enhanced commitments are made by all countries around the world, in order to make sure that we are able to dominate this very dramatic evolution. people in new orleans, who remember the devastation of hurricane katrina 12 years ago, did what they could to prepare themselves for the impact of nate. but early indications are that they have been spared the worst. some americans are seeing nate as a near miss, as it is been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, but there are still warnings of life—threatening storm surge flooding. the headlines on bbc news: it's thought the catalan leader will stop short of making a unilateral independence declaration, as a pro—spain rally attracts hundreds of thousands of supporters. the former prime minister, john

major has called people disloyal over theresa may. ina coming up, the travel show goes to bosnia—herzegovina, 20 years after the war. sport now and for a full round up, we cross to the bbc sport centre. many thanks. scotland's hopes of reaching the world cup in russia are over. victory over slovenia in their final group match of world cup qualifying would have guaranteed a play off place. but they were held to a 2—2 draw in lubjanna. tim hague reports. were these the men to take scot tloond a first world cup in 20 yea rs. tloond a first world cup in 20 years. victory was required and with

that in mind it was a positive start with the scots. a start which would lead to a goal. lee griffith, so often the man, when it matters most, doing it again for his country. but with slovakia winning against malta, there was no time to partyjust yet. even more so when this happened. a player unmarked and scotland were now out of the play—offs. they had to win, yetp went behind. and while gordon strachan's side have left it late many times in this campaign so far. two goals in 20 minutes, surely not. that chance should have been won before snodgrass levelled things up won before snodgrass levelled things up butan won before snodgrass levelled things up but an absorbing game ended 2—2. a draw no good and the world cup will have to wait for scotland, once again. england beat lithuania in their final again. england beat lithuania in theirfinal group match. again. england beat lithuania in their final group match. harry again. england beat lithuania in theirfinal group match. harry cain scored the only goal of the game

from the penalty spot. slovakia's win coupled with scotland's draw mean it is they who secure second and a possible play—off place. scotland's exit confirmed northern ireland's play—off place before they kicked off against nor way. michael o'neilll kicked off against nor way. michael 0'neilll has fielded a strong side tonight as they seek to become one of the four seeds in the play—off round. not much to report so far from 0slo where, after half an hour remains goalless. the welsh manager is urging his side to draw on the occasion when they take on the republic of ireland in a winner ta kes all republic of ireland in a winner takes all deciderfor republic of ireland in a winner takes all decider for tomorrow. wales need to avoid defeat to guarantee themselves a play—off place. gareth baille watched training today and will be in the cardiff city stadium for the final qualifier. wales could top their group with a win but defeat could send the irish into the play—offs at their expense. a fantastic

atmosphere. there is nothing to fear. nothing to worry about. the occasion is what it is and it is great for us to be involved in it but we just have to go — we have a game plan, we always have had a game plan and our players have proved that they are very good at executing whatever game plan we put in front of them. lies hamilton says he is taking nothing for granted in the formula one world title race despite a huge lead after victory in the japanese grand prix. he leads sebastian investigatele after his rival retired. he started from pole and went on to win for the eighth time this season. with just four races to go, the briton will be confident of claiming his fourth world title but title rival investigatele has vowed to fight to the infinish —— vettle. tyrol hatton has become the first player to defend his title at the dunhill

links championship. his final round didn't start well. his ball spinning back into the water on his second shot on the first. he managed the safe par with an impressive chip. and then he eased to victory, finishing the tournament on 24—under. three shoths ahead of his closest —— shots ahead of his closest —— shots ahead of his closest rival, englishman ross fisher, who shot a course record 61. that's all the sport for now. i'll be back with more later. see you then. thank you. the number of women having surgery to prevent breast cancer could be reduced by a third, according to scientists in manchester, who have developed a new genetic test. the researchers hope that, if successful, the procedure could be rolled out across the nhs. joining me now is professor gareth evans, who led the research into the test at manchester university foundation trust. thank you very much, professor evans

for joining thank you very much, professor evans forjoining us. how significant a breakthrough is your test? good evening. yes, it is a breakthrough. this has been coming for some time because over the last several years it's been clear that a large part of the inherited component of breast cancer are not single jeans, the inherited component of breast cancer are not singlejeans, like others which give you high risks but down to extremely common genetic changes in the code and we know there is up to 300 of these that in some way influence our breast cancer risk and it is the combination of those, put together which means you might have a will he risk of breast cancer or your risk might be high and those same genetic vary bents work on the risk in, if you carry barci work on the risk in, if you carry barc1 or barc2, the genes that i have you go potentially high risks. so the majority, still, of women who

go for risk—reducing surgery are, because they carry a fault in one of these very high risk genes and they are these very high risk genes and they a re often these very high risk genes and they are often told that their risk is, you know, maybe 80, 85, maybe up to 90% and with a we know in reality is, the risks probably vary from as little as 30% up to 90%. so if we can give women a much more accurate idea of where their risks lie in that range, we think that about one—third of them are going to drop below that critical 50—50, which i think will be the difference between most of them choosing to have risk—reducing surgery and most of them not choosing. it sounds like such a simple test, it is not invasive. so what other factors would you look at alongside these test results? so, there are very important other risk factors. again, something that's rarely included in an assessment is the density of the

breast tissue on the mammogram. that, with these genetic variant tests, ta ke n that, with these genetic variant tests, taken together, are extremely predictive of the risk of developing breast cancer. so a future assessment of risk would notjust be doing a single br a. kr. ac test but carrying out the tests for common variants, assessing the density of the breast tissue and looking at other potential risk factors, of when you have your children, when your menopause is, have you used hrt, ets. ideally how widely available would you like it to be? well it works for the whole population, not for the very few people who carry the high risk gene. so in an ideal world i would hope every woman would be able to have

this assessment. maybe it is an assessment that can be done at the time of having breast screening, so we know how big the risk is, so women can choose, if they are at higher risk to have more frequent screening, some of which is approved by nice or even to take preventative medicines, again some of which are approved by nice. thank you very much forjoining us this evening, professor. thank you very much. about their own struggles with mental health, and set up their charity heads together to encourage people to speak out. now they've announced the next phase of their mission, a £2 million investment fund to help improve the nation's mental health through technology. 0ur royal correspondent, sarah campbell, has been finding out more. in the run—up to the london marathon, the younger royals‘ focus was almost exclusively centred on heads together, the campaign they founded and which aims to improve the nation‘s mental health. in

april, thousands took up the challenge to run the 26 miles and in doing so, helped to raise awareness ofan doing so, helped to raise awareness of an issue that affects millions of people. this has been an unapoll jetically personal mission, with the princes opening up in a way they haven‘t previously. princes opening up in a way they haven't previously. do you think we‘ve enough of an impact, or going into the schools area at a younger age? i think we are making good progress. so has it worked? in a hi—tech suite at imperial college london, prince william was shown survey data which shows their campaign has encouraged more people and particularly men to talk about theissues and particularly men to talk about the issues and evidence from the partner charities which makes up heads together suggests a significant impact. the mental health charity mind had its biggest ever day with 58% more calls the day after the marathon. place to be, which focuses on children‘s mental

health has seen 148 increase in downloads to schools and young minds has seen an increase to the helpline around the time of the marathon. the headstogether campaign was about starting the conversation on mental health. it is now moving into phase 2, about practical solutions to keep the conversation going. starting with a £2 million grant from the royal foundation, to fund with a £2 million grant from the royalfoundation, to fund digital ways to help people cope with mental health issues it allows us to open the time scale that people can access stuff. people struggle late at night with their mental health and it is difficult for traditional services to stay open. could a digital intervention start working in that space, so there is always somebody you can talk to. as well as digital project, heads together will focus on mental health in schools, work places and the military, with this issue remaining at the very top of the royals‘ ageneral danchts thank you all very much. there‘s only a week to go until the old pound coins are taken

out of circulation.from midnight next sunday, the round pound will lose its legal status, and won‘t be accepted in shops and restaurants. people have been urged to hurry up and spend them, bank them, or give them to charity. the world solar challenge aims to show off technology that could one day be available in commercial cars. it starts in darwin, and ends in adelaide. it‘s a long way, you‘ve got to wait. there you go. paul hue kins reports. last—minute checks for the 3,000 kilometre race from the top of australia to the bottom. 41 teams, mostly from universities and big business, but also some high schools, are competing to see who has the best solar—powered vehicle. the field is so far apart. all the

ca rs the field is so far apart. all the cars look different. all we know is we have a good car, we got it running perfect lane we‘re confident we‘ll do everything it takes to win. held every two years, its event organisers want to inspire the brightest young people on the planet to help develop sustainable transport overtaking takes up a lot of energy we would not otherwise wa nt to of energy we would not otherwise want to use. we would be happy to be in third where we don‘t have to everta ke that many in third where we don‘t have to evertake that many cars leaving darwin. it is a gruelling journey from darwin in the north to adelaide in the south coast, travelling across the dry, hot, unwelcoming outback. the vehicles must entirely use the energy of the sun or energy from their own movements. travellingdy day only, the race is expected to take a week, with most ca rs expected to take a week, with most cars reaching speeds of 90 kilometre. the fastest speed was by a japanese university in 2009 when

they completed the in 29 hours and 49 minutes. the fastest cars are expected to reach adelaide on thursday. time for a look at the weather. hello. a quiet weekend weather is drawing to a close. we start the new week ina drawing to a close. we start the new week in a similar vein, despite the presence of weak weather fronts close to northern and central scotland. that will be reinforcing the cloud into the early hours of monday. there will be some rain associated with those fronts. not a cold night by any means at all, nor a cold start to monday. it will be dull across many parts. especially scotland. as the day gets going, the fronts scotland. as the day gets going, the fro nts m ove scotland. as the day gets going, the fronts move away into the north sea. sunshine breaking out across scotland, maybe the north of england, wales as well.