this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9am. the chair of the government's social mobility commission quits, with the rest of the board warning that the prime minister is failing to build a "fairer britain". president trump faces accusations that he obstructed justice, after suggesting he'd known that his former national security adviser had lied to the fbi. children in england are to get to access mental health support at school or college under government plans to improve services. australia take control in the second test in adelaide. a century from shaun marsh takes them past four hundred as england struggle to dismiss him and the tailenders. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35am. this morning's reviewers are political commentator james millar, and the education editor at the sunday times, sian griffiths. all four board members

of the government's social mobility commission have stood down in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. ex—labour minister alan milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had little hope the current government could make the necessary progress, downing street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. when theresa may became prime minister she stood in downing street and made a promise. the government i lead will be driven, not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours. when it comes to opportunity, we won't entrench the advantages of the fortunate few. we will do everything we can to help anybody,

whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you. but the government's senior adviser in improving social mobility has now left his job with immediate effect, saying he had little hope the government could make progress in bringing about a fairer britain. in his resignation letter, alan milburn said the government was: a sentiment he shared on bbc breakfast last week. his departure, along with three senior members of his team, has been described as a loss by some campaigners. downing street said it had already told mr milburn it planned to appoint a new chair as his term of office had ended. a spokesman said the government was committed to fighting injustice and had made good progress. alex forsyth, bbc news. our political correspondentjoins us

now. theresa may, when she first came to downing street, talks a lot about social mobility and her desire to improve it. how much of a blow do you think this is? it is a blow for the prime minister, as you say, social mobility, or the lack of, was to be her main mission in government. you only need to look at some of the things alan milburn has said in his resignation letter and in an interview he gave to the sunday times this morning, to see that in his view at least she has failed. he talks about indecision, dysfunctionality and a lack of leadership. he talks about his job in like rushing water uphill at times, and accuses the prime minister of talking the talk, but not walking the walk. when you look at alan milburn‘s resignation, the have to take into account that his collea g u es have to take into account that his colleagues on the board of the social mobility commission has also resigned. one of those is a former conservative secretary of state for

education, the other is a head of a major charity in this area, and the other is a prominent academic. while some may think this is a party politics at play, given that alan milburn is a former labour minister, there is clearly a broader frustration here, i think, with those trying to tackle this issue with the lack, as they see it, of focus from the government when most of their energy is taking up with brexit. they produce a report a feud days ago, so is this mass resignation a surprise? it has come asa resignation a surprise? it has come as a surprise, and it appears to at least have ta ken as a surprise, and it appears to at least have taken downing street by surprise, although they point out that alan milburn‘s term of office officially ended back injuly. they say they have made it clear to him that they would be looking for a new person in the role, and that there would be an open application process for that. he could have gone quietly, but he has chosen not to. he has chosen to make a point and come out fighting, if you like, with this claim that the government is

not, and cannot provide sufficient resources and sufficient attention to this area. let'sjust talk about brexit. leading brexit supporters have urged theresa may to walk away from talks with eu leaders if they don't meet a series of demands. yes, this is another political story about today. the leave means leave group, which includes ex—cabinet ministers, has insisted the prime minister agrees the principles of a free trade deal by march next year and ending the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice in the uk, before handing over any money to the eu. they want a guarantee that freedom of movement for eu nationals to the uk will end come march 2019 when we formally leave the eu. and the

jurisdiction for the european court ofjustice. these are tricky areas for the prime mr, and she suggested that the ec] will have a role at least for the transition period. it will be difficult for the godman to meet these demands, but another example of those exit supporting mps holding the government's feet to the fire. jonathan, thank you. donald trump is facing accusations of obstructing justice, after suggesting that he knew his former national security adviser, michael flynn, had lied to the fbi about contacts with russia before the president fired him. mr trump said mr flynn had done nothing unlawful. our washington correspondent, laura bicker reports donald trump's started the day on a bullish note. he is on course for a much—needed win on tax reform, he brushed aside questions about his former national security adviser lying to the fbi over his meetings with russians. what has been shown is no collusion, no collusion, there has been

absolutely no collusion, so we are very happy. but then he issued another controversial tweet, one that could cause him a real headache. he said he had fired michael flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. many people are asking why michael flynn, a former three star general, did not tell the truth to the fbi about his meetings with the russian ambassador, as the president said, his actions were not against the law, but donald trump's tweet leads to a bigger question, did you know michael flynn had lied to the fbi? this is a problem because the former head of the fbi james comey has testified under oath that the president asked him to drop an investigation into michael flynn. legal analysts are now wondering

if the president was trying to stop an inquiry into his former adviser, knowing he was guilty, in other words, was he trying to obstruct justice? on this vote, 51 in favour and 49 against. it should have been a momentous day for donald trump, the republicans had finally united behind a tax bill, a welcome distraction and at last a legislative victory. but now, once again, because of a tweet, the american president is embroiled in a controversy over russian meddling in the us election, a controversy that continues to loom over the white house. laura bicker reporting. well, donald trump has been tweeting again in the past few hours. he says michael flynn's life has been "destroyed", and contrasts that with the way he says hillary clinton was treated by the fbi in a different

investigation when she was allowed to give a voluntary interview over a july 11th holiday weekend. he asks, what are thejustice department going to do about that matter, drawing attention once more to hillary clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. children will be able to get access to mental health support at schools or colleges in england under plans announced by the government this morning. £300 million of funding will be made available in a joint initiative between the departments of health and education. campaigners say the measures are welcome, but long overdue. edward curwen reports. i didn't have any therapy, it was just to talk about things... sienna, not her real name, has had an eating disorder and depression for the last five years, but for nearly half of that time she was waiting for the right kind of help. ijust feel i've never been properly treated for the mental side, theyjust sort of put me in hospital when my physical side is bad, and then don't treat anything else and they wonder why it keeps happening.

she says once support was offered in a hospital, that service was still hundreds of miles away from home. just over a month ago, a review by the care quality commission found that young people were facing long waiting times and unequal access to mental health services that could be put in their lives at risk. now the government's allocated £300 million from the departments of health and education. the measures include the piloting of a new four—week waiting time for young people to get treatment. for all primary and secondary schools to get mental health awareness training and joined up mental health support teams between schools and the nhs. the promise we want to make to parents up and down the country is that if your child has a mental health issue, we want to make sure that you get the help much, much earlier than happens at the moment and, if possible, we want to work within the schools system to prevent that condition deteriorating.

labour, though, says it questions whether the plans will enable every school in england to provide support, while the charity young minds says there's still a long way to go with chronic underfunding for so long. edward curwen, bbc news. the metropolitan opera in new york has said it will investigate allegations that its former music director sexually abused a teenage boy in the 1980s. the met said it was deeply disturbed by media reports about james levine, who stepped down last year after a0 years in the role. he's reported to have denied the allegations. rail passengers across england are facing disruption after electric wires near euston station were damaged. network rail said there will be no services in and out of euston station until at least midday

while repairs are carried out. delays are likely around euston, watford junction, birmingham and manchester. the british red cross is calling for syrian refugee families who are being resettled in the uk to be allowed to bring their young adult children with them. around nine thousand syrians have been allowed into the uk under the home office's vulnerable person resettlement scheme. but the british red cross says it's wrong that refugees who have come in under a different programme are being forced to leave their over 18s behind. june kelly reports. born in syria, but this 14—year—old is growing up in glasgow. he's really good at what he does. what do you think about children's rights? in this lesson on human rights, she describes how her home was bombed. three bombs fell into my house... beside her, her brothers. my brother's place got bombed, half of it.

what's it been like in scotland? you can go to school, you can go out. you're not scared of anything. their parents are grateful to the uk for giving their family refuge. but this family was fractured when the rules forced them to leave their eldest child behind in syria. their daughter here, growing up with her sisters and brothers, was barred from coming to the uk. this is because she was 19 and legally an adult. her parents decided she had to get married, to have someone to protect her. now this is how they all keep in contact. translation: i couldn't come with my family. i had to get married because i had no one left at home. i had to give up university and the prospect of getting a job. this had been my dream since being a little girl. three years on, she is now a mother of two. after paying people smugglers,

she embarked on a treacherous journey and finally followed her new husband to germany. but the uk is still refusing to let her in. translation: this law that stopped her coming here is a war against families. i managed to bring my entire family, except for her. she had to stay behind. this law is helping to bury her. in a statement the home office said: the british red cross believes these cases should be left to the discretion of case workers. let's be clear. we're talking about children that are part of the family unit.

people watching this now, think of your family, the children who still live at home, childred who maybe away studying. that's what we are talking about. let's bring those families back together. this family will always be thankful to the uk, but, having endured the horror of war, they are still suffering the trauma of separation. june kelly, bbc news, glasgow. the headlines: the chair of the government's social mobility commission quits with the rest of the board. he warned that the prime minister's is failing to build a fairer britain. donald trump faces accusations he obstructed justice after suggesting he had known his former national security adviser lied to the fbi. children in england are to get access to mental health support at school or college mat under government plans to improve services. protesters have clashed with police during a series of anti fascist demonstrations in the german

city of hanover. crowds were trying to disrupt the far right alternative for germany's first conference since they entered parliament after elections in september. a warning that our report contains some flash photography. despite temperatures barely pushing above freezing, thousands of people show up trying to blockade the ultranationalist afd from meeting. "solidarity instead of ostracism", read the banner of campaigners protesting against the party's anti—immigration rhetoric. police came in with water cannons and batons. on saturday, delegates re—elected these two men. alexander gauland and jorg meuthen to lead their party. it is the clearest sign yet that the afd is moving further to the right. mr gauland was the party's deputy leader until 2015. he is a man who once defended a party member who said history

should be rewritten to focus on german victims of world war two. he is now the afd‘s code leader alongsidejorg meuthen, he is now the afd‘s co—leader alongsidejorg meuthen, seen as a moderating force by some but still closely aligned to the conservative wing of his party. he got 72% of the vote. translation: we have a very honest result. three quarters of the party stands behind me and the other quarter is not behind me. at least, they wouldn't vote for me. i think that's quite 0k. afd won nearly 13% of the vote in germany's federal elections in september, and is now the third biggest force in the bundestag. it is now seizing the moment it is facing a real chance of becoming germany's main opposition party. not bad for a movement founded a little over four years ago. it is a sharp contrast to angela merkel‘s political fortunes. a leader once seen as the emblem of stability in europe, now facing a decline in her popularity,

and still unable to form a government. merely a week after voters in honduras went to the polls, the outcome of the presidential election has still to be declared. police are 110w has still to be declared. police are now enforcing a nationwide night—time curfew. our central america correspondent has this report. the situation in honduras continues to deteriorate. the police and army have broken up protests over the disputed presidential election in several cities and begun to enforce a night—time curfew with deadly force. at least three people have died since protests began and now looting has worsened. the electoral court in the central american nation is yet to declare a winner in the election, which took place almost a week ago. the main challenger has called the actions of the security

forces a clue, and describe the government of the sitting president asa government of the sitting president as a dictatorship. at least 200 protesters have been arrested. the majority of them supporters. he held a5% majority of them supporters. he held a 5% lead at one stage during the vote count until a supposed technical hitch held up the count for several days. now, the president has a narrow lead, and his opponenfs has a narrow lead, and his opponent's supporters alleged vote tampering which is robustly denied by the authorities. either way, there are likely to be more protests in the coming days, and things are likely to get much worse before they get better in honduras. we'll grant, bbc news. the south korean coast guard says 13 people have been killed between a collision between their boat and a tanker. the passengers were all reportedly wearing life jackets, but the current are strong, and the

water extremely cold. a rescue operation is underway for the boat's captain, and another person still missing. pioneering surgeons successfully completed a human heart transplant for the first time 50 years ago today, a procedure which has changed the way heart disease is treated. the youngest person on the uk transplant list, eight—week—old baby charlie is making good progress following a nine—hour operation where he received a new heart. duncan kennedy reports. a tender moment tracie wright thought she would never have with her baby charlie. charlie was born with only half a heart. hospitals across europe were contacted to find an organ donor. this week, a heart did become available. and now, atjust eight weeks old, charlie has had a transplant. his skin colour was just amazing. i can't describe it. from going so blue, he wasjust blue all the time, to being so pink and peachy and perfect.

charlie was the youngest patient on britain's transplant waiting list. his doctors say the operation went well. he was extremely lucky, considering his condition and his size, to get a heart, a suitable donor heart, on time. it's not known if the family who donated their baby's heart know about charlie, but charlie's mother says they've given her a precious gift. it's the bravest thing anyone could do. they've given my boy a second chance at life, and for that, i'll be forever thankful. i cried for them. charlie is expected to be strong enough to go home in the new year. an unbearable loss in one family that became unrestrained joy in another. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

new measures to protect parts of britain's coastline, and around 150,000 rare birds, will be announced today. the uk's so—called "blue belt", which protects marine areas, will be extended to several parts of the country. the hope is that it will give animal and bird life greater protection, as tom burridge reports. parts of britain's coastline are rich, diverse habitats, and important breeding grounds for a wide variety of birds. so the government wants to protect them. we know about greenbelt, now more coastline will be classified as blue belt to protect certain species. like these manx shearwaters, rescued a few years ago in pembrokeshire. these birds are also found in the irish sea off anglesea, an area which will now have the new protected status. so, too, will 2a miles of cornish coastline.

it means that in total, 650 square miles of sea and coastline around the uk will now be classified as blue belt. lundy off the coast of devon, already a marine conservation zone. important work to protect the life in and above our waters. tom burridge, bbc news. tony giles has been to 120 nations travelling on his own, despite being severely blind and deaf. the bbc‘s travel show caught up with him in one of the holiest and most hectic of cities, jerusalem. my of cities, jerusalem. my name is tony giles, i am from england. iam my name is tony giles, i am from england. i am totally blind and severely deaf in both ears, and i am

travelling around the world trying to visit every country. this is currently 124. —— country. i travel alone because it is the biggest challenge i can get. i am travelling by myself. excuse me. i get to interact with more people. if i travel with someone, particularly someone travel with someone, particularly someone with site, they would be doing all the work, or the guiding, andi doing all the work, or the guiding, and i would not get to touch as many things and find as many things as i do by myself. today i am going to catch a bus into the old city to go to the western wall. you have to be patient, you get lost all the time. it is difficult if you are looking for something specific when you can't see because obviously you cannot pinpoint it. excuse me? you

might get ten people walk past, and then someone will stop asking if you are then someone will stop asking if you a re lost then someone will stop asking if you are lost or if you need help, and then you can interact with them. excuse me, is this damascus gate? yes. this way? no? do you want me to help? yes. i like this. the atmosphere and the smell, it is close and compact. it feels very authentic. iam i am approaching the wall. the wall

separated maine and female. the guide to be into the main section and took me up to the war. —— wall. there are all these notes on it. massive blocks. very smooth. the the sheiks, the brakes —— the shapes and the bricks. i am at the western wall. if you look to the sky this afternoon or overnight you could be in for a treat because the moon will appear far bigger and brighter than usual. the full moon in december, traditionally called a "cold moon", will be closer to earth than usual in its orbit. that means it qualifies as a supermoon. it'll be brightest at midnight when it's at its highest point above the horizon. nasa has called this weekend the first in a "supermoon trilogy"

because over the next couple of months the phenomenon will happen twice more. speaking of all of that, let's check out the latest weather prospects. hello, we are entering a fairly quiet period. we have changed our wind direction to the north—west which has brought in more cloud. some sunshine later in the day yesterday. hopefully we will see more sunshine through the day ahead and slightly less cold conditions in the south. these weather fronts. the temperature is from falling too low overnight, so it should not be frosty for many to start as we get into sunday morning. there will be a lot of misty low cloud. to the north, we could have a little bit of frost across parts of scotland. there will be hill fog under this blanket of cloud in the south.

particularly over the hills. that low cloud will drag its heels, so a disappointing start to the morning. some brighter weather is on offer across parts of northern ireland and scotland, although it will be chillier here with fog. still some showery weather for the northern isles and a brisk wind, and that wind will keep blowing. our weather front starts to stagger its way back eastwards into the western isles of scotland, brightening from the western side of northern ireland, and at the same time pushing the cloud away from southern areas. it may be late in the day before it finally clears the south and east. a little bit cooler than yesterday in the north, and less cold in the south. some fairly usable weather. through the evening and overnight, our weather front pushes back eastwards again, a fairly fragmented weather system, so there will be some breaks in the cloud and some

fog first thing for the monday morning rush hour. once it close there will be some sunshine around, a lot more cloud further west and some showers with temperatures around nine or ten, some showers with temperatures around nine orten, so some showers with temperatures around nine or ten, so they have listed on those of last week. a slightly milder spell of weather because we have got high pressure around, the wind coming from the west and north—west, keeping all these weather front at bay. but, by midweek, this area of low pressure will rattle its way in and turned the weather much more unsettled. wet and windy weather. we will keep an eye on that one. we will keep you posted. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: all four board members of the government's social mobility commission have resigned, in protest at what they see as a lack of progress towards a "fairer britain". donald trump faces accusations of obstructing justice, after suggesting that he knew his

former national security advisor, michael flynn, had lied to the fbi about contacts with russia before the president fired him. the government sets out plans to make it easierfor children